Beast Taming: I can evolve indefinitely

Chapter 364 Encounter with the Death Knight Again

"Have we met before?"

Bai Qi was taken aback when he heard this. Putting aside what could possibly make Beta feel threatened, he had only encountered so many powerful creatures before, so how could he possibly see one in the Great Tomb of Twilight?

How far away are they from us?

Bai Qi immediately became alert and asked.

Awooo...

(It's right ahead...)

With his all-seeing eye, Beta clearly sensed the terrifying aura not far away and instinctively shrank back. Alpha also seemed to have noticed something and gripped his longsword to block Bai Qi.

This aura belongs to a legendary creature!

Seeing Alpha and the other pets looking ready for battle, Bai Qi couldn't help but sigh and cover his face. He mounted Delta first and said, "You all know you can't win, so what are you doing here? Run!"

Although it's unclear whether the person coming is friend or foe, encountering them in a place like this means you'll become enemies even if you're not, so it's better to be a little timid.

Awoo awoo!

(Human, I support your decision!)

Upon hearing Bai Qi's command, Beta nodded repeatedly and took off running in the opposite direction.

boom!

Just then, a huge skeletal creature fell from the sky and landed in front of Beta, startling him so much that he fell to the ground in a sorry state.

Awooo!

(What kind of monster dares to ambush me!)

Beta got up from the ground, wanting to see what had attacked him, but his whole body involuntarily trembled. Jerry, on the other hand, took over his body and looked ahead warily.

Above the skeletal creature, a knight in full black armor descended from the sky and stepped on its body. The skeletal creature, however, seemed oblivious and remained motionless in place.

"A Death Knight?!"

Upon seeing the familiar armor before him, Bai Qi felt a chill run down his spine. Without hesitation, he took out the teleportation rune given to him by the lava man and infused it with his mental energy to prepare for activation.

He's met so many people, of all the people he could have met, why did he have to run into this guy?

The teleportation runestone activated very quickly, and a huge rune array appeared directly beneath Bai Qi's feet, enveloping Bai Qi and his several pet beasts.

Just as Bai Qi was about to breathe a sigh of relief, the Death Knight arrived directly inside the teleportation array, his broad knight's sword piercing the ground, shattering the already formed teleportation array.

"My life is over!"

Seeing this, Bai Qi felt a pang of bitterness in his heart, but then he steeled himself and said, "Men, let's fight him!"

Upon hearing Bai Qi's words, the Death Knight seemed quite surprised and did not make the first move, as if he wanted to see what tricks Bai Qi could pull off.

Seeing this, Bai Qi did not hesitate at all and directly rode on Delta's back. Alpha and Husky stood on Bai Qi's left and right sides respectively, while Cordyceps lay on Bai Qi's head, shining with golden light.

Then, Bai Qi, with a solemn expression, grabbed Gamma and threw it at the Death Knight.

"Get out of here!"

Bai Qi patted Delta, who immediately recalled the events, transformed into a wind god pterosaur, grabbed Alpha and the husky, and plunged into the void, disappearing into the distance.

Meanwhile, Gamma, who had been left alone, saw the Death Knight right in front of him and immediately activated the Twin Pact.

boom!

An unprecedentedly huge mushroom cloud rose up, and the immense power generated by the conflict between fel energy and holy light enveloped the Death Knight. Even Bai Qi and the others, who had already run hundreds of meters away, were affected by the shockwave from the explosion.

"After reaching the fifth tier, the power of the explosion has become even more terrifying."

Seeing the immense power generated by Gamma's self-destruction, Bai Qi clicked his tongue in amazement. A flash of runes appeared on his left hand, and Gamma, which had just used the Golden Cicada Shedding its Shell technique, appeared in Bai Qi's hand.

Click-clack.

(Master, Gamma is a little tired and wants to take a nap.)

At this moment, the gamma luster was completely gone, and it lay limp in Bai Qi's hand like a melted ice cream, barely able to speak.

To ensure maximum power, Gamma retained almost all of the energy from the Golden Cicada Shedding its Shell, and poured the rest into the Twin Pact Seal. Now, Gamma has no energy left in its body.

"It's alright, you can rest. You did a good job this time."

Bai Qi nodded, put Gamma back into his beast-taming space, and then took out the teleportation rune stone again, intending to leave.

Gamma's self-destruction is powerful, but it is a legendary creature and related to the power of death. Who knows how much of an effect it will have? It's better to run away as soon as possible.

As for whether the Death Knight can catch up, Bai Qi couldn't say for sure.

First it was the Sun Realm, then the Twilight Tomb, and the Death Round Table seems to have a way to directly enter the realms?

Or is it that the person who came also possesses the talent of breaking through space?

Then, before Bai Qi could activate the rune stone, a black longsword pierced through the air from afar.

Upon seeing this, Alpha immediately swung his sword to block, sending the sword flying back. The force of the sword also caused fine cracks to appear on Alpha's arm.

"Damn it, legendary creatures are indeed not so easy to defeat."

Bai Qi's mind raced as he considered a way to escape, while Alpha and the other pets stood in front of him, ready for battle.

If they couldn't escape, then fighting is the only option left.

Under the wary gazes of Bai Qi and the others, the Death Knight slowly emerged from the smoke of the explosion.

Compared to before, the Death Knight was clearly in a sorry state.

The explosion caused by the collision of holy light and fel energy cannot be judged by ordinary standards; even the Death Knight, a legendary creature, was injured.

It is conceivable that if Gamma were to upgrade to the level of a monarch, the power of its self-destruction would undergo a qualitative leap.

However, it seems there's little chance now.

The Death Knight's target was clearly Alpha. He pulled the knight's sword from the ground and pointed the tip at Alpha. Alpha was obviously aware of this as well. He stretched out his death field to the fullest extent to resist the terrifying aura emanating from the Death Knight, but creaking sounds could still be heard from his joints as he struggled to withstand the pressure.

Even though it was damaged by the Gamma self-destruction attack, a legend is still a legend. Even without opening its domain, the pressure it exerts is something that no monarch-level creature can withstand.

"This time it's really over..."

Bai Qi's face was bitter. It was obvious that the people at the Death Round Table were not targeting him. He had only himself to blame for running into them.

To escape from a legendary creature when it gets serious, he'd need divine intervention.

Um, Thor can defeat his enemies by simply thinking of his father. Is it too late for him to think of his teacher, Bai, and Guang?

Just then, a dark shadow flashed over Bai Qi's head, and the Death Knight, who was slowly approaching Bai Qi, seemed to sense the threat and quickly left his original position.

boom!

Just as the Death Knight departed, a giant bird descended from the sky, its black claws piercing the earth. In an instant, the land within a radius of dozens of meters, along with the power of shadow, fell into annihilation.

"Nine Netherworld Bird, teacher?!"

Bai Qi was overjoyed. This "missing father" tactic—no, it was the "missing teacher" tactic—was really working!

"Stay away from here. You can't get involved in battles between legends."

Bai Heguang stood on the back of the Nine Netherworld Sparrow, looking at the Death Knight not far away, his brows furrowed slightly.

"Okay, teacher."

Bai Qi nodded obediently upon hearing this, then pulled Alpha and his pets aside. Upon seeing a black rune stone nearby, he picked it up casually.

The third layer of control runes.

"I'm so lucky today!"

With the life-or-death crisis averted, Bai Qi was in high spirits. He found a safe enough corner and then set up his binoculars to watch his teacher's battle.

Battles between legendary creatures are not something you see every day.

After confirming that Bai Qi had gone far away, Bai Heguang took the initiative to launch a counterattack. The massive Nine Netherworld Sparrow appeared in front of the Death Knight like a ghost, its sharp claws, gleaming with metallic luster and wrapped in Netherworld power, slashing at the Death Knight.

Upon seeing this, the Death Knight immediately parried with his sword, but the moment he came into contact with the Netherworld power, he was jolted and sent flying backward.

"Wow, the teacher is amazing!"

Seeing this, Bai Qi couldn't help but admire him. Jerry's source of power, the Guardian of the Underworld, had also defeated the Death Knight in one blow. He never expected that his teacher would be so brutal.

He's latched onto a super powerful figure!

"Kazumitsu, this guy seems like a cheap, low-quality product."

The Nine Netherworld Sparrow looked at the easily defeated Death Knight with disdain.

"Don't be careless, try to capture him alive."

Bai Heguang nodded. The Federation and the Association had been investigating the Death Table recently, but hadn't made much progress. Now that they had encountered the Death Knight, Bai Heguang naturally wouldn't let it go easily.

"understood."

Nine Netherworld Sparrow nodded, a mocking glint in its eyes as it looked at the Death Knight who was barely standing up in front of it.

Through their recent exchange, the Nine Netherworld Sparrow has already ascertained the Death Knight's strength.

The Death Knight does indeed wield the power of death, but like her Netherworld power, it is merely a variant of the power of death.

In comparison, the Alpha, who is only at the monarch level, possesses a much purer death power than them.

Looking at the Nine Netherworld Sparrow eyeing him menacingly in the distance, the Death Knight slowly rose to his feet. Dark red patterns suddenly appeared on his armor, resembling human blood vessels.

At the same time, the Death Knight's body suddenly swelled, and wisps of black smoke drifted out from the gaps in his armor, creating an indescribably eerie scene.

"So it really was fused with something else?"

A hint of curiosity flashed in the eyes of the Nine Netherworld Sparrow, and the Netherworld Flame suddenly appeared, transforming into a giant fire bird that charged toward the Death Knight.

Seeing this, the Death Knight made no attempt to dodge. His longsword, also gleaming with a dark red light, met the attack head-on, actually withstanding the burning of the Nether Flames and forcefully cleaving it in two.

The Death Knight also suffered considerable damage after splitting the Netherfire.

But at this moment, the Death Knight seemed to have gone mad, completely ignoring his injuries. The black smoke around his body grew even thicker. With a single step, his body disappeared from the spot like an arrow, swooping towards the Nine Netherworld Sparrow.

"Holy crap, is that a Berserker?"

(End of this chapter)