Beast Taming: I can evolve indefinitely

Chapter 585 The Twelve Zodiac Curses

"Well, that's fine too. I'll always suffer some losses when I attack, so killing on the spot should be more effective."

Bai Heguang nodded and said, "If you come across any particularly good pets in the future, I'll keep an eye out for them for you. Otherwise, you'll have to handle things yourself."

"Okay, I can do it myself."

Bai Qi nodded slightly. The beast that Bai Heguang would be interested in must be at least a legendary beast. Although Shuke and Jerry probably wouldn't be able to awaken the spirit of a complete legendary beast to create a zodiac beast yet, taking a part of it would still be good.

"However, the message Tongchen and I sent wasn't very clear. Bai Qi, the guardian beasts you mentioned seem to have some special patterns?"

Bai Heguang was somewhat puzzled. The information Bai Tongchen gave him only mentioned that Bai Qi seemed to be selective about the races of some ferocious beasts, but not the specific categories. So after learning this, he simply kept all the ones with decent strength.

"There's a pattern to it, I suppose."

Bai Qi scratched his head and told Bai Heguang about the twelve zodiac animals. After thinking about it, Bai Heguang surprisingly agreed.

"Although none of them are particularly rare species, the configuration is indeed very complete, and the idea is good."

Bai Heguang asked, "Do you have the actual item?"

"Yes, Shuke has already collected seven animals: rat, ox, tiger, horse, sheep, rooster, and dog. It seems you have the rest of the animals here, teacher."

Bai Qi summoned the husky and the seven guardians together, saying, "However, these guardian beasts are made of different materials, so their strength varies quite a bit."

"Um."

Bai Heguang carefully observed the seven guardians, looking at their lively eyes, and nodded slightly, asking, "Are these guardian beasts difficult to manufacture?"

"It's troublesome, but it requires both Shuke and Jerry to use the Spirit Awakening and Soul Awakening techniques simultaneously, so it can't be widely adopted for the time being."

Bai Heguang understood and said, "Can I see the actual combat effect?"

"sure."

Bai Qi nodded and looked at Shu Ke, who immediately understood and gave instructions to the zodiac beasts.

Roar! ! !

The first to act was naturally the Tiger, whose best material was used for zodiac animal. Its surging flames erupted wildly, launching a direct attack on the sickly and ferocious beasts not far away.

Following closely behind are three zodiac animals, including the Rat, made from materials from Emperor Creatures, and then the other zodiac beasts.

The seven zodiac beasts moved at different paces, but all were extremely powerful. The ferocious beasts, who were already on the verge of exhaustion, were almost completely annihilated without any resistance.

"Using pre-natal skills through mechanical means is just as effective, no wonder Tongchen specifically mentioned this to me."

Bai Heguang nodded slightly, his gaze toward Bai Qi becoming increasingly strange.

There was a time when he thought Bai Qi was the kind of person who was fickle and only liked to do some fancy things. He never expected that Bai Qi would come up with so many tricks now, and all of them were real combat power.

"By the way, I also heard that your pet's three consciousnesses can now act independently?"

Bai Heguang turned his gaze away from the zodiac beasts and onto the husky, asking a question.

"That's right, Shuke and Jerry have both gained the ability to temporarily leave their original bodies, but they will have to come back when their energy reserves are depleted."

Bai Qi nodded. After gaining quantum consciousness, Shuke was able to move freely. To ensure his endurance and combat power, Shuke also specially made a miniature energy source in his body, and could occasionally absorb energy from the outside through a mimicry power generation device.

As for Jerry, after consuming the Soul Crystal, he can leave his body. After obtaining the Hundred Ghosts Parade, he can stay outdoors for extended periods and even extend his life by absorbing souls from ferocious beasts.

As long as the two consciousnesses don't consume too much energy in a major battle, they can be considered as a separate pet beast.

"You've done a great job developing a contract slot to use as a three-headed pet, but this will also greatly increase the difficulty for your pet to advance to Emperor or even Legendary status."

As he spoke, a rune array flashed in front of Bai and Guang, and the Blood Scythe Evil Spirit suddenly appeared, launching an attack on the husky without warning.

Facing the legendary undead unleashed at full power, the husky showed no fear whatsoever, instantly transforming into three giant wolves of different colors, which simultaneously charged towards the Blood Scythe Evil Spirit.

"Hehehe... It's clearly one soul, yet it's split into three relatively independent individuals. How interesting!"

The Blood Scythe Demon immediately noticed the husky's unusual behavior. With a swing of its blood scythe, it pierced through the three wolves' bodies and struck their souls.

In an instant, all three wolves were severely injured, and Shuke and Jerry uncontrollably returned to their original bodies.

"Are legendary creatures really that powerful?"

Bai Qi was surprised to see this. The husky had withstood the Thunder Leopard before, so it shouldn't be this fragile.

"Your pet is indeed very strong. Although it is still at the King level, its soul strength is already stronger than that of an ordinary Emperor level beast. Ordinary legendary beasts may not be able to break through their attacks directly."

Bai Heguang said, "But the Blood Scythe Evil Spirit is a legendary undead, and it's almost a demigod. It can directly attack the soul essence of your pet beast."

As he spoke, Bai Heguang pointed at the husky and said, "If you let your consciousness separate before your soul origin has transformed to the limit of the Emperor, it will only weaken the defense of your own soul. To the Blood Scythe Evil Spirit, the combat power of your split is not as good as when you are combined into one."

Awoo awoo!

(No wonder even with my exceptional talent, I'm no match for those stinky bones. It turns out you guys are the ones who dragged me down!)

Upon hearing Bai Heguang's explanation, the husky perked up immediately, but after seeing Shuke and Jerry's cold eyes, it silently shrank back.

"Teacher, is there any solution?"

Bai Qi was also somewhat solemn. He had originally been delighted that the husky could take on three opponents at once, but now that he heard this, he realized that he had made a mistake.

"Your split hasn't lasted long, so the impact isn't too great. However, the spiritual power of your three consciousnesses has already shown a gap. You must balance them as soon as possible and return to your origin. Try to reduce independent actions like this before you advance to the Emperor level."

Bai and Guangdao.

Awoo awoo?!

(Does this mean I'm going to be tied to those two again?!)

Beta immediately gave a look of utter despair, while Shuke fell into deep thought.

The gap naturally lies with him.

In fact, his consciousness had not weakened; in fact, it had become much stronger. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to awaken so many zodiac beasts outside of the Nine Cauldrons. However, in terms of the number of extraordinary skills, he was far inferior to the other two consciousnesses.

Although they share a single soul and body, as three distinct consciousnesses, they still exhibit subtle differences when wielding different skills.

"However, your pet has already gained the ability to awaken spirits, right? If we appropriately increase the number of awakened spirits, relying on the feedback power of the awakened species to the higher levels, it might be possible to push your pet's soul towards balance."

Bai Heguang looked at the Zodiac Beast and said, "You can try to complete the Zodiac Beast first, and then let your pet return to its original form."

"Complete the Zodiac Beast?"

Bai Qi raised an eyebrow and immediately summoned Delta, saying, "Delta, I need you to provide some body tissue."

Bubbling.

(no problem.)

Delta was clearly prepared, immediately tearing off some scales, nails, flesh, and dragon whiskers from his own body. If Bai Qi hadn't stopped him, Delta would have even cut off some internal organs.

Delta is now becoming increasingly adept at time travel, and this short-term time reversal can be done with ease.

"Thank you, Delta."

Shuke took the materials and simply brought out the machine for making the zodiac beasts, then threw Delta's body tissue into it.

Soon, a silver dragon appeared before them, and after being awakened, the dragon immediately emitted an aura that was the same as Delta's.

"This feeling seems to be related to spatial properties?"

Bai Heguang nodded slightly. The ability to inherit the attributes of the creature from which the material originated is the most powerful aspect of the Zodiac Beast. Although it cannot be compared with the original body, it is sufficient as an auxiliary means.

After completing the Dragon Zodiac, Shuke immediately searched for some suitable ferocious beasts from the ones he had previously killed and quickly completed the remaining ones.

In just two or three hours, Shuke completed the twelve zodiac guardian beasts.

Looking at the twelve zodiac guardian beasts in front of him, whose shapes were both familiar and unfamiliar, Bai Qi was quite satisfied, but he quickly thought of Shuke and asked.

"Shuke, I remember you said you estimated that completing the Twelve Zodiac Guardian Beasts would improve your stats, so why haven't we seen any progress?"

"Of course, it's impossible to get promoted immediately after completion."

Shuke glanced at Bai Qi with disdain, then separated from his original body and transformed into a giant wolf, with some unfamiliar runes appearing on his body.

"A new rune structure? Why does it seem incomplete?"

Bai Qi quickly noticed the anomaly in Shuke's set of runes, but before he could ask, he saw the bodies of the twelve zodiac guardian beasts gradually deform and shrink, turning into octagonal cubes that slowly flew towards Shuke.

"This is... the core of the Incarnation Talisman?"

Bai Qi raised an eyebrow and immediately understood. At that moment, the twelve talismans landed on Shuke.

In an instant, light flowed, the rune structure on Shuke's body was perfectly activated, and the talismans formed by the twelve zodiac animals began to radiate dazzling light.

"Using twelve spirit-awakened creatures as a medium to alter one's physical structure—that's indeed a very bold idea. It seems to incorporate some methods of alchemy?"

Bai Heguang looked at Shuke, who was undergoing a dramatic change, and nodded slightly.

"Most mechanical creatures change their external structure and metal after their mechanical spirit becomes stronger, but your pet does the opposite, using its body and changes to nourish its soul. Perhaps it can really catch up with the other two consciousnesses quickly."

Bai Qi nodded repeatedly. Shuke hadn't told him about this method, but he was well aware of its boldness and feasibility.

If he succeeds, Shuke will not only greatly enhance his combat power, but also obtain twelve zodiac talismans that can be transformed into guardian beasts at any time.

This tactic is remarkably similar to that of the Seven Swords Dragon Knights!

(End of this chapter)