Beast Taming: I can evolve indefinitely

Chapter 597 Sword Shadow Follows

Sensing the terrifying aura emanating from the Sword of Annihilation, Broken Blade Butcher immediately sensed a strong crisis. A massive amount of energy surged within him, and a broken longsword slowly appeared behind him.

The long sword appeared damaged, but the aura it emitted tore through the murky sky above.

Domain, shattering the heavens!

Having activated his domain, Duanren Daotu seemed to merge entirely with the broken blade in his hand, his spirit and energy constantly rising, and some broken blades even faintly reappeared at the original marks where he had unleashed his sword energy.

"Beastmaster, that Broken Blade Butcher might be breaking through."

Shuke promptly reminded Bai Qi, but before Bai Qi could respond, Gamma had already flown rapidly toward Alpha.

Duanren Daotu is already a high-level emperor; if he were to break through any further, he would only become a legend.

Legendary ferocious beasts are not something they can defeat right now!

We must stop him!

Just then, Alpha grasped the Sword of Annihilation, slowly walked to the Broken Blade Butcher, and gently swung it at the broken blade that was trying to cleave the sky.

Click.

With the broken blade shattered, Duanren Daotu's body shrank rapidly like a deflated balloon, already heading towards death.

But Duanren Daotu was clearly not the kind of person who would give up easily; even with only the hilt left, he still slashed at Alpha.

A blade of energy, condensing the remaining power and even the soul of the Broken Blade Butcher, formed, completing the Broken Blade Butcher's longsword. The blade light slashed towards Alpha's face like a bolt of lightning.

Seeing this, Alpha still didn't make any big moves. He raised the Sword of Annihilation and gently touched the longsword. The longsword shattered instantly, and the body of the Broken Blade Butcher also disintegrated.

The Sword of Annihilation, the sword is drawn from annihilation.

Seeing that Duanren Daotu was dead, Alpha released the Sword of Annihilation. Suddenly, four-colored light appeared on the Sword of Annihilation, and it transformed back into four longswords, which landed around Alpha.

Click-clack?

(Alpha, are you alright?)

Gamma flew to Alpha's side and, sensing that Alpha's energy had decreased by more than half, quickly placed his hand on Alpha and transferred his own energy to him.

Crackling.

(Thanks, but using the Sword of Annihilation in battle does consume quite a bit of energy.)

Alpha nodded, quickly recovering its condition with the help of the immense energy of gamma, while Bai Qi and his group approached rapidly and asked.

"Alpha, are you alright?"

Crackling.

(Boss, I'm fine, I just used up a lot of energy.)

Instead of unleashing the Annihilation Sword Domain, he forcibly broke through the domain of the Broken Blade Slaughter using his newly acquired skill. While this looked amazing, the energy consumed was considerable.

"That's good."

Bai Qi nodded slightly, looked at the four longswords around him, and said, "That sword just now... the Sword of Annihilation, is that a new skill you developed?"

Crackling.

(It's not a skill yet, just a simple experiment. Maybe it will become a skill someday when I can fuse things at will.)

Bai Qi understood immediately. Combining the four sword techniques was indeed an excellent method, a return of ten thousand swords to their origin.

After confirming once again that Alpha was unharmed, Bai Qi turned his gaze to the side.

At this moment, a huge teleportation array has appeared where Duanren Daotu died. Without a doubt, it is the passage to the eighth floor.

In the center of the rune array, there lay a triangular rune stone and two materials of different shapes.

One was a piece of pale, rotting flesh, similar to the fragments of flesh from the surrounding zombies, but seemingly purer.

One item is a small, long knife that appears to be tangible but is actually an intangible substance that cannot be touched.

"So, being a gatekeeper means they get to drop more materials?"

Upon seeing this, Bai Qi's eyes lit up. After carefully storing the teleportation stone, he began to check the status of the two materials.

[Material Name]: Essence of Zombies

[Material Grade]: Legendary

[Material Description]: The essence of undead creatures, only a few undead about to be reborn have a chance to drop it.

[Effects of Use]: Zombie Mastery (Super -54%), Corrupted Body (33%), Unknown (13%)

……

"It's controlled by zombies?"

Bai Qi was somewhat surprised to see this. He pointed it at Alpha, but after seeing the probability above, he couldn't help but feel a little worried.

If Alpha's Skeleton Mastery is to be upgraded to Undead Overlord, one of the required skills is Undead Mastery.

However, the unknown probability of the essence of zombies changing is as high as thirteen percent, which really makes Bai Qi a little worried.

Although the skills gained from unknown changes are almost all quite powerful, Bai Qi prefers to complete the Undead Overlord skill first.

"Let's take a gamble. The odds are more than 50%, we can't be that lucky."

Bai Qi placed the essence of the zombie into Alpha's hand, and then began to examine another item.

[Material Name]: Heart of the Blade

[Material Grade]: Legendary

[Material Description]: Forged from a strong will to wield the sword, it embodies the obsession of a swordsman.

[Material Effects]: Heaven-Slaying (Transcendent Grade -98%), Blade Soul Enhancement (Super Grade -1%), Unknown (1%)

……

[Skill Name]: Skybreaker

[Skill Level]: Extraordinary

[Skill Effect]: An unparalleled will to shatter the heavens!

Note: He condenses his own energy into a weapon capable of cleaving the heavens, which nothing can withstand!

……

"Holy crap, this is definitely going to be a must-have skill!"

Bai Qi was astonished upon seeing this; with a 98% probability, it would be difficult not to want it.

"But it's good, having another offensive skill is also very suitable for Alpha."

Bai Qi handed the Heart of the Blade to Alpha, which immediately activated the Evolutionary Egg.

Although it's unclear whether using the two materials together will cause a qualitative change, given the nature of the Evolutionary Egg, it's fine as long as nothing goes wrong.

Soon, Alpha's body was surrounded by a diamond egg, and Bai Qi collapsed onto Gamma due to the rapid depletion of his physical strength, his face full of regret.

Using two materials simultaneously does consume a lot of resources, but it's not enough to achieve racial evolution yet; it probably just grants some skills.

As for the Soul of the Blade, forget about it; it's basically a Heaven-Slaying technique. As for the Essence of the Zombie, it's unlikely to corrupt the body, since Alpha doesn't have a body for you to corrupt.

All that remains is the control of the undead and the unknown.

Hopefully, it will come true.

Bai Qi leaned against Gamma, silently recovering his strength, while the other pets, bored while waiting, went to practice on the undead creatures around them to pass the time.

"Not counting the first three levels for practice, the fourth level is the Bone Plains, the fifth level is the Steam Hell, the sixth level is the Frozen Hell, and this seventh level is the Corpse Swamp. Although the difficulty is not as high as the fifth and sixth levels, it is obviously increasing with each level."

Bai Qi looked at the teleportation array in front of him, rubbing his chin as he pondered his next steps.

The seventh level went very smoothly, with hardly any obstacles encountered. However, judging from the condition of the Broken Blade Slayer, there might be legendary creatures in the later levels, and continuing would definitely be risky.

But Bai Qi obtained two legendary materials from just the seventh floor, and quite easily at that. If he were to leave now, it would seem like a loss.

There's a legion of Spirit Masters waiting for him to activate his talents, and then he has to take some Beast Masters to the Elemental Altar to form contracts. After that, he might have to give a lecture at the Azure Zhe Academy.

Just thinking about it made Bai Qi realize that the schedule was a bit tight. If he didn't make the most of this trip, who knew when he would be able to come back again?

"How about we take a look?"

Bai Qi was somewhat conflicted when he suddenly heard a crisp sound from the eggshell beside him. Then he saw a black shadow flash by, and the ground in front of him immediately cracked open.

"This is... a shattering of the heavens? It looks more like a splitting of the earth!"

Bai Qi was somewhat puzzled, but suddenly a sword light appeared inside the diamond egg, shattering the eggshell, and Alpha reappeared in front of Bai Qi.

At the same time, two new pieces of information flooded into Bai Qi's mind.

[Skill Name]: Control of the Living Dead

[Skill Level]: Super

[Skill Description]: Control the undead within the perception range.

……

"Luckily, we've really gained control of the zombies!"

Bai Qi nodded in satisfaction and gave Alpha a command. Alpha immediately understood, its eyes flashing with soul fire, and the surrounding zombies stopped at the same time, standing still and swaying, no longer making any movements.

"Great, once I acquire Necromancer Control and Soul Awakening, I can upgrade to Necromancer Overlord."

Bai Qi withdrew his mental energy and continued to examine Alpha's other skill.

[Skill Name]: Sword Shadow

[Skill Level]: Extraordinary

[Skill Effect]: The power of shadow merges with the intent of sword. The sword shadow carrying the intent of sword will attach to the main body and use sword techniques different from the main body.

……

"Sword Shadow? Is it like a clone?"

Bai Qi frowned slightly, clearly somewhat surprised by this skill.

Clearly, he was very lucky, encountering a one percent chance of getting a completely new effect, which, judging from the description, might be an upgrade from the Dark Mirror.

But this seems to simply mean gathering the sword shadows together, without anything particularly special about it.

"Alpha, try out the effect of Sword Shadow."

Alpha nodded, looked around, then selected a zombie and thrust his sword out.

Alpha used the most basic horizontal thrust, but just as the longsword was about to pierce the target, a shadowy figure wielding a longsword suddenly appeared from the other side and cleaved the target in two with a horizontal slash.

"I see, so it happened along with Alpha's attack?"

Bai Qi understood and gestured for Alpha to continue trying.

Then, on the vast swamp of undead, a black-armored swordsman began to slaughter indiscriminately, while a black sword shadow followed closely behind him at a completely different pace.

The sword shadows attacked at varying speeds, sometimes offensively, sometimes defensively. Some attacks were synchronized with Alpha's main body, while others were completely opposite. Bai Qi even discovered that Alpha itself was sometimes surprised by the sword shadows' attacks.

Alpha's combat power has completely doubled, thanks to its independent actions and formidable attack power!

(End of this chapter)