Beast Taming: I can evolve indefinitely

Chapter 603 Your idea is dangerous...

Seeing Bai Qi's hesitation, the Dragon Lich was not in a hurry. He simply watched quietly and waited for Bai Qi's reply.

After a long while, Bai Qi finally reached out and caught the dragon horn. He released a wisp of spiritual energy to examine it and was taken aback.

Behind the dragon horn lay an enormous secret realm filled with pure shadow power.

"He's sending me to a secret realm right off the bat? I wonder if he actually took a section from the Great Tomb of Twilight?"

Bai Qi smacked his lips and put it away without hesitation.

Alpha doesn't have its own exclusive secret realm yet. With this, Alpha's upgrade speed will be greatly increased.

"This secret realm is one of the core elements of the Twilight Great Tomb, but it's not needed for the time being. Consider this a deposit; you can come back and help me repair it when you have the necessary resources."

The dragon lich paused for a moment, then said, "Starting today, I will temporarily seal off the Great Tomb of Twilight. No creature other than you will be able to enter, so remember to take that big cat with you when you leave."

"Big cat, is that the Fire Rock Demon Tiger?"

Bai Qi understood immediately. Seeing that the Dragon Lich had given him the order to leave, he didn't bother to ask any more questions and hurriedly took out the teleportation rune stone from the fifth floor. Sure enough, he found that the connection had been restored.

"Well then, that concludes our conversation for today. I hope to see you again soon."

The dragon lich's figure suddenly swayed for a moment, then turned into a cloud of black mist and returned to the bottom.

"broken!"

Seeing the dragon lich leave, Nicholas suddenly exclaimed, startling Bai Qi so much that he almost dropped the dragon horn he was holding.

"What's wrong? Is this another hallucination?"

Bai Qi voiced his doubts. This kind of good thing—encountering a powerful enemy without encountering danger, and even getting some benefits along the way—could only be explained as an illusion.

"It's an illusion... no, it's not an illusion... ptooey, everything you see is real, but that dragon lich isn't a physical entity, it's just a projection, and its strength is probably not even as strong as Beta's."

Awoo awoo?

(What do you mean by this, you stinky dragon?)

Nicholas looked regretful and said, "What a pity. If I had made a move just now, I might have been able to keep this dragon lich here."

Bai Qi: "..."

What happened to being cautious? Why are you suddenly planning to go straight for Baron?

"Let's forget it. After all, it's their territory, we can't be reckless."

Bai Qi shook his head, glanced again at the seemingly endless hole, and said, "Let's go, let's go to the fifth floor to find the Fire Rock Demon Tiger first, and then we'll leave as soon as possible."

Since the Dragon Lich has said so, the Fire Rock Demon Tiger obviously can't stay any longer. It's a good opportunity to fool him and take him outside. If we can fool him into going to headquarters, he can ask Chairman Zhao for resources again.

……

The fifth floor.

The Fire Rock Demon Tiger, who had long sensed the strangeness of the secret realm, fell into deep thought after listening to Bai Qi's explanation.

"The Dharma Emperor didn't tell me what happened later, but considering that I have control over the first five levels, perhaps the Dharma Emperor joined when he was helping that dragon lich repair the secret realm."

The Fire Rock Tiger paused for a moment, then said, "I can feel my control over the secret realm gradually disappearing. The humans who explored the first two levels have also been driven out. It seems that the Dragon Lich is taking back control of the Twilight Tomb."

"It should be."

Bai Qi nodded and said, "So, senior, why don't you come out with me? I can arrange for you to go to the Beast Tamer Association headquarters, where there are many legendary creatures like you."

"By the way, the Ice Spirit Jade Rabbit on the sixth floor is now at headquarters. You can continue to be its neighbor."

"The Beast Tamer Association headquarters? Forget it, it's too much trouble. Just arrange a place for me to stay, I'm too lazy to move."

The Fire Rock Tiger yawned, patted the ground lightly, and the group was teleported directly to the outside of the Twilight Great Tomb.

……

Because of the strange events at the Great Tomb of Twilight, a large number of young Beastmasters were expelled and gathered together to discuss the current situation.

"Damn it, I still haven't picked up one of those materials!"

"Heh~ Can I say I have two things I haven't picked up yet?"

"Trash! I almost got my balls stolen by an undead, this teleportation was just in time!"

"2333... It still has to be you."

"Stop joking around. With so many people being teleported out, something must be wrong with the Twilight Great Tomb. Let's ask the association's leader right away."

Finally, one of the more alert teenagers remembered the key to the problem and went to ask the association staff stationed there. But before they could answer, a giant tiger, tens of meters long and engulfed in flames, suddenly appeared in front of them.

"It feels like something is watching me from above. Is it an enemy?"

As soon as the Fire Rock Demon Tiger appeared, it sensed the net above its head and immediately asked.

"That's not an enemy, it's a large mechanical creature from the Federation, the Net."

Bai Qi quickly explained, and the Fire Rock Demon Tiger finally understood.

"It seems that humanity has indeed become very powerful in recent years."

The Flame Tiger swept its gaze over the young beast tamers who were panicked but still on high alert, and nodded slightly.

"That's true, but it's still not as good as a tribe."

Bai Qi sighed, looked around, and after seeing the association members, he had the Fire Rock Demon Tiger place him in front of them.

"President Bai, is that you?"

The association member recognized Bai Qi immediately and quickly bowed to him.

Do you know me?

Bai Qi was somewhat surprised. Since returning to Gusu City, he had been running around aimlessly and hadn't even officially taken office yet. He didn't expect that everyone here would recognize him.

"Of course I know him. I was your pet's training partner back then."

Upon hearing this, Bai Qi suddenly remembered and said, "You're Lan Shao, the beast tamer of the Polar Ice Wolf King?"

"That's right, it's me."

Lan Shao nodded, then glanced at the Fire Rock Demon Tiger behind Bai Qi, which was curiously looking around, and whispered, "Guild Master, why did you suddenly bring out a legendary creature? And it seems that the Twilight Great Tomb has driven everyone out?"

"That's true."

Bai Qi nodded and said, "Take your men and disperse these beast tamers, then isolate this area. The Twilight Great Tomb will be temporarily closed to the public."

"A lockdown? I'm afraid we'll have to trouble you, Chairman, to issue a city-wide announcement, and it would be best if the surrounding cities were notified as well."

Lan Shao felt somewhat helpless upon hearing this. The Twilight Great Tomb had become a training ground for actual combat in Gusu City and even several surrounding cities. If it were closed off, it would have a significant impact.

"This is so troublesome..."

Bai Qi frowned, glanced at the Fire Rock Demon Tiger beside him, and then, with a glint in his eye, asked, "Senior, can you lend me a hand?"

"Understood."

The Fire Rock Tiger nodded, then suddenly roared to the sky, its terrifying aura instantly blowing the beast tamers away.

"Holy crap, the legendary beast has gone berserk!"

"What are you yelling for? Get out of here!"

The beast tamers fled in panic, and the once bustling Hill of the Dead suddenly became deserted.

"Done."

Bai Qi nodded in satisfaction and said, "I'll have Chairman Qin issue a supplementary announcement to explain later. You can seal off the area for now."

"Uh, okay."

Lan Shao nodded blankly, clearly shocked by Bai Qi's simple and crude solution.

"Senior Fire Rock Demon Tiger, how about I arrange for you to stay in one of my manors? Anyway, no one usually lives there."

"I'm fine with either, but it would be better if the temperature were a bit higher, as it's a bit cold outside and I might catch a cold."

"Is it too cold? Did you catch a cold?"

Bai Qi silently raised his head, glanced at the sun overhead, and shut his mouth.

It's already mid-May and the temperature is quite high, but compared to the fifth level of the sweltering hell, it's definitely quite cool.

"Alright, I'll build you a greenhouse."

Bai Qi took out his phone and sent a message to Zhuge Chen, then said, "However, I need some time to sort things out. Senior, why don't you come back to the Super God Evolution Research Institute with me? Anyway, Nicholas lives there too."

Bai Qi pointed to Nicholas, who had transformed into human form beside him, and said.

"I'm fine with anything, it'll be a good opportunity to see the current state of humanity."

The Fire Rock Tiger did not refuse, after all, it was also the Emperor's pet beast and still cared about the safety of humans.

"Then let's set off."

Bai Qi was secretly delighted when he heard the Fire Rock Demon Tiger agree.

Although we couldn't bring the Fire Rock Tiger to headquarters to exchange for resources, keeping it at home to guard the house is still quite good.

Who else would have a legendary creature guarding the gate?

……

Super God Evolution Research Institute.

Bai Yan and Luo Zhu looked at the Fire Rock Demon Tiger, which had transformed into a cat and was dozing off, and then at Bai Qi, who looked completely innocent. After a long while, they finally asked, "Son, where have you been causing trouble again?"

"This really wasn't something I messed up..."

Bai Qi told Bai Yan and Luo Zhu about the sealing of the Twilight Great Tomb, but concealed the matter of the Dragon Lich.

If I told my boss and mom about the dragon lich, who knows if they'd stop me from going near the secret realm in the future.

"So, because of the changes at the Great Tomb of Twilight, this legendary creature became homeless, so you brought it back?"

Luo Zhu briefly summarized Bai Qi's explanation and asked suspiciously.

"That's about it, that's about it."

Bai Qi nodded repeatedly, looking obedient.

"Forget it, I'm not going to worry about you anymore. As long as you're safe, that's all that matters."

Luo Zhu sighed, then picked up the Fire Rock Demon Tiger, which had restrained all its power, a strange glint flashing in her eyes.

"I never imagined I'd get so close to a legendary creature. Son, do you think its body structure is really different from other creatures?"

Upon hearing Luo Zhu's words, Bai Qi's eyes twitched involuntarily.

"Mom, your idea is quite dangerous..."

Although my parents usually like to slice things up in their spare time, it's really a bit too audacious of them to even think about legendary creatures.

However, the teacher seemed to have said that legendary creatures represent a qualitative change in both soul and body, which does seem to be very worthy of research.

Hmm... I'll give it a try when I have the chance...

(End of this chapter)