Beast Taming: I can evolve indefinitely

Chapter 737 Shadow of Double Images

"A professional task assessment system?"

Bai Wujie narrowed his eyes, seemingly considering the feasibility of Bai Qi's plan.

"That's right, according to you, Brother Bai, the difficulty of all the tasks posted by the Crying Bar is determined by the proprietress, right?"

Bai Qi nodded and said, "I'm not questioning the boss's wife's abilities, but I don't think anything that catches her eye can be a simple task."

"Perhaps the boss's wife will personally assign these tasks to you, Brother Bai, but what about the other tasks?"

"If a beast tamer makes a mistake and accepts a task beyond their capabilities, aren't they just throwing their life away for nothing?"

"But if we could establish a dedicated organization, create a task assessment system, and combine it with a beast tamer strength assessment system to allocate tasks reasonably, I think it would be better for both the task issuers and the task recipients, right?"

After listening to Bai Qi's words, Bai Wujie fell silent, but the light in his eyes grew brighter and brighter.

"Bai Qi, I'm increasingly realizing that bringing you into the tavern was the absolutely right choice!"

Bai Wujie patted Bai Qi's shoulder forcefully and said, "If we could really do what you said, the attrition rate of beast tamers might not be so high."

"It's not a maybe, it's a certainty."

Bai Qi said with a serious expression, "Once these plans are finalized, we can even train a group of beast tamers we are familiar with to ensure the completion rate of the mission. As long as we make a name for ourselves, many things will naturally fall into place."

This isn't something Bai Qi made up; the Beast Tamer Association in later generations basically did the same thing, and the system is definitely mature.

He never expected that after finally escaping the position of a branch president in his later life, he would now be promoting the birth of the Beast Tamer Association.

It's all fate, there's no escaping it...

"Haha...that does sound pretty good."

Bai Wujie laughed heartily, looked at the roasted pig in front of him, and said, "Let's eat first, I'm starving. Let Xiao Huang think about this complicated matter later."

"All right……"

Seeing this, Bai Qi said no more. He had already planted the seed, and the rest was up to the founders.

He couldn't possibly provide a complete solution, and besides, he had a young martial emperor to train.

To cultivate an emperor and establish the Beastmaster Association...

Yeah, the former is more fun!

Gamma's skills became increasingly exquisite, and Bai Wujie spent the entire time praising him. Even the seemingly otherworldly Golden-Winged Roc couldn't resist taking a piece.

"Brother Bai, it's been so long, are you sure your target is here?"

Bai Qi wiped his mouth, looked at the unchanging darkness around him, and said.

"According to the data shown by the intelligence, it is indeed here."

Bai Wujie frowned slightly, looked at the roasted meat in his hand with a puzzled expression, and said, "Did they change the flavor of that thing? Last time, we used roasted meat to lure it out."

"So you're really planning to use grilled meat to lure your prey..."

Bai Qi's lips twitched. He had originally thought that Bai Wujie intended to use them as bait to lure prey, and that the roasted meat was just a garnish while waiting.

In hindsight, it seems he was just being delusional?

"That's right. This target is very cautious and wouldn't normally appear. If I hadn't lured it out once with barbecue, I wouldn't have had any other options."

Bai Wujie nodded slightly, then picked up a piece of roasted meat and had the Golden-Winged Roc fan it vigorously, trying to spread the aroma into the forest.

"Extremely cautious yet attracted to barbecue? What a contradictory setup."

Bai Qi smacked his lips, about to make a complaint, when Bai Wujie suddenly stopped and stared intently ahead.

Behind a thick tree root, a pair of small white ears swayed and peeked out. Before Bai Qi could see what they looked like, the ears retracted.

This is the mission objective? It really can be lured out by barbecue?

Seeing this, Bai Qi immediately understood, and after seeing Bai Wujie's expression, he was even more certain of his guess.

Just as Bai Wujie said, the target was very cautious, only showing its ears from beginning to end, and refusing to show its head.

Bai Wujie was clearly aware of the target's habits. He gently placed the roasted meat on the ground and then retreated little by little.

Finally, after Bai Wujie and the roast meat maintained a certain distance, the owner of those ears finally peeked out.

There was a beast, its fur as white as snow, its eyes blood red...

Yes, it's a rabbit.

Bai Qi raised an eyebrow, finally showing some interest.

In such a dangerous place as the depths of the Shadow Forest, it seems quite incongruous for a seemingly ordinary rabbit to appear.

"Could it be some kind of rare species? I don't think I've seen it in the encyclopedia."

Under Bai Qi's curious gaze, the rabbit finally left the tree root, taking one step and then backing away three times before finally arriving in front of the roast meat noodles.

"Shall we make a move?"

Seeing this, Bai Qi quietly asked, but before Bai Wujie could answer, the rabbit, who was about to feast, suddenly froze and then rushed back without looking back.

Despite its slow and hesitant movements, this rabbit is incredibly fast when it runs away, returning to the tree roots in the blink of an eye. Hmm...

He hit his head and passed out.

The ancients were right in saying, "Wait for a rabbit to run into a tree stump."

"Brother Bai, are you sure this is our target? This guy seems a bit... not quite right in the head?"

Bai Qi smacked his lips, about to go forward to check on the rabbit's condition, when the husky suddenly ran out, directly unleashing the Three Lives Soul Tribulation, enveloping the entire surrounding area.

Then, Bai Qi saw a golden soul emerge from the rabbit's body and continue to flee into the depths of the forest.

"Out-of-body experience? Soul escape?"

"Bai Qi, you have a spirit-type pet? Great! Quickly, trap it!"

Upon seeing the rabbit's soul manifest, Bai Wujie's eyes lit up, and he shouted loudly.

"understood."

Bai Qi nodded slightly. Needless to say, this soul was probably Bai Wujie's target.

"Beta, grab it."

Awoo awoo!

(Leave it to me!)

Beta nodded, his vertical pupils flashing, and the black tribulation power generated by the Three Lives Soul Tribulation rushed towards the golden soul body like a long dragon.

Within the scope of the Three Lives Soul Tribulation, unless one's mental strength surpasses that of a husky, no one can resist the invasion of the tribulation's power.

Just as Beta used his tribulation power to trap the golden soul and was about to bring it back, the golden soul actually passed right through the tribulation power and ran away into the distance on its own.

Moreover, it simply ran out of the range of the Three Lives Soul Tribulation and disappeared from Bai Qi and the others' sight!

"Beta, stop playing around. If this guy gets away, he'll be hard to find."

Bai Qi frowned slightly upon seeing this, while Beta looked completely innocent and expanded the scope of the Three Lives Soul Tribulation once again, and the golden soul body reappeared.

"This soul is very special."

Jerry opened his dark golden eyes, carefully examined the golden soul for a few moments, and then took the initiative to leave his body and personally went to pursue it.

Seeing Jerry rapidly approaching from behind, his body covered in strange patterns, the golden soul trembled and fled at an even faster speed.

But Jerry was clearly faster, blocking the soul's path first, and the scepter formed from tribulation power smashed directly down on the soul's head.

"Um, Brother Bai, did the proprietress say whether to catch them alive or dead?"

Bai Qi's eyes twitched at the sight, but it was too late to stop it.

"Nonsense, of course it's alive!"

Bai Wujie's eyes narrowed, and the Golden-Winged Roc's eyes shone with golden light, clearly indicating that it was about to unleash its legendary power.

But at that moment, the golden soul that was about to be struck by the scepter suddenly flickered, narrowly avoiding Jerry's attack, and then disappeared completely.

"They ran away?"

Bai Qi was somewhat surprised to see this. First, he ignored the tribulation power of the Three Lives Soul Tribulation, then he avoided Jerry's attack, and now he has simply disappeared.

No wonder it gave Bai Wujie, a legendary figure, such a headache; there must be some tricks to it.

"However... Brother Bai, you scared that rabbit away, so I'm not responsible."

Bai Qi looked at Bai Wujie. Although the rabbit seemed to have been scared away by Jerry, Bai Qi could see very clearly that the rabbit's aura changed the moment the Golden-Winged Roc unleashed its legendary aura.

Although it was only for a moment, Beta's three consciousnesses simultaneously felt a powerful mental pressure far exceeding its own as it fell upon him.

This oppressive aura was not hostile, yet it was incredibly powerful, even causing Beta and the others' consciousness to momentarily stagnate.

"Sorry, I couldn't help myself again..."

Bai Wujie showed an apologetic expression and said, "It's not easy to run into this guy once, and I was worried about you... so I was a little anxious."

"I don't think something capable of immobilizing the minds of so many of us could be injured by an Emperor-level creature."

Bai Qi said, "So, Brother Bai, can you tell me what this thing is now?"

"It's not that I'm unwilling to say, but I wasn't very sure before this either."

Bai Wujie paused, then said, "Did you know that there are two overlords in the Shadow Forest?"

"have no idea……"

"The Shadow Forest is a rather unique place within the six kingdoms. It is the only place where two legendary creatures coexist, even though they are not in a tribal form."

"Chong and Ying are the code names for these two legendary creatures."

Upon hearing this, Bai Qi understood and said, "So, that golden soul entity we just saw was one of these two legendary creatures?"

"That's right, if the landlady's information is correct, that guy is the 'Shadow' in the 'Double Shadow' series."

Bai Wujie nodded, a helpless look on his face, and said, "This guy's movements are the most elusive. Once he wants to escape, no one can stop him. Moreover, his appearance is different every time he appears, like an assassin lurking in the shadows. You can see him, but you can't catch him. That's why he's called the Shadow."

"I thought we'd finally catch it this time, but I underestimated its reaction..."

(End of this chapter)