Please be my partner.

One is the blood-red color. Just by looking at the membrane of the area, one seems to hear countless sounds of fighting. This sound can arouse emotions and make people become irritable and eager to fight.

The other is a vast expanse of blue, like an endless world of water, with huge black shadows vaguely swimming in it, filled with an indescribable sense of oppression.

After a moment's thought, Vic said, "The blood-red area is likely a battlefield. Judging from the information we've gathered so far, entering it could affect one's spirit, leading to belligerence. Other dangers are unknown. The blue area is likely a boundless ocean. It seems to harbor extremely large life forms, but their strength is unknown."

"What do you say?"

Lucas looked calm and didn't express any opinion. Xinko looked conflicted. Tiana was interested in the ocean area, but was also a little worried about the huge creatures there.

Mellen looked at Spike, and the dog nodded to him solemnly, with golden light in his eyes.

Just as Vic was about to say something else, Mellen said, "Let's go to the bloody area. It will be of great benefit to me."

As soon as these words came out, Xin Ke immediately laughed and said, "Why didn't you say it earlier? You made me struggle for so long. I hate making choices the most."

Tiana waved the petals in agreement, and Lucas nodded slightly, without any other opinions.

Seeing this, Vic said, "Okay, let's go to the bloody area."

Melen laughed and said, "Xinke, I didn't expect you to have difficulty making choices."

"Difficulty in making decisions?" Xin Ke asked doubtfully, "What kind of disease is this?"

"It's just that when you have two or more items that you like, it's hard to choose between them," Mellen said.

Xinke's face was filled with confusion. "If it's something you like, why should you choose? Wouldn't it be better to just get them all?"

Everyone:?

After a brief thought, Melen asked, "Xinke, do you rarely make choices?"

Xin Ke said as a matter of course: "Of course."

Everyone:...

Under Xinko's puzzled gaze, everyone tacitly skipped this topic and went straight into the bloody area.

As soon as they entered the bloody area, they suddenly felt that everything they saw was scarlet. Endless murderous aura was floating freely between heaven and earth. It was as if a flame was burning in their hearts, and they had the heroic spirit to fight against heaven and earth. They immediately wanted to find an equally powerful opponent to fight.

Lucas said, "There are a large number of mind-interfering particles in space. They appear to be the manifestation of some spiritual element that has mutated. Preliminary testing indicates a tendency toward combat and killing. Contact with them will interfere with and induce the minds of intelligent life forms, and this interference will intensify over time."

While Lucas was speaking, the others also got rid of the interference of the bloody power.

Of course, Mellen and Spike were not affected at all.

The others looked at Mellen, and Xinke said with a grin, "It seems that Mellen, you intend to use the power characteristics of the bloody area to sharpen your dog's fighting spirit."

Mellen nodded without hesitation. During the previous mutual adjustment process, Spike often sought out Xinko for exchanges and discussions. As a 'real' professional, Xinko naturally saw that Spike was using the legendary power of fighting spirit. So when Mellen said that he wanted to come to the bloody area, he immediately thought of this and nodded in agreement without hesitation.

After entering the bloody area, Spike also told Mellen that this place was indeed of great help in improving his fighting spirit.

The bloody energy might drive other lives gradually crazy, but for Spike, it was excellent nourishment for his fighting spirit. With the right method, he could quickly absorb and digest it. This was also the fundamental reason why Spike and Mellen, who had a contractual link with him, were not affected.

As for what method is appropriate?

That is of course... Fight, Fight, Fight!!!

Melen did not forget that Spike's next evolved race, the 'Golden War Dogs', required the condition of immortal fighting spirit.

In the battle to destroy the 'Swallowing Swamp', Spike was promoted to Legend and realized the Golden Fighting Will in one fell swoop. Melen thought that his dog met the conditions for evolution. However, after comparing it with the inherited information, he found that the Golden Fighting Will was only the initial prerequisite for the Immortal Fighting Will, and it would take a long time to truly achieve it.

After exploring the bloodlines of other dogs, Melen realized that something was wrong. At that time, whether it was the blood demon dog in the next stage of Xiao Honglian or the mechanical giant structure in the next stage of Garuru, he clearly knew from the inheritance information that it was a race belonging to the deep purple lord level.

However, there is no similar race-level information for Golden War Dogs.

It’s just that Spike is a fighting dog of the Deep Blue Commander level, so Melen naturally assumed that the next evolutionary race of the dog would be the lord level.

After that incident, Mellen and Spike studied the information obtained from the inheritance picture more carefully, and finally came to a conclusion that the racial rank of the Golden War Dog should be above the Commander, and Spike can evolve across levels after meeting the conditions!

Mellen even got an even bolder guess...

[Immortal Fighting Will]: The strongest, most determined, bravest, and most fearless warriors have experienced countless life-and-death battles. Only by recognizing themselves and striving for self-improvement in endless battles can they condense a ray of immortal fighting will.

In the Age of Gods, every warrior who gathers an immortal fighting spirit will be blessed by the great god of war and receive eternal favor.

The so-called Age of Gods undoubtedly refers to the period before the invasion of the Myriad Beasts Universe. In that era, if a life could be elevated by condensing its immortal fighting spirit, it would be blessed by the great God of War and receive his eternal favor.

This is probably not just as simple as jumping one or two levels of racial level, it may be a step to heaven.

However, it is precisely because of this that one can slightly feel the difficulty of gathering the immortal fighting spirit.

Perhaps, this is an extremely long journey that may take ten years, a hundred years, or even longer to complete.

It was because of this understanding that Spike placed more emphasis on building a new Branded Knight profession. It required strength, and it required a stronger strength that was enough to protect the young man.

This is Spike's persistence.

Mellen understood Spike's thoughts, so he has been trying his best to provide various conveniences for his dog.

Now, an opportunity that may greatly shorten the time for the birth of immortal fighting spirit appears before them, so it is no wonder that Mellen and Spike are so excited.

Just as Mellen was thinking, Lucas took out a metal cylindrical machine as tall as a man and said, "Mellen, I've already made the incubator you asked for to transform into a Void Behemoth. Just place the Void Behemoth egg in it, and it will automatically inject the prepared nutrient solution. The Void Behemoth will hatch in a month at most."

"Look here. You can input the form you want through mental power. Because it is a Void Behemoth, the resulting Void Behemoth will differ slightly from your description, but the general form will be consistent."

Melen took the incubator and was a little curious about how Lucas had the time to make this since he was either analyzing or escaping before. But then he thought it should be a capability similar to that of an extra-dimensional factory.

Placing the Void Behemoth egg into the incubator, Melen used his mind to input the desired form according to the instructions given by Lucas. At this time, many dog images flashed through his mind, and there was no specific race. Anyway, the results were similar. He only wanted the hatched Void Behemoth to look like a dog.

Then, Lucas distributed the analyzed biotechnology information to everyone. These materials could not improve individual strength, but they were very helpful for the development of power.

With them, if there are sufficient resources, it is easy to create a strong biological weapon army.

After the spoils were divided, everyone began to move forward and explore this bloody world.

Not long after, they heard the sound of fighting ahead. They looked at each other and immediately moved over carefully.

Soon they saw two giant beasts locked in an ecstatic battle in the mountains.

On one side was a giant beast that was ten meters tall and twenty meters long, and looked like a rhinoceros; on the other side was a giant ape that was fifteen meters tall.

The battle between the two giant beasts was rough and concise, without any unnecessary movements, but gave people an extremely exquisite feeling.

Upon closer observation, one can discover that these two behemoths are not normal life forms. Although they appear to be physical entities and their surroundings have been destroyed by the aftermath of their battle, they are actually illusions condensed from the materialization of the spirit.

"Woof!~"

Spike growled, begging for a fight.

Ever since entering the bloody area and feeling the benefits of the bloody energy, Spike has been actively absorbing it. Although his fighting spirit can digest this power, there is also an efficiency issue. Only in the case of fierce fighting can the absorption and digestion efficiency be higher. In addition, Spike himself is more warlike, so he naturally couldn't help himself when he saw the two giants.

Mellen nodded slightly to indicate yes.

Seeing this, Spike could no longer bear it and directly increased his size to a huge size and rushed towards the two giant beasts.

Faced with the sudden attack, the two giant beasts dominated by blood-colored energy stopped without hesitation and attacked Spike in tacit understanding, as if their previous bloody fight was a deliberate act.

The three huge beasts fought in a group, and Spike easily gained the upper hand against two of them. After all, these two blood-colored beasts were only at the peak of the third level. If Spike really let go, he could easily crush them.

However, Spike did not do so. Not only did he not use the power of the Branded Knight, he did not even use the Golden Fighting Will. Instead, he relied on his most primitive body to fight.

Normally, Spike is very confident in his own fighting skills. This is not only due to the hunting instinct rooted deep in his blood, but also due to the fighting instinct that he constantly draws from the golden fighting spirit.

But in today's battle with the two behemoths, Spike actually felt restrained, and the only way he could gain the upper hand was by relying on his legendary physical strength.

The fighting skills of these two blood-colored behemoths seemed to have been honed through countless battles and had become instincts.

While fighting with them, Spike was also learning their fighting skills, and he felt that he benefited a lot in just a short period of time.

After more than ten minutes of fierce fighting, Spike felt that his learning efficiency began to drop significantly. It would take more than a short period of time to make further progress, so he used his true strength to smash the two beasts to pieces.

"Woof!~"

As Spike roared to the sky, a large amount of blood-colored energy surged out from the two giant beasts. Most of it dissipated in the air, but a small part entered Spike's body, which made its fighting spirit even stronger.

The golden fighting spirit turned into lightning and surged around Spike, mixed with strands of blood-colored energy that had not been fully digested.

Mellen exhaled and made up his mind.

He apologized to Vic and the others, "Sorry, I may need to leave the team for a while!"

Chapter 268 Bloody Battlefield and Return to the Toxic Area

Regarding Mellen's words of leaving the team, except for Tiana who was a little surprised, the other three were very calm.

Xin Ke smiled and said, "Ah, I guessed it long ago. The environment here is indeed suitable for cultivating fighting spirit. However, the blood-colored energy has been distorted by the power of the void after all. Absorbing too much will also cause mental burden. If this burden accumulates too much, it may even distort the mental will. Be sure to pay attention."

Vic also said, "Indeed, the spirit is a mysterious realm. Even the saints of my race occasionally express that they have only mastered the surface of spiritual power. The saints have also often warned me that I must be extremely cautious when exploring spiritual power."

Lucas just nodded slightly to Mellen and didn't say much.

Then, the few of them continued on their journey. Occasionally, when they encountered wandering bloody creatures, Spike would rush forward and fight them.

When the bloody creatures see Spike, regardless of whether they are fighting each other, they will immediately turn their targets to Spike and launch an endless attack.

Melen and others speculated that this might be due to the recognizability of the blood energy itself.

Because the blood-colored creatures encountered were generally of level three strength, Spike did not hold back, so his speed was not slow as he rushed forward.

On the way, Vic continued, "If nothing unexpected happens, our next route will still be heading straight to the central peak. After your training here is over, you can set off to the central peak to meet us."

"Also, since you've been away from the team, you can't share in our gains, but you can redeem them with your contributions. After all, if it weren't for your Titan Legion blocking us when we first entered the mechanical area, it wouldn't have been so easy for us to deal with the biological weapons and mechanical creations. So, you've made a considerable contribution. Accordingly, during your independent journey, your gains will also be yours. Is that okay?"

The last sentence is also asking everyone in the team.

Although their team's overall strength is very strong and they can easily deal with biological weapons and mechanical armies, it is difficult to keep Lucas from being disturbed with only four people.

In that case, facing the endless siege, they could only fight and retreat, leaving no time for Lucas to concentrate on researching mechanical creations that could shield the core intelligent brain's monitoring, and obtain a complete map of the mechanical area, not to mention the subsequent calm arrangements and finally obtain the desired biotechnology.

All of this is causally related.

Therefore, Mellen’s contribution to the various gains in the mechanical area is comparable to Lucas’.

Everyone else agreed with Vic.

As they continued to move forward, they encountered more and more blood-colored creatures, blood-colored monsters, and armies composed of blood-colored humans... All the blood-colored creatures were either fighting or on their way to a battle.

After a blood-colored life is killed, a small amount of blood-colored energy will enter the body of the winner and strengthen themselves, while most of it will float between heaven and earth. When the blood-colored energy becomes rich somewhere, it will condense into a new blood-colored life.

Then, the cycle repeats itself.

As they approached the center of the blood-red area, they saw an extremely magnificent scene...

On the endless plains, hundreds of thousands, or even millions of blood-colored lives are fighting hard. The blood-colored energy condenses into thick blood clouds in the sky and spreads to the periphery of the area. New blood-colored lives are born from time to time, and then these new blood-colored lives fight along the way. The final winner will arrive at the central plain and join this endless fight.

There are many legends among them, and there are also many peak legends, but there are no saints.

Xin Ke sighed and said, "This place was formed by the twisted evolution of the broken Saint's territory. Life born under these rules is inherently incomplete and naturally cannot break free from its shackles and become a new Saint."

Mellen nodded slightly. He clearly saw a legendary blood-colored life form killing other blood-colored life forms. The diffused blood-colored energy was expelled as soon as it entered its body.

Occasionally, two legendary blood-colored creatures would meet, and the outcome would always be one of them perishing and the other seriously injured.

Melen said, "I will stay here for a while. You guys go ahead and I will come find you later."

Vic nodded and left with the team. He had said everything that needed to be said before, so there was no need to say more now.

Xin Ke couldn't help but say one more sentence: "Remember, don't be greedy!"

Mellen nodded solemnly.

After Vic and the others disappeared from his sight, Mellen withdrew his gaze.

Melen certainly understood Xinko and the others' concerns. After all, the blood-colored energy was indeed a bit weird. However, since Melen chose to stay, there must be a reason.

Before the Wolf Tamer broke the rules and restrictions and entered the legendary level, Melen and the dogs had extremely strong mental resistance. Although Melen felt it was strange at that time, he did not investigate it further.

It was not until Melen was promoted to Legend that he fully understood the reason. The Wolf Tamer's Contract was not an ordinary contract. It was not even derived from the body and soul, but was rooted in something more essential.

Therefore, under the influence of the contract, the dogs can serve as Mellen's anchor and help him break through the rules and restrictions of the starry universe.

Correspondingly, under the link of the Wolf Tamer Contract, Mellen and the dogs can serve as anchor points for either party. Under the influence of these anchor points, similar abilities that can distort the mind will hardly affect a particular dog unless they are all defeated in an instant. Even if there is some impact, it will be corrected quickly.

This is the reason why Mellen chose to stay.

Mellen looked at Spike. At this time, because of the fighting and killing along the way, the dog's golden fighting spirit was mixed with strong blood-colored energy. With the existence of this layer of "protective color", the dog's aura and the "local" blood-colored life were getting closer and closer, and he was no longer targeted.

Although Spike's eyes are bloodshot and he looks almost crazy at this moment, in fact, his body is crazy but his mind is not. With Mellen and other dogs as his spiritual anchors, Spike is very sober.

Melen said softly, "Go ahead, but remember to stay away from those legendary, bloody beings."

Spike glanced at the boy as if he were an idiot.

When Spike and Mellen first met, perhaps because of his childhood experiences, Spike was indeed reckless, and every time he fought, he had a crazy attitude of trying his best.

But, as they say, dogs follow their masters. Since following Mellen, Spike's style of doing things has begun to change slightly.