Please be my partner.

In less than a minute, all the shadow monsters that appeared in front of Mellen were destroyed, but what made him look ugly was that he did not get any spiritual energy.

You know, there were about a dozen shadow monsters attacking him, and most of them had a strength of about level one.

Did the failure to harvest spiritual energy mean that they hadn't been able to completely destroy these shadow monsters?!

Although these shadow monsters are not very powerful, they are largely immune to physical damage and can travel short distances in the shadows, making them extremely difficult to deal with.

Feeling the malice coming from the shadows around him, Melen ran quickly with a serious expression.

He didn't ride Spike at this time, as that would only slow down the dog's reaction time.

Mellen now has a physical fitness level close to the second level. Although he cannot exert the same level of power due to the lack of corresponding professional skills, his endurance is no less than that of a galloping horse.

As Mellen moved forward quickly, the sense of danger decreased slightly, but the covetous eyes from the shadows were always fixed on him.

Two hours later, Melen faced a second attack. This attack was about the same intensity as the first one, but they were still easily repelled.

As dusk approached, the third attack came as expected. This time, Melen happened to be passing by a small town. The shadow monsters had no scruples at all, and their combat effectiveness was enhanced due to the shadows cast by various buildings. Instead, he and Gou Zi were somewhat restrained.

When night fell, Melen stopped running away. Playing a chase game with shadow monsters in the dark was not a good option.

If he was attacked by surprise, Spike might not be able to save him in time.

So, Mellen chose an open area, cut down two big trees, and broke them into small pieces, which was easy for Spike.

He planned to light a bonfire and then defend the position.

Normally, freshly cut trees are not suitable for burning because they contain too much water.

But this naturally did not pose a problem for them. They only needed Spike to use the power of the earth element to squeeze out the excess water from the trees, and they would get a pile of dry wood.

In just a few moments, the bonfire was burning brightly.

Seeing this scene, Melen inexplicably felt as if he was playing a real version of "Don't Starve".

The intensity of the attack at night was obviously higher than that during the day. Melen had to use two holy bullets to repel the attacking shadow monster.

It is worth mentioning that the holy bullet seems to be extremely restrained against shadow monsters. The two shadow monsters that were hit and reached the second level of strength were directly destroyed, contributing more than ten points of spiritual energy to him.

In the next few days, Mellen was always on guard against attacks and fighting. Although the intensity of each battle was not high, it happened too frequently, which caused the condition of him and his two dogs to decline at a visible rate.

Of course, for now, this level of decline is not enough to affect their combat effectiveness.

But judging by the increasingly strong malice coming from the surroundings, Melen guessed that perhaps the shadow monster's purpose in doing this was just to delay time so that it could gather more strength to defeat him in one go.

And this speculation was soon confirmed.

When a third-level armored dragon lizard, ten second-level shadow monsters, and hundreds of first-level shadow monsters appeared in front of him, Melen's heart sank to the bottom.

This kind of strength almost exceeds the total strength of the 'Swallowing Swamp' when it caused a riot in Vero City.

The Iron-Armored Dragon Lizard is five meters tall and ten meters long. Its body is covered with a layer of snake-like scales, each of which is the size of a palm and feels solid and heavy.

This ankylosaur lizard also seems to be transforming into a shadow monster, but it doesn't seem to be completely completed yet, so it cannot move quickly by transforming into a shadow.

Without any communication or hesitation, the Ankylosaurus went straight towards Spike.

Spike roared as well, and brought out his strongest form...

【Battle Formation】Locked!

[Hide the Edge] is released!

【Giant】Open!

[Totem is coming]!

【Blood and flesh explode】!

Spike transformed into a huge blood-colored monster, with a layer of solid stone armor wrapped around his body joints. Blood mist swirled around him, and his temperature soared rapidly. This was a sign that his blood was burning.

The two giant beasts wrestled without giving in, and the result was naturally that the Iron-Armored Lizard, known for its defense and strength, was stronger, and won with an almost crushing advantage.

After Spike realized the difference in power, he immediately changed his tactics and started a guerrilla fight.

As long as he could delay the battle for a while, with the help of [Fighting Formation] and [Warlust], Spike felt that he had a chance to defeat the powerful enemy in front of him.

At the same time, the other shadow monsters rushed directly towards Mellen, which was their only target.

Even with the help of Spike's [Heavy Mountain], facing so many shadow monsters, Melen felt a chill down his spine. He knew that it was time to fight to the death.

Whether it is the blood mist released by Xiao Honglian or the flame of the puppet Isaiah, they can cause considerable damage to the shadow monster. Combined with Mellen's [Final Track] sacred bullet, they can hold on for a while.

But, this is far from enough!

So now the only way to break the deadlock is... [Soul Interaction]!

[Soul Interaction], as the core skill that Melen obtained after becoming a [Wolf Tamer], is naturally extremely powerful.

Its passive ability alone is enough to help Melen overcome the weakness of ordinary [Beast Tamers]. More importantly, it also has an even more powerful active ability...

Melen's mental power can be transformed into tangible power and bestowed upon the dogs, allowing them to leap into a completely new form.

In the beginning, this ability could not be fully utilized because Mellen's mental strength was insufficient, or Spike was too strong.

It was not until after the contract with Little Red Lotus was signed that the complete experiment was carried out.

The experimental results surprised Mellen.

Now, he is ready to risk the damage of mental exhaustion just to allow Spike to complete his evolution.

At this moment, the spirits of Mellen and Spike formed a closer connection, and a large amount of mental power flowed from the former to the latter.

Through the transfer of the [Soul Interaction] ability, these mental powers were transformed into a force with substantial weight, diffusing and spreading within Spike's body.

"Woof!~"

Spike felt that his own strength was rapidly increasing exponentially, and at the same time, something seemed to be about to sprout from deep in his blood.

Spots of golden light emerged from its blood, dyeing the blood mist around it dark gold. These dark golden blood mists no longer floated around it, but fell directly on its body, completely covering it.

A golden light quickly spread in its pupils, dyeing the dark pupils pure gold, and extending outwards irregular traces like lightning.

The process was not slow, but it took nearly three seconds.

During this time, the Ankylosaur seemed to feel uneasy and launched a more ferocious attack on Spike.

In the first second, Spike was still retreating, but in the second second, he was able to barely hold on, and after the third second, he actually blocked the attack of the Ankylosaur head-on.

There was a moment of silence during the battle between the two.

There was a look of disbelief in the Iron-Armored Dragon Lizard's eyes, and it didn't understand why a small second-level extraordinary life form could compete with it in strength.

Spike, wrapped in golden light, had golden eyes radiating coldness and deep chill, as well as endless crazy fighting spirit.

The golden light wrapped around its body at this moment was not some golden power, but the materialized product of the fighting spirit after it was condensed and sublimated.

Spike knew that his current state was the result of the boy's overdrawn mental strength and forced evolution. Every second he maintained it would cause serious damage to the boy, so he launched his full strength without hesitation.

"Buzz!~"

A low sound of breaking through the air passed by, leaving a golden scratch in the void.

"Pfft!~"

The Iron-Armored Dragon Lizard, which had only some insignificant marks left on its scales during the battle, had one of its claws broken by this blow, and three deep scars that could be seen to the bone were left on its body.

"Roar!~"

The Iron-Armored Dragon Lizard let out a wild roar, which was both anger and... fear!

After all, it had not yet completely transformed into a shadow monster and still retained some wild instincts. At this time, suppressed by Spike's fighting spirit, it actually felt like retreating.

The next moment, shadows occupied the eyes of the Iron-Armored Dragon Lizard, completely erasing its desire to escape. At the same time, a large number of shadows began to converge towards its head.

However, due to this, the Ankylosaurus's movements became stiff, making it even more unable to cope with Spike's attacks.

With the second strike, the Iron-Armored Dragon Lizard was almost cut in half.

With the third strike, the golden light gathered on Spike's claws and directly cut off the head of the Ankylosaur.

After Spike evolved into a new form, he hunted down the third-level Iron Armored Dragon Lizard with an almost crushing posture, and the whole process took no more than two seconds!

Seeing this scene, Mellen felt relieved. All he had to do now was hold on a little longer and wait for Spike to kill all the remaining shadow monsters. Then he could...

Just when Mellen thought he had victory, something unexpected happened.

All the shadow monsters stopped moving at the same time as if they had received some kind of order, and then suddenly exploded into countless shadows, converging towards the head of the Ankylosaur Lizard that was still in mid-air.

This incident happened so suddenly that by the time Spike wanted to stop it, it was already too late.

The converging shadows distorted the space like a black hole, and then quickly spread out. Spike was the first to be swallowed up, followed by Mellen and Xiao Honglian.

When the shadow dissipated, only a huge pit remained in its place.

Chapter 112: Dispersion and the Third Gear ( Monthly Tickets Plus)

"Uh!~"

After an unknown amount of time, Mellen suddenly woke up from his coma, but the next moment, he held his head and groaned in pain.

After a moment, his mind regained some momentum and he began to think about the current situation.

Spike completed his evolution with the power he gave and defeated the Ankylosaurus, but before the latter died, he also detonated the distorted space, or used shadow jumping or other means to teleport him directly to an unknown place.

Thinking of this, Melen stopped thinking and looked at the surrounding environment. It seemed to be a deep mountain forest with few people, and he was now halfway up a hill.

To his surprise, Spike and Little Red Lotus were not around, apparently they were teleported to different places.

After a little thought, he understood the other party's intention.

You should know that normally, the contractual connection between a beastmaster and his pet is subject to a distance limit. Although this limit will increase as the strength of both parties increases, once the limit is exceeded, the beastmaster will lose contact with his pet.

This problem usually needs to reach the third level before it can be alleviated.

The other party obviously regarded him as an ordinary beastmaster, so after finding it difficult to deal with Spike and Xiao Honglian, they teleported them to different areas.

Thus, in the eyes of the shadow monster, without the connection of the contract, the two dogs would find it difficult to even find Mellen, so the latter would become unprotected, and the body of a mere second-level beastmaster would be not worth mentioning.

Anyway, their target from the beginning to the end was only Melen.

After figuring this out, Mellen's expression remained gloomy, but he relaxed a little.

[Wolf Tamer] is different from ordinary beastmasters. From the beginning of the contract, ultra-long-distance communication can be achieved.

In other words, as long as we can drag out this initial period, the other party's plan will collapse.

He sensed it briefly and found that Spike was about two hundred kilometers away from him, and Xiao Honglian was about one hundred kilometers away.

At this time, the two had already begun to move towards him.

According to the speed of the three of them, even if Mellen and the closest Xiao Honglian were walking towards each other, it would take at least nearly an hour to meet up, and that was because the little guy was relatively fast.

Thinking of this, Mellen no longer hesitated, stood up and ran towards Xiao Honglian. Although he was mentally traumatized, his body was intact and had no injuries.

What made him feel a little strange was that the feedback from Spike was normal, but something seemed to be wrong with Xiao Honglian.

But there was no time to think about these things at the moment, and Melen began to examine himself.

[Final Trajectory] Five bullets have been fired in this cycle, and all of them are holy bullets. There are still seven bullets left to reach the limit of the second gear.

[Ring of Swiftness] is now activated, providing some assistance for his escape.

[Corruption Ball] and [Corruption Dog] have not been used so far.

There was also the puppet Isaiah controlled by the black beetle. Because it was severely damaged in the previous battle, he took it back into the [Blue Ring] in advance, thus avoiding the trouble of losing it.

This is all the means Mellen has now. Perhaps this is very good for others, but in his opinion it is far from enough.

It's true, you only regret not having enough "backup plan" when you need it!

On the other side, Spike relied on his strong physique to break free from the dizzy state almost at the moment the transmission stopped.

At this time, Spike has returned to his original form. Because the battle with the Ankylosaur was not long, and he mainly relied on Mellen's strength when the outbreak occurred, Spike is still in good condition.

It didn't even look around, because the dog didn't care about its current environment at all. It only knew that the boy was far away from it and it needed to get to the boy immediately!

Spike turned into a gust of wind and rushed towards the direction where Mellen was, following the connection in the spiritual contract. He walked directly over all the obstacles he encountered along the way.

When ordinary wild beasts sensed Spike's violent aura, they retreated far away. Some were so frightened that they shrank in place and dared not move.

Although some extraordinary beasts were also wary, when Spike stepped into their territory, they became enraged as if provoked and rushed towards him with roars.

Spike didn't give in at all and launched the most ferocious attack. Any extraordinary beast hit by its claws was either dead or injured, but it didn't even look at them and just passed by.

While Spike is in berserk mode, things are a bit weird on Xiao Honglian's side.