Free Web NovelChapter 304: Chapter 227: Fei Lin’s Mount (2)
Otherwise, a single blast of its flare would have reduced several square kilometers to ruins.
Just as Han Ning was considering how to capture this elusive, insubstantial monster, Qingyao, who was beside him, had no idea what he was scheming.
CHIME~
Qingyao’s jade-like Dragon Eyes stared into the empty void. She suddenly twitched the barbels on her jaw.
SWISH!
Her barbels, glowing with an azure light, suddenly shot out to a length of several hundred meters and pierced into the void.
A moment later, a sharp shriek echoed from the void.
The azure barbels, wrapped in layer after layer around the Shadow Reaper, slowly retracted.
ZZZT~
Thin tendrils of azure light coiled around the Shadow Reaper’s pale, smooth skin. Tiny motes of azure light danced across the tendrils, pinning its body in place.
Whenever it struggled, the pulsing azure light would arc around its body like electricity, completely neutralizing its uncanny ability to become intangible.
’Incredible...’ Han Ning couldn’t help but marvel. ’Giant Dragons are powerful in head-on combat, but for dealing with these skulking creatures, a Flood Dragon is what you need.’
Even though they were both Lord Level, and this Shadow Reaper would have had a hard time dealing any real damage to Egg Pancake, it was significantly faster. It would just keep chipping away at him, which was incredibly annoying.
In the past, Egg Pancake’s enemies had all been straightforward, head-on attackers—mostly flesh-and-blood creatures. He had almost no experience fighting an enemy that was this fast and insubstantial.
’I can’t believe Egg Pancake’s first fight as a Lord ended in such a frustrating setback,’ Han Ning chuckled to himself.
He was sure Egg Pancake could have won in a real fight, but unfortunately, he’d ordered him not to destroy the Black Tower. It was like making the little guy dance in shackles, unable to unleash his full power.
’I should have Egg Pancake learn some simple Dragon Race Sealing Techniques from Qingyao when he gets the chance. That way, he’ll have a way to deal with these elusive enemies in the future.’
Unexpectedly, just as the thought popped into his head, a line of small, light blue text suddenly appeared before his eyes:
[Spend 15,000 Energy to unlock the Spiritual Power Secret Technique—Spiritual Bird Cage?]
’What’s this?’ Han Ning marveled, focusing his thoughts on the text.
[Spiritual Bird Cage]: A Spiritual Power Secret Technique for Beast Masters. Uses Spiritual Power to weave a cage that traps enemies within a certain radius. Any hostile creature that touches the cage’s spiritual threads will have its Spiritual World ensnared, causing a brief mental stun and impeding its movement.
Ineffective against creatures without Spiritual Power.
Minimum Requirement: Tier Three Spiritual Power.
’A Spiritual Power Secret Technique... That’s right. A Beast Master can do things a Soul Beast can’t. They’re partners in battle, meant to help each other.’
Reading the description on the panel, Han Ning came to a realization.
’But... the minimum requirement is Tier Three, and I don’t qualify yet!’
’I’ll worry about this once I reach Tier Three.’
While he was lost in thought, only two or three seconds had passed in the real world.
Han Ning quickly snapped out of it. A smile spread across his face as he praised her,
"Great work, Elder Qingyao!"
"CHIRP!"
Egg Pancake, a wide grin on his face, let out a series of happy chirps in Qingyao’s direction.
Perhaps because Qingyao was considered a beauty among the Dragon Race, that little guy Egg Pancake was especially taken with her—even more so than with his big sister, Yin Yi.
Qingyao held her head high, ignoring Egg Pancake. Instead, she tossed the Shadow Reaper leader in front of Han Ning.
The azure tendrils tightened violently, leaving deep gashes on the Shadow Reaper’s body.
Qingyao raised her claw and lightly tapped the creature’s head.
A fleck of azure light appeared.
The Shadow Reaper immediately fell unconscious and stopped struggling.
CHIME~
"You’re saying... you want me to deal with it?" Han Ning asked, sensing the intent behind her cry.
CHIME! Qingyao nodded.
"Alright. I’ll see if I can purify a bloodline from it."
Han Ning stretched out his hand, and the All-Encompassing Spiritual Silkworm shot from his palm into one of the Shadow Reaper’s wounds.
The Shadow Reaper, being unconscious, was completely unable to resist, allowing the chubby silkworm to greedily drink its blood from the inside.
For a War General Level All-Encompassing Spiritual Silkworm, the blood and Energy contained within a Lord Level Soul Beast were unbelievably precious.
In just a few moments.
The once-solid body of the Shadow Reaper shriveled like a deflated balloon.
Above its head floated a pale purple orb of blood.
"COO-ME~"
The chubby silkworm popped out with a *thwump*, sprawling across the head-sized orb of blood and cooing softly at Han Ning.
"Uh-huh, is this all of it? Hold on to it for me for now. We’ll see later if it’s effective. The other Shadow Reapers are all yours, too."
Now that he had purified blood from a Lord, Han Ning had no interest in the blood from the lower-level ones.
"MEE-GOO~"
The All-Encompassing Spiritual Silkworm excitedly swallowed the orb of blood and, with a swoosh, darted toward the surrounding corpses like a wolf in a henhouse.
Han Ning turned his attention to one side of the hall, where two large containers held special fluids and two unique Soul Beasts.
"Let’s go take a look."
He patted Yin Yi and Fei Lin on the back, called over Egg Pancake, and walked up to one of the containers.
As he got closer, he realized the transparent barrier wasn’t made of a glass-like material, but was a biological membrane, like a fish’s swim bladder.
Even the faint air currents from him walking by caused fine ripples to spread across its surface.
The container before him was four meters tall. Submerged inside was a skeletal warhorse with jet-black bones.
[
Race: Star Dream Unicorn
Gender: Male
Talent: C+
Level: Entry Level III
Talent: Strong Will
Mastered Elements: Psionic, Dark
Introduction: The Demon King’s mount, spreading silent death across the land.
Spend 3,000 Energy to unlock the Star Dream Unicorn’s evolution branches?
]
’...A Soul Beast with C+ Talent... Its Talent is even higher than Fei Lin’s own.’
Han Ning was quite surprised as he stared at the Star Dream Unicorn, which was completely skeletal save for two motes of black Nether Fire burning in its eye sockets.
Fei Lin, at his side, gazed at the slumbering Unicorn with an expression of pure adoration, as if admiring a flawless work of art.
"Fei Lin, do you want it?"
"YIYI!" Fei Lin nodded without a moment’s hesitation.
After observing for a moment, Han Ning reached into the adjacent container and touched the residual, pale green liquid. He immediately felt a wave of dizziness.
’This liquid... it has a powerful anesthetic effect.’
’It’s only at the Entry Level. Releasing it shouldn’t be a problem.’
He took a few steps back and gave Egg Pancake a knowing look.
"CHIRP!"
Egg Pancake understood the signal, raised a claw, and gave the transparent membrane a light swipe.
To his surprise, Egg Pancake’s first swipe failed to tear the seemingly flimsy membrane. No wonder it could contain such precious, young Soul Beasts.
It wasn’t until the second swipe, when Egg Pancake put more power into it, that the membrane tore with a RIIIIP, splitting open a large gash.
GUSH~
A large volume of the pale green anesthetic liquid gushed out from the tear.
It quickly flooded the floor.
The Star Dream Unicorn inside the container was fully revealed.
Droplets of the residual liquid still clung to its jet-black skeleton.
Freed from the anesthetic fluid, the slumbering Star Dream Unicorn seemed to be gradually stirring awake.
The twin flames of deep-purple, almost-black Nether Fire in its eye sockets began to flicker restlessly.
「About two minutes later.」
A soft *neigh*...
A light, ethereal cry echoed through the quiet hall.
The sound was like a nightingale singing on a branch in the dead of night—melodious and graceful, yet tinged with the nasal tone of an equine.
’The tranquility of death...’
Remembering the creature’s "Star Dream" name, Han Ning felt as if he were truly standing under a silent, starlit sky.
*Neigh?*
The Star Dream Unicorn struggled to its feet.
Although it was only a juvenile Soul Beast, it already stood nearly 2.5 meters tall. To Han Ning, it looked almost as large as an elephant.
"YIYI!"
Fei Lin, who stood only 1.9 meters tall, stood quietly before the Star Dream Unicorn, gazing at it with expectant eyes while muttering something under her breath.
*Neigh?*
The Star Dream Unicorn tilted its head, its somewhat unsettling "eyes" looking down at Fei Lin in return.
The "woman" and the horse stared at each other in silence.
Black mist silently seeped out from Fei Lin’s Biological Armor, swirling around the two of them to form a hexagram on the ground.
After a long moment, the Star Dream Unicorn suddenly let out a soft whinny, bent its legs, and lay down before Fei Lin.
"Yiii~"
Seeing this, a happy smile bloomed on Fei Lin’s face.
