Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
“Are they Lord-tier familiars?!”
“He must be one of the top monster trainers in Yuzhou. Doesn’t Mingge have a Lord-tier familiar as well?” said the man in the black singlet.
“There’s no point coveting other people’s familiars. I believe Bao Yan here will be able to evolve into a Lord-tier familiar someday!” said the bushy-browed young man firmly while patting the back of his red wolf.
The Shadow Japalura suddenly let a roar out into the air, causing the red wolf to tremble and fall on its butt.
Gao Peng had his hands wrapped around the Blood Eye Whisker Vulture’s neck while a fierce wind blew at his face. He couldn’t believe his luck when the Mountain Spirit offered to help him obtain his prize.
The prize in question would allow Da Zi to evolve into a Six-Winged Thunder Centipede. Its evolved form would allow it to fly, giving it maximum mobility in the air.
However, the Mountain Spirit’s offer had come with a price. It wanted Gao Peng and Uncle Liu to do something for it in return.
Mountain Spirits were more intelligent than other monsters. The reason why it had chosen Gao Peng and Uncle Liu was because it knew that most humans were capable of negotiating.
Although humans were physically weak, they were capable of taming powerful creatures. A Mountain Spirit would only ever approach a monster trainer it deemed worthy of its time, that is, a trainer with powerful familiars under their command.
“Humans… over here…” the Mountain Spirit rumbled. “Bathe me in their blood, and I will do what you ask.”
The Mountain Spirit had come to a halt. Before it lay a wide cavity in the ground. In the middle of the cavity were a couple of huge holes. A round head poked out from one of them and sniffed at the air, then it hurriedly squirmed back into its hole, as if it had smelled something rotten in the air.
[Monster Name]: Armadrillo
[Monster Level]: Level 32 (Commander-tier)
[Monster Grade]: Normal
[Monster Attribute]: Earth/Gold
[Monster Ability]: Earthwalking Level 2
[Monster Weakness]: Fire
Are Armadrillos giving the Mountain Spirit a hard time? thought Gao Peng.
According to the legends, armadillos had been able to travel freely beneath the earth. The Armadrillos that they had evolved into had probably gained a more powerful version of this ability.
However, Gao Peng had a hard time believing that a Lord-tier Mountain Spirit would be inconvenienced by a single Lord-tier Armadrillo.
“There are a lot of them… down there,” said the Mountain Spirit slowly.
“Smoke them out,” Uncle Liu ordered the Blood Eye Whisker Vulture.
The vulture began flapping its wings until it had whipped up a fierce wind.
With a ripping sound and a flash of green light, the wind struck the ground, raising a cloud of dust in the air.
Cries of pain could be heard in the midst of the explosion.
The Blood Eye Whisker Vulture swooped down in a flash of light. When it flew closer to the ground, it let go of Dumby and sank its claws into something else in the smoke.
The Blood Eye Whisker Vulture emerged from the smoke with an Armadrillo squealing frantically in its claws. It sank its claws deeper into its prey and tore open its body, letting its blood and entrails fall from the sky.
The Armadrillo’s blood and flesh fell upon the Mountain Spirit, which then absorbed the offering through its black stone skin. A satisfied burp rumbled from deep inside it.
“Okay, I’ve killed one of them for you. Now, can you tell me where our prize is?” asked Uncle Liu.
The Mountain Spirit didn’t move. “Not enough… One is not enough…”
“Tell me where is it, and I’ll help you catch more Armadrillos,” said Uncle Liu coldly.
The Mountain Spirit hesitated for a moment. Finally, it simply said, “In the east.” Uncle Liu tried to coax a more precise answer out of it, but his efforts were all in vain.
The Armadrillos hiding beneath the ground were all startled by the Blood Eye Whisker Vulture’s assault. Some of them fled from their holes, while others scurried past the Mountain Spirit’s feet.
With a swing of their tails, the Armadrillos parted the earth before them and dove into the ground, dodging the black stones the Mountain Spirit flung at them from its feet.
“Four more, I still need four more,” shouted the Mountain Spirit.
After placing Uncle Liu on the Blood Eye Whisker Vulture’s back, the Shadow Japalura flew towards one of the holes and jammed its body into it. Moments later, a panicked squealing came from the ground. The Shadow Japalura crawled back out of the hole with a half-dead Armadrillo dangling from its jaws.
It then nimbly plucked three more Armadrillos out of their holes.
The stones on the Mountain Spirit shifted excitedly as it greedily eyed the pile of dead Armadrillos now lying in front of it.
“The thing you’re looking for is on a cliff five mountains away to the east,” said the Mountain Spirit impatiently.
“I think we should hold onto the last Armadrillo carcass, in case this was all just a trick,” said Uncle Liu. He let the Shadow Japalura fly into the air with an Armadrillo carcass in its mouth and signaled for the Blood Eye Whisker Vulture to fly Gao Peng to his prize.
“We Mountain Spirits never lie!” roared the Mountain Spirit.
Ten minutes later, the Blood Eye Whisker Vulture returned with an uprooted tree in its claws. The tree was entirely black. However, its roots were as white as snow, and electricity crackled from them.
Gao Peng poked his head out from behind the vulture and gave Uncle Liu an okay signal.
Upon seeing this, Uncle Liu ordered the Shadow Japalura to drop the last Armadrillo on the Mountain Spirit.
“Now why would a Lord-tier Mountain Spirit crave Armadrillo meat?” asked Uncle Liu.
“Who knows? Maybe there’s something in their bodies that helps Mountain Spirits evolve, or maybe it just wanted us to get rid of the Armadrillos so that it could have whatever is buried in the ground all for itself,” said Gao Peng.
Uncle Liu raised an eyebrow at Gao Peng. “Then why don’t we take it for ourselves?”
“This is all just a guess. Besides, we got what we came here for. I wouldn’t say this has been a wasted trip.”
