Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Gao Peng returned from the Tiange Academy and found that the familiars were training hard in the backyard of the villa.
“Dumby, what’s going on here?” Gao Peng asked Dumby.
Dumby put down the Monster Collection Guide in its hands, ignoring Da Zi, who was trying to secretly gesture to it crazily.
“Master, after you left, Da Zi was promoting something to the other familiars, and then they became like this.”
Da Zi glared at Dumby, and Gao Peng had already walked over to it. “You just had to fool around, didn’t you? Naughty Zi.”
Da Zi retorted, “I didn’t fool around. I just want them to work harder…”
“Oh? Why would you need to work harder? Haven’t you guys always been hard workers?” Gao Peng smiled.
“If we don’t work harder, would you not want us anymore?” Da Zi suddenly asked Gao Peng seriously.
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Gao Peng was dazed. He glanced at Da Zi and Moneymaker, who was earnestly doing sit-ups on the ground nearby.
Flowing Light, Xiao Cao, Silly… All of them were peeking in his direction. Gao Peng felt puzzled about what was wrong.
“Why would you have the illusion that I wouldn’t want you anymore?” Gao Peng shook his head. After saying this, Gao Peng felt Da Zi’s resentful gaze.
“How dare you ask that…? It’s only been a few years, and you have so many familiars. Say it. Have you come to like the white-covered book?” It was better not to have mentioned it. Once it was mentioned, Da Zi was full of regrets.
“So I made them work harder to help everyone grow stronger so that you won’t want other familiars anymore.” As if he was afraid to anger Gao Peng, Da Zi only peeked at him after it had finished.
Gao Peng was speechless.
“All right. It’s really been a bit boring lately. It’s also related to the lack of your opponents on the Earth Star.” Gao Peng nodded. “Continue to help them train well.”
Following Gao Peng’s words, it seemed that the familiars of the entire villa area became busy. The normally intense training conditions resumed again. In a valley in the backyard hill, a purple thunder-attracting bamboo had been planted, and it was surrounded by plenty of thunderstones. The valley soon turned into a valley of thunder, and the Thunder element in the air was particularly active. This made it very suitable for the survival of monsters with Electric attributes.
After the valley had been built, Da Zi had been spending much less time in the villa area. It spent most of its time training in the valley.
At the same time, an underground passage had been cleared, with Stripey’s help, in the mountain next to it. This had sparked the magma deep underground, and simultaneously, the Flamy Feather Tree that had previously been transplanted from the top of Mount Heng was planted on the summit. Some other Fire-attribute materials were also moved to the mountainside.
Then the temperature of this mountain rose slightly out of nowhere. Flamy had disliked it a little at first because after all, it was someone else’s nest. It was second-hand. However, there must have been a reason that had caused the Nine-headed Flamy Sparrow to be so fond of the place.
The nest was warm, as if it was paved with a layer of geothermal heaters. It was steamy, and the temperature was just right.
After staying for a night, Flamy secretly snuck all of its belongings that were originally in its nest onto the mountain next to the villa.
“You came.” The Blood Eye Bearded Vulture stood on the edge of the cliff with its wings closed. Its neck turned 180 degrees around to coldly scan Goldie.
Goldie raised its head and said loudly, “I’ll accept my defeat. Don’t worry, I will soon surpass you! I can do what you can do!”
The Blood Eye Bearded Vulture smiled. “Well then, I’ll look forward to the day that you can press me onto the ground. Your talent is so strong that it’s too much of a waste for you to only be at this level right now.”
Goldie opened its mouth, not knowing how to refute. The grade of the Blood Eye Bearded Vulture was two grades lower than its own, yet it had defeated it. It had really been slacking off…
“Are you only Perfect-grade now?” Goldie asked a little reluctantly.
“In the past half a year, I traveled around the mountains. I found the breaths of seven different elements, and I fused them together.” The Blood Eye Bearded Vulture squinted its eyes. “Your master said that I could be promoted to the Epic grade if I fused the breaths of nine different elements together, but I’ve never believed in any prophecy in my entire life. I only believe that I create my own opportunities! So I gave up on continuing to fuse them. I’m going to continue to find three or more elements of different attributes and make the last fusion.”
“Well, I wish you success.” Goldie cheered for it.
“How do you normally train?” Goldie asked shamelessly. At the same time, it made a resolution from the bottom of its heart. After I follow your methods and succeed in training, I have to beat this bird up.
The day before, it had greatly embarrassed Goldie in front of Flamy. For some reason, being ashamed in front of Flamy had made Goldie very unhappy.
“Extreme weights.” The Blood Eye Bearded Vulture walked to the other side of the mountain. “Follow me. This is my usual training equipment.” On the other side of the mountain was a pair of black stones that completely absorbed sunlight. They were dull in color and had very rough surfaces.
“These are the Black Core Rocks. They’re rocks that condensed in the sinkholes six miles deep in the ground. They’re scarce, and there are only enough for you and me to train with.”
“Try their weight,” the Blood Eye Bearded Vulture said to Goldie.
Goldie stepped forward and tried to lift it. It didn’t take it much effort to lift the Black Core Rock that was the size of a watermelon, but Goldie was stunned. Ever since it had been promoted to the Lord tier, all the rocks in the world were very light to it. It could even effortlessly raise a stone of its same height, but this Black Core Rock of a watermelon’s size was heavier than a 15-foot-tall iron rock. It was at least a hundred times the weight of an ordinary stone of the same volume!
“Every day, I use my feathers to lift a Black Core Rock of this size. Only after so much hard work and training can I become invincible. Every one of my feathers was trained to the extreme, and with the help of the feathers, the muscles and skin underneath can also be trained together. They can also tell me the control I have over my muscles, and I can then use every muscle in my body when I fight…” the Blood Eye Bearded Vulture said in a deep voice.
Goldie stopped listening to its words after that. There was only one sentence floating in its mind. Every one of its feathers was trained to the extreme… Every single one of its feathers?? You must be joking me!
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A strange scene appeared on the top of the mountain. On the left side, a beastly bare yellow and blue striped duck was standing upside down with one wing on the ground and the other wing next to its side. Its arms were crossed on its chest, and a piece of Black Core Rock that was as big as a house was hooked on its legs.
At the same time, the wing on the ground was still slightly undulating as it did inverted single-winged push-ups. Every push-up caused the body’s muscle lines to become smoother, and hundreds of small muscle groups tightened and relaxed, constantly pushing the limits.
On the other side, a gigantic Blood Eye Bearded Vulture was maintaining balance as it posed as a flamingo standing on one foot with its wings raised at the same time. The hundreds of feathers on its wings were erect, and on top of each of the feathers was a Black Core Rock the size of a watermelon. With its breathing pattern, each of the feathers fluctuated up and down rhythmically.
Flamy flew past in the sky and saw the scene beneath it. It couldn’t help but shake its head in terror. “It’s crazy. Goldie has gone crazy.”
