Chapter 217: Blood Legion

A thick, heavy scent of blood surged out from the gap in the rift, instantly permeating the air and spreading in all directions.

A blinding blood-red light erupted from the rift, rendering the entire altar as gloomy and terrifying as Hell.

Deep blue ghost fire appeared within the rift.

One by one, blood-colored skeletons gradually revealed their forms.

Every blood-colored skeleton was at least two meters tall.

They were draped in finely crafted blood-red armor, and in their white-as-jade Guzhua, they tightly gripped a large blood-red machete.

The machete was about two meters long and covered with nine copper rings that jingled; they exuded a heart-palpitating aura of death.

In the hollow eye sockets of these blood-colored skeletons, deep blue light floated; they opened and closed their mouths, making clicking sounds, while streams of putrid, foul-smelling black gas emerged.

The skeletons roared and shrieked, surging out from the rift of the Secret Realm with hatred for the living, pouring out like a blood-red tsunami.

Neigh.

From within the rift came bursts of neighing from bone horses.

A three-meter-tall bone warhorse, draped in thick blood-red armor, appeared.

The skeleton head riding on the back of the bone warhorse wore magnificent blood-red armor.

A blood-red Bone Spear was carried out by a group of blood skeletons.

At the handle of the Bone Spear, there was a ferocious Flood Dragon Bone.

The two eyeballs of the Flood Dragon Bone were inlaid with blood essence the size of pigeon eggs.

The terrifying aura made the surrounding blood-evil currents become violent and chaotic, and a blood-colored Gale whistled across the altar.

The altar was filled with flying sand and rolling stones; it was quite a scene.

The charge of the blood-colored skeletons was unstoppable; wherever they passed, everything was shrouded in the aura of death.

Trees were corroded by the aura of death and turned into withered wood.

The Blood Saint looked down coldly at this invincible Blood Legion, like a monarch high above.

Every blood skeleton here had the strength of the fourth rank, and the skeleton commander leading them had strength as high as the fifth rank.

Of course, this was only a part of the Blood Legion.

Due to limitations in strength, the Blood Saint could only summon this small portion of the legion.

This was the true foundation of the Blood Saint's lineage; every time they hunted an opponent, they would throw the opponent's corpse into the Blood Pool.

Flesh and blood would be turned into essence blood by the Blood Pool, while skeletons and Soul would be used to create blood-colored skeletons.

Through long-term accumulation, the Blood Saint's lineage controlled a massive Blood Legion.

Of course, the lineages of the Spirit Saint and the Energy Saint were not simple either; the former controlled a group of wailing vengeful spirits, and the latter possessed an Element Legion.

"Kill for me, destroy every living creature."

"I want this Secret Realm to radiate with blood-red brilliance everywhere."

An arrogant and domineering voice came from the mouth of the Blood Saint.

The blood-colored skeletons spread out like locusts.

The blood light was monstrous.

Wherever they passed, not a blade of grass grew.

They were plundering life energy.

On the other side.

Ye Bai, Lan Fa, and Yun Luo were looking at this group of plump, white insects.

Through his ability of virtual-real conversion, Lan Fa had placed the insects in a transparent display case.

The Sunflower Emperor had already carefully searched this forest and gathered all the insects it could find into one place.

In Ye Bai's eyes, these were precious test subjects, and his Insight Eye was observing these plump, white insects.

【Name: Sword Spirit Insect】

【Gender: Male】

【Trait: Hard as Iron: The body is extremely sturdy and is not bothered by bird-type Pet Beast.】

【Level: Second Rank, Level 1】

【Skills Mastered: Metal Silk (Proficient): Sprays a ball of metal silk as thin as hair from the mouth to attack the opponent.

Golden Silk Net (Proficient): Weaves a Golden Silk Net like a fishing net from the mouth; when an opponent rushes through the Golden Silk Net at High-speed Movement, that is when they are hacked to pieces.

Sticky Net (Proficient): Sprays a net as viscous as glue from the mouth; this stickiness is comparable to 502 glue.】

【Evolution Route 1: Sword Butterfly; the more precious the metal consumed, the stronger the Sword Butterfly becomes after evolution.】

"Ye Bai, what is the origin of this insect? Why is it worth you being so excited?"

Seeing Ye Bai so focused, Lan Fa couldn't help but ask.

Ye Bai made a 'shh' gesture, signaling Lan Fa not to disturb him for the moment.

Lan Fa looked at Yun Luo with little interest.

Yun Luo was eating a large chicken leg at this moment, her cheeks bulging like a little squirrel, and the corners of her mouth were covered in oil.

Beside her, the Storm Tooth Wolf was happily gnawing on another chicken leg.

Lan Fa covered his face directly, revealing an expression of extreme speechlessness.

One is a research fanatic, the other is a big foodie; is there any future in staying in this team?

Although Lan Fa was also a Breeder, he specialized in the pharmaceutical aspect and was not very skilled at Pet Beast breeding.

During the provincial-level Young Kirin Cup, he happened to draw a project he was good at during the breeding assessment, which was why he successfully entered the Yan Country competition.

After Ye Bai had observed enough, he reluctantly moved his gaze away from the body of the big fat insect.

Under the sunlight, these big fat insects shimmered with a silvery-white light.

"This is a Sword Butterfly larva; tell me, is this kind of thing precious or not?"

After hearing Ye Bai's words, Lan Fa was immediately shocked.

"A Sword Butterfly larva, a Sword Spirit Insect?"

"That thing looks like this? It's a real eye-opener."

"But I remember that this kind of thing is extremely rare in number, isn't it?"

"Every pair of Sword Butterflies can only produce one egg in their lifetime. I even suspect that in the long run, Sword Butterflies might disappear completely and become Pet Beasts only recorded in historical ancient books."

Lan Fa said skeptically.

"So we are lucky; we might have encountered a Sword Spirit Insect that possesses a recessive reproductive gene."

"This is not common. Let's see if we can increase the number of Sword Butterfly offspring through mass breeding methods."

"These are our most important test subjects. Whether we can get a high score depends on these little guys."

Ye Bai smiled.

"By the way, Lan Fa, you should be able to copy Beast Cards, right?"

Ye Bai suddenly asked.

Lan Fa frowned: "I can, but aren't you afraid of others finding out?"

"If a Beast Card is discovered during the inspection process when leaving the Secret Realm, won't that expose my talent?"

"The inspection when leaving the Secret Realm is even stricter than the inspection when entering. Even Pet Beasts are thoroughly searched to prevent things from being hidden inside."

Ye Bai understood Lan Fa's concerns; he was afraid of being secretly eliminated by others.

He smiled: "It doesn't matter, I naturally have a way to hide the Beast Cards."

"Moreover, the purpose of us using Beast Cards is not to sneak the Sword Spirit Insects out, but for convenience in carrying them."

"After all, this thing is our major harvest in the Secret Realm and must be revealed in front of people."

"As long as the resources are sufficient, the Sword Spirit Insects can quickly evolve into fourth-order Sword Butterflies."

"We must have sufficient theoretical data to support our research."

"Lan Fa, create the Beast Cards first."

Ye Bai's gaze turned toward the Tieshu.

This is a tree as hard as iron.

Its body is rock-hard, and its metal content is extremely high.

This kind of tree can absorb metal ores buried deep underground and extract the metal substances within them.

Its bark glows with a black-iron color, and when tapped heavily with a finger, it emits a thumping sound.

Don't look at this tree as only two meters tall; in reality, its layered roots buried deep in the ground are nearly ten meters long.

"Sword Spirit Insects usually feed on metal ores."

"Generally, where there are Iron Trees, the ground must be rich in mineral veins."

"We can mark this place."

In this round of assessment, exploring mineral veins in the Secret Realm is also part of the bonus points for the assessment.

Ye Bai had the Sunflower Emperor pluck all the leaves of the Iron Trees in this area.

"Sunflower Emperor, split off some Clones."

"Dig up the ores underground."

"I want to study whether these ores have anything special, and whether it is the reason for some ores that caused the Sword Butterfly's reproductive ability to become stronger."

What can cause the Sword Butterfly's reproduction to become stronger, besides genes, is the environment.

As long as a few sets of experiments are done, it will be easy to test it out.

"Lan Fa, mark it on the map."

"Let's leave here as soon as possible."

Only by constantly changing positions is it not easy to be discovered.

Lan Fa sat on the Iron Armor Mad Bull.

Yun Luo rode on the Storm Tooth Wolf; this Storm Tooth Wolf, which joined after failing to beat them, was eating and drinking well in Ye Bai's team.

Now it is as docile as a puppy.

Sure enough, to capture the heart of a Pet Beast, one must first capture the stomach of the Pet Beast.

The Sunflower Emperor stuffed the tent into its petal space, while Ye Bai flipped over and sat on the Little Charcoal Dog.

"Let's go!"

Tianhe City.

Fang Ritu and Jiaomu Jiao Zhang Jian gathered here.

Watching the endless undead surging over like a tide.

A trace of inexplicable sorrow flashed in Fang Ritu's eyes.

The newly appointed Jiaomu Jiao Zhang Jian, who was the original president of the Yandong Province Beast Tamer Union.

Because Zhang Jian reported the anomalies regarding Tianhe City, he and Fang Ritu were sent to Tianhe City together to investigate.

Tianhe City is finished, completely finished.

"Who exactly intercepted the intelligence of Tianhe City, letting the entire Tianhe City fall into a paradise for the undead?"

"The people in the provincial capital don't send anyone down to investigate, but instead keep hiding the tragedy of Tianhe City. What exactly do they want to do!"

Zhang Jian was extremely angry at this moment; he smashed his fist against a stone nearby, and fresh blood fell from the back of his hand, dripping onto the ground.

The scent of blood stimulated the undead, and many undead flew over like a tsunami.

However, just as they were about to touch Zhang Jian, a large Barrier appeared.

"This is the Pet Beast Guild's large-scale Barrier."

Fang Ritu's eyes suddenly lit up.

"It is they who opened the large-scale Barrier."

"It seems there are still survivors who lived; we must find the survivors immediately to be able to know the full story of what happened."

"Let's go, Horn Wood Horn, this mission is extremely arduous, and my great hammer is already famished and impatient."

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