Chapter 140

Evolution count: 2 times

Innate Skills: Shadow Lurking, Rapid Hunt, Killing Intent Pulse, Blade of Swift Wind

Introduction: A mechanical-type phantom beast. Its special ability allows it to lurk within the shadows of darkness, perfectly concealed whether by night or day, and its formidable hunting prowess leaves prey with no chance to defend. Possessing the potential for limitless evolution, it is an extremely powerful hunter-type phantom beast — prey marked by it has virtually no hope of escape.

A pitch-black silhouette, gleaming with an oily sheen.

Built entirely of machinery, armor of silver and black radiates a bone-chilling cold.

A pair of crimson eyes.

Anyone it fixes its gaze upon cannot help but feel a chill run down their spine.

Its whole body emanates an aura of icy, murderous gravity.

That is killing intent.

So dense it has even taken on a form visible to the naked eye — a miasma of baleful qi.

The Shadow Hunt Sovereign evolved from the Obsidian Shadow Gamma.

After two evolutions,

the Shadow Hunt Sovereign's abilities have grown far more formidable.

Its speed is five times what it was before.

Its strength has increased tenfold.

Its daggers can even slice through the outer scales of the Radiant Holy Dragon.

One must remember, the Radiant Holy Dragon is a dragon-type phantom beast.

And it bears a bloodline of Legendary rank.

It was born with an overwhelmingly powerful physique.

Yet the Shadow Hunt Sovereign was actually able to wound Xiao Bai.

Enough to prove just how powerful it truly is.

"Mm, two evolutions, and its bloodline has already reached the peak level of King rank!"

"One more evolution, and it should be able to reach Legendary rank!"

Chen Xuan nodded in satisfaction.

Suddenly!

A voice rang out.

"A guest has arrived, a guest has arrived!"

The voice of a bird sounded.

It was the scout parrot Chen Xuan had tamed.

It could sense living beings approaching from a great distance.

And notify him.

"Someone has arrived?"

"It's her!"

The thermal-imaging snowy owl transmitted an image from afar.

Chen Xuan saw Zhu Yan, another young woman, and an old man approaching.

Behind them were Niu San and his son.

…

"Strange, how did such a huge tree suddenly grow here!"

"Did I remember wrong?"

Zhu Yan caught sight of the enormous tree at the Holy Dragon Dojo.

A look of puzzlement crossed her face.

"That — that's!"

Just as they arrived not far from the Holy Dragon Dojo!

Liu Quan also spotted that enormous tree.

"That's a Forest War Ancient Tree!"

Liu Quan cried out in shock.

"Forest War Ancient Tree?"

Seeing Liu Quan's horrified expression, Liu Qingqing was baffled.

She had never seen her grandfather so out of sorts.

"That's right — the Forest War Ancient Tree. Legend has it that it evolved after receiving the Dew of Life from the Tree of Life!"

"It too holds the possibility of evolving into a Tree of Life!"

"Whenever it is present, the plants around it grow three to five times faster."

"And it also attracts many rare flying-type phantom beasts to come nest — it is an exceedingly rare phantom beast!"

Liu Quan muttered to himself.

In Ancient Zhoucheng, a phantom beast like this is a prize beyond compare.

He never expected to encounter one here.

"The master of this dojo is no simple figure!"

At this moment!

Liu Quan no longer harbored any thought of looking down on the place.

Just this single glimpse of the dojo showed him how insignificant he was.

He was even looking forward to it now — wondering whether that gym leader could heal the injuries the Black-Faced Fox had left on his body.

"Alright, the gym is just ahead!"

The group walked toward the Holy Dragon Gym.

At the entrance!

A massive suit of armor stood there like a stone statue.

"General Miewei!"

"That's a King-rank bloodline beast!"

"And its level has already reached Platinum Tier 9!"

"Hiss!"

A sharp intake of cold air — Hearing Liu Quan's body was trembling.

"Using such a powerful beast to guard the door?"

"Just who is the owner of this gym!"

"Guests have arrived, welcome!"

"Please come this way, we'll report to our master right away!"

At the entrance, several beasts came forward to greet them.

Hearing Liu Quan felt his whole body had gone numb with shock.

Rare beast after rare beast — ones he had only ever seen in illustrated compendiums.

And yet here they roamed freely inside this very gym.

And their levels — the lowest among them was Platinum Tier 5.

Those rare beasts, if released into the wild,

would surely have a whole swarm of beast tamers fighting to contract them.

Some unseen for a decade, some not encountered even in a hundred years.

But here, they were as common as cabbages — everywhere.

At this moment!

Hearing Liu Quan felt just like a country bumpkin who had wandered into the city.

Trembling with awe.

Even an ordinary clan couldn't produce so many high-level beasts.