Chapter 16

He was extremely powerful and tamed many powerful phantom beasts.

Later, he opened a dojo in Sacred Dragon Village.

He taught many young people to become Beast Masters.

The villagers all called him the Beast God.

A deity who could command ten thousand beasts.

But many years passed afterward.

The Beast God vanished somewhere.

Gradually, there were no more Beast Masters in the village.

By Chen Xuan's generation, the Sacred Dragon Dojo had fallen into complete decline.

One who could command the Sacred Dragon.

Li Cong and Deng Xiuwen could only think of the old Beast God.

"Could it really be the Beast God?"

"That previous pure white light—surely it means the Beast God has returned."

Li Cong and Deng Xiuwen gazed reverently at that figure.

Stunned silent.

And right now!

Chen Xuan paid no attention to Deng Xiuwen or Li Cong.

Instead, he looked toward the black energy barrier atop the massive stone platform.

"Black Obsidian Evolution Stone!"

Chen Xuan recognized the stone as the Black Obsidian Evolution Stone.

It was his goal for this journey.

All things possess spirit.

Such evolution resources also possess a degree of sentience.

Forming an energy barrier to protect themselves.

Probably this evolution resource had hidden within the valley, absorbing heavenly and earthly qi all this time.

Only recently had it taken shape, emitting energy fluctuations that caught the attention of Bangula and Big-Arm Monkey.

"Lucky I arrived in time—otherwise those two might have seized it first!"

Looking at the battered Bangula and Big-Arm Monkey.

Chen Xuan felt a touch of relief.

"Bai Guang, move closer!"

Chen Xuan commanded the Light Sacred Dragon to fly toward the platform.

Just then!

Chen Xuan's brows lifted.

As he gazed at the black energy barrier.

A phantom beast's status panel appeared in his eyes.

He hadn't yet read its details.

"Wah!"

A cry rang out!

The black energy barrier of the Black Obsidian Evolution Stone rippled.

A figure was flung outward.

A small figure tumbled down from the air.

Then landed sitting on the ground.

Rubbing its aching buttocks.

It was a phantom beast resembling a raccoon cat.

Wearing a tiny hat.

Half a meter tall, it looked incredibly cute.

【Shape-Shifting Raccoon Cat: Mimicry Mutation】

Level: Silver Tier 9

Bloodline Rarity: Elite

Type: Beast / Illusion

Innate Skill: Scratch Punch, Shape-Shifting

Description: A phantom beast dwelling in forests; its bloodline rarity is low, yet it is an extremely rare phantom beast with no offensive power—even weaker phantom beasts can defeat it. But it possesses a uniquely special ability: upon adulthood, it can mimic any of one hundred creatures or objects it has seen at birth, replicating their appearance and aura with such realism that even many phantom beasts cannot distinguish truth from illusion. With this ability, it escapes from far stronger phantom beasts. It is said that after evolution, its mimicry grows even more powerful, granting it partial abilities of the mimicked phantom beast's true form.

"Mimicry Mutation!"

Chen Xuan was startled!

It must have mimicked the exact form of the stone to move about.

Hence no one noticed it.

In fact, Chen Xuan did not know that the cliff wall Li Cong and Deng Xiuwen had seen at the valley's end.

Was also a mimicry of the Shape-Shifting Raccoon Cat.

It had discovered the nearly formed Black Obsidian Evolution Stone long ago.

Mimicked the cliff wall to block it here.

Never expected that in the end it still drew the attention of Bangula, the great-armed ape, and that pack of wind wolves.

"Waaah!"

The blasted-away Hundred-Changes Raccoon Cat let out an enraged cry.

Just at this moment!

A burst of fiery red light suddenly erupted from the Hundred-Changes Raccoon Cat's body.

Then!

A clear, far-reaching cry echoed stirringly through the desolate valley, tugging at the heart.

A fiery red figure shot straight up into the sky.

"What!"

"A phoenix, a phoenix!!!"

Li Cong and Deng Xiuwen, who had been watching all this from afar, trembled in horror and pointed at the winged figure spreading its wings in the sky.

Those wings, once spread, exceeded a hundred meters.

Feathers like flames, a vivid crest, a beak like steel, talons like hooks—majestic and terrifying.

The divine bird, the phoenix.

An ancient primeval phantom-beast species.

One of the most powerful phantom beasts.

A phantom beast of legendary, mythic bloodline rank.

Even stronger than the Holy Dragon of their Holy Dragon Village.

This was a legendary phantom beast.

Never imagined that one day they would actually get to see one.

Their excited mood made their whole bodies tremble.

Today they had not only encountered the Holy Dragon.

They had also seen the legendary phoenix.

"Our whole lives have been worth it."

At this moment!

Li Cong and Deng Xiuwen even felt they had not lived in vain.

"Phoenix!"

When they saw that majestic, holy creature appear—

Chen Xuan was also stunned.

But then he laughed.