Chapter 72: Water-Avoiding Golden-Eyed Beast

Mu Yi struggled to identify the creatures on both banks of the stream, when suddenly he saw a piece of driftwood like dead wood floating in the stream.

Looking closely, it still bore a rank symbol.

Mu Yi almost thought he was hallucinating, but upon closer look it turned out to be a crocodile.

"A crocodile..."

"It seems some places also call crocodiles flood dragons; why not catch one of these?"

Just as Mu Yi was pondering, a small rhinoceros drinking water suddenly plunged into the water; the large crocodile that had been holding logs instantly opened its mouth and seized the small rhinoceros.

This crocodile's size had reached an astonishing seven or eight meters, looking quite enough to shock people, but before the crocodile could begin its death roll,

A huge rhinoceros weighing about three or four tons directly stepped on the water surface, defying common sense, and rushed over, kicking the crocodile.

In Mu Yi's view, this crocodile was unlikely to survive; its whole body was stepped into a "V" shape.

Immediately after, the entire river boiled.

Rhinoceroses are herd animals, crocodiles are too, and the two sides quickly developed into a gangster-style firefight.

Originally, one side was in the water, the other underwater; even if conflict broke out, it couldn't reach there.

However, the Transcendent world is just so fantastical; this herd of rhinoceroses can actually tread water and even dive underwater like sea beasts.

The conflict instantly escalated, the whole stream was churned into turmoil.

"You're fine, why provoke this tough-as-nails thing!" Mu Yi clicked his tongue in amazement; a rhinoceros, in a sense, is also a tyrant.

In the normal natural world, even lions and tigers have no good way to deal with rhinoceroses, especially when they travel in herds—whoever blocks them dies.

The death grip between crocodiles and rhinoceroses directly disrupted the ecology of the stream banks; some carnivores began fishing in troubled waters, while some animals turned and fled.

Although drinking water usually doesn't provoke conflict, nature isn't full of ironclad rules; nature's only rule is the survival of the fittest.

But the strong always have leeway to be at ease, just like the unicorn Mu Yi saw; its surroundings were calm and undisturbed, as if nothing had happened.

All the animals were detouring around it.

The crocodile herd seemed no match for the rhino herd; soon crocodiles were seen flying everywhere, and even one crocodile was flung away, landing beside Mu Yi and his Wind-Speed Dog.

The dazed crocodile opened its huge mouth to bite the Wind-Speed Dog, but the dog's claws fell like a phantom onto the crocodile's head, directly shutting its gaping maw, then a claw dragged the crocodile back into the water.

Before the crocodile could recover, a large rhinoceros directly butted it, launching it high into the air again!

"Why not catch a rhino? This thing is awesome!" Mu Yi's eyes lit up.

Riding such a behemoth, when facing something like a minotaur, you can charge straight through and crush the opponent.

But by then, the next opponent encountered will likely be a Transcendent Rank adversary; the arena doesn't have that many loopholes to exploit.

The stronger you are, the stronger the opponents you meet.

However, after glancing at the rhino's size and then at his own Wind-Speed Dog beneath him, he didn't know if the Wind-Speed Dog could take down the opponent.

Moreover, the opponent is also a herd creature, which doesn't look promising.

"Woof! Woof! Woof!"

Just as Mu Yi was observing, the Wind-Speed Dog suddenly let out a loud howl.

Mu Yi followed the Wind-Speed Dog's gaze and saw a huge Lion Demon walking toward the stream bank, the flames burning on its mane symbolizing its great strength.

The previously calm unicorn also finally reacted, but merely gazed at the Flame Lion Demon without taking more drastic action.

The rhinoceroses, already red-eyed, obviously didn't grasp the seriousness of the problem; indeed, a rhinoceros weighing about two or three tons even charged at the Lion Demon.

"Bang!"

With just a swipe, the Flame Lion Demon flung the massive rhinoceros to the ground.

"Roar!"

The dissatisfied Flame Lion Demon let out an angry roar.

"Under the influence of the Lion King's roar!"

"Triggering mandatory will saving throw!... Will saving throw passed!... You successfully resisted the roar's fear effect!... You took damage from this roar!"

Mu Yi only felt his qi and blood surging in his chest; if he weren't sitting on the Wind-Speed Dog right now, he would probably have been killed by that shout...

Staring dubiously at the distant Flame Lion Demon, is this the power of the Transcendent?

It's almost too terrifying; from this distance, it nearly shouted him to death—truly horrifying.

"Hum!"

However, before Mu Yi could recover from the shock, the horn on the unicorn's forehead began to blaze with light.

Mu Yi only felt a warm current enter his body; any discomfort instantly vanished without a trace.

The Flame Lion Demon glanced warily at the unicorn, then did not continue, simply walking calmly to the stream to drink water.

After a long while, the silhouettes of the Flame Lion Demon and the unicorn completely disappeared, and the stream bank seemed to return to its previous calm.

Various small creatures emerged from every corner, gathering by the stream to drink water.

Mu Yi thought it over, then took his Wind-Speed Dog and ran to the side of the rhino herd just seen.

These creatures that have entered the Transcendent realm are not low in intelligence; brute force won't work, so let's see if appealing to emotion and reason helps.

Mu Yi's target was the rhinoceros beside the one that the Flame Lion Demon slapped unable to stand; although it isn't the largest rhino, Mu Yi thinks convincing it would be more likely.

"Are you interested in coming with me? I can make you stronger!"

Mu Yi crouched beside the rhinoceros and cautiously probed with a question.

The rhinoceros gave Mu Yi a glance, closed its eyes, and completely ignored his meaning.

"Don't you want revenge? As long as you follow me, I'll definitely make you stronger; next time it'll be lying at your feet!"

Mu Yi didn't give up, continuing to try to persuade the large rhinoceros.

"Zongwang Prompt: morale boost activated, effect average!"

The rhinoceros opened its eyes, stared at Mu Yi's eyes, seeming to weigh the truth of his words.

"Want to give it a try? I can prove it to you right now!"

Seeing the rhinoceros seem somewhat moved, Mu Yi took the chance to persuade him.

As he spoke, Mu Yi was about to flip and jump onto the rhinoceros; the rhinoceros dug at the ground with its feet, seeming a bit unaccustomed, but thinking of that hateful flame Lion Demon, it did not further resist.

"How about that!"

Unlike the wind-speed dog, the moment Mu Yi mounted the rhinoceros's back, he felt the rhinoceros's steel-like body instantly swell a bit.

"Moo!"

Watching Mu Yi jump down from his back and seeing his strength fade, the rhinoceros lowered its head toward Mu Yi, lay down on the ground, as if saying he was willing to leave with Mu Yi.

"Good, good, good! From now on I'll call you the Water-avoiding Golden-eye Beast! How about that!"

Mu Yi stroked the rhinoceros's horns, looked at its golden pupils, thought for a moment, and gave it a name full of Jiuzhou style.

Being able to enter water, having golden pupils, calling it the Water-avoiding Golden-eye Beast seems quite reasonable.

Although the Azure-water Golden-eye Beast might be a qilin rather than a rhinoceros, who says that this water rhinoceros I've subdued won't evolve into an ancient ferocious beast in the future? After all, a name isn't a patent.

If you've got the ability, let the Ox Demon King come catch me via the net!