Chapter 224: You're So High and Mighty! You're So Awesome!

As Lin Mo drew closer.

The giant unicorn, its entire body wreathed in blazing flames, trembled even more violently.

Its massive body curled into a ball, emitting a whimpering cry from its throat, like a husky.

【Target: Crimson Flame Unicorn】

【Attribute: Fire】

【Submit a Soul Contract to this target?】

【Current number of contracted beasts: 0/1】

Looking at the panel before him, Lin Mo stroked his chin.

He glanced again at the other tamed beasts around him, all equally docile, and couldn't help but suffer from decision paralysis.

Thinking of this.

Lin Mo simply asked the little creature in his skill bar.

"Xiao Huo, what do you think of this unicorn?"

"After all, it's of the Fire element. Later, let it follow you, be your little underling, and help you share the burden of grinding monsters?"

Inside the skill bar.

【Fireball didn't even glance over: "Trash."】

"..."

Those two simple words left Lin Mo speechless.

Fine, you're awesome, you're high and mighty.

Without so much as a glance at the unicorn, Lin Mo decisively turned around and walked toward the next target.

The second one.

Was a giant two-winged lion, slender in build, radiating an aura of chilling cold.

【Target: Frost Winged Lion】

【Attribute: Ice】

【Submit a Soul Contract to this target?】

【Current number of contracted beasts: 0/1】

Looking at the giant beast lying on the ground, Lin Mo raised an eyebrow.

"Xiao Bing, what about this one? What do you think? It could even serve as a mount."

【Ice Spike's face twisted with disdain: "Want to be this Young Lady's underling? Is it even worthy?"】

Saying this.

【Ice Spike's expression changed, becoming shy: "Master, if you truly lack a mount, when the opportunity arises in the future, this Young Lady will let you ride..."】

"Stop, stop, stop."

Hearing Xiao Bing's increasingly perverted words, Lin Mo decisively cut it off.

Can't provoke, can't provoke.

Lin Mo sighed again and walked toward the next one.

The third one.

Was precisely that blue giant ape that had once humbled Principal Guhe.

【Target: Thunder-Clashing Domineering Sky Ape (Leader-level Contracted Beast)】

【Attribute: Lightning】

【Submit a Soul Contract to this target?】

【Current number of contracted beasts: 0/1】

Seeing this name.

Lin Mo couldn't help but suck in a sharp breath.

Hiss...

That name is truly domineering.

Immediately after.

Just as Lin Mo was about to speak.

【Lightning Strike said indifferently: "Waste."】

Lin Mo: "..."

Well, this one is even more of a heavyweight.

Saying even one more word feels like a waste.

Lin Mo rubbed his temples, which were throbbing with a dull pain, and continued walking forward.

The fourth one.

Was a giant bear covered in thick rock armor.

Its size was like a small hill.

【Target: Titan Rock Bear】

【Attribute: Earth】

【Submit a Soul Contract to this target?】

【Current number of contracted beasts: 0/1】

"Xiao Tu, look at this big guy; he suits you quite well. How about taking him in to be your companion?"

Lin Mo glanced at the 【Earth Escape Art】 in his skill column.

In the skill column.

【【Earth Shield Art】 poked its head out, looked at Big Brother, Third Brother, and Fourth Sister.】

【【Earth Shield Art】 cleared its throat: "Master, there's no need at all! Big Brother and Third Brother handle the damage output, Fourth Sister handles the crowd control, and I, your Second Brother, handle the defense. What do we need it for? Trash!"】

Hearing this, Lin Mo fell silent.

He rubbed his brow, feeling a sudden headache coming on.

Looking at the contracted beasts all around him.

Honestly, each and every one of them looked absurdly powerful, radiating an overwhelming pressure.

He already had a bit of a hard time making choices.

He had originally planned to ask the skills inside his body for their opinions and pick the most suitable one.

But as it turned out—

Every single one of them looked down on the lot!

What was he supposed to do now?

This was a reward the Heavenly Pivot Manor was giving away for free!

Free stuff—take it!

He was still counting on getting another worker to grind experience for him out in the wild.

Just then.

In the skill column, the little fellows started chattering away again.

【【Fireball Art】 snorted coldly: "It's not that this one is picky, it's simply that these lowly creatures aren't worthy of this one… Of course, mainly, they aren't worthy of Master."】

【【Ice Spike Art】 also, for once, joined in with a tsundere agreement: "Exactly, exactly! These lowly creatures would only drag down our household's class. Master, think thrice!"】

【【Lightning Strike Art】 said it in a nutshell: "Better to lack than to have something shoddy."】

【【Earth Shield Art】 nodded repeatedly: "Right, right! Rather than taking on these pieces of junk, it'd be better to let Big Brother, Third Brother, and Fourth Sister pull a few extra shifts!"】

Listening to the skills' strangely unanimous tone.

Lin Mo let out a helpless sigh.

"Fine, fine, fine."

"You guys are so noble, you guys are awesome."

Lin Mo couldn't be bothered to agonize over it anymore.

"Since none of you are interested, I'll just pick one at random."

"They're all just going to be workers anyway, so picking whichever one's the biggest is never a wrong call."

After making up his mind.

Lin Mo raised his head, his gaze beginning to sweep across the grounds, ready to pick the most massive one.

Just then.

Out of the corner of his eye, he caught sight of an extremely inconspicuous corner of the grounds.

"Huh?"

Lin Mo's heart skipped a beat, and his footsteps halted instantly.

He saw that behind a small protective fence, a fox was lying there.

Compared to the terrifying giant beasts all around, this fox was pitifully small—about the size of an adult Samoyed.

Snow-white all over, without a single stray color.

What surprised Lin Mo the most was…

All the giant beasts were trembling and kneeling on the ground—only this one little fox did not kneel.

Instead, it tilted its head slightly, staring at Lin Mo with curiosity.

As if looking at some strange creature.

"Interesting."

Watching this scene, Lin Mo couldn't help but feel his interest piqued.

The whole court kneels, yet only you, a single fox, sit apart—is that it?

"That is a 【Formless Grand Void Beast】."

From behind, Elder Nie's gentle voice suddenly rang out.

Lin Mo turned his head to look.

He found that Elder Nie and the others had, at some unknown point, already walked over to his side.

Moreover,

Elder Nie's gaze was also fixed on that little white fox in the corner.

A flicker of doubt flashed through Lin Mo's eyes:

"Formless Grand Void Beast?"

Elder Nie nodded slightly, his expression somewhat complicated.

He looked at that little white fox and began to explain:

"That's right. This little fellow's name sounds pretty strong, doesn't it?"

"Back then, capturing it cost a tremendous amount of effort—it was the hardest one to capture, you could say."

"It's just that…"

"After it was successfully captured, the situation turned out to be a bit… special."

"Special?"

Lin Mo raised an eyebrow.

Elder Nie sighed and explained:

"Yes."

"This little one has not a single trace of elemental reaction within its body; it looks completely like an ordinary demon beast."

Saying this, Elder Nie looked at Lin Mo and gave a bitter smile.

"Come to think of it, this little one's situation is somewhat similar to when you first awakened."

"Both are 'blank slates' with no elemental affinity whatsoever."

Hearing Elder Nie's explanation,

Lin Mo finally understood.

Another blank slate...

No wonder it wasn't awed by the Spirit of Elements within my body.

But the name Formless Great Void Beast sounds far stronger than something like a Crimson Flame Unicorn!