Chapter 218: Cannot Afford to Provoke, Cannot Afford to Hide (Fourth Update, You Owe Me Six)

After a monster pet dies, the Treasure carried in its Spirit Pet Space will automatically fall off.

Cai Yangkun's five monster pets naturally all carried Treasures, the most precious of which was a high-tier Earth Element amplification Treasure that could increase the power of Earth Element skills by thirty percent.

The remaining Treasures consisted of two intermediate-tier and two low-tier ones, and when added to the Demon Cores and materials on these monster pets—such as Dragon Scales, bear gallbladders, wolf pelts, and so on—their inherent ranks meant they were naturally worth quite a few Soul Crystals.

Reward merit and punish faults; this is Li Zhangsheng's life creed.

"Three-Headed Snake, you did a great job this time. This High-Rank Demon Core from the Dadi Manxiong is my reward to you!"

Li Zhangsheng did not stint, handing the Dadi Manxiong's High-Rank Demon Core to the Three-Headed Snake.

The Three-Headed Snake has three heads, but in terms of importance, the Earth Element head located in the middle far exceeds the others; as long as the Demon Core in the Earth Element head advances, the Demon Cores in the other two heads will also advance accordingly.

Thanks to its powerful Regeneration ability and Kailan's Life Water, in a short amount of time, the Three-Headed Snake recovered to a Healthy state; before Yuan Gungun grows up, it can be said to be the highest-quality meat-shield monster pet in Li Zhangsheng's hands.

Hiss—

The Three-Headed Snake's cold snake pupils stared at Li Zhangsheng; it did not express gratitude, swallowing the Dadi Manxiong's High-Rank Demon Core in one gulp.

This was, after all, an Earth Element Demon Core one rank higher than itself; the dissipated energy even exceeded its digestive capacity, not to mention the energy of a Demon Core is inherently violent. Its gaze changed, and it hurriedly lay on the ground, concentrating on digesting the energy of the High-Rank Demon Core.

"Everyone has worked hard too!" Acting on the principle of fairness and justice, Li Zhangsheng also gave the other monster pets similar rewards; as for whether they could break through their rank, that could only be left to fate.

While they were digesting the Demon Cores, Li Zhangsheng took out the Treasure Map and examined it carefully.

Soon, the Three-Headed Snake underwent a change; its main head was enveloped in rich, earthy-yellow energy, and a crackling sound emitted from its bones as its body began to grow at a speed visible to the naked eye, only stopping after reaching a length of ten meters.

With the help of the High-Rank Demon Core, the Three-Headed Snake's main head successfully completed its breakthrough.

The next moment, a large amount of black and cyan energy light spots gathered, enveloping the Three-Headed Snake's other two heads.

When all the changes vanished, the Three-Headed Snake successfully became a High-Rank Beast.

【Spirit Beast Name】: Three-Headed Snake (Mature Stage)

【Spirit Beast Realm】: High-Rank 1st Stage

【Spirit Beast Race】: Low-level Warrior

【Spirit Beast Quality】: Superior Quality

【Spirit Beast Bloodline】: Nine-Headed Snake (Sparse)

【Spirit Beast Attribute】: Darkness, Earth, Wind

【Spirit Beast Status】: Healthy

【Spirit Beast Weakness】: Light, Wood, Thunder

This was the first temporary High-Rank Beast in Li Zhangsheng's hands, but after the advancement, the contract brand on the Three-Headed Snake's main head was clearly much dimmer; obviously, this was an anomaly that occurred when a monster pet's realm exceeds that of its Monster Tamer.

The Three-Headed Snake is a temporary monster pet; at this moment, it became the stronger party, possessing the ability to forcibly break free from the Temporary Contract.

While the Three-Headed Snake was advancing, Li Zhangsheng stared at it intently.

He had already made up his mind: if the Three-Headed Snake wanted to forcibly break free from the Temporary Contract, he could only choose to sell it, which would happen to serve as the grand finale item for the Starry Sky Auction House. If the Three-Headed Snake chose to continue trusting him, he would provide it with a certain amount of care and cultivation.

The Three-Headed Snake's cold snake pupils were likewise staring at Li Zhangsheng. To be honest, it craved freedom and did not wish to be bound, but this advancement was related to Li Zhangsheng's reward; furthermore, it recalled the various methods Li Zhangsheng used when he contracted it—those were truly too numerous to record.

The Three-Headed Snake has three heads; how could it be a fool? It knew very well that if it really did that, Li Zhangsheng would definitely make it pay, and the surrounding teammates would give it a sound beating!

Thus, the Three-Headed Snake lowered its head, having no thoughts of acting rashly at all.

"Very good, I hope you can keep this up!" Li Zhangsheng said, then retracted the Three-Headed Snake, the Treasure-Hunting Mouse, and the Paradise Bird into the newly obtained intermediate-tier Monster Pet Bag.

Although several monster pets had devoured Demon Cores, only the Three-Headed Snake completed a major realm breakthrough. To be honest, even if a monster pet's own quality is high, the probability of breaking through by devouring a higher-ranked Demon Core is still not high.

After the dust settled, Li Zhangsheng rode Aixi and, following the location on the map, soon arrived at the spot marked by the red dot.

The summit of Luojing Mountain was a platform over a hundred meters long and wide, with a small lake formed in the center of the peak.

Li Zhangsheng stood at the edge of the small lake, his brows furrowed as he looked at it.

"It is time to put a Water Attribute monster pet on the agenda; at the very least, I must contract a decent temporary Water Attribute monster pet!" Gazing at the murky lake water, Li Zhangsheng, who lacked a Water Attribute monster pet, dared not risk entering the water easily; after all, he could not be certain whether Demonic Spirit Beasts lived in the small lake.

However, this did not mean he was without options.

Given that the lake was not very large, he immediately thought of two methods: one was to evaporate the lake water, and the second was to drain it!

He leaned more toward the second method; even if the small lake was small, evaporating all the water would undoubtedly take quite some time, and he would have to ensure it didn't rain during that period.

Draining the lake water was much simpler; Li Zhangsheng had the Treasure-Hunting Mouse, which was skilled at Digging. As long as it dug a trench, he could easily guide the lake water down the mountain.

Without hesitation, Li Zhangsheng sent out the Treasure-Hunting Mouse.

At Li Zhangsheng's request, the Treasure-Hunting Mouse began Digging; its digging speed was extremely fast, and in the blink of an eye, it vanished from Li Zhangsheng's sight.

Boom—

Not long after, a muffled sound came from the nearby cliff wall; the Treasure-Hunting Mouse had successfully opened a one-meter-wide channel.

Countless streams of water gushed out. The Treasure-Hunting Mouse was caught off guard and was directly swept out of the cliff wall by the current, looking as if it were about to fall.

At the critical moment, the Fire Element Flamingo, which had been prepared, grabbed the Treasure-Hunting Mouse and brought it to Li Zhangsheng.

"Good work, Treasure-Hunting Mouse, extra food tomorrow!" Watching the water level of the small lake drop rapidly, Li Zhangsheng revealed a smile.

The small lake was not large in area and was only two or three meters deep, so its water storage capacity could be imagined.

After about half an hour, almost all the water in the small lake had drained away, revealing a riverbed full of silt.

Unexpectedly, there were no Demonic Spirit Beasts in the small lake. Perhaps there had been in the past, but they had been completely wiped out; the only people capable of doing such a thing would be Li Zhangsheng's parents, Cai Yangqian, or Cai Yangkun.

At this time, the Flamingo spewed out scorching heat waves, evaporating all the moisture in the silt.

Only then did Li Zhangsheng step into the small lake. He had only walked a few steps when he felt an anomaly inside his clothes; his clothes suddenly bulged out, looking like a tent, as if something wanted to break free from its restraints.

Judging by this intensity, it was feared that it wouldn't be long before his clothes might tear.

Li Zhangsheng hurriedly stopped, vaguely guessing something, and hurriedly opened his lapels.

In an instant, the Treasure Map hidden in his clothes rushed out, looking as if it were about to dash away.

Old rules: three chapters written today. If I can't write them, I'm a pig; if I abandon the book, I'm also a pig. All readers are witnesses—at least a pig is worth ten or twenty thousand now.

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