Chapter 10: Leveling Separately: I Sleep While My Summoned Beasts Keep Leveling Up

Today was the fifteenth day after the Awakening Day.

Returning to Black Pine Forest, Lu Zheng directly made Taotie serve as a mascot, letting it use its passive skill to help the other summoned beasts weaken wild monsters, focusing on assisting the level advancement of the Three-Tailed Spirit Fox, the Phantom Spirit Cat, and the Crescent Moon Eagle.

Especially the Phantom Spirit Cat—having just refreshed yesterday, it was only level 5 now and needed proper cultivation.

A day passed quickly. After one Devour yesterday, Taotie had advanced to level 20. Today's busy day raised the Three-Tailed Spirit Fox to level 20 as well, while both the Phantom Spirit Cat and the Crescent Moon Eagle reached level 18. Lu Zheng himself also reached level 18, though in truth he was nearly level 19.

He made a decision.

When he returned home that evening, he did not recall all of his summoned beasts. Instead, he left the Phantom Spirit Cat and the Crescent Moon Eagle to lead twenty-two elite beast pets in continuing to kill and level up in the outer perimeter of Red Demon Forest.

For an ordinary summoner, once a summoned beast left the range of their spiritual perception, it would automatically be recalled.

But Lu Zheng's summoned beasts could persist indefinitely.

No matter how great the distance.

In this way, Lu Zheng realized that when he went home to sleep, he could perfectly well let his summoned beasts continue killing monsters and leveling up.

Through the night without rest! Used entirely like a wage worker pulling round-the-clock shifts.

If it were any other summoner, even if they had this ability to operate separately, they probably would not bear to let their summoned beasts fight alone outside. After all, to them, every single summoned beast was far too precious—they would dread the possibility of it being killed by a suddenly appearing mutated wild monster.

Lu Zheng was not afraid at all.

His standards were very high. Unless it was a summoned beast of Immortal grade or above, anything below Immortal grade was, in his eyes, nothing more than a consumable.

Waking up early the next morning, Lu Zheng found that both the Phantom Spirit Cat and the Crescent Moon Eagle had risen to level 20, and he himself had also risen to level 19.

After breakfast, just as he was about to head out again to Red Demon Forest, he discovered that Yang Dong had come.

Upon seeing Lu Zheng, he said excitedly, "Brother Zheng! You can't keep sinking like this. It's been half a month and you haven't come looking for me! I know you don't want to drag me down, but as a brother, I can't just watch you stay so dispirited! Come on, come with me, I'll take you leveling!"

Lu Zheng looked at his heartbroken expression, completely bewildered.

When was I ever dispirited!? Dragged by Yang Dong out beyond the city walls, Lu Zheng finally spoke up and asked, "Where are you planning to go level? How about we go to Grayrock Mountain?"

Hearing this, Yang Dong's earlier excitement instantly cooled. Looking slightly awkward, he said, "Um, Brother Zheng, I'm only level 12 right now. Going to Grayrock Mountain, which is crawling with wild monsters between level 15 and 20— isn't that a bit too aggressive? Wait, that's not right— why can't I see your level!?"

Unless one had a special skill, a higher-level professional could see another's professional level at a glance, though they could not discern the other's class type or basic information.

Only then did Yang Dong realize that he actually could not see through the level of Lu Zheng, this "lying flat" professional. He could not help but feel somewhat surprised.

Lu Zheng revealed a mysterious smile and waved his hand. A silver-white great eagle with a wingspan of thirteen meters appeared before them. He grabbed Yang Dong's shoulder with one hand and leaped directly onto the great eagle's back.

"Hold on tight, we're going to Grayrock Mountain!"

The next moment, the Crescent Moon Eagle flapped its wings and took off from the spot, quickly transforming into a streak of silver light that vanished beyond the city gate.

Quite a few low-level professionals watched the powerful Crescent Moon Eagle with envious expressions.

The high-speed flight left Yang Dong's legs weak. It was only when they arrived above Grayrock Mountain and stopped to circle that he finally relaxed, asking in shock, "Brother Zheng, is this your first beast pet? What quality is it, and what level is it now?"

Lu Zheng shook his head and said, "This is actually my second beast pet. It's a four-star rare beast pet, the Crescent Moon Eagle, currently level 20. Let me show you my first beast pet—the five-star Immortal-grade spirit pet, the Three-Tailed Spirit Fox." With that, he summoned Tushan Jiaojiao out.

This little girl had eaten breakfast together with him that morning, so she was still maintaining her beast-ear girl form. The moment she saw Lu Zheng, she threw herself directly into his arms, letting out a soft, sweet voice.

"Master!"

Looking at the little girl in Lu Zheng's arms, Yang Dong's eyes went wide.

"Wait, she— she— she can turn into a human!?"

Suddenly, he thought of something else. Looking at Lu Zheng with disbelief, he said, "So your first summoned beast is a five-star Immortal-grade spirit pet!? And your second summoned beast is a four-star rare beast pet!? How is that possible!"

As everyone knew, the quality of a summoned beast that a summoner could summon basically depended on luck. But to increase the probability of obtaining a high-quality spirit pet, one had to increase the mana value invested in the summoning technique. Under normal circumstances, the higher the mana value invested, the higher the quality of the summoned beast obtained.

Therefore, under typical circumstances, a summoner's summoned beast quality would gradually increase starting from the first one.

Who summons a five-star Immortal-grade spirit pet right off the bat!?

And the second one is still a four-star rare beast pet! Is the Goddess of Luck your lover or something!? Lu Zheng smiled faintly, "As you can see! Alright, let's not waste time. Next, I'll have Jiaojiao— oh, that is, the Three-Tailed Spirit Fox— kill the wild monsters here. You just follow behind and finish them off to get the experience points. You said to let you fly, so let's start now!"

"Brother! From now on you're my real brother! It's gotta be you! Who would've thought that an ordinary summoner class could become this badass because of you! Hurry up and start, I can't wait!"

Yang Dong said excitedly.

His parents were both combat professionals, but even now they had only just completed their first class advancement, in their thirties level-wise.

With that kind of strength, they would not dare bring Yang Dong to a place like Grayrock Mountain to level up, because there were too many monsters to defend against.

Previously, Yang Dong had always followed his father to leveling zones below level 15. Today, he was absolutely in heaven.

A level-20 Black Rock Demon was beaten by the Three-Tailed Spirit Fox until only a sliver of health remained, then he finished it off with a single Thunder Strike, gaining a large chunk of experience points.

He sat on the Crescent Moon Eagle's back with Lu Zheng, as if inspecting his own territory, or as if out on a pleasure trip. Yet by noon, his level had already risen from 12 to 14.

Over the past fifteen days he had only gained 12 levels. Now he gained 2 levels in half a day, and another 1 level in the afternoon half—3 levels in one day! This feeling, to put it in one word— awesome!

However arrogant Yang Dong had been that morning when he dragged Lu Zheng out, that was how humble his attitude was that evening when he delivered Lu Zheng back home.

Your big brother is still your big brother! This big brother's thigh had been clung to since childhood, and would still need to be clung to in the future!

During the daytime, Lu Zheng appeared to be leisurely chatting with Yang Dong, and in reality he was quite leisurely too.

But his level still rose by one, reaching level 20, all because the Phantom Spirit Cat was still leading many beast pets in battle.

On the surface, only the Three-Tailed Spirit Fox and the Crescent Moon Eagle were earning experience points for him, but in reality over a hundred summoned beasts were working hard on his behalf! When he returned in the evening, the Crescent Moon Eagle and the Phantom Spirit Cat were again left in the outer perimeter of Red Demon Forest to continue killing monsters and leveling up.

The summoned beasts were responsible for leveling up, and the summoner was responsible for sleeping—a clear division of labor, perfectly reasonable! In the blink of an eye, it was the eighth day of taking Yang Dong leveling. Yang Dong had advanced to level 19, and suddenly thought of something. He spoke up:

"Brother Zheng, you should be at level 20 by now, right? Aren't you going to summon your third beast pet?" —Please follow and read! Please follow and read! Please follow and read! Thank you for your support! Please follow and read! (End of this chapter)