Translator: Exodus Tales  Editor: Exodus Tales

Edited by Aelryinth

Zhang Che felt the aura coming out from the cave ahead was familiar. Meanwhile, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon underneath him was already crying out in excitement.

It went without saying the exotic beast inside was Yin, cold-attributed, and an extremely beneficial supplement for the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon!

"So, you can't hold it in anymore, huh?" Zhang Che patted the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's back, calming him.

As of now, they still have no idea about the situation inside the cave. Even if they wanted to enter, they needed to make the necessary preparations to prevent falling into a dangerous situation.

But it probably wouldn't be dangerous, right?

The elemental queen and the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon had already confirmed it. The exotic beast inside shouldn't be able to hurt him.

Zhang Che muttered to himself for a short while, then summoned both the Scarlet Flame Drake and the Purple Crystal Tortoise in succession. He let the two forge the way ahead, while he followed behind on the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon, delving into the cave.

Just as they entered the cave entrance, a cold aura swept towards them, making Zhang Che s.h.i.+ver all over, gooseb.u.mps rising on his skin.

He couldn't help but furrow his brow. If an ordinary person was in his place, they would find it very difficult to withstand this cold. Although it didn't have much of an effect on the surrounding temperature, the cold aura directly seeped into his bones. It was too much to bear.

Similarly, the elemental queen and Scarlet Flame Drake weren't fond of the cold aura, either.

The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon, on the other hand, grew even more excited. If it wasn't for Zhang Che stopping him, he would have lost all control and directly rushed into the cave.

"Be more careful, all of you. Don't get ambushed by the exotic beast inside," Zhang Che instructed. The group slowly pushed forward.

Naturally, the one at the fore was the Purple Crystal Tortoise who had the most outstanding defense, followed by the Scarlet Flame Drake.

Zhang Che and the elemental queen both sat atop the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon, and followed closely behind.

The cave extended straight in, and was extremely dark. Fortunately, the golden flames on the Scarlet Flame Drake were like a big light bulb, illuminating the surrounding hundred meters, sparing Zhang Che the fear born from being in an unknown darkness.

Humans always felt a sense of fear, born from the depths of their hearts, in unknown environments, no matter how strong or weak they were!

The deeper they went, the thicker the cold aura around them became… and Zhang Che finally remembered where that sense of familiarity came from!

"When I killed that dark ice-attributed python back then, the lake also had a similar environment, didn't it?" he finally recalled. It was precisely after devouring that dark ice-attributed ice python that the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon grew much stronger and his potential increased!

The feeling inside this cave was extremely similar. It was no wonder the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon was so excited. Perhaps this would be the place where the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon had another fortuitous encounter and grew stronger again?

Zhang Che immediately grew excited, too!

As long as the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon ranked up from this… Zhang Che wasn't hoping for his pet to advance in quality. Even if he only broke through, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon should be able to break through the sound barrier, achieving supersonic speed!

Zhang Che's eyes lit up. The fear of being in an unknown environment disappeared without a trace.

What was there to fear? Any place that could strengthen his pets or subdued beasts were good places!

The underground cave didn't extend straight endlessly. After advancing a hundred-some meters, the path ahead started winding.

Suddenly, a few nearly unnoticeable air vibrations came from the depths of the underground cave. A few black silhouettes flew out from the underground cave like black streaks of lightning, directly pouncing upon Zhang Che's party.

"Woof!" the Scarlet Flame Drake barked. A few golden-scarlet sparks shot out from its mouth, sweeping towards the black silhouettes.

As for the Purple Crystal Tortoise, it wouldn't attack casually without Zhang Che's order. After all, although the bone spikes could be retrieved after shooting them, doing so would waste some time. Unless it was necessary, it was best to preserve that kind of killing move.

The scarlet sparks the Scarlet Flame Drake breathed out were very fast. However, the black silhouettes were even faster, directly dodging its attack and continuing towards Zhang Che.

"Hmm? These exotic beasts' level and quality aren't low; they're actually at five-star gold-quality!"

Of course, what surprised Zhang Che the most was that these exotic beasts, called Extreme Yin Bats, were clearly more than a tier weaker than the Scarlet Flame Drake, and yet they were able to dodge its attacks. Despite it being only its ordinary attack, that was really unusual.

However, Zhang Che didn't make any moves himself to retaliate against those Extreme Yin Bats rus.h.i.+ng at him. The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon had already indicated his strong desire to devour them. If Zhang Che slew the Extreme Yin Bats, only beast cards would be left behind, providing no benefits for the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon!

With a loud, excited roar, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon directly rushed forth, opening his mouth and breathed out several streams of darkfiend cold air, accurately hitting those Extreme Yin Bats. Their bodies froze, falling to the ground.

Naturally the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon wouldn't let them drop to the ground just like that. He opened his mouth, and a vortex of wind drew all of them into his mouth with a satisfied cry.

"This guy… he ate a hundred million dollars worth of food in just one bite!" Zhang Che sighed. Raising a pet really wasn't easy! To make things worse, Zhang Che had way more than just one pet, especially the Umbra Wind G.o.d Leopard. The difficulty in trying to make them all grow as soon as possible simply couldn't be put in words.

If Zhang Che or his subdued beasts killed those Extreme Yin Bats, the beast cards he would have obtained would earn him about a hundred million dollars! But they were swallowed by the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon in just one mouthful, seemingly just stuffing the gaps between his teeth and not providing much benefits to the dragon.

"Alright, since you want to eat those Extreme Yin Bats, there's nothing I can help you with. You go hunt them on your own," Zhang Che sighed, patting the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's back.

The Extreme Yin Bats were too small. If Zhang Che attacked with the scarlet and white sword, they would no doubt be killed straight away. The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon wouldn't be able to gain anything from that.

On the other hand, although corpses would be left behind if the elemental queen killed exotic beasts, her attacks were of the fire attribute. She'd easily burn those Extreme Yin Bats to a crisp. What would be left to eat, then?

The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon roared excitedly, showing he understood.

The Extreme Yin Bats were too weak for the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon. They wouldn't be able to cause any trouble at all, and thus he didn't need any external help, either.

Afterwards, they continued exploring deeper. Extreme Yin Bats would fly out from the cave non-stop, becoming food for the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon one after another.

Zhang Che was a little shocked by this.

-Isn't the cold energy around here a little too strong? So many five-star gold-quality exotic beasts are nurtured here!-

In other places across the beast world, five-star gold-quality exotic beasts were basically all solo adventurers. It was very rare for them to gather in groups with their fellow species.

If it wasn't for them being extremely beneficial to the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon, Zhang Che really wanted to kill them all and use their beast cards to increase his fusion skill's level!

However, compared to increasing the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's strength, leveling up his fusion skill really wasn't important.

Zhang Che abandoned that idea and continued exploring deeper with the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon.

Following the winding underground path, they continued at least several thousand meters deeper. The cold aura around them grew increasingly thicker. Even with Zhang Che's superhuman physique, he started to feel the cold piercing into his bones.

Heavens knew how deep this underground cave was…