Chapter 850: The 5th Level, Beast Valley

They pa.s.sed the 4th Level of the Desire Valley.

Yue Yang took a short rest before he set foot into the 5th Level, Beast Valley.

Regarding the Beast Valley, Grandmother Sha had once described it as follows: any warrior must cultivate a primitive Battle-type Beast from a weak rank to a strong rank to break through the level while in the state of being unable to use their own power. Should the cultivated beast be weaker than the wanted requirements, the Level challenger will stay in the Beast Valley forever, becoming a part of it eternally.

In addition to being unable to use the challenger’s own power to cultivate the Battle-type Beasts, the Beast Valley also has a penalty based off of its Law of Death.

If the beast died more than three times.

The challenger would be punished by the Law and become a beast directly.

And if the challenger who turned into a Battle-type Beast dies, then the soul of the challenger will be annihilated forever.

“What?”

The information from Granny Sha, Fei Wen Li’s custom clearance-know-how, and even the information that Yue Yang had the old man Nan Gong investigate into, made him aware that the Battle-type Beast the Prison Emperor had cultivated in the valley was none other than the ‘Raging Flame War Spirit’. Having repeatedly discussed the pros and cons with everyone, Yue Yang, who had made all the preparations beforehand, came to the Beast Valley with the initial mindset that he would be able to pa.s.s through the Levels smoothly. Yet, upon his arrival, things didn’t go to plan all that well.

The reason was that the Spirit of Fire and Smoke that Yue Yang intended using to break through the Level had fallen into a deep sleep unexpectedly after she absorbed the tremendous amounts of the Divine Power of Calamity and the mixture of energies.

She evolved automatically without Yue Yang knowing.

So it was impossible for her to wake up for the time being.

Fortunately, Xue Wu Xia was careful enough and had especially reminded Yue Yang to have a backup plan, which was using the Reaper Mantis, who was cultivating extremely slowly on the Heaven Stairway as a backup for unforeseen circ.u.mstances.

If not, then Yue Yang would have to accept a random Battle-type Beast egg of an unknown potential just like most of the other unprepared pa.s.sers-by.

In that case, everything would be out of his control.

“Now, I’ll need to rely on you to work hard!” Yue Yang stood at the Beast Valley Fortress, reaching out and stroking the wings of the Reaper Mantis. There were two options for cultivating Battle-type Beasts in Beast Valley. One was to use your own beasts directly like Empress Fei Wen Li and let the beasts enter the ‘Gates of Reincarnation’, which allowed you to go back in time and turn it back into a beast of its initial stage. The advantage of this was that they were familiar with the growth characteristics of their own Battle-type Beasts and can be trained correctly. Fei Wen Li used this method to cultivate an extremely cold ice monster, sweeping through the Beast Valley before she was finally able to successfully break through the Level. Another way was to choose a Battle-type Beast egg in the Beast Valley at random, like the Prison Emperor. One would let the Battle-type Beast egg hatch in the ‘Birth Pool’, and then cultivate the beast in accordance with their apt.i.tude. If luck was on your side, you would be able to nurture a beast like the Prison Emperor’s ‘Raging Flame War Spirit’ and successfully clear the Beast Valley.

Both methods have their own advantages and disadvantages.

The method chosen by Empress Fei Wen Li had the advantage of knowing her own beasts rather than relying on luck.

Although the method chosen by the Prison Emperor had luck as a determining factor, it was still more likely to find a beast with good potential among the countless beast eggs in the Fortress of the Beast Valley. Moreover, the choice of the Prison Emperor was successful, and had directly added a powerful beast to provide him a.s.sistance.

On the contrary, the method of Empress Fei Wen Li must take a powerful beast that has even reached its peak, and let it start all over while taking risks again.

“Kacha, kacha…”

The Reaper Mantis took the Dragon Crystal thrown by Yue Yang, chewing deliciously for the last time.

She had no objections to any arrangements made by her master. Although she was not the smartest and also not the one who could evolve the fastest, as it has not even evolved to the Holy Beast state, she could instinctively understand that her master not only never ignored her, but even gave her an extra amount of doting.

With the twin sickles that killed countless enemies, she gently hugged Yue Yang.

The Reaper Mantis flew resolutely into the Gates of Reincarnation.

A burst of Divine Light flashed.

The power of the Law that worked in the Beast Valley immediately activated the Gates of Reincarnation, turning back time and allowing the beast that entered to undergo the process of ‘rebirth’. The body of the Reaper Mantis shrank rapidly, and the powerful energy contained inside her was completely transformed into potential. After her body was refined with Yue Yang’s Innate True Qi and the Nirvana Flame numerous times, it also used the Law of Reincarnation to be reborn in a new form. When the Reaper Mantis pa.s.sed through the Gates of Reincarnation again, she flew through the U-shaped pa.s.sages, turned around the corridor and returned to Yue Yang.

She had become almost the same as the size of a finger.

Moreover, she had become a special species from her original Battle-type Beast form.

Her grade had also changed from the original Gold Rank into a Diamond Rank.

The ‘her’ now, is as small as ‘Thumbelina’. After being reborn, the Reaper Mantis broke through the long-lasted stalemate and some parts of her body have evolved as well.

Falling in Yue Yang’s palm, her entire small and exquisite form had evolved a human head and had also possessed higher wisdom.

Her body hadn’t evolved completely, so she didn’t really look like a human being yet. In addition to arms that looked slightly similar to humans, she also kept a few thin legs of a praying mantis, and the golden wings on the back were still there. However, what made Yue Yang oddly moved was that she actually split the pair of her most powerful sickle arms, as if to turn the sickles of her arms that were capable of slaughtering into a weapon. She separated the sickle arms from those that remained mostly in their original forms and placed them on her back, just like a human warrior carrying two large sickles on his back.

Rip!

Yue Yang tore a piece of clothing on his body and gently wrapped it around hers, which was meant to act as her clothes.

The Reaper Mantis, which was the size of Thumbelina, turned around.

There was a look on her face that expressed her satisfaction with her new body. Finally evolving into a Holy Beast, she was naturally extremely excited— this was the greatest desire in the hearts of all battle-type Beasts, after all!

Outside the fortress.

There were dozens of fierce-looking monsters lurking around the door, and their eyes portrayed bloodthirsty gazes.

They raised their guard while patiently waiting. According to the energy fluctuations of the fortress, they already knew that a new challenger had arrived. It didn’t matter to them whether or not the new challenger was strong, their goal was just to kill the fragile, newborn beast three times in a row. Then, the new challenger would be punished by the Law and become one of their kind.

They know that they have failed and their bodies have become beasts, so they were destined to never leave this d.a.m.ned Beast Valley.

However, they don’t want newcomers to pa.s.s under their noses.

No matter who it is, drag them into the water[1].

T/L Note: [1] A saying to pull someone into trouble with you whether or not they were involved in your matters.

Let the newcomer become a beast, stay in Beast Valley forever and become their own companion! For unfortunate matters, they couldn’t just suffer alone; there must be more people who would fall into this pit of despair, descending eternally!

Except for these failed challengers who turned into beasts themselves lurking outside the fortress and eyeing each other, there were also three Heaven Ranked warriors riding powerful beasts side by side as they discussed battle plans. These were the failures who broke through the level, but unlike the others who were reduced to beasts, they were lucky as their beasts have not died more than three times. As the masters, they need not be punished by the Law and could still maintain their original appearances. However, due to various reasons, their beasts were cultivated incorrectly, and the abilities that the beasts owned after they grew up had shortcomings. For example, they were severely lacking in wisdom, which made them unable to successfully pa.s.s the Level, and in turn, weren’t able to leave the Beast Valley.

Without a Battle-type Beast with sufficient intelligence, no matter how strong it became, it was impossible to pa.s.s the beast valley.

Yue Yang had known this secret a long time ago.

In addition to Grandmother Sha’s vague information, Fei Wen Li clearly pointed out the location. In the Beast Valley, there were three ‘Fruits of Wisdom’ that could provide the intelligence growth of the beasts. As long as they were obtained, the beasts would not only clear the customs, but also grow into a great help for its master.

Of course, there were super powerful Battle-type Beasts that acted as guardians for the Fruit of Wisdom, which made things extremely difficult. If one rushed over in the beginning, that was basically asking to die!

Many challengers who have remained in the Beast Valley for a long time also knew that there was the existence of the Fruit of Wisdom treasures. However, they did not dare to attempt moving forward as that was simply an impossible challenge— there was only one result to come from that adventure, and that would be the beast being killed in a flash as its main body becomes reduced to a Demonic Beast. Sometimes, the beast couldn’t even become a Demonic Beast as its soul would be annihilated.

“This newcomer hasn’t come out for so long, the time is almost up!” The Heaven Ranked warrior said strangely as he rode a deer-shaped beast on the left side of the row.

“Newcomers are usually like this. They would be cautious and weren’t aware that there was a time limit, hence, missing the opportunity to leave the fortress. Weren’t there a large number of newcomers throughout the years who directly let their beasts die once in order to leave the fortress?” The Heaven Ranker on the right side of the row remained perched on a winged unicorn beast and hummed disdainfully.

“Everyone, be serious, I hope that there will be no more mistakes this time. Before this newcomer, several people have already broken out of our encirclement, where even three challengers amongst them have successfully cleared the level and it was literally a shameful slap for all of us who remained here. At any rate, we mustn’t fail again this time! Once the newcomer comes out of the fortress, the beast will be at its most vulnerable stage. If it is not possible for us to intercept them successfully now, it will be more difficult in the future! So let’s be serious— we must kill the beast of this newcomer!” The Heaven Ranked warrior riding the Fire Griffin in the middle should be the leader of the trio. He let out an exclamation with a bit of anger, making the other Heaven Ranked warriors on both sides bow their heads quickly.

Inside the Beast Valley Fortress, there was a Three-hour Protection Law.

In other words, there was at least three hours that acted as the safe growth period of the newborn Battle-type Beast.

If you didn’t leave or walk out of the door to enter the real Beast Valley, the Laws of the Beast Valley would directly kill the beast in the fortress.

This was a form of protection, as it was also a form of pressure. Newborn Battle-type Beasts must adapt to the harsh environment around them as quickly as possible and face many death threats that follow. Otherwise, they will be eliminated. It was the same for any newcomer— no matter who it was, no matter what status the owner had, no matter how powerful the owner was, the rules remained the same.

Three hours were about to pa.s.s. As the last minute had entered the countdown, the beasts lurking outside the door were ready to jump out and cheer.

A shadow appeared.

Student Yue Yang, whose actions remained unknown to every other being in the room, finally walked out.

The difference between him and other newcomers was that there are no newly born cubs following him…except for a small box in his hand. Otherwise, there was nothing else.

Could it be that the newborn beast was stored in this box?

Even if it was a mountain, the lurking beasts would do anything to trample it, let alone a box. They couldn’t attack Yue Yang. However, if the box in Yue Yang’s hand contains a newborn Battle-type Beast, it will most definitely die once they attack!

All just to swallow the newborn Battle-type Beast, to make themselves stronger and live a bit longer.

Dozens of monsters that became Demonic Beasts after failing to pa.s.s the level roared like thunder and rushed forward. Their goal was the box in Yue Yang’s hands!