26: Talent upgrade, six times bonus!

Woo!!!

The city's highest-level alert siren suddenly rang out across all of Jinghai City.

All Beast Tamers immediately entered a state of emergency combat readiness!

Civilians without any combat capability immediately rushed with their children to the underground shelters.

There were also cowardly elites who, instead of thinking about how to protect the city, immediately wanted to head to guild territories or take teleportation arrays to flee to other cities for refuge.

But they heard a desperate notification:

"Ding, a Ninth-Order Legendary Beast Emperor BOSS has interfered with space. Except for the progression task rule channels, all dimensional channels and teleportations cannot be opened."

"What! How could this happen?"

For a moment, everyone began to panic.

This had never happened before; why would a Ninth-Order Legendary Beast Emperor BOSS take action?

Could it be that this time it is an invasion by a Ninth-Order Legendary Beast Emperor BOSS?

Since Blue Star World was invaded by beasts, the highest-level beast has only ever been an Eight-Stage Epic-level Beast King BOSS.

If a Ninth-Order Legendary Beast Emperor BOSS had invaded, humanity on Blue Star would have long been extinct.

Because no Beast Tamer could win one-on-one against a Ninth-Order Legendary Beast Emperor BOSS; the equipment gap is too large.

It takes five Legendary Beast Tamers to barely put up a fight against one Ninth-Order Legendary Beast Emperor BOSS, and the outcome is still hard to say.

At this moment.

The sky above Jinghai City was shrouded by a strange, semi-transparent black barrier. All dimensional effects within Jinghai City were disabled, and all technological communications were blocked as well.

Furthermore, it came with a locking effect; one could not escape Jinghai City without breaking the black barrier. However, the strength of this black barrier reached the Ninth Order, and it could not be shaken by anyone other than a Ninth-Order Legendary Beast Tamer.

This meant that everyone, except for those who could accept progression tasks, could not escape Jinghai City.

And national rescue would take at least two hours at the fastest.

Immediately after.

Dense, countless black vortexes appeared; those were the exclusive channels for beasts to cross over.

"It's over! With so many vortex channels, this is an invasion by the Beast Army; it's not like the past!"

Someone looked at the massive number of vortexes in utter despair, sensing the vast aura of beasts within them, and collapsed to the ground. This was clearly an invasion operation by beasts targeting humanity.

The only good news at the moment was that they did not feel the aura of a Ninth-Order Legendary Beast Emperor BOSS descending.

In other words, the Ninth-Order Legendary Beast Emperor BOSS could not yet cross over; the rules still restricted the Ninth-Order Legendary Beast Emperor BOSS from descending. It had at most locked down the entire Jinghai City.

"Senior Mu, I must ask for your help!"

Han Tianlei, the Mayor of Jinghai City, said solemnly to an old man.

"I didn't expect that choosing Jinghai City to enjoy my retirement would still lead to a beast invasion. Very well, this old man shall make one last contribution to the country with these old bones!"

Senior Beast Master Mu summoned his Beast; it was an SS-Rank Epic-level Beast, the [Green-Eyed Sand Eagle]!

Beep, beep, beep!

Kyoto Monitoring Center.

"Alert! Alert! A massive amount of beast energy fluctuations have appeared in Jinghai City. There is a large-scale beast invasion. The highest-level fluctuation is Rank 7; there is a Seventh-Order Beast BOSS invasion!"

The monitoring personnel reported urgently at the first opportunity.

"Immediately notify the Military Beast Legion in all regions to teleport and provide support!"

"Report, Sir, we cannot teleport to Jinghai City. There is a rule notification that the space in Jinghai City is locked down. We can only travel there by land!"

"Damn it! How can this be? To be able to lock down the entire space of Jinghai City—has a Ninth-Order Legendary Beast Emperor BOSS taken action?"

Facing such a sudden situation, everyone was caught off guard; they had underestimated the capabilities of the beasts.

"Full speed march! At all costs, rush to Jinghai City for rescue at the fastest speed. The millions of citizens in Jinghai City must not be lost!"

Upon learning that a Ninth-Order Legendary Beast Emperor BOSS had taken action, three of the four Legendary Beast Tamers of Great Xia set out.

Director Yue Zhenguo, the Commander-in-Chief of the Military Beast Legion, had to remain in Kyoto to oversee the overall situation. Unless absolutely necessary, the highest combat power of Great Xia must not move, to ensure that Kyoto remains absolutely secure!

Meanwhile, the major guild forces in Jinghai City were all mobilized. In normal times, they fought openly and covertly, but in this critical moment for the Human Race, they would unite as one!

At the same time.

All parts of the world also suffered from large-scale beast invasions at the same time.

And Sakura Country suffered an invasion across its entire territory.

"Roar! Damn humans, you will pay a painful price to atone for my son!"

An Eight-Stage Beast Emperor BOSS, the Demon Griffin, flew out first, causing wanton destruction and killing everyone it saw. In an instant, a city turned into purgatory.

"Ah!!! Save me! Who will save us? Why has such a powerful BOSS suddenly invaded?"

The Dwarf species of Sakura Country were in collective despair.

On this side.

Jinghai City.

Upon learning of the massive beast invasion, Qin Yun hurried to say, "Dad, Mom, Oldest Sister, hurry and accept your progression tasks. This way, you can avoid this crisis."

"Son, what about you?"

"I have to stay!"

"What? How can that be? You are only Rank 2; staying back will be of no use. Many of the invading beasts are definitely above Rank 2; you won't be able to handle them at all."

"Mom, you forgot, I have a large number of resurrection coins. Even if I can't handle them, it will be enough to hold out until reinforcements arrive."

Su He wanted to say something more, but was stopped by Qin Ming: "Wife, our son has grown up and knows how to protect the country. As parents, we cannot always restrict him. We must let him have space for independent growth. You know our son, don't you? He has never done things he isn't sure about since he was a child!"

"Then son, you must be careful. Although you have resurrection coins, if you are caught by a high-Rank beast, the resurrection coins won't be of any use."

"Don't worry! Mom, no beast can catch me!"

Thus, the three of them—Qin Ming, Su He, and the sister—quickly accepted their progression tasks, and chose the difficult setting to ensure they would stay in the task space longer.

"Sister Su Taner, you should be able to protect yourself, right?"

Qin Yun looked at Su Taner beside him and asked.

Su Taner lifted her chin and said, "You had better worry about yourself. You are only just Rank 2 now; a beast invasion of this level is not something you can withstand as you are now!"

Hearing this, Qin Yun smiled, offered no further explanation, and instead said, "That's good."

After speaking, Qin Yun opened the Beastmaster Merchant.

He had originally thought about waiting until he completed the Rank 3 progression task before drawing other Beast Skills, because this would save some time and would not easily lead to wasting the drawn Beast Skills.

After all, with a ten-draw, if multiple Divine-Grade Beast Skills appeared, he could at most choose two, because one can learn at most two Beast Skills per Rank.

In the early stages, having three Beast God Skills plus his innate Beast Skill was enough.

But now that the beasts were invading Jinghai City in large numbers, he had to draw Beast Skills in advance, and he could also upgrade his talent first; this way, he would have more confidence in saving more people.

Thinking of this, Qin Yun took advantage of the time before the beasts appeared to quickly purchase Talent Stones.

These Talent Stones were not cheap; one could say they were very expensive, much more expensive than upgrading a guild, because talent is the strongest ability of a Beast.

A Rank 1 Talent Stone cost 100,000 gold coins and could only raise one level. To reach level 30, it would require 30 stones, which would cost 3 million gold coins.

And a Rank 2 Talent Stone cost 200,000 gold coins each, a Rank 3 Talent Stone cost 400,000 each, and so on.

【Ding, you spent 3 million gold coins to purchase Rank 1 Talent Stone X30!】

【Ding, you spent 6 million gold coins to purchase Rank 2 Talent Stone X30!】

Upgrade!

【Ding, consumed one Rank 1 Talent Stone, your Talent Rank +1!】

...

【Ding, your talent has upgraded to level 30; you need to consume Rank 2 Talent Stones to continue upgrading!】

【Ding, consumed one Rank 2 Talent Stone, your Talent Rank +1, Advanced to Rank 2!】

...

【Ding, your talent has upgraded to level 60; you need to consume Rank 3 Talent Stones to continue upgrading!】

【Ding, talent cannot exceed your own Rank; you need to increase your Rank before you can continue upgrading your talent!】

Open Talent Panel:

【Name: Ten Thousand Beast Divine Soul】

【Level: Unique Mythic-level】

【Rank: Rank 2 LV60】

【Effect: Beast HP, Defense, Speed +600%, all attack damage +60%, with 20% Lifesteal effect, Critical Strike +60%, Damage Reduction +16%, Control -16%, Deterrence +20%. Possessing the Ten Thousand Beast Divine Soul allows for Fusion with Beast transformation. After Fusion with the innate Golden Toad Divine Beast transformation, three Beast God Skills are awakened: Ten Thousand Beasts Array Diagram (unique fixed Beast God Skill for 10 seconds), Golden Toad Sitting on Lotus (Golden Toad exclusive 10 seconds, or bypasses defense to directly negate and dissipate), Gold Coin Storm (Golden Toad exclusive 10 seconds). transformation lasts 30 seconds, with a 9-minute cooldown after it ends.】

Holy crap!

The Beast God Form cooldown reduced by one minute?

Attribute bonus doubled?

6 times HP, Defense, and Speed bonus!

Such a Heaven-Defying bonus is unique.

Wouldn't my own attributes be comparable to a Rank 5 Beast Tamer?

Now I am more confident!

Next.

Draw four exclusive Beast Skills!!!