75: This wolf looks a bit...
"System, what's going on? Does this mean the gashapons I draw every day are actually things you got from somewhere else?" Su Ze's consciousness entered the system space to ask.
But obviously, the system wouldn't give him any answer.
And Su Ze still had to rely on the system and couldn't afford to offend it, so he didn't dare to press too hard.
He could only keep this doubt in his heart and temporarily endure it.
Since Su Ze didn't answer, Lin Xi and the Nightmare Lord didn't ask further.
The shadow inside the dark sun fragment continued to gnaw incessantly, making the Nightmares extremely anxious, yet they didn't dare to step forward to stop it because of the Lord's intervention.
They could only watch helplessly as the already small amount of dark sun fragments became even smaller.
Soon, it was gnawed down to one-fifth of its original size before the wolf shadow stopped and let out a loud burp.
This made the Nightmares even more restless, jumping up and down, until the Nightmare Lord finally let them go back.
The Nightmares swarmed over immediately, then looked at the tattered dark sun fragment before them, wanting to cry but having no tears.
It didn't just eat; it also dismantled.
The few remaining fragments were also dismantled into a mess, making it impossible to live in them anymore.
At this time, the Nightmare Lord spoke: "There's no need to be so depressed. We can just move somewhere else. We Nightmares are dual-attribute demon beasts, while the dark sun is the purest dark attribute."
"In the short term, it can indeed increase our leveling speed, but in the long run, an attribute imbalance will be harmful."
It was for this reason that he had long wanted to move the Nightmares, and today just happened to give him the opportunity.
Although the other Nightmares were still somewhat reluctant, they also knew that what the Lord said was the truth.
The dark attribute outweighed the mental attribute, making it difficult for them to enter human dreams to feed now.
Compared to hunger, a slightly worse living environment was nothing.
After eating and drinking its fill, the newly hatched Shadow Moon Wolf King also walked out of the dark sun.
Although it had only just hatched, perhaps because it had absorbed enough energy during the hatching process, it skipped the weaker juvenile stage and entered the growth stage.
"Is this the Shadow Moon Wolf King? As expected of a Lord-tier demon beast on the same level as you, it's truly majestic!" Lin Xi praised while drinking wine.
The Nightmare Lord beside him was also very interested.
He was originally just an ordinary Nightmare, but after being contracted by Lin Xi, he broke through the shackles step by step and purified his bloodline through some opportunities to reach his current Lord-rank strength.
Because of this, he hadn't had the chance to fight other Shadow Realm Lords, only learning some information more or less from his subjects.
Now he couldn't help but look at the Shadow Moon Wolf King a few more times, although the Shadow Moon Wolf King was still very weak compared to him.
Only Su Ze, listening to their praise and watching the Shadow Moon Wolf King walk in front of him with confident steps and an intelligent gaze, had a strange expression on his face.
"Majestic? Did you guys get something wrong? Isn't this just a slightly larger Husky?!"
That's right, the so-called Wolf King, in Su Ze's eyes, had the appearance of a Husky.
It was even a purebred Husky with three fires and blue eyes!
Combined with its behavior of dismantling the Nightmares' home just now, there was no doubt about it—this was a Husky!
The Husky walked up to Su Ze with its full belly and said with an intelligent gaze, "Are you my master? *Burp*~, so weak."
The familiar feeling of being looked down upon by a high-level demon beast, but this time Su Ze directly covered his face, unable to look.
This Husky's face up close really looked more and more intelligent the more he looked at it.
If he took this kind of demon beast out, wouldn't it just kill the opponent with its stupidity?
He sighed and checked the Shadow Moon Wolf King's panel.
"Race: Shadow Moon Wolf King;
Bloodline: platinum-level (can be advanced);
Level: 46;
Skills: Shadow Stealth, Shadow Moon Howl, Shadow Prison, Shadow Stab...;
Talent Skill: Moon Devour."
"Level forty-six? This Husky's level is actually this high?" Looking at the Shadow Moon Wolf King's data, Su Ze couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.
Generally, platinum-level demon beasts are between level twenty and thirty after hatching, and only in cases of extremely good hatching conditions can they reach above level thirty.
Yet the Shadow Moon Wolf King, which looked exactly like a Husky, could reach the high level of forty-six right after hatching, which inevitably made Su Ze feel surprised.
And after checking the Shadow Moon Wolf King's talent skill, Moon Devour, he understood what was going on.
Besides being used in battle to directly devour enemies, Moon Devour also allowed the Shadow Moon Wolf King to devour power to level up quickly.
Just now, it was by using the Moon Devour skill that it was able to devour the huge dark sun fragment until only one-fifth was left.
But this skill also had a drawback: after reaching saturation from devouring, it would enter a long cooldown period, during which it couldn't even reach the leveling speed of a normal demon beast.
So in a way, using the Moon Devour skill to level up was overdrawing future time for rapid advancement.
The purpose was to allow the Shadow Moon Wolf King to instantly increase its level to deal with sudden dangers.
Right now, what Su Ze needed most was immediate combat power, so it could be said to be a perfect fit; even its Husky face looked much more pleasing to Su Ze's eyes.
And overall, using the Moon Devour skill was still much faster than the leveling speed of an average demon beast.
As for the Shadow Moon Wolf King being as disobedient as Feng Qingyi... Su Ze, who already had experience, directly reached out and rubbed the dog's head vigorously.
He rubbed it until it stuck out its tongue, wagged its tail, and rolled over to expose its belly.
Su Ze said proudly, "Little fellow, I indeed have no experience in raising birds, but I have plenty of experience in raising dogs."
After he withdrew his hand, the Shadow Moon Wolf King reluctantly rolled itself back over and then retorted, "I am a noble and free wolf, not a dog!"
Looking at the tail wagging happily behind it, Su Ze felt it had no persuasiveness at all.
"Alright, since your demon beast egg has finished hatching, let's leave the Shadow Realm as soon as possible. This isn't a place where normal humans should stay, after all," Lin Xi said from the side.
Su Ze also nodded; Lin Xi's words were directed at him.
His level was high, so he wasn't afraid of the dark element erosion in the Shadow Realm, but Su Ze already felt very uncomfortable.
He nodded and replied, "No problem."
Then he prepared to leave. With the Nightmares taking care of it, there shouldn't be any problem leaving the Shadow Moon Wolf King in the Shadow Realm.
But the Shadow Moon Wolf King followed behind Su Ze: "master, don't leave me behind! I always feel like those Nightmares want to eat me; it's too dangerous!"
"And my bloodline memories tell me that there are still enemies hunting me in the Shadow Realm; it's not safe to stay here."
"Anyway, after using Moon Devour, it doesn't matter where I cultivate, it won't have much effect. I might as well go to the real world with you to hide!"
Su Ze thought it made sense, so he put it into his beast taming space.
Now that Feng Qingyi wasn't around, no one was occupying his beast taming space.
Then Lin Xi took him back to the place where they had arrived, as if passing through a layer of black water curtain.
When he opened his eyes again, he was back in the real world, even in the original location.
After sending the two back, the Nightmare Lord vanished into the shadows again, and Su Ze knew he had returned to the Shadow Realm.
But as long as Lin Xi summoned him, he could immediately come out from the Shadow Realm to fight.
Just as Su Ze regained his footing and wanted to go out to greet Xu Yao, he heard that the breeding area outside, which usually no one wanted to visit, seemed exceptionally lively today.
"Xu Yao, the outside world is saying he's already ruined, so just forget about him."