135: Raising a little red tiger

After some thought, Xiao Shi felt he could try!

Even if he failed, there wouldn't be much of an impact.

But if he succeeded... that would be an immense help for his future Blood Beast cultivation.

With this in mind, Xiao Shi immediately used the Crimson Tiger Totem on his body to hatch the Blood Egg before him.

Earlier, when he left Tree Shadow City, he had specifically brought the Crimson Tiger Totem from the Azure Calamity Ancient Tree.

Now, after being nurtured by the Azure Calamity Ancient Tree, the Crimson Tiger Totem was much stronger than before, and the entire Crimson Tiger had solidified considerably.

However, it was still far from fully recovering and required continuous nurturing.

At this moment, as Xiao Shi used the Crimson Tiger Totem to hatch the Blood Egg, he could clearly see that as the energy from the Crimson Tiger Totem continuously merged into the Blood Egg, the entire Blood Egg immediately began to undulate, making it resemble a heart even more.

“It seems… it’s possible!”

Xiao Shi’s eyes instantly brightened.

The reason this wasn't mentioned in the rules of this place was mainly because ordinary Qi Martial Realm martial artists, apart from Qi Strength, generally didn't possess other powers.

The Crimson Tiger Totem could not only hatch the Blood Egg, but its hatching speed was also much faster than that of Qi Strength!

In just a moment, the Blood Egg’s undulations had already reached an extremely violent degree.

Under these massive undulations, crack!

Fine cracks began to appear on the Blood Egg, and a faint bloody light emanated from them.

Puff!

With a sound of cracking, a small blood-colored claw suddenly extended from within the Blood Egg.

Immediately after, more and more cracks appeared on the Blood Egg.

The range of the shattered eggshell also grew larger and larger, until… a wet, furry head directly emerged from within the Blood Egg.

As drops of viscous fluid dripped from the furry head, the small beast, which had just hatched, seemed to be trying to open its eyes to see the world.

Looking at the small beast before him, Xiao Shi’s eyes immediately filled with joy.

He was pleasantly surprised to discover that this small Blood Beast was actually a… blood-colored Crimson Tiger!

“My guess was indeed correct!”

Xiao Shi’s heart was filled with excitement.

The Blood Beast hatched by the Crimson Tiger Totem was directly in the Crimson Tiger Form.

Although it hadn’t directly formed a Crimson Tiger Blood Source in terms of Blood Source, its form was already that of a Crimson Tiger.

Amidst Xiao Shi’s excitement, the small blood-colored Crimson Tiger finally opened its eyes, and the moment it saw the world and Xiao Shi, it let out a joyful low roar.

Even though it was very small now, only the size of a palm, its voice was still incredibly loud.

It quickly crawled out of the eggshell and, with a crunch, ate a piece of the eggshell.

Seemingly finding the taste quite good, the small Crimson Tiger’s eyes brightened, and it simply lay there, crunching away.

In an instant, the entire large Blood Egg had been completely eaten by it.

And after eating this Blood Egg, the small Crimson Tiger’s body immediately grew rapidly at a visible speed.

In just a moment, it grew from palm-sized to about the size of a rabbit.

Not only that, Xiao Shi also felt a strange connection with this small Crimson Tiger, a connection that originated from the Crimson Tiger Totem.

It was as if he and this small Crimson Tiger belonged to the same lineage.

“Then…”

“As long as I cultivate it through feeding to develop a Crimson Tiger Blood Source…”

“Then it is highly likely to be a new Crimson Tiger Blood Source!!!”

Xiao Shi’s eyes gleamed.

At the same time, with his successful hatching of the small Crimson Tiger, he also completed the first step in Blood Beast rearing!

And among everyone, he was the first to complete the Blood Beast hatching!

After completing the hatching, a ranking appeared in his vision.

However, on this ranking, there was only him.

Besides displaying his name (Nie Jie), it also showed his affiliated force, and then the growth stage of his Blood Beast.

Currently, his Blood Beast’s growth stage was “Newborn.”

Looking at this ranking, Xiao Shi couldn’t help but frown.

His personality was cautious and he was good at hiding, disliking exposing himself to the public eye.

However, this current ranking would keep him constantly in the spotlight, which severely contradicted his philosophy of developing discreetly.

“If only I could hide it…”

The moment this thought arose in his mind, he suddenly noticed that his information had directly disappeared from the ranking.

“Hmm?”

Xiao Shi was stunned.

He hadn’t expected that it could really be hidden!

This seemed to be because he was the first to complete the Blood Beast hatching, thus gaining this special privilege.

If it were anyone else, it would be difficult for them to hide their information from the ranking like him.

With this hidden privilege, Xiao Shi didn't have to worry about attracting others' attention due to too rapid progress in Blood Beast rearing.

“Since I’m currently in the lead, I must make good use of this advantage…” Xiao Shi thought to himself.

After hatching the Blood Beast, the next step was to use the resources in this Game Arena to accelerate the Blood Beast’s rearing.

This would involve a crucial issue… the competition for resources!

This was also an important factor in determining how quickly everyone could rear their Blood Beasts!

The more resources one had, the faster one would naturally be in rearing Blood Beasts compared to others.

Currently, while everyone else was still in the process of hatching, the resources in this Game Arena were in an uncontested state, making it the best time to collect resources.

At the same time, Xiao Shi was also incredibly curious about the resources in this Game Arena.

He really wanted to know what kind of resources these were that could be used to rear Blood Beasts.

Immediately, he took the small Crimson Tiger and began searching for resources.

This Game Arena was very vast.

He had been walking for a long time, but he hadn't found anything.

At the same time, Xiao Shi also kept an eye on the ranking.

Through the ranking, he could understand the hatching situation of others.

From the current situation, apart from him, no one else had completed hatching yet.

Clearly, Blood Beast hatching was far from as simple for others as it was for Xiao Shi.

This also gave Xiao Shi more time to search for resources.

Xiao Shi originally thought that this Game Arena only had blood-colored land.

However, after walking for a while, a blood-colored stream suddenly appeared before him.

Through this stream, he could vaguely see a few water plants beneath the stream.

These water plants did not seem to be ordinary water plants.

Xiao Shi immediately tried to reach his hand into the stream.

Sizzle!

The moment his hand touched the stream water, a layer of white smoke immediately rose from his hand.

These stream waters were highly corrosive.

However, with Xiao Shi’s physical body, such corrosion was not enough to threaten him.

He successfully pulled out the water plants from under the stream.

Xiao Shi gazed at the water plants in his hand, then looked at the small Crimson Tiger beside him.

Currently, he couldn't determine whether these water plants were the resources here.

The small Crimson Tiger needed to identify them.

The small Crimson Tiger tilted its head.

After carefully examining the water plants, it suddenly opened its mouth wide and ate them.

In an instant, its body expanded after eating these water plants, though the expansion was not significant.

This made Xiao Shi realize that this kind of water plant… was indeed a resource of this Game Arena.

However, the many resources in this arena should also have Level classification (level divisions).

The current water plants, for example, belonged to the lowest grade of resources and should be relatively common.

At the same time, the improvement they brought wouldn't be too great.

At least, the small Crimson Tiger didn't show any particularly obvious improvements after eating these water plants.

Just then, Xiao Shi suddenly caught sight of a blood-colored fish in the stream.

And it wasn't just him who saw this fish.

The small Crimson Tiger beside him also saw this fish.

The small Crimson Tiger’s eyes immediately brightened, staring intently at the fish.

It seemed that this fish held an indescribable attraction for it.

However, its current abilities were weak, and it didn't yet possess the ability to catch this fish.

Xiao Shi had to do it for him.

Xiao Shi’s right hand, as fast as lightning, directly grabbed the fish at the bottom of the water, ignoring the corrosion caused by the stream water.

However, the fish at the bottom of the water, upon sensing Xiao Shi’s descending palm, not only did not retreat but instead, a fierce glint flashed in its eyes, and it directly bit towards Xiao Shi’s palm.

When its mouth opened, a row of sharp and dense teeth was immediately revealed!

It bit Xiao Shi’s palm.

“Hmm?”

Xiao Shi raised an eyebrow.

With his current physical strength… even a Qi Warrior Realm Late Stage martial artist would find it difficult to break his defense.

Yet, with a single bite from this fish, it actually broke his palm!

The sharpness of its teeth far exceeded Xiao Shi’s expectations!

“It can even bite through my body tempered by cultivation… If other Qi Warrior Realm Great Perfection martial artists were bitten, the injury would surely be even greater!”

Xiao Shi’s eyes narrowed slightly.

He hadn’t expected such an ordinary-looking fish to pose such a threat.

If anyone else were to be bitten like this on the leg while passing through this stream, their entire ankle would probably be bitten through!

Buzz!

Taiyin Qi Strength immediately emerged from Xiao Shi’s palm, sweeping towards the fish, directly enveloping it, making its body unable to move.

Although this fish had incredibly sharp teeth, killing it was not difficult.

However, Xiao Shi pondered that perhaps a living one would be better than a dead one.

So he merely controlled it and did not kill it.

After grabbing the fish from under the water, Xiao Shi directly threw it to the small Crimson Tiger.

The small Crimson Tiger eagerly began to eat the fish.

Xiao Shi, on the other hand, observed the small Crimson Tiger.

Soon, he noticed that after the small Crimson Tiger ate this fish, its entire body grew a little more.

However, this was not its biggest change.

Its biggest change was that after it ate this fish, a tooth actually grew in its mouth!

This was an… incredibly sharp and pointed tooth!

In form, it was somewhat similar to the sharp teeth of this fish.

This made Xiao Shi’s heart somewhat shake.

Clearly, all of this was brought about by this fish.

This fish was also a resource in this Game Arena that could bring growth to Blood Beasts.

And this kind of resource was far stronger than the previous water plants, directly bringing obvious improvement and change to the Blood Beast.

Xiao Shi gradually realized that perhaps such resources… were the important resources they needed to collect and compete for in this Game Arena!

Upon realizing this, he immediately began searching for more fish in this stream.

However, when he searched along this stream, he didn't find a second fish here.

“Sure enough, this kind of resource isn’t too common.” Xiao Shi mused.

Helpless, he could only leave here and go to other places to find more resources.

And so, after his search, he successively collected some resources.

However, most of these resources were like the previous water plants, ordinary resources that didn’t bring much improvement.

But soon, he found a blood-colored bird.

After catching this blood-colored bird and feeding it to the small Crimson Tiger, the improvement it brought to the small Crimson Tiger this time was in its eyes.

After the small Crimson Tiger ate this bird, its entire eyes suddenly became much sharper, able to see very far.

At the same time, Xiao Shi had also noticed that names of some Qi Warrior Realm Great Perfection martial artists had begun to appear on the Blood Beast rearing ranking.

This indicated that these people had successfully hatched Blood Beasts.

“It seems it won’t be long before more and more people search for resources, and then… there will inevitably be fighting.”

Xiao Shi knew that as everyone competed for the resources here, the subsequent fighting would inevitably be incredibly fierce.

However, this Game Arena was simply too vast.

Xiao Shi had been collecting resources here for so long, yet he hadn’t even encountered a single Qi Warrior Realm Great Perfection participant.

These participants seemed to be dispersed to various different locations, and at this stage, it seemed difficult to encounter each other.

Xiao Shi could only continue collecting resources.

Although the sky and ground of this Game Arena were all blood-colored, there was still a distinction between day and night.

The way to distinguish was that during the day, a blood-colored sun would appear in the sky.

At night, it would turn into a blood-colored moon.

The sky would always remain blood-colored, without any change.

And during the day and night, some different resources would appear.

Now, as the blood-colored sun in the sky transformed into a blood-colored moon, the area where Xiao Shi was suddenly also underwent some changes.

He clearly saw a blood-colored flower bud in the distance directly open, forming an incredibly vibrant blood-colored flower, and emitting a strange floral fragrance!

And this floral fragrance seemed to hold a great attraction for a powerful creature in the distance.

The moment the floral fragrance spread out, boom! Boom!

Xiao Shi clearly felt the ground shake.

It seemed that some colossal creature was rapidly approaching this place, which made Xiao Shi’s eyes darken slightly.

Through these days of collection, he had already realized that some creatures in this Game Arena could pose a threat to them!

The current colossal creature… gave him a sense of oppression.