187: Promoted to the Wilderness Rank

Luo Chen and Li Wenhao waited for a while longer.

During this time, more 'Artifacts' drifted over from a distance.

However, many Artifacts belonged to the same Type, with seals bearing square, round, and even stranger patterns.

Scepters, too, were endless in their variety: red, white, grey, with dragon heads, lion heads, or embedded with gems.

Although there were many different kinds of Artifact-Type Beasts, Luo Chen's gaze was fixed on the Artifacts located at the center of the three runes.

Among these Artifact-Type Beasts, three particularly caught Luo Chen's attention.

One was a tower-shaped Beast, resembling a nine-story pagoda, its entire body a lustrous white jade, with small, bright jade-like beads hanging from the eight eaves at the top of the pagoda. It looked incredibly exquisite.

Another was a four-legged, greenish-blue square cauldron, adorned with patterns of mountains, rivers, flowers, birds, insects, and fish, giving it a stable and grand feel.

The last was a wheel-like Artifact-Type Beast. This wheel was not like the metallic, lustrous wheel by the teacher's side.

Instead, it was inlaid with gold and jade, with jade occupying most of the surface, and silver-white and dark-gold metals serving as decorative patterns.

The wheel was divided into four layers. The outermost layer consisted of two large, crescent moon-shaped half-wheels.

The next layer inward had twelve slightly slender, petal-shaped Jin Yu, which continuously rotated within the wheel, forming this layer.

The third layer was a pure circular ring, also adorned with small protrusions and densely covered with mysterious symbols.

The innermost layer was a jade piece with four sharp corners, appearing both complex and beautiful.

Without much hesitation, Luo Chen controlled his body to float upwards, slowly pushing aside the clustered Artifact-Type Beasts, and with a firm goal, he arrived before the wheel he most favored in his heart.

The three runes, summoned by Luo Chen, also drew closer to him. After he retrieved the runes, it wasn't long before the surrounding Artifact-Type Beasts slowly dispersed into the distance.

However, Luo Chen had already had the Black Profound Battle Armor control the wheel in front of him, so the wheel-shaped Beast remained suspended before him.

"Have you chosen?" Li Wenhao confirmed, looking at Luo Chen.

Luo Chen nodded firmly.

Li Wenhao had no objections to Luo Chen's choice. "Then this environment is perfect. Let's merge and advance here, shall we?"

Actually, advancing anywhere was fine, but Li Wenhao was also a little curious; he wanted to see the information of this wheel after its fusion.

Luo Chen, only half-understanding, didn't question it. He just asked Li Wenhao a little confusedly, "Senior Brother, is there anything I need to pay attention to?"

"Divide your mental power to envelop each rune, then send them into the core consciousness of the light wheel. However, your mental power must also remain within it.

This is the foundation for an Artifact-Type Beast to develop a true self-consciousness. When you command it later, it will be as easy as moving your arm.

This is where the saying that an Artifact-Type Beast is another organ of the Beast Master comes from."

The three runes reappeared in Luo Chen's hand, and then Luo Chen controlled them to enter the wheel in different sequences.

With the attraction of the three runes, the Black Profound Battle Armor had already released its control over the wheel.

Because the wheel's body composition was quite complex, Luo Chen didn't know where its true core was, so he naturally controlled the three runes to merge into the four-cornered jade piece in the middle.

As the runes successively submerged into the jade piece, Luo Chen's spirit also made contact with a nascent consciousness, like that of a small animal, its mental world incredibly pure, and its corresponding intelligence not very high.

The three runes and Luo Chen's mental power seemed to become the richest nourishment for this consciousness.

Its mental world continuously grew stronger and was imprinted with Luo Chen's mark.

Luo Chen could perceive its every move and thought more clearly. At the same time, Luo Chen felt that even without communicating with the wheel's consciousness, he could directly control the wheel.

Luo Chen finally gained a clear understanding of what Li Wenhao meant by 'another organ of the body.' This feeling was truly somewhat magical.

After a while, new changes also occurred on the outside of the wheel. The outermost wheel began to emit a pure silver light and remained constantly illuminated.

One of the twelve petal-like Jin Yu in the second layer also changed color, gaining woody patterns and emitting a faint green glow.

The circular ring of the third layer gained grayish-white special symbols. Overall, the changes were not very obvious.

Li Wenhao had been observing the changes in the wheel's State, so as soon as these changes appeared, he immediately used his Eye of Truth to check its information.

"race: Moonrise Time Wheel

Rank: Wilderness Tier Beast One Star

Type: Wood Type, Light Type · Moonlight, Time Type

Category: Artifact-Type Beast

State: Affectionate

Aptitude: Perfect

Skills: 1. Flourishing Forest (Profound Grade): The Moonrise Time Wheel emits emerald green light waves, affecting the rapid growth of forest plants and Beast Type Beasts in a certain area, and has a chance to bring withered trees back to life.

2. Bright Moon Wheel (Earth Grade): The outermost wheel of the Moonrise Time Wheel is filled with Moonlight power, capable of generating attacks with its body. It can also emit Moonlight, continuously burning the energy of targets it illuminates.

3. Moon · Rotation (Earth Grade): The Moonrise Time Wheel summons a moon illusion in the target area, with different moon States producing different effects.

New Moon: At this time, the moon is invisible, granting the Moon Wheel the power of invisibility;

Crescent Moon: At this time, the moon is like a sickle, granting the Moon Wheel stronger penetrating power;

First Quarter Moon / Last Quarter Moon: At this time, the western half of the moon is bright / the eastern half is bright, creating illusions within the Moonlight-covered area that only the Moon Wheel can discern;

Waxing Gibbous / Waning Gibbous: Most of the moon's surface appears bright. At this time, the Moon Wheel restores 50% of its own consumed energy.

Waning Crescent: The waning crescent is like a hook. At this time, the Moon Wheel will intermittently emit Moon Blades towards the target.

Full Moon: The full moon is like a disk, overflowing with brilliance. At this time, the Moon Wheel will be replicated, simultaneously attacking the target.

The sequence of Moon Wheel States is: New Moon → Crescent Moon → First Quarter Moon → Waxing Gibbous → Full Moon → Waning Gibbous → Last Quarter Moon → Waning Crescent.

4. Time Reversal (Earth Grade): The Moonrise Time Wheel pre-anchors a target, allowing the target's State to return to its State from a period of time ago."

Although Luo Chen only fused three runes, four Skills were born, indicating that the rune representing moonlight must have been of the highest quality.

Li Wenhao showed no surprise at the rather complex attributes of the Artifact-Type Beast.

Because although Artifact-Type Beasts possess richer attributes compared to normal Beasts, they cannot actively learn Skills.

All their Skills are born through the fusion of runes. Compared to Luo Chen, who directly fused three runes and gave birth to four Skills on his first try,

most Artifact-Type Beasts, when first contracted, usually only have a single, solitary Skill. This is why, despite the many benefits of Artifact-Type Beasts, there aren't many Beast Masters confident enough to firmly contract them.

Luo Chen opened his eyes, feeling the more abundant energy within his body. He realized that he had successfully advanced to a Wild-Ranked Beast Master.

It felt somewhat unreal; as a Beast Master, he had advanced to Wild Rank earlier than his contracted Beast.

The Moonrise Time Wheel didn't count; it had advanced only because of his runes.

However, if there was any special feeling, besides the rich energy within his body, it was the predicted lifespan of a Wild-Ranked Beast Master on the Star Network, which was estimated to be a thousand years.

At Luo Chen's age of eighteen, it was simply unimaginable what he would be like a thousand years from now.

Calming down, Luo Chen carefully reviewed the Moonrise Time Wheel's information again and nodded with satisfaction.

In the future, the more rule runes he comprehended, the more abilities the Moonrise Time Wheel would possess.

Looking at the Evolution Path section, it indeed read 'Temporarily Unlocked' in four large characters.

"Congratulations, Junior Brother, on successfully advancing to Wild Rank. Ah, I estimate it won't be long before you catch up to me."

Li Wenhao first congratulated Luo Chen, then sighed, shaking his head, lamenting as if afraid of being 'washed up on the beach.'

Luo Chen twitched his lips speechlessly, remembering his Sky Domain Battleship, and said helplessly, "Senior Brother, you're probably about to advance to Star Rank, aren't you?"

Seeing his lamentations exposed by Luo Chen, Li Wenhao wasn't embarrassed and chuckled a few times.

"Senior Brother, can this Artifact-Type Beast still evolve?"

Hearing Luo Chen's question, Li Wenhao also straightened his expression.

"This is actually a rather ambiguous question, because as an Artifact-Type Beast fuses more runes, its name will change with the changes in its Skills.

So, some people consider the name change as evolution, while others do not. Anyway, it's a rather controversial matter."

"So that's how it is."

The Moonrise Time Wheel floated silently behind Luo Chen. Luo Chen looked up at the Heaven and Earth Furnace in the distance, somewhat unsure if he, now Wild Rank, could view its information.