37: Chapter 37! Kid, you're still alive?

At this moment, the storm in the Storm Gorge had ceased, and the Little Fire Sparrow had returned.

Because the Storm Eagle had scattered and fled, the Little Fire Sparrow had only managed to kill half of them.

Lu Chen ordered his four main battle pets, including Xiaoqing, to go and consume the corpses of the Storm Eagle to accelerate their evolution process.

Meanwhile, the Ice Horn Ant spread out to search for the troublesome NPC, Carlos.

Not long after, Carlos was carried back by a swarm of Ice Horn Ant, looking disheveled. He was foaming at the mouth with his eyes rolled back.

Lu Chen had no choice but to slap him a few times, and he slowly regained consciousness.

"Where am I? Ouch, the storm was a bit strong, my head is spinning! My face hurts!"

Seeing Lu Chen standing before him with a look of contempt, Carlos suddenly jumped up from the ground: "Hey! Kid, you're still alive?"

"!!!"

Lu Chen could no longer hold back and punched him directly on the forehead.

Bang!

"Ouch! Even if I didn't die, don't hit me! That hurts!" Carlos clutched his head.

"Enough nonsense, tell me quickly, how do I contract this Storm Eagle?"

Lu Chen had tried using a Beast Taming whip and a contract scroll to form a contract, but the system rules indicated that this method was ineffective, which made Lu Chen very curious about what other Beast Taming methods existed.

"Storm Eagle?" Carlos realized belatedly, finally seeing the situation around him.

"My god! The Storm Eagle quest mount? No way, you successfully killed the Storm Eagle leader BOSS?" Carlos could not believe it.

This was impossible!

This kid from the Human Race was just an F-Rank Beast Tamer; where did he get the ability to kill a fierce Storm Eagle BOSS that was also bolstered by the power of the Wind Contract?

This simply wasn't on the same level, was it? And to be this fast?

At this moment, Xiaoqing and the others returned one after another.

Holy crap!

Seeing one hundred thousand beast pets gathered around Lu Chen, Carlos's brain short-circuited.

"No way! Kid, are these all your beast pets?"

"Otherwise?"

"Hiss!!! Kid, tell me honestly, is your F-Rank profession fake? You're actually a Divine-Grade Beast Tamer, right?"

One hundred thousand beast pets!

Even in the ancient era, no Beast Tamer could contract so many beast pets!

This was equivalent to cheating. And cheating on a massive scale at that!

No wonder this kid from the Human Race dared to accept a ten-star difficulty advancement quest!

"..."

"What Divine-Grade Beast Tamer? I am just an F-Rank Beast Tamer, genuine and authentic. Stop talking about useless things and tell me quickly, what is the method to contract the Storm Eagle?"

"It's not? But that's not right either! If you are only an F-Rank Beast Tamer, even if you contracted two hundred thousand F-Rank beast pets, you shouldn't have been able to defeat the Storm Eagle BOSS!"

Lu Chen resisted the urge to punch him again and had no choice but to display his attribute panel to get him to do his job.

Gasp!

After seeing Lu Chen's attribute panel, Carlos was stunned for a long while, then suddenly laughed like a madman: "Hahaha, it's settled! It's settled! I have finally waited for the true Beast Taming hero!"

"Heroic and invincible, unparalleled and extraordinary, peerless and transcendent, the genius youth of the Human Race, I will tell you the ancient method of Beast Taming right now!"

"!!!"

"Beast pets in the beast world, including mounts, cannot be contracted using new methods; they can only be contracted using ancient methods. You must first find the beast pet's preferences, cater to them, and raise its favorability towards you to over 50%. Only then can you establish a blood contract and tame it through the ancient Beast Taming formation!"

"Leave the ancient formation to me to set up!"

"This Storm Eagle loves to eat Wind Scale Fish; this kind of fish can be found in the lakes and rivers of this gorge. Magnificent big boss, you can go and catch some." Carlos said very reliably and confidently.

Lu Chen was speechless.

If he had known that letting this NPC know his strength would make him so reliable, he should have shown it from the beginning.

"Then I will trouble you. I have already ordered the Ice Horn Ant beast pets; if you need them to help with anything, feel free to command them!"

"Good! With the beast pets helping, the ancient formation will be set up faster!"

Immediately after, Lu Chen took the four, including the Swift Black Tortoise, and found a large river in the Storm Gorge, leaving the Swift Black Tortoise to catch them personally.

After all, the Swift Black Tortoise was most skilled at underwater combat; with it taking action, the results would be twice the effort for half the work.

In a short while, Lu Chen had caught three tons of Wind Scale Fish and returned.

By this time, Carlos had already set up the ancient formation. This kind of efficiency was what a qualified NPC should have!

Lu Chen placed all the Wind Scale Fish in front of the Storm Eagle.

Who knew!

The Storm Eagle spread its wings, and a hurricane suddenly rose up, blowing all the Wind Scale Fish everywhere.

"What is going on?" Lu Chen looked at Carlos in astonishment.

"That shouldn't be! I shouldn't have remembered wrong; the Storm Eagle loves eating Wind Scale Fish the most. Big boss, don't panic, let me check!"

Carlos took out the encyclopedia of the beast world to search, then suddenly slapped his forehead and said awkwardly: "Oops! This one is on me, I forgot. Quest beast pets are all vegetarians; this Storm Eagle is a vegetarian!"

"I really believed your nonsense!"

Lu Chen completely labeled him as a totally unreliable NPC.

"Don't be like that! Big boss, wait a moment, let me see what this Storm Eagle eats. Ah! Got it, it eats Wind Whisper Flowers. Please, big boss, go find some; the more, the better!"

"..."

Lu Chen had no choice but to send out one hundred thousand Ice Horn Ant to search. It took several hours to find enough Wind Whisper Flowers.

The Storm Eagle ate them happily, and +1 favorability values kept popping up above its head. After eating all the Wind Whisper Flowers, its favorability reached 80%.

"Big boss, I am going to activate the ancient formation. Later, after the Storm Eagle voluntarily sacrifices a drop of blood, you also sacrifice a drop; that way, the blood contract can be completed!"

After speaking, Carlos chanted in the ancient beast language, and the ancient formation lit up with ancient formation patterns, which made Lu Chen feel quite novel.

"Big boss, this ancient Beast Taming formation is very ancient; it can tame any beast, Invading Monster, and high-level beast pet, provided that the beast pet's favorability towards you reaches over 50%. Interested?"

"Not interested!"

"Uh, alright!"

Lu Chen couldn't be bothered to master such a complex ancient formation. Moreover, he was limited by his profession level and could not contract beast pets above F-Rank, nor did he need high-level beast pets.

With high attributes and Infinite Evolution, F-Rank beast pets could all become top-tier beast pets in the future!

[Ding, congratulations on successfully taming the Storm Eagle, perfectly completing the first stage of the quest. The second stage of the quest is unlocked: ride it and, under the guidance of Carlos, head to the Dark Swamp!]

"Let's go! This time, don't give wrong directions!"

"Hehehe, big boss, you can rest assured. Based on my many years..."

"Stop! Don't mention your lousy many years of experience. Hurry up and look at the map, give directions!"

"I know the Dark Swamp; no need to look at the map!"

"Look at it, hurry!"

"Alright!"

Carlos had no choice but to obediently take out the encyclopedia of the beast world, open the map page, and confirm the direction of the Dark Swamp. The Storm Eagle let out a sharp cry and flew off rapidly.

Soon, Lu Chen arrived at a land shrouded in boundless black fog. A terrifying power of darkness erosion followed, but fortunately, it was blocked by the Storm Eagle's passive wind shield.

If he didn't have this quest mount, Lu Chen could confirm that, on his own, he would absolutely not have been able to reach the Dark Swamp smoothly.

It seems this beast world is just like the Abyss; neither are ordinary places but are truly dangerous forbidden zones!

[Ding, you have arrived at the Dark Swamp. With the assistance of the brave NPC Carlos, find the true form of the Three-Tailed Demon Fox and kill it to obtain the Dark Contract Fragment!]

"A BOSS that can use Clone?"

After Lu Chen landed, the Storm Eagle autonomously entered the beast pen to wait for orders.

"Carlos, how should we find the true form of the Three-Tailed Demon Fox?"

But after waiting for a while, Lu Chen did not hear a reply. When he looked back, he was instantly furious to see Carlos shivering, his legs weak, hiding to the side in terror.

"Big boss, I have suddenly caught a disease that prevents me from moving forward!"