63: Chapter 63 Fourth-Tier Advancement Quest – Beast Soul Resonance: Oath of Nature!

【Mission Name: Myriad Beast Symbiosis · Oath of Nature】

【Mission Difficulty: ★★★★★★★★★★】

【Mission Content:】

【Phase 1: Beast Soul Trial】

Pass three trials of the Ancient Beast Soul in the Ancient Forest. Only one beast pet can be designated for each trial:

① Strength Trial: Command your beast pet partner to defeat a frenzied Ancient Mammoth Beast Soul BOSS. Restriction: Players cannot attack directly during combat, only through commands to coordinate with the beast pet.

② Bond Trial: Share HP with your beast pet partner and jointly endure 10 waves of 【Soul Shock】 (each wave deals 15% of max HP as true damage, interval of 5 seconds).

③ Wisdom Trial: Solve the ancient rune puzzle on the Beast Soul stele.

Failure Penalty: Trigger 【Soul Backlash】, all attributes of the beast pet permanently -30%.

Hint: Potions cannot be used during the trial; if the beast pet dies, the mission fails permanently.

【Rating: 30】

【Phase 2: Nature's Wrath】

The Ancient Beast Souls in the forest have gone berserk due to dark pollution. You must complete the following objectives within 30 minutes:

① Pacify/Tame 5 designated berserk beast Souls of different attributes (Fire, Water, Wind, Earth, Thunder, must use the class-exclusive skill 【Soul Whisper】).

Time Limit: 150 minutes. Each failure reduces remaining time by 5 minutes.

② Hatch the Ancient Beast Egg and escort the Ancient Beast cub to the Moonlit Lakeside. Powerful Invading Monsters will attack on the way.

Unlock achievement halo 【Heart of Mercy】: In the subsequent final challenge, Ancient Beast Soul attack frequency -15%.

Hidden Mechanism: If attacked by Ancient Beast Souls ≤ 3 times, unlock achievement halo 【Crownless Beast King】 (HP +400%).

If the cub dies, trigger 【Nature's Curse】 (HP permanently -400%).

【Rating: 30】

【Phase 3: Beast Soul Awakening】

Hold an ancient summoning ritual at the Moonlit Lakeside on the full moon night, open the Ancient Beast Gate, defeat the Guardian of the Ancient Beast Gate, and send the Ancient Beast cub into the Ancient Beast Gate.

Materials Collection: Star Moss x20 (can only be collected at night).

Claws and teeth shed by a beast pet partner x1 (only possible for beast pets with MAX intimacy).

Final Challenge: You can choose to fuse with any one beast pet, then enter the spiritual space to engage in a spiritual battle with the 【Ancient Beast Soul】 (spiritual body BOSS). You cannot use any equipment effects or item effects. If you fail, even if you survive by luck, you will receive a permanent penalty of -50% to all attributes.

Permanent Choice (must choose one before the battle):

1、 Heart of the Wild: Beast pet critical hit rate +20%, but defense -15%.

2、 Nature's Covenant: Beast pet HP +30%.

3、 Hidden Option (requires achieving 【Crownless Beast King】 + 【Heart of Mercy】):

Myriad Beast Symbiosis: Share all beast pet HP.

【Rating: 40】

...

Lu Chen quickly browsed through the mission content.

The final challenge was actually to solo an Ancient Beast Soul, and it was a battle in a spiritual space.

This difficulty was not low.

After all, in the spiritual space, he could not use many of his trump cards and could only choose one beast pet to fuse with for the fight.

One-on-one!

Even with Forbidden Spells, without being able to use the beast god medal effect to activate the infinite Forbidden Spell mode, it would not be easy to defeat the Ancient Beast Soul BOSS.

The only way to win easily was to find a way to obtain the two achievement halos and trigger the 【Myriad Beast Symbiosis】 option.

If he could share the HP of all his beast pets, his HP would be unsolvable—unbeatable, absolutely unbeatable, guaranteed win!

Hum!

A teleportation vortex appeared.

Lu Chen was immediately teleported into the Ancient Forest map.

Looking around!

This was a mysterious ancient jungle with towering ancient trees and entangled vines, but there was no sign of life. All that remained were ancient ruins and the giant skeletons of ancient beasts.

"Such a large forest map, and not a single sign of life?"

Lu Chen was very surprised in his heart.

It was as if the ancient beasts here had all gone extinct.

【Ding, Phase 1, Strength Trial begins, please designate a beast pet to prepare for battle!】

【Hint: During the battle, flying beast pets cannot fly】

"Master, let me fight it!"

In the beast pen space, the Snow Cat volunteered.

In Xihai City, after the Snow Cat evolved, Lu Chen had not checked its evolved form yet, so he summoned it to take a look!

...

【Name: Wind-Howling Snow-Shadow Beast】

【Attribute: Wind/Ice】

【Rank: D Rank】

【Talent: Frost Wind Agility (D)】

【Level: Third Rank LV90】

【Evolution: 21.69%】

【Special Ability: None】

【Skills: Wind Blade Claw, Snow Shadow Evasion, Frost Breath, Frost Armor Protection, Gale Flash Strike, Storm Cold Blade】

...

The Snow Cat, which was once the size of a cat, had now grown to the size of a large wolfhound.

Its whole body was silver-white, its fur like flowing clouds and mist, its tail split into three spiral airflow strands, and its eyes were one blue and one cyan, symbolizing ice and snow and whirlwinds respectively. Its limbs were wrapped in ice crystal chains, and walking caused the sound of small avalanches.

At first glance!

It actually had the bearing of a King Beast!

"Master, I specialize in speed and power, and my attacks have armor-piercing effects. Dealing with this clumsy type of Beast Soul BOSS will be easy!"

The Wind-Howling Snow-Shadow Beast said confidently.

He did not expect that after reaching the third Rank, the beast pet would start to have its own thoughts and be full of spirituality, unlike before when it could only passively follow orders.

At this moment, the reminder from the brave NPC Carlos sounded inexplicably in Lu Chen's mind: "The ultimate Profound Truth of a Beast Tamer is to trust your partner!"

"Then it is up to you!"

Lu Chen smiled slightly and immediately chose to let it fight.

【Ding, battle beast pet has been confirmed, Ancient Mammoth Beast Soul BOSS appears!】

The next moment.

A huge glacier magic circle appeared in front, and then a blizzard spread out. The sound of glaciers cracking came from the circle, and the giant outline of an ancient mammoth emerged from the blizzard.

Stomp—!

The tusks pierced the frozen earth, causing an earthquake, and the ice crystals resonated with the aged low growl.

【Millions of years of frost... will also tremble under my feet!】

The breath from its nose stirred up the storm of the Ice Age, and its pupils burned with blue flames that never went out.

When its front hooves were raised, it brought up the remains of the frozen mammoth herd, and the roar of revenge for the entire species came from the blizzard: 【Ancient Mammoth, never compromise. Gods, don't even think about conquering us!】

...

【Name: Ancient Mammoth Beast Soul · Commander BOSS】

【Talent: Glacier Bloodline (A)】

【Level: Third Rank LV90】

【HP: 197736】

【Mana: 181080】

【Attack: 98868】

【Defense: 63200 Physical Defense / 40540 Magic Defense】

【Skills: Glacier Stomp, Ancient Roar, Ancient Howl... Avalanche Charge】

...

The appearance of the Ancient Mammoth made Lu Chen's body and mind tremble slightly. The Bloodline of this ancient giant beast contained a belief of never giving up!

After seeing the talent effects and skill effects of the Ancient Mammoth Beast Soul BOSS, Lu Chen smiled knowingly. Isn't this the perfect opponent for the Wind-Howling Snow-Shadow Beast to display its strength?

Because the Ancient Mammoth's talent effect passively forms a snowstorm area, which can restrict most beast pets.

But the Wind-Howling Snow-Shadow Beast's talent 【Frost Wind Agility】 can greatly increase its movement speed and attack speed in this environment, complementing each other.

"Trusting your beast pet partner is perhaps truly the ultimate Profound Truth of a Beast Tamer~"

Lu Chen immediately commanded the Wind-Howling Snow-Shadow Beast to start the battle.

This trial was a battle focused on beast pet coordination; Lu Chen could only command and could not participate in the battle himself.

And the beast pet only had the shared basic attributes of the master, not including talent attribute effect bonuses.

But with over 60,000 attack power, plus the Wind-Howling Snow-Shadow Beast's swift attacks, it was enough to take down the huge BOSS in front of him!

The perfectly countered Ancient Mammoth Beast Soul BOSS did not last long before being easily taken down by the Wind-Howling Snow-Shadow Beast!

【How could I lose to such a weak beast pet? I am an Ancient Mammoth Beast!】

The Ancient Mammoth Beast Soul BOSS collapsed with a bang, and its corpse turned into spiritual light and dissipated.

【Ding, congratulations on completing the Strength Trial, the Bond Trial is now open!】

This second trial was much simpler.

Although each wave of spiritual shock caused 15% of max HP as true damage, it could be shared with the beast pet. Lu Chen chose the Vortex Water-Binding Turtle beast pet, and they completed it easily.

【Ding, congratulations on completing the Bond Trial, the Wisdom Trial is now open!】

Immediately after.

A large ancient stele appeared in front of Lu Chen through the magic circle. The runes on the stele were arranged in a circle, 12 in total!

Each rune represented an animal or natural element. The runes were divided into an inner circle (6) and an outer circle (6), and the inner and outer circle runes could rotate independently.

Goodness!

Playing with rune arrangement?