66: Chapter 66 The Promise with the World-Destroying Beast, First Fusion with a Beast Pet!

Instakilled the Dark Radiant Dragon Vulture King!

The subsequent escort mission became much simpler.

Except for the increasingly talkative Ancient Young Beast.

[Big shot, are you still looking for beast pets? What do you think of this Queen?]

[Don't look at how small this Queen is now; once we enter the Ancient Beast Gate, I can grow rapidly. I'll be very big then!]

[If you won't take me as a beast pet, you can use me as a mount. My adult form is majestic and can destroy the world with a wave of a hand. Being your exclusive mount would be so cool!]

Lu Chen finally understood why the Monkey King wanted to beat Tang Sanzang to death with his staff.

[Ding! Congratulations on successfully completing the second phase of the mission: escorting the Ancient Young Beast to the Moon Lakeshore. Achievement Halo unlocked — Heart of Mercy!]

[Ding! Third phase of the mission activated. Please collect the specified Materials and, under the guidance of the Ancient Young Beast, perform the ancient summoning ritual to open the Ancient Beast Gate!]

This kind of Material collection mission was very simple for Lu Chen.

The [Star Moss] Materials would at most be guarded by a mini-boss mission monster.

His beast pets could easily instakill them!

However, this Material only respawns at night, so he had to wait for it to get dark.

Before waiting, Lu Chen opened the page for his main beast pets to see whose intimacy with him had reached MAX!

This was the only difficult part of the Material collection mission, as few beast pets could reach maximum intimacy with their master at Rank 3.

But this wasn't an issue for Lu Chen. If intimacy wasn't at its maximum, he could simply buy potions from the System Store to increase it.

[Big shot, let me tell you, there's actually a way to reach MAX intimacy with a beast pet.]

[Coincidentally, I know an ancient method to quickly increase intimacy. You just need to find specific medicinal herbs and refine them into a potion. Each time, there's a chance to increase intima... cy...]

Gulp!

Lu Chen had already spent 1 gold coin to buy a Legendary-grade Intimacy Enhancement Potion. With one gulp, his intimacy with the specified beast pet was instantly maxed out.

Gak!

Before Lilia could finish her sentence, she saw that Lu Chen's intimacy with his beast pet, the Azure Blade Radiant Thorn Snake, had reached its maximum.

Heavens!

The big shot actually has a potion that can directly max out intimacy?

Lilia was stunned.

The ancient potion method she knew only increased intimacy by 10% at most each time, and there was a chance of failure. You just used one bottle to max it out?

Does this current era already have such incredible potions?

She didn't know.

This special potion of Lu Chen's was only available in the System Store; it couldn't be found anywhere else.

"What did you just say?"

Lu Chen had Great Green start shedding its fangs before looking at the Ancient Young Beast that had been chattering incessantly.

By now, Lu Chen had realized that this Ancient Young Beast had a significant background and had been revitalized through a special method.

Because it had slept in an egg for so long, after being reborn, it couldn't stop talking, as if wanting to vent thousands of years of boredom all at once.

[No... nothing, big shot. Please continue!]

The Ancient Young Beast propped up its face, suddenly staring blankly at the lake ahead. [Big shot, tell me, what is the purpose of our lives?]

Lu Chen frowned slightly, but he still gave a rare reply: "No reason, as long as you live happily!"

[Big shot, you don't understand. Your experience is still too shallow. Once you've seen the vastness of this world, you'll realize that happiness is just an extravagant hope!]

"..."

Lu Chen was speechless. "Then why did you even ask me?"

[Because... this Queen can only ask you!]

Lilia pointed to the silent surroundings and blinked her big eyes. Her appearance was quite cute, in a baby-doll sort of way.

"..."

"No matter how big the world is, anything that makes me unhappy, I will use absolute power to blast it all away, even if the opponent is a god!"

[Eek? Big shot, you already know about the existence of gods this early?]

Lilia was very surprised.

She looked at the Human Race's class awakening history.

Then it clicked.

The Human Race had already entered the era of class awakening three hundred years ago. The top-tier powerhouses must have come into contact with gods, so it was reasonable for their descendants to know about them.

[Big shot, you're probably the only one in this world who dares to disregard gods like this. However, this Queen must still warn you: when you face gods in the future, be extremely careful. Gods are not as simple as you think!]

[Let's put it this way: when this Queen was at her Peak strength, I thought I was qualified to challenge a god, but I was defeated in a single move!]

"What Rank were you at your Peak?"

Lu Chen asked curiously.

[Tier 10, LV300!]

"Huh? Shouldn't Tier 10 be a god?"

Lu Chen was surprised.

In the Blue Star world, the highest-Ranked Class Awakeners were only at Rank 9. He had never heard of anyone making a Breakthrough to Tier 10.

[Who told you Tier 10 is a god? Oh, right, your Human Race has only been awakening classes for 300 years. Your highest Rank is probably only Rank 9, LV270. You're still some distance away from Tier 10, LV300, so it's normal that you wouldn't know.]

[Tier 10 is at most considered a demigod. To become a god, you have to...]

At this point, Lilia suddenly covered her mouth. [Sorry, the method of becoming a god is a taboo of the gods. This Queen cannot reveal it, or else Divine Punishment will descend, and my current body wouldn't be able to withstand it.]

"This..."

Lu Chen thought he could hear the world-shaking secret of godhood from the Ancient Young Beast, but he didn't expect Divine Punishment to be involved.

If this secret were brought back to the Blue Star world, countless big shots would surely go completely mad.

[Big shot, once we meet again by fate and this Queen can withstand Divine Punishment, it won't be too late to tell you then!]

"Oh?"

Lu Chen was pleasantly surprised. "It's a deal!"

Night fell.

Lu Chen ordered his beast pets to act together, quickly collecting 20 units of Star Moss Materials.

Then, under Lilia's guidance.

Lu Chen successfully performed the ancient summoning ritual and summoned the Ancient Beast Gate.

The waters of the Moon Lakeshore seemed to come alive, forming an ancient Ancient Beast Gate above. Various ancient behemoths manifested within the gate, appearing lifelike.

[Ding! Ancient Beast Soul activated. Please select a beast pet for Fusion, enter the Mental Space, and battle it!]

[Hint: In Mental Space battles, all equipment and item effects cannot be used!]

"Which of the five of you wants to fuse with your master to face the World Lord BOSS-level Ancient Beast Soul?"

Lu Chen looked at his five main beast pets.

[Master, let me do it! Since it's a beast soul BOSS, my fire attacks are best suited for dealing with soul-type BOSSes.]

The third one, the Magma Fire Sparrow, suggested.

Great Green and the others also agreed unanimously, not fighting for the chance to fuse with their master. After all, as their master's Rank increased in the future, there would be plenty of opportunities for Fusion with him.

Lu Chen immediately chose the [Magma Fire Sparrow]!

Under the influence of the mission's rule power, the Magma Fire Sparrow merged directly into Lu Chen's body.

The next moment.

Lu Chen's appearance underwent a massive change.

Although he didn't transform directly into a beast, he looked significantly different.

Lu Chen's skin was covered in dark red magma patterns, with flames flickering occasionally, though they did not burn him.

His hair turned into flowing fire, and flaming wings with circulating light extended from his back. The feathers were like solidified lava, scattering sparks when they flapped.

Through the lake water.

Lu Chen also noticed that his pupils had turned molten gold, and the whites of his eyes were filled with dancing flames. When he stared, he could perceive the flow of heat.

That wasn't all.

When he spoke, his voice had a slight echo, like the low rumble of a volcano.

Besides the change in appearance, Lu Chen also mastered all the abilities and skills of the Magma Fire Sparrow, distinct from his own Forbidden Spells and without interfering with them.

[Ding! Beast pet Fusion successful. Please select a special status!]

Without hesitation, Lu Chen chose the hidden option — Myriad Beast Symbiosis!

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