Chapter 52: Chapter 52: The Culprit Is the Thousand-Change Silkworm
Ye Bai’s suspicious gaze fell on Big Gray.
Just now, only Big Gray was standing by the crystal core; could it be that Big Gray was craving and ate it?
After all, a Tier Four crystal core can only be borne by Big Gray.
Big Gray frantically waved its hand, shaking its head like a rattle drum, showing a very aggrieved expression.
It opened its mouth wide, revealing sharp teeth, almost as if it was going to stuff Ye Bai’s head into its mouth to see if it had stolen the crystal core.
Ye Bai gave a sheepish smile; how could he wrong Big Gray? It’s been with him for so long, it’s not that kind of pet beast.
"Alright, alright, don’t be upset, I didn’t mean anything by it."
Ye Bai said, helplessly amused.
Now, in the Cultivation House, there were only Big Gray and the Thousand-Change Silkworm. Since Big Gray didn’t eat it, there can be only one truth.
The culprit is the Thousand-Change Silkworm.
Oh you treacherous silkworm, damn Thousand-Change Silkworm, how are you so fast? I just didn’t pay attention for a moment and you gulped down the Tier Four crystal core.
You, just a Tier One pet beast, dare to swallow a Tier Four crystal core? You’ve got guts.
Spit it out, spit it out, that’s a Tier Four crystal core.
You could buy so much good stuff with it!
Ye Bai looked indignantly at the blood-red cocoon, waiting for the time you emerge, Big Gray will give you a huge smack, to vent its frustration.
Look how this has wronged poor Big Gray!
However, now Ye Bai thought of another problem, which is how to contract with Big Gray.
Big Gray managing to kill the Blood Storm Rat Emperor of Tier Four means it has the strength of Tier Four or above.
Currently, Ye Bai is just a Tier One little Karami, unable to contract with Big Gray, only able to use the Personal Beast Card to carry it around.
Actually, given Big Gray’s level of loyalty, it doesn’t really matter if there’s a contract.
After contracting with a pet beast, the pet beast can enter the Pet Beast Space to slowly heal its injuries.
As the Pet Beast Master’s strength grows, the Pet Beast Space will expand more and more, and if you can obtain Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures to expand it, it could even evolve into a small Secret Realm.
The school’s Secret Realm is from a Pet Beast Master who was about to die and voluntarily separated their Pet Beast Space to form the Secret Realm.
Ye Bai wanted to break through his own bottleneck, either by finding Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures to enhance his Spiritual Power, or by using his Lifebound Pet Beast to make a breakthrough.
The strength of a Pet Beast Master is closely related to their first contracted pet beast, which is also known as the Lifebound Pet Beast.
Of course, if you are not satisfied with your Lifebound Pet, you can use Nether River Water to replace it with a pet beast of higher talent.
After using the Lifebound Pet to break through a realm, for example, breaking into Tier Two, the Tier Two strength is stable and will not require starting over when changing the Lifebound Pet.
By the time the sun rose mid-morning, the Jiaying City Pet Beast Union had lifted the Level One Red Alert.
The school also issued a notice to resume classes, but only the Sunflowers were still diligently at work, intensifying their efforts to proliferate their kind.
The Sunflower King had also become the leader of this group of Sunflowers, and its entire appearance had changed.
Originally, the Sunflower King was a sunflower as large as a millstone, with two big eyes.
But now the Sunflower King had shrunk considerably, with two Light Elves floating above its flower disc, sprinkling sunlight.
The leaves and stalks were like fine jade, its root-stems looked very slender but in reality were as hard as iron.
Thousands of Sunflowers gathered together, emitting scorching radiance, simultaneously releasing an intoxicating fragrance.
Under the command of the Sunflower King, these Sunflowers marched grandly onward to distant places.
Any Bloodstorm Rat that wasn’t dead would be dealt a finishing blow, its flesh becoming their nutrients.
Chairman Wang and other high-ranking officials of the Pet Beast Union returned to the Jiaying City Pet Beast Union to find Principal Zhang sitting sternly in the conference room.
Immediately, they felt a sense of reverence, curling their heads like children who had been caught misbehaving, as if naturally subdued by a teacher.
"Wang Jinyin, after you left, I encountered a Pet Beast Master from the Evangelical Association trying to infiltrate the Pet Beastmaster Union’s secret vault, seemingly attempting to steal something, but my Titan Hellfire burned him to ashes on the spot."
"He openly admitted that this beast tide was deliberately caused by him, and even the special virus on the Bloodstorm Rats was intentionally spread by him."
Principal Zhang conveyed the intelligence he had gathered to Wang Jinyin, coughing lightly, with signs of fatigue evident in his expression.
Upon hearing this, Chairman Wang flew into a rage: "What the hell are those bastards trying to do?"
"These rats lurking in the sewers, always thinking about destroying the world first and then creating a new one?"
Chairman Wang was so angry his lungs were about to explode; after worrying for several days straight, to find out it was all the Evangelical Association’s doing infuriated him deeply.
This is playing with people’s lives!
Coughing again, the old principal showed the fatigue that couldn’t be hidden in his brow and eyes.
Zhang Lingxue quickly walked behind Principal Zhang, the Light Goddess Butterfly appearing in mid-air, and gentle holy light fell from its wings, enveloping Principal Zhang entirely.
In no time, Principal Zhang seemed a little more spirited.
She furrowed her brows and softly said, "Your current condition is very dangerous; you should rest at the sanatorium immediately."
"You haven’t closed your eyes for days, have you?"
"I already told you, leave the beast tide to us. Don’t worry."
"If your condition continues to worsen, medication won’t be able to save you."
The old principal shakily stood up, stubbornly saying, "I know my own body."
"With the beast tide happening, how can I sleep?"
"Every time I open and close my eyes, all I see are my comrades who perished in the beast tide."
"Even the spirits of my old comrades urge me to keep going."
"Rest assured, I’m tougher than I look, I won’t die so easily. Even if King Yama wants to take me, he has to step over my dead teammates and pet beasts to meet me."
At this moment, the old principal couldn’t take in any advice. He was well aware his body had reached the twilight of its strength.
So he had no time left.
He must find the headquarters of the Evangelical Association during this period, summon the massive Titan Hellfire, and perish with it.
Otherwise, if the Evangelical Association continues its wrongdoings and artificially generates beast tides, this would greatly destabilize the Flame Country Alliance.
Zhang Lingxue was also worried about Principal Zhang’s health, but the treatment by the Light Goddess Butterfly was just a drop in the ocean for his wounds.
Principal Zhang had been poisoned by a special toxin, which decreased cell activity, severely reducing his body’s self-healing ability, and even his blood was highly toxic.
Currently, he was relying on his vast Spiritual Power for support, but even that was now tainted.
Unless a Secret Treasure that could enhance cell activity and a Spiritual Crystal Core that could cleanse the tainted Spiritual Power could be found.