Chapter 51: Chapter 51: Thousand-Change Silkworm Evolution
Big Gray’s sharp claw pierced through the chest of the Bloodstorm Rat, extracting a heart slightly larger than a basketball.
The heart was still pulsing.
A rich fragrance wafted out, and after Ye Bai inhaled the scent, he immediately felt invigorated, as if every cell in his body was rejoicing.
This must be the legendary Essence of Blood.
Then Big Gray found the Crystal Core of the Blood Storm Rat Emperor, along with over a dozen white, diamond-like translucent stones.
Ye Bai touched the Crystal Core of the Blood Storm Rat Emperor, which seemed like a top-quality Pigeon Blood Ruby, emanating a tremendous energy.
He then picked up the diamond-like stones, each about two centimeters in diameter, able to sense the powerful Spiritual Power within them.
These must be the Crystal Cores of the mutated Blood Storm Rat Kings, likely killed by the Blood Storm Rat Emperor to use their immense Spiritual Power to cloak its own presence.
No one expected that he would be the biggest winner of this Beast Tide.
The flesh of a Tier Four Exotic Beast could fetch a good price on the Black Market.
Ye Bai quickly took out a treasured Space Card, a high-level card left by his parents, with about two meters of space inside.
He stuffed the corpse of the Blood Storm Rat Emperor, the Essence of Blood, and the Crystal Core into it all at once.
Ye Bai became the greatest victor of this Beast Tide.
"Sunflower King, collect all the Crystal Cores of the Bloodstorm Rats and use their flesh to propagate yourself fully."
After issuing this command through the Sunflower in his hand, Ye Bai followed Big Gray and left.
With the dust settled and the Blood Storm Rat Emperor dead, the Beast Tide came to a complete end.
On the other side, Chairman Wang’s Steel Armor Rhinoceros charged heavily at the Blood Storm Rat Emperor.
This Blood Storm Rat Emperor had seemed to lose its consciousness from the start, leaving only its beast nature.
Its sharp claw pierced through the Steel Armor Rhinoceros’s unbreakable defense.
The Steel Armor Rhinoceros immediately fell into a poisoned state.
Its four legs buckled, and it knelt on the ground.
"Damn, the Steel Armor Rhinoceros is in a poisoned state."
Chairman Wang felt a sense of unease.
Just as the Blood Storm Rat Emperor was about to deliver the fatal blow, a shadow descended from the sky.
Its sharp bird beak pierced through the Blood Storm Rat Emperor’s body, extracting a still-beating heart.
However, within seconds, this heart transformed into blood-red liquid and dissipated completely.
Even the massive body of the Blood Storm Rat Emperor turned directly into a pool of blood.
This astonished everyone present.
Chairman Wang excitedly stepped forward.
He saw a familiar face sitting on the back of the Storm Crow.
"Secretary Li, did Chairman Zhang send you to support Jiaying City?"
Secretary Li stylishly leapt down from the back of the Storm Crow: "Chairman Wang, sorry for being late."
"I encountered mysterious interference on the way."
"Not only in Jiaying City this time, but four or five cities across Yandong Province also experienced Beast Tides. Chairman Zhang had to stay at the Pet Beast Union and could only send me here."
At this time, the Sunflower King tiptoed to the place where the Blood Storm Rat Emperor had turned into bloody pus.
It could feel that absorbing the Essence of Flesh and Blood would bring great benefits to itself.
"Storm Crow, kill all the Bloodstorm Rats here."
The Storm Crow flapped its wings fiercely, unleashing an endless gale mixed with countless transparent Wind Blades, blasting in the direction of the Bloodstorm Rats.
Wherever it went, all the Bloodstorm Rats toppled over, each with a thumb-sized blood hole in their foreheads, with blood continuously flowing out.
"Chairman."
Wang Shi hurried over.
"Bad news, we discovered another passage connecting to the surface."
"It seems some Bloodstorm Rats have escaped."
Chairman Wang waved his hand: "No worries, the Blood Storm Rat Emperor has already been eliminated."
"The cold storage has been secured, and the remaining Bloodstorm Rats pose no significant threat in this Beast Tide."
At this moment, Chairman Wang’s secretary trotted over.
"Chairman, the Secret Realm has completely closed, and we’ve located its coordinates."
"Once we embed a Space Stone in the Secret Realm, it will belong to our Jiaying City Pet Beast Union."
"The Burrowing Rats inside will become the best training targets for our union members."
This indeed was good news, as that Secret Realm contained the complete evolutionary chain of Burrowing Rats.
What’s left now is cleaning and clearing.
But how should so much Bloodstorm Rat flesh be handled?
The Bloodstorm Rats’ flesh is highly poisonous, and most Pet Beasts cannot digest it.
Zhang Lingxue, seeing the Sunflower absorbing blood and splitting itself, suddenly got an idea.
"Since the Sunflower can absorb the Essence of Blood and Flesh of Bloodstorm Rats, let them handle it."
"I’ll take the propagated Sunflowers back to the school Secret Realm."
"Otherwise, if the Bloodstorm Rats’ flesh rots, it could unpredictably impact Jiaying City’s entire ecosystem."
Hearing Zhang Lingxue’s words, Chairman Wang nodded and waved his hand: "Let’s do as Teacher Zhang said."
More and more Sunflowers came out of the warehouse, inserting their stems into the flesh and starting to absorb.
As for the Bloodstorm Rats’ Blood Cores, no one even mentioned them; the chaotic consciousness within made the Blood Core a hot potato.
None of the Pet Beast Masters present proposed collecting the Blood Cores on the spot.
Right now, they all just wanted a good bath to wash away the pervasive smell of blood.
Soon, the Sunflowers had cleaned up the area, the pungent blood scent vanishing and leaving only a faint floral fragrance.
Under the Sunflower King’s arrangement, the Sunflowers moved underground, where their main cleaning task and best chance for propagation awaited.
"Leave a few people to watch here. Report immediately if there’s any issue."
"Everyone, let’s check Jiaying City once more to ensure no Bloodstorm Rats have escaped."
What worried Chairman Wang the most was that some Bloodstorm Rats might have slipped into the Jiaying River and started secretly propagating.
But after slaying the Blood Storm Rat Emperor and ending the Beast Tide, it became much harder for Bloodstorm Rats to advance.
Forming another Beast Tide wouldn’t be so easy anymore.
Chairman Wang, suppressing his exhaustion, led the members of the Pet Beast Union for another inspection and discovered a batch of escaping Bloodstorm Rats. After killing them, he declared the Beast Tide completely over.
The newborn sun broke the dawn, and sunlight shone on everyone’s faces.
Despite their extreme fatigue, they had won and successfully defended Jiaying City.
The cleanup of this Beast Tide would continue for a while, tidying up the environment and securing the frozen goods in the cold storage.
They would also need to gather personnel information and appease affected citizens.
However, Ye Bai paid no attention to any of this.
His current focus was on the evolution of the Thousand-Change Silkworm.
Following the detailed information from his intel, he brought out the prepared Evolution Materials.
The Thousand-Change Silkworm showed great interest, immediately jumping onto the Blood Core and crunching it up bite by bite.
Each bite emitted a wisp of blood-red mist from its body.
After devouring the Crystal Cores, Ye Bai instructed Big Gray to cut open the heart of the Blood Storm Rat Emperor.
The heart still pulsed, and with each beat, a thumb-sized drop of fresh blood dripped from the breach.
The Thousand-Change Silkworm consumed a total of nine drops, then let out a big burp, clearly showing signs of sleepiness.
Blood-red threads spewed from the Thousand-Change Silkworm’s mouth, quickly forming a Giant Cocoon.
Only then did Ye Bai realize the Crystal Core of the Blood Storm Rat Emperor had vanished.
Damn, how did such a big Crystal Core just disappear?