Beast Taming: Becoming a Bug-type Elite Four Member Starting with Silkworm Raising

Chapter 182 Crystal AntThe Black Dew Secret Realm is vast, equivalent to a small city, but with the Tomb Beetles opening the way, everyone can travel unimpeded in most locations, and the traveling speed is not slow.

However, after trekking for a long time and reaching a narrow stone bridge, Ah-Dai slowly stopped.

”The road here... I can’t pass...”

Facing the stone bridge, which was only three to five meters wide, Ah-Dai’s huge body was like a hill. He was afraid that the stone bridge would collapse as soon as he took one of his insect legs.

There is a bottomless abyss under this stone bridge. Once it falls, it is not impossible to fall directly into the turbulent flow of space.

woohoo...

”In the cave opposite, there is an aura similar to that of amber.”

At this moment, Ayou, who had been lying on Russell’s shoulder all the way, happily absorbing the insect energy in the secret realm, suddenly flapped his wings and sent a message.

As a mentally powerful insect beast, apart from Russell, who has fully activated the ”Cocoon of Evolution” talent, Ayou should be the one with the strongest perception in the team.

Hearing what it said, Russell also touched the stone bridge with the energy thread, and sure enough, he felt a trace of strange insect energy from the breeze blowing from the opposite side.

Even in the secret realm where insect energy is everywhere, this special energy fluctuation is extremely clear, and it is very similar to the body of Amber’s pet beast that looks like an ant.

”The tomb beetle can’t cross this stone bridge. Let’s get down and walk.”

He Qiuer has never been to an unknown area, and there is the smell of amber. The exploration target is already close at hand, and Russell naturally has nothing to hesitate.

Several people grabbed the spider silk from Ah-Dai’s back and walked along the stone bridge towards the cave on the opposite side.

”There is a kind of pet beast living nearby that has a fat body and moves very slowly. It mainly relies on the acid in its body to attack. If you walk a little further inside, you can still see huge tree roots.”

While crossing the bridge, He Qiuer also talked about some things that were not recorded on the map.

Hearing this, Russell felt a little surprised.

He Qiuer said before that the secret keys in her hand were basically stolen from lord-level pets by parasitic beasts of the same race.

For these unexplored areas, Russell’s natural first impression was that there was no way to solve the problem through parasitism.

However, He Qiuer now said that there are a group of ordinary secret beasts living here, and they are not vicious and aggressive types with hearing abilities.

Could it be that she really was determined not to die until she reached the Yellow River, and would rather believe in the Fire Stealing Group than herself?
”I let the parasitic Gu parasitize the ordinary secret beasts I just mentioned, but the lord here doesn’t seem to be of the same race as them. It was attacked not long after it was parasitized. I didn’t even see what it looked like.”

Guessing that Russell would have this doubt, He Qiuer took the initiative to explain before he could ask.

”You mean, the lord’s pet beasts in this area will attack the ordinary pet beasts nearby indiscriminately?”

Upon hearing this, Russell suddenly felt that things were getting tricky.

According to the information provided by He Qiuer, the lord-level pet beasts in the Black Dew Secret Realm have different levels of strength. Not all of them are like Dumb. They are as high as the eighth level or the giant type.

However, no matter how weak the lord-level pet beast is, it is at least close to high-level strength. For the entry threshold of this trial secret realm of about level , it is still quite difficult to confront it head-on.

The key to the secret realm that the He siblings had temporarily given up before was indeed not that easy to obtain.

”It should be... but the strength of this lord-level pet beast is not very strong. It seems to be at the early stage of the sixth level. If I activate the Gu insect’s rage, I should be able to stop it for a short period of time.”

Regarding Russell’s summary, He Qiuer nodded in affirmation, but also added again.

The Gu Master clan has paid a lot of price in the process of cultivating parasitic Gu, and the combat power obtained in exchange for this is indeed quite powerful.

As a leader among young Gu masters, He Qiuer has already killed several fifth-level beasts with his late-level fourth-level strength.

Even when facing a sixth-level beast, as long as the opponent’s racial foundation is poor and the skill configuration is not so powerful, the parasitic Gu in the violent state can fight it for several rounds.

The main reason why she didn’t choose to be tough was because she didn’t have Russell’s keen perception of insect energy, so she couldn’t accurately find Amber’s location during the Gu insect’s rage.

The secret space is so large, and the space that can be searched in a 5-minute rage is extremely limited. It is impossible to use Gu insect rage frequently for trial and error.

Although this beast control talent is not like the real sacrifice skill, it will bring a serious burden to the beast control master himself.

However, the complete collapse of the parasitic body will not only put the Gu insect master in danger, but the growth progress consumed by re-parasitism is also real.

In order to find a way out for her younger brother and other young Gu Insect Masters in the clan, she used Gu Insect Fury two or three times during this exploration of the secret realm, and the cultivation progress has dropped to last year’s level.

”Let’s try our best to push forward steadily. It’s better not to activate the trump card skills unless it is absolutely necessary.”

Although He Qiuer is now considered guilty of meritorious service, Russell is not just using the other party as cannon fodder. He plans to see the situation first.

Seeing Russell’s attitude of really treating her as a teammate, He Qiuer breathed a sigh of relief.

At this point, she has no way out and can only hope that this young man named Russell can keep his promise, apply for a pardon from the alliance official, and find a way to cure the poisonous backlash.

After all, she was defeated by the opponent first, and then asked for help. Even if Russell made some excessive demands, such as letting herself serve as vanguard cannon fodder, she might not be able to refuse.

Fortunately, the Gu Insect Master clan has been at war with the Fire Pirates for so many years, and it seems that they have really met a good person this time.

Thinking of this, He Qiuer worked even harder during the exploration process. She walked at the front of the team and took the initiative to take on the task of guarding and fending off enemies head-on.

As time passed slowly, the top of the tunnel rose, and the field of vision gradually broadened, and everyone seemed to be in a wide cave again.

However, this place is not as empty and silent as the cave where Dumb sleeps, but instead is covered with countless huge plant roots.

Using huge to describe tree roots is usually an exaggerated rhetorical device, but at this moment, Russell felt that these two words were quite conservative.

Because these tree roots are really too big!

Walking next to these roots, he even felt that his arms were thinner than the tiniest lines on the bark of the tree.

In front of such a maze-like root system, even Ah-Dai’s huge body seemed to turn back into the appearance of a small beetle.

Being among them, everyone in the team felt extremely small.

…………

After walking around a corner, He Qiuer suddenly stopped, pointed at a tree root above the team and said:
”This is the kind of ordinary secret beast I’m talking about. Their desire to attack is very low. If you don’t touch it, you can pass through it directly.”

After hearing this, Russell looked up at the tree roots above, and indeed saw several swollen green insect beasts.

These pet beasts have large abdomens and short limbs. They use their pointed mouthparts to pierce the roots of trees and drink the juice. They look exactly like large aphids.

”Sweet Aphid Attributes: Insect, plant

Bloodline Level: Silver
Life energy level: Level

Skills: Honeydew, Acid Spray, Taste Confusion”

The feedback from the ”Cocoon of Evolution” talent shows that this thing is indeed an aphid.

The strength of these aphid beasts is mediocre, but each one is about the size of a piglet.

If the bodily fluids accumulated in their huge bellies were really honeydew, Russell would really like to catch a few of them and tame them.

After all, although honeydew is not a very advanced cultivation material, the production process is quite complicated.

Relying on bees and butterflies to collect pollen to make honeydew has certain seasonal limitations, so honeydew production has not been very high.

But this kind of aphid beast does not need to suck nectar to produce honeydew. It only needs to suck some tree sap, which is undoubtedly much easier to feed.

It eats grass and spits honey. It is definitely a cost-effective production pet!

Of course, the most important thing now is to explore the secret realm. If you don’t get the control of the secret realm, everything is in vain. If you have the control of the secret realm, you still have to worry about not getting a few small sweet aphids.

Therefore, Russell just glanced at the nearby sweet sap aphids with some appreciation, and then continued to walk forward with a few teammates.

”Everyone try to move as gently as possible and restrain your breath. We are almost reaching the location where the parasitic Gu was attacked before. I can feel its breath.”

After walking for a while and looking at the location marked on the map, He Qiuer waved to everyone, indicating that everyone was ready to fight at any time.

Thinking of that inexplicable attack, she still had lingering fears.

This area obviously looks peaceful, but the aphid beasts that are immersed in eating are not even as warlike as the wild beasts on the outskirts of the Black Dew Forest.

Considering that the characteristics of ordinary pet beasts and lords are usually similar, although He Qiuer felt the aura of the sixth-level pet beast when passing by this section of tree roots, he didn’t pay much attention to it.
As long as the beast master himself is not discovered by the lord-level pet beast, he can definitely find the amber painlessly by parasitizing a sweet juice aphid and groping carefully.

However, things did not develop as she imagined.

After the parasitic Gu controlled the sweet juice aphid to crawl forward for a while, a sudden and powerful attack directly knocked her, including the insect and the person, unconscious.

Since the sweet juice aphid itself is only a weak third-order silver-level pet beast, even if the parasitic Gu’s strength reaches the late fourth-order, it will only have the energy level of the early fourth-order after parasitism.

Suddenly attacked by a sixth-level pet beast, almost in an instant, the body of the sweet juice aphid had been broken in half, and it could no longer die.

If he hadn’t been hiding behind a nearby tree root, not too far away, and could directly take the parasitic Gu back into the beast-controlling space, I’m afraid it would have been swallowed by the lord’s pet beast.

Therefore, He Qiuer speculated that the lords in this area were violent and would attack other secret beasts indiscriminately.

In addition, she had no clue about Amber’s location, so she naturally had no need to fight a sixth-level pet beast, so she retreated to the opposite side of the stone bridge in despair, without even having time to take a look at the appearance of this lord.

After hearing He Qiuer’s reminder, Russell also became more cautious.

”Ayou, give us some disguise.”

Thinking that He Qiu’er repeatedly emphasized the ferocity of the lord here, he waved his hand in the air, indicating to Ayou to use shadow power to cover the area where the team was hiding.

This ability is not considered a skill, but is essentially just a skillful use of energy manipulation.

After hearing Russell’s order, Ayou flapped his wings gently and used a small amount of ghost energy to reduce the brightness of the nearby area.

”Take this with you to see if there are any other pet beasts ahead.”

Then, he handed Ayou a photography device that didn’t have Internet capabilities and didn’t have to worry about energy fluctuations leaking, and asked him to go ahead and take a picture of the specific location of the lord’s pet beast.

Speaking of which, in this tree area, Daolang’s movements are actually the most agile.

It’s just that the last time it evolved, it gained a handsome bright silver armor, which somewhat affected its ability to mimic and sneak.

”Mimicry is quite practical. We need to let Daolang pick up this specialty of the Mantis clan again.”

After making a mental note of this cultivation direction, Russell patiently waited for the filming footage that Ayou brought back.

Fortunately, Ayou’s own concealment ability is also quite good. After using its shadow control ability to further blur its body, it flew slowly close to the shadow of the tree roots, successfully capturing everything in front of it into the camera.

A few minutes later, when Ayou landed on Russell’s shoulder again, everyone in the team quickly gathered around to watch the lineup of the ferocious lord-level pet beast.

However, the ferocious and evil scene in her imagination did not appear. Instead, Jiang Xue exclaimed in a low voice with joy on her face as if she had seen some treasure:

”This is crystal ant! There are actually crystal ants in this secret realm!”

As if she was worried that she would not be able to fully attract the attention of her teammates, she said it several times in a row, looking happier than winning 500 million.

”Crystal ants...are you talking about the rare ancient beasts called living mineral veins?”

As an insect beast master who has been replenishing his knowledge since time travel, Russell can completely understand her joy.

Because the value of the three words ”Crystal Ant” is completely worthy of the level of a large secret realm, and can even greatly increase the value of a secret realm.

This kind of ant pet beast that usually lives in mines looks ordinary, not much different from most ant pet beasts.

They are able to become the only ant pet beast whose soldier ants generally reach the gold level, and to obtain the title of living mineral vein, mainly depends on the racial talent called ”Active Crystal”.

The effect of this talent is that it can passively absorb free energy from the surrounding environment, and continuously concentrate and purify it in the body to form a relatively pure energy.

These crystals are usually stored in the body and can provide energy for combat, increasing the energy limit and offensive and defensive strength.

After the storage capacity reaches full value, the crystal ants can also excrete the crystals from their bodies and store them in the ant nest as a resource that will never expire.

In addition, the body structure of crystal ants is similar to that of living honey-feeding ants.

Their abdomens are extremely stretchable and usually appear to be about the same size as their upper body, but in extreme conditions they can expand to nearly twenty times the size of their head and chest, making them very suitable for this kind of energy storage and conversion work.

With the talent of ”active crystal” and special body structure, wherever crystal ants build their nests, they will gradually become energy-endowed Feng Shui treasures, and there is a chance of forming large energy crystal veins.

The most important thing is that this resource is completely renewable and will always be inexhaustible as long as the crystallized ant colony does not die out.

Thinking about it this way, the insect-type energy in this secret realm that is so rich that it is almost equivalent to the continuous use of low-level cultivation materials mostly comes from the treasure house of crystal ants! (End of chapter)