Beast Taming: the More the Better

Chapter 622: Chapter 288: The Night Raven Scarecrow! Death Mutation!

Strawman.

It is ranked alongside the Skeleton Soldier, Paperman, Jumping Zombie, low-level Wandering Souls, and others, considered one of the weakest among Undead Pet Beasts. It is a low-level Undead Pet Beast with only Ordinary Level Racial Potential.

However, the Strawman is relatively decent among them. It stands out in this group; compared to Skeleton Soldiers that shatter on impact, Jumping Zombies with restricted movement, the negligible Papermen, and low-level Wandering Souls that only zip around for comic relief with no attack power, the Strawman possesses some combat ability even at the Ordinary Level.

The basic instinct of a Pet Beast like the Strawman includes a Skill extremely rare among Undead Pet Beasts: the Power of Fear. It sounds rather grand, but in reality, it’s just an application of spiritual power. However, it exerts greater force against living beings compared to basic spiritual power.

Indeed, at this moment, after her initial shock, Jian Yue summoned this Pet Beast—a Strawman. Of course, it wasn’t an ordinary low-level Strawman but a genuine Strawman Evolutionary Body.

If it had been any other common Undead Pet Beast, Su Ping might not have paid much attention, but he found the Strawman quite interesting.

Inside the Heart of Soul within the Heart of Myriad Spirits, the first scene crafted—the Death Wheatfield—was also the future realm for storing a large number of Strawmen. It was Su Ping’s first choice for lighting up the Necromancy Series section of his Illustrated Handbook. Cheap, abundant, and easy to maintain.

Without a doubt, the Strawman Evolutionary Body presented by Jian Yue immediately caught Su Ping’s attention.

This was a very peculiar type of Evolutionary Body. At first glance, this peculiar Strawman Evolutionary Body seemed indistinguishable from an ordinary Strawman. Planted into the ground, its wheat-hued straw stuffing formed a bizarre humanoid creature. It even wore a tattered, feather-woven hat, barely giving it the shape of a strawman. However, compared to an ordinary low-level Strawman, this Strawman looked much the same, only a size larger. If forced to point out a difference, it would be the few black feathers on its body—seemingly dropped by some bird-like Pet Beast—which gave it an eerie and odd appearance.

It was somewhat surprising, Su Ping thought, that an elegant lady like Jian Yue would cultivate such a Pet Beast.

Fortunately, though Su Ping didn’t know what this Pet Beast was, a Necromancy Breeding Master was beside him.

As Jian Yue summoned this Pet Beast for the trial, Master Yin narrowed his eyes. Noticing Su Ping’s surprise and curiosity, he said directly, “Night Raven Strawman! A Monarch Level Evolutionary Body. This young lady has some substance! However, the Night Raven Strawman was indeed a completely new Evolutionary Body developed by Qi Mu, a Senior Breeder from Qilu Province, over thirty years ago. It’s considered an Advanced Pet Beast with extremely difficult Evolution and a high cost of Evolution! The Night Raven Strawman is indeed very suitable for the Heavenly Tomb, but surely it’s not just that simple?”

Night Raven Strawman, Su Ping mused. Indeed an interesting Evolutionary Body.

Su Ping was also intrigued. Of course, it was an Advanced Pet Beast with high Evolution difficulty. One had to know that the Strawman was merely a low-level Undead with Racial Potential peaking at Ordinary Level. Yet, after one Evolution, its Racial Potential skyrocketed straight to Monarch Level.

What kind of leap was that? Su Ping wondered. For the Forest Wolf, it was akin to evolving to the Emperor Level Crown Wolf Emperor.

This kind of leap in Level during Evolution represented the most extreme Evolution for the corresponding Evolutionary Form. This was an extreme Evolution. It couldn’t be said to be the strongest Evolutionary Form of this Pet Beast, but it was definitely among the very best.

However, for the Heavenly Tomb’s special selection, this was nothing extraordinary.

Master Yin spoke toward the trial room, “Breeder Jian Yue from Qilu Province, you just need to demonstrate your Night Raven Strawman’s resistance to the Heavenly Tomb’s Death Energy, as well as its detection ability! Use your Pet Beast to ascertain the precise number, Level, and even Race of all the Undead Pet Beasts in the trial without alerting them. Decisions will be made based on the results!”

The next moment, endless darkness returned, and Su Ping continued to watch.

The Heavenly Tomb’s simulation effect was indeed formidable. From the outside, it still looked like a spacious hall, but inside, due to the Space Stacking facilities, the space within the hall overlapped, greatly expanding its range. Su Ping had already sensed this when he was inside earlier, and it was even more apparent now.

Engulfed in darkness, this time, apart from the pervasive Death Energy, the scattered Deadly Beasts did not hunt Jian Yue at the center again.

Around the huge, dark Strawman, pieces of black straw feathers slowly scattered, landing on Jian Yue. This prevented excessive invasion by the Death Energy while also completely concealing the presence of both Jian Yue and the Strawman itself, so even the Deadly Beasts that drew near couldn’t detect much.

The next moment, the Night Raven Strawman finally took action again.

The gigantic Strawman planted in the ground mysteriously began to produce black crows from its body.

These were different from Little Crow Ya Ya, the Flame-Eating Crow Su Ping was familiar with.