Chapter 308 - 305: Golden Light Soaring into the Sky

Chapter 308: Chapter 305: Golden Light Soaring into the Sky

To his surprise, after extending his Divine Sense, he actually detected the faint energy fluctuations of a battle. Judging by the magnitude of the waves, the fight didn’t seem very intense.

"Let’s go check it out. Maybe we can get something out of it." Feng Hao didn’t waste any words, pulling Xi Yueyao along as he approached.

They hadn’t gone far before they saw flashes of magical light ahead. They crept forward cautiously and finally got a clear view of the situation.

In a clearing not far away, a strangely dressed man was fighting a huge Spirit Beast. What was surprising was that the man wasn’t trying to harm the Spirit Beast. Instead, he was toying with it like he was walking a dog, periodically throwing out a few strange sigils while chanting, "Water Luminous Beast, you can’t beat me. Just obediently become my Spirit Beast!"

"ROAR~!" The Water Luminous Beast bellowed and spat out a huge cloud of water vapor, enveloping the strange man.

The man seemed prepared. A layer of bubble-like Gang Qi rose from his body, easily deflecting the surrounding mist.

Feng Hao was dumbfounded by the sight. "What is that guy doing?"

"It looks like he’s trying to tame a Spirit Beast," Xi Yueyao guessed thoughtfully.

"Tame a Spirit Beast?" Feng Hao paused, a possibility suddenly dawning on him. "Is he a Summoner?"

"Looks like a Summoner, all right, but he’s different from the Summoners in our Ancient Cang Realm," Xi Yueyao analyzed, pouting.

Feng Hao nodded in understanding. He couldn’t help but look at the strange man again. To be honest, he was quite interested in Summoners.

The so-called Summoners were a class that controlled Spirit Beasts in battle using contract-type or control-type Demon Patterns. On a deeper level, they could be classified as a type of Divine Thought Mage.

The Soul Control Demon Pattern from the Ghost Realm’s Wandering City was one such Summoner inheritance. Consequently, most Summoning Mages in the Ancient Cang Realm were concentrated in the Ghost Realm and rarely seen elsewhere.

Furthermore, Soul Control was a control-type summoning, which was vastly different from the taming method this strange man was using.

Generally, a Soul Control Summoner would use their powerful Divine Sense to directly control the soul of a Spirit Beast or a demonic beast, forcing it to fight for them to the death.

But the strange man before them was different. The sigils constantly forming in his hands were likely a contract-type Secret Technique. Once the contract was successful, he would establish a special bond with the Spirit Beast, allowing him to summon it for battle anytime, anywhere. This was also the only way for a Secret Realm Spirit Beast to appear in the outside world.

The differences between the two types of summoning were significant. The advantage of control-type summoning lay in its numbers and its ability to affect demonic beasts. A contract-type Summoner could only sign a limited number of contracts, and only with Spirit Beasts. In contrast, as long as a control-type Summoner’s Divine Sense was strong enough, they could control countless Spirit Beasts and even demonic beasts from the outside world.

Each method had its own advantages, but the contract-type was more widely accepted. After all, the control-type was a bit cruel.

’Let’s see what this Water Luminous Beast is made of.’ Feng Hao’s curiosity was piqued, and he couldn’t resist activating his Crystal Eye to investigate.

[Water Luminous Beast] (Taixu Spirit Beast)

Level: 35 Stars

Qi Blood: 485,075

Vitality: 521

Strength: 3,130

Defense: 4,452

Speed: 1,708

Claw & Fang Damage: 197

Water Attribute Strength: 55

Scale Armor: 42 (Hidden Energy Defense: 23)

"Holy crap, almost half a million Qi Blood? What the hell is this thing?" Feng Hao swallowed nervously.

He finally understood why Yun Jiansong had been killed and kicked out. Just as he had predicted, the stats of the Spirit Beasts in the Fifth Secret Realm were massively increased—by nearly double.

By this logic, the Sixth Secret Realm would probably be even more terrifying!

"That guy looks like a Fifth-rank Mage, right? Should we go mess with him?" Xi Yueyao asked, eager to stir up some trouble.

Feng Hao was speechless. He knew this girl would say something like that. "Forget it. It’s better not to complicate things. Let’s go around him and keep exploring."

"Fine," Xi Yueyao said, pouting in disappointment. She obediently followed Feng Hao as they detoured around the Summoning Mage.

...

They continued exploring in the direction Xi Yueyao had indicated, encountering almost no danger along the way.

Since they were exploring on foot, their progress wasn’t very fast. A full day passed, and they still hadn’t made it out of the jungle.

They did hunt a few Spirit Beasts on their journey, but unfortunately, the properties of their essences were mediocre, so he simply gave them all to Xi Yueyao.

Anyway, the girl hadn’t created any Refined Essence yet. She could make do with these for now; it was better than nothing.

"The terrain is getting higher. Ahead, it’s either mountains or a hill forest." Feng Hao analyzed the situation with a frown, then turned to Xi Yueyao. "Should we keep going in this direction?"

"Mhm," Xi Yueyao said with a completely straight face. "I have a feeling there’s treasure waiting for us up ahead."

Feng Hao clicked his tongue but had no choice but to continue exploring in the same direction.

Just as Feng Hao had predicted, as the two continued onward, a rolling Hill Forest appeared before them.

The moment they stepped into the Hill Forest, they sensed a dense wave of energy. This fluctuation was heavy and sustained, not chaotic like the ones from a battle. It was likely a world-level fluctuation caused by some kind of treasure.

"Jeez, there really is treasure?" Feng Hao exclaimed, looking at Xi Yueyao in disbelief. "How did you sense that, kid?"

"Intuition," the little girl said mysteriously.

Feng Hao chuckled in amazement, then grabbed the little girl and dashed toward the source of the worldly fluctuations.

After rushing for less than half an hour, a lush green basin appeared before them. The surrounding energy fluctuations grew even stronger.

Just as Feng Hao was about to investigate with his Divine Sense, a series of sudden roars echoed out.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM...

The basin ahead exploded as if hit by an airstrike. Dozens of halos of light burst from the ground, followed by pillars of golden light shooting into the sky. The overwhelming aura of treasure coalesced into a surging wave of Qi that spread in all directions.

Feng Hao and Xi Yueyao were instantly thrown back, landing heavily hundreds of meters away.

"Holy shit." Feng Hao scrambled to his feet, staring at the distant, golden-lit basin, completely dumbfounded. "Are those Natural Essences? Isn’t that a bit too many?"

"Wahahaha! I told you there’d be treasure!" Xi Yueyao boasted before charging directly toward the basin. "Hurry, hurry! If we’re any slower, someone else will snatch them all!"

"Oh." Feng Hao snapped out of his daze and shot toward the basin at full speed.

Such a massive worldly fluctuation naturally attracted widespread attention. At almost the same instant, all the trial-takers within thousands of miles began converging on the location.

A battle for the Natural Essences was about to begin!

By the time Feng Hao and Xi Yueyao reached the basin, dozens of Natural Essences had already burst from the earth and were floating within the golden light like a field of stars.

"Damn it, so many Natural Essences appearing at once... it breaks my heart." Feng Hao didn’t dare waste time and frantically began searching for an essence suitable for himself.

Even though there were so many Natural Essences, he would be lucky to get even one.

There was no helping it. You couldn’t take Natural Essences out of the Secret Realm; at most, you could only choose one or two.

It was like having a huge pile of gold laid out before you but only being allowed to take one or two pieces. The feeling was just excruciating.

The shittiest part was that a whole crowd of competitors, drawn by the commotion, was on their way. Whether he could even hold on to those one or two was another question entirely.