EFB Chapter 71 Black Wind Ridge, First Battle
Chapter 71 Black Wind Ridge, First Battle
Chapter 71 Black Wind Ridge, First Battle
While the entire town of Niuwa in Qianyuan County awaited the help of the beast tamers from Tiannan City, Lin Yi was already on his way to Qianyuan County.
According to Bu Kongyun, Lin Yi did not borrow Chen Shiqi's [Snow Eagle Eagle]. If he had the [Snow Eagle Eagle], he could indeed have reached Qianyuan County within three days, but it would have been almost useless. Although Gu Zai is now much stronger than before, he does not believe that a person and a beast can directly fight across levels. The attack that Bullfrog Town encountered this time was a first-tier, level six [Fallen Ape]. These ten days of travel time were obviously given Lin Yi the opportunity to continue to improve.
"Aren't these big shots worried that I might not be able to break through, or that I won't be able to get there in time?"
Lin Yi's intuition told him that Bu Kongyun must have made two preparations. There might be a pair of eyes watching him secretly right now. If he failed the mission, the other party would go directly to Bullfrog Town.
Clearly, this is not just a transformative experience, but also a test. Perhaps the thirty-six people chosen to carry the flag are already on their way to different counties.
During the three days, Lin Yi was not idle. While sharing the extraordinary power with the mushroom cub and running wildly through the forest, he also kept studying the so-called "Shared Secret Technique".
"Unexpectedly, the cheat code not only works on training pet skills, but also on this universal secret technique," meaning it can be used to interpret and replicate them.
This was the only surprise Lin Yi had discovered in the past three days. Under the influence of his cheat system, he had gradually mastered this "Tongxiang Secret Technique" and was beginning to try to make it his own.
On this day, in the boundless mountains, Lin Yi stopped for once and began to try to activate the secret technique. As the secret technique was used and gradually took shape, at a certain moment, a mysterious information suddenly flooded into his mind, which made him and Mushroom Boy form an unprecedented common relationship.
The moment the human and the beast established a complete symbiotic relationship, Lin Yin could clearly feel a tremendous change taking place within himself.
It felt as if some of the abilities that Mushroom Boy possessed had been added to him, and his hearing, smell, all his senses, alertness, mental strength, physique, and so on had been greatly and comprehensively enhanced.
The moment he activated the "Tongxiang Secret Technique," Lin Yi's senses seemed to become more acute than ten times. He could sense subtle changes in the forest without even looking: the crawling of ants, the wriggling of insects under the green leaves, unusually slight sounds in the forest, and even the twisting of lizards underground.
Some smells that he couldn't smell before suddenly became pungent, numbering in the dozens, almost making him feel nauseous.
Not only that, Lin Yi even felt that he could see wild animals 500 meters away in the forest and see the details of them chewing.
"Is this what a pet's perception is like?"
Lin Yi was overjoyed. Beast tamers all know that their pets possess perception far beyond that of ordinary people, but he never imagined that it would be this exaggerated, giving him the feeling of divine sense probing in a cultivation novel from his previous life.
"It does consume a lot of mental energy."
This was the only flaw. After a brief assessment, Lin Yi quickly withdrew his perception and subconsciously tried to activate the surrounding lightning elements.
The moment he activated the mushroom's ability, he immediately saw a thin mist of lightning, like lightning breaking into particles, permeating the entire world. To Lin Yi's surprise, he seemed to be able to communicate with those lightning elements and manipulate them.
"Three thousand thunderbolts!"
Crackling sounds suddenly erupted in the forest, accompanied by bursts of thunderous power. Under Mushroom Boy's "comprehension," he seemed to have been born with this secret technique, although the resulting commotion was far less than when Mushroom Boy performed it himself.
"No rush, take it slow, at least we see hope."
Lin Yi muttered to himself, not in a hurry. His intuition told him that if he practiced often, he would eventually be as strong as Zai.
The only pity is that even after reaching the fifth rank, Beast Tamers can only use the secret techniques of their pets, and their own clan skills are still not universal. Otherwise, with the support of the Mushroom's [Leap] ability, Lin Yi's speed would definitely be even faster.
Putting his mind aside, Lin Yi stopped wasting time on himself and instead focused entirely on training the mushroom cub. The two of them traveled together while training intensely.
"Little mushroom, eat, eat as much as you can, eat as much as you can. Anyway, you're from the City Lord's Mansion, so eat as much as you can. After you finish eating, you'll train. Just don't fall behind."
Lin Yi fed all the extraordinary evolution ingredients given to him by the City Lord's Mansion to the little guy, instead of keeping him in the Beast Taming Space. He trained and evolved him continuously while traveling.
This time, the human and beast are facing a powerful level 6 assassin, the Fallen Ape. They cannot be careless. It would be best if the little guy could break through another level before reaching their destination. If he cannot break through, they will have to reconsider their plans once they arrive.
Thus, the man and the beast raced through the mountains, increasing their strength as they went. Wherever the mushroom passed, the earth shook and mountains trembled, and the azure sword light shone continuously.
Lin Yi discovered that as the mushroom cub and he simultaneously consumed extraordinary power and replenished their absorption for evolution, the little guy's improvement speed more than doubled.
"I didn't know you could play it like that?"
This discovery immediately delighted Lin Yi, as he had found another path to a rapid breakthrough.
Time flies, and two more days have passed in the blink of an eye.
On the fifth day of Lin Yi's journey, as the setting sun struggled to penetrate the increasingly deep primeval forest, Lin Yi led the mushroom-like creature up to the tallest ancient tree. This tree was a head taller than the entire forest, allowing the two of them to have a direct view of the road ahead.
Looking out at the vast forest stretching across the road ahead, Lin Yi felt as if all the greenery had vanished and the mountains were shrouded in darkness.
It is obvious that what lies ahead is the so-called Black Wind Ridge mentioned by Bu Kongyun.
Before setting off, Lin Yi went to Chen Shiqi to inquire about Black Wind Ridge.
In Chen Shiqi's words, this mountain range is indeed a lawless place. The overall jungle vegetation is dark black. The forest is deep and the land is vast, stretching across twelve mountain ranges and thousands of ridges, hence the name Black Wind Ridge.
But this is not the reason why Black Wind Ridge is so infamous. What truly makes this place a lawless zone is the strange magnetic field that is difficult to remove beneath the entire mountain range. The magnetic field covers a vast area and can suppress the perception of beast pets and beast tamers. The area that can be detected will be compressed exponentially. The stronger the beast tamer and the battle beast, the more terrifying the compression.
This situation, ironically, became a haven for outlaws. Coincidentally, this place is a transportation hub for several neighboring cities, and these outlaws not only treated it as a haven for crime but even occupied the mountains and became ruthless bandits.
For this reason, Tiannan Province has joined forces with several surrounding city-level beast tamers to fight against them more than once, and even dispatched beast taming legions. However, Black Wind Ridge is too big, and every time they operate, the enemy scatters like birds and beasts. The beast tamer legions leave and then they occupy it again.
"Little mushroom, Black Wind Ridge is just ahead. Be on high alert and don't waste your supernatural power carelessly anymore."
Lin Yi immediately became much more serious. He jumped down from the tree and ran through the forest towards Black Wind Ridge, wanting to get through this dangerous place as quickly as possible.
Of course, the criminals who linger here are generally not high-level beast tamers. After all, powerful beast tamers are unwilling to stay in such a godforsaken place. Even if they do, they will only stay for a short time and will always find a way to leave.
Those who truly remained were beast tamers of average strength, and among them, the strong preyed on the weak. Over time, the beast tamers in Black Wind Ridge stagnated at around level 5 of the first tier. The strong had already left, and the weak who came did not survive long.
However, Lin Yi remained vigilant. The beast tamers who had escaped into this place were obviously stained with blood, and even the beast taming legion sometimes had no choice but to comply.
As night slowly fell, the man and the beast began to venture deeper into Black Wind Ridge.
Lin Yi ran quickly through the forest, while Gu Zai held the small sword on his shoulder and kept a watchful eye on their surroundings.
The first half of the night passed peacefully, and Lin Yi traversed most of Black Wind Ridge. After all, he ran in a straight line, not traversing the entire area.
"We'll be out of Black Wind Ridge in another three hundred li."
Looking at the map in his hand, Lin Yi couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Since entering Black Wind Ridge, just as Chen Shiqi had said, the range of his perception ability had been compressed from a radius of 500 meters to less than 50 meters.
As Lin Yi raced against time, little did he know that two pairs of eyes had already been watching the man and the beast from the darkness.
"Big brother, he's a Tier 1 Level 5 Beast Tamer," the slightly chubby, burly man who had been following them for miles in the darkness spoke up, his eyes gleaming with greed.
The two, who already lived in the shadows, lacked nothing more than resources for extraordinary evolution, and the passing beast tamers were clearly their only source.
"Take another look. This kid's aura is a bit unusual." The gaunt man at the head of the group frowned slightly, clearly still cautious even as a bandit.
This is a world where the strong prey on the weak. A slight misstep could lead to utter destruction. Although the boy looked like a student, the extraordinary power surging from his body as he ran revealed that he was a first-tier, fifth-level beast tamer.
The slightly overweight, muscular man couldn't wait any longer: "Brother, when did you become so cautious? He's just a spirit plant-type beast tamer. I could slap him to death if I went out there."
The two followed him all the way, and by then they had already made up their minds that the boy was a spirit plant-type beast tamer.
"Brother, what are you afraid of? A plant-type beast tamer is a notorious novice, and the fact that he's in such a hurry to cross Black Wind Ridge clearly shows he's guilty." The slightly chubby, burly man urged, "If we don't make a move soon, and someone else notices us, that will be a real problem."
Hearing the slightly chubby man's urging, the thin man also wavered a bit. Perhaps he had been too cautious all these years of hiding and running away. How strong could a spirit plant-type beast tamer be?
Moreover, the slightly chubby, strong man made a lot of sense. Black Wind Ridge was not just the two brothers' territory. If they delayed any longer, and were discovered by others, there would inevitably be a struggle for control.
After much deliberation, the gaunt man seemed to have made up his mind, and his chilling voice immediately echoed through the mountains and forests.
"Let's do it!"
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