Celestial Beast Taming

Chapter 281: Chapter 173: Evolution: Diamond Poison Golem

In past battles, if Shen Xuan was unable to break through a target’s defenses, his only option was to use Poison Burst Calculation to first shatter their Armor.

But the true power of Poison Burst Calculation was unleashed in a sudden burst after a target had been afflicted by multiple instances of Poison Chain Conduction.

Now, with the Strong Wrist Poison Sting Skill, Shen Xuan no longer needed to use his Guardian Beast Master Talent, Poison Burst Calculation, just to break a target’s defenses in battle.

Instead, he could save Poison Burst Calculation for Tier Jumping kills against elite enemy units.

Furthermore, after attacking a target, Strong Wrist Poison Sting could also inflict a Poisoned State.

In this Poisoned State, toxins could more easily contaminate the target and cause even greater damage.

This would significantly increase the speed of Shen Xuan’s Poison Chain Conduction and his lethality against elite units.

After carefully reviewing the stats for the Ten Thousand Corrosive Poison Mother, Zhong Yi gave Shen Xuan a thumbs-up without Shen Xuan even needing to say a word.

”Ah Xuan, once you form a Contract with the Purple Diamond Statue and raise it to Extraordinary Tier, Silver Quality...”

”...you’ll probably be able to clear the Ice Cave Secret Realm we explored before all by yourself, just by relying on the synergy between the Purple Diamond Statue and the Ten Thousand Corrosive Poison Mother.”

”From now on, when we explore Second Level Secret Realms and face large groups of enemies, Xiaolingdang and I can just slack off!”

Hearing Zhong Yi’s words of affirmation, a brilliant smile lit up Shen Xuan’s handsome, almost bewitching, face.

He looked like a hibiscus flower swaying gracefully in the misty June rain.

”Ah Xuan, your Purple Diamond Statue hasn’t been strengthened yet. I had Wu Qing help you collect a large amount of Purple Corundum.”

”He already delivered the Purple Corundum he collected to me.”

”Have the Purple Diamond Statue drink this Potion, then let it consume as much of this Purple Corundum as it can.”

”When the Purple Diamond Statue increases its Quality, it should also be able to successfully upgrade its Bloodline.”

Zhong Yi had always placed great importance on the Purple Diamond Statue Shen Xuan had formed a Contract with.

After seeing the Skills and Exclusive Traits the Ten Thousand Corrosive Poison Mother gained from its Tier and Quality increase, Zhong Yi became even more convinced of Shen Xuan’s Talent.

Rather than handing the Purple Diamond Statue over to Tao En for training, Zhong Yi decided he would personally use Flowing Soul Soil to help raise this crucial Guardian Beast for Shen Xuan.

After all, as long as the Soul-Controlling Flower had the corpses of Demons and Guardian Beasts to absorb, it could continuously produce Flowing Soul Soil.

During his trip to Longya City, Zhong Yi had accumulated a good amount of Flowing Soul Soil.

This supply of Flowing Soul Soil was more than enough to raise a single Purple Diamond Statue.

’Right now, among all my people, only Shen Xuan and I are capable of exploring the Divine Origin Slaughter Secret Realm.’

’Under these circumstances, any investment in Shen Xuan is worth it!’

The Divine Origin Slaughter Secret Realm was a source of vast amounts of Divine Origin Value. And although Divine Origin Value couldn’t be traded...

...items purchased from the Divine Origin Store could be given to others.

The Divine Origin Value Zhong Yi acquired from now on wouldn’t be used just to buy things for himself.

The items he and Shen Xuan bought from the Divine Origin Store with their Divine Origin Value could greatly strengthen the foundation of their faction.

Zhong Yi had previously only toyed with the idea of building his own faction. But now that he had a Quasi-Six-finger Creator like Tao En under him...

’It’s time for the faction I’m building to have a name.’

’I have two cheats since coming to the Guardian Beast World.’

’One is my knowledge from my past life as a game designer, and the other is the Soul-Controlling Flower.’

’Of the two, the Soul-Controlling Flower is clearly the more significant one.’

’The main way the Soul-Controlling Flower helps me is by continuously producing two things: Soul Taming Seeds and Flowing Soul Soil.’

’Publicly, my faction will be propped up by me, a Healing-type Celestial Destiny Seeker.’

’But in the shadows... I’ll call my faction ’Soul Soil’.’

Zhong Yi believed that the Soul Soil faction, whether in the Guardian Beast World or in the wider universe...

...would grow stronger step by step, eventually unleashing a power that could not be ignored.

He just didn’t want the Soul Soil faction to be publicly linked to him within the Guardian Beast World.

This model of developing a clandestine faction wasn’t actually uncommon in the Guardian Beast World.

Lin Zhuo had once mentioned to him that the Evil Blood Sect had surrendered to the Ghost Suppression Bureau.

Many of the merchant guilds in the Lower City District had secretly been businesses run by the Evil Blood Sect.

The other factions that did business with them never would have equated those guilds with the Evil Blood Sect.

Shen Xuan took the bottle of inky-black Potion from Zhong Yi’s hand and immediately summoned the Purple Diamond Statue.

The Purple Diamond Statue’s Tier and Quality hadn’t increased, but it looked far more robust and imposing than before.

The purple crystal clusters growing on its body had also become much more numerous.

As long as one invested enough resources into a Guardian Beast, its improvement was obvious.

This was why those born into major factions found it easier to become powerhouses.

Even if they lacked aptitude, they could still rely on resources to raise their Guardian Beasts’ Tier and Quality, cultivating them into extremely powerful beings.

’If I get the chance,’ Zhong Yi thought, ’I want to recruit a group of talented individuals with excellent Lifebound Guardian Beasts and Guardian Beast Master Talents to cultivate.’

’For one, it would give these resource-strapped geniuses a chance to rise.’

’And for another, I have my own ambitions.’

When he first arrived in this world, unaware that other worlds existed, Zhong Yi’s goals had been confined to the Guardian Beast World itself.

But ever since he learned that there were more worlds beyond the Guardian Beast World...

...and perhaps even higher-dimensional planes of existence...

...Zhong Yi’s ambitions had changed!

Previously, Shen Xuan had fed the Purple Diamond Statue Purple Rock Crystals. Purple Corundum was a much higher-grade material.

The Purple Diamond Statue consumed the Purple Corundum at an extremely slow pace, but with the aid of the Flowing Soul Soil...

...the Energy within the Purple Corundum smoothly fused into its body.

In just over ten minutes, the number of purple crystal clusters on the Purple Diamond Statue’s body nearly doubled.

The clusters also grew more translucent, covered in a faint, cool halo.

The Purple Diamond Statue’s body began to swell as if being inflated.

It quickly expanded to a height of six meters.

Under normal circumstances, a Guardian Beast wouldn’t undergo such a drastic physical change when increasing its Tier or Quality.

The Purple Diamond Statue’s dramatic transformation meant that, catalyzed by the Purple Corundum and Flowing Soul Soil...

...its Bloodline was undergoing a metamorphosis!

The bottle of Flowing Soul Soil Zhong Yi had given Shen Xuan contained a full one hundred milliliters.

After absorbing the entire bottle of Flowing Soul Soil, the Purple Diamond Statue was still able to consume more Purple Corundum.

So, Zhong Yi simply gave another bottle of Flowing Soul Soil to Shen Xuan.

Originally, the Purple Diamond Statue only grew purple crystal clusters on its back. But now, after it could no longer consume any more Purple Corundum...

...its entire body, aside from the wing-like plates on its back, was covered in them.

There were so many purple crystal clusters that they started to break off from its body.

However, these detached clusters didn’t fall to the ground; instead, they floated around the Purple Diamond Statue.

Zhong Yi used All Things Exploration, and the Purple Diamond Statue’s new data clearly appeared before him.

[Guardian Beast Name]: Diamond Poison Golem

[Guardian Beast Species]: Gargoyle Species

[Guardian Beast Level]: Mortal Beast Level (1/10)

[Guardian Beast Type]: Demon Spirit Element

[Guardian Beast Quality]: Bronze Quality

Skills:

[Stone Statue Power]: Can absorb toxins during battle to enhance sustained combat Ability and activate the petrifying toxins within its body. After absorbing toxins, its own toxins will be altered by the influence of the absorbed ones.

Exclusive Traits:

[Guardian Poisonous Diamond]: By consuming absorbed toxins, it can condense a layer of Poisonous Diamonds on its body. These Poisonous Diamonds can effectively resist external damage. Their Defense Power is related to the strength and tier of the consumed poison Energy.

The moment the Purple Diamond Statue’s Quality rose from Unranked to Bronze Quality, it had already evolved into the Diamond Poison Golem.

It also gained an Exclusive Trait called Guardian Poisonous Diamond.

These clusters—or rather, Poisonous Diamonds—that condensed on the Diamond Poison Golem’s body would greatly increase its Defense Ability.