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Chapter 535: Success! The First Annihilation Eye!
Chapter 535: Success! The First Annihilation Eye!
At the training grounds of the Sky Grave Breeding Force...
The members of the Sky Grave Special Beast Taming Force, who had just emerged from the Sky Grave Environment Simulation Chamber and the Death Energy Erosion Exercise, crouched behind the glass not far away, peering out at the training field. They whispered among themselves:
"Hey, what are Instructor Su and Captain Li doing out there? Sunbathing?"
"Sunbathing doesn't take several hours, does it? I heard that Captain Li didn't participate in the afternoon training and was busy with this."
"Master Yin is also there, he must be breeding a pet beast!"
"Nonsense, didn't the instructor say that pet beast breeding was already completed? This time, the main focus of the Sky Grave mission was to breed the paper man and the scarecrow, right? What else could they be breeding?"
"Yeah, but speaking of which, that paper man is too powerful. That Five Elements Paper Spirit, when fully activated, seems to be able to effortlessly fight above its rank and defeat Emperor Rank beasts!"
Some were surprised, and after this first simulation training, they were extremely satisfied with the strength of the Five Elements Paper Spirit.
"Of course, do you know what it means to be selected for the Special Beast Taming Force? Don't just focus on the strength of pet beasts. You should understand that greater power comes with greater responsibility!" A young man, not much older than the others, admonished.
"Yes, Deputy Captain!"
"Captain Zhao, do you know what Captain Li and the instructor are doing?"
After this brief interruption, the conversation returned to the scene before them.
Captain Zhao shook his head, but soon his gaze fell upon a young man among the group, one he had never seen before, and the two Eye Demons in front of the young man.
One of them was clearly Captain Li's adult Eye Demon, a creature he was all too familiar with, as he also owned one.
But as for what they were doing, he had no idea.
However, he did recall that in the morning, Captain Li had asked him to help with a matter.
Out of the hundred members of the Sky Grave Squad, how many had Eye Demons as their pet beasts? Could the scene before him be related to this question? Were they really breeding Eye Demons? But the breeding posture seemed too bizarre.
Deputy Captain Zhao also crouched behind the glass wall of the training room, observing the training field. He saw several people lying on the ground chatting leisurely and two Eye Demons lying beside them, also basking in the sun.
As a Necromantic pet beast, Eye Demons naturally disliked sunlight.
Yet, they were now soaking in it as part of their breeding process, which Deputy Captain Zhao found perplexing.
Compared to his confusion, some of the onlookers were equally bewildered.
In contrast to Li Feng, who was anxious and concerned about the breeding process, Su Anyong, who understood the value of a powerful pet beast for the Sky Grave Force, and Yin Luo, who was aware of the challenges of breeding Annihilation Eyes...
At this moment, Su Ping seemed far too relaxed.
"Huff... Huff..."
The faint snoring was barely audible, one might even call it subtle.
But was this the right time for such behavior?
They were currently breeding pet beasts.
Yet, this young man, who had been so confident, lay down on the training field without even a pillow and fell asleep.
The glaring sunlight seemed to have no effect on his peaceful slumber.
Nearby, the Eye Demon breeding process, which should have required some mental effort, didn't seem to bother him at all. After briefly discussing the specific breeding instructions with Li Feng and Yin Luo, he drifted off to sleep.
And he slept soundly.
Leaving the three onlookers and two Eye Demons staring at each other in silence.
However, they all remembered Su Ping's words, and indeed, they hadn't been idle this afternoon.
Using Solar Spring Water as Eye Potion, Li Feng's Eye Demon unleashed its 'Vision Deprivation' skill, causing the only mature Eye Demon Yin Luo had brought that morning, now named 'Big Eye' by Su Ping, to remain in a state of visual deprivation, staring motionlessly at the sun above.
This process of staring continued for the entire afternoon.
The young man slept peacefully.
But the three onlookers dared not relax for a moment.
Directly facing the sun was a mid to high-level Beast Taming technique, and only after their bodies had adjusted could they avoid injury. For Eye Demons, a type of Necromantic creature, the sun was almost an arch-nemesis.
Although Yin Luo knew this was a necessary step in breeding Annihilation Eyes, compared to the original process, Su Ping's modifications were unpredictable.
Even with his absolute trust in Su Ping, Yin Luo wanted to observe any changes to refine his own breeding theory.
As for Li Feng, he needed to control his Eye Demon and have it unleash its skill just as 'Big Eye's' Vision Deprivation effect was about to wear off.
For an entire afternoon, Su Ping was deeply focused.
Only Su Ping himself slept comfortably.
However, this process didn't just occur during that afternoon.
Su Anyong felt helpless but had to admit that every time his son arrived at a new place, he would stir up many things.
With Li Feng absent from the Heavenly Tomb training, there were inevitably some issues as the captain.
Su Anyong waved his hand decisively.
He gave the Annihilation Special Forces a break.
For the next two days, the entire Heavenly Tomb Force knew that the son of Instructor Su was the breeder for the force.
This young breeder, Su, would later accompany them into the Heavenly Tomb.
At this moment, he was even more focused on finding a way to evolve the Eye Demons that most members of the force had as contracted beasts.
With his mind elsewhere, the training wasn't very effective.
So, during this tense breeding rhythm, they took a break to rest.
They also took the opportunity to observe Su Ping's breeding process.
That night, the Ghost Tide didn't appear.
Or rather, even if it did, Su Ping didn't intend to participate.
His entire mind was on the breeding of the Annihilation Eye Demon.
Although the breeding method had been established, when Master Yin Luo asked questions, Su Ping still shared his breeding ideas.
Of course, this breeding idea was quite simple.
If he couldn't hit the target by shooting arrows, Su Ping could just bang his head against a tofu block.
Moreover, with the correct answer for reference, Su Ping's breeding theory was indeed self-consistent.
His explanations were so clear and logical that Master Yin nodded repeatedly.
Su Ping's genius as a breeder didn't require any further proof.
Therefore, his exceptional performance at this time didn't seem particularly incomprehensible to most people.
It was as if this was something he was naturally supposed to do.
Precisely because of this, Su Ping didn't need to pay special attention to what others thought.
Thus, the breeding of the Annihilation Eye proceeded smoothly, beyond his imagination.
Although the Eye Demon, which Su Ping named 'Big Eye', might not have particularly outstanding talents, it stared at the sun for five hours straight on the first day, and on the second day, it stared at the sun for the entire day. Additionally, the 'Solar Spring Water' was used throughout as an auxiliary breeding tool.
Even so, it wasn't until noon on the third day that it stared at the sun for more than seventeen hours, at which point a special skill emerged:
[Light Concentration (Beginner): A basic light-based skill that passively attracts and concentrates local light onto oneself. It usually appears on light-based tool-type contracted beasts, accelerating energy recovery to some extent while also possessing a certain degree of light projection effect.]
It was a very ordinary skill.
Su Ping knew that this skill had appeared on a light-based tool-type contracted beast before.
The elite-level contracted beast, the 'Focusing Lens', was similar to a magnifying glass, enhancing the effect of light concentration.
Now, this skill appeared on an unrelated Eye Demon.
This was enough to prove that Su Ping's breeding improvement had yielded results.
With the completion of the second phase, there wasn't much time-consuming work left in the breeding of the Annihilation Eye.
However, the next step required extreme caution. A single mistake could not only undo the preparations of the past three days but might also endanger Big Eye's life.
At this moment, many members of the Heavenly Tomb were sitting on the training ground, watching Su Ping and the others in the center of the sunlight.
Li Feng, seeing Su Ping's solemn expression, instinctively wanted to shoo people away, but Su Ping stopped him: "No need. If they want to watch, let them. Master Yin, are the preparations ready?"
"Ready!"
Master Yin Luo took out an oversized vat from the Companion Beast Space.
The vat contained colorful water that rippled in the sunlight, and a miniature rainbow even appeared on the surface.
It was a fusion of resources like the 'Solar Spring Water', 'Rainbow Dew', 'Life Water', and more.
All of them were light-based and life-based.
For an Eye Demon, this vat wasn't an enticing treasure, but rather a vat of poison that could take half its life.
If not for Su Ping's innate affinity and the strange fear and fanaticism the Eye Demon felt for him, it might have given up and fled during these days of sunbathing.
But now, facing this vat of 'poison' and following Su Ping's command, the Eye Demon resisted but still leaped into the vat.
Then, it exerted itself to use its light concentration ability.
Suddenly, the vat became a source of light, bright enough to be frightening.
Su Ping frowned.
Then, he decisively used the Spirit Sight.
Under the dazzling light, the true situation inside the vat was revealed.
As expected, under such circumstances, the Necromantic Eye Demon, without even a moan of agony, had its enormous eye turn pale white, clearly fainting from the strain.
Immediately after, the wrapped Necromantic body, under this completely opposite force of torment, also exuded a wisp of pitch-black smoke, showing signs of disintegration.
Su Ping understood that the Eye of Annihilation's realm was barely sufficient to meet the evolution requirements, and its realm had not reached the peak state.
Under such conditions, the tolerance for evolution was indeed slightly lacking.
Fortunately, his control was still intact.
Under this resource torment, the Eye of Annihilation couldn't even last more than ten minutes.
In just five or six minutes, the enormous eye's body began to dissipate.
The entire body seemed to be on the verge of collapse.
Su Ping quickly extended his hand, and with his powerful mental strength, he separated the light and resources, rescuing the Eye Demon from the brink of disintegration and placing it on the Soul Summoning Stone, which had been prepared long ago.
The Soul Summoning Stone, for creatures with weak mental strength and will, can call upon the concentration of self-awareness, but its energy effects are not concentrated, mainly used for the recovery and treatment of Beastmasters or Contracted Beasts who have become 'vegetables' due to Mind Shock.
And now, for the Eye Demon, it was just right.
At the same time, Su Ping calmly took out two completely opposite energy supply resources.
In fact, this step was relatively troublesome.
The Eye Demon's realm had not reached its peak, and at this moment when the energy for evolution was about to be replenished, the demand was even greater than that of higher-level beings, requiring more consumption. Fortunately, he currently had an abundance of resources fit for a Monarch Rank.
Three portions each of Dawn Seed and Yellow Springs Water were prepared.
Without hesitation, after the Eye of Annihilation's consciousness had slightly recovered but its body was still dissipating, Su Ping pushed these two resources into it.
As expected, after using the first portion, although a dense evolution light appeared, it did not complete the evolution. Only after using both portions did a true evolution light burst forth.
It evolved!
All members of the Tomb Heaven Legion who had Contracted Beast warriors were excited and tense, clenching their fists.
They looked towards the evolution light.
However, Yin Luo and Su Anyong showed no excitement at all.
Instead, they continued to wait.
They knew about the Annihilation Eye Demon's backlash. The previous Annihilation Eye Demon had also evolved, but after multiple battles, it was completely devoured and died, and the backlash was irreversible.
This situation, just completing the evolution, was not enough to mean that Su Ping had solved the Annihilation Eye Demon's backlash.
Fortunately, twenty minutes passed quickly.
The evolution light slowly faded.
Within the light cocoon, the figure that had been awakened to evolution ahead of time slowly appeared before everyone's eyes.
However, this evolved Eye Demon caused everyone present to stare in shock.
Even Yin Luo, the master who had previously witnessed the Annihilation Eye Demon, was stunned.
What appeared was no longer recognizable as an Eye Demon.
The previous Necromantic aura, that terrifying and bizarre form, had undergone a dramatic change.
It was a virtual eye.
Like a vertical pupil in the shape of a circle, with no other features, only dark golden virtual ripples accompanied by a similarly dark vertical pupil, exuding a sense of mystery and majesty.
This form was completely different from the previous Annihilation Eye Demon.
And this evolved body could not be considered the Annihilation Eye Demon.
Spirit Sight activated, looking at the Eye of Annihilation before him.
The first truly evolved Annihilation Eye.
[Annihilation Eye - Wild]
[Attribute: Light, Spirit]
[Age: 9 months, 5 days]
[Current Level: Overlord Rank 7]
[Race Limit: Monarch Rank 10]
[Skills: Annihilation Ray (Beginner), Spirit Sight (Beginner), Light Concentration (Beginner), Light Matrix (Beginner), Optical Concentration (Beginner)]
Feeling the Annihilation Eye, Su Ping not only had no excitement about the successful evolution but also slightly furrowed his brows, feeling doubtful.
Five skills? For a Monarch Rank Contracted Beast, it only had one more skill than the worst.
It couldn't be considered an excellent evolution, right?
Of course, the effect of the Annihilation Ray was such that even with just this one skill, the Annihilation Eye was invaluable on the battlefield, especially in large-scale battles.
But clearly, what Su Ping valued was not these skills.
He looked at the strange dark golden vertical pupil in front of him, as if light had been engraved into a solid entity, and fell into deep thought.
What kind of breeding result was this, that made the All Spirit Compendium require two thousand universal experience points to unlock the second breeding method?
What was hidden in that second breeding method?
(End of Chapter)
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