The Strongest Beast Tamer 97 Finding an Evolved Beas

Fortunately, now that it had been two years almost everything was level 10. And if it wasn't' level 10? the beast should have some pretty astounding concealment abilities.

But something caught his eye, something he never would have thought he would ever see in a long while. An evolved beast.

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Name: Ghostly Grasshopper

Age: Adult

Attribute: Darkness/Ghoul

Grade: Good

Innate Talent: 3rd Grade

Level: 12

STR: 52(+20), AGI: 54(+30), VIT: 50(+10)

INT: 33(+10), PER: 39(+10), WIL: 28(+4)

Weakness: Weak Defence

Strengths: Leg Strength (Level 2), Darkness Control (Level 2), Physical Damage Reduction (90%), Phantom Body

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Lachlan had never thought that the first evolved beast he would ever see would be a grasshopper, let alone a ghoul type grasshopper. Its strengths were also rather unique, two of them were anyway.

The physical damage reduction and phantom body were both unique strengths that Lachlan has never seen before.

'Aaron, slow down a bit' Lachlan abrupt halt caused everyone behind him to almost jolt forward. Just as they were about to shout they followed the direction of Lachlan's gaze and noticed the unique beast.

The grasshopper passed through the trees as though it wasn't there, it's body slightly off the ground as though it was floating. Its entire body was black yet it looked slightly transparent. Its body was roughly 3 metres long and 1 metre tall.

Yet for some reason, it gave off a mystical vibe, as though it's something out of a fantasy world, something that shouldn't exist in their world.

The grasshopper didn't notice the piercing gazes of the group and continued to phase through the trees until it finally stopped and almost disappeared. Its body almost became completely transparent, if they were staring at it so intently they wouldn't have noticed anything out of the usual.

The group noticed something moving towards the grasshopper, granted it didn't seem to have noticed it and walked right up to it. It was a wolf, but the moment the wolf reached the grasshopper it shot back into a tree, its chest was broken apart.

The grasshopper appeared visible again before slowly drifting towards the wolf's corpse, when it reached the corpse it leaned over, it's antenna's carefully sliding across the corpse.

The grasshopper leaned back slowly before lunging slightly forward, its antenna jab into the corpse, strength through the chest and the head.

That's when the group noticed something different. The wolf's body began to shrivel up, the body began shrinking and the strong muscles that it once had have shrunken to the bones very core.

When the corpse seemed like nothing other then a dried up empty husk the grasshopper leaned back and took its antenna's out, there were still some drops of the blood at the tips of the antenna.

The group felt a cold shiver glade across their spines, they felt their sweat across their forehead. They were used to seeing something die, even they themselves killing the beast. Yet the way the grasshopper ate slightly scared them, as they imagined that happening to themselves, their bodies shrinking to skin and bones.

"What the fuck is that?" Simon asked as his voice slightly shook.

"That's an evolved beast, one that has taken up a rather unique attribute, ghoul," Lachlan calmly explained as he slowed down his breathing.

"How the hell did it evolve into that of all things?" Simon questioned as he continued to stare at the grasshopper, his gaze never leaving its body, afraid that it would suddenly appear next to them and suck every droplet of blood out of their bodies.

"Well, I have no idea, but if I were to take guesses I would say that it involved something with a ghoul attribute, as for the specifics, I couldn't tell you even if I studied that thing for a year," Lachlan explained.

"Should we kill it and take it back to the island? We might be able to figure out the secret of evolution if we get Anne to research its corpse," Flynn suggested.

"If we're going to take care of it we'll need to know it's weaknesses and strengths. So, Lachlan, what are they?" Joe asked as he finally calmed down. But soon after that calmness was replaced with excitement as he thought about beating it to the ground.

"Well, it's one weakness is that its defence is incredibly weak, but unfortunately, it's strength make up for it," Everyone's attention was drawn unto Lachlan when he said that. "It seems all physical damage will be reduced by 30%, its legs are rather strong and it has a bit of control over darkness. But the final thing is what will explain it's unique body, its final strength is its phantom body, which means it is able to phase through physical objects such as trees."

"Well, what's to stop it from phasing through the physical attacks? Or even hiding underground?" Joe asked. Now he was slightly hesitating, unsure whether or not he should be the one to fight against the grasshopper. Simon would be a much better choice considering all three of his beasts control some elements.

"There's isn't anything stopping it from doing exactly that, which is why we'll need to kill it fast, maybe even instantly. But fortunately, we know it needs to become a full physical body when it needs to eat, so all we do is wait till then and surprise attack it," Lachlan explained. Although Aaron was all that would be needed if this was a fair fight, there really wasn't anything stopping the grasshopper from retreating into the ground.

"I suggest we get a move on with the plan, the grasshopper just found its new prey," Zhang said as he stared towards a lizard that was waltzing towards the grasshopper's directing nonchalantly.

The group watched as the grasshopper positioned itself in the lizard's path. They quickly but quietly flew over, using the beasts and their control over the wind to stop any sound going towards the grasshopper.

The floated above the two and watched everything happen. From the grasshopper's swift execution to the grasshopper now eating its newly killed food.

"Now!" Lachlan shouted as Aaron spread its wings to let out a torrent of wind blades. Simon's birds followed suit, but only two of them used wind while the other shot lightning from its mouth. Kyle controlled the shadow beneath the grasshopper to created spikes that shot up and through the grasshopper's body.

It was swiftly executed without a chance of it doing anything to escape let alone survive.

The group observed the grasshopper's body become more visible as it slowly drifted towards the ground.

When it reached the ground it became fully visible and temporal, it's black carapace gave off a sheen as it glistened in the sunlight. Lachlan quickly analysed it to confirm its death, when nothing came up he slightly relaxed as he moved towards the corpse.

When they reached the corpse they all leaned over to glide their hand across the carapace. It was cold, ice cold as though someone took it out of the freezer just moments ago.

"Damn, it's almost like it as just a corpse," Simon remarked as his body slightly shivered from the cold corpse.

"I suppose that's what makes it a ghoul, maybe it had to die to evolve, although that isn't something we'll be testing anytime soon," Lachlan responded quickly as he thought about the possibility.

"Ha, we'll take the corpse back to Anne first, she should be able to give some kind of answer," Flynn said as he stood back up.

"Your right," Lachlan said. The rest of the group nodded before they all stood back up. Simon grabbed hold of the corpse before dragging it to Dusty. Dusty hopped onto the corpse before grabbing hold of it firmly.

"Alright then, let's go," Lachlan said as he hopped onto Aaron. Everyone else got back onto the birds they were on previously and the group shot back into the skies to continue their journey.

What the group failed to notice as they flew back into the sky was a dark shadow figure staring at them behind a tree. Its eyes were pitch black, it's body slightly humanoid. Its body was trembling, but not in fear but from anger.

The experiment it worked so hard on perfecting had been killed before its eyes. The loyal soldiers that partook in the experiment that'll further strengthen their army. The only loyal soldier to succeed in the experiment had been slaughter before it could collect enough data.

Any scientist would be furious by such an incident. Although, it certainly wasn't a scientist by any means.

The figure began to walk backwards, with its arms no longer resting on the tree the rested by the sides of the figure. They easily reached the ground, its long skinny fingers dragged across the dirt.

After a while, it finally stopped and before it was a giant cemetery, one that was both a cemetery for many beasts as well as humans.

Chapter end