Chapter 87: The Gathering of the 72 Legends!!
“BOOM!!!!!”
Baiyue Province, Beast Tamer Association Headquarters.
As the black meteor streaked across the sky, the once prosperous city was instantly reduced to ruins. Countless residents and small pet beasts who hadn’t evacuated in time were swept away. Silver Dragon, closest to the impact, was severely injured, her eyes almost blinded by the black meteor’s blinding light. She only survived by hiding within the Heavenly Windless Clothes’ protective barrier.
Of course, the most…miserable…were the two Royal-Tier pet beasts caught in the blast.
The golden six-tailed fox was blown to the edge of the city by the shockwave.
Shuitianliang and the Merciless Rain were buried under the rubble, unconscious.
The entire city was a desolate wasteland.
This scene of devastation…
This was the legend, the origin…of Calamity Sun, one of the 72 Legends!!!
Calamity Sun had empowered the Heaven-Gracing Curtain, unleashing an attack that defied its Commander-Tier limitations, piercing through the skies of four consecutive regions, including Baiyue Province, finally dissipating after reaching the Qingyao Sea region.
Meanwhile, the livestream equipment had been destroyed the moment Calamity Sun was launched, but the official livestream’s viewership continued to climb, even with the screen blacked out!
Because even though they couldn’t see anything online, no one in Baiyue Province had missed that scene.
That black meteor that had pierced through the sky…every living being in Baiyue Province had witnessed it!!
Although everyone was shocked, they didn’t know what had actually happened.
Who had won in the end?
Why hadn’t Baiyue Province been destroyed?
And…was Moon Rabbit Lian Xing still alive!?
Only the former Moon-Embracing Jade Hammer knew the truth.
No, perhaps…even it didn’t fully understand…
Thirty minutes after the incident, someone finally traced the origin of Calamity Sun.
“Whoosh——!!!”
Above Baiyue Province, as a gust of wind howled, the sky suddenly darkened!!
Without warning, a giant swift, its wings black and white, its body as vast as the sky, descended from the heavens, covering the clouds above Baiyue Province. Its size was beyond the comprehension of ordinary Beast Tamers.
Any pet beast before it seemed like a…tiny ant…
Even a slight flap of its wings could create a devastating shockwave.
Under the horrified gazes of the survivors, the giant swift circled Baiyue Province a few times, then suddenly vanished with a “pop,” turning into a tiny black dot. A few seconds later, a small swift, its wings fluttering gently, landed on the ruins of the Beast Tamer Association Headquarters.
It frowned, looking around, its expression puzzled.
“Strange…”
“The source of Calamity Sun was clearly here…but the aura has completely disappeared…”
“But, what kind of battle could have attracted Calamity Sun…?”
“This level of destruction and casualties…it doesn’t look like an Emperor-level battle…”
“…”
“…”
“Right, let’s rewind the Pet Essence flow in the air to a few hours ago and see what appeared~~~” the small swift muttered to itself, casually flapping its wings.
In an instant, time froze.
A strange, transparent force field, like a barrier, enveloped the entire Baiyue Province. Soon, the chaotic Pet Essence flow, disrupted by Calamity Sun’s impact at the league venue, began to reverse and restore itself. Shimmering, visible lines of energy particles, flowed towards the small swift, converging around it.
At this moment, Baoyu Shuitianliang, lying unconscious nearby, slowly opened her eyes. Her hair dishevelled and her fishtail scales shedding, she looked up at the swift with a weary expression.
“Are you…the guardian of Qingyao Sea…?”
“Could you help me…remove the rubble…”
Before the blue-haired, fishtailed woman could finish speaking, the swift impatiently flapped its wings, sending her and the surrounding debris flying for hundreds of meters.
Needless to say, Shuitianliang lost consciousness again.
Ignoring her, the swift continued restoring the surrounding Pet Essence flow. A few minutes later, through the shape of the flow and the lingering scents and auras, it pieced together what had happened.
“The Academy League?”
“A remnant of the Cycle of Calamity, I see…”
“But…how could a mere Royal-Tier member of the Cycle of Calamity attract Calamity Sun? Something doesn’t add up…”
“Hmm? The scent trail ends here?”
“Why can’t I trace who used Calamity Sun…?”
“Wait, something’s not right. It seems someone deliberately used a force field to block this 10th-level region!?”
The swift naturally couldn’t fully reconstruct the entire event just from the Pet Essence flow. Not even a god could do that. It was simply using its abilities and its understanding of auras to create a basic reconstruction.
But it quickly noticed something amiss.
The Pet Essence flow around the Baiyue Province Academy League venue was incomplete, as if someone had deliberately tampered with it.
“Heh, such crude techniques~~~”
“Do you think you can hide from me by doing this?”
“It seems…Calamity Sun’s appearance was orchestrated…” Having reached this conclusion, the swift chuckled disdainfully.
Although the deliberately disrupted Pet Essence flow prevented it from fully restoring the scene, as long as it could identify a fragment of the culprit’s aura, even if they fled to the ends of the earth, it would find them!!
So, it abandoned the restoration, focusing all its energy on capturing the perpetrator.
“Whoosh——!!!”
The air rippled as the incomplete Pet Essence fragments converged, the culprit’s crude image about to materialize. Everything had been going smoothly so far.
However, at that moment…
As if seeing something unthinkable, the swift’s eyes widened in horror, its irises and eyeballs trembling uncontrollably.
“Bang!”
In the next second, without warning, its body exploded into a bloody mist, only a single cell of Pet Essence remaining, quivering in fear. A moment later, as the blood and flesh slowly regenerated, the swift’s body and bones reformed.
Its face was pale, its entire body trembling.
Without saying a word, the swift bowed deeply towards the empty air, then, as if fleeing for its life, soared into the sky and disappeared.
“…”
“…”
Half a minute later, a woman with long, light blue hair cautiously emerged from the rubble, peering out. She wore the uniform of the 8th-level region, Qingyao Sea, a shiny badge with the Beast Tamer Association symbol on her chest. Clearly, she was the true guardian of Qingyao Sea.
At this moment, the guardian of Qingyao Sea blinked, looking at the swift’s rapidly disappearing figure with a puzzled expression.
“Isn’t that Millennium Marquis from the Association Headquarters?”
“I never thought Calamity Sun would attract her…”
“But, even an Emperor was scared away…could the situation here be that serious? Maybe I should run away too…?” Although she said that, seeing the unconscious, blue-haired, fishtailed girl lying nearby, she quickly rushed over to help.
Clouds swirled, mist drifted, creating a dreamlike landscape.
Inside an endless expanse of clouds, a naked girl, her long, golden hair barely covering her body, lay sleeping on the ground. After an unknown amount of time, she slowly opened her eyes. As her blurry vision cleared…
Lian Xing’s starry eyes widened, and she immediately sat up, quickly checking her pet beast panel.
[Heaven-Gracing Curtain LV114]
[Red Prison Palace Master LV48]
[Star Sand LV6]
Hmm, everything’s normal, nothing happened.
Since she could still open her pet beast panel, it meant she was still alive, still in reality, and hadn’t transmigrated again.
“…”
“…”
“Wait—”
“Normal my ass!!!” Lian Xing cursed, staring at the first line of her pet beast panel in disbelief.
When did the Moon-Embracing Jade Hammer evolve into Heaven-Gracing Curtain!?
How was the High-Tier restriction of perfect evolution lifted?
And why had her level increased so much!?
What had happened while she was unconscious…
Lian Xing was dumbfounded.
She clearly remembered that after their first victory against the Extreme Cold Detonation, the Moon-Embracing Jade Hammer’s level had reached 97, and the other two had reached levels 48 and 6, respectively. But now, the other two remained the same, while…the Heaven-Gracing Curtain…
It was as if it had single-handedly defeated a Royal-Tier pet beast afterward. Was this a joke…?
In reality, the Heaven-Gracing Curtain hadn’t just defeated a Royal-Tier pet beast, it had even thrown the legendary Calamity Sun, its sense of fulfillment and satisfaction overflowing, even a sense of possessiveness and desire welling up within it.
This was why it had instantly jumped to level 114.
The level range for Mid-Tier pet beasts was 1-30.
For Commander-Tier pet beasts, it was 60-100.
This meant that if it weren’t for its newborn status due to perfect evolution, the Heaven-Gracing Curtain could already challenge the Royal-Tier realm!!!
“Speaking of which, where is this…?”
“It doesn’t look like Baiyue Province…”
As Lian Xing looked around, the white mist surrounding the area suddenly dissipated with a “whoosh.” Her vision expanded, revealing a vast, dreamlike landscape of clouds.
There was no ground here, only an endless sea of clouds.
And Lian Xing realized that she wasn’t alone.
Besides her, there were four other strange individuals.
A girl with a blue, spiraling fishtail. Lian Xing initially thought it was Tian Quan, but then she noticed that the girl’s eyes were teardrop-shaped, as if she were constantly crying.
A tall woman with long, white hair. Her hair was incredibly long, trailing on the ground like an animal’s fur.
A girl with empty sleeves, her arms missing. Her long, black hair cascaded down her back like a waterfall, her features delicate and flawless, a tragic beauty.
And the last one…
Lian Xing couldn’t help but question her species and composition. She only had a humanoid outline, her skin and features formed from purple lightning.
Could this be a hybrid of an Elemental Species and a Beast Tamer!?
The world was truly full of wonders…
However, as Lian Xing observed the other four, they were all staring at her.
The reason? She was… naked…
After a moment of awkward eye contact, the black-haired girl with missing arms blushed and turned away, her expression shy. Meanwhile, Lian Xing, being stared at by four people, remained calm and indifferent.
As mentioned before, Lian Xing’s only shame was about her legs. As long as she was wearing stockings, she didn’t care. But now, without stockings, she still felt no shame, because these four freaks…weren’t even human!!!
Would anyone be embarrassed to change clothes in front of their pets?
Two Biological Species hybrids, one Elemental Species hybrid, and one armless girl, who seemed to be a Weapon Species hybrid…
“Ahem~~~”
At this moment, a soft cough drew their attention.
A graceful, white figure slowly emerged from the endless sea of clouds.
Seeing this creature…
All five of them felt a chill.
It was a small deer, its body covered in snow-white fur, icy antlers on its head. It wore white high heels on all four hooves and a translucent, white wedding dress.
A few seconds later, the bride deer gracefully approached them.
“Who are you?”
“Where is this?” the Elemental Species hybrid, her body crackling with purple lightning, asked.
However, the deer ignored her question, instead walking towards the fishtailed girl, its voice soft and childlike.
“August 22nd, 427621, 11:07 AM, one of the 72 Legends, [Rainwater], descended upon the 2nd-level region, Worry-Free Pond, causing the levels of 1.6 billion Water-type pet beasts to be forcibly reset.”
The moment the deer finished speaking, the fishtailed girl’s teardrop-shaped eyes widened in disbelief. Ignoring her reaction, the deer casually walked towards the white-haired woman.
“August 22nd, 427621, 11:11 AM, one of the 72 Legends, [Curfew], descended upon the 3rd-level region, Ice and Snow Kingdom, forcing 130 billion contracted pet beasts to return to their Beast Tamers.”
Then, the deer looked at the armless girl.
“August 22nd, 427621, 11:08 AM, one of the 72 Legends, [Thousand Jin], descended upon the 3rd-level region, Ancient Sword City, causing all contracted Weapon Species pet beasts to experience…death…”
Next, it turned to the elemental girl.
“August 22nd, 427621, 11:10 AM, one of the 72 Legends, [Libra], descended upon the 2nd-level region,Ethereal Thunder Marsh, scrambling the evolution requirements of 360 billion pet beasts.”
As the deer finished speaking, the expressions of the four girls turned grim.
They had only known that their own regions had been affected by a Legend. They hadn’t realized that so many incidents had occurred simultaneously.
The simultaneous appearance of multiple 72 Legends…this wasn’t a coincidence, it was orchestrated…!!!
Finally, the deer turned to look at the naked, golden-haired girl.
Lian Xing blinked innocently.
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