Celestial Beast Taming

Qin Ruyue frowned at the sound of Shi Mi’s neurotic screams.

Qin Ruyue had long known that Shi Mi was a spineless coward.

With a powerhouse above the Mythical Tier in Starlight City deciding to make a move, it was meaningless to bring up the contract between the Purifying Moon Sect and the Xin Xia Federation.

"You misunderstand. We don’t want to hurt him."

"If you hadn’t pushed us so hard, making it impossible to leave Starlight City, I wouldn’t have resorted to such a measure."

"As long as you let us leave Starlight City, I can guarantee his safety."

As Qin Ruyue spoke, she looked up at the giant eye in the sky.

The moment her gaze met the giant eye, Qin Ruyue felt the space and time around her, as well as her own soul and life, freeze in an instant.

At that moment, Qin Ruyue felt as if she had been sealed away.

The Power of Rules emanating from the Night-Cutting Spider surged wildly, transforming into a mist of night that enveloped Qin Ruyue.

Only then was Qin Ruyue able to break free from this feeling of imprisonment.

Coming to her senses, Qin Ruyue broke out in a cold sweat.

Concerned for Zhong Yi’s safety, Yan Han did not take the opportunity to attack while Qin Ruyue was stunned.

But Shi Mi refused to let the opportunity pass. One of the Ji Bone Clones flanking Zhong Yi suddenly shrank.

It tore an opening in the spiderweb cage and leaped through.

Its bones rapidly reassembled, and just as it was about to envelop half of Zhong Yi’s body, the spiderweb formed a barrier in front of him.

Having just regained her senses, Qin Ruyue knew that Shi Mi wouldn’t act rashly and harm Zhong Yi at a time like this.

Shi Mi was doing this to wrest control of Zhong Yi from her.

And Qin Ruyue had no intention of handing control over Zhong Yi to Shi Mi.

Otherwise, Qin Ruyue couldn’t guarantee what a psycho like Shi Mi would do.

Qin Ruyue’s Order Beast was emanating the Power of Rules.

If Zhong Yi used All Things Exploration to inspect the Night-Cutting Spider’s data, Qin Ruyue would very likely sense it. At a time like this, Zhong Yi naturally wouldn’t do anything to alert her.

However, Shi Mi’s Bone Element Deceit Beast did not possess the Power of Rules.

Zhong Yi used All Things Exploration to inspect Shi Mi, who was currently merged with her Centipede Bone Tomb Princess.

[Deceit Beast Name]: Centipede Bone Tomb Princess

[Deceit Beast Species]: Osseous-Princess Family / Centi-Princess Genus

[Deceit Beast Level]: Mythical Level (10/10)

[Deceit Beast Type]: Bone Element

[Deceit Beast Quality]: Platinum

Skills:

[Rending Tail Maw]: Bites the target with specialized teeth located on its tail. These teeth have the effect of destroying the target’s surface defenses.

[Bone-Leech Heal]: During an attack, upon contact with a target’s skeleton, it can fuse with the bones to absorb the Energy within and replenish its own expenditure. It can also use the vitality contained in the bone marrow to recover from its injuries.

[Bone Shedding Transformation]: When facing external restraints, it can escape by rapidly regenerating and shedding its surface skeleton.

[Desolate Centipede Prison Gate]: Sacrifices its Centipede Tail to open a gateway to a self-made Bone Prison, releasing centipedes made of white bone to fight on its behalf.

Exclusive Traits:

[Sharpened Bones]: Imbues the bones that form its body with extreme durability, while also covering them in sharp edges. Every edge is exceptionally keen and inflicts cutting and bleeding effects when striking a target.

[Ji Bone Clone]: Specializes its own bones into unique objects. When the Energy within these objects is activated, they transform into clones of the main body. While controlled by the original, each clone possesses an independent consciousness and the Ability to fight freely.

[Body-Reshaping Bone Pill]: Each time its body is re-formed, the Energy within it is refined into a Bone Pill. This Bone Pill contains vibrant Life Energy and can be used to heal other living beings.

[Bone Burning Replacement]: Burns one-third of its total skeleton to instantly switch places with one of its specialized bone objects or a Ji Bone Clone.

After scanning its abilities, Zhong Yi couldn’t help but remark to himself.

This Bone Element Mythical Tier Deceit Beast, the Centipede Bone Tomb Princess, was certainly an elite unit among Mythical Tier Deceit Beasts.

Its abilities were well-rounded across offense, defense, healing, and survivability.

Upon its promotion to the Mythical Tier, it had successfully reached Platinum Quality.

Furthermore, this female Deceit Beast Master also possessed a very special Deceit Beast Master Talent.

It was called: Bone-Melting Centipede Species.

[Bone-Melting Centipede Species]: Sacrifice one’s own flesh and blood, allowing the soul to merge with the Deceit Beast within the Soul Base to form a special Centipede Species. This new form can gestate a replacement for the sacrificed body by devouring large amounts of flesh and blood Energy. The gestation period depends on one’s Energy level. Until the body is restored to its Peak state, the merged Deceit Beast cannot increase its power.

Using the Bone-Melting Centipede Species Talent required an immense price.

Each use could require several years, or even decades, for a full recovery.

During this period, the power of both the user and their Deceit Beast would stagnate.

A Deceit Beast Master with this Talent would never use it lightly, unless faced with a life-or-death situation.

But things were different when facing the threat of death. As long as one could survive, any price was worth paying.

However, Zhong Yi had no intention of giving Shi Mi the chance to use her Bone-Melting Centipede Species Talent.

Zhong Yi had just acquired a special Guardian Beast in the Exotic Beast Garden—the Fertility Ant Queen.

Shi Mi, with her excellent Deceit Beast Master Talent and elite Deceit Beast, was now considered by Zhong Yi to be the perfect template for an Ant Successor.