Chapter 127 – Epic-level Beasts: Dragonblood Knight
As the global announcement spread, players across the 34 Major Regions of the Apocalypse Star Nation were in an uproar, especially those in Grand Zone 8. Countless messages, each costing 5 Gold Coins, flooded the cross-region chat channel of Grand Zone 8 as if they were free—
[Unbeatable Myth] (Player from Zone 1025): "Damn! Who's so amazing to get an epic beast just a week after the server opened???"
[Path of Apocalypse] (Player from Zone 488): "Oh my god! Didn't the official Apocalypse statement say that acquiring high-quality beasts in this game is as hard as getting divine artifacts? Is that statement fake??"
[Gentle Breeze and Flying Snow] (Player from Zone 516): "In our zone, we haven't even seen a high-quality beast yet, and all the Beastmasters have are of normal quality. Could the great player who got the epic beast share how you got it?"
[Slippery] (Player from Zone 12): "Yeah, good things should be shared. Since your Safe Zone could get this beast, maybe other zones can too!"
[Gray Fertilizer] (Player from Zone 3): "To the brother who got the epic beast, are you interested in selling it? Price is not an issue..."
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In reality, they were overthinking it.
Only the first player in each sub-zone to clear the Dragon Emperor's Tomb had a chance to get a high-quality Beast Contract. Even then, opening the contract didn't guarantee the Goddess's favor. Even if it did, not everyone had enough Gold Coins to offer the Goddess of Luck. And even with the money, not everyone had the luck to upgrade the beast's quality by two levels directly.
All these factors led to Zhang Yi obtaining the only one of its kind in the entire server!
Upon hearing the announcement, Han Yaru was stunned.
Her reaction was even more excited than Zhang Yi's: "Wow, Zhang Yi, you got an epic beast!"
Zhang Yi felt like he was dreaming.
In his previous life, it wasn't until about a year after Apocalypse launched that most Beastmasters worldwide were using beasts of high to rare quality, with epic beasts being extremely rare.
And now, Apocalypse had only been open for a week!
Zhang Yi suddenly felt that the 1000 Gold Coins he just spent were worth 10 million!
After a while, Zhang Yi suddenly hugged Han Yaru: "Thank you for bringing me luck."
"Tha... Thank you for what?" Han Yaru, suddenly hugged, hadn't processed what was happening. She just felt that being in Zhang Yi's arms again felt incredibly good, and she instinctively hugged him back, sharing in his joy: "It's your own luck."
"No, it must be your luck. Otherwise, why was the previous one just high-quality?"
Han Yaru didn't quite understand what Zhang Yi was saying. She released him and gave him a sweet smile: "So, how do you plan to thank me?"
Zhang Yi thought for a moment and said, "Just make a request, as long as it's not too much, I'll do it for you."
"Alright!" Han Yaru said with a smile, "I'll save it for later and ask you then!"
"No problem."
With that, Zhang Yi opened his beast pack and chose to summon the [Dragonblood Knight].
Whoosh!
A white light descended, and a warrior clad in fiery armor, wearing a fully enclosed dragon-shaped helmet, looking majestic like an ancient general, appeared before Zhang Yi, with a blue ID above his head identical to an NPC's—
Level 1 Dragonblood Knight (Yinuo Qingcheng)!
Its appearance was very similar to the [Dragon Blood Swordsman, Guardian of the Dragon Emperor] who guarded the Dragon Emperor's Tomb.
This was the default appearance of the beast, but players could change it later with equipment.
Zhang Yi opened the status bar of the Dragonblood Knight to check—
[Dragonblood Knight] (Beast):
Contractor: Yinuo Qingcheng
Quality: Epic
Level: 1
Aptitude: 85 (Affects the beast's output rate, i.e., 85 aptitude can deliver 85% output)
Star Level: 1 Star (Affects attribute growth)
Class: Knight
Loyalty: 100/100 (Each death reduces loyalty, and low loyalty may cause your beast to rebel)
Talent: Dragon Blood Body (Common Talent, when the Dragonblood Knight attacks or is attacked, it deals additional/reflects 5% of the enemy's maximum HP as damage. Can be upgraded, EXP 0/100)
Strength Growth: 7 Stars
Endurance Growth: 14 Stars
Agility Growth: 5 Stars
Stamina Growth: 20 Stars
Skills: None
Equipment: Dragon Blood Set (Cosmetic, no attributes)
Description: An epic beast with immense power, its master must also be a formidable force...
The quality of a beast cannot be improved post-birth. This attribute affects the beast's initial attribute growth, the increase in attribute growth upon leveling up, the upper limit of talents and skill levels, and various other data, making it crucial.
It can be seen that the epic Dragonblood Knight's 1-star overall growth already surpasses that of a first-turn Knight class player!
Additionally, beasts have a strong feature: their talents can be upgraded. Initially, they are all at the common level and can be upgraded to a level not exceeding the beast's quality.
In other words, the Dragonblood Knight's talent level can be upgraded to epic!
By consuming Beast Contracts, talents can be upgraded. A common-level Beast Contract can provide 1 point of talent EXP.
It must be said, the Dragonblood Knight's talent is quite powerful!
Recalling the [Low-level Demonic Beast Aptitude Pill] he got from the Grand Wheel of Fortune, Zhang Yi immediately took it out from his bag and used it on the Dragonblood Knight.
"Ding~ You used [Low-level Demonic Beast Aptitude Pill] on [Dragonblood Knight], [Dragonblood Knight] aptitude +1!"
At that moment, "ding dong ding dong," private messages from King's Glory and Storm Angel arrived almost simultaneously.
King's Glory: "Brother Cheng, was it you who just got the epic beast?"
Storm Angel: "Qingcheng bro, did that contract open an epic?"
If they knew Zhang Yi used the only Beast Contract he got to open an epic beast, these two would probably be too upset to sleep for days.
So, to keep them balanced and to avoid unnecessary trouble before leaving the Novice Village for the Main City, Zhang Yi replied to both: "You're overthinking it, how could it be me."
That's what he said, but whether they believed it was up to them.
Closing the chat window and putting the beast back in the pack, Zhang Yi suddenly looked at Han Yaru and said, "Was it you who leaked the news to the Proud of the Crowd family?"