Chapter 458: Spirit Pet Venerable

Yang Ling stared blankly at Little White's Status Panel, unable to snap out of it for a long, long time.

He couldn't figure it out. Little White had only evolved once, had only eaten a single Fire Spirit Pearl. Why had its dual attributes shot up to this terrifying degree?

"I've eaten way more martial arts sacred medicines than it has. Could it be that my method of eating them was wrong?"

By then, Little White had recovered from its evolution state and slowly turned to look at Yang Ling.

Its gaze carried an inherent oppressive might, but the instant it recognized Yang Ling, it softened.

It nudged Yang Ling with its head, sending him flying over a dozen zhang and landing face-first in the dirt.

Little White looked a bit bewildered, unsure what had just happened.

Yang Ling got up helplessly, dusted off his clothes:

"Little White, your dual attributes are now comparable to a peak Fifth-Rank. Don't nudge me with your head anymore. I can't be circulating energy every second of the day."

Little White nodded as if it half understood.

Then it looked in a certain direction, its eyes filled with longing.

Yang Ling shared a mental connection with it and immediately sensed Little White's intention.

"There are more Fire Spirit Pearls in that direction?"

Yang Ling's eyes lit up. He wanted to test the effects of the Fire Spirit Pearl too, to see if he could also evolve once.

At that moment, the dungeon timer had already run out.

He and Little White were once again wrapped in a chilling aura and returned to that deep blue space.

【Congratulations! You have successfully survived one month in the Intermediate Fire Flood Dragon Island Dungeon】

【Congratulations! You have completed the Intermediate Fire Flood Dragon Island Dungeon. Evaluation generating……】

"A pity. The timing was just right on the edge. If I'd been given two or three more hours, maybe I could've gotten another Fire Spirit Pearl."

Yang Ling's gaze fell on Little White.

Such a massive mantis, even as its master, standing before it at close range, he couldn't help but feel a bit of pressure.

【Quest Evaluation: C】

【Rewards Obtained: 5 Spirit Nurturing Pills】

Yang Ling thought he was seeing things for a moment and instinctively rubbed his eyes, but it was still C-rank.

The quest reward Spirit Nurturing Pills had already appeared in his hand, five of them in total, as if silently mocking him.

"I survived for a month, and even became sworn brothers with a Fourth-Rank Grandmaster, and you give me a C-rank evaluation?"

Yang Ling laughed out of sheer anger. He had entered so many dungeons, and even his first time in White Bone Cavern, he had gotten an A+.

"This time I killed two Fifth-Ranks and countless Sixth-Ranks."

"Do I have to fight my way out on my own, punch a Third-Rank and kick a Second-Rank, just to get an S?"

"……"

"Do I really have to?"

Yang Ling fell somewhat silent. He suspected he had guessed correctly.

The evaluation of this dungeon likely depended on everything he did during his stand of defiant refusal.

"Fire Flood Dragon Island certainly had Third-Rank enemies at the time, maybe even Second-Rank ones. It was a dungeon without any real difficulty, but logically its difficulty should have been 3S."

"So I at least need to kill a Third-Rank to get an A or S? Drive those enemies away or suppress them to get Double S?"

Thinking it through, Yang Ling's mood suddenly improved a bit.

"At least the gains this time weren't small. Little White jumped from only Seventh-Rank combat power to Upper Fifth-Rank. If you really count it up, this benefit is more than any dungeon I've encountered before……"

Another chilling aura enveloped him. When Yang Ling opened his eyes again, he was already in the ship's cabin.

In the mountain hollow near the Blazing Gold Mine of the Xiangfeng Prefectural Capital, Little White appeared out of thin air.

The instant it appeared, a terrifying oppressive might radiated from its body.

This kind of pressure could only be most clearly sensed by mystical beasts.

All kinds of mystical beasts in the mountains jolted awake from their sleep, their bodies involuntarily trembling.

The strongest mystical beasts near the surface around here were only Eighth-Rank or Ninth-Rank. When had an Upper Fifth-Rank mystical beast ever appeared?

Before anyone realized it, numerous insect-type mystical beasts had already gathered near Little White.

Among them, the various mantis-type mystical beasts were the most numerous.

They stared at Little White, prostrating on the ground, seemingly expressing submission.

……

Yang Ling had just opened the Divine Realm Communication Channel to contact Lin Caiyi and the others when he discovered a striking announcement on the Divinity!

【Congratulations to player Yang Ling for nurturing the first King-level Spirit Pet, the Netherfire Mantis King】

【Spirit Pet Space now open】

This message left all the players who had just narrowly escaped death in the dungeon completely stunned.

They instinctively opened the Spirit Pet Combat Power Ranking:

【Spirit Pet Combat Power Ranking】

【001: Netherfire Mantis, Level 100, Master: Yang Ling】

Players everywhere sank into silence.

A Level 100 King-level Spirit Pet?

They racked their brains but couldn't figure out how such a Spirit Pet could possibly be nurtured.

"Well, there you have it. Rank One Yang is Level 99 himself, and his Spirit Pet is 1 level higher than him."

"Forget catching up to Rank One Yang. In the future, even matching his Spirit Pet's level will be tough."

At the same time, countless private messages flooded toward Yang Ling.

Many of these private messages asked whether he would be willing to sell this Spirit Pet.

Yang Ling knew they were dreaming, and ignored them, but he silently memorized these people's names.

He saw messages from Lin Caiyi and the others and couldn't help but feel relieved.

Through their exchange, Yang Ling learned that the identities Lin Caiyi and the others could choose were actually pretty much the same, all at the very bottom rung of the Crimson Refined Fire Flood Dragon Sect.

Because of their bottom-tier identity, plus Yang Ling's warning, they had found a chance to take a boat away from Fire Flood Dragon Island on the very first day. They stumbled their way through the dungeon and got the most worthless reward, a single Spirit Nurturing Pill.

They didn't even know what had happened on Fire Flood Dragon Island.

On top of that, a portion of players who had chosen Mine Slave identities had also survived safely until the dungeon ended.

They had witnessed with their own eyes the terrifying spectacle of the Crimson Refined Fire Flood Dragon Sect being subjugated.

Those powerful Seventh-Rank and Sixth-Rank experts were slaughtered one after another like they were nothing.

Instead, they, the Mine Slaves, had survived inexplicably, because they posed no threat whatsoever and would still be needed to continue mining the Crimson Fire Iron Mine in the future.

Messages on the Divine Realm Communication Channel kept refreshing, all lamenting how incredibly lucky they had been this time.

Yang Ling's expression was somewhat solemn.

There were very few complaining players on the public channel, but he knew that this Intermediate Fire Flood Dragon Island Dungeon must have killed a massive number of players.

Those players had already died inside the dungeon and didn't even have the chance to speak.

"I should be more careful about entering this kind of dungeon in the future. If not for my outstanding performance this time, Ji Tianming could have easily killed me."

At this thought, Yang Ling suddenly remembered something and immediately checked the Green Dragon Ring.

"Son of a bitch! My Crimson Fire Iron!"

A wail went up in his heart, bleeding drops of blood.

The once completely full Green Dragon Ring had become utterly empty.

Not only had all the Crimson Fire Iron he had collected during this time vanished.

Even the Foundation Consolidation Pills he had painstakingly scraped together and his loose silver hadn't been spared.

Even the crossbow bolts he had collected had been wiped clean, not a single one left for him!

Only the 5 Spirit Nurturing Pills from the quest reward and the human skin map Ji Tianming had given him remained inside.

After a long silence, Yang Ling's emotions gradually settled.

"At least the Spirit Nurturing Pills I ate inside, and Little White ate a Fire Spirit Pearl too. It's not too tragic."

Just then, he suddenly noticed that his Class field seemed to have changed.

The original Spirit Pet Master had become: Spirit Pet Venerable

The Exclusive Skill Summon Spirit Pet had also become: Spirit Pet Space

"Spirit Pet Space?"

Yang Ling's interest was immediately piqued.