006: Taming The First Beast
Arthur jumped backwards to dodge the beast's vicious attack.
What makes the One Fanged Viper very deadly was not only its huge fang and the venom at its disposal, the agility of the beast was extraordinary despite its big size. Its white scales shone brightly amidst the shadows of the night. A truly magnificent creature.
'An albino One Fanged Viper? What a rare sight.'
In most cases, the color of a beast doesn't determine its rank. However, it indeed has some good monetary value on the market. Even so, Arthur was more than determined to tame that albino snake beast.
The hardened scales on the tip of its tail formed a spiky bludgeon, with its flexible body, the snake beast used it like a whip. Every strike from it was so devastating, even a big tree trunk was crushed once it got hit.
Since One Fanged Viper's intelligence was at par with a toddler and can't converse its mind with humans really well, the only way to defeat it without killing it was strangling it till almost death.
Arthur was overwhelmed by the beast snake resilient, he glanced at his surroundings to find something that he can use to beat it.
He looked at the trees above him and saw some dangling roots, an idea bulb floating and shone brightly on his head. He quickly feigned the snake beast and climbed the trees as well as taunting it.
"Hey! You want to taste my blood? Then follow me, you ugly snake!"
Thus, the snake beast was utterly agitated, it coiled the tree trunk and dashed towards him.
He threaded his way through the dense tree leaves while dodging the snack beast attack. Jumped from one branch to another as he snatched one long tree root to use as a rope, he made a simple lasso knot while he ran from the beast.
Arthur could see the end of the branch while the snake beast got closer to him, when the line of branches reached its end, he leaped frontwards as hard as he could while gripping the tree roots tightly, swung his in midair.
Just as he predicted, the blood-thirsty beast followed his direction, right at that moment, he pulled the tree root until it detached from the branch.
He let the snake come at him with its full momentum. Since both of them were in midair, Arthur could easily maneuver his body around the beast's neck, strangling the beast above the ground as they were free falling.
Arthur kicked its body to gain some momentum and reach out for the closest branch from him. Then he looped the tree root around the branch, pulling it so hard and hung the snake beast.
It was flailing so hard, trying to escape the lasso knot that chokes its neck so hard. Arthur gripped the root dearly to make sure the beast was half dead above the ground.
After he was certain that the beast had almost lost its breath, he let go of the root and landed safely.
He quickly approaches the beast before it's completely dead. Alas, he used his [Beast Imprint] skill to label it with a stigma sign to form a life-long contract with it.
Arthur's palm shone brightly, the immense heat soon stung his skin. He placed his palm on its head, a snack-like imprint label slowly formed as if it was being made by a laser.
A few minutes later, the imprint was successfully done, One Fanged Viper who once very fierceful, now behaved like a docile lamb.
Arthur loosened the knot so the beast could breathe more easily.
Soon, the system rang with cheerful ringtones.
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[Congratulations! You have tamed a One Fanged Viper!]
[BEAST NAME: One Fanged Viper]
[BEAST RANK: Uncommon]
[TYPE: Mid Range Combat Beast]
[CHARACTERISTIC:Can shoot its venom until 100 meters away. Capable of dealing AoE attack with its bludgeon-like tail tip]
[ELEMENTAL: Fire]
[WEAKNESSES: Holy Water, Silver]
[EVOLVE POTENTIAL:]
> Stage 1: Rare Rank Fire Viper (Need 100 BP to evolve)
> Stage 2: Ultra Rare Rank Gorgon Snake (Need 500 BP to evolve)
> Stage 3: Extreme Rare Rank Lamia (Need 1.000 BP to evolve)
[BEAST CULTIVATION PATH: -]
[BESTOW THIS BEAST WITH A UNIQUE NAME TO UNLOCK MORE ITS POTENTIAL] (Need 5.000 BP to bestow a unique name)
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Arthur was so happy after reading the details. However, he never caught a glimpse of a unique name bestowal perks on his previous system. Even so, five thousand Beast Points was not an easy feat to accumulate with his current cultivation state.
'Is it because of her nature as an albino? So she had additional perks? Haiyaa, 5.000 is too much, lah!"'
Arthur scratched his head. Soon enough, He had a headache when he tried to recall approximate Beast Point that he could get from each rank:
'An Uncommon beast core would fetch me 1 BP, Rare 5 BP, Ultra Rare 10 BP, Extreme Rare 20 BP, Epic 50 BP, Ultra Epic 100 BP, Extreme Epic 200 BP, Legendary Rank 500 BP, Mythical Rank 1.000 BP, Immortal Rank 5.000 BP'
"Well, shit. Seems like my endless grinding will take longer than I expected."
One Fanged Viper nudged its nose to his shoulder, it was asking for a name or something that could make it somewhat special.
"To be frank, I am not the type to give my beast a name unless they are smart and loyal enough to devote themselves to me. Better save the BP for later use."
The beast snake licked Arthur's right cheek, its eyes expression becoming teary.
"Yuck! Hey, come on! Don't lick me! You stink! Better yet, I don't have that much BP right now. Hence, you better work hard for me to accumulate the beast core from today's onwards. You understood my words, right?"
The One Fanged Viper nodded its head, however, it licked Arthur one more time, still demanding for a name.
"Fine! I will call you… hmm wait a minute. First and foremost, you are a female snake with white jade scales…" Arthur pondered a little bit for a nickname that suited it best.
"Aha! I will call you… Xiaoqing! It may sound weird to you. But believe me, that name suits you best. I shall bestow that name to you once we meet the required amount of BP!"
[A/Note: Xiaoqing/Qingqing. The snake deity on chinese folklore The Legend of the White Snake]