Chapter 194: The Twelve Ferocious Beast Overlords!
TL: Etude
"Hypnosis Talent, Merge!"
"Feign Death Talent, Merge!"
Ye Tian successively merged these two talents, making them his own.
Among them, the Feign Death Talent was particularly useful in certain special situations. It allowed Ye Tian to enter a state of feigned death, where his life aura would drop to zero, making him appear as a dead person.
If Ye Tian utilized the Feign Death Talent, even some Emperor-level beings might believe he was dead, unable to detect any trickery.
However, this tactic was not applicable among ferocious beasts. After all, following their battles, these creatures would even consume corpses. What use would feigning death have in such a scenario?
At this moment, what Ye Tian valued more was the Hypnosis Talent, which was of great utility to him.
He could hypnotize some ferocious beasts and gather intelligence about them, such as the locations of Mystic-level metal-type talents.
Although most ferocious beasts possessed significant intelligence and were difficult to interrogate, those above the Saint level usually had enough intelligence to provide some information. This was much faster than searching aimlessly for Mystic-level metal-type talents on his own.
Swoosh!
While flying, Ye Tian searched for Saint-level ferocious beasts and soon spotted one.
It was a Saint-level Zebra Beast!
Buzz!
The Hypnosis Talent enveloped the Zebra Beast, instantly hypnotizing it.
"Where can I find a ferocious beast with a Mystic-level metal-type talent?"
Ye Tian touched the soul of the Zebra Beast with his divine consciousness and inquired.
The Zebra Beast's consciousness transmitted a thought: "I don't know!"
Ye Tian frowned. Although somewhat disappointed, he wasn't surprised by this response. If it had been so easy to find the location of Mystic-level metal-type talents, he would have been truly astonished.
He continued to question the Zebra Beast. However, given its relatively weak strength in the world of ferocious beasts and limited exposure to secrets, it was mostly ignorant.
After casually killing the Zebra Beast, Ye Tian continued his search for other beasts to hypnotize.
A day later, Ye Tian became somewhat disheartened. The Saint-level beasts knew too little, largely confined to their own small territories and unaware of happenings in other areas. Naturally, they couldn't provide much information to Ye Tian.
"I must hypnotize an Emperor-level beast!" Ye Tian planned.
However, the souls of Emperor-level beasts were more than ten times stronger than those of Saint-level beasts, making them not so easy to hypnotize. But Ye Tian had his methods.
Soon enough.
He found an ordinary Emperor-level beast.
"Soul Piercing Talent!"
Ye Tian launched a soul attack at the Emperor-level beast.
Pff!
With one strike, the soul of the Emperor-level beast was severely wounded.
Seizing the opportunity, Ye Tian activated his Hypnosis Talent.
"Where is the ferocious beast with Mystic-level metal-type talent?"
Ye Tian asked.
"The Iron Ox Emperor has a Mystic-level metal-type talent!" the consciousness of the Emperor-level beast transmitted back.
"The Iron Ox Emperor?" Ye Tian's heart stirred, finally finding a clue.
He couldn't help but get excited and quickly asked, "Where is the Iron Ox Emperor?"
"The Iron Ox Emperor should have gone to compete for the Holy Dragon Fruit!" the beast revealed another piece of information.
"Holy Dragon Fruit?" Ye Tian was very curious.
He asked the Emperor-level beast many questions and thus gained an understanding of the so-called Holy Dragon Fruit.
According to the legend, the Holy Dragon Fruit is a fruit grown from the Holy Dragon Tree, a celestial spirit root.
The Holy Dragon Tree blooms once every three thousand years, bears fruit once every three thousand years, and the fruit takes another three thousand years to mature. Only then does a mature Holy Dragon Fruit appear.
The purpose of the Holy Dragon Fruit is to enhance bloodline talents, elevating an Emperor-level beast with Moonlight-level bloodline talent to a Dawn-level bloodline talent.
Moreover, the Holy Dragon Tree produces only nine Holy Dragon Fruits at a time, meaning that there could be nine Emperor-level beasts with Dawn-level bloodline talents.
Ye Tian was truly shocked by this news.
If nine Dawn-level bloodline talent Emperor-level beasts were indeed born, Zhonghai Super Base would be in grave danger.
At this point, he also guessed why the black beast had left and why the ferocious beasts had retreated. They must have gone to compete for the Holy Dragon Fruit.
Compared to the Holy Dragon Fruit, attacking humans was undoubtedly a trivial matter.
"Do you have beasts above the Emperor level in your world of ferocious beasts?" Ye Tian asked, curious about something he really wanted to know.
"I'm not sure!" The Emperor-level beast gave an ambiguous answer. "The last time nine Emperor-level beasts obtained the Holy Dragon Fruit, they indeed could become beings above the Emperor level. But afterward, they disappeared. Maybe they are sleeping somewhere or have left the Ferocious Beast World!"
The Emperor-level beasts were aware that there were other worlds beyond theirs. Thus, many believed that these beings above the Emperor level had left their world. However, some thought that these powerful creatures, almost invincible, had entered a voluntary slumber to pass the dull time.
Ye Tian frowned deeply. This news was not good for him.
If there were indeed beasts above the Emperor level, humans, even with the War God Tower, could not contend with them.
However, since these beings above the Emperor level had not appeared for so long, even if they were still in the world of ferocious beasts, they would likely be in deep slumber and not easily awaken.
Thinking this, Ye Tian breathed a sigh of relief.
Additionally, Ye Tian learned that the Holy Dragon Fruit was not yet mature and would take at least five more months to ripen.
Although this Emperor-level beast knew this information, it dared not go after the fruit due to its lack of qualification.
Only Emperor-level beasts like the Iron Ox Emperor, barely qualified to go, could truly compete for the Holy Dragon Fruit. According to this Emperor-level beast, the only ones really qualified to fight for it were the twelve overlord Emperor-level beasts of Ferocious Beast World.
Each of these twelve overlords had lived for nearly a thousand years or more and possessed immense talent. Each had undergone more than ten bloodline transformations, with the tenth transformation known as the Great Transformation, significantly stronger than the ninth transformation of an Emperor-level beast.
With great talent and having completed more than ten bloodline transformations, such Emperor-level beasts were known as the overlords of the ferocious beasts.
Ye Tian also learned from this Emperor-level beast the origin of the black beast –
One of the twelve dominant beasts, the Black Dragon Overlord!
The Black Dragon Overlord was not a true black dragon but a sub-dragon with only a third of black dragon blood.
Having completed more than ten bloodline transformations, the exact number was unknown to this Emperor-level beast. It only knew that the Black Dragon Overlord was extremely powerful, easily capable of slaughtering a large group of Emperor-level beasts.
"Bloodline transformation should be similar to humans breaking through physical limits. The Black Dragon Overlord should be equivalent to a human breaking through more than ten physical limits. Combined with its immense talent, not inferior to the special talents of the thirty-six Emperor-level beings, it far surpasses the attack of the Battle Axe Emperor and others," Ye Tian realized.
At this moment, he was somewhat troubled.
He now knew the approximate location of the Holy Dragon Tree, but he dared not go there.
With so many Emperor-level beasts and the twelve dominants of ferocious beasts, his Invisibility Talent might not be enough to remain hidden. If even one of those Emperor-level beasts saw through his Invisibility Talent, he would have no way to escape.
After much contemplation, Ye Tian finally thought of a plan!