Conditions of Next Atavism

"Your tamed beast has killed a purple-spotted spider. Atavism value: 10 points. Next Atavism value: 1,000 points."

Suddenly, the system notice sounded in his mind.

Atavism value?

Andrew checked the system's manual. It turned out that the system would reward the beasts with atavism value if they killed ferocious beasts. And they could undergo the next evolution when their atavism points reached a certain level.

"The next atavism needs quite a few points!" Andrew thought to himself.

After all, a 2-star beast was only worth 10 atavism points.

Wouldn't it mean that they would have to kill another hundred 2-star beasts?

It seemed easy for the lizard to kill the purple-spotted spider just now. Yet, it was just because of its ability of poison resistance like Nidhogg, causing it to kill the spider unexpectedly by chance. Moreover, that spider was named a 2-star ferocious beast due to its poison, not its physical strength. Possibly it couldn't even defeat an ordinary 1-star ferocious beast relying merely on its physical strength.

Therefore, the lizard would not be so lucky if it fought against an ordinary 2-star adult ferocious beast that was physically strong.

Fortunately, the lizard had leveled up after killing the Purple-spotted Spider, and its skills had also improved a lot.

He had also received the notice from the system again.

[Iron-armored Black Lizard]

Level: 2

Aptitude: 2 stars (can reach Strong Mortal Tier at most)

Atavism status: Atavism has been completed once. Evolved to Iron-armored Black Lizard from 100,000 years ago. The final atavism form will be the Despair Black Dragon-Nidhogg!

Next Atavism condition: 1000 Atavism points, the blood of the Single-horned Earth Dragon, and the skeleton of the Black-bone Winged Dragon.

Abilities: Black Death Flame (can be unlocked at Level 19 ), Venom (acquired), Max poison resistance (passive), the natural enemy of snakes (can control snakes when its bloodline suppression is raised)

What? Andrew found something different from the last time in this notice. Apart from the level, he noticed some additional conditions for the next atavism: the blood of the Single-horned Earth Dragon and the skeleton of the Black-bone Winged Dragon on top of the 1000 Atavism points.

These conditions made the next atavism of the lizard very hard.

The Single-horned Earth Dragon and the Black-bone Winged Dragon were not ordinary ferocious beasts. They were two of the mutated dragon-type in this world, both of which were 2-star ferocious beasts. However, they were even physically stronger than some special 3-star fierce beasts, for they had a trace of dragon bloodline.

Therefore, all dragon-type ferocious beasts had a name: Invincible within the star grade!

In other words, it was simply a fantasy for the lizard at level 2 to defeat such an opponent.

However, if the lizard improved its skills, it could defeat the Single-horned Earth Dragon. After all, the lizard was a beast with Nidhogg's bloodline.

Therefore, the most important thing now was to raise its level.

Roar! The sound of the lizard pulled Andrew's mind back.

Looking at the crystal nucleus of the Purple-spotted Spider in his hand, Andrew had an idea. "Since the lizard has a strong resistance to poison, why not use this characteristic to help it level up?"

Hmm...Very interesting! The more Andrew thought about it, the more feasible he felt. This was a way to make a fortune.

He began to put it into practice. After cleaning up the scene quickly, he took the crystal nucleus and left with the lizard.

Half an hour later, a group of people arrived near the ruins. The leader was a young girl in white sportswear. She was followed by a pony that was emitting white light.

If the students of California High School saw her, they would definitely be shocked.

She was Amy Lawson, the only Beast Tamer in the entire school who had contracted a 4-star Tamed Beast! And the white horse emitting white light aside was her tamed beast, the Holy Unicorn.

"Hm?" An old man next to Amy frowned and said, "Did someone kill the Purple-spotted Spider here?"

What he said surprised the group.

"No way! It is so dangerous that even 3-star ferocious beasts wouldn't dare to provoke it. How could it be killed?"

"Exactly! This place is not deep into the ferocious beast's territory yet. It should not be possible for the 3-star ferocious beasts to come here, right?"

The group members discussed.

The old man shook his head. "It was killed by a Beast Tamer's beast, not by a ferocious beast! "

Everyone was even more shocked by what he said.

"What?! Someone actually attacks the Purple-spotted Spider? What's the good of killing a fierce beast with no profit like this one?"

"Isn't he afraid that his beast gets poisoned to death?"

They were not making a fuss. In fact, the profit of killing the Purple-spotted Spider was very little. The Beast Adventurers hunted ferocious beasts for nothing else but profits.

Some ferocious beasts like the Purple-spotted Spider didn't have any good elements on them, and it was risky to kill them. Imagine it. Someone worked hard to kill a 2-star ferocious beast, but could only earn half the profits of the others. Moreover, his tamed beast would probably be poisoned.

So, they were basically ignored by those adventurers. This was a very awkward situation.

Beast Tamers who were leveled at 3-star and above would not be interested in this kind of ferocious beasts, while the 2-star Beast Tamers wouldn't dare to attack it. That was why many adventurers made a detour when they saw this spider in the wild. 

Amy stroked the Holy Unicorn beside her and asked curiously, "Mr. Li, who do you think has killed it?"

The old man carefully inspected the scene. Then, he shook his head. "Based on my experience for years, I still don't have a clue about what kind of beast could do it."

"But don't worry, Miss Amy. Since it has been killed, we can find another one."

After the old man finished his words, the rest of the team comforted her.

"That's right. Don't worry, Miss Amy. There are so many poisonous creatures in the wild, we can find others." 

"Yeah, just find another Purple-spotted Spider. It's easy for us!"

Hearing that, Amy nodded slightly.

"Thank you. I just want to test the poison resistance ability of my unicorn, or I wouldn't have bothered you all so much."

The old man and a few others in the team quickly waved their hands to show that they didn't mind.

Of course they didn't mind. Instead, they were happy to do it.

To be honest, although they were related to Amy's family, what they valued was Amy's natural gift, which was worth their investment.

She was a genius who had contracted a 4-star beast as her first one!

What did it mean? Many people couldn't even contract a 4-star beast in their entire lifetime. It wasn't because they couldn't find a 4-star beast, but the only reason was that they didn't have the talent.

Even if a 4-star beast appeared in front of them, they wouldn't be able to contract it! Why did that happen? Because Beasts wouldn't even look at them. Most of the time, it wasn't people who chose them, but Beasts chose their tamers.

So, how talented Amy was! 

Just as those people were discussing where they could find the next poisonous creature, Andrew, on the other side, was commanding the lizard to sneak up on a Crimson Serpent.