Beast Taming Begins with the Inner Circle of Pets

Chapter 71 The food is delicious!

Lin Manman was like a fisherman who had missed his target, only to find two stranded fish on her way out.

Although I was still somewhat frustrated, I was somewhat comforted.

The honey badger carried the corpses of the two spirit beasts to the side of the Azure Fire Leopard's corpse, and was about to dig out the crystal core with its claws when suddenly Hongyu's cheerful but slightly cheeky hissing sound came.

Lin Manman and Brother Ping hurriedly turned their heads to look, and saw Hong Yu fishing at a distance of about five meters long and as thick as a water bucket, approaching them.

It was a black and red python with a very eerie appearance, a level three Crimson Python, all of which had poisonous properties. In this base, it must be considered a top predator.

Unfortunately for them, the honey badger has poison resistance, and Silver Moon's clones are also immune to poison. It's its bad luck to encounter them!

Without Lin Manman's command, Honey Badger immediately donned rock armor on himself and Hongyu and charged forward.

Lin Manman instructed Yin Yue to use Shadow Clone to assist in the attack from the side.

This giant red python wasn't very fast, and even if it tried to escape, Honey Badger and Silver Moon could easily catch it, so there was no need to summon too many Howling Moon Wolves and waste energy.

The giant red python was startled by the sudden appearance of the honey badger. Instinctively, it raised its head and spat out a mouthful of venom. The honey badger was too large and charging, making it difficult to dodge. The venom struck the rocky armor head-on, producing a sizzling sound that made one's teeth ache.

The honey badger initially thought it was just a venom attack and wouldn't break through its defenses. However, the attack corroded most of its rock armor, forcing it to stop its charge and repair its own.

Seeing how potent the Crimson Python's venom was, Hongyu immediately went on high alert, ready to shield her boss from the attack at any moment.

With its current control over spatial teleportation, it can still teleport attacks of level three or four. However, it cannot teleport attacks with energy exceeding level four at present.

The honey badger stopped its charge and activated its gravity field to launch a fierce attack on the Crimson Serpent, while Silver Moon's shadow clone also joined the battle.

The honey badger's gravity field is so incredible that it allows it to freely control gravity within the area covered by this skill.

Applying three times the gravity to the Crimson Serpent while reducing the gravity on Silver Moon's shadow clone is one application of the gravity field.

Of course, through the exploration and research of the newly appointed King of Gravity, the Honey Badger, it can also change the direction of gravity within this range. Although it can currently only move in two directions, upward and downward, it believes it can achieve even more possibilities as its understanding and control of gravity improves.

Lin Manman was still recalling the honey badger's development of the gravity field skill when the besieged Crimson Serpent gradually lost its ability to resist. Just as the honey badger was about to kill it directly, Hong Yu blocked the weakened Crimson Serpent's path.

Lin Manman, who was excitedly rushing to collect the crystal cores: ?

Before she could even ask, Hongyu bit down on the crimson python's vital spot and began swallowing large gulps of its blood.

Lin Manman and her friends were all stunned, their eyes wide with surprise, their heads filled with question marks.

What's going on? It's not like I'm hungry yet, is it?

Or... does the king cobra prefer the flesh and blood of snakes as food?

"Hongyu, are you really hungry?" Lin Manman leaned closer to Hongyu and asked cautiously. Could it be that she didn't eat enough yesterday?

Hongyu looked up at her, and for some reason, she had a strange feeling about seeing something sinister on a snake's face. As it raised its head and made a swallowing motion, Lin Manman suddenly realized something and quickly looked at the giant red python.

"Why did you eat the crystal core??? My ten points!!!" Lin Manman looked at the Crimson Python, whose seven-inch core was missing a piece of flesh, with heartache.

[Special Note: The Spirit Pet Rainbow Jade has met the requirements for Bloodline Awakening. Low-level Awakening: Unicorn Illusionary Scale Serpent (Medium Gold Grade), 100% Awakening Probability. Medium-level Awakening: Profound Netherworld Python (Low-level Legendary Grade), 90% Awakening Probability. High-level Awakening: Blood-Patterned Devouring Spirit Python (Medium Legendary Grade), 70% Awakening Probability.]

The system notification sounded abruptly, leaving Lin Manman momentarily stunned.

"Only ten points~ The food is great!!" After her initial shock, Lin Manman was overjoyed.

She happily rushed over and hugged the guilty-looking Hongyu, giving it a good rub on the head.

Hongyu wasn't actually aware of its current situation; it simply instinctively felt that eating the snake would make it stronger. Having consumed Lin Manman's competition points still made it a little uneasy. Seeing that Lin Manman wasn't angry about it eating the Crimson Python, the snake perked up again.

Lin Manman performed a lightning-fast face-changing act for the spirit pets, leaving Honey Badger, Silver Moon, and Amber completely bewildered.

The three animals exchanged glances, their eyes filled with clear confusion. They couldn't understand how, just a moment ago, one look of heartache could turn into pure elation. Could human emotions and expressions change so quickly?

Little Qi, perched atop Lin Manman's head adorned with a headdress, was even more confused, as it couldn't see Lin Manman's face at all!

While planning to have Xia Ming buy all the materials needed for Rainbow Jade's awakening after the points competition ended, he also directed Honey Badger to drag the corpse of the Crimson Python into the trap.

After crouching back in the bushes with her spirit pet, Lin Manman couldn't help but rest her chin on her hand and ponder what had just happened.

She briefly glanced at the giant crimson python using the system. If she remembered correctly, it seemed to also possess the bloodline of the Bashe snake.

Could it be that devouring a spirit beast of the same bloodline can activate the conditions for bloodline awakening?

The more he thought about it, the more likely it seemed. Unfortunately, apart from his own system that could identify the bloodline of spirit beasts, the alliance didn't have any means to detect the bloodline within spirit beasts.

Perhaps she could tell her second senior brother about this and let the alliance research in this direction. Lin Manman stroked her chin, thinking.

Her financial situation has improved a lot, and once the spirit beast shop opens, she will have even less to worry about with the support of the alliance.

If the alliance can develop a technology to improve the quality of spirit beasts, then even if her talent is exposed, it won't attract too much attention.

While Lin Manman was still pondering, the prey she was waiting for finally took the bait!

Within Ah-Dai's shared field of vision, several spirit beasts appeared, drawn by the scent. Some were solitary, others in groups, but the most dangerous encounter was with a pack of level-two bloodthirsty hyenas.

Fortunately, Silvermoon and Honeybee cooperated well and managed to harvest this wave of level 2 crystal cores without any major incidents.

As noon approached, Lin Manman had collected quite a few crystal cores. She had fifteen level-three crystal cores, fifty-six level-two crystal cores, and one hundred and seventy-two level-one crystal cores.

Most of the level-one crystal cores were contributed by Hongyu and Adai. Hongyu would hide in the pool and kill most of the level-one spirit beasts that came to drink.

Ah-Dai circled in the sky and discovered three more burrows of long-eared snow hares, which he then plundered.

As the number of corpses increased, Lin Manman had to have Amber burn the excess to prevent attracting too many spirit beasts. If they were accidentally surrounded, it would be difficult to escape.

(End of this chapter)