90: Mythical Beasts

Three figures: one with a big belly, one as thin as a rail, and one of normal build. All of them were Ghost Spirit-type, and these were the aberrant beasts they had contracted.

Wait, aberrant beasts?

Looking at the Ghost Infant in front of him, which, despite emitting black gas, had an extremely pure aura around it—yes, that's right, this was a spirit beast, and one that had genuinely grown without resorting to any crooked paths.

Then, looking at the three Ghost Spirit-type aberrant beasts that emerged from the three people not far away, whose auras were mixed and contained complex emotions like greed, resentment, and fear, Xu Yan rubbed his eyes beneath his virtual-frame glasses in confusion, wondering if he had seen wrong. This situation seemed a bit off, didn't it?

The three people who had summoned the three Ghost Spirit-type aberrant beasts had no intention of staying to command them in battle. Instead, they turned and ran, completely disregarding the three aberrant beasts that were directly confronting the Ghost Infant.

The three summoned aberrant beasts, upon sensing the Ghost Infant's aura up close, immediately made the same choice as their 'masters': they ignored their companions and humans and turned to flee.

However, how could the Ghost Infant, who had finally encountered normal-strength food, let them leave so easily?

Facing the three humans and three ghosts fleeing, the Ghost Infant did not choose to chase the three humans. Instead, it directly released a black mist to envelop and trap the three aberrant beasts, and then it, too, entered the black mist.

Xu Yan, following behind the Ghost Infant, saw this scene and realized that he had guessed wrong earlier. The 'food' the Ghost Infant spoke of was not the three humans, but the three Ghost Spirit-type aberrant beasts residing within them.

As he thought this, Xu Yan immediately signaled Xiong Nian to launch a mental impact at each of the three fleeing individuals.

Somewhat to Xu Yan's surprise, although the three individuals also possessed General Rank strength, as Beast Tamers, their own strength was linked to their mental power. Yet, when facing Xiong Nian's mental impact, the three seemed to have no mental resistance whatsoever.

As soon as Xiong Nian's mental impact touched the three, there was no resistance. Xiong Nian's Innate Talent, Mental Break, didn't even have time to take effect before the three fleeing individuals directly collapsed to the ground.

After Xiong Nian's careful confirmation, the three were not faking unconsciousness; they were genuinely knocked out by Xiong Nian's mental impact, which had merely brushed them.

Just as Xu Yan knocked out the three, the Ghost Infant successfully dealt with the three aberrant beasts.

Originally, the Ghost Infant intended to directly eat these three normal food sources it had finally encountered, but just as it was about to bite, it remembered that it was no longer a single ghost like before; now it had a boss above it.

Its soul fire was still in the other party's hands, so for its own life's sake, it was better to offer them to the boss first.

Thinking this, the Ghost Infant waved its hand, transforming the surrounding black mist into three black mist hands, which carried the three aberrant beasts to Xu Yan's side.

Looking at the three humans lying before Xu Yan, the Ghost Infant showed a look of disdain and directly said, "Bad taste, bad, uncomfortable." (Henceforth, it is assumed that Wuxiang directly translates, and Xu Yan's words are also translated by Wuxiang using a voice changer.)

Then, it presented the three black mist hands and the three aberrant beasts they were carrying to Xu Yan, saying with an expectant tone, "My Lord, this, delicious, eat this."

He glanced at the three people lying on the ground, then at the three aberrant beasts held by the black mist hands.

Hmm, the aura of the three aberrant beasts was still as mixed as ever, the kind that even Ghost Spirit-type spirit beasts from Huaguo would disdain upon seeing, let alone consider as food.

Never mind the illegality of casually devouring other people's spirit beasts (aberrant beasts?), just digesting and processing the mixed emotions and energy on these three spirit beasts would be troublesome enough. It would be better to find a student attending an 8 AM class or an overtime worker to consume some resentment or grievances instead.

However, looking at the three aberrant beasts held by the black mist hands, Xu Yan still felt an abnormality from them.

Intrigued by this, Xu Yan directly took out a handful of General Rank spirit food for Ghost Spirit-types that he had prepared earlier from his storage device and handed it to the Ghost Infant, saying, "I still have some use for these, don't eat them yet. I'll exchange them for this; you eat this first."

As for why he gave General Rank spirit food to the Commander Rank Ghost Infant instead of the Commander Rank spirit food Xu Yan had prepared earlier, it was naturally because the three aberrant beasts in its hands were also only General Rank; it was a fair exchange.

Looking at the spirit food in Xu Yan's hand, made from various Ghost Spirit-type materials and life spirit liquid, the Ghost Infant suddenly felt that the three food items in its hands were no longer appealing.

Ghost Spirit-type aberrant beasts, what were they? Their auras were terribly chaotic, hard to digest, and not delicious at all. These small square blocks, full of Ghost Spirit-type energy and vitality, were what a little ghost like itself should eat.

Thinking this, looking at the three food items held by the black mist hands it had condensed, the Ghost Infant's face showed the same disdainful expression it had for the three humans. Then, it joyfully handed the three aberrant beasts to Xu Yan, took the exchanged spirit food from his hand, and carefully licked a bit.

In an instant, an indescribable deliciousness burst in the Ghost Infant's mouth, making its mind go blank.

However, its mind going blank did not affect its hand movements in the slightest. Piece after piece of spirit food was directly stuffed into its mouth, and as it felt the pure energy and exquisite taste of the spirit food, an extremely enjoyable expression appeared on its ghostly face.

As for the three humans and three aberrant beasts nearby, after Xu Yan consulted the Ghost Infant, he followed it to a cave in its territory, making it his temporaryBase.

Looking at the three still unconscious humans and the three Ghost Spirit-type aberrant beasts struggling wildly in the black mist hands, Xu Yan pondered for only a moment before directly choosing to start with the three humans.

He didn't wake them up and interrogate them one by one. After discovering that they had almost no mental resistance, things became much simpler for Xu Yan, who had Xiong Nian, a mental-type spirit beast.

Under normal circumstances, mental-type spirit beasts/aberrant beasts need either special abilities, Innate Talents, or skills, or extremely powerful strength to read others' memories. Xiong Nian currently possessed neither of these.

However, the three people in front of him belonged to another special situation.

According to the results of Xiong Nian's examination, the three people lying on the ground had even weaker mental resistance than newly born spirit beasts.

When Xiong Nian's Innate Talent, Mental Break, faced such targets, it no longer merely reduced mental resistance by 30%. Instead, it truly lived up to its name, directly breaking through the opponent's mental defenses, and all memories in their minds were displayed before Xiong Nian without reservation.