119: Chapter 119 Target Beast Egg Refining

Afterward, Qin Ce's gaze lingered on the northern horizon for a long time.

It was said that these ruins were all located within special secret realm spaces.

An ordinary secret realm space was enough to change the fate of a family.

If it were mythic-grade, it could likely support a city's foundation for a hundred years.

And now, a share of this opportunity belonged to him.

"Three months..."

Qin Ce murmured to himself, "I wonder how I'll get over there when the time comes."

"After graduation, should I also start considering my career path?"

"However, all of that will depend on the results of the military merit rewards later."

"That's a story for another time."

He withdrew his gaze and was about to have the Blue Luan continue toward Yuntai Town.

Suddenly—a thought flashed through his mind.

The Raven King had been killed half an hour ago, so why did the system mission only start settling now?

He recalled the details of the settlement process just now.

The silver-gray mist seeping from the void, the talent traits condensing across space, and the content of the entire announcement.

Qin Ce was lost in thought.

"The true settlement is based on the completion rate of the entire process," he muttered. "The reason it took so long for me, was it because I was being hunted by those five Gold Rank fierce beasts? The mission only truly completed once I had completely shaken them off?"

In that case...

The [Battle for the Lead] mission hadn't settled yet either.

Would it also wait until all graduation missions were finished before officially settling?

That reward was a mythic-grade talent!

One only had to look at the Blue Luan to understand.

What did a Bronze Rank rely on to slay the Gold Rank Raven King?

It was Nine-fold Azure Sky!!!

It was a one-of-a-kind mythic-grade talent.

He had already personally experienced how terrifying a mythic-grade talent could be.

If he obtained another mythic-grade talent...

Qin Ce took a deep breath, suppressing the heat in his heart.

Therefore, the most important thing right now was to complete the last three-star mission as quickly as possible—Beast Egg Refining.

[Beast Egg Refining]

Requirement: Within one hour of a fierce beast's death, use a Soul Talisman to condense a fierce beast egg. Quality requirement: bronze low-grade or higher. Quantity requirement: At least 8 eggs.

Eight fierce beast eggs of bronze low-grade or higher.

This mission wasn't actually difficult for him.

But if they were only Bronze Rank, it would be a bit too mediocre.

One must know that the value of high-level beast eggs was very high; this was also an opportunity to accumulate wealth.

Qin Ce patted the Blue Luan's neck: "Xiao Qing, go down. Find some fierce beasts with great potential; we're going to refine beast eggs."

The Blue Luan gave a long cry, folded its wings, and carrying Qin Ce, dove toward the ground below.

...

Their altitude decreased accordingly.

The clouds grew thinner and thinner.

Twenty thousand meters, fifteen thousand meters, ten thousand meters, five thousand meters...

When they pierced through the final layer of clouds, the scene below caused Qin Ce to start slightly.

The beast tide was in retreat.

From the direction of Wind Ridge City, countless fierce beasts were frantically fleeing in all directions.

They were no longer that disciplined, death-defying army, but a pack of stray dogs.

The Raven King's death seemed to have ripped out their backbones.

Those once-arrogant Gold Rank fierce beasts were now tucking their tails and desperately moving away from that city.

Those Silver Rank fierce beasts that had once attacked so crazily were now only concerned with saving their lives, even at the cost of trampling their own kind.

And those Bronze Rank and black iron rank fierce beasts were in an even greater mess, scurrying everywhere, having completely lost all organization.

But outside of this retreating beast tide, there was another force.

The local fierce beasts.

Those denizens who hadn't followed the beast tide to attack Wind Ridge City were now staring hungrily at their retreating kin.

Because they knew.

Their opportunity had come.

What did the evolution and growth of fierce beasts mainly rely on?

It was devouring the crystal cores of other fierce beasts.

Normally, everyone occupied their own territory, and kept to themselves.

But now, these retreating fierce beasts were food delivered right to their doorsteps.

Thus, everywhere Qin Ce passed, all he saw was slaughter.

In the mountain forests, a Silver Rank 'Iron-Armored Rhino' was engaged in a life-and-death struggle with an equally Silver Rank 'Berserk Wild Boar'.

The two giant beasts crashed together, each collision making the ground tremble and blood splatter.

By the stream, three Bronze Rank 'Bone-Eating Wolves' were besieging a wounded 'Shadow Leopard'.

Though the Shadow Leopard was injured, its speed was still astonishing, weaving through the wolf pack like lightning, taking a wolf's life with every counterattack.

On a cliff, a Silver High-grade 'Thunder Eagle' and a Silver Mid-grade 'Storm Falcon' were fighting for aerial supremacy.

Lightning and storms intertwined; feathers and blood flew together.

The entire wilderness had become a battlefield.

Qin Ce hovered high in the sky, looking down at all of this, the corners of his mouth curling up slightly.

This kind of chaos was simply a godsend for him.

Because the intensity of the battles directly exposed the strength of the fierce beasts.

Those who fought the most fiercely were often the strongest.

Those who could still kill while being besieged had even more incredible potential.

He only needed to follow the places where the fighting was most intense to find the most valuable prey.

Then, something caught the corner of his eye.

"Go."

The Blue Luan flapped its wings and carrying him, shot toward a mountain peak ahead.

There, an extremely fierce battle was breaking out.

...

Atop the mountain peak, two figures were locked in a life-and-death struggle.

One was a dark, flickering shadow as elusive as mist.

The other was a silver-gray, lightning-fast flowing image.

Qin Ce hovered in the night sky three hundred meters away, Nine-Star Insight operating at full power.

[Fierce Beast]: Nightmare (Mutation Tendency)

[Level]: Silver Mid-grade

[Potential]: Gold High-grade (If mutation succeeds, it can reach Gold Peak or even break through to Starlight)

[Attributes]: Dark / Mental

[Talent]: Nightmare Domain (Silver Rank) - Creates an illusion, trapping the target in a nightmare and weakening their combat power

[Skills]: Shadow Raid, Mental Shock, Illusion Weaving, Fear Shriek

[Status]: Fatigued, injured (tear wound on left hind leg), high battle intent

[Weaknesses]: Weak physical defense, low resistance to Light-type attacks

[Evolution Opportunity]: Devour enough Dark-type fierce beast crystal cores of the same rank to trigger mutation

Qin Ce's eyes lit up slightly.

Mutation tendency!

This kind of fierce beast was more than ten times more precious than an ordinary one of the same rank!

If refining was successful, the potential of that fierce beast egg would likely break through its original upper limit.

He turned his gaze toward the other figure.

[Fierce Beast]: Ghost Wolf

[Level]: Silver Low-grade

[Potential]: Gold High-grade

[Attributes]: Wind / Dark

[Talent]: Shadow Step (Silver Rank) - Weaves through shadows at extreme speed, difficult to capture

[Skills]: Shadow Claw, Wind Blade Combo, Shadow Raid, Rending Bite

[Status]: Lightly injured, cunning, looking for a one-hit kill opportunity

[Weaknesses]: Weak defense, insufficient sustained combat capability

[Evolution Opportunity]: None

Two Silver Ranks.

A Nightmare undergoing mutation.

A Ghost Wolf with potential reaching Gold High-grade.

These two targets looked quite suitable!