Beast Taming: I Can Evolve Indefinitely-Chapter 679 - 674: Dead Beasts Attack

Chapter 679: Chapter 674: Dead Beasts Attack

The West Sea demigod stepped in and finally settled matters regarding the West Sea’s joining the Deep Sea Alliance, lightening the atmosphere somewhat.

“Old Seahorse, what made you change your mind so suddenly and decide to cooperate with humans?”

The Octopus Star approached the Demi-God Seahorse and asked.

“Humph! I’m only doing this for the person in question. If it wasn’t for that, I would never think of working with humans.”

The Demi-God Seahorse responded coldly, not hiding his disdain for humans, a sentiment that went unnoticed by Xiao Mu, Bai Qi, and the others.

If it hadn’t been for Old Lady Fan’s intervention back then, not only the West Sea, but the legendary sea beasts of the South Sea would never have agreed to form the Deep Sea Alliance.

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As inhabitants of the largest region in this world, sea beasts generally disregarded other creatures, a mindset Xiao Mu also held.

“Indeed, Lady Fan has truly done very well~”

After hearing this, Bai Qi began to perceive Old Lady Fan in an even more favorable light, and was even more curious about Lady Fan’s age.

These demigods had lived for at least three to four thousand years, clearly, Lady Fan was even older. That age…

She was a veritable walking fossil.

“However, there is one more thing. We need your help with it.”

The Demi-God Seahorse’s expression suddenly changed and he continued, “A while ago, some of our sea beasts in the West Sea began experiencing odd mutations. This mutation is contagious and virtually impossible for creatures below the rank of legend to resist.”

“This isn’t our strength as sea beasts, thus we want to seek the aid of humans.”

At the words of the Demi-God Seahorse, both Bai Qi and Xiao Mu were taken aback, both parties seeing a sense of speechlessness in the other’s eyes.

Despite needing help, they still adopted an attitude of waiting for the highest bidder. It’s hard to tell whether these West Sea beasts were incredibly clever or just foolish.

“Could I see one of the mutated sea beasts?”

Bai Qi walked up to the Demi-God Seahorse and asked.

At Bai Qi’s words, the Demi-God Seahorse glanced at him while the Octopus Star timely introduced, “This is the Minister of Technology of our Deep Sea Alliance and also the Beast Master who carries the bloodline of our esteemed superior.”

Upon hearing the Octopus Star, the attitude of the Demi-God Seahorse dramatically shifted from disregard to reverence.

“What did Lady Fan do back then that earned so much respect from these sea beasts?”

Bai Qi was increasingly curious about Lady Fan’s past. He yearned to dash back and ask her straight away, but considering Lady Fan’s usual temperament, he reluctantly let it go for now.

On the other hand, upon hearing Bai Qi’s request, the Ultrasonic Dolphin asked someone to bring up a sea beast corpse that had been preserved in ice and place it in the center of the hall.

“This is one of the mutated sea beasts from the West Sea. Even though it is clearly dead, it still retains vitality and is even stronger than before.”

The Ultrassic Dolphin explained, “Its state is somewhat similar to that of undead creatures, but the key point is, there is no soul within this creature. It seems to be moving on its own simply due to the pull of some force in its body.”

“So, we call these creatures Dead Beasts.”

After hearing the Ultrasonic Dolphin’s words, all the sea beasts of the West Sea fell into silence, while the sea beasts from the South Sea, along with Bai Qi and his company, gave them curious looks.

“Bai Qi, this Dead Beast looks similar to the world-ending sea beast we saw that day, doesn’t it?”

Nicholas came to the front to look at the sea beast corpse and said.

Clatter clatter.

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(There’s no need to look anymore. It’s the power of death.)

Alpha placed his hand on the ice, gently pressed, and the ice suddenly shattered, exposing the sea beast corpse within.

Without its icy encasement, black smoke began to seep out of the dead sea beast, spreading around it. All the West Sea legends present abruptly changed their expressions and were about to freeze it again.

These Dead Beasts would keep emitting black smoke until they utterly melted away, and anything contaminated by this black smoke would gradually turn into a Dead Beast. This was one of the reasons why they decided to propose an alliance.

But before the Ultrasonic Dolphin could make a move, the Dragon of Silent Annihilation appeared behind Alpha, took a deep breath, and absorbed all the black smoke. The Dead Beast also completely melted like ice and snow.

“This… ”

Seeing this, the Ultrasonic Dolphin’s eyes changed, as did the looks given to Alpha by the three Demi-God Seahorses of the West Sea.

Although there were some differences, they also felt something similar to the Dead Beasts’ aura radiating from Alpha.

“You guys can stop speculating. These Dead Beasts are afflicted by the power of death.”

Bai Qi lifted his head and asked, “May I ask, is everything alright with the Death Ice Forest?”

“There shouldn’t be any problems, we have been checking the seal regularly since that time and it remains intact.”

The Nether Sea Thunder Flood Dragon shook his head, then turned to the Ultrasonic Dolphin, “However, a large portion of the Death Ice Forest is in the West Sea, we don’t know about the situation there, but it should be unharmed.”

A seal is a matter of a strong chain, if it becomes compromised in one place, it doesn’t make sense for it not to be affected in others.

Upon listening, Bai Qi understood and turned to the West Sea sea beasts and said, “With this, the source is clear.”

“From what I understand, some people and tribes in black armor had visited you in the West Sea, right?”

A flash of enlightenment shone in the Ultrasonic Dolphin’s eyes, and he asked, “Do you mean that these changes in the West Sea are caused by those people?”

Bai Qi nodded, the Death Round Table was the only one so far that would and could exploit the Power of Death like this.

Having ruled out the possibility of the Death Avatar breaking the seal, the source was clear.

With the clues provided by Bai Qi, the Ultrasonic Dolphin was able to connect the previous events. No wonder the Dead Beasts only operated in their West Sea, it was all orchestrated by these guys.

They were even considering whether or not to align with the Tribal Alliance, but in the end, they had unwittingly invited trouble in.

“I saw your pet beast absorbing the Power of Death just now, has the Federation found a solution?”

The Demi-God Seahorse glanced at Alpha, who wasn’t affected in the slightest, and asked.

“I’m sorry, but my beast is a special case, we have not found a solution to the Power of Death.”

Bai Qi shook his head, “However, the Power of Death on these sea beasts are not pure, they can be studied.”

From the feedback of Alpha, the smoke given off by these beasts was somewhat similar to that of the Death Tentacle he encountered in the Elf Ancestral Land, but the quality was noticeably inferior.

In a sense, it was similar to the Power of Death imbued in the Death Knight, the only difference being that one was infused into metal, and the other into armor.

In the past, they didn’t have any samples, but now there were these Dead Beasts all around the West Sea, which provided a perfect opportunity for research.

“Then hurry up and start the research. If this spreads, it won’t be good for anyone.”

The Demi-God Seahorse revealed a hint of anxiety. As the oldest existence in the West Sea, he cared greatly about its survival.

However, seeing the Demi-God Seahorse’s reaction, Bai Qi revealed a wicked smile.

“I’m sorry, but researching this requires a lot of resources, which I don’t have at the moment, so I can’t start immediately.”

“Besides, you haven’t completed your reparations to the West Sea yet, so…”

“What reparations?”

The Demi-God Seahorse was confused. After receiving the contract from Bai Qi, his pupils couldn’t help but contract in shock, after being silent for a while, he handed the contract to Blast Tiger Whale who was still recovering.

“All resources needed for research will be provided by us in the West Sea, Minister Bai, all you need to do is prepare a list. As for these reparations…”

“Blast Tiger Whale, from now on, you will follow Minister Bai. Return after you have paid off all the debt…”

Blast Tiger Whale was stunned upon hearing this. After looking at the contract, he was dumbfounded.

“…Resource compensation doubled for the loser of the battle, instantaneous payment required, interest must be paid if payments are owed, every second…”

The contract was full of conditions that Blast Tiger Whale had previously overlooked. But the most terrifying one was the interest.

From the point he lost the battle up till now, the interest he has to pay had already reached a tenth of the total amount.

“You…human, are you tricking me?!”

“I can’t be blamed for this, you didn’t read it properly.”

Blast Tiger Whale’s face turned incredibly ugly. He wished he could tear the contract to pieces there and then. But on seeing the Five Old Men and Nicholas staring at him, he quietly kept the contract away.

There was nothing he could do against the higher-ups. As for the compensation, there were resources everywhere in the sea, he just wouldn’t rest for several hundred years, that’s it.

Moreover, there was still the Icefoot Sea Lice King. He was the one who caused all these reparations, how could he let him get away with it.

The West Sea joined the league, the Five Old Men and the three demigods of the West Sea left to research the two sea ideological issues. The legendary sea beasts such as the Nether Sea Thunder Flood Dragon and the Ultrasonic Dolphin conducted research on specific things.

“Bai Qi, I heard you met the Death Avatar in Thunder Mountain. How is it?”

After everyone left, Xiao Mu finally asked.

“It’s tricky. If it wasn’t for King Legendary using the Starry Sky Ring to suppress it, coupled with the uniqueness of the Elf Ancestral Land, they could barely suppress it. But in the end, they still escaped.”

After some contemplation, Bai Qi told Xiao Mu his thoughts.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Mu presented a look of realization, “Indeed, only the power from Beyond the Void can suppress death.”

“Power from Beyond the Void?”

The image of the giant demon couldn’t help but surface in Bai Qi’s mind. Xiao Mu continued to explain, “We can’t trace the source of death, but from the information we’ve gathered, death might have come from Beyond the Void into our world.”

“Therefore, only the power from Beyond the Void can affect death.”

Looking at Bai Qi, Xiao Mu continued, “I remember many of your beasts have this power, right? It seems it was predestined for you to encounter death.”

“I could do without this destiny.”

At these words, Bai Qi’s face showed clear distaste. Each encounter with the Death Avatar was fraught with danger. Though he managed to escape every time, there was no guarantee he would always be this lucky.

A single mistake and it would end with collective misfortune.

“But we really need to study these Dead Beasts properly. Otherwise, we will be too passive if we encounter them in the future.”

Bai Qi stroked his chin, the scene of Sima Jing’s departure that day flashed through his mind.

They encountered the Death Round Table wherever they went. This was clearly not a coincidence. These people were plotting something huge. They would probably have to start preparing soon.