Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Dumby reached out its right hand and pressed down, then the fence of white bones vanished. The fissures that had opened in the ground closed up as well.
âThank you, king, thank you, king.â Zhou Tieshan was thrilled. He felt deeper respect for Gao Peng too, almost seeing him as a deity. Once he returned, Zhou Tie Shang shared the dayâs events with his friends. Word of Gao Pengâs ability spread quickly, as if carried by the wind.
Advancing a familiarâs grade was a very difficult task. If it werenât for this, priests wouldnât have had such high standings in each tribe. It was because they held the key to a familiarâs grade promotion.
Nowadays, people in the tribe could see a white light that looked like a street lamp illuminating the peak of the mountain beside their tribe nearly every night. It became a beautiful addition to the nightscape. The peak was well-lit, whether by the sun during the day or by the moon at night.
It was possible to advance the Holy Aurora Firâs grade through engulfing soil and trees, as well, but this took way too long. The energy provided by soil, rocks, and trees was miniscule to a Saint-tier creature. It wasnât nearly as efficient as soaking up sunlight and moonlight.
With the Holy Aurora Fir as a living example, endless streams of people paid visits to Gao Peng to help them promote their familiarsâ grades. At first, Gao Peng agreed, but after helping a dozen of them promote their grades, Gao Peng felt this wasnât sustainable. How could he help every one of the hundreds of people in the tribe? That would be impossible even if he had three heads and six arms. So Gao Peng simply put up a sign; only monster trainers who had made extraordinary contributions to the tribe were worthy of the kingâs reward.
The tribal priests didnât have Gao Pengâs ability. They couldnât directly promote a familiarâs grade, so they relied on techniques passed down from generation to generation, like an occupational legacy, and they promoted these familiarsâ grades through trial and error with the knowledge they learned.
If they succeeded, they recorded these cases and passed them to future priests. These records included stats about monster species, attributes, body-size, the amount of materials used, and so on. Due to individual differences between each monster and the amounts of materials used, the results were often distinct.
The next day, Gao Peng greeted people from the Huaxia Tribe and the White Dragon Tribe and spotted some familiar faces among the crowd. Gao Peng talked to them at length, then stayed a couple more days in the tribe, and finally set off again on his journey.
âYou mentioned previously that there was a Radiance Mountain in Jiutian; at its summit is a portal to the World Vortex Battlefield. The portal on Radiance Mountain is open to any race, not only humans. Some mythical familiars and gods also send their offspring to the World Vortex Battlefield,â Gao Peng was told.
In Jiutian Shidi, there was another unique population besides godsâmythical familiars. Since many gods evolved from mythical familiars, they made up a large percentage of God-tier familiars. For example, the Bi Fang Clan, the Zhu Yan Clan, the Di Ting Clan, the Bashe Clan, the Phoenix Clan, and more were all considered mythical familiars.
Mythical familiars werenât great in number, but they werenât few either. They became Overlord-tier or even Saint-tier upon entering adulthood. Some especially talented premium mythical familiars clans could even reach Quasi God-tier when they came of age.
Their naturally high tiers allowed them to reach God-tier more easily than normal monsters. In fact, these mythical familiars were all born with very high grades, most of them Epic-grade at birth. That was also the fundamental difference between mythical familiars and normal monsters.
So far, there had been no Mutated Tribes able to tame a mythical familiar clan. Generally, it was the few top monster trainers who have managed to master individual mythical familiars.
âThese mythical familiars stick together, especially those from the same clan,â the King of Robotics said on the way. âThereâs a mythical familiar clan that lives on Radiance Mountain. While weâre there, Iâll pretend to be your familiar and stay behind you.â
âWhat mythical familiar clan is on Radiance Mountain?â Gao Peng asked curiously.
âHoly Unicorns. Each Holy Unicorn only reaches Overlord-tier upon maturity, so they rank very low among the mythical familiar clans. But theyâre not to be underestimated; some of the older Holy Unicorns are very strong.â The King of Roboticsâs expression showed signs of concern.
âWhy would you go if those antiques exist? Maybe we should go somewhere else.â
âNo, every portal to the World Vortex Battlefield has a strong guarding entity. These kinds of portals that only have one tribe in guard are actually the easiest to enter,â the King of Robotics said solemnly. âThe scariest ones are those guarded by individual monsters. Sometimes theyâre antique beings who have nothing better to do, so they find an idle position to pass the time...@@novelbin@@
âFor example, 30,000 years ago, when the Abyss World infiltrated Jiutian, the master of the 777th dungeon, the Thistle Glutton Demon God, descended upon World Vortex Battlefield and raised a bloody war, forcing the Aurogon Ancestor to strike. Before that happened, I had no idea such a powerful entity even existed in the Aurogon Clan.â
âArenât you worried the Holy Unicorn Clan might also have an ancient creature like that?â Gao Peng jested.
After a moment of silence, the King of Robotics shook his head decidedly. âThatâs impossible. The Holy Unicorn Clan has never had an impressive reputation, and Iâve never of any strong creatures among them.â
After a long and arduous journey, Gao Peng finally reached the foot of Radiance Mountain. The entire Radiance Mountain was an ashy white with very few plants growing on its peak.
The steep mountainsides were like heavy swords diagonally stacked on top of each other. A stately, holy aura diffused from the summit. One couldnât tell the exact height of the mountain since half of it was enshrouded in an ocean of clouds. The clouds there were particularly white, and the azure sky was especially clear.
âLetâs go. We should head up.â The King of Robotics saw Gao Peng was in a daze, so he waved his hand in front of Gao Pengâs face.
Gao Peng blinked, lowering his stiff neck to gaze at the solid ground beneath his feet. âYou sure we have to go up there?â
The King of Robotics heard something off in Gao Pengâs tone, so he paused and asked, âIs there a problem...?â
âWell...I suppose?â Gao Peng replied dubiously.
The King of Robotics was dumbfounded by this.
Gao Peng rubbed his eyes. In his vision, the mountain before him wasnât a mountain. On its surface was a line of stats.
[Divine Artifact Name]: Cleansing Colossal Radiance Conch
[Precept Content]: Purifying Rule 45%, Light Rule 30%
A 45 percent rule! This was the first divine artifact Gao Peng had seen with such a high precept content percentage.
âFatty Big Sea, what class is a being thatâs mastered 45 percent of a rule?â
Fatty Big Sea gave it some thought and answered honestly, âIt could kill us with one slap.â