Beast Taming: I Can Evolve Indefinitely

Chapter 279 - 275: The Chief Culprit

Chapter 279: Chapter 275: The Chief Culprit

As he watched Jason, who was slowly walking toward him with a large machete, Bai Qi could not help but break out in a cold sweat.

Jason, one of The Four Great Western Slasher Killers, although he was buried in each series, he always climbed out of the grave to swing his machete again.

Once upon a time, Bai Qi had felt quite sympathetic toward this tireless ‘hundred-man slayer,’ who was perhaps the most hardworking of all The Four Great Western Slasher Killers.

“But, why would Jason appear, this isn’t an infinite flow…”

Bai Qj sighed helplessly, and immediately started running.

Even though he knew in his heart that this was probably a dream, he still felt a bit scared when he faced it.

If this was real, he would be done for…

However, before Bai Qi had started running for long, he willingly stopped himself, a bitter smile spread across his face.

The reason? In the path of his escape, another weird man had appeared, with scars on his face and fingers like razors.

Freddy of Elm Street.

Not only that, but on both sides of Bai Qi, other freaks had appeared. Including Jason, all members of The Four Great Western Slasher Killers had shown up.

“Even if it’s a dream, it’s a bitch of one! Don’t I deserve a nice dream?”

Filled with both despair and annoyance, Bai Qi sat down on the ground and focused his spirit, trying to activate the Evolution Egg.

He thought as a qualified Golden Finger, there should be fail-safes. Psychological trauma from The Four Great Western Slasher Killers could affect his future development.

What a pity, the Evolution Egg seemed interested in nothing but pets and ignored him.

“Or, fight against The Four Great Western Slasher Killers?”

Looking at the grotesquely giant figures surrounding him, Bai Qi immediately gave up as soon as he thought about it.

However, it seemed that The Four Great Western Slasher Killers had no intentions of sparing Bai Qi. While they were about to make their moves, wielding their weapons and quickly approaching Bai Qi, a scream echoed in his ear. The forms of The Four Great Western Slasher Killers started to slowly fade away, and the surrounding forest and Crystal Lake became blurry.

Is this… the dream crumbling?

Bai Qi looked around in confusion as everything around him started to change. Then, a tingling sensation spread throughout his entire body, and his consciousness returned to himself.

Woof woof!

(See, I told you the electric shock would work!)

Thud thud.

(But you seem to have gone a bit too far, Beta, Gamma thinks the boss is being cooked.)

Blub blub.

(The boss’s cells are just short of minor burns, the damage is minimal, he should be fine.)

Listening to the discussion between his pets by his side, Bai Qi gradually caught on and a smile appeared on his face. He lightly patted Beta’s head.

“Thankyou, Beta. Without you, I might have been scared to death in my dream.”

Woof…

(You’re welcome, it’s all part of the job…)

Before Beta finished speaking, Bai Qi suddenly delivered a punch.

“However, shouldn’t you be able to break this sort of hypnotic power using your charm war cry or Soul Whisper?”

“If you use this kind of voltage again next time, I won’t mind having an extra meal at night, understood?”

Woof…

(Okay, I got it…)

Seeing Beta admitting his mistake, Bai Qi released his hand. The electricity exceeding twice the tolerance limit of ordinary humans, though it had been for stimulating his return to consciousness, did contain some personal resentment too.

“Speaking of which, did you locate the source?”

Bai Qi looked around. The surrounding ferocious beasts had basically been dealt with, and the scattered ones had been blocked outside the valley by the metal wall Schuckhad created, they couldn’t enter at all.

The hypnotized ferocious beasts were not of a high level. It’s just because Bai Qi had faintly fainted, and the three pets lost their will to fight, they had been left behind.

“We’re not sure about the source, but it seems like Alpha is coming back.”

Schuck looked into the valley and saw Alpha holding some unidentified object flying towards them.

Creak creak.

(Big boss, it seems like this thing caused everything.)

Alpha threw the unidentified object in front of Bai Qi. Seeing the burn marks all over Bai’s body, the Fire of Soul started shaking violently.

Creak creak.

(Boss, are you hurt?)

Alpha had dared to comfortably investigate the valley because the three pets were guarding Bai Qi. It had only been a while, and Bai Qi was injured!

“It’s nothing, just some minor external injuries.”

Feeling the guilt coming from Alpha, Bai Qi waved his hand dismissively. Then, he started to examine the little thing in front of him.

This thing, which wasn’t what Bai Qi had expected— like the Dream Vine, in front of him, looked more like a large insect, except that its body was wrapped with colorful vines and resembled a certain kind of plant.

“What is this, an insect or a plant?”

Bai Qi pulled at the vine-like tentacles on the thing’s body. Without any reactions, he turned his puzzled gaze to Alpha and asked, “Alpha, did you knock it out?”

Creak creak.

(No, it was already unconscious when I found it.)

Alpha shook its head to indicate that it had not attacked.

“It knocked itself out? Sounds like a total weakling…”

Bai Qi looked at the insect grass in front of him with surprise, finding it hard to associate it with the terrifying beast causing abnormalities in the surroundings. Awooo?

Just as Bai Qi was confused, Beta suddenly leaned in front of the insect grass, sniffed it, and abruptly tried to take a bite.

Achoo!

Just as Beta was about to bite the insect grass, the supposedly unconscious insect grass suddenly let out a sharp shriek. Its colorful vines instantly transformed into tentacles, swiftly avoiding Beta’s mouth, and tried to run away.

However, before it could get far, Alpha’s Sword of Death was already on its head, and the frightening aura of the King-level creature rushed towards the insect grass without reservation.

Achoo!

Seeing this, the insect grass gave up resisting without hesitation and lay directly on the ground. At the same time, a strange voice sounded in the minds of the man and his four pets.

“Spare me, hero!”

Hearing the voice in his mind, Bai Qi was slightly puzzled and asked Beta, “Beta, was that you speaking just now?”

Woof woof!

(I would never speak with such a cowardly tone.)

Crackle crackle.

(Boss, it wasn’t me.)

Ripple ripple.

(It wasn’t Gamma either.)

Burble burble.

(Delta didn’t speak either.)

All the pets shook their heads in denial, and Bai Qi immediately turned his attention to the strange insect grass in front of him.

“Little guy, were you the one speaking just now?”

Achoo achoo!

(Yes, indeed, it was I.)

The insect grass carefully turned around and nodded. It wanted to say something else, but Alpha’s Sword of Death came closer right away.

Achoo.

(Hero, could you please keep your Crystal Hero’s sword a little further from me?)

“You? What era did you time-travel from?”

Bai Qi was somewhat speechless. He picked up the insect grass and asked, “Are you the one responsible for these weird occurrences and the dream I just had?” “If I said it was unrelated, would you believe me, hero?”

The insect grass cautiously glanced at Bai Qi. Before Bai Qi could respond, it felt a sense of killing intent coming from behind.

“I confess, it was I who unintentionally influenced the animals around me while sleeping. But I’ve done nothing to harm Heaven or Earth. I only pulled the hero into my dream to scare him. I meant no harm!”

The simple, clear, and quick explanation left Bai Qi, who was prepared for intense questioning, in a daze. Beta wore a disdainful look on its face.

Awooo!

(A true hero would never yield. This guy is a real coward!)

“You weren’t much better before.”

Bai Qi rolled his eyes and continued, “Then why did you suddenly withdraw the dream? Did your conscience get the better of you?”

Upon hearing Bai Qi mention the dream, the insect grass instinctively shivered and said a little embarrassedly, “Actually…your nightmare was so terrifying that it scared me.”

Good heavens, was the intimidation power of the Four Great Western Slasher Killers that strong?

Looking at the insect grass in front of him, which seemed to have been greatly frightened, Bai Qi reluctantly accepted this explanation. He looked at the strange form of the insect grass again and said, “By the way, what species are you exactly? I’ve never heard of it.”

He had heard of insect races incorporating other bloodlines, but this was his first time seeing an insect race fused with plant attributes.

In this day and age, could there really be insects that esteemed their own food so highly?

The insect grass paused when it heard this, and a troubled expression appeared on its face. It said, “The story behind this is long…cough cough, there’s a simplified version as well. Heroes, please follow me.”

Feeling the tip of the sword behind it, the insect grass immediately changed its tone, pointed in the direction of the valley, and signaled for Bai Qi and the others to go in.

“That works. Let me see how you manage to control so many beasts.”

Bai Qi handed the insect grass to Alpha and followed the insect grass’s directions towards the depths of the valley.

Just as he had seen from outside, the valley was lush with green plants, and the deeper they went, the stronger the plants grew. When they got to the end, some weeds were as tall as a man.

“This place, it reminds me of Nicholas’s Jade Valley.”

Feeling the rich vitality around him, Bai Qi was increasingly puzzled.

Could it be that there was also a Green Dragon living here?

That couldn’t be right. If there was a Green Dragon here, how could this weak creature cause so much chaos?

Soon, Bai Qi arrived in front of a gigantic dead tree guided by the insect grass. Although it no longer had a single leaf, and the crown of the tree was basically withered, Bai Qi could still imagine how magnificent it was when it was alive.

Crackle crackle.

(Boss, this is where I found it.)

Alpha offered an explanation first, and the insect grass nodded, “Yes, initially, I was hiding here, trying to scare off the hero. But your dream was so…”

The insect grass paused and continued, “I was scared and involuntarily revealed myself by mistake. This great hero here discovered me. I thought I could play dead and bluff my way out, but… ”

“Alright, stop rambling about irrelevant things. Just tell me what you are, or I’ll dissect you myself.”

Bai Qi waved his hand to interrupt the insect grass. The insect grass stopped blabbering and said, “Actually, I don’t even know what I am.”