Chapter 432: Good Things Come Together

Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales

Edited by Aelryinth

Zhang Che immediately grew excited seeing the bunch of elemental creatures running towards him.

There were dozens of them, and none of them were weak by any means.

If he could obtain those fellows’ life crystal cores, it wouldn’t be just a dream for the Scarlet Flame Drake to break through to epic-quality!

Done thinking, a scarlet and white sword light flew out from Zhang Che’s brow, hovering above his head. He’d kill them all when those flaming creatures came within a hundred meters.

At this moment, the elemental queen suddenly said softly, “There’s no need for Master to make a move.”

Zhang Che was stunned for a moment. He turned to look at her in doubt.

-Could it be that she still cares about her relationship with her servants and want to keep those fiery creatures safe?

-That shouldn’t be. All souls under the control of the rainbow crystal shouldn’t have any thoughts of going against my will. The elemental queen shouldn’t be an exception.-

Seeing the look of doubt on Zhang Che, the elemental queen quickly guessed what he was thinking and explained with a beautiful, charming smile, “Master wants the flame servants’ crystal cores, right? You don’t have to kill them, or their crystal cores will lose some of the energy.

“Master, watch this servant’s methods.”

Zhang Che was almost distracted looking at the elemental queen’s beautiful face. He tried his best to look away, but to no avail.

If it wasn’t for the fact that she had a rainbow talismanic rune planted on her soul, making it impossible for her to have thoughts of harming him, Zhang Che would surely think that she had used some secret skills on him.

-I can’t take it. I really can’t take it!- Zhang Che cried inside. In the next moment, he saw the elemental queen suddenly wave at fiery creatures running towards them. They, who had strong, majestic auras just a moment ago, suddenly collapsed inwards and directly turned into crystal cores in the blink of an eye, emitting dense energy fluctuations.

“Damn, so their energy scatters that much if they’re killed!”

Zhang Che’s eyes nearly popped out. Earlier, he had personally slain a few of those fiery creatures. The crystal cores obtained by the elemental queen by ordering those fiery creatures to kill themselves contained much denser energy than those he had obtained by killing them!

Zhang Che was immediately overjoyed. With this, it shouldn’t be a problem for the Scarlet Flame Drake to advance to epic-quality!

While Zhang Che was lost in happiness, the elemental queen at his side collected all the scattered life crystal cores with a wave of her hand, forming a big pile at her chest. She said to Zhang Che with a smile, “Master, do you need this servant to refine them?”

-Damn, she was still referring to herself as I earlier, why is she calling herself this servant now?

-She’s trying to kill me with her charm!-

{TLN: The elemental queen was initially referring to herself with the archaic form of I in Chinese.}

Feeling the charm coming from the elemental queen, Zhang Che’s gaze nearly blurred.

He forcibly shifted his gaze away from the elemental queen, chanting Miss Tienan’s name in his heart. He finally calmed down, then thought apprehensively, -This won’t do. Why is she so charming?

-I have to think of a solution. Otherwise, as my pet, she’d surely be by my side all the time. As time passes, she’ll cause problems very easily!-

-Oh, I got it! Since this woman claims to be the elemental queen of the fiery lands, her body must be constructed from the fire elements. I mustn’t think of anything strange, or I’ll be crippled by her flames!-

Zhang Che quickly thought of the scene in the movie A Chinese Odyssey, where the Monkey King Joker’s pants caught fire. He trembled from fear, no longer thinking about anything strange.

Seeing Zhang Che muttering to himself and not answering her, the elemental queen asked again. “Master, do you need this servant to refine them? Don’t worry, absolutely not one bit of their energy will disperse during the process.”

Zhang Che blinked a few times, then nodded. Willing to accept her advice, he replied, “Refine them, then.”

After hearing Zhang Che’s reply, the elemental queen seemed to feel she was finally being useful and showed a bright smile. Huge golden scarlet flames rose from her pale palms, engulfing all of the flaming creatures’ crystal cores.

A short while later, only a fist-sized red crystal faintly emitting an extremely concentrated fire elemental aura was left on the elemental queen’s palm. Incredibly profound patterns could be seen on the crystal. Anyone could tell with a glance that this thing contained vast amounts of fire elemental energy.

Zhang Che estimated that a small city would be destroyed instantly if that thing exploded; it contained as much power as a small nuclear warhead.

Very well; the Scarlet Flame Drake was in for some good luck!

While he was thinking that, the five-colored light that represented the Scarlet Flame Drake in his spiritual sea suddenly erupted with an intense light. It was done advancing!

Zhang Che didn’t summon the Scarlet Flame Drake out immediately. He had already wasted too much time here. The Elemental Protective Barrier’s duration was running low. It was time to leave.

As such, Zhang Che informed the elemental queen as he turned to leave.

“Master, let this servant lead you out,” the elemental queen behind him suddenly said softly. Before Zhang Che could react to this, a palm as white as jade suddenly grabbed his right hand. It really felt no different from the tender hand of a girl his age.

-Shit, what am I thinking? Do you want to be burnt into coal?- Zhang Che cursed inside, quickly collecting himself.

Under the elemental queen’s lead, he flew quickly outside. The whistlings of the wind could be heard by his ear, the flames nearby directly scattered.

-This speed is almost a hundred meters per second!- Zhang Che sighed. He couldn’t help but feel dispirited. A random pet he tamed was actually so much faster than him. Being the owner really didn’t bring him much of a sense of accomplishment…

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Shortly thereafter, the elemental queen flew out of the flaming mountains with Zhang Che in tow.

At the sandy grounds outside, the Purple Crystal Tortoise and the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon immediately looked towards the elemental queen curiously.

Both of them sensed the powerful aura on her. Their eyes carried a hint of fear.

“Hah, the Purple Crystal Tortoise is really hard working. It got its hand on another pile of fire crystals!”

A small pile of fire crystals, each varying in sizes, lay at the Purple Crystal Tortoise’s feet. In Zhang Che’s eyes, those were all purple crystal points. His eyebrows rose as he smiled widely.

“Master is amazing! Are they Master’s pets, too?” A hint of curiosity flashed across the elemental queen’s eyes when she first laid eyes on the Purple Crystal Tortoise and the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon. She could tell that those two fellows weren’t weak, either, especially the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon. Although it wasn’t very powerful now, the elemental queen could sense that cold-attributed fellow’s future accomplishments would be a level higher than her.

Zhang Che ignored the elemental queen. She totally didn’t have any self-awareness as a pet, always trying to seduce her master. He mustn’t show her a nice attitude.

{TLN: Definitely not him having pervy thoughts…}

Zhang Che quickly walked over to the Purple Crystal Tortoise and stowed the pile of fire crystals away. Afterwards, he summoned the newly-advanced Scarlet Flame Drake out.

He swept his data eyes over it. The fellow was as Zhang Che had expected, having successfully advanced to six-stars!

Now, he’d see if the crystal core the elemental queen refined earlier was enough to help the Scarlet Flame Drake advance another level.

“Here, eat this!” Zhang Che smiled. He took out the fist-sized crystal essence, and the Scarlet Flame Drake’s breathing immediately quickened, a look of greed in its eyes.

With a whoosh, the Scarlet Flame Drake rushed up to Zhang Che, coiling its tongue and immediately swallowed the crystal core essence down.

In the next moment, an invisible aural wave burst out from the Scarlet Flame Drake’s body.

Zhang Che was involuntarily pushed several meters back by the aura. Afterwards, blazing golden flames rose from the Scarlet Flame Drake’s body. The flames were extremely hot, instantly melting the yellow sand under its feet.

-Looks like there’s a chance!- Zhang Che was wild with joy inside. He recalled the Scarlet Flame Drake back into his spiritual sea with a wave of his hand, then looked into his inner world, shouting at the rainbow crystal, -Come on, come on, come on, I shouldn’t bother anyone else for the same matter, right? How about helping me out once more, big brother?-

The rainbow crystal gave face to its little brother Zhang Che. An endless stream of rainbow light immediately poured out, fully enveloping the mass of light that represented the Scarlet Flame Drake.

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What came next was a long and slow wait.

However, the crystal core essence’s energy was enough for the job, not to mention the rainbow crystal was helping, too. Zhang Che had no doubt that the Scarlet Flame Drake would advance to epic-quality.

During the process of waiting, Zhang Che recalled the Purple Crystal Tortoise, then beckoned the elemental queen to ride with him on the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon, flying back along the route they came from earlier.

One should know when to be content. Entering the desert had given him benefits far exceeding his expectations. Zhang Che didn’t want to continue exploring deeper. Heavens knew if there were even more terrifying creatures in the depths of this strange desert. They definitely wouldn’t be something Zhang Che could deal with for now.

He had gathered a great harvest on this trip. Zhang Che was preparing to go home first and properly process his trophies, then continue on his journey to advance to Tier Seven beastmaster.

This part of the desert was safe. Zhang Che let the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon fly at full speed. Only an hour later, the edge of the desert could be seen on the horizon.

The Scarlet Flame Drake was still in process of advancing. Zhang Che was faintly anticipating it. The only thing that left him a little dissatisfied was that the elemental queen was a little too impolite. She was sitting closely behind him, a wave of heat pushing against his back. Wasn’t that challenging his will a little too much?

Fortunately, Zhang Che would force himself to think of the monkey king’s pathetic state every time strange thoughts popped into his mind. All the mood would be lost then.

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Shortly after flying out of the desert, the Scarlet Flame Drake was finally done advancing. Zhang Che quickly summoned it out impatiently.

The instant the Scarlet Flame Drake appeared once more, a heatwave erupted from its body, enveloping the surrounding area within several hundred meters. The vegetation inside the area quickly found themselves in a bad spot, withering away.

Feeling that wave of intense but harmless heat, Zhang Che’s eyes lit up, and his lips drew back wide, smiling silently.

Without even needing to check with his data eyes, he knew the Scarlet Flame Drake had broken through to epic-quality.

This was a very clear-cut False Domain. Legend-quality subdued beasts never had one.

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[Scarlet Flame Drake]

Level: Six Star (Level 60)

Quality: Epic

Type: Original Combat Body

Characteristics: Excels at Wielding Flames, Unparalleled Defense

Weakness: Vulnerable to Innate Water Elemental Attacks of the Same Level and Quality

Innate Attribute: Fire Mastery, Normal Attacks Augmented with Fire Attribute

Skill: Liquifying Scarlet Flames. Breaths Out Scorching Scarlet Flames Up to 100 Meters Long, Able to Melt Steel Instantly, Lasts 30 Seconds. This Skill Is Extremely Exhausting of Vital Energy, User Needs to Rest for a Full Day Before It is Able to Use It Again.

Skill: Rain of Meteors. Exhausts the Innate Fire Elements in its Body to Gather the Fire Elements in the Surrounding 10,000 Meters, Forming a Rain of Meteors in a 50 Meter Target Area, Accurately Attacking Enemies At Any Location As Desired Within 1,000 Meters. Skill Lasts 10 Seconds, Requires 5 Days to Recover Vital Energy Before It is Able to Use It Again.

False Domain: Purgatory Flames

Potential: D Rank

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“Hahahaha, I finally have another epic-quality subdued beast!” Zhang Che couldn’t help laughing out loud when he saw the Scarlet Flame Drake’s new attributes.

As of now, the Scarlet Flame Drake had reached the limits of its potential. If there weren’t any heaven-defying fortuitous encounters in the future, it wouldn’t be able to advance in either level or quality anymore.

Its D-Rank Potential only allowed it to rank up twice in either of those attributes.

However, that was enough!

At present, due to its attributes, the Scarlet Flame Drake’s attacking power was definitely far above that of the Earthen Rock Demon’s. In Zhang Che’s estimation, it was able to contend with ordinary seven-star epic-quality beasts. After all, the fire element was the most tyrannical element of all in terms of attacking power.

Moreover, the Scarlet Flame Drake’s skills and False Domain were more biased towards attack. This made the distinction that its attacking power was far higher than ordinary six-star epic-quality exotic beasts.

“Hmm, this little guy actually became this much stronger!” the elemental queen sitting behind Zhang Che couldn’t help but exclaim in shock when she sensed the aura on the Scarlet Flame Drake.

She could tell that the Scarlet Flame Drake, who could definitely only be passively beaten on by her earlier, was now no weaker than her. Although its manipulation of the fire elements might not be as good as hers, its attacks were definitely more tyrannical, and its efficiency at killing would surely be higher than her.

“Ha, my harvests this time is not bad. Let’s return right away!”

Zhang Che was very satisfied. There was nothing he could pick on regarding his harvests this time.

Although he didn’t obtain a new epic-quality beast card, the elemental queen was no weaker than an epic-quality beast, not to mention the Scarlet Flame Drake had successfully advanced to six-star epic-quality. Considering all that, it was more satisfying than obtaining an epic-quality beast card.

Other than that, he also obtained a large amount of spiritual herbs, close to five hundred kilograms of spiritual honey, and a large pile of fire crystals.

After listing his gains this time, Zhang Che realized the value of what he got was the highest of any of his trips! The elemental queen was especially noteworthy. Not only was she strong, she was also extremely pleasing to the eyes. She could also speak, and maybe warm the be.. Well, forget about that. She’d probably set the bed on fire…

Zhang Che was in high spirits, flying on the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon back along the route they came from, not stopping at all.

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That night, when Zhang Che was resting in a cave somewhere along the way, the light representing the Umbra Wind God Leopard, which had shown no signs of activity for a long time, suddenly shone faintly.

He was immediately overjoyed. Who said that blessings never come in pairs?