The Cockroach-like Girl Is My Beast-Chapter 443 - 410: Leaving the City

One hour later, at the north gate of Zhen Sheng City.

Lin Guang left the Spirit Master Association, holding a delicate golden feather-shaped whistle and a transparent, glass-like orb, yet inside the orb floated several sky-blue hairs, seemingly plucked from some Spirit Beast.

Arriving at an empty ground nearby, Lin Guang infused his Spiritual Power into the whistle and blew it.

Screech——!

From the top of the white city wall of the north gate of Zhen Sheng City, the shadow of a tall bird-like Spirit Beast plummeted silently, gliding down along the mottled wall over a hundred meters high, landing in front of the four people.

Yet its control power was extremely strong, and at the moment of landing, its massive wings gently flapped, quietly counterbalancing its weight. Apart from the majestic aura emanating from its huge body, it made almost no sound.

Lisa instinctively pressed down her slightly fluttering skirt caught in the gust, while Vishdair widened his eyes: "Wow."

Only Chelina showed a familiar expression.

Because out of the three, only she and Lin Guang had seen this kind of Spirit Beast in the Ice Sword Daoist School and had even stood atop its back.

This was a gigantic blue eagle, with sharp eyes and a pointed beak, looking very similar to the Gale Eagle but obviously much more powerful.

Its wingspan reached over twenty meters, its entire body covered in deep blue feathers like armor tempered by lightning.

It held its head high and chest proud, exuding a haughty demeanor as if ready to spread its wings and tear through the sky at any moment.

This size practically qualifies it as a small airplane!

The enormous commotion caused by this giant eagle’s descent undoubtedly drew the attention of the nearby Spirit Masters.

"Wow, such a large Gale Eagle?"

"No, it feels much stronger than a Gale Eagle... Thunder Attribute? Is it an evolved form?"

One experienced Spirit Master noticed the metal ring on its claw and recognized it: "Hey, isn’t this the Gale Thunderbolt Eagle that the association focused on cultivating? I remember it broke through to Tier Five."

The Gale Thunderbolt Eagle is indeed the evolved form of the Gale Eagle.

"With such level and grade of Spirit Beast, the Spirit Master Association of Zhen Sheng City might only have two or three, and applying for it is expensive and requires a complicated process."

"Did someone actually rent it? A Four-Star peak Gale Eagle isn’t bad, huh?"

"Tsk tsk, you don’t get it; a Purple Grade Tier Five Flying Spirit Beast is indeed a ’strategic resource’, dominating battlefields and secret realms. Its long-distance mobility is exceptional, and its short-distance burst speed is outrageous, extremely useful in various dangerous situations, enough to save lives."

"It’s said that this Gale Thunderbolt Eagle was personally tamed by the president of the Zhen Sheng City branch, who even specifically consulted the contractual partner of the Gale Thunderbolt Eagle, Master Han, for this. Despite this, it remains quite wild and arrogant, even refusing rides to weaker individuals."

"Refusing rides? Isn’t it a mount? How can it refuse?"

"It’s not just a mount."

One knowledgeable, seemingly an association staff member, Three-Star Spirit Master explained: "The association intends to cultivate it towards becoming the leader of the clan of bird-like Spirit Beasts near Zhen Sheng City, potentially promoting it to Beast King in the future."

"If you have to compare, it’s definitely a ’prodigy’ and a ’powerful entity’ among Spirit Beasts."

"It has a high intellect and knows gratitude. Its status is even considered mid-to-high level within the Zhen Sheng City branch. Along with being a Tier Five Spirit Beast, its pride is significant, and only those strong enough can receive its recognition and ride on it; otherwise, it indeed has the right to refuse."

"Who’s the master that applied for it to leave the city?"

"It’s not necessarily a master; perhaps it’s just some young master’s or lady’s whim to try it out."

Someone laughed: "I heard previously a Four-Star Spirit Master from the Wang family barely managed to apply for this Gale Thunderbolt Eagle, only to be refused by it, losing face publicly."

"Even the Wang family’s Four-Star couldn’t make it? Then wouldn’t it require the strength of a Five-Star Spirit Master to ride it?"

Someone was surprised— the combat power of a family’s Four-Star Spirit Master is evidently higher than that of ordinary Spirit Masters.

"Hey, hey, are your eyes still blurry? Didn’t you see? It’s Lin Guang and his Contractual Partner."

Someone clearly recognized Lin Guang and Vishdair’s faces.

"Lin Guang?!"

Many Spirit Masters were astonished.

Some even had their blood rush to their faces, looking as if they had seen their admired idol.

——A young Spirit Master prodigy is highly esteemed in this world.

Moreover, he is a civilian prodigy who went against the three great families.

"But even with the most absurd estimation of his training speed, he should only be Three-Star now, right? Can he do it?"

"Not necessarily, maybe there’s some token or something that could earn acknowledgment..."

"...Wait."

Someone suddenly widened their eyes: "Huh?"

Only to see that huge, majestic Gale Thunderbolt Eagle exchange a glance with Lin Guang.

The dark golden flames flashed in Lin Guang’s eyes.

Then.

Within a few seconds, this giant eagle unexpectedly lowered its lofty head, reducing its height, adopting a posture that facilitated the four of them to climb on.

Where was the slightest bit of defiance?

No tests, no confrontation.

Merely a glance, and this Tier Five Spirit Beast, unrecognized even by a Four-Star Spirit Master, became as docile as an ordinary Gale Eagle before him.

They watched as Lin Guang nodded, patted its lowered head, and then mounted its mountain-like back with three young girls.

In an instant,

A cry sounded, and the giant eagle with deep blue feathers rose with the wind, transforming into a streak of azure lightning, quickly vanishing in the sky.

They were left utterly speechless in amazement.

...

Two hours later.

A mountain range covered with vegetation came into view from high above for the four onlookers.

Under the noon sun, the rolling shape of that deep green mountain range appeared quite peculiar.

It was like a giant beast lazily lying down.

The highest part of the mountain reaches nearly five thousand meters, covered with perpetual snow like a small white cap with uneven edges. But this doesn’t make it steep; it is rather easily climbable everywhere.

The range is dense with various shrubs, looking fertile, with many fruits growing among the trees. On the eastern side of the mountains—underneath the giant beast’s head—there lies a massive valley, and within the valley is a round lake formed by a waterfall, shrouded in mist, resembling an Immortal Realm.

Due to the angle of the mountain and the rising mist, aside from the lake, its true features were unclear.

The winding streams extending from the lake flow around the mountain range, reflecting sunlight, like silver threads in the forest.

Beside the lake, Lin Guang’s Eye of Omniscience and Omnipotence could see many fluffy shadows with large tails playing carefreely.

If there exists a population of Spirit Beasts sufficient to nurture a Five-Star Peak Leader of the Clan, it would surely be within this mountain range.

Evidently, this was the destination of Lin Guang and the others.

The name marked on the map was rather casual.

——The Fox Mountain Range.

In the next moment, the Gale Thunderbolt Eagle began to descend at his signal, slowly circling down and landing on a relatively high ground thousands of meters from the mountains.

This Gale Thunderbolt Eagle is a Tier Five Spirit Beast and of Purple Grade, with a formidable aura; if it came too close, even if it held no hostility, it would stir unrest among the beast herd.

Vishdair leapt off, looked around, whistling, noted the giant eagle that showed no fatigue as if it easily maintained two hours of supersonic flight, and then remarked:

"Damn Kazdail, this is fast! Three thousand kilometers already? Even the fastest on Terra Continent can’t match it."

Even after being here for a while, she still found herself amazed by this world’s wonders.

"Actually, if it uses its Skills, I reckon it could burst even faster over short distances."

Lin Guang was lightly cradled by Chelina as he leapt from the eagle’s back and then steadied himself on the ground, brushing off the dust from her maid skirts and her grey wolf tail, and explained:

"Incidentally, it’s said that in the Federation Country there’s a Tier Five artificial Mechanical Spirit Beast called the [X-15] with a record of continuously flying at a speed of 7.4 Mach for 46 hours without stopping to replenish Ether."

"What kind of messed-up unit is that?"

Being a scholar, Lisa added: "Probably over eight thousand kilometers per hour?"

"...That’s freakin’ incredible, Kazdail style?"

"That’s already faster than the usual movement speeds of ordinary True Men and Beast Kings; it’s not something the average populace can reach, worthy of being called the nation’s strategic asset."

Lin Guang shook his head, "Our Great Xia researches Mechanical Spirit Beasts quite a bit too, but primarily focuses on the north and coastal areas, like the Imperial Capital and Coastal City."

He concluded this topic, turning his gaze to the valley beneath them.

"Let’s leave that aside for now and get down to business."

"So, how do you plan to proceed?"

Vishdair tilted her head and poked his side with her slender Demon tail: "Is it like those videos where you have to use some Spiritual Artifact to treasure hunt? Adventure? Then search the whole mountain bit by bit? That would be like looking for a needle in a haystack."

"Truthfully, that’s indeed the process, but it’s not quite what you’re imagining."

"Although, speaking of the sea... looking for a needle in a sea, it’s true, especially with our limited time frame, using conventional means to find it just seems too unlikely."

"So, the first thing I need to do is... increase the probability."

As he said this, a flash of light appeared in Lin Guang’s hand, producing a black Spirit Wood box贴完了无数[符箓].

The silver-haired girl paused, showing a look of recollection.

"Ah, you’re going to use that... [Magic] again?"

Lisa also blinked: "Ah, it’s that one!"

Even Chelina recognized it — before setting off for Celestial Ladder Mountain, Lin Guang had demonstrated this technique before her.

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