Published: February 12, 2025
"Your Highness, the probe has shown that the Rebel Dragon Race is active in this vicinity," the trusted aide said to Zimu after comparing the surroundings with the terminal.
Zimu nodded, a strange excitement flickering in his eyes.
When it comes to practicing skills, the choice of target isn't too strict; as long as it seems appropriate after evaluation, it’s fine.
However, if one can simultaneously practice and gain corresponding benefits, that would be the best outcome. The feeling of playing while making money is something all races in the universe enjoy.
The Rebel Dragon Race is undoubtedly a great target.
The Cosmic Races have little interest in the entanglement between them and the Flying Lizard Clan; even if the Rebel Dragon Race becomes a battle beast, they would still need to notify the Flying Lizard Clan. Typically, this task falls to merchants or shops that sell the Rebel Dragon Race as battle beasts.
For the Hall People, capturing a Rebel Dragon Race means they don't even need to say a word; it symbolizes the backing of a super race.
In the Battle Beast Shop, the price for a Rebel Dragon Race battle beast varies from hundreds of thousands to tens of millions, with adults usually nearing ten million, and their numbers are very limited—priceless and hard to find.
According to the clan's monitoring, the detected Rebel Dragon Race was juvenile, which aligned perfectly with Zimu's requirements.
Adult Rebel Dragons are on the level of peak experts, and Zimu wouldn't be able to practice against them; it would be them practicing against him. Juveniles are just right.
Once he defeats the Rebel Dragon Race and subdues it as a battle beast, it will be a significant boost! Because even if the Rebel Dragon Race grows to adulthood independently, it will inevitably become super ninth-level life. With some training, the Rebel Dragon Race holds great potential to reach pinnacle life status.
In other races, there might be a chance for the Rebel Dragon Race to retaliate and escape, but that scenario doesn’t exist for the Hall People.
Moreover, the presence of juvenile Rebel Dragons here likely indicates that there are other adult Rebel Dragons around. If they can hunt one down, it would be a massive profit.
So besides this trusted aide, Zimu also brought his chief guard and six bodyguards, totaling nine people.
The chief guard listened from the side, looking somewhat dissatisfied.
If Zimu stayed within the camp, he would be completely safe; no one could threaten him there with a peak expert and many high-level experts present.
But once outside the camp, the chances of encountering danger increased exponentially.
As the chief guard, he had to be responsible.
Practicing skills? He could catch a mutated creature similar to Zimu’s level and practice in the base instead. Did they really need to come out?
Ultimately, it was a matter of face. Zimu didn’t want to practice with a mutated creature caught by someone else in the base. Plus, the allure of the Rebel Dragon Race.
However, like that peak expert, this chief guard also knew that Zimu had the potential to be a rising star, so he didn’t directly oppose.
Still, he always felt uneasy. If they encountered adult Rebel Dragons, and not just one, should they call for help or flee first?
The nine of them could handle two adult Rebel Dragons, but it would be risky.
The seven of them continuously searched in the area where the Rebel Dragons were spotted, hoping to find their target quickly. After over an hour, a red light suddenly illuminated on the aide's terminal.
……
Layered Water Desolation.
After Ye Zhongming and the others left, the attacks from the mutated creatures didn’t cease; instead, the battle intensified.
The mutated creatures charging down the small path were continuously repelled yet kept rushing forward. Blood and corpses littered the not-so-wide path, somewhat delaying the advance.
The long-range forces from both sides never ceased their exchange. Just moments ago, several large orbs of light had slowly come from afar and exploded above the base, creating a shockwave that caused heavy casualties among the Cosmic Races, who were unaccustomed to such attacks.