Beast Tamer: My pet has a game panel.

Chapter 627 An Arrogant Decision

Upon hearing the words "breakthrough to the fifth rank," everyone in the base, including Bai You, Bai Ling, Isaac, and Hanhan, turned to look.

For those who had already reached level 49 and successfully awakened their domains, breaking through to the fifth rank was negligible. Normally, they should have broken through to the fifth rank several months ago.

However, in order to participate in this interdimensional war, he has been holding back the progress of condensing a complete soul, and his cultivation level has been stuck at the peak of the fourth rank.

It can be said that all of this is in order to complete the task in the best way, thereby obtaining enough resources so that their subsequent growth and evolution can proceed more smoothly.

Therefore, whether it was Hanhan and Isaac, or Xiaoliu'er and Bailing, they all knew very well that they had to control their cultivation and not break through to condense a complete soul. Otherwise, once locked by the will of the plane, they would no longer have a way to secretly sneak into the troll tribe and destroy the ritual totem.

After the initial surprise, Bai You was the first to react. As one of Ye Mo's spirit pets who was not known for her individual strength, her previous duties had always been research and management, as evidenced by her management of forces such as the Azure Islands.

Therefore, she quickly understood why Ye Mo had said those things that would help them break through their limits.

"By the way, if the Shadow Totem has been destroyed, then there are now a total of three Ritual Totems destroyed. So..."

As she spoke, Bai You's emerald green pupils grew even brighter.

Seeing this, Ye Mo smiled and nodded, saying, "That's right. According to what Palace Master Li said back then, the destruction of each ritual totem within the troll race will significantly weaken the power of the plane's will and cause it to lose some of its abilities."

"Among them, the destruction of the first two ritual totems affected the suppression of the plane's will on the fifth and sixth level transcendent beings of the other world."

"If the third ritual totem is destroyed, it will affect the plane's will's ability to lock onto souls from other worlds."

"In other words, even if we all break through to the fifth rank and condense a complete soul, we will not be marked and locked by the plane's will. Therefore, breaking through to the fifth rank will be no longer a concern for us."

In fact, after learning that the second ritual totem had been destroyed, or even when he had just left the Demon Extermination City, or even earlier, Ye Mo had already considered the matter of his spirit pet's breakthrough.

After all, among the five spirit pets he has contracted, whether it is the Purple Giant Bear Hanhan, the Crimson Crystal Dragon Isaac, Little Willow, or the Bai Ling and Bai You sisters, they have all raised their levels to level 49 and have all met the requirements to break through to the fifth rank.

Even if other peak fourth-tier extraordinary individuals meet all these requirements and have an 80-90% chance of successfully breaking through, there is still a possibility of failure.

However, for Ye Mo, who possesses gamification talent, his spirit pets, with the support of the panel, are only one breakthrough away from reaching the fifth tier.

Once the breakthrough begins, the 100% success rate displayed on the panel will ensure that all his spirit pets successfully break through.

Therefore, how could Ye Mo not want to break through? You must know that the gap between the fourth and fifth tiers among extraordinary individuals is quite large. Once you break through, it is no exaggeration to say that your strength will undergo a tremendous change.

Of course, since the Hanhans all possess domains, and even the weakest of their domains are at the fifth-tier monarch level, the changes brought about by their breakthroughs may not be as significant as those brought about by ordinary fourth-tier breakthroughs, but a substantial increase in strength is certain.

After all, the improvement brought by the basic attribute strength alone is enough to make the Hanhan and his friends leap to a higher level, not to mention the transformation brought by the condensation of a complete soul.

After pondering for a moment, Bai You raised her head and shook it, saying, "Yes, I know all that. But even for us, breaking through to the fifth rank requires sufficient energy, which will definitely cause a significant disturbance. And with the power of the invisible array, it will be difficult to completely conceal these disturbances." Breaking through a major realm is like a metamorphosis for every living being, especially for someone breaking through from the fourth to the fifth rank. After all, a fifth-rank transcendent being is considered a powerful figure wherever they are, and even legendary experts cannot ignore them.

With such a significant change, how could the Breakthroughers not need a sufficient energy supply, given that this represents a qualitative leap?

If you're outside, the energy you need to break through to the fifth rank can be obtained by drawing on the power of heaven and earth within that plane.

But as Bai You said, they are currently in an underground base shrouded by an invisible array. Once they break through, they will absorb a large amount of energy from heaven and earth, which will cause quite a stir.

Even with the help of an invisible formation that can conceal most of the movement, the power of the sixth-tier troll's perception of the power of heaven and earth is so strong that even the slightest change in the power of heaven and earth would be detected by the troll.

“I know that, but I don’t have many options. If we don’t break through now, we will never be able to fight that sixth-tier troll head-on. So we can only try to break through.” Ye Mo nodded, his expression slightly helpless.

"However, although we cannot completely conceal the sound of the breakthrough, we can still minimize it and delay the discovery of that sixth-tier troll as much as possible."

Upon hearing this, a glint of light flashed in Bai You's emerald green eyes. After pondering for a moment, she suddenly raised her head and asked with a surprised expression, "Are you planning to use spirit crystals to replace the power of heaven and earth?"

"Yes, breakthroughs do require a sufficient energy supply, and that can't be changed, otherwise it would be bad if the breakthrough failed." Ye Mo nodded with a smile, and continued:
"However, in terms of energy supply, we can completely replace the power of heaven and earth with spirit crystals. In this way, even if you break through, the power of heaven and earth in this area will not be affected during the process, and the breakthrough noise will be greatly reduced."

That's certainly true; Bai You, an expert in formations, is well aware of it. But if we do it this way...

"But how many spirit crystals will this cost us?"

Seeing Bai You's astonished expression, Ye Mo shook his head and smiled, saying, "I know that doing this will definitely cost a lot, but there's no other way. Spirit crystals are something you can earn slowly, so just use them up."

Although he spoke lightly, the thought of the expenses involved in breaking through to the next level filled him with bitterness.

It's important to understand that breaking through from the fourth to the fifth rank requires a massive energy supply to achieve this transformation. If this energy were obtained by absorbing the power of heaven and earth, the cost would be negligible, since the power of heaven and earth is practically nothing compared to the entire plane.

However, if the energy spent on breaking through and transforming were redirected to spirit crystals, the required amount would be quite substantial.

The Yanhuang Alliance once conducted such an experiment to determine the consumption required for a breakthrough. The final result showed that if an ordinary peak fourth-tier extraordinary being were to break through to the fifth tier, at least ten fifth-tier spirit crystals with suitable attributes would be needed if spirit crystals were used instead.

Of course, fourth-tier spirit crystals or even lower-tier spirit crystals can be used in this process, but because the spiritual power level in lower-tier spirit crystals is too low, the efficiency of using them is extremely poor. Therefore, if you switch to lower-tier spirit crystals, the cost will only be higher.

It should be noted that this is only the energy consumed by a typical peak fourth-tier transcendent being when breaking through to the fifth tier. For some fourth-tier transcendent beings with outstanding talent and a solid foundation, the energy required for their breakthrough is no less than that.

As for spirit pets like Hanhan, Isaac, and Bailing, which can fight against fifth-tier beings with only fourth-tier status, it goes without saying that they are the latter, and their breakthrough costs are definitely much higher.

This also shows that, even with Ye Mo's wealth, the effort to achieve this breakthrough discreetly was a huge expense.

(End of this chapter)