Destiny Beast Taming

Chapter 222 The Iron Mayfly!

He was keen to explore the Blood-Bone Mayfly after its bloodline had undergone a metamorphosis.

【Beast Name】: Golden Iron Mayfly 【Beast Species】: Mayfly Family/Mayfly Genus 【Beast Level】: Common Beast (3/10)

[Beast Taming Type]: Mental [Beast Taming Quality]: Silver Quality Skills:

【Golden Body Convergence】: The offspring insects produced by the mother insect are closely linked together with a metallic body. After the spiritual power of each individual is combined, it can be transformed into its own defensive power.

Exclusive Features:

【Mind-Based Metal Formation】: Instantly changes the shape of the metal insect body into the form of an object according to the mind. Each time the shape is changed, the insect swarm will digest the inside of the dead insect body and temporarily enhance the mental power of other insect bodies.

[Metal Decomposition Reinforcement]: When facing an attack, it can decompose the metallic substances inside the insect's body, thereby achieving an overall improvement in defense. During the process of the insect decomposing the metal inside its body, it will apply the properties of the decomposed metal to the aggregate.

Upon further investigation, Zhongyi discovered that the bloodline of the Blood Bone Mayfly had evolved into that of the Metal Iron Mayfly.

The moment Zhongyi saw the name "Golden Iron Mayfly," she understood why the Blood Bone Mayfly was so interested in metal.

Compared to flesh and bones, metal is a more compatible food source for the genes of the blood-bone mayfly.

Before its bloodline undergoes a transformation, the Blood Bone Mayfly does not have the ability to consume metal.

Now, thanks to the effect of the Soul Control Seed, the Metal Mayfly, whose bloodline has evolved, can feed on metal.

Due to the transformation of bloodline, basic skills have also changed from the aggregation of bone body to the aggregation of golden body.

The metal bodies of the mother insect allow the offspring insects to be tightly linked together with their metallic bodies.

The hardness of metals, at the same level, far exceeds that of bones.

As the Bloodbone Worm advances in rank, its external skeleton will be strengthened along with its increased strength.

The strengthening of the metallic shell of the Iron Mayfly mainly relies on upgrading the grade of the metal materials it consumes daily.

If this process is continued, equal numbers and levels of golden mayfly larvae will combine with each other.

As its rank increases, its defensive power becomes even more terrifying than that of the Bloodbone Mayfly, which gains its defense through bone enhancement.

Apart from this change, the Golden Iron Mayfly, like the Blood Bone Mayfly, can enhance its defense by using its own mental power.

In the world of Beast Taming, metal spirit materials are a relatively inexpensive resource.

Unlike bloodline users in other worlds, beast tamers do not need a suitable weapon to fight.

Except for a few special types of beasts, ordinary beasts do not wear heavy metal armor in battle.

Adding weight to your tamed beasts will greatly reduce their agility on the battlefield.

In many combat situations, beast tamers need to tame their beasts to actively pursue their opponents.

Even if the heavily burdened beast does nothing, it will soon be exhausted and become a sitting duck for those ranged beasts that manipulate elements.

Even as the rank of the Iron Mayfly continues to rise, the rank and quantity of metals it needs to consume will increase.

Even if you like it, you can afford it!

Seeing the two new exclusive traits that the Golden Iron Mayfly had acquired, Zhong Yi suddenly felt that instead of quickly improving the Golden Iron Mayfly's strength, it was better to focus on that.

Instead of making the Golden Iron Mayfly a functional beast like the Blood Bone Mayfly in Cui Heng's hands, I'd rather use the Golden Iron Mayfly as a defensive beast that can help me in battle.

The unique characteristic of the Golden Iron Mayfly, Mind Condensation, allows Zhongyi to manipulate the mother Golden Iron Mayfly and instantly change the things formed by the bodies of her offspring.

This allows Zhongyi to promptly modify the objects formed by the Iron Mayfly based on the battlefield environment.

If an enemy launches a close-range attack on Zhongyi, the Golden Iron Mayfly Insect can quickly provide protection for Zhongyi, achieving a good synergy with the Repulsive Crystal Bee.

Whenever an insect is attacked by the enemy, and its offspring die,

Zhongyi only needs to use her unique ability, Mind Gold Formation, to change the shape of the swarm.

The dead larvae then become nourishment for the swarm, temporarily enhancing the mental strength of other units within the swarm.

Because of the basic skill Golden Body Convergence, the improvement of mental power means an overall improvement in defense.

This allows the swarm to maintain its overall defensive capabilities even when facing a powerful adversary that causes significant losses.

Zhong Yi didn't know what unique characteristics Cui Heng's Blood Bone Mayfly Queen had, but the unique characteristic of Mind Gold Condensation greatly increased the growth potential of the Iron Mayfly.

The unique trait, Metal Reinforcement, is another way for the Iron Mayfly to enhance its own defense.

The larvae of the metal mayfly ingest some of the metal in their bodies on a daily basis.

However, it will not immediately consume this part of the metal, but will instead use it as a reserve energy source.

When the unique property of Metal Reinforcement is applied, this piece of metal, which is used as a storage energy source, will rapidly decompose inside the insect's body.

The decomposed metal energy not only greatly enhances the insect's defense, but also adds the metallic properties contained in the decomposed metal to the things formed by the insect swarm.

The female mayfly can maintain a population size that she can completely control.

It allows different units within a swarm to consume two or three different metals.

As long as the mother insect maintains control and restraint over the swarm, the larvae can still cooperate perfectly even if they consume different metals.

Metals possess a wide variety of properties, such as sharpness, shock absorption, ductility, cutting ability, and corrosion resistance.

If one were to truly dissect the metallic properties of metals in detail, one could easily identify at least several thousand different types.

This is only the metal inherent in the Beast Taming World itself, and the metallic properties it carries.

It should be noted that there are also large amounts of metal outside the world of beast taming.

Those metals may very well possess entirely different metallic properties.

Zhong Yi has decided to use Jin Tie Fu as a defensive beast to assist him in battle.

Once Zhong Yi's own rank increases, the Golden Iron Mayfly, which increases along with Zhong Yi's strength, will naturally demonstrate its value as a foundational artifact.

With an additional powerful defensive beast, Zhongyi can perform better in both Soul Battles and the Divine Source Slaughter Secret Realm.

Zhongyi didn't rush to choose a metal for the Golden Iron Mayfly to devour, since the current female Golden Iron Mayfly hadn't produced a single offspring yet.

Zhong Yi will upgrade the Golden Iron Mayfly's rank to the extraordinary gold quality as soon as possible.

Then, based on the new skills and unique characteristics of the Blood Gold Iron Mayfly, select two or three suitable metal materials for the Gold Iron Mayfly.

To help the mayfly hatch its offspring as quickly as possible, Zhongyi deliberately purchased a full ten tons of refined iron.

For the Golden Iron Mayfly, which is currently at the mortal beast level, refined iron is the most suitable food.

Judging from the mayfly's eager reaction to the iron box, this female mayfly has an excellent palatability for refined iron.

After successfully completing the contract with the Golden Iron Mayfly, Zhong Yi didn't rush to upgrade the rank and quality of the Glass Jade.

Among the main ingredients Xingye gave Zhongyi for concocting level-six potions, there was one called Cold River Essence.

The essence of Hanchuan is equivalent to the core of a ten-thousand-year-old glacier.

Even if you were to demolish dozens of glaciers stretching for hundreds of kilometers in the coldest far north, you might not be able to find a single essence of the icy river within them.

For Li Yu, the essence of Hanchuan is a treasure that can be used at least up to the mythical level.

With the essence of Han Chuan present, Li Yu's control over ice elements will at least reach a higher level during the bloodline evolution process.

Zhong Yi planned to first let Li Yu absorb as much energy as possible from the Cold River Ice Marrow, and then use the Flowing Soul Breath Soil to help Li Yu improve her strength.

Zhong Yi rearranged the healing-type flower-type beasts that were planted in the plain jade basin within the soul base.

They then used the spring water from the spiritual spring to irrigate these healing-type flower-type beasts.

The Empress Bee, sensing Zhongyi's presence, crawled out of its hive.

Originally, the Empress Bee of Longevity was extremely slender, but now her belly has swelled up.

It has a translucent texture with a greenish hue and gold flecks.

Looking at the embroidered queen bee's swollen belly, Zhongyi felt the joy of a bountiful harvest in advance.

At this moment, the Queen Ant of Abundance crawled to Zhongyi's feet.

Zhong Yi discovered that the once half-human-sized Queen Ant of Abundance had now grown to nearly a human-sized height.

Its body length has increased from less than two meters to nearly four meters.

For colony rulers like the Queen of Abundance, whose primary function is reproduction, an increase in body size signifies enhanced reproductive capacity.

The Queen Ant of Abundance enhances her strength primarily by relying on energy feedback from the creatures that have been transformed into her offspring.

The Queen of Abundant Creation Ants produced nearly ten mythical-level ant offspring in succession.

Zhong Yi guessed that the Queen of Abundant Creation Ants' rank was definitely not just at the Transcendent level, but most likely had already risen to the Fantasy level.

Otherwise, the size of the Queen of Abundant Creation Ants would not have changed so drastically from just one rank advancement.

The Abundant Creation Ant Queen can increase its strength on its own, saving Zhongyi the cost of the Flowing Soul Soil.

It prefers to use its All-Knowing ability to examine the abundant creation of the queen ant.

[Beast Name]: Abundant Creation Ant Queen [Beast Species]: Creation Ant Family/Creation Ant Genus [Beast Rank]: Fantasy Rank (7/10)

[Beast Taming Type]: Mystic [Beast Taming Quality]: Platinum Quality Skills:

【All Things Transformed by Ants】: It does not have the ability to reproduce itself. After devouring other living beings, it can refine, modify and optimize the genes of other living beings. Without changing the genetic level of the devoured living being, it can give birth to ant offspring with the genes of that living being. The strength of the ant offspring is related to the strength of the target before devouring, and is not related to its own strength.

[Sacrifice of Miscellaneous Ants]: Sacrifice some ant foes. By sacrificing these sacrificed ant foes, you can strengthen the specified ant foes and raise their rank.

【New Ant Seed】: After the death of an ant that leaves a genetic seed in its body, it can consume its own stored energy to combine the seed gene with an unhatched ant, transforming the ant into an ant that retains the seed.

Unique Trait [Heroic Ant Heir]: Designates one ant heir as the hero unit of the ant colony. When the designated hero sacrifices itself, it can unleash power exceeding the limits of its current rank. A new ant heir can only be designated as the hero of the ant colony after the designated hero dies.

[Ant Spawn Assembly]: When multiple ant spawns die, the broken spawns are assembled to create a new ant spawn that inherits the advantages of the original spawns. The strength of the newly assembled ant spawn will not exceed the strength limit of the original ant spawns.

[Ant Colony Blessing]: Whenever the number of ant offspring in the ant colony increases, the abilities of the ant offspring will be enhanced, and the speed at which they hatch ant offspring will also be increased.

【Ant Kingdom Holy Nest】: Build an ant nest in a designated environment. Ant eggs in the nest will hatch faster. When the environment where the ant nest is located is negatively affected, the energy in the ant nest will be used to maintain the current environment.

Upon closer inspection, Zhong Yi realized that it was indeed as he had guessed.

The Abundant Creation Ant Queen has now been upgraded to the seventh level of the Fantasy Rank, with Platinum quality.

They're almost ready to make their way to the Mythic rank!

Thanks to Zhong Yi's use of the Soul Control Seed to contract with other living beings, those contracted beasts are in a relatively independent state from Zhong Yi.

In determining the virtual source network and secret realm, Zhongyi's rank determination is only related to the rank of the Order Beast Resurrected by the Heavenly Lord born in the Soul Base.

Otherwise, once the Queen Ant of Abundant Creation is upgraded to the Mythical rank, Zhongyi will be matched with Mythical and Immortal rank opponents when she stands on the Soul Battle Platform.

The skills and exclusive traits gained by upgrading the Queen Ant's rank and quality do not grant her any entirely new abilities on top of her current capabilities.

However, this granted the Queen of the ant colony, the Abundant Creation Ant, greater abilities to enhance, modify, and even resurrect ant offspring.

The Queen Ant of Abundance produces offspring by devouring living targets.

The ant queen, the creator of abundance, provides both good and bad raw materials.

These units, transformed into ant offspring, are unable to continue to increase their strength like living beings.

This makes it highly likely that some ant offspring will become useless in the future.

The skill "Hybrid Offspring Sacrifice" that the Queen of Abundant Creation Ants gains upon advancing to the Extraordinary Rank allows her to sacrifice useless ant offspring.

By sacrificing ant offspring, those ant offspring with potential can break through their current level.

Of all the ant offspring currently, the ant offspring transformed from Shimi has the strongest potential.

The several mythical-level monsters that Qin Ruyue captured, even if two or three of them were combined, might not be able to defeat Shi Mi.

Shi Mi is indeed an elite cultivated by the Di Yue Sect!

It would still be worthwhile to use those mythical-level ant offspring with little potential to elevate Shi Mi from the peak of the mythical level to the immortal level.

However, after reaching the Immortal rank, Zhong Yi felt it was unnecessary to further advance the ant offspring that Shi Mi had transformed into.

The Queen Ant of Abundant Creation uses the skill of sacrificing offspring, which consumes offspring as a price to raise the rank of a particular offspring, making it a wasteful act.

It will likely take five or six mythical-level ant offspring to allow Shimi's ant offspring to advance further.

However, in Zhong Yi's opinion, the skill of sacrificing offspring is no less valuable than the basic skill of the Queen Ant of Abundant Creation, Transformation of All Things into Ants.

While it may seem wasteful, the skill of sacrificing offspring allows the Abundant Creation Queen Ant to reliably create higher-tier combat units.

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