Treasure-hunting: Into the Unknown

At last, Zachary chose the Thousand-Avatar Skill and the Beast Transformation Skill. He placed the remaining Imperial Level manuals into his warehouse.

"Mimi, input the content of both these manuals into my mind, please," Zachary requested.

Immediately, two rays of light shone onto the manuals. A moment later, both manuals had completely vanished. The rays of light were then merged into one, shooting itself into the spot between Zachary's eyebrows.

"Input completed!" Mimi announced.

"Congratulations, you've comprehended the Thousand-Avatar Skill

and the Beast Transformation Skill!"

"I'll go straight to the Peach Blossom Forest in order to get familiar with these new skills. While I'm there, I'll stop in to see the Sun-swallowing Beast's cub!" As soon as Zachary finished speaking, he teleported himself to the Peach Blossom Forest, just like he said he would.

Soon after entering the Peach Blossom Forest, he quickly noticed that the Thunder Dragon Horse and the Hundred-Treasure Beast were surrounding the Sun-swallowing Beast's cub, who was hiding behind a stone and trembling vigorously because it was shy around strangers.

"Hey! Just because you two think it's cute, that doesn't mean you can scare it like this!" Looking in their direction, Zachary shook his head with a smile and approached them.

As they watched Zachary approach, the Thunder Dragon Horse and the Hundred-Treasure Beast stepped back to the side.

By then, Zachary had reached the stone's front and was exchanging a few treasure-hunting coins for the treasure beasts' food. He placed it in front of the cub. The cub, who was hiding behind the stone, was clearly on guard as it saw Zachary coming forward. It sounded a low cry, almost a growl. It quickly bared its fangs and brandished claws at Zachary, but the cute little guy's threatening behavior didn't seem intimidating at all.

"Eat the food. It's yours. You must be hungry," Zachary said as he pointed to the food encouragingly.

The cub looked at Zachary and then back at the seemingly delicious food. After hesitating for a few seconds, it couldn't resist the temptation of the food any longer. It jumped out from behind the stone in a single, swift motion and began gobbling the food in hungry mouthfuls.

"Mimi, is it possible to make the cub take me as its master?" Zachary asked with a furrowed brow, all while keeping an eye on the cub who was enjoying its food.

"Not now, unfortunately. The Sun-swallowing Beast is a rare level treasure beast that can grow to the Sage Level, which means your strength must be above the sixth grade of Imperial Level i

autious, however.

Although the side effects sounded terrifying and ordinary warriors would definitely back off, Zachary didn't flinch in the slightest and actually looked expectant. Together with the Sun-swallowing Beast's cub, he now had four precious beasts to his name. The Beast Transformation Skill had no limit on the number of treasure beasts one could absorb power from. Therefore, the more treasure beasts one had, the more power they could absorb. Of course, in Zachary's case, this was as much an advantage as it was a disadvantage. Because he also had the Holy Bone Bracer though, which had a strong defensive power, so his disadvantage would be weakened to a certain extent. All in all, the advantage outweighed the disadvantage at this point.

"Kiwi! Lend me your power!" In an instant, Zachary opened his eyes. At the same time, a Beast Transformation Mark shot out, printing itself on the Thunder Dragon Horse.

The Thunder Dragon Horse raised its head and roared loudly. In the blink of an eye, a lightning beast shadow, much like a beast soul, flew out from the Thunder Dragon Horse's body and flew towards Zachary. As soon as it reached him, it slowly integrated and united as one with his body. Nonetheless, a few seconds later, the lightening beast shadow seemed to be rejected and flew back to the Thunder Dragon Horse.

"Did I fail?! Why can't I lend Kiwi's thunder power? I don't understand!" Zachary frowned in disappointment. This was his fifth attempt, and yet he failed half way every time.

After taking the time to ponder on the situation for a while, Zachary summoned the Hundred-Treasure Beast in order to give it another go. He tried a few more times, but to no avail. He was utterly disappointed with himself.