Treasure-hunting: Into the Unknown

Zachary guessed that the Dawn Beast's soul strength must be at least at the fourth or fifth grade of Imperial Level. In other words, its real strength must be equal to that of a warrior at the medium stage of Imperial Level or above. Thus, he had to find a way to repress its soul strength. Otherwise, even a warrior at the peak of Imperial Level wouldn't be able to defeat it.

However, the current threat was the army of Batwing Beasts that were still after the Dawn Beast's egg. If Zachary wanted to get to the Dawn Beast, he had to first get rid of the Batwing Beasts.

"Looks like I'll have to take a risk." After thinking it over, he took out the Dawn Beast's egg from the system and then yelled to attract their attention. "Hey! What you want is in my hand. Come and get it!"

Sure enough, it worked. The Dawn Beast and Batwing Beasts immediately turned to him. They looked up and saw that he was waving an enormous egg, probably the size of a baby, in his hand.

Seeing its egg in Zachary's hand, the Dawn Beast let out an angry roar and readied itself to approach him. At the same time, two of the remaining four Batwing Beasts soared up and approached him from one side. They opened their mouths and stuck out their long tongues at him.

Seeing this, Zachary quickly put the egg back into the system. He shot the Ice Needle, which had been dipped in Tracking Honey, as his Flying Boots shimmered. As the needle shot towards the Dawn Beast, he flew far away.

The two Batwing Beasts also roared in fury when they saw that Zachary had taken their coveted egg away. They began to alert each other, as if they were communicating. The two Batwing Beasts chased after him, while the other two pinned down the Dawn Beast.

The Dawn Beast was in a state of frenzy and began to launch a violent attack on the two Batwing Beasts that were trying to pin it down. However, these two Batwing Beasts were not so weak. From their advantage point in the air, they were able to pin it down, making it impossible for the Dawn Beast to escape.

Meanwhile, after Zachary had lured the two Batwing Beasts away from the stone valley, he planned to descend to the ground as his Flying Boots had almost exhausted its limit. As soon as he landed on the ground, the two Batwing Beasts swooped down from behind like hawks hunting their prey. They were trying to block Zachary's escape route.

The Batwing Beasts were more powerful than Zachary, so he stood no chance if he got into a tussle with them. Moreover, some other martial beasts at the premium stage of Imperial Level were nearby, so he h

ut an enraged cry. They circled furiously in the air for a while before leaving reluctantly.

Not long after they left, a bruised and battered Zachary flew out of the forest.

"Whew! I almost got myself killed trying to get rid of those vile beasts. But it has been a long time; I think the Dawn Beast must have killed those two Batwing Beasts by now." Zachary followed the two Batwing Beasts back to the stone valley.

Upon arrival, he saw the corpses of the two Batwing Beasts, but the Dawn Beast was nowhere to be found.

Seeing that their companions were killed, the remaining two Batwing Beasts were scared to fight anymore and made a quick exit.

Zachary immediately rushed into the cave and found that the Dawn Beast was not inside the cave either.

"Did it leave the cave to go after me?" he muttered as he narrowed his eyes. Fortunately, he had managed to put some Tracking Honey on the Dawn Beast's body, so it wasn't difficult for him to locate it.

He used the power of his Dog Soul Ring to hunt for the Dawn Beast. Not long after, he found it in a space not far from the stone cave. It seemed to be digging something.

He didn't rush towards it immediately. Instead, he waited quietly.

A few moments later, the Dawn Beast dug out another egg. Then it carried its egg away back to the stone valley.

"I can't believe that the Dawn Beast has more than one egg! It actually secretly buried one. Then it's possible it may have buried more. So, even if it loses one egg, it won't care too much." Zachary was depressed by this realization. He had planned to use the egg as a bargaining chip, but he didn't expect the Dawn Beast to have more than one egg. No wonder it didn't care even if it lost one.