Treasure-hunting: Into the Unknown

When they left the coliseum, Linda kept staring at Zachary with all kinds of doubts and speculations in her eyes. She knew Zachary would never reveal the truth to her about how the Thunder Dragon Horse could merge with the beast soul for a short while, so she did not ask him any question head-on.

Zachary swung around to look at Linda and asked, "Thanks a lot for keeping me company today! You may get back now. I need to be at the medium stage coliseum tomorrow, right?"

"What?" Linda was speechless for a moment, but she soon came back to her senses and nodded. "Yes, since you have joined the top fifty, you will be promoted to the medium stage coliseum. But I feel it would be better for you not to participate in tomorrow's competition. You should learn the medium stage coliseum's rules before anything else. You can just hang around the Tiger Bamboo Forest as you wait for me tomorrow, and I'll bring you over then."

"Sure. See you there," Zachary replied and took off.

"Whenever I watch this guy's battle, I always feel a sense of uneasiness. I'm infinitely perplexed, but he's competent. If not, his place in the rankings wouldn't belong in the top fifty in such a short period. I wonder what kind of performance he'll have next," Linda mumbled to herself, looking at Zachary's back as he walked further and further away.

Afterward, she planned to leave. But then she caught sight of a delicate figure moving towards her direction.

"Alisa, what are you doing here?" It took Linda by surprise to see Alisa.

"I came to have a few words with Harley. Have you seen him?" Alisa inquired as soon as she saw Linda making her way out of the coliseum.

"He's gone. He left a few minutes ago," Linda responded.

"Gone where? Is he done with today's beast fighting competition?" Alisa seemed surprised by what she just heard. It was just past noon, and there was still half a day left. She also found out that Zachary's treasure beast had won fifteen consecutive battles in the common group yesterday. Thus, she hadn't predicted for his battles to end so soon today.

"Today's competition has ended ahead of schedule," Linda replied.

"It ended early?" Alisa asked, looking puzzled.

Seeing Alisa's confusion, Linda explained to her how Zachary's Thunder Dragon Horse's performance impressed everyone today and told her that Zachary had entered the top fifty rankings. He would move on to the medium stage coliseum tomorrow.

After Alisa heard what Linda had shared, her gentle face exhibited a hint of reverence. The look of shock on her face soon disappeared, and she regained her composure.

"It seems that

Level and have it synthesized with the Sunny, I can make Sunny's strength rise to the peak of Imperial Level, right?" He named the Sun-swallowing Beast's cub as Sunny. "Yes, of course, but only if you can catch a treasure beast at the peak of Imperial Level first,"

Mimi replied. Zachary's eyes lit up when he heard Mimi's explanation. After all, the cub of the Sun-swallowing Beast was a rare treasure beast with dual elements, which had considerable potential on becoming a sacred beast. If it could use synthesized strength, perhaps only a limited number of treasure beasts could contend with it.

"That's the problem. If I attempt to capture one, I may not succeed the first time. However, Anne or Tania may have some incompetent treasure beasts at the peak of Imperial Level. I have to go and find out," Zachary whispered to himself, rolling his eyes wickedly. Then, he went straight to the Living-dead Tomb.

After reaching the Living-dead Tomb, Zachary informed Anne about the situation.

"A treasure beast at the peak of Imperial Level? I don't have one. My weakest treasure beasts are at the premium stage of Sage Level. If I can leave the system, I can grab one for you," Anne replied thoughtfully, but she immediately continued, "But I can't leave the system. How are about this? You can ask Tania to help you catch one. She is free to move around outside."

"Would she be eager to do that for me? I just took advantage of her last time!" Zachary said, raising his eyebrows teasingly.

"That's not for me to know but for you to find out," Anne said with a smile.

"Ha-ha, I understand what you mean. I'm going now." When Zachary saw the expression on Anne's face, he knew she had the same idea as him. Tiana would surely help him.