Pet System

Garen had been strolling leisurely through the Magical Beast Mountain Range when he suddenly spotted a huge ancient tree covered in red fruit.

"Phoenix Blood Fruit!"

He had read about this fruit in books. Legend had it that, in ancient times, the blood of the divine beast Scarlet Flame Phoenix had dripped onto a fruit tree, giving rise to the Phoenix Blood Fruit. It bloomed once every hundred years, bore fruit once every hundred years, and ripened after another hundred years.

Eating one could strengthen one's affinity for fire elements. It also had excellent healing properties and tasted delicious. It was a rare and precious treasure.

Just as he approached the Phoenix Blood Fruit tree, a Golden Sun Eagle suddenly swooped down from the sky, intending to ambush him.

Fortunately, he had the System Map Function. He spotted the Golden Sun Eagle long before it could reach him. At a glance, he saw how imposing and handsome it looked, and decided to take it as his mount.

Golden Sun Eagles were normally Level Eight Magical Beasts, but this one was astonishingly fast—the fastest magical beast he had encountered so far.

Garen transformed into a Tiger-Striped Warrior and cast Extreme Speed on himself.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh..."

As the Golden Sun Eagle approached Garen, it instantly cast an Eighth-Level wind magic spell.

"Wind Blade Soaring Dance!"

Dozens of enormous wind blades, each two meters wide, swept toward him from every direction in an erratic flurry.

Garen dodged as best he could. After evading the blades aimed at his head, he found the Golden Sun Eagle already right in front of him.

Its metal-glinting talons reached out, trying to seize him.

Garen threw a punch, and the Momentum contained in it instantly left the Golden Sun Eagle unable to move.

"Boom!"

The Golden Sun Eagle was sent flying into a nearby mountain. Rocks flew everywhere, and dust billowed into the air.

Before it could react, Garen darted over and leaped onto its back.

Flames surged across the Golden Sun Eagle's body. The fire, powerful enough to kill an Eighth-Level Magical Beast, engulfed it as it tried to burn Garen.

But Garen had transformed into a Tiger-Striped Warrior and now possessed the strength of a late-stage Level Nine. On top of that, the Tiger God Armor offered exceptional protection against magic, so he was completely unfazed.

The Golden Sun Eagle flew into the sky and prepared to try another spell, but Garen gave it no chance. One of his tiger claws dug into the eagle's flesh while the other pounded its head, preventing it from casting any more magic.

That was how the earlier scene had come about.

He opened the system and looked at the Pet tab.

Mutated Golden Sun Eagle: Level Nine, dual wind and fire affinity (927629/1000000 experience)

Share kill experience: Off

"Holy crap, pets have experience bars too? Doesn't that mean it can level up just like me? From what I can tell, it shouldn't have any trouble reaching the Saint Realm."

Garen thought to himself.

This Mutated Golden Sun Eagle was just a little short of leveling up to the Saint Realm. It was a true peak Level Nine Magical Beast.

"Master, if you could give me some of that fruit, I'd recover much faster."

Xiao Pa suddenly spoke up.

"Why didn't you eat the fruit earlier?" Garen asked, puzzled.

"I've eaten more than a dozen over the past while, a few at a time. I can't digest too many all at once. The battle accelerated my exhaustion, and now that I'm injured, they'll be perfect for healing. These fruits are very effective."

Garen had assumed the fruit wasn't ripe yet. He hadn't expected the Golden Sun Eagle to have already eaten more than a dozen. He flew straight up to the tree and picked all the remaining fruit. After counting, he found there were forty-nine left.

He tossed three to the Golden Sun Eagle, kept one for himself, and put the rest in his storage ring.

Looking at the Phoenix Blood Fruit in his hand, which was about the size of an apple, Garen took a bite. He immediately felt the fire-style magical power within him surge. After finishing the fruit, he found that his experience had increased by more than three hundred points—equivalent to the experience he would gain from killing a Seventh-Level Magical Beast.

After eating the three fruits, the Golden Sun Eagle seemed to undergo a phoenix-like rebirth. Its visible wounds healed before Garen's eyes, and it looked revitalized and full of spirit.

Garen stepped onto the Golden Sun Eagle's back, brimming with confidence.

After he pointed in a direction, the Golden Sun Eagle took off and flew faster and faster.

It was just like getting a new car. When you'd just caught a new mount, you had to take it out for a spin.

At an altitude of a thousand meters, Garen's initial excitement gradually settled. He gazed at the vast sky above and the sprawling forest below. As gusts of wind swept past, he felt the wind all around him and entered a strange state.

He wasn't meditating, yet he sensed countless wind elements around him. He tried to guide them, and they responded to his direction like a crowd of cheerful elves.

Suddenly, he had a feeling that he could fly even without using wind magic. It seemed to come as naturally as breathing.

Garen left the Golden Sun Eagle's back and simply floated in the air, without using any magic or battle aura.

The Golden Sun Eagle stopped and stared at him in a daze. It had no idea what was happening to Garen.

"Whoosh!"

The wind elements enveloped Garen. At a mere thought, he instantly appeared several hundred meters away.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh..."

Like a child, Garen darted unpredictably through the wind, immersed in its world.

Half an hour later, he finally stopped and flew back onto the Golden Sun Eagle's back.

"Xiao Pa, I didn't expect my first ride on you to help me grasp a Wind Law Profound Mystery. Haha, you really are my lucky star."

"Master, did you just reach the Saint Realm?" the Golden Sun Eagle asked curiously.

Magical beasts rarely managed to grasp Laws and Mysteries. Since it hadn't sensed any magic fluctuations, it had thought Garen had entered the Saint Realm just then.

"No. I've only just grasped one of the Laws and Mysteries. You're at the peak of Level Nine now, so try sensing the Laws and Mysteries when you have time. Otherwise, I won't take you along with me anymore."

"Yes, Master."

After witnessing Garen's speed just now, the Golden Sun Eagle was thoroughly convinced of his strength.

"By the way, Xiao Pa, do you know where the groups of Level Eight and Level Nine Magical Beasts live in the Magical Beast Mountain Range?"

"Master, you've come to the right person. When I soar through the sky, I can see all the magical beast groups on the ground. About three hundred kilometers north of here, there's a group of Level Eight Earth Armor Dragons. A little over two hundred kilometers farther on, there's a group of Level Eight Thunder Lizards. Five hundred kilometers beyond that, there's a group of Green-Eyed Lion Mastiffs. Another three hundred kilometers farther on, there's a canyon with a group of Red Dragons and Green Dragons, and..."

"All right, all right, stop there. I didn't realize there were so many groups of high-level magical beasts. Tell me which ones are to the east. I'm going home this time, and I have to pass through the Yulan Empire. Start with the high-level magical beasts in that direction."

"Sure. Thirty kilometers east, there's a group of Level Eight Skin-Shattering Beasts. A little over a hundred kilometers farther on, there's a group of Level Nine Black Dragons, including a Saint Realm Black Dragon King. Two hundred kilometers beyond that, there's a group of Level Nine Sword-Back Dragons, including a Saint Realm Sword-Back Dragon King. A little over a hundred kilometers farther on, there's a group of Level Nine Silver Dragons. Beyond that..."

"That's enough. Come on, take me to the Skin-Shattering Beasts first."

Garen was delighted. He hadn't expected that by getting himself a magical beast mount, he'd not only grasp a Law and Mystery but also gain all this information. When looking for groups of magical beasts on his own, the map only showed him a radius of two kilometers. Who knew how much experience he would have missed? This would save him both time and effort.

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