Bull Shadow

Yue Yang struggled to his feet, enduring the dizziness and weakness caused by overexerting his true energy. He reached out and gathered Little Wenli, who was swaying unsteadily with a pale little face, into his arms. Her large eyes were filled with exhaustion. Slowly closing them, she wrapped all six little arms tightly around Yue Yang before finally turning into a streak of rainbow light and entering his body.

If she had matured, fighting a terrifying demon might have been nothing to her. But she was still only an infant.

Being able to break one of the demon's arms was already the limit of what she and Yue Yang could achieve in battle.

"Good girl, sleep!"

Receiving the message that Little Wenli had fallen asleep, Yue Yang let out a breath of relief.

Although Little Wenli was his Life Guardian Beast and would never truly die, deep down, Yue Yang still regarded this little snake demon girl as his "daughter." He could not bear to let her suffer even the slightest harm. Seeing that she was uninjured and merely resting in deep sleep from exhaustion, the heavy stone hanging over his heart finally fell away. Returning to the pale red barrier of the Bronze Codex, Yue Yang found that the Bright-Eyed Thief was still asleep. Protected on all sides by the barrier, she had not been affected in the slightest by the fierce battle just now...

Several times, Yue Yang wanted to pull down the Bright-Eyed Thief's veil and see her face, but he ultimately gave up. Some things in this world were more beautiful with a little mystery. Once the paper over the window was pierced, the longing was gone.

Yue Yang had long seen that the Bright-Eyed Thief was a girl, but he had never expected her to possess a Silver Codex and be a level-four Hero as well. How much manpower and resources would it take to raise a girl like that? Yue Yang could not imagine it, but one thing was certain: she definitely was not from an ordinary family, and she could not possibly be a thief!

Perhaps she had her own unspeakable reasons for dressing as a thief!

If she really had been some little thief, teasing her would not have mattered. But she was clearly from Butterfly Hundred-Flower Valley... Butterfly Hundred-Flower Valley had complicated ties with the royal families of every nation. If he wanted to keep a low profile and avoid being dragged into the struggles of those royal families, he should not get too close to this girl.

Yue Yang sighed softly and put away the Blood-Tongued Saliva-Spitting Thorn Flower.

Opening the Bronze Codex, which had advanced to the intermediate rank, Yue Yang discovered that he needed to summon the Bronze Codex for battle first in order to gain battle points.

Like when he had defeated Rock and Iron Frenzy earlier, he had not received a single point.

At that moment, several lines of text appeared on the first page of the codex:

In this battle, with the strength of a beginner apprentice, you killed a level-three high-rank Hero without suffering any damage and completely destroyed the opponent's powerful battle beasts. You displayed extraordinary combat talent in this battle. Four-star "Outstanding" rating. Battle points: 16.

In the same battle, you defeated a level-five beginner Master once more. Five-star "Perfect" rating. Points: 25.

You successfully protected the safety of your battle companion. Additional battle points: 5.

Finally, in a battle you could not possibly win, you successfully defeated and injured a level-eight Hell Demon King, achieving a miracle-like victory for humanity. Seven-star "Miracle" rating. Battle points: 49. In the devastating battle, you successfully protected your companion once again. Additional battle points: 7. Bronze Codex battle points reached 102. The Bronze Codex automatically advanced from beginner rank to intermediate rank, adding one page... You are the first human warrior in history to defeat a level-eight Hell Demon King as a level-one beginner apprentice. The Ancient Laws grant one of your battle beasts a unique divine ability...

Turning to the second page, Yue Yang saw that Phantom, his Life Guardian Beast, had indeed gained a new ability: "Possession"!

Possession: Phantom may seize the body of a battle beast as its new body. The target must be a living entity of the opposite sex from its master, and during the possession process, the target must be **. The success rate depends on the target's strength and willpower.

"I'm dizzy. Why are there so many restrictions on this 'Possession'?" Yue Yang broke out in a cold sweat.

With so many restrictions, could it be some useless skill?

If Yue Yang could choose for himself, he would definitely have given Little Wenli a new skill. Phantom was not bad either, but it ultimately had a time limit.

What if the time ran out? After ten days, if the successfully possessed Phantom disappeared and had to possess another body later, would that not be a waste of effort? Besides, good battle beasts were already hard to find. Now it had to be female, and the possession target had to be **. Killing it would not work either. This was simply too difficult.

What powerful living battle beast would willingly stand by and watch someone else seize its body?

Resistance was inevitable. This possession could be summed up in one word!

Hard!

Yue Yang felt this skill might be useless after all... But having it was still better than not having it, so Student Yue Yang reluctantly accepted it.

"Moo! Moo!"

The badly wounded Bronze Bull suddenly forced itself upright from beneath the shattered Rock Golem. After taking such a heavy blow, it was somehow still alive. Even Yue Yang was amazed by its tenacious vitality.

A thought flashed through Yue Yang's mind. This Bronze Bull seemed to be female. Could Phantom possess its body?

After studying it carefully, he found that it really was one tough mother cow.

"Sorry, but I happen to be short on a mother cow. Could you lend me your body for a bit?" Student Yue Yang walked up to the Bronze Bull and asked politely. The Bronze Bull's answer was to lower its head and ram him with a horn. If its hind legs had not been severely injured, it would have charged over, sent the shameless transmigrator flying, and then trampled him to death.

A shadow emerged from Yue Yang's body, spread its arms, and directly "embraced" the Bronze Bull.

At once, the Bronze Bull began jumping and thrashing about in agony. Its enormous body twisted wildly, sprang into the air, then crashed heavily back onto the ground. It immediately rolled around across the ground, bellowing in extreme pain.

During the possession process, Student Yue Yang could not help at all.

He could only watch helplessly as Phantom and the Bronze Bull battled it out. Yue Yang had no confidence at all that this possession would succeed... As for what would happen afterward, he had not even considered it! The Bronze Bull was merely an experiment. He only wanted to see whether Possession was a useless skill and how it was meant to be used.

"Moo! Moooargh!"

Before long, blood flowed from the Bronze Bull's seven orifices, making it look utterly terrifying.

Its will was gradually crushed by Phantom. Its soul was annihilated, and its body was successfully possessed by the shadow. Its enormous body rapidly warped and transformed. Under Yue Yang's dumbfounded gaze, it gradually became a female giant three meters tall. A strangely patterned cowhide armor appeared over her chest and abdomen. Her front hooves became human-like hands, though they remained extremely thick, while her hind legs, bovine knees, and hooves barely changed at all, merely straightening upright. Her two horns, including the one Yue Yang had previously broken, grew from either side of the female giant's head and curved upward, giving her an especially fierce, battle-hungry aura.

The long cow tail remained as well.

At the sight of this female giant who was ninety percent human and ten percent cow, Student Yue Yang's jaw dropped to the ground... Th-this was Phantom after possession?

"Avatar?" Yue Yang found that this female giant resembled the Avatars from the movie a little, except she was ten times bulkier. They had slender waists like water snakes, while this one had the barrel waist of a bull. She was the kind whose height was eight feet and whose waist was also eight feet!

Opening the second page of the Bronze Codex again, he found that among the images of Phantom, a special new shadow had appeared at the forefront of the several shadows.

Bull Shadow: Humanoid Special Type, Bronze Level Three, Semi-Entity, Life Guardian Beast, Tough Hide, special skills "Trample" and "Death Gaze."

Student Yue Yang's mouth hung wide enough to fit a fist inside. "My kidneys..."