"What's that?" Zeng Mu always felt puzzled and asked questions when faced with something unfamiliar. It was a sign of both his foolishness and his intelligence.
"Seriously? You've never even heard of the Three-Stripe Purple Tiger? Doesn't that Kanni fellow who hangs around you claim his knowledge and understanding of Elemental Beasts rival my uncle's? Hasn't he mentioned it?" Yenaier spread her hands and shook her head helplessly, as though she were talking to an idiot.
"Uh..." Zeng Mu scratched his head, glanced at Qidunston, and gave a dry laugh. "That fellow does chatter in my ear every day, but I don't think he's ever told me about this Three-Stripe Purple Tiger. If he had, I'd definitely remember. You know, someone like me might not know much, but my memory is better than most people's." He tried to salvage a little dignity.
"All right..." Yenaier patted her forehead. Disappointed, she nevertheless had to explain. "You at least know the basic differences between Elemental Beast grades, right?"
He nodded confidently, almost as though he were thumping his chest while agreeing to some remarkable undertaking. "Yes, I know that very well."
"Good. Since you know an Elemental Beast's tier is determined by the number of elemental energies it possesses, explaining the Three-Stripe Purple Tiger will be easy."
"It's a very unusual kind of third-tier Elemental Beast."
At those words, Zeng Mu's eyes went wide.
A third-tier Elemental Beast was, of course, a Superior Grade Three-Element Beast that had mastered three different kinds of elemental power. It was countless times stronger than a Fine Grade Dual-Elemental Beast or a Common Grade One-Element Beast.
Only three people on the continent had reached the Return to Truth Realm as Elementalists, and Zeng Mu now knew their names.
They were Malena, Temple Master of the Holy