Chapter 443 - Disappointment. Surprise

Exactly how deep was the cave? Zhang Che didn’t want to think about it.

He only wanted to know whether he would encounter any higher-quality exotic beasts afterwards since this place had nurtured so many five-star gold-quality Extreme Yin Bats.

It’d be pretty good if there were dark gold, or even legend-quality exotic beasts. Of course, it’d be best if there was an mid-tier epic-quality beast or two!

If there was a mid-tier epic-quality exotic beast, it’d be extremely likely for the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon to advance in quality after consuming it or them, becoming a six-star epic-quality pet.

At that time, Zhang Che would have two pets with epic-tier strength. It’d be much easier later on if he encountered more exotic beasts that needed to be left as corpses.

It couldn’t be helped; he had so many pets to raise. It would be a little bit of a waste if he could only obtain beast cards when he encountered exotic beasts that were not of suitable attributes…

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They continued forward. This time, the air vibrated even more intensely in the darkness ahead. About ten Extreme Yin Bats flew out at one go. Similarly, they directly flew past the Scarlet Flame Drake and Purple Crystal Tortoise at the front, flying straight towards the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon.

Previously, Zhang Che had thought those fellows understood killing him meant eliminating his subdued beasts and pets. It was only afterwards that he realized they were all drawn here by the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon.

The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon had treated those Extreme Yin Bats as delicious food. But at the same time, those Extreme Yin Bats also thought the dragon was delicious prey, and wanted to eat him to raise their strengths.

This was fine, too. Zhang Che, together with his other subdued beasts and pets watched at the side, not having to interfere at all.

Although the Extreme Yin Bats weren’t weak, being at five-star gold-quality, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon didn’t even give them a chance to unleash their skills. He directly breathed a stream of cold air at them, freezing them to death, then devoured these supplements that came knocking on his door of their own accord.

-But that fellow has already eaten more than thirty Extreme Yin Bats, and yet there aren’t any signs of him breaking through at all. Looks like it’s very difficult for him to rank up…- Zhang Che sighed heavily inside. The bats were worth more than a billion dollars combined. He could only watch as they vanished like a puff of smoke before his eyes.

If he was still the same Zhang Che as when he first became a beastmaster, he’d probably faint from the heartache. Fortunately, he could now endure this for the sake of letting the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon break through.

After devouring those ten or so Extreme Yin Bats, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon was obviously full, letting out a satisfied roar. The darkfiend cold aura on his aura seemed a little different than before, seeming more active than before.

Of course, Zhang Che wasn’t sure if that was really the case. Perhaps he was in pain over losing the fortune he could have gotten from those Extreme Yin Bats, and was imagining things to console himself?

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After a short rest, Zhang Che led his babies to continue explording deeper into the underground cave.

The cold air around them seemed to have actual substance, leaving Zhang Che with no choice but to put on the Purple-Gold Demonic Armored Worm armor to keep the bone-piercing chill out.

“Shit, what exactly is in this place? Why is it so cold?”

Zhang Che even wondered if there was a divine-quality exotic beast in the deepest part of this underground cave. If that was really true, he would have no choice but to turn around and leave if they met.

A divine-quality exotic beast! Although Zhang Che had yet to have an opportunity to battle against such an existence, he could extrapolate that he was probably far from being a match for it.

The scarlet and white sword could only cause minor damage to divine-quality exotic beasts at the most, while those powerful exotic beasts probably didn’t have to use their skills or Domain powers. Their normal attacks alone would be able to crush him.

-It’s better to be more cautious…-

Done thinking, Zhang Che couldn’t help slowing down his party. Not only that, he gradually realized something was amiss.

During the last quarter of an hour, no other exotic beasts came flying out of the underground cave after the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon killed those ten or so Extreme Yin Bats.

Could it be that there was really a divine-quality exotic beast in here?

Zhang Che felt nervous. But after thinking things through, he didn’t feel it was very possible.

If there was really a divine-quality exotic beast here, would those Extreme Yin Bats, who were only five-star gold-quality, stay here in peace?

There wasn’t any evidence proving that divine-quality exotic beasts would definitely drive or kill all other exotic beasts inside its territory, Zhang Che didn’t understand them at all. He had no way to make a proper judgment.

However, he didn’t have to worry about this problem any more.

After making a few more turns, Zhang Che suddenly saw that the cave no longer extended down.

He had led his babies to a spacious cavern. This was an extremely open underground space!

Even though the golden scarlet flames around the Scarlet Flame Drake’s body could illuminate a hundred meters around it, it was unable to fully light up the area. Not only that, Zhang Che couldn’t see the top of the cave, either.

In other words, this underground cavern was over a hundred meters tall, and its width unknown!

Of course, those were not important.

What calmed Zhang Che, but left him disappointed afterwards, was that there wasn’t a single exotic beast around.

Logically speaking, this was the deepest area of the underground cave, and the surrounding cold aura felt like it had actual substance. If a powerful exotic beast existed in this cave, it was impossible for it to not be here.

In other words, there were really no other exotic beasts in this underground cave other than those Extreme Yin Bats from earlier.

“So, doesn’t that mean my hopes of letting the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon break through are dashed?”

Zhang Che was depressed, not knowing how to express it.

However, in the next moment, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon underneath him suddenly let out an extremely cheerful roar, flying straight ahead.

Zhang Che’s heart immediately thumped. -Could it be a cold-attributed spiritual herb!?-

But, that idea wasn’t reliable. If there was indeed a spiritual herb, it would have been eaten long ago by those Extreme Yin Bats. They wouldn’t wait for his arrival today.

The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon flew several hundred meters in. The surrounding cold aura was close to penetrating the defense of Zhang Che’s beast card armor and seeping into his body. It was extremely dense.

Also, the area was covered in darkness. Zhang Che didn’t know what was around him.

He hurriedly ordered the Scarlet Flame Drake to run over, intending to borrow the light around its body to illuminate the area.

Although the Scarlet Flame Drake hated the environment here, and that dark, bone-piercing air was threatening to freeze the fire elements inside it, it didn’t dare to go against Zhang Che’s orders. It ran over with long, quick strides, the flames around its body dimmer than before.

When the light around the Scarlet Flame Drake illuminated the area, Zhang Che finally saw what the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon desired so much.

Zhang Che was so suprised he was stunned in place.