Chapter 429 - Chapter 429: 421

Chapter 429: 421

He risked his life to save the Black Spider Gu and could clearly feel the relationship between him and the Black Spider Gu had grown much closer.

This change was hard to put into words, but with his long-honed sharp insight, he could vaguely detect it.

Having tamed so many pets, he was crystal clear about which ones were extremely loyal to him and which ones were compelled into submission by the power of a soul contract.

Take the Fire Phoenix for instance, he was able to tame it entirely by taking advantage of its vulnerability.

When he first tamed it, the Fire Phoenix even harboured deep hatred towards Qin Niu.

Later, Qin Niu devoted his full effort to help it successfully undergo its nirvana, which greatly improved their relationship.

The taming of the Black Spider Gu had been equally difficult at first.

After taming it, its loyalty had never been high.

Even though Qin Niu used the Green Demon Bee’s venom to help it increase its strength and later went out of his way to find even more potent venoms to feed it, he still couldn’t raise its loyalty.

Later, he mistakenly believed that all Gus were cold-blooded and unfeeling, that they were thankless wolves and hearts cold as stone that couldn’t be warmed, so he simply gave up.

After all, with a master-servant contract in place, he could still command the Black Spider Gu to kill enemies and perform tasks.

However, every Insect Master or Beast Tamer hopes for the highest possible loyalty from their pets.

If the loyalty is too low, when they are ordered to work, they are likely to slack off.

This would greatly diminish the pets’ combat effectiveness and agility.

Even more frightening is that when the master is weakened, or the pet’s level greatly exceeds their master’s, they would turn on their master without hesitation.

This is terrifying.

Many such tragedies have occurred throughout history.

The once-dominant Hundred-Eyes Immortal Monarch died from being turned on by his own pet. It is said that Hundred-Eyes Immortal Monarch had tamed an extremely powerful centipede, a rare species among heaven and earth, and a top existence among strange insects.

Hundred-Eyes Immortal Monarch made his fortune with this centipede, progressing rapidly and becoming an Immortal Master of an Immortal Sect.

The centipede was Hundred-Eyes Immortal Monarch’s darling. Whatever high-grade resources he obtained, he would give to the centipede first. It is said that once, Hundred-Eyes Immortal Monarch got a very good Demonic Beast Inner Alchemy Elixir.

This was a Water Attribute Demon Elixir, which matched the Cultivation Technique practiced by Hundred-Eyes Immortal Monarch very well.

If it had been someone else, they definitely would have asked an elixir master to refine it into an elixir and then take it to increase cultivation.

Hundred-Eyes Immortal Monarch instead exchanged this demon core for a Fire Attribute Demon Elixir and had it refined into an elixir for the centipede to consume.

At that time, those around Hundred-Eyes Immortal Monarch advised him against such foolishness.

Hundred-Eyes Immortal Monarch didn’t listen and was determined to nurture his beloved centipede.

After consuming the elixir, the centipede performed impressively, successfully advancing two levels. With the newly advanced centipede, Hundred-Eyes Immortal Monarch slaughtered his way through opponents and wiped out his strongest enemy in one fell swoop.

Since then, Hundred-Eyes Immortal Monarch, like possessed, recklessly sought various high-grade resources for his centipede, to make it stronger.

In doing so, the gap between his own cultivation level and the centipede’s grew ever wider without him realizing.

This laid the groundwork for later tragedy.

Having conquered the world with the help of the centipede, Hundred-Eyes Immortal Monarch had not completely neglected his own cultivation.

It was just that he focused primarily on the centipede.

Once, he accidentally obtained a ten-thousand-year-old frost ginseng.

This was a treasure that could not only nourish qi and blood and prolong life but also enhance cultivation. He too thought of using this rare millennia-old medicament to break through his cultivation bottleneck.

For this, he invited the best elixir master to refine it into an elixir, made thorough preparations, and then entered seclusion for life-or-death cultivation.

He brought only the centipede with him into the cave abode.

In his view, having that centipede to protect his safety was enough.

The centipede’s level was several grades higher than his, and its power was even stronger than its master’s. With it as a protector, he truly had no need to worry about enemies daring to cause trouble.

This seclusion lasted for a full seven years.

It wasn’t until one day, when a hybrid monster with a human head and a centipede’s body emerged from the cave dwelling, that everyone realized the Hundred-Eyes Immortal Monarch had been devoured by his own centipede.

Because of the existing master-servant contract, the centipede didn’t dare kill the Hundred-Eyes Immortal Monarch; otherwise, it would have died as well.

After the centipede successfully devoured the master, it took direct control of the Hundred-Eyes Immortal Monarch and merged with him, becoming a monster.

After it left the cave dwelling, it went on a killing spree against everyone in the Immortal Sect.

Not for anything else, just to eat those Immortal Masters to enhance its own strength.

It wanted to become stronger.

In that battle, the entire Immortal Sect suffered a great disaster, with over forty disciples nearly wiped out.

In the end, three elders were forced to trigger the Sect Annihilation Formation, perishing together with the centipede, which finally killed it.

That incident directly led to the expulsion of a very powerful Immortal Sect, the loss was immeasurable.

Afterwards, an investigation revealed that the Hundred-Eyes Immortal Monarch had left a will in the cave dwelling, roughly explaining the reasons for the disaster. He had become possessed by evil during his seclusion and cultivation due to his eagerness for quick success after taking an elixir.

Although he managed to stabilize the situation eventually, he was weak, and his cultivation level not only failed to advance but actually regressed.

Under these circumstances, the centipede he had spent a lifetime carefully nurturing brazenly turned on him.

Because he had used almost all of his important resources to train that centipede, and coupled with its outstanding talent, it was unrivaled. Even all the other pets of the Hundred-Eyes Immortal Monarch combined couldn’t beat this centipede.

The tragedy of the Hundred-Eyes Immortal Monarch shows that the loyalty of a pet is extremely important.

Otherwise, when a pet’s level greatly exceeds its master’s, it is very likely to turn on the master.

The Black Spider Gu could help Qin Niu ward off all poisons, its use was quite significant.

But its loyalty to Qin Niu had not been able to rise, which was like planting a bomb. It could explode at any moment.

Qin Niu was well aware of this, so he wasn’t overly eager with the nurturing of the Black Spider Gu.

This time, he risked his life to save the Black Spider Gu, and unexpectedly, the loyalty of the Black Spider Gu towards him increased substantially, which was a cause for celebration.

Only now, whether he could successfully escape the pursuit of the Mirage Insect was not easy to say.

The dark mist chased him like a maggot attached to bone, biting hard on his heels.

If Qin Niu hadn’t been poisoned, he would have escaped in an instant.

But now he was struggling to move.

Just as the dark mist was about to reach his body, the Green Ox outside the valley charged indiscriminately into the valley.

Its Dragon’s Roar Skill couldn’t be used continuously; it could only run while using its strongest offensive method, shooting a beam of golden light from its horns to attack the enemy.

But the valley was filled with poisonous miasma, and the golden light didn’t work well.

It couldn’t even illuminate the dark mist, let alone deal with the giant insect within it.

At this moment, Qin Niu very clearly felt the presence of the Grim Reaper.

He hadn’t experienced this feeling in a long time, and he hadn’t expected to face it once again in the Valley of Wronged Spirits. The sensation of a hair-raising, impending catastrophe made it clear to him that if he were to be engulfed by the dark mist, it’s highly likely he would be killed instantly.

Just at this critical juncture, a green shadow darted out like a bolt of lightning and plunged into the dark mist.

It was Qin Niu’s Green Demon Bee taking action.

Sensing that its master faced mortal danger, it decisively risked its life to protect him.