Chapter 96: Chapter 81: He Is a Heart-Stealing Enchanting Demon
Shen Xuan’s Beastmaster Talent, Poison Burst Calculation, perfectly addressed the common weakness of Poison Attribute Guardian Beasts.
Poison Burst Calculation detonates all related poison Energy within a target at once. This is equivalent to unleashing all the damage the poison would have dealt over time in a single, explosive instant.
It instantly inflicts massive poison damage on the target.
Thanks to their poison, Poison Attribute Guardian Beasts generally have the ability to fight above their Tier.
Even if a Poison Attribute Guardian Beast is killed after poisoning its target, it can usually take the High-Tier opponent down with it.
With his Beastmaster Talent, Poison Burst Calculation, and his Order Beast, the Mother of Ten Thousand Erosions, Shen Xuan already possessed a way to kill powerful enemies above his Tier.
Furthermore, when he used Poison Burst Calculation to detonate the poison and kill a target, it would automatically trigger the Skill, Poison Chain Conduction, allowing the burst of toxic damage to be transferred to other enemies.
A Celestial Destiny Seeker whose Beastmaster Talent and Lifebound Guardian Beast were so perfectly compatible was a true rarity!
Perhaps the Mother of Ten Thousand Erosions, on its own potential alone, couldn’t earn Shen Xuan an SS Level potential rating.
But when factoring in Shen Xuan’s own Beastmaster Talent, Zhong Yi felt he was more than qualified for an SS Level potential rating.
As Zhong Yi stared at the Order Beast, Shen Xuan watched his expression intently.
When Zhong Yi remained silent for a long moment, Shen Xuan asked cautiously.
"Young Master, I’ve now awakened my Lifebound Guardian Beast. Can I join your team?"
"If my Lifebound Guardian Beast isn’t strong enough, I can form a Contract with other Guardian Beasts to better support the team."
Order Beasts themselves possessed extremely high intelligence. Zhong Yi’s Order Beast, the Resurrection Celestial Lord, for example, was as intelligent as any normal human.
It might even have been smarter than some less intelligent people.
Shen Xuan’s Order Beast, the Mother of Ten Thousand Erosions, had already been waiting for Shen Xuan for a long time in his Soul Base.
And now, Shen Xuan was acting as if it wasn’t strong enough, even saying he’d form a Contract with other Guardian Beasts.
This angered the Mother of Ten Thousand Erosions floating beside him, and it began to wave its veil-like, pale purple main tentacles.
Its sixteen main tentacles wrapped around Shen Xuan’s body and began to tickle him.
Shen Xuan was extremely ticklish, and as the Mother of Ten Thousand Erosions went to work, he squirmed and struggled nonstop.
The sight, combined with his stunningly beautiful and androgynous face, was like a peach tree in full bloom, its branches quivering chaotically in the teasing wind.
Petals scattered to the ground, creating a scene of enchanting, early-spring allure.
Zhong Yi and Zhong Ling didn’t seem to think much of the scene, but Zhao Kai, a middle-aged bachelor, couldn’t help but blush.
He felt as if he were standing next to a Heart-Stealing Enchanting Demon, a Demon that one would only find in a Fourth Level Abyss Secret Realm.
"Alright, Purple Erosion, stop fooling around! The Young Master is still watching!"
"This is so impolite!"
"Besides, if you were a bit stronger, I wouldn’t be thinking about forming a Contract with other Guardian Beasts."
Shen Xuan’s words did make the Mother of Ten Thousand Erosions stop, but they offered no comfort whatsoever.
Instead, the Mother of Ten Thousand Erosions resentfully curled up its sixteen main tentacles and began to ignore him.
Of course, Shen Xuan knew his words would hurt Purple Erosion’s feelings, but his greatest desire was to join Zhong Yi’s team.
From Shen Xuan’s perspective, the fact that Zhong Yi didn’t treat him like a slave wasn’t necessarily a good thing.
He felt it implicitly weakened the bond between him and Zhong Yi.
Joining Zhong Yi’s team would be a definitive way to strengthen that bond.
Shen Xuan was more than willing to form a Contract with other Guardian Beasts if it meant supporting the team and covering its weaknesses.
Shen Xuan had spoken from the heart, but he had no idea that his heartfelt words had just made Zhao Kai roll his eyes dramatically.
In all his decades of life, Zhao Kai considered himself a man of the world.
Shen Xuan was, without a doubt, the biggest humblebragger Zhao Kai had ever met!
’Just listen to him! What does he mean, his Lifebound Guardian Beast "isn’t very strong"?!’
’If an Order Beast isn’t strong, then what kind of Lifebound Guardian Beast *is*?’
Shen Xuan’s words felt like dozens of Versailles Palaces smashing into Zhao Kai’s forehead.
Zhao Kai couldn’t help but speak up.
"Shen Xuan, you’re seriously underestimating the power of an Order Beast!"
"A Celestial Destiny Seeker can indeed form Contracts with other Guardian Beasts, but it isn’t recommended to do so before your Order Beast advances to the Fantasy Level."
"Once an Order Beast has advanced to the Fantasy Tier, reached Gold Quality, and possesses three Skills and Exclusive Traits, its core Abilities are more or less set in stone."
"Choosing complementary Guardian Beasts based on its Abilities at that point is without a doubt the better option."
"And when you’re out, don’t summon your Order Beast so recklessly..."
Zhao Kai had already learned about Shen Xuan’s situation from Zhong Yi.
Normally, even if Zhao Kai enjoyed acting as a mentor, he would never presume to lecture a Celestial Destiny Seeker.
Besides, Zhao Kai wasn’t the type to enjoy playing teacher in the first place!
Otherwise, he wouldn’t have arrived in Starlight City without ever having taken on a single apprentice.
Zhao Kai was explaining in such detail the common knowledge a Celestial Destiny Seeker needed to master for two reasons. For one, he genuinely wanted to help Shen Xuan. For another, if Shen Xuan really did join Zhong Yi’s team, Zhao Kai was afraid he would cause trouble for Zhong Yi.
Summoning an Order Beast so recklessly without any guards around could easily attract the attention of Bizarre entities or ill-intentioned Guardian Beast Masters.
Bizarre entities considered a Celestial Destiny Seeker’s Order Beast to be the finest delicacy, but some ill-intentioned Guardian Beast Masters might harbor even darker motives.
