The Era of Gods

Chapter 507: Chapter 507 Taming the Super Bear Monster

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But monsters still had to be killed, and that place was the most suitable nearby. There might be better places further away, but if we strayed too far from this group of instances, we wouldn’t be able to achieve the goal of monopolizing these few instances. Other players could establish other fortresses on the other side.

However, Lin Xiao didn’t start working on this right away. Instead, he built a temporary camp in the small mountains and led his team out every day to slay demons to level up.

He always felt that his current strength was still insufficient; leveling up seemed like a better option.

Not to mention anything else, he wanted to at least raise his main subordinates with Lord and Leader Templates to Level 75 first.

In addition, more than a year had passed since leaving the Shattrath Ruins, and every month he would extract a dose of True Body’s stored Bloodline Essence from the Creation Rubik’s Cube to strengthen his subordinates. By now, he had accumulated 12, among which five were Star Spirit Bloodline Essences and the remaining seven were all Supreme Naga Bloodline Essences, including one sufficient to create a Lord Template warrior.

These five Star Spirit Bloodline Essences had created two new Leader Priests, with the remaining three being two ice and one fire.

If nothing unexpected occurred, these were all the Leader-creating Star Spirit Bloodline Essences Lin Xiao could obtain from his True Body, because as a Sub-legendary Race, Star Spirits needed the essence blood of those dozen or so Legendary Star Spirits to create Leader Template Star Spirit subordinates, not like the Supreme Naga that only needed a Rank 7 Naga warrior to create Leader-tier subordinates.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

That is to say, it would be very difficult for him to obtain Bloodline Essences capable of creating Leader-level Star Spirits in the future unless new Legendary Star Spirits were born in the Divine Realm.

Extracting Bloodline Essences like these would have some impact on the True Body; it absolutely could not be done repeatedly unless one was willing to discard that subordinate.

Of course, while Leader-level Star Spirits were not readily available, it was possible to extract the bloodline strength of Star Spirits below Legend, which could only fuse to create Enhanced Elite Template Star Spirit Mages after merging, not NPCs with the Leader Template.

The previously obtained Lord-class Star Mage had bloodline essence derived from a Star Spirit with a bloodline concentration and strength that was very powerful, second only to the Demigod Alemente of the Star Spirits, a Legendary Star Spirit named Julian. Lin Xiao saw the potential for heroism in him, and his bloodline was powerful enough to create a Lord-class Star Mage.

The seven Supreme Naga Bloodline Essences were allocated with two going to Shooters, four to warriors, with one being a Lord-class Shooter.

This time, Lin Xiao’s True Body had not prepared many Bloodline Essences for him that could be enhanced to the Lord Template; such things needed to be extracted from those four Rank 9 Legendary Supreme Naga Great Lords, totaling four. He had already extracted thrice before, and this time was the last.

The bloodline essence of the Rank 8 Legendary Supreme Naga was a little short, unable to raise the subordinate’s template to Lord level, only to Leader, so there was no need for that.

NPC subordinates leveled up much faster than players. Lin Xiao had labored to reach Level 72, and the highest among this batch of subordinates were above Level 72, with the highest at Level 74.

The demons wandering this shattered floating land called Purgatory were overall a notch above Hellfire in terms of levels, providing more experience than anywhere else. With daily frenzied slaughtering, even Lin Xiao and his girlfriend’s experience were rapidly increasing, not to mention their subordinates.

Half a year passed in a blur of relentless grinding. The Bloodline Essences transferred from the Creation Rubik’s Cube over six months were all used to enhance warriors, totaling fourteen Leader-class warriors.

It wasn’t until all Leader-class subordinates had reached above Level 75, with the top two reaching Level 76, that Lin Xiao started to deal with that Demonized Bear Monster subordinate.

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This tribe wasn’t too large. The mountain basin with a diameter of just over a kilometer was home to nearly a thousand demonized bear monsters. After observing for half a year, Lin Xiao found that they sent members out to hunt every day. He lay in wait on their route, ambushing the hunting squads and slaughtering their most elite warriors before blocking one of their exits.

He wasn’t worried about the bear monsters fleeing. Under normal circumstances, this type of tribal race would not abandon their homes to escape.

Besides, if they did choose to flee, Lin Xiao would be quite happy, as it would save him some effort.

The bear monster tribe had an Level 80 Leader BOSS, which was usually the top dog in the vicinity and would not willingly leave. After a period of chaos, many infuriated demonized bear monsters swarmed out toward his position in attack.

This was exactly what Lin Xiao wanted. warriors blocked the front, and the mages at the back started to show their power.

Blizzard, Rain of Fire technique, thunderclouds, and arcane storms descended from the sky. The intertwining energies left the bear monsters amidst a purgatory, and they were quickly exterminated on their way to attack.

Wave after wave of bear monsters died in combat, until finally, the Leader of the bear monsters in the valley, the same one that had killed Lin Xiao with a single blow half a year ago, roared and charged out. With each several meters it covered, its size increased, and by the time it reached the outlet amidst the mingling ice and fire, it had transformed into a massive bear monster, over thirty meters tall and wrapped in thick lightning. It fiercely smacked down with its giant, lightning-entwined paw.

“Boom!”

A blazing white arc of electricity exploded with the colossal claw as it slammed into the ground, streaking towards the defenses like lightning.

Without waiting for Lin Xiao’s command, Sven No.1, now transformed into a Supreme Naga, lifted his great sword and thrust it into the ground before him. A circle of golden light erupted, forming a shield branding a densely adorned and splendid pattern, gleaming with gold. The blazing white lightning struck the shield, bursting with dazzling electric light.

“Kill him!”

The Star Mage immediately summoned a massive Starworld chain to anchor the giant bear monster in place. The newly promoted Lord-level Shooter named Starhunter drew an arrow and nocked it onto his bow, slowly pulling back. A faint golden light converged on the arrow, quickly forming into a dazzling golden missile.

The golden light flashed and disappeared, and in the same second, a huge wound blasted open on the bear monster’s body, large enough for a person to crawl through, the inside charred black.

All the mages started chanting and casting their strongest spells simultaneously. Four Lord-level warriors unsheathed their swords and charged at the bear monster. Midway, they transformed into equally colossal Supreme Nagas, suppressing the giant bear monster beneath them. The entangled lightning on its body crackled and exploded, but it couldn’t harm the Supreme Nagas.

Although they were four levels below the bear monster Leader, their templates were enough to bridge this level gap. Any one of the Lord-level warriors could now take on the bear monster alone, not to mention the group surrounding it. The bear monster had no chance to fight back and was overwhelmed on the field, bombarded with relentless attacks for several minutes. Just as it was about to be beaten to death, Lin Xiao ordered a halt, giving it a moment to catch its breath.

He had a bold idea and wanted to try taming the bear monster.

Although it was a demonized creature, it still retained a shred of reason, making communication possible.

Of course, the main reason was that he had taken a liking to the creature. After all, this was a Level 80 Leader Template bear monster Shaman with a formidable combat power, and it was already a battle-ready force without the need for training, worth giving it a try.

If he could succeed, he would use this method to conquer other demonized leaders on this Broken Floating Land in the future.

About half an hour later, the Bear Monster Leader recovered, roaring with rage as it spurred on lightning to struggle once more. The blazing bolts of lightning were thicker than a man’s body, forcing Lin Xiao to keep his distance for fear of approaching. This creature was too powerful, and even a touch of its lightning, given his current health below ten thousand, would mean instant death.

Fortunately, his subordinates were all thick-skinned brutes. Several Lord-level warriors had reached levels 75 and 76 and boasted over four million health points, along with formidable defenses and resistances, making the lightning that could slay him seem like mere drizzle to them.

Using the same tactics, Lin Xiao beat the Bear Monster Leader into helplessness once again, then shouted from a distance:

“Submit, or die!”

The reply was a furious struggle.

“Keep beating!”

In the same manner, they cycled through the process, repeatedly beating it to near death before letting it recover on its own.

On the other side, as more and more Bear Monsters were killed, the Bear Monster Leader grew increasingly enraged.

It is worth mentioning that all the Bear Monsters in this demonized Bear Monster Tribe were of the Elite Template, with levels of at least 70 or higher, including dozens of Enhanced Elite Leaders. Among them were Shaman Bear Monsters capable of casting spells, and their Healing Totems could provide wide-area healing, which was incredibly useful on the chaotic battlefield.

“Will you submit?”

“Keep beating!”

Half an hour later:

“Will you submit?”

“Keep beating!”

Many hours later:

“Are you going to submit yet?”

“Roar!”

“Beat it again!”

Lin Xiao waved his hand, wavering slightly. After beating the creature back and forth violently twenty or thirty times, the Bear Monsters in the valley had been repelled back into it, yet it still wouldn’t submit.

If he weren’t afraid of making the creature so hostile that it could never be tamed, he would have slaughtered all the Bear Monsters already.

His girlfriend also frowned beautifully and said:

“Is it impossible to tame demonized creatures?”

Lin Xiao shook his head:

“There’s no reason for that. Even wild beasts without intelligence can be tamed; this guy has some wisdom, so in theory, he should be tamable. It must be that my method is incorrect.”

Pondering over the Bear Monster Leader beaten into an unrecognizable state, his mind raced through various methods, yet none seemed plausible.

Unfortunately, the creature was not cooperating, and he dared not observe it closely. Otherwise, getting closer to study it might lead to a solution.

“Damn it, just lock it up for now.”

After already wasting many hours, he wasn’t prepared to continue fiddling around.

He ordered two warriors to restrain it, keeping it on the brink of death to avoid complications, while the rest of his subordinates invaded the valley, killing all the resisting Bear Monsters on sight.

Bear Monsters are a sub-species of Pandaren and are naturally short-tempered, not to mention the demonized ones. Most of them fiercely resisted, and many seemed to be trying to break through the defense line to save their Leader.

These were eradicated without exception. Soon a large number of Bear Monsters were killed, and their dark, demonic blood flowed like rivers, darkening the ground of the valley.

Then, at a certain moment, as the Lord-level warrior Sven No.3 raised his great sword to slash at an Enhanced Elite Bear Monster, the Bear Monster Leader, which had been struggling fiercely, suddenly let out a pitiful cry. Following this, Lin Xiao noticed the name above the once resistant Bear Monster Leader’s head had changed from the hostile red to the friendly green. At the same time, a system prompt appeared before his eyes:

“The Demonized Bear Monster Tribe Leader is willing to submit to you, now with a loyalty of 13/100.”

“Quite the rebellious one, aren’t you!”

A look of joy appeared on Lin Xiao’s face, not caring about the low loyalty; being able to tame the beast was good news. Loyalty meant it could be raised, and slowly but steadily, it would increase.