Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
In the dense forest beside the Spirit Lake, the eerie howling of wolves continued on and on.
With the Spiritual Fluid’s nourishment, the seven little wolves had now gradually grown into gigantic beasts.
Under Lin Ming’s deliberate cultivation, they had also progressed from their previous Unranked Grade-8 to Unranked Grade-9!
The effect of the Spiritual Fluid seemed to have become stronger after he evolved.
Lin Ming also discovered that the little wolves would grow in size every time they leveled up, and their fangs would become longer and sharper.
Moreover, their sense of smell and perception had become stronger than before, and they were not just howling randomly.
At this moment, they were howling in two directions where the two groups of invaders were. They could already detect enemies about ten kilometers away accurately.
It seemed that he could make good use of them as enemy detectors in the future.
Furthermore, Lin Ming realized that three of the little wolves seemed to have completely different colors from before as if there was a deliberate attempt to differentiate them.
All the little wolves originally had mainly light or dark gray coats, with snow-white fur covering their hearts, abdomens, and limbs. Now, there were three of them whose whiteness on the edges of the feet had turned into a strange light green.
“What’s this developing into?” Lin Ming had yet to receive any clues from their personalized dashboards. Also, for some reason, he felt that these three little wolves with green fur seemed to have become faster than the others.
“Maybe I should give them names first so I can tell them apart easily.”
Only then did Lin Ming realize that he had forgotten about this important matter.
As a terrible name-giver, after a moment’s hesitation, Lin Ming decided to place them in order of their sizes — Lil One, Lil Two, Lil Three, Lil Four, Lil Five, Lil Six, and Lil Seven.
Among them, Lil One, Lil Two, and Lil Three had strange light green fur. Could it be that Lil Four and the rest would gradually have this light green color on them?
His other speculation was that these little guys were about to progress into Rank-1, and some signs had started appearing on their bodies.
A sign of mutation…
Lin Ming fell into deep thoughts. If that were true, that would be great. Maybe green was related to the Wind Element or something.
It made sense for them to turn into Wind Elemental Wolves.
If there were really such a thing as an “element”, then these little wolves could look forward to it.
Lil One and the others, who were full after drinking the Spiritual Fluid, gradually calmed down after howling for a while. However, they showed signs of agitation and restlessness by digging the ground with their huge paws.
Lin Ming felt that they seemed to be telling him that they wanted to fight.
He gently stroked their proud heads with his branches, and they gradually calmed down.
“Kill… Kill…”
At this moment, a strange feeling suddenly passed through the bamboo branches stroking them into Lin Ming’s consciousness.
“This is… your consciousness?” Lin Ming had once imagined when he would be able to communicate with these dependents, but he never expected this day to come so soon.
Before this, these wolves were just a little clever.
However, their simple thought to “kill” was their request to attack those enemies who had invaded this valley recklessly.
To be honest, this was a good thing.
Lil One and the others were not just satisfied drinking his Spiritual Fluid, but they also wanted to use their actions to prove to Lin Ming that they were not leeching off of him. Instead, they wished to relieve his worries and help him defeat those enemies encroaching on his territory.
In that case, they can go ahead.
Now that they had reached Unranked Grade-9, there was no need to worry about them facing any problems harvesting the lives of those inferior human beings.
Lin Ming had a certain level of confidence in these little guys.
However, it was safer to let them attack the group with fewer members first as an experiment.
The group with fewer members had two Unranked people, perfect for Lil One and the others to test their combat abilities.
Gently stroking the seven wolves with his branches, Lin Ming transmitted his consciousness to them, “Go ahead and wipe out those enemies.”
They collectively let out a long howl like the blowing of a horn before a battle. Transforming into seven gray-white rays of light, they sprinted off in the direction of Lin Ming’s target—the six-member group at the other end of the valley!
“Although I don’t know what your real purpose here is, this valley’s not a place that you can set foot in. You can only blame your bad luck for letting you meet me…”
Lin Ming’s ethereal voice gradually disappeared along with the sounds of him waving hundreds of snake-like branches.
He had changed his mind.
At first, he had thought that if these humans did not provoke him, he would only drive them away.
Now, with his Aura Detection ability, Lin Ming realized that these humans, especially the five-member group, were heading straight in his direction as if they were targeting him.
His killing intent gradually intensified.
If not for that, he would not send Lil One and the others out so easily.
In the beginning, Lin Ming had not really intended to do this.
After he sensed the humans’ arrival, the first thing he did was to use his Aura Concealment ability.
Although he did not know how far human technology had evolved, Lin Ming had a feeling that the group with more members had probably formed a party to come and search for the place with the densest spiritual aura in this valley.
If not, why bother sending out all these Unranked humans?
In fact, Lin Ming felt that they might have some instrument that could measure ranks and grades, and they had specifically come to take measurements in this valley where many mutated creatures lived.
In this valley, the most powerful creature was none other than Lin Ming, the mutated bamboo.
If these people were to discover how strong of a threat he was — they did not even need to measure because Lin Ming’s current appearance was completely different from that of an ordinary “bamboo”.
His culm was as impenetrable as an iron wall, his whipping branches could produce sonic booms, and his leaves could kill people within a hundred meters in the blink of an eye.
In addition, his roots were like a horned dragon, they could come out of the ground as well as go a hundred meters deep underground, perfect for both offense and defense.
Moreover, he could recover his vitality completely even when suffering severe injuries because of his Ultimate Regeneration ability.
Those mutated giant bamboos did not have this kind of ability at all.
They were only superior in terms of size and height.
Regardless of whether those humans had really brought a measuring instrument like what he predicted, Lin Ming now felt that he could no longer let them return alive.
At least, he could not let them leave without suffering any losses here.
Even if this may cause more humans to pay attention to this valley.
“No living humans allowed in the Deadly Exclusion Zone.”
Lin Ming muttered these words, waiting for the wolves’ upcoming battle results and the first scream that would signify their accomplishment.