Chapter 1364 — Elder Yu's Discovery
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For no reason he could have named, General Weiwu had felt an urge to conquer the very first instant he laid eyes on the monster — an inborn instinct. And so General Weiwu chose to meet the enemy head-on!
Elder Yu, however, had stopped running. Breathing a great sigh of relief, he planted himself beside General Weiwu and, as though he had just discovered a new continent, pointed at the monster with high-handed glee and railed: "Weren't you putting on airs with me? Where's your swagger now? Gone soft?"
Wei Zhao, running in front, too sensed that something was wrong behind him and stopped in his tracks. Qiu Lingshan and Chen Yuxuan halted as well, both turning to look back — and there met the sight that left them utterly astonished.
"Thief, you brat — with a spirit beast at your side, why didn't you say so sooner? Did you mean for me to get hurt?" It was hardly surprising that Elder Yu should think so. In his view, this male thief had wanted nothing more than to be rid of him, so that no one would contest him for the treasures in the tomb.
"A spirit beast? You're saying General Weiwu is a spirit beast?" Wei Zhao stared, baffled, not knowing what Elder Yu was talking about.
"You own an early Mysterious-rank spirit beast — a high-grade dog — and instead of letting it deal with that monster, you send me in to make a sneak attack. What are you after? Trying to get me killed?" Elder Yu demanded, his face dark as a thundercloud. Had the dog not belonged to Wei Zhao, he would have slapped him there and then, and let Wei Zhao taste for himself what it felt like to be injured!
"You're an Earth-rank master and even you can't handle that monster — and you'd send a Mysterious-rank dog to do it?" Wei Zhao asked in bewilderment. Bewildered though he was, he also noticed that with General Weiwu blocking the way, the monster had truly stopped in its tracks, not advancing another step.
"You don't know?" Elder Yu was taken aback for a moment as well, then snorted: "No wonder — a mere tomb robber naturally knows nothing of these secrets. To have a high-ranking spirit beast at your side and not even be aware of it! What a waste!"
"Oh? What do you mean?" Wei Zhao genuinely did not understand what Elder Yu was driving at. Besides, this was no spirit beast — merely an ordinary dog he had modified himself.
"Though spirit beasts come in many races, each unlike the next, and each with its own abilities — offensive, healing, fire, water and the like — the hierarchy among spirit beasts is determined strictly by rank alone. That is to say, to them, Mysterious Rank will always outweigh Yellow Rank; even if the Yellow-rank beast is an attacker and the Mysterious-rank beast a healer, the only thing a Yellow-rank spirit beast can do before a Mysterious-rank one is submit! That is the greatest difference between spirit beasts and humans! Some people are not even fit to be compared with beasts!"
Elder Yu's final remark seemed pointed, aimed darkly at Wei Zhao — that he was beneath the beasts, a mere Mysterious-rank fighter presuming to stand up to an Earth-rank master like Elder Yu.
But though Wei Zhao caught the barb, he did not bother to argue. What genuinely stunned him was the little lecture Elder Yu had just delivered! He had never before laid eyes on a spirit beast and knew nothing of their lore — he had never imagined there was so much to it!
"So you're saying this monster will be subdued by General Weiwu?" Wei Zhao was equal parts excited and astonished. He had brought General Weiwu along without a second thought, and it turned out he had brought exactly the right companion. At the same time he was deeply grateful to Elder Yu for having uncovered this secret and passed it on to him.