Celestial Beast Taming

Every time they returned, they would bring Zhong Yi a new batch of Bizarre that had been wreaking havoc around Starlight City.

Bizarre fed on the Lifebound Guardian Beasts of Guardian Beast Masters to rapidly increase their strength.

Coupled with the Guardian Beast Master community’s loathing and complete rejection of them, most Bizarre would choose to hunt Guardian Beast Masters with Lifebound Guardian Beasts once they reached a certain level of power.

Starlight City was simply too large. Even with Flower Venerable’s subordinates rounding up the rampaging Bizarre, cases of Bizarre hunting Guardian Beast Masters still occurred frequently in the Lower City District.

With such a massive population, new Bizarre were constantly emerging.

This meant Zhong Yi didn’t have to worry at all about capturing large numbers of these rogue Bizarre to cultivate Hong Ji. He wouldn’t have to worry that the supply of Bizarre would one day be insufficient for her needs.

Right now, Zhong Yi and Hong Ji were sitting at a table in the cultivation room, looking at the hundred-plus Extraordinary and Fantasy Tier Bizarre.

They began the difficult task of making a selection.

"Hong Ji, you use your Deceitful Demon Puppet Skill to convert War Puppets, but you need to choose a main body first."

"Since you’re the one who will control these War Puppets in battle, you should be the one to choose."

"There are more Flesh and Blood Element Bizarre here than any other type. You could consider replacing that Blood Thread Puppet you chose before."

Hearing Zhong Yi’s words, Hong Ji hurriedly shook her head.

"Master, I really like the Blood Thread Puppet! I’ve already modified it after converting it into a War Puppet."

"He manipulates blood vessels stripped from the bodies of his materials during combat. Whether as an assassination-type or a Control Type War Puppet, I think the Blood Thread Puppet is excellent."

"Besides, I can use the Blood Thread Puppet as the main body and then use other Flesh and Blood Element Bizarre to strengthen him."

"This will also allow the Blood Thread Puppet, now a War Puppet, to inherit some of the Abilities of the other Flesh and Blood Element Bizarre."

As Hong Ji said this, she hugged the Blood Thread Puppet in her arms tightly, a nervous look on her face.

She was afraid Zhong Yi would make the decision for her and force her to replace the Blood Thread Puppet.

After all, Hong Ji had been sleeping with the Blood Thread Puppet in her arms recently.

Hong Ji had an almost paranoid attachment to things she was used to.

Once she grew accustomed to something, she was unwilling to replace it as long as it didn’t negatively affect her own power.

Zhong Yi hadn’t really seen Hong Ji use the Blood Thread Puppet in previous battles.

’I didn’t realize she was so fond of the Blood Thread Puppet!’

Since Hong Ji had clearly expressed her wish to continue using the Blood Thread Puppet as the main material for her Flesh and Blood Element War Puppet, Zhong Yi certainly wouldn’t object.

Within a living creature, the muscle with the most explosive power is undoubtedly the Cardiac Muscle.

The contractions of the Cardiac Muscle circulate blood throughout the creature’s entire body.

Using blood as a medium, it delivers Energy to sustain Life.

However, when it came to the most resilient part of a living body, it was unquestionably the blood vessels.

When the heart beats violently and blood flows rapidly through the body, it’s the blood vessels that constantly withstand the pressure, containing the blood.

The blood vessels stripped from the body of a small mouse can easily support a five-kilogram weight.

After Hong Ji’s Evolution into a Demon-taming Combat Puppet and her advancement to the Extraordinary Tier, Gold Quality, the materials Zhong Yi provided for her were all Extraordinary and Fantasy Tier.

Every single blood vessel from the bodies of these Extraordinary and Fantasy Tier Demons and Guardian Beasts could easily support hundreds or even thousands of pounds.

Hong Ji had bestowed these blood vessels upon the War Puppet converted from the Blood Thread Puppet.

If the Blood Thread Puppet were to actually use these blood vessels to bind a target in battle, the restrained target would indeed find it very difficult to escape.

Moreover, these blood vessels were extremely flexible and also hollow channels.

If hidden weapons were mixed within the blood vessels, it could suddenly use them to assassinate an opponent during a fight.

A War Puppet that could both control and assassinate would undoubtedly be of enormous help to Hong Ji in combat.

Ultimately, following Hong Ji’s choices, the main materials for the other three War Puppets were selected.

These three main materials were, for the Bone Element: the Fern Bone Puppet.

For the Curse Element: the Decaying Mist Owl.

And for the Deceit Element: the Ice Robe Hidden Scorpion.

Hong Ji didn’t hesitate at all in her choices for the Bone Element and Curse Element materials.

But when it came to selecting the Deceit Element material, she hesitated for a long time.

This was because Hong Ji didn’t really need any special elemental attacks in combat.

Her Basic Skill, Battle Skill Mastery, meant she was destined not to be a ranged unit.

Since Ice Glaze, who had already grown five fox tails, had become another of Zhong Yi’s combat units, Hong Ji decided to choose an Ice Attribute Deceit Element Bizarre that could coordinate with and support Ice Glaze in battle.

This would serve as the main material for her Deceit Element War Puppet!

Hong Ji was well aware of her sentimental nature.

Furthermore, the choice of the three main War Puppet materials was crucial to her future power progression.

So, Hong Ji was exceptionally cautious!

Among the four types of Bizarre, the Deceit Element was the rarest.

Among this group of over one hundred Extraordinary and Fantasy Tier Bizarre, there were fewer than ten of the Deceit Element type.

Only two of those Deceit Element Bizarre were of the Ice Attribute.

The War Puppet converted from this Ice Robe Hidden Scorpion could normally hide within Ice Glaze’s fur.

The Energy released by the Ice Robe Hidden Scorpion would form an ice robe on Ice Glaze’s body.

It could both imbue Ice Glaze with Ice Elemental Energy and help her block damage.

While Ice Glaze was locked in combat, the Ice Robe Hidden Scorpion could also suddenly strike, assassinating the unit she was fighting.

Although there were only two Ice Attribute Deceit Element Bizarre to choose from, Hong Ji was still very satisfied with her selection.

Like the Blood Thread Puppet, the Fern Bone Puppet, main material for the Bone Element War Puppet, also had a doll-like main body.

In battle, fern-like bone tissue would emerge from the Fern Bone Puppet’s body.

After this bone tissue injured an opponent, it would not only inflict extremely severe physical damage, but it could also siphon the injured party’s Energy and store it within its own body.

If it managed to pierce the opponent’s Bone, the Fern Bone Puppet would break off a piece of the bone it controlled and leave it inside the target’s own Bone.

This would cause the target’s bones to mutate grotesquely.

This process of bone mutation would deal a devastating blow to the target.

Hong Ji was very satisfied with the Fern Bone Puppet, but in Zhong Yi’s opinion, it was merely adequate.

Among the four Bizarre chosen as main materials for the War Puppets, including the Blood Thread Puppet, the one Zhong Yi valued most was the Decaying Mist Owl.

This Curse Element Bizarre, the Decaying Mist Owl, could normally transform its owl body into mist.

It existed in the form of mist!

In battle, it would envelop a target with the mist it transformed into.

This could plunge the target into a weakened state.

Weakness was a very sophisticated curse, simultaneously targeting the mind, soul, and body.

Although the curse didn’t take effect quickly, prolonged exposure to the mist would diminish a target’s Abilities across all dimensions.

Furthermore, the mist from the Decaying Mist Owl didn’t just cause a weakened state.

It could also corrode the target’s defenses, causing them to collapse at every level, from the inside out.

Then, it would leave the target to rot.

This curse was effective against any living thing, be it plant, animal, or insect.

The Decaying Mist Owl was a Bizarre that could fly at high altitudes, so the War Puppet made from it would certainly have the ability to fly as well.

Not only could it help Hong Ji in combat, but it could also be used as a reconnaissance unit when necessary.

A Decaying Mist Owl that had turned into mist would not be easily detected by the enemy while scouting from high in the sky.

"Hong Ji, since you’ve made your choices, let’s start creating the War Puppets now."

"All the Bizarre here are materials for you to strengthen your War Puppets. Convert all of them into your own power as quickly as possible."

"We have a tough battle to fight in a few days!"

The Bizarre that had been captured and brought here were all wicked creatures with multiple human lives on their hands.

Countless Guardian Beast Masters’ Lifebound Guardian Beasts had become delicious meals for these Bizarre to increase their strength.

Zhong Yi felt no psychological burden whatsoever in letting Hong Ji devour them.

By having Hong Ji devour these hundred-plus Extraordinary and Fantasy Tier Bizarre, Zhong Yi was, at the very least, indirectly saving tens of thousands of innocent Guardian Beast Masters.