Star Sky Professional
Chapter 638 - 536 Shadow

Chapter 638: Chapter 536 Shadow

"Judging by this tamer’s aura, he must be on a combat profession..."

As for keeping the heart beast outside, it’s a habit of many tamers.

Some are strapped for space equipment.

Others do so to have their heart beast protect them at all times.

However, as they passed by each other, Fang Xing still felt a flicker of intuition.

"An old one-eyed creature, how can there be such rich emotions in its eyes?"

With that thought, he flicked his finger lightly, a speck of powder landing on the old one-eyed creature.

Tamers always activate their lifebound heart beast’s protection, making them sensitive to foreign objects.

But ordinary heart beasts don’t have this issue.

A wolf getting some dirt on its body is unavoidable.

And the powder Fang Xing flicked wasn’t poison, just some medicine powder.

Coincidentally, Er Ha had been trained recently and was sensitive to this smell.

This would make tracking possible.

...

Half a day later, as the middle-aged tamer walked into an inn, Fang Xing silently memorized the room number.

A few days later, he had a general grasp of the person: "Xia Feimang, a war guardian, his lifebound heart beast is some kind of insect... He’s also specialized in handling various insects, no wonder he’s taken an interest in the old one-eyed creature’s combat abilities, planning to keep it by his side?"

For a war guardian, most soldier-level tamers are very strapped for resources.

Whether it’s feeding or learning skills, or investing heavenly materials and earthly treasures when advancing, it’s always the case.

Specializing in insects is a forced choice.

Because insect heart beasts grow rapidly and have low food requirements, cornering half of the soldier-level tamers’ territory.

Of course, rapid combat strength formation means a lack of power later, and insect heart beasts always have low attack power.

Later on, they must either abandon them or develop in aspects like poison.

This Xia Feimang clearly wasn’t planning to stick solely to insects. Capturing the old one-eyed creature seemed like an experiment.

"In short, not very strong... worth a try."

...

Three days later.

Xia Feimang left Green Forest City, preparing to head to Azure Dragon Mountain.

No matter how little the expenditure, insect tamers’ days are still tough, needing to take on various tasks, or engage in hunting, gathering...

And their gains, clearly incomparable to Fang Xing’s.

Next to Xia Feimang, the one-eyed old creature lazily followed, occasionally vigilant of the surroundings.

Suddenly, it raised its head, gazing at a black-clad figure that appeared ahead, a hint of bewilderment on its wolf face.

"Sure enough... not a true old one-eye, too lacking in vigilance, for a heart beast wandering the wilderness, losing vigilance equals death..."

Fang Xing, with his face masked by black cloth, looked at Xia Feimang.

"Friend... what are you planning to do?"

Xia Feimang stepped back a few paces, a black iron quality Heart Image Sacred Scripture appearing in his hand.

Upon opening it, three space pages shimmered, releasing three heart beasts, respectively the upper soldier level ’Fierce Needle Bee’, upper soldier level ’Mesmerizing Butterfly’, and lower soldier level ’Hard-horned beetle’...

"Three summoned beasts, plus your one lifebound heart beast, one one-eyed old wolf... a very standard five-type battle formation."

Fang Xing lowered his voice, with a hint of a smile: "You’re even poorer than I imagined, is that one-eyed old creature left outside because there’s no extra space in your black iron scripture?"

As he spoke, the protective spirit light on him grew increasingly strong, almost materializing.

In his hand, a Bronze Holy Scripture appeared: "Or, do you want to have a duel with me first, learn the art of combat from me?"

"General level?"

Xia Feimang exclaimed, quickly bowing: "I have no intention of challenging you..."

Actually, if it really came to a fight, he would realize that the mysterious figure before him was just a lame tamer with a general-level heart beast.

Of course, that still wasn’t something he could contend with.

Achievements of winning with the weak over the strong are spoken of mainly because they are rare.

Clatter!

A money bag was thrown to the ground, the mouth of the bag opening to reveal the golden glow within.

"One hundred taels of gold..."

Fang Xing spoke: "I want to buy that old one-eyed creature of yours."

"This..."

Xia Feimang looked at the wolf beast beside him, somewhat hesitant: "It’s just an old wolf..."

In fact, after spending time together these days, he too realized this old one-eyed creature was unusual.

Though not many of the wolf beast’s skills were well mastered, it was highly anthropomorphic.

Over time, Xia Feimang came to see the old one-eyed creature as his true companion.

The old one-eyed creature looked at the black-clad man before it with its remaining eye as if recalling something, fear showing in its wolf eyes as it bit the corner of its tamer owner’s clothes.

"I only need you to answer, are you willing, or not?"

Fang Xing’s voice boomed, the pages of the Bronze Holy Scripture in his hand flipping with a rustling sound.

It seemed that at the next moment, a powerful general-level heart beast would leap out.

Actually, if Xia Feimang persisted, he would discover that aside from a Black Fire Dog, Fang Xing could only summon a baby Earthquake Bear...

Of course, just Er Ha alone was enough to decimate the opposing five soldier-level heart beasts.

If purely comparing cultivation against the years, at least ten upper soldier-level heart beasts would be needed to barely match up with Er Ha.

But if you add the quality gap, it’s a canyon-like chasm.

"I agree."

Finally, Xia Feimang struggled and nodded, squatting down to stroke the old one-eyed’s back: "My companion... you’re free now!"

With those words, it was as if an invisible string snapped within him, even his heart power decreased a bit.

After forming a contract with a heart beast, if you voluntarily break it, of course, there’s a price to be paid.

However, this price can be recovered through continued cultivation over time.

Compared to offending a powerful Upper General Level Tamer, naturally, one’s own life is more important than losing it.

After losing its master, the old one-eyed wolf appeared somewhat dazed.

But in the next instant, a stream of light shrouded it.

It was Fang Xing’s Bronze Heart Image Sacred Scripture!

Compared to the Earth Violent Bear cub, this old one-eyed wolf struggled somewhat.

But it seemed that the disconnection earlier also hurt its spirit, still in a state of mental shock, ultimately it turned into a stream of light and landed on the bronze pages.

Beside a lifelike gray-white old wolf, rows of text appeared:

[Gray Wolf]

[Old Age]

[Cultivation: Eight Years]

[Quality: Black Iron]

[Skills: Bite, Claw Strike]

...

’It looks quite ordinary, could it be an illusion?’

Fang Xing mused internally, looking towards Xia Feimang.

"Sir, may I leave now?"

Xia Feimang stood up, wiping the cold sweat from his forehead, and asked.

"Yes, take the one hundred taels of gold, that’s what you deserve."

Fang Xing nodded, watching Xia Feimang leave.

He turned around and started to run.

Soon, he entered a small forest.

Such places are not far from human gathering points, not likely to have wild heart beasts, only traces of ordinary wild animals passing through.

At this moment, he patted the bronze Heart Image Sacred Scripture once more and released the old one-eyed wolf.

The old one-eyed wolf appeared bewildered, then seemed to remember to bare its teeth.

"Awoo!"

At this moment, a flash of light twinkled from Fang Xing’s body, and Er Ha jumped out.

Its three-meter-long figure instantly made the old one-eyed wolf somewhat fearful.

Even, a hint of shock appeared in its eyes.

"Indeed, you recognize the Black Fire Dog, and guessed my identity..."

Fang Xing casually tore off his face covering, revealing his true appearance: "Moreover...your eyes have already betrayed you, you’re impressive, being able to evade the identification of the Bronze Heart Image Sacred Scripture... But, I still need to confirm."

However, the old one-eyed wolf remained dumbfounded, seemingly intimidated by Er Ha.

"Go!"

Fang Xing casually pointed, and Er Ha pounced forward, biting the old one-eyed wolf’s neck, pressing it to the ground, exposing its belly.

Exposing vital parts without reservation, this is a canine’s way of expressing submission, even if forced.

"Since that’s the case..."

Fang Xing crouched down, placed his palm on the old one-eyed wolf’s forehead: "Unexpectedly, the first foreign heart beast I captured is you..."

Buzzing!

In his eyes, suddenly exploded a brilliance.

Thereafter, preparing to attempt forming a contract with this gray wolf through the power of the heart!

No!

Incorrect!

With Fang Xing’s current spirit, he could feel the main body of the contract formation was not the gray wolf in front of him.

But rather the shadow of the gray wolf!

It manipulated everything of the gray wolf, like ’possession’.

But upon sensing Fang Xing’s heart power, the old wolf’s shadow immediately as if terrified, transformed into a person’s shadow, surrounded by a circle of hazy gray mist.

"Ghost Shadow?!"

In Fang Xing’s heart, a fitting name inexplicably emerged.

Thereafter, his heart power extended, unceremoniously signing a contract with this Ghost Shadow.

Boom!

In an instant, information about this Ghost Shadow emerged in his mind:

[Ghost Shadow]

[Juvenile Period]

[Cultivation: Eight Years]

[Quality: Emperor]

[Skills: Deception, Ghost Possession]

...

"Hiss..."

"An Emperor Quality Heart Beast? No, this gray mist seems familiar... Are you the transformation of Fang Leng’s Heart Image?"

Through spiritual exchange, Fang Xing immediately understood.

Fang Leng was indeed dead, but his Heart Image remained preserved, using special abilities to possess that gray wolf.

Since it was transformed from Fang Leng’s Heart Image, it retained some of Fang Leng’s memories, which is why the old one-eyed wolf appeared so conflicted seeing Fang Xing...

"Back then, the Lonely Square of the Heart’s Holy Hall misidentified... Fang Leng’s Heart Image was not a Black Iron quality ’gray mist’, but an Emperor quality ’Ghost Shadow’... Of course, maybe not the fault of the other, as ’Ghost Shadow’ excels at Deception, even managing to bypass the identification of the Heart Image Sacred Scripture..."

"I never expected, that rumored powerful Tamer’s death did not bring along the demise of their Lifebound Heart Beast, but instead transformed into a wild heart beast, to be witnessed by me..."

Fang Xing found the truth of that night three years ago from Ghost Shadow’s memory.

"That night, Fang Leng went out alone, met a heart beast, and died by a wolf’s kiss... But the ’Ghost Shadow’, though merely a Heart Image, possessed special abilities, not dying along but using ’Ghost Possession’, possessed the old one-eyed wolf, secretly absorbing heart power over the years, finally condensing into a heart beast... Had it not encountered me, it might have grown into an extremely powerful heart beast, becoming Xia Feimang’s rising Golden Finger?"

"No, if Fang Leng hadn’t gone out back then, but accepted fate, then in a few years... might have discovered the secret of his Heart Image, thus rising..."

"My brother’s Heart Image, ultimately became my wing? I never thought Fang Leng, you indeed brought me a Golden Finger?"

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