Chapter 64: The Team Depends on the Leader
Three months later.
Su Hao dragged two Master-level Grid-Tailed Dragons into the cave. The Grid-Tailed Dragon resembled a dinosaur, but with a shorter tail. Two long fangs extended from its upper jaw, giving it a ferocious and formidable appearance. When it ran, it could shake the earth, causing prey standing on the ground to lose balance, making it easier to catch.
In this area, the Grid-Tailed Dragon was a fierce beast at the top of the food chain. A small tribe consisting of a dozen or so Grid-Tailed Dragons formed this group. The adult Grid-Tailed Dragons in this tribe were all at the Master level, with the strongest among them reaching the High-Level Master.
However, this tribe's existence had come to an end.
The last two Grid-Tailed Dragons in the tribe had been dragged into the cave by Su Hao.
He laid the dragon carcasses on the stone platform and skillfully sliced open the grid-patterned belly, ignoring the gory sight of blood. He removed the internal organs and cut open the thin membrane behind the abdominal cavity with a knife. Using his hands, he scraped away until the patterns inside were exposed—the beast patterns of the Grid-Tailed Dragon.
After adapting for a while, he had already become accustomed to such scenes.
Once he recorded the beast patterns, Su Hao immediately entered the Ballistic Space and retrieved all the Grid-Tailed Dragon patterns he had collected during this period. With the help of Xiao Guang, he quickly filled in the missing parts.
Su Hao carefully observed for a moment. Overall, it was very well coordinated and appeared to be a complete set of beast patterns. However, he couldn't be certain if there were any defects.
"I'll know by trying."
After setting up the drawing task, Su Hao exited the Ballistic Space and began drawing on the dragon's carcass with his hand.
In just a moment, the drawing was complete. As soon as the drawing was finished, the beast patterns activated, but before any special effects could occur, they began to collapse.
Su Hao skillfully controlled the collapsing Qi, gradually dissipating it, and looked at the last Grid-Tailed Dragon. "It's still missing a little. This is already the last one. If I can't complete the beast patterns, all my efforts during this time will have been in vain. I'll have to search for other Grid-Tailed Dragon tribes deeper in the wilderness."
Without hesitation, Su Hao switched to the last Grid-Tailed Dragon and skillfully opened its belly, recording the patterns and immediately entering the Ballistic Space for comparison.
During the comparison, he added two subtle lines, connecting two other lines.
Looking again, the newly obtained beast pattern was seamlessly integrated, possessing a sense of completeness. Su Hao had a feeling that this beast pattern was complete.
Setting up the task, he exited the Ballistic Space and began drawing.
As soon as the drawing was complete, the beast pattern emitted a faint light, and a high-frequency oscillation suddenly erupted, causing the entire Grid-Tailed Dragon's body to become soft and fluffy. The hard scales tore in multiple places, and the stone platform beneath it shook, causing some debris to fall.
"Oscillation?" Su Hao searched and found that he had never heard of such a beast pattern before, nor had it been recorded in the academy.
Su Hao wasn't sure if he had obtained a new beast pattern.
Up to this point, Su Hao had collected a total of four beast patterns: "Collapse," "Deflection," "Absorption," and "High Temperature." Along with the newly acquired "Oscillation," he now possessed five beast patterns. Adding the four he obtained previously, "Barrier," "Bright Light," "Manipulation," and "Extraction," as well as his own "Perception," he currently held ten beast patterns.
During the past three months, he had started trying to analyze the beast patterns, but progress was slow. He had only managed to separate the different structures between the beast patterns and had yet to understand the functions and principles of these similar structures.
For Su Hao, just ten beast patterns were far from enough. He needed more. The larger the dataset he collected, the easier it would be to find patterns and analyze them.
However, he couldn't continue staying in the wilderness. He needed to return to Lingyun Town.
His experimental tools were already worn out, and essential supplies were running low.
He needed to go back to Lingyun Town, restock, and find a way to sell the few "clean" beast patterns he had and exchange them for gold coins.
After knocking out the two Grid-Tailed Dragons' large teeth, Su Hao used "Extraction" to crystallize the remaining Qi that hadn't dissipated, storing it in his bag.
These Qi crystalizations contained a large amount of impurities and couldn't be used directly. He had no idea how others used them.
Then, he threw the carcasses far away. Within a day, these two bodies would be devoured by various wild and fierce beasts, leaving only skeletons behind.
After quickly tidying up and determining the direction, Su Hao headed back to Lingyun Town.
He encountered elite and Master-level fierce beasts along the way, but they couldn't escape his long blade, becoming mere patterns within his space.
As for the Supreme Grandmaster-level fierce beasts, Su Hao hadn't encountered them, so he had no idea how powerful they were. Even if he did come across one, he wouldn't provoke it. He would run as far as he could.
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