: It's common knowledge that the Secret Realm Tower has two entrances.

Chapter 24: It's common knowledge that the Secret Realm Tower has two entrances.

After confirming that Crystal Crocodile was truly dead, Bai Qi ran out from behind the rock, walked to Alpha's side, and took a pair of mechanical gloves off Alpha's hands.

As an undead creature, Alpha naturally does not possess lightning attributes. The current just now only originated from this specially made glove and flowed into the Crystal Crocodile's brain through the tempered bone dagger.

Unfortunately, Bai Qi has not yet mastered small-scale energy storage technology, so an attack like the one just now can only be launched once, after which the battery needs to be replaced.

Bai Qi quickly replaced the battery in the glove, then walked to the Crystal Crocodile's side and placed his hand on the crocodile's head.

I've only ever petted live animals before, so I don't know if dead beasts would have the same effect.

Fortunately, the moment Bai Qi touched the Crystal Crocodile, several more cracks appeared on the black shell of the Evolution Egg.

[Name]: Evolution Egg (28% of Black Iron Egg)

[Status]: Activated

"Low-level elites who haven't been in contact with us before can provide 3% of the progress, mid-level elites 5%, and high-level elites are still unclear, but it's definitely higher."

Bai Qi recalled the pets of Gao Cheng and the others he had encountered before and roughly sorted out a simple pattern.

"That should be the normal range, but it could be even higher if you encounter a mutant."

Considering that even a low-level elite like the Husky can provide a 10% progress bonus after mutation, one can imagine that a higher-level husky might provide even more progress.

"Let's move on to the next target!"

Bai Qi instructed Alpha to cut off the crystal clusters from the Crystal Crocodile's back and throw them into the husky's backpack, thus continuing towards the next target.

Considering that some ferocious beasts are too large to be easily carried, the points guide marks the most valuable parts of the beasts. You can still get points by carrying these parts to the finish line.

Now, Bai Qi's target is one of the highest-scoring ferocious beasts, the Ice Demon.

He only had three days to move around the shores of Taize Lake, and Bai Qi didn't want to miss this opportunity to come into contact with so many different kinds of ferocious beasts. However, if he failed the training test because of petting the beasts, it would really be a loss.

Therefore, Bai Qi plans to first ensure that he can pass the training test, and then slowly start hunting beasts.

Due to their inherent properties, Ice Demons prefer to live in ice, and the shores of Taize Lake, which are frozen for three-quarters of the year, are naturally the best choice.

The Ice Demon's activity range was not far from where the Crystal Crocodile lived. After easily dealing with a few small, unruly beasts, the two arrived at the Ice Demon's location.

However, they seem to have arrived a step too late.

Moreover, Bai Qi also knew this person.

It was Lu Yuan, whom he had trained with before.

"Ghost Bone Giant Tiger, use Tear Claw!"

Both being high-level elites and at the same level of ten, Lu Yuan's Ghost Bone Giant Tiger was in no way inferior to the Ice Ghost. Its sharp bone claws, accompanied by the sound of wind and thunder, slammed down on the ice-blue spherical creature with two sharp horns in front of it.

However, the Ice Demon was clearly faster than the Ghost Bone Giant Tiger. Its round body quickly rose to the surface, avoiding the Ghost Bone Giant Tiger's tearing claws. With a powerful flick, sharp ice spikes shot out from the two horns on its head, whistling towards the Ghost Bone Giant Tiger.

Frozen teeth.

It can condense countless ice spikes to attack enemies, and those hit will be unable to move, as if being torn apart by sharp teeth.

Faced with the attack from the sky, the Ghost Bone Giant Tiger did not panic and easily dodged it. However, before it could launch a counterattack, a blizzard appeared between the Ice Demon's horns and quickly enveloped the Ghost Bone Giant Tiger.

"Damn it, they're using AOE so early."

Seeing that the Ice Demon used its area-of-effect attack so early, even when facing a single enemy, Lu Yuan was clearly surprised. He roared angrily as he looked at the Ghost Bone Giant Tiger, which was about to be frozen by the wind and snow.

"Ghost Bone Giant Tiger, use Intimidation!"

Intimidation is a kingly skill that only leader-level pets can learn. It can exert pressure on enemies of lower racial level.

Although his Ghost Bone Giant Tiger was only a high-level elite, it also mastered this skill because it was a tiger in front of it.

Sure enough, after the Ghost Bone Tiger used its intimidation ability, the Ice Ghost's body swayed, and the skill it was casting was forcibly interrupted.

Upon seeing this scene, Lu Yuan was about to step forward to fight back, but he did not notice that an ice demon had quietly emerged from the ice layer and launched an attack on him and the Ghost Bone Giant Tiger.

"Damn it, the other Ice Demon is back too."

Seeing this, Lu Yuan cursed under his breath and hurriedly ordered the Ghost Bone Giant Tiger to return to defense. Suddenly, he saw a thin figure flash past him and leap towards the ice ghost that had suddenly appeared in the air.

This guy looks so familiar?

Looking at the little skeleton that suddenly appeared on the Ice Demon's head, Lu Yuan felt a sense of familiarity. Upon seeing the person and dog following closely behind, he immediately remembered.

It's that mecha academy student who does mechanical modifications to his own skeleton; why is he here too?

"Be careful, your skeletons can't break through the ice ghost's defenses."

The Ice Demon is a high-level elite, after all. With this skeleton soldier's attack, there's absolutely no way it could hurt the Ice Demon.

As soon as Lu Yuan finished speaking, Alpha's dagger pierced the Ice Demon's body. A strong current surged in, and the Ice Demon was immediately paralyzed.

Then Alpha's body suddenly transformed, enveloping the Ice Demon. Its entire skeleton twisted like countless sharp blades, shredding the Ice Demon into pieces, leaving only two sharp horns that fell off.

"Ouch... You hit too hard. How am I supposed to masturbate now that it's broken like this?"

Bai Qi looked at the ice shards scattered on the ground in front of him speechlessly. He picked up the two relatively intact tips and sighed with heartache after seeing the motionless Evolution Egg.

Crackling.

(Master, I was wrong.)

Looking at Alpha, who seemed like a child who had done something wrong, Bai Qi waved his hand, glanced at Lu Yuan beside him, and said, "Should you handle this or should I?"

Lu Yuan was still immersed in the powerful attack force displayed by Alpha when Bai Qi shouted at him, and he didn't reply. Instead, he issued a series of commands to the Ghost Bone Giant Tiger and finally defeated the Ice Ghost.

After dealing with the Ice Demon, Lu Yuan hesitated for a moment, but couldn't suppress his curiosity. He pointed to Alpha, who was standing obediently behind Bai Qi, and asked, "Your skeleton soldier..."

"The Alpha race has evolved, so it has become somewhat different."

Bai Qi casually explained, then asked, "Do you also want to go to that secret tower?"

Nonsense, who would participate in this kind of activity if it weren't for the secret realm? Besides, that's not what I asked!

Lu Yuan rolled his eyes in annoyance, too lazy to waste any more words with Bai Qi, and rode away quickly on the Ghost Bone Giant Tiger.

His goal was to win first place in the training assessment and thus be the first to enter the Secret Realm Tower to compete for the first-clear reward, so he naturally couldn't waste too much time here.

"It's so convenient to have a rideable pet. It's a pity, I was originally planning to pet his Ghost Bone Giant Tiger."

Watching Lu Yuan disappear into the distance, a hint of envy flashed in Bai Qi's eyes. He glanced at the little skeleton beside him and secretly made up his mind.

Speaking of which, polar wolves are quite large when they grow to adulthood, so they should be rideable.

Thinking of this, Bai Qi suddenly realized that the husky had disappeared. Looking around, he found the silly dog ​​digging at the spot where the ice demon had appeared earlier.

"Hey, hey, hey, you're not planning to dig a doghouse out here, are you?"

Although it has lost its ice-type abilities, the husky still prefers cold environments, but it is clearly not quite suitable for it now.

However, Bai Qi froze on the spot when he saw the black gate that the husky had dug out.

This door looks a lot like the gate to the secret tower in the Hill of the Dead.

(End of this chapter)