The lamp was turned off, leaving only a sliver of moonlight spilling through the window.
Lin Yue quietly turned her head, observing the faintly outlined facial contours of the young man next to her under the moonlight, his bright eyes sparkling like stars.
The next mont, she felt a hand stealthily grasping hers under the blanket. Lin Yue quickly averted her gaze like a thief, her voice slightly trembling,
"Didn't you ... fall asleep?"
"You woke up with your gaze," Qin Chuan said softly as he pulled her, and the girl's soft body uncontrollably fell into his embrace.
"What do you an 'woke up by a gaze'? Nonsense..." Nestled in the warm embrace, feeling the clean and pleasant scent of the young man, the girl's cheeks flushed to the tips of her ears in the darkness.
Suddenly, with a slight panic, she tightly grasped Qin Chuan's hand, her whisper carrying a soft plea, her voice llow and sweet, blown right into the depths of Qin Chuan's heart by the cool night breeze, pure as a spring,
"Let's go to sleep, alright~"
Qin Chuan stopped fidgeting, and instead gently clasped her hand, fingers interlocking.
"Yeah, good night."
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Dream World.
As consciousness returned, Qin Chuan felt a gentle pinch on the soft flesh around his waist. Turning around, he t a pair of shy, reproachful eyes.
Feeling slightly guilty, Qin Chuan quickly changed the subject, "The Holy Spirit Embryo had shown signs of hatching yesterday, it should hatch smoothly today, right?"
Lin Yue glared at him irritably, regretting her tenderness towards him in bed.
Even though she knew Qin Chuan was diverting the topic, she still nodded, "It should be soon."
Unlike the previous Dragon Egg, the Holy Spirit Embryo didn't need any external forces for hatching.
Just leaving it there, it would absorb the forces around it to hatch by itself; it only needed occasional monitoring.
Yesterday, when the Dream World's entrance closed, flickers of light had been observed in the Holy Spirit Embryo, and sounds similar to a heartbeat could be heard clinging close to its shell.
All signs indicated that it was close to hatching.
"Let's go and see what hatches," Qin Chuan said as he pulled Lin Yue to the guild's open space.
There, there was a small earth pit.
Previously, Blackie and Whitey had hatched there.
Now, the Holy Spirit Embryo was also placed there.
Not far from the earth pit, there was also a pond, with a seed shimring with faint light floating in it. This was another special reward capable of nurturing Spiritual Beasts, the Vitality Spiritual Seed.
As for why not bury the Spiritual Seed in the soil... when it first appeared, it was floating in water, so Lin Yue thought this might suit its nurture better.
All guild mbers knew about the impending hatching of the Holy Spirit Embryo; they had even temporarily given up raiding the Secret Realm, gathering around to speculate quietly about what kind of special Spiritual Beast might hatch from it.
Crowding around, Qin Chuan and Lin Yue, along with a group of Spiritual Beasts, drew close to the Holy Spirit Embryo, waiting patiently.
It seed to sense the exterior conditions, as the fluctuation of light and darkness in the Holy Spirit Embryo sped up, and the heartbeat sound beca clearer, audible even without pressing against the shell.
The life force within it also began to escalate rapidly.
It was about to hatch!
Qin Chuan and Lin Yue held their breath, staring intently at the embryo.
Finally, accompanied by a dazzling burst of light, the embryo slowly transford its shape. When the light dissipated, a new Spiritual Beast appeared before them.
It was a seemingly ordinary rock Spiritual Beast with a humanoid upper body, but only the upper body, as its lower half was rged into the earth, gently rippling with pale earthy waves.
Its arms were also unusual, devoid of palms or forearms, replaced instead with two rock shields roughly the size of its torso. The adjacent sides of the two shields complented each other, seemingly capable of rging together to form an even larger, complete Rock Shield.
[Spiritual Beast Species: Rock Shield Beast]
[Spiritual Beast Attribute: Earth Attribute]
[Spiritual Beast Level: Juvenile Stage Lv1]
[Spiritual Beast State: Uncontracted]
[Spiritual Beast Introduction: Earth Attribute Spiritual Beast, the Rock Shield Beast, character known for its honesty and thoughtfulness, naturally possessing the ultra-rare trait [Holy Spirit].]
"Thoughtful..."
Qin Chuan's eyes lit up.
"So, can the Earth Attribute theory be studied by itself now?"
He always liked these smart kids from the very beginning!
Just born Rock Shield Beast spread out its arms that turned into shields, stuck out its head to observe the two people and eight tiny ones, and instinctively felt kinship and goodwill.
"Little guy, make a contract with ," Qin Chuan said with a smile as he patted its head, and then without hesitation, he chose to contract.
Without any resistance, the Rock Shield Beast beca Qin Chuan's fifth Contracted Spiritual Beast.
"Let's call you Rock."
Qin Chuan quickly thought of a na for the Rock Shield Beast.
"Buzz—"
The newly nad Rock issued a joyous roar, expressing its fondness for the new na.
Water Flower, Ice Cream, and Silver Horn tacitly turned their gaze towards Little Black.
Little Black seriously stroked his chin, showing a contemplative look.
Why was it that only his na and Yue Li's Contracted Spiritual Beast team matched?
Could it be…
A flash of understanding appeared in Little Black's blood-red eyes.
Got it! It was an insider!
Oblivious to the little ones' wild guesses, after completing the contract, Qin Chuan began his operation of rapidly advancing the newborn from its childhood.
He boosted Rock all the way to Hall Rank Lv40 and, with the help of Iron Hamr, enhanced its equipnt entry to Moon Halo level 10, then he stopped.
Compared to when it was just born, Rock's size had exploded. Originally just over one ter tall, it now stood at a towering ten ters, resembling a small fortress.
Although it had undergone an evolution, its appearance hadn't changed much, except for a huge, plain helt, its first piece of Starshine Equipnt, the Slate Guard Helt.
[Spiritual Beast Species: Ancient Rock Shield Soldier]
[Spiritual Beast Attribute: Earth]
[Spiritual Beast Level: Hall Rank Lv40][Advanced][Evolution]
[Spiritual Beast Traits: Earth Veins]
[Spiritual Beast Species Value: 40000]
[Spiritual Beast Affinity: 99%]
[Spiritual Beast Skills: Star·Rock Guard (Passive), Star·Double Shield Fusion (Active), Star·Rock Tide (Active), Star·Earthquake Wave (Active), Star·Indestructible Rock Stele (Active), Star·Agitated Rock Taunt (Active)]
[Equipnt Entry: [Strange Defense (Moon Halo 10 level): Attack reduced by 50%, Defense increased by 210%]]
[Current Entry Use/Cool-down Duration: 10 minutes/10 minutes]
[Special Terms: [Holy Spirit: Attribute Control increased by 300%]]
[Spiritual Beast Introduction: An Earth Attribute Spiritual Beast, the Ancient Rock Shield Soldier, evolved from Rock Shield Beast, possesses incredibly strong defense, earning it the reputation of a moving fortress.]
A moving fortress, huh...
Qin Chuan eagerly opened the details…
[Earth Veins: Recovers 5% strength and 5% life per second when in contact with the ground, effects doubled during out-of-combat state and active skill duration.]
[Star·Rock Guard: Passive Skill, increases defense by 25% and damage reduction by 25%, effects doubled during active skill duration.]
[Star·Double Shield Fusion: Active Skill, rges two shields into one, doubling all defense amplification effects, can be maintained for a long ti and other active skills can be used in this state.]
[Star·Rock Tide: Active Skill, dives into the earth and moves at ultra-high speed, cannot use skills other than Double Shield Fusion during this period, receives 20% damage reduction.]
[Star·Earthquake Wave: Active Skill, detects a wide range of environnts and target situations, for every enemy or ally target within range, increases defense by 10%, up to 100%.]
[Star·Indestructible Rock Stele: Active Skill, erects a super-large rock stele for defense, as long as the single received damage is less than 1000% of its own defense and it still has strength, the rock stele will not be destroyed, cool-down ti 20 seconds.]
[Star·Agitated Rock Taunt: Active Skill, locks onto one target, applies Rock Mock marker, lasts 10 seconds, if the marked target uses an active skill or attacks soone other than the skill user during the marker duration, the Rock Mock marker is imdiately removed, early removal of Rock Mock marker will cost the target life equal to 50% of its maximum life value, cool-down ti 60 seconds.]
The introduction to the Spiritual Beast didn't deceive .
It truly is a moving fortress.
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