Chapter 71 (2/2)
Alas, it was proven that Zhang Che was thinking too much.
He was pressing the two cards so hard that sweat was produced from his palms, yet there was still no reaction from them. It seemed like such exploitative ideas were impossible to realize.
“It doesn’t work, so be it. Luckily I still have the rainbow crystal to raise the quality of my beast cards. Though, now it seems like Fusion would only be truly valuable when fusing three-star and six-star beast cards.”
There wouldn’t be too big of a power gap between exotic beasts that were of the same quality, but a star difference in level. It was only when they were separated by a tier realm, like low-tier and middle-tier, or middle-tier and high-tier, that their strengths would take a huge leap.
For example, with exotic beasts of the same species and quality, a three-star beast could barely fight evenly against two two-star beasts. However, once their levels were separated by a realm, a four-star beast could kill four three-star beasts effortlessly.
At present, Zhang Che’s Fusion skill happened to be able to fuse three-star cards into four-star. The value of this skill would truly show when that happened.
However, although it wasn’t hard to find two identical three-star beast cards, finding large amounts of them proved to be a challenge. This was also why Zhang Che had not purchased beast cards at the Qian Wei City trading hub to increase the experience of Fusion.
Once he did that, he would surely draw the attention of others. Even if he used the Myriad Transformation Lizard to alter his appearance, he couldn’t guarantee that it was absolutely safe.
Due to that, the dozens of three-star beast cards Zhang Che combined initially were still in his possession, hidden under his bed at his new home. He would slowly get rid of them when he had the time.
~~~~~~~
The Golden Elephorse King was extremely fast; he could maintain his speed at over sixty kph even on uneven mountainous terrain. Zhang Che found the stone forest described by Wang Dong in less than two hours.
Other than the route Wang Dong described clearly, an aerial beast with a wingspan of over ten meters wide was also letting out fierce cries in the skies not too far away, pointing Zhang Che in the right direction.
“Hmm? It has already been a few hours; the Tian Yin Squad still hasn’t finish off that flying exotic beast?” Zhang Che found it strange. He hurriedly jumped off Hanxue’s back, then recalled this fellow back into his spiritual sea against his will, and snuck carefully towards that stone forest.
The Tian Yin Squad had powerful bows and arrows, and yet they still hadn’t killed off this aerial beast after several hours. It went to show that this fellow’s level and quality was definitely not low.
In just a split moment, thoughts of ‘the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind¹’ sprouted in Zhang Che’s mind, seeing if a chance to pick up scraps off the Tian Yin Squad arose.
There were a total of three spatial gateways around Ci Zhou City. These guys didn’t stay put at their home ground obediently, and came here to Qian Wei City to fight for resources. Zhang Che didn’t feel a shred of burden in his heart snatching their prey.
Of course, the flying beast in the sky wasn’t to be underestimated, either. The Tian Yin Squad couldn’t be considered a mantis, either. They were at least sandpipers and clams fighting one another.
-Mmm. Then I’m not an oriole, too, but a fisherman silently waiting for an opportunity!- Zhang Che thought proudly, peering between the gap of two stones.
____________________
Translator’s Note:
1: A Chinese Idiom. It means that a party (the mantis/Tian Yin Squad) neglects the greater danger behind them (the oriole/Zhang Che) while pursuing a narrow gain (the cicada/exotic beast).