The Greatest Beast Tamer of Earth

ZAP!

Lightning filled the sky as the clouds burst apart. Raindrops started rushing down. The area, not well known for water, was filled with small ponds.

The Magic Beasts started moving back to their nests, not feeling comfortable in this storm.

Sounds of thunder and rain were the main sounds that could be heard; other than them, creatures that liked rain roared happily.

The timely arrival of rain helped the newly grown trees. Only the small crops were the ones that would be most affected.

Inside the desolate lands, there was a farm. Magic beasts that felt uncomfortable started moving to their nests.

These were all precious, high-grade magic beasts and proper facilities were made for them for such situations.

The humans working on the farm enjoyed their tea as they looked at the rain. It had been a while since they had seen it.

Most of the time in the past two years, they have lived inside Hideout. Its location was so secret that they still didn't know exactly where it was.

After they heard they could live outside, many were happy. Other than them, very few of them had Shadow Affinity and liked that place.

Not far from the farm were three big mountains, so tall that their tops were hidden behind clouds. They were the only mountains in the area.

They were dangerous, filled with poisonous vines and terrifying creatures; even the Wild Beasts avoided them.

From outside, it looked like a place that didn't have much life and was hard to survive.

No one would think that life was floundering inside it. However, things were not always as they appeared to be.

Someone had said, Don't judge a book by its cover.

Inside was an underground world that was different from anything outside. It was a world filled with shadow energy.

The place had become developed like a small town. There were three areas similar to those in other cities.

The outer area, middle area, inner area, The layers were defined by the concentration of shadow energy.

This was a heaven for beasts and humans, with shadow elements. Because of this, multiple shadow beasts have found this place.

Unlike any other place, the ruler of this place was generous; he allowed the beasts that had reached it.

They had to sign a contract, after which they were allowed to live in the outer area. They needed to prove their loyalty to move further and absorb more shadow energy.

No beasts dared to show their fangs here. It was because of the vast numbers of shadow beasts in the middle and inner areas.

They were filled with terrifying beasts that had been absorbing the shadow energy for a long period of time.

Other than that, they were helped by the ruler of this place and have evolved to become even stronger.

These contracts were not given to all beasts. Most that reached this place were eliminated brutally and devoured.

However, among these, there were always some that were unique and had strange abilities.

These Beasts were captured, and their worth was assessed before they were allowed to live.

Because of this, Rishi had been able to gather strange shadow beasts with Bizarre abilities.

This was an idea that came to Rishi's mind when he encountered a strange creature that had the ability to pass through everything.

Rishi learned a lot by studying the mythical rune on his coat. While he could not learn everything, he could still learn how to pass through matter.

This was a great ability, unlike the other abilities like this that allowed users to only pass through water, fire, earth, or trees.

He could pass through most of the things; the only things he could not pass through were energy fields.

This was because he had not mastered this ability. The creature that had this ability was able to pass through spells.

Similar to him, there were other creatures that had strong abilities but were not as bizarre as him, but they had their own uses.

These creatures could later be contracted by someone in the Hideout and could help them increase their strength.

Rishi personally didn't have any plans to contract one himself. It was because he already had his eyes set on getting a blood dragon.

However, they were useful for him to study and create some strong abilities. For example, he didn't have a powerful offensive skill like 'Chains of Shadow' that could be used in different ways.

Other than that, he had to work on his 'Ice Zone.' He never got time to think about it, but it was the need of the hour to have one.

Pushing everything aside, the reason he visited this place was due to research on a suitable ability.

It was not only something he wanted for himself but also the evolution of the last Wyvern.

He wanted to complete his other research and try to implant an ability of his choice into the evolved form of Wyvern.

While it could be done by implanting any ability, Rishi wanted to create a terrifying creature.

That's why he himself moved around the place, researching the abilities of various shadow beasts to find a suitable one.

The strange and strong abilities of the other two evolved forms had applied even more pressure on him. He wanted this evolution to be superior to them.

It was not because of his ego as a beast cultivator. If he could find a suitable evolution with the Shadow Element, then he could create multiple strong, similar ones in the Secret Realm.

The only thing that realm would not lack in the future would be the availability of Shadow Element-related treasures.

The only problem was that his own standards had become a hurdle for him. Most of the abilities he found were strong and useful, but they were still not up to his requirements.

Even abilities like Shadow Meteor, Nether Core Explosion, Claws of Abyss, and Umbral Clones were not up to par.

While these abilities were strong and destructive, they were not similar to his 'Chains of Shadow.'

This was what he had set as a standard while finding such ability among the beasts was impossible.

He wanted at least a skill that could be used with different variations and ways to achieve different results.

However, he was very disappointed to know that he could not find something like that even after searching all of them.

It was then that he got the idea to merge two abilities and create a unique ability, and then he could grant it to the evolved Wyvern.

He started choosing five creatures with an ability suitable for what he could get from them; for the prototype, he wanted to create an ability like Ice Spears or Magic Missile.

That was only the prototype; he wanted it to be stronger. This research would also help him to create an ability suitable for him.