When the dust settled, Anya stood proudly. The fire leopard lay motionless, its flames extinguished.
She exhaled deeply, her tails swaying behind her as she glanced at the others above.
"Not bad for a warm-up," She said with a faint grin, turning back toward the group as Sylvia cheered her name.
"Big Sis Anya!" Sylvia cheered as she jumped around excitedly, "You're so strong! That big cat didn't stand a chance against you!"
"Wow! Now, I want to be like Big Sis Anya, and don't want to be like Uncle scammer anymore." Ayla also cheered excitedly, following Sylvia jumping around on Nix's back.
Cain only shook his head as he watched the two little girls happily while Fenix could only gritted his teeth and wait for his turn to show the little girls about his strength.
After Anya jumped onto Nix's back and was welcomed by the two little girls as they hugged her on each side, Cain nodded in approval and tossed a vial at her. "Well done. Drink this and recover your energy in the beast space while I will prepare for your next opponent for you after this."
Cain waved his hand and put Anya with the little girls inside the beast space before instructing Nix to just fly around in the surroundings while he would scan and look for a suitable and stronger beast.
Naturally, Cain had ordered Nix to take the burned corpses of the fire leopard and the moment he put the corpse to his inventory, he finally heard the notifications that he had been waiting for.
[Ding! Anya has killed the Mid-level King Rank Beast.]
[Ding! Anya's experience at Dominator Rank Awakener has increased to 25%]
[Ding! Congratulations to the host for obtaining 250 million Evolution Points]
[Ding! Congratulations to the host for obtaining 2x Random-level Summon Pools.]
[Ding! Congratulations to the host for obtaining a 1x Random-level Lottery Pool.]
[Ding! Congratulations to the host for completing the side mission.]
[Ding! Calculating the rewards…]
[Ding! You have received one each Random and High levels of your choice between Summon Pool or Lottery Pool.]
When Cain checked the notifications from the system, he was surprised to see the rewards that were late but immediately dismissed his dissatisfaction since the rewards were more than decent.
Let alone the fact that the rewards he received from Anya's kill could upgrade Nix's rank was already bountiful enough. But he set aside his desire to upgrade Nix's rank as he wasn't in a hurry at the moment.
Cain then ordered the system that he wanted to choose both for the Summon Pool as he wanted to gather them to make one Peak-level Special Summoning Pool again.
However, the hardest thing was to not gather a lot of Summoning Pool chances but rather obtaining the Special Summon Pool chance.
[Ding! Congratulation to the host for obtaining 1x High-level Summon Pool]
[Ding! Congratulation to the host for obtaining 1x Random-level Summon Pool]
Cain nodded in satisfaction before he noticed that Elara had been glancing at him from time to time like Anya did with him previously.
"Don't worry, Elara. I'll definitely help you later, just wait a bit more, okay?" Cain smiled, reassuring her as he thought that it was because he actually was exhausted mentally for some reason after he let out his pleasure four times.
Otherwise, he could've helped Elara 'become stronger' right away when they were resting for a few hours before this.
"I know." Elara smiled in response.
Not long after, Cain finally detected a strong but perfect beast for Anya to hunt since the beast had a wood attribute, which was an advantage for Anya.
[Race: Root Golem]
[Attributes: Peak-level Wood Element]
[Rank: Peak-level King Rank Beast]
[Qualification: Conqueror]
[Skills: Wrath of the Forest, Forest Rebirth, Nature's Surge, Verdant Maelstorm, Root Bind, Thorn Barrage.]
[Strength]: 68 million
[Agility]: 60 million
[Health]: 84 million
[Sense]: 63 million
[Energy]: 70 million
After checking the golem's information in detail and thinking about it for a while, Cain instructed Nix to directly head west.
When their distances were about one kilometer away, Cain ordered Nix to slow down as he reminded Anya that her opponent this time was much stronger than the leopard and she needed to activate her bloodline's power to at least double her stats or even more to kill it.
The moment Cain had reached 300 meters, he felt that the forest was strangely silent, even though he sensed a lot of beasts in the surroundings.
When Nix was 100 meters away, he spotted tall trees on all sides, their roots stretching across the ground like the tentacles of a great beast.
At the center of a wide field stood the Root Golem, a colossal entity of knotted roots, moss, and ancient bark. It has glowing emerald eyes pulsed with energy that casted an otherworldly light across the field.
The ground trembled with every step it took as it looked above, locking its eyes at Cain's party.
Anya immediately jumped onto the field with determination eyes as she prepared herself with a slight nervousness since her enemy this time looked domineering physically.
Her fox ears twitch, and her tails swayed behind her because she could feel the oppressive energy radiating from the golem.
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"Anya, don't forget about your own abilities!" Cain chuckled as he reminded her through the telepathic bond.
When Anya heard it, her eyes lit up as she realized that what Cain had said was true since she didn't need to fear the golem that much because the only domineering with the golem was just its look.
"Thanks for the reminder." Anya replied as she glanced at Nix's direction before immediately activating the first tail's power, doubling her stats.
She then charged forward while conjuring a 3-meter flame orb above her palm as she raised her hand and threw it towards the Golem's chest. The orb glowed of mystical flames pulsed with fire energy, creating a burst of fiery light.
The Golem groaned, its body smoldering but it barely seemed to be affected. Instead, it retaliated by slamming its massive arms into the ground.
A shockwave rippled outward, and thick roots erupted from beneath Anya's feet. With a quick response, Anya flipped backward, narrowly avoiding the grasping roots.