Absolute Beast Dominion - Chapter 299: Territory Tier Upgrade And New ’Recruits’ Plans - 1
Chapter 299: Territory Tier Upgrade And New ’Recruits’ Plans – 1
Chapter 299: Territory Tier Upgrade And New ’Recruits’ Plans – 1
“Leo! Let’s get our territory built properly!” Lily declared as they stepped out of their self-made shed.
Ten days had already passed since the competition, and in just a few more, the newbie protection period of their territory would come to an end.
During these past 10 days, everyone had focused on absorbing the stat-boosting treasures they had received as rewards.
But—
“What the hell? Even these stat-boosting treasures barely improve anything…” Leo muttered, frowning.
Apparently, the treasures he had received were all Pseudo Purple-tier. These would benefit Pseudo 4-star and lower-level beings. But Leo was already at Low 4-star, meaning only Low Purple-tier or higher would have any real effect on him.
Treasure didn’t work like magic fruits. Magic fruits and magic grain were closer to staple food—they increased stats minimally (0.1~0.2) with regular consumption every time. Treasures, on the other hand, boosted stats in bulk (>5) in a single use.
Higher-grade treasures could drastically increase the strength of lower-ranked beings. But lower-grade treasures barely affected higher-ranked ones. At that point, they would need to be consumed in large quantities, just like staple food, to achieve similar gains.
Star rank and the minimum required treasure tier aligned like this:
All Realm 1-star individuals — White-tier treasures
Low 2-star — Low Green-tier treasure
Mid 2-star — Mid Green-tier treasure
High 2-star — High Green-tier treasure
Peak 2-star — Peak Green-tier treasure
Pseudo 3-star — Pseudo Blue-tier treasure
Low 3-star — Low Blue-tier treasure
Mid 3-star — Mid Blue-tier treasure
High 3-star — High Blue-tier treasure
Peak 3-star — Peak Blue-tier treasure
Pseudo 4-star — Pseudo Purple-tier treasure
Low 4-star — Low Purple-tier treasure
Mid 4-star — Mid Purple-tier treasure
High 4-star — High Purple-tier treasure
Peak 4-star — Peak Purple-tier treasure
…
So, even after receiving 500 stat-boosting Low Purple-tier treasures, Leo would only gain around 50 stats in total.
In the end, he handed all of them over to Lily after explaining the situation.
With the blessing of the system, Lily absorbed everything quickly and with maximum efficiency. The only reason it took time was because she got “full” from the sheer amount of resources.
After that, she consumed all the Mid 3-star Soul Crystals to further increase her Intelligence.
Updated Stats: Lily
Vitality: 66 → 216 [266 → 416]
Strength: 58 → 208 [258 → 408]
Agility: 55 → 205 [255 → 455]
Stamina: 59 → 209 [259 → 459]
Intelligence: 450 → 600 → 620 [650 → 800 → 820]
Mana: 18,000 → 24,000 → 24,800 [26,000 → 32,000 → 32,800]
Once again, since her Intelligence was already at Peak 3-star, the gains were minimal from the Mid 3-star soul crystals.
Even so, she had reached Peak 3-star strength.
However, her spirit beasts still hadn’t advanced. Part of the reason was that they hadn’t fully consumed the beast cores she had obtained.
By chance, Leo noticed 3 beast cores from Wind-element hound species and 2 from Wood-element Treant species.
Using his talent, [Beastiary Of Souls], he converted them into essences and transferred those to the beasts, allowing them to learn new skills. Most of the potential strength gain was traded for skill acquisition.
Windbreath Hound [Lunaria] (Pseudo → Low 3-star) — Noble Bloodline — 63% → 64%
Cedar Treant (Pseudo → Low 3-star) — Noble Bloodline — 10% → 12%
As for Leo himself, he decided not to use his talent this time. He wanted to see how many resources were required for a natural rank-up.
He focused on Shyra.
1 Peak 3-star random beast core — no effect.
2 Peak 3-star random beast cores — no effect.
5 Peak 3-star random beast cores — no effect.
7 Peak 3-star random beast cores — no effect.
He stopped. He was about to repeat the same mistake.
Without wasting time, he rode back to the academy and purchased 5 tonnes of Peak 3-star beast meat for 1,000,000 AC.
Shyra ate until she was full.
Still… no rank advancement.
Leo’s brows furrowed.
“What am I missing…?” he muttered.
He headed straight to the library and searched for proper advancement methods.
That was when he realized—mana crystals were also required.
And he didn’t have any.
He immediately bought 20 Mid 3-star mana crystals for 400,000 AC.
Unlike beast cores, which provided both energy and slight strength boosts, mana crystals purely supplied mana. Too much mana could cause an overdose—sending the beast berserk… or even making it explode. Beast cores had a similar risk, but only when they were at least 2 major ranks higher than the beast. So he opted to buy mana crystals nly one minor rank higher than the Shyra’s rank.
He began feeding them carefully.
1 Peak 3-star mana crystal — no effect.
2 Peak 3-star mana crystals — no effect.
3 Peak 3-star mana crystals — no effect.
On the 4th—
Shyra’s aura trembled, the air around her rippling faintly.
She ranked up.
Shyra (Low 3-star → Mid 3-star) — Noble Bloodline (30%) — BloodBond 67% → 69%
Traits:
[Silent Predator] – Unlocked
[Explosive Power] – Partially unlocked (93%)
[Obsidian Hide] – Locked
[Feline Agility] -Locked
[Body Size Adjustment] – Locked
Stats Updated!
Vitality: 780 [1180 → 1230]
Strength: 780 [1180 → 1230]
Agility: 640 [1020 → 1070]
Stamina: 765 [1165 → 1205]
Intelligence: 1086 [1486 → 1546]
Mana: 108,600 [148,900 → 154,900]
“So expensive…” Leo exhaled.
Shyra alone had consumed meat worth 700,000 AC. Add to that 7 Peak 3-star beast cores worth 280,000 AC, and 80,000 AC worth of mana crystals—over 1 million AC just to rank up from Low 3-star to Mid 3-star.
And he still had 3 other beasts.
And one of them was so massive that an entire city could be built on its back.
Only now did Leo truly understand the cost—in both time and resources—required for growth.
In the end, he grumpily consumed the 10 Pseudo 4-star Soul Crystals along with Low Purple-tier Soul enhancement treasure–Mindblood fruit, hoping for at least some satisfaction from being the 1st-ranked student.
But once again… disappointment.
His soul didn’t advance.
Intelligence: 1086 → 1199 [1586 → 1699]
Mana: 108,600 → 119,900 [158,600 → 169,000]
“…Seriously?” Leo muttered under his breath.
After that, he distributed the remaining resources.
3 random 3-star beast cores went to Nyxa.
5 Wood-element beast cores went to Niri.
The last 10 Earth-element beast cores were given to Howl—he simply placed them on the ground, and the earth swallowed them whole.
The remaining meat was fed to Nyxa, hoping for a breakthrough—but nothing happened.
Then Leo remembered—Niri was a half-spirit. She didn’t rely much on physical consumption.
After finishing her cores, he fed her mana crystals.
1… 3… 5…
On the 7th—
A soft surge of energy spread outward.
Niri ranked up.
Leo blinked, pleasantly surprised.
And as if in response, Nyxa—after consuming the remaining mana crystals—also broke through surprisingly.
“…Huh.” Leo let out a short breath, a faint smile forming.
Ding!
Updated stats: Leo
