Beast Taming: I gained the talent of a spirit pet

"Good heavens, it actually awakened a demon technique!" Seeing this, Gu Yuan's eyelids twitched. He was initially apprehensive, but then he stood up, swung the firewood knife, and slammed it down with all his might: "Even at this point, you still can't see the situation clearly? Are you still going to resist stubbornly?"

This strike still landed squarely on the demon centipede's head.

Crack!

Receiving Gu Yuan's full-force blow, a clear crack immediately appeared on the demon centipede's head, and some grey-green liquid seeped out.

Having been struck on the head several times in a row by Gu Yuan, this demon centipede was clearly not feeling well. Its body was limp, conveying a sense of weakness.

Gu Yuan had no intention of stopping and was about to continue his physical subjugation when a notification from the Spirit Pet System appeared before his eyes:

【You have captured an Ironback Centipede (Red). Do you wish to tame it?】

Gu Yuan's movements froze, and then he breathed a sigh of relief:

"Finally captured it? Ironback Centipede, the name is fitting."

"Agree!"

As soon as he spoke, Gu Yuan felt his mental power being continuously drawn out. After a few breaths, it condensed into a mysterious rune, neither real nor illusory, shimmering with a strange luster.

Then, with a flash of light, the rune landed on the Ironback Centipede's head, merging into it and disappearing.

The Ironback Centipede was still struggling, but as the rune merged into its head, the entire insect froze on the spot, motionless!

The next moment, the Spirit Pet System gave another notification:

【Taming successful! You have obtained the pet Ironback Centipede!】

【Ironback Centipede (Red)】

Description: A relatively rare demon insect. Its carapace is like iron, its sharp legs are like knives. It can devour mountain miasma and various poisonous insects and creatures to condense its own demonic energy and poisonous mist. It can cast the innate spell 'Bone-Corroding Arrow,' whose power can corrode metal and melt iron. It has just entered its growth phase and possesses some low-level intelligence. Evolving to 'Silverback Azure Centipede' requires growing into a mature Ironback Centipede and consuming 5600 Dao runes!

State: Seriously injured

Stage: Growth Stage (37%)

【You have obtained the Ironback Centipede's talent 'Immunity to All Poisons'!】

Gu Yuan pinched his brow, feeling quite weary. His head was throbbing, with a stinging sensation like he had been working overtime for days and nights, even more uncomfortable than the last time he tamed A'Huang.

He didn't even want to do anything right now, just sit on the ground and rest properly, preferably get a good night's sleep.

This was enough to show how much energy he had spent taming the Ironback Centipede.

Fortunately, he had succeeded in taming it!

"No wonder there's a limit to the number of spirit pets that can be tamed."

Now, Gu Yuan breathed a sigh of relief and finally understood why he couldn't tame a second spirit pet before he had the 'Iron Teeth' talent.

If there was no limit to the number of spirit pets that could be tamed, he might have forcibly tamed a second spirit pet, which might have drained his mental power. The consequences would have been unimaginable.

After resting in place for a while, Gu Yuan felt better and looked at the Ironback Centipede.

Like the Iron Tooth Rat A'Huang, Gu Yuan could now feel a wonderful connection between himself and the Ironback Centipede. He could drive it with just a thought.

However, although this Ironback Centipede was of a higher grade, being a red-grade spirit pet, its intelligence was clearly inferior to A'Huang's.

This was not surprising.

Compared to beasts and birds, insects naturally had lower intelligence.

Moreover, although the Ironback Centipede's intelligence was low, its strength was very high. Its iron armor was virtually invulnerable to blades and spears, and the killing power of its two rows of sharp legs was also very strong. In addition, with the innate spell 'Bone-Corroding Arrow,' even ordinary martial artists might not be its match.

Gu Yuan was actually well aware.

Although he had tamed this Ironback Centipede, if he hadn't taken advantage of its weaknesses and set up traps in advance, he would not have been a match for this Ironback Centipede in a real fight!

Who asked this centipede to have both offense and defense, and even mage skills?

This was only the growth stage. If it were a mature Ironback Centipede, it would definitely be even more powerful!

As for obtaining the Ironback Centipede's talent 'Immunity to All Poisons,' Gu Yuan was surprised, but not entirely unexpected.

The information introduction about the Ironback Centipede mentioned: the Ironback Centipede can devour mountain miasma and various poisonous insects and creatures to condense its own demonic energy and poisonous mist, and can cast the innate spell 'Bone-Corroding Arrow,' whose power can corrode metal and melt iron.

Being able to devour all kinds of poisons without harm was clearly its innate skill.

Moreover, immunity to all poisons was also a very practical skill.

The world is full of treacherous situations. There are many ways to kill, and using fists and weapons is the most direct, but using poison is the most insidious.

Many seasoned veterans, who had enjoyed the limelight for most of their lives, ended up being ambushed and capsizing in the gutter at the end, falling victim to "poison", which shows how terrible it is.

With the ability to be immune to all poisons, Gu Yuan would no longer have to worry about being poisoned in the future.

Even if he encountered poisonous insects like the Ironback Centipede, or even enemies, he would no longer have to be timid and would have more confidence.

Looking at the Ironback Centipede, which was being pressed under the stone and no longer struggling, Gu Yuan pondered:

"Although you are a demon insect with some Taoist skills, you are still a centipede after all. In that case, I will call you A'Wu from now on."

The Ironback Centipede seemed to understand, its two antennae swaying slightly.

Next, Gu Yuan rolled up his sleeves, took some effort, and moved the stone that was pressing on A'Wu's body.

After A'Wu crawled out of the pit, it lay on the ground motionless, obviously a little weak, and its aura had weakened a lot.

Obviously, Gu Yuan had been a little too heavy-handed just now, causing it to be seriously injured.

"Eat it."

Gu Yuan had no guilt and threw the rooster in the pit to it as a comfort.

With its favorite rooster in front of it, A'Wu was immediately refreshed, its two antennae swinging back and forth. It quickly crawled to the rooster's body, opened its poisonous fangs, and began to devour it.

A'Huang, who was hiding aside, also jumped out at this time. Its pair of bright little eyes rolled around, looking up and down at A'Wu, quite curious about this new companion, and seemed to be a little afraid.

A'Wu didn't pay much attention to it and devoured the rooster on its own.

Gu Yuan ignored the two little ones and looked at the several spirit herbs, Polygonatum sibiricum, not far away.

The spirit herbs that he had been thinking about for more than half a month could finally be picked now.

Without the obstruction of A'Wu, the guardian, Gu Yuan smoothly came to the spirit herb Polygonatum sibiricum and carefully looked at it.

After counting, Gu Yuan found that there were a total of four spirit herb Polygonatum sibiricum in front of him, each of which was growing very well, with green leaves, exuding a vigorous vitality.

And the most striking of them was the one in the middle!

The stems and leaves of the other three were all green, but only the stems and leaves of this Polygonatum sibiricum faintly glowed with a hint of purple, and there were even wisps of hazy white mist lingering on the surface.