"God-Devouring Mouse?" Lin Lei and Dilia exchanged a glance.
The strongest being on the Yulan Continent — Belute's true form was actually a "God-Devouring Mouse." Just hearing the name, Lin Lei knew this species had to be terrifyingly powerful. "God-Devouring" — what ordinary magical beast would dare carry such a name? Lin Lei looked at Bei Bei with a puzzled expression.
Dilia was equally puzzled. "Bei Bei, aren't both your father and mother ninth-level magical beasts? How… how does this work?"
"Boss, it's somewhat similar to your Dragon Blood Warrior family, though there are differences," Bei Bei explained carefully. "After Grandpa Belute was born, he was the only God-Devouring Mouse. By that time, he already had three children with Grandma Kalainuona — that is, Harry, Hart, and Harvey, the three Purple Gold Mouse Kings."
Lin Lei quietly committed the name "Kalainuona" to memory.
"Because Grandma Kalainuona wasn't a God-Devouring Mouse, her children with Grandpa Belute naturally wouldn't carry pure God-Devouring Mouse bloodline. So their tier was lowered — under normal circumstances, a Purple Gold Mouse King reaches the Saint Realm upon maturity," Bei Bei elaborated.
"Tier was lowered?" Lin Lei pressed. "Bei Bei, what do you mean?"
Dilia, equally sharp, had caught on to Bei Bei's meaning as well.
A hint of pride shimmered in his eyes. "That's right — the God-Devouring Mouse is a divine-level magical beast! Even without any cultivation, simply growing naturally… upon reaching adulthood, it will inherently attain the divine level!"
"Divine-level magical beast?" Lin Lei was stunned.
That was absurdly overpowered!
Even more terrifying than the Four Ultimate Warriors. The Four Ultimate Warriors still had to cultivate to reach the peak of the Saint Realm.
Saint Realm magical beasts simply had to reach adulthood to enter the Saint Realm stage.
But divine-level magical beasts? They reached the divine realm the moment they reached adulthood!
"That's wildly unfair to every other race. How could anyone possibly compete!" Lin Lei sighed inwardly. Truly worthy of the name "God-Devouring Mouse" — merely reaching adulthood made one a divine-level powerhouse. They were truly heaven's favorites.
Bei Bei shook his head. "Grandpa Belute said divine-level magical beasts can't form clans. Generally, each divine-level magical beast exists alone. Because he's alone, he could never find a female God-Devouring Mouse to be his wife."
"His children, their bloodlines impure, could only become Saint Realm Purple Gold Mouse Kings."
"And all three Purple Gold Mouse Kings were male. Their children's bloodlines were also impure, so they could only drop another tier to ninth-level magical beasts. But in the Dark Forest, there are plenty of female ninth-level rodent beasts. When two ninth-level beasts pair off, most of their children can also reach ninth-level. My mother counts as part of Belute's family — just dozens of generations later than Harry, Hart, and Harvey." Bei Bei didn't seem to consider the three as his ancestors.
Indeed, counting strictly, Harry and the other two were many generations above Bei Bei.
But Bei Bei was a God-Devouring Mouse — the only one besides Belute himself.
"Oh." Lin Lei nodded.
"As for why I'm a God-Devouring Mouse," Bei Bei said innocently, "according to Grandpa Belute, first, my mother carries a trace of the Belute family bloodline. She paired with a ninth-level Stone Devourer Mouse, and perhaps the bloodline underwent some kind of mutation."
"After all, plenty of ninth-level rodent beasts pair off, but aside from me, not a single one has become a God-Devouring Mouse." Bei Bei looked genuinely bewildered. "And this isn't just about the Yulan Continent plane — it's across all the countless planes Grandpa Belute has visited."
"Countless planes?" Lin Lei and Dilia exchanged another glance.
Lord Belute was truly formidable.
From his conversations with Ho Dan, Lin Lei knew that once you traveled to a supreme plane, returning was extraordinarily difficult. Yet according to Bei Bei, Belute had not only left the Yulan Continent plane but visited a great many planes.
"No wonder he dares call himself the sovereign of the Yulan Continent plane, and even the Martial God and Grand Priest must obey his commands," Lin Lei thought. "What level of powerhouse is he? A mid-stage god? Or perhaps… a high-stage god?"
Going from a low-stage god to a mid-stage god had taken the Grand Priest over ten thousand years without success. One could only imagine how difficult that was.
From mid-stage to high-stage, the difficulty was even greater.
"Becoming a divine-level magical beast is far more demanding than becoming an Ultimate Warrior," Lin Lei remarked. "Although the Ultimate Warrior bloodline thins over generations, Ultimate Warriors are still born occasionally. But the God-Devouring Mouse… across all the planes your Grandpa Belute has visited, there are only Lord Belute and you — two God-Devouring Mice."
Lin Lei and Dilia both sighed in amazement.
Divine-level magical beasts were far more exclusive than Saint Realm beasts.
It made sense — if divine-level beasts were born so easily, there would be no room for any other race to exist.
"Divine-level magical beasts are usually alone. For example, the lord of the Magic Beast Mountain Range — Di Lin — he's also a divine-level magical beast," Bei Bei said.
"Di Lin?" Both Lin Lei and Dilia grew curious.
Even today, Lin Lei still didn't know that the very Di Lin he had released from the seal was who they were talking about.
Bei Bei nodded. "Di Lin is also a divine-level magical beast. His name is 'Ni Suan,' also called the 'Heaven-Devouring Beast.'"
Lin Lei and Dilia both felt a shiver run through them. Di Lin was truly terrifying — daring to call himself the Heaven-Devouring Beast. A God-Devouring Mouse, a Heaven-Devouring Beast — the names alone were staggering.
"Grandpa Belute says Di Lin's strength is immense. Swallowing a mountain whole or devouring an entire city in a single gulp is effortless for him," Bei Bei marveled. "But just like our God-Devouring Mouse, he can't find another Ni Suan. He does have children, though — five of them originally. His children, like the Purple Gold Mouse Kings, are peak Saint Realm beasts."
Lin Lei and Dilia both understood now.
The children of divine-level magical beasts had impure bloodlines and reduced power. But even reduced, they were still at the very top among Saint Realm beasts.