Chapter 154: Chapter 126: You Secretly Worked Hard Behind My Back, Didn’t You?!
Vine Lion!!!
Zhang Lingxue, you busy bee, you still found time to evolve the Vine Cat into a Vine Lion.
Did you secretly roll ahead without me!!!
Ye Bai felt a stab of pain and frustration, you actually secretly improved without me knowing.
How awful, how awful!
He cursed silently inside, but showed no sign of it outwardly.
Ye Bai put down his chopsticks, nodded happily.
His gaze turned towards the Ten Thousand Changes Silkworm.
The Ten Thousand Changes Silkworm ate and drank well, and now it’s at the Peak of Tier Two, time for it to break through to Tier Three.
Once the Ten Thousand Changes Silkworm breaks through to Tier Three, Ye Bai will have an additional Contract Position.
If Ye Bai’s guess is correct, after the Ten Thousand Changes Silkworm breaks through, it should add another Clone.
So if the Ten Thousand Changes Silkworm wants to evolve later, Ye Bai thinks evolving into the Ten Thousand Changes Butterfly should inherit that clone change.
Imagine it, this Ten Thousand Changes Silkworm is like a walking Eevee, and its clones are walking Eevee evolutions.
Soon, Ye Bai followed Zhang Lingxue to the arena at the research institute.
Zhang Lingxue put her hands in her pockets, the air rippled, and a Vine Lion appeared, twice the size of a Vine Cat.
This Pet Beast has a neck full of green fluffy grass, with colorful flowers blooming on top.
Its large eyes look just like fine emeralds, clear and bright, emanating the aura of a king among beasts.
Two sharp fangs were revealed, it transformed from a cute Vine Cat into a majestic Vine Lion.
[Name: Vine Lion]
[Gender: Male]
[Personality: Mischievous]
[Trait: Child of Light: When sunlight is present, recovery and combat power both double.]
[Level: Tier Three, Level Five]
[Skills: Vine Whip (Skilled): Summons thirty-two vine whips to attack enemies, the vines twist together to form a larger vine hammer for stronger attacks.
Vine Hammer (Beginner): Vines intertwine to attack the enemy, the more vines entwine, the stronger the attack power.
Flying Leaf Blade (Skilled): Summons blades in the shape of flying leaves to attack the opponent.
Paralysis Powder (Skilled), Sleep Powder (Skilled), Poison Powder (Skilled)
Piercing Wood (Beginner): Summons a row of wooden spears to pierce the enemy, continuing to grow and split within the enemy.
Wooden Wall (Beginner): A row of wooden pillars bend from the ground to form an arch wall for protection.]
[Evolutionary Path 1: Rotten Wood Lion: Five Tier Five Ghost Crystal Cores, five Tier Five Wood Element Crystal Cores, bury after swallowing the cores, requires Peak of Tier Four strength.]
[Evolutionary Path 2: Vine Tree Lion: Five Tier Five Wood Element Crystal Cores, swallow the cores, complete the final evolution in a sunny location, requires Peak of Tier Four strength.]
Ye Bai crossed his arms, directly summoned the Little Charcoal Dog.
The Little Charcoal Dog ran excitedly, tongue hanging out.
"Wow, I thought you would summon your Ten Thousand Changes Silkworm."
"Last time my Vine Lion lost to your Ten Thousand Changes Silkworm, it’s been dwelling on it for a long time."
"Anyway, after my Vine Lion defeats the Little Charcoal Dog, it’ll take on your Ten Thousand Changes Silkworm next."
Zhang Lingxue was confident, her Vine Lion would not easily lose this match.
But don’t set the flag too early.
The Little Charcoal Dog looked nervously at the Wood Element Vine Lion, feeling a bit excited.
"Little Charcoal Dog, don’t be nervous, just do what you think is best."
"At critical moments, I’ll remind you."
Ye Bai gently spoke to the Little Charcoal Dog.
"Vine Lion, you also play freely, I’ll remind you if there’s an issue."
After all, the Vine Lion is one tier higher than the Little Charcoal Dog, its strength naturally stronger, Zhang Lingxue couldn’t just bully straightforwardly.
The Vine Lion extended two thick vine whips, swung heavily toward the direction of Little Charcoal Dog, a piercing sound rang out.
Sparks erupted from under Little Charcoal Dog’s paws, it ran with fiery hooves, leaped aside to avoid the vine whip attack, the vine whips struck the ground with a crisp sound.
Dust flew up.
Seeing this, the Vine Lion extended two more vine whips, the four vines snaked around the ground like serpents, tracking Little Charcoal Dog’s movements.
Little Charcoal Dog saw this and jumped into the air, fire surged, countless sparks sprayed like a rainstorm of pear blossoms from the air, towards Vine Lion’s face.
Vine Lion extended other vine whips to shield itself, the sparks falling on the vine whips without a trace.
"Looks like Little Charcoal Dog hasn’t fully activated the power of the Flame Treasure Pearl."
"Otherwise, the attack earlier would have greatly hurt the Vine Lion."
"The Vine Lion is Tier Three, but fire overcomes wood, as long as Little Charcoal Dog plays well, it’s not the one to lose."
Seeing its attack blocked by the Vine Lion, vine whips coming from all directions, nearly sealing off the Little Charcoal Dog’s path.
Little Charcoal Dog used Rapid Run again, its speed increased much, dashed out before the vine whips could fully blockade.
Layers of black flame spread across its body.
Where it passed, black flames began to spread in the air.
After the vine whip touched these black flames, it actually began to burn.
The Vine Lion actively wound the vine whip together, forming a giant wooden hammer.
The flames that were burning also extinguished in this suffocating environment.
"Very wise."
Ye Bai said to Zhang Lingxue.
"Haha, I’ve always guarded against Fire Element moves, regular flames will extinguish in an oxygen-depleted environment."
"And vines intertwined can also accelerate the extinguishing of flames."
"Although your little Charcoal Dog’s flames are somewhat intimidating, they are still ordinary flames."
Zhang Lingxue smugly said to Ye Bai.
During their conversation, the two pet beasts did not stop; instead, their battle became increasingly fierce.
The Vine Lion let out a roar, and numerous vines surged forth, while the little Charcoal Dog dodged among the vines, with a trail of black flame appearing wherever it went.
A black flame emerged on little Charcoal Dog, forming a flaming shield.
"This little Charcoal Dog is too agile, like a slippery eel."
"We still need to block the movement of little Charcoal Dog."
"Vine Lion, Flying Leaf Blade."
From the vine-like mane of the Vine Lion, thumb-sized leaves emerged.
These leaves were similar to willow leaves, slender and shaped like curved blades.
The leaves shot out, flying in all directions towards the little Charcoal Dog.
At this moment, a gleam appeared in little Charcoal Dog’s eyes, as it was waiting for this chance to showcase what it recently learned.
Sparks like flying fireflies surged forth from its fur, with the black flames accurately hitting every willow leaf blade.
Instantly, the flames turned into a sea of fire, turning the countless willow leaves in the air to ashes.
Wisps of black ash dropped from the sky.
Little Charcoal Dog had already begun to show its prowess.
It transformed into a streak of black light, charging directly at the Vine Lion.
Little Charcoal Dog’s flames soared to the sky, the flames on its body leaping up to two meters high, coming with ill intent!
The Vine Lion could only defend passively, a hint of green flashed in its eyes, and the ground cracked open.
Countless trees intertwined, enveloping the Vine Lion.
Wooden Wall, this was the Vine Lion’s defense skill.
Zhang Lingxue’s eyes flickered at the Vine Lion’s move; she hesitated to speak but ultimately remained silent.
In truth, the Vine Lion made a mistake; it should have used an attack skill. Passive defense would only put it at a disadvantage.
A loud bang was heard, as the Vine Lion’s proud Wooden Wall was smashed through by little Charcoal Dog as if it was made of paper.
The Vine Lion let out a deafening roar from within the Wooden Wall.
Blazing flames began to burn, and Ye Bai hadn’t yet seen the Vine Lion’s miserable state before Zhang Lingxue retrieved it.
"Ye Bai, good job."
Zhang Lingxue snorted coldly; she had seen Vine Lion’s tragic state, its whole body was scorched black, and even the brightly colored flowers on it were burned to a crisp.
But luckily, they were all surface injuries, which could be healed after a period of tempering in the Pet Beast Space.
But this was an undeniable embarrassment, as Tier Three pet beast lost to a Tier Two pet beast.
"Haha, the teacher went easy on us, otherwise how could my little Charcoal Dog win? Little Charcoal Dog, you must remain humble and not get arrogant just because you won once."
Little Charcoal Dog nodded, appearing very interested in the battle.
Ye Bai knew his little Charcoal Dog preferred fighting more, wanting to make it the main contender for the Phoenix Cup.
While Ten Thousand Changes Silkworm would be his ace.
In fact, after Ten Thousand Changes Silkworm broke through to Tier Three, Ye Bai gained an extra contract position and felt somewhat awkward.
Since Sunflower King was bound to break through to Tier Four, once contracted to Sunflower King, it could not evolve into Sunflower Emperor.
Big Gray was already Tier Five, contracting across two tiers to Big Gray wasn’t realistic either.
Ye Bai faced a gap period then, needing to cultivate another pet beast.
He had to look into it to avoid being too passive.
After watching this battle, Zhang Lingxue knew that Ye Bai was almost guaranteed to qualify for the provincial rounds of the Phoenix Cup; the key now was the Young Qilin Cup.
Ye Bai needed more training to master pet healing.
"Ye Bai, I know a friend who specializes in pet healing. You should learn from them, but be cautious as they have a quirky personality."
"We have succeeded in the first phase of the Positive Rabbit and Negative Electric Rabbit’s experiment, now we must wait for them to mature before proceeding."
Zhang Lingxue handed Ye Bai a rustic business card.
Originally intended for breeding, the Positive Rabbit and Negative Electric Rabbit could also be used for experiments.
However, due to species diversity, avoiding inbreeding was best achieved through breeding from the first generation.
Zhang Lingxue even marked each newly born Negative Electric Rabbit and Positive Rabbit to avoid inbreeding.