Chapter 203: Shining Rabbit, Monarch Evolution!!! p2
All the Beast Tamers began strategizing.
Following White Abode’s instructions, Heavenly Maiden separated White Abode and her Shining Species.
White Abode was placed in the Defense slot.
Her Shining fox would fight alone in the final Duel, as the trump card.
Silver Dragon placed Huang Li in Attack, North Wind Marquis in Mobility, Monarch-Tier Wind Caller in Support, and Silver Wing Dimension in Defense, completely avoiding the Duel category.
After all, this double-point category would be a bloodbath; competing for points there was too risky…
Thunder Fly and Tear Heavenly Maiden also placed their Pet Beasts.
Rain Water in Support.
Curfew also in Support.
Ephemeral, undoubtedly, in Mobility.
And the Yellow Springs Beckon entered the Duel category.
Tears Maiden, was dissatisfied with the experts of the new world and sought a direct confrontation with the Heavenly Maiden and the others.
She would make a grand entrance onto the new world’s stage with her level one hundred Ancient Species!
Meanwhile, Jade Maiden forfeited without even participating.
Damn it! Lover’s shared Pet Beast ability was banned!
The most disheartened was Lover’s First in Line, the Grand Concubine, her youthful beauty fading.
This battle mode completely nullified her strength.
Screw this, I’m out…
To avoid humiliation, the Grand Concubine didn’t even bother checking the rules, simply sitting down in a corner, hugging her knees in silence.
After half an hour, those who hadn’t confirmed their participation were automatically disqualified.
Then, under everyone’s watchful gaze, the first category, [Attack], began!
“BOOM!!!”
Just a second later, the simulation ended.
A massive ranking list appeared.
[Attack Test Rankings]
[1. Anonymous]
[2. Tian Xueyi]
[3. Anonymous]
[4. Moonwalker’s Dog]
[5. Anonymous]
[6. …]
[58. Lian Xing’s Wife]
A thousand names appeared on the list.
But only a thousand. Millions of others didn’t make the list, receiving only a system notification of their ranking.
The entire space froze.
Seeing that she hadn’t even made the top 50, Huang Li was shocked.
She was one of the seventy-two Legends, a near Myriad-Level Emperor! How could she not even be in the top 50? These Moon Soul World Beast Tamers were ridiculously strong!
Tears Maiden merely twitched slightly, not saying a word after seeing her ranking.
However, most people were staring at Heavenly Maiden.
Heavenly Maiden, only second?
This meant she hadn’t used her main force…?
Then who was first?
Many looked at the Ancient Species holder, Wu Qie, her expression unreadable.
Wu Qie’s mind was in turmoil.
She was the third anonymous participant. The fourth was clearly Cloud Princess. So who was the first, the one who had surpassed Heavenly Maiden?
Though known for her Shining Species and White Abode, Heavenly Maiden’s other Pet Beasts were also incredibly strong, even possessing a Myriad-Level Emperor. How could she lose first place to some unknown nobody?
Soon, the second test, Defense, began.
And just as quickly, it ended.
“BOOM!!!”
A deafening cacophony of noise erupted.
The ranking list was updated.
[Defense Test Rankings]
[1. Anonymous]
[2. Tian Xueyi]
[3. Moonwalker’s Dog]
[4. Anonymous]
Seeing this ranking, White Abode within Heavenly Maiden went ballistic.
“Something’s fishy! Definitely fishy!!!”
“Replay doesn’t want a master!!!”
“How could anyone have stronger defenses than me!?”
“I can’t lose in defense!!!”
As White Abode raged, the other participants also sensed something was wrong.
Heavenly Maiden would definitely place White Abode in the Defense test.
Wu Qie, the Ancient Species Beast Tamer, would also avoid this category.
So what was Replay doing…?
As everyone wondered, hidden at the edge of the enclosed arena, a golden-haired girl with twin buns and a playful smile placed her third card, the Mobility card.
Lian Xing had expected her Monarch-Tier Snow Flower, Ice Attendant Snow Youluo, to lose to Heavenly Maiden’s White Abode in Defense.
She hadn’t expected to win…
It seemed White Abode was a support-type enhancer. In terms of pure defense, she couldn’t compare to Snow Flower.
After all, Snow Flower’s Seven Snow Souls ability was no joke…
In the first round, Lian Xing had used the Ancient Rabbit, naturally dominating all other participants. If anyone could surpass the Back-Tailed Moon-Chasing Demon Rabbit in attack power, she would stand on her head and let them have their way with her!
As for why she didn’t use the Ancient Rabbit in the final round, the Duel category generated battle recordings, and Lian Xing wasn’t that exhibitionistic.
Of course, there was another, more important reason…
The Shining Rabbit had revived!
To be precise, the Shining Rabbit’s cooldown hadn’t ended yet; Lian Xing couldn’t summon her in reality.
However…
Replay’s simulated battles allowed her to use the deceased Shining Rabbit as a card.
Lian Xing wouldn’t miss this opportunity.
She was eager to see if the Shining Rabbit had achieved her perfect Monarch-Tier evolution after defeating the small Fallen Species, Heartless Purgatory Life.
So, naturally, Lian Xing placed Mist Colt in Mobility, Star Sand in Support, and the Shining Rabbit and Calamity Sun in the final Duel category as her trump cards.
Mist Colt easily took first place in Mobility.
When Cloud and Dream’s Promise sprinted at full speed with Awakening activated, even ordinary Myriad-Level Emperors couldn’t see her, let alone catch her.
The suspicions about Replay intensified.
Almost everyone believed Replay didn’t want a master. How else could Heavenly Maiden fail to secure first place in three categories?
Heavenly Maiden’s fans were furious.
The fourth category, Support.
This category’s rules were more complex, simulating a battle between two Emperors and having each player’s support Pet Beast enhance the weaker Emperor, assessing the increase in combat power and whether it could turn the tide of the battle.
Unfortunately, Star Sand only placed fourth in this round. Tears Maiden’s Monarch-Tier Rain Water, however, jumped to third, pushing Cloud Princess down to fifth.
Lian Xing wasn’t discouraged. Star Sand hadn’t evolved in a while, currently only the Commander-Tier Celestial Bride’s Starry Sea, and couldn’t significantly influence Emperor-Tier Pet Beasts, though sealing them for a few seconds was still possible.
Heavenly Maiden finally secured first place.
But her beautiful eyebrows remained furrowed, a sense of unease growing within her.
If that anonymous participant had consistently suppressed her, she might have suspected Replay was rigging the game.
But now, having suddenly won the Support category, while the anonymous participant had fallen behind, made her wonder if the opponent was truly weak in support.
Was it a real person…?
Regardless, the truth would be revealed in the final Duel, which would be recorded.
Heavenly Maiden, White Abode, Wu Qie, Cloud Princess, the Grand Concubine, Silver Dragon—all the Beast Tamers eagerly awaited the final round.
This would be a massive free-for-all between over a billion Pet Beasts!
Heavenly Maiden’s Shining Species and Wu Qie’s Ancient Species would clash once more!
Even if they had no hope of winning, it would be a spectacle to behold~~~
Coming to Cold Moon Palace had been worth it!
A simulated battle recording appeared before them.
Finally, Replay’s trial reached the final Duel.
During the ten-second countdown, billions of participants located their Pet Beasts and saw the starting positions of Heavenly Maiden and Wu Qie’s Pet Beasts.
They were dazzling!
Even without Awakening activated, Heavenly Maiden’s graceful, dreamlike white fox instantly captivated everyone.
Wu Qie’s Ancient Species also exuded a powerful aura that shook the hearts of all participants.
It was a massive, sky-obscuring, black bird.
Clearly, this Ancient Species’ original form was the Low-Tier Black Umbrella Chick—
As the Ancient Species and the Shining Species faced each other, many noticed a sulfur-colored water elemental.
Huh!?
There was another Ancient Species present!?
Was this a Water Elemental Ancient Species?
They had never seen one before.
Could this be the mysterious anonymous participant?
As many wondered, Tears Maiden felt a surge of excitement.
Though her Yellow Springs Beckon was only level one hundred, unable to even defeat a Myriad-Level Emperor…
She still wanted to see how it would fare against a Thousand-Level Ancient Species!
Under everyone’s gaze, time ticked down.
Three seconds left.
Heavenly Maiden’s Shining Species activated its Awakening.
One second left. All Pet Beasts assumed combat stances.
But in the final half-second—
Silver Dragon’s pupils constricted sharply as she noticed something, casually observing since she wasn’t participating in this round.
In a corner at the edge of the map, unnoticed by anyone, a beautiful, humanoid Moonlight Rabbit leaned against the wall, looking bored.
Her body radiated a golden, shimmering light, her soft, fluffy ears drooping like two long pillows, emitting a faint, sunset-like glow.
Golden, star-shaped bubbles floated around her aura, like a cheap video game effect.
And most strikingly, a golden, hollow, satellite-like cube spun above her head.
The cube’s texture and material seemed incredibly refined, golden sand spraying from its seams and forming rivers of gold around the Moonlight Rabbit.
It looked…
Too similar…
This Moonlight Rabbit looked too much like Lian Xing’s!
But Silver Dragon knew this was just her imagination. This was an ordinary Monarch-Tier Biological species, not Lian Xing’s Royal-Tier Shining Species…
Lian Xing still hadn’t arrived.
Finally, the long half-second passed.
The countdown ended.
Under the bated breath of all participants—
The final Duel began!
“BOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
However, at that very moment, without warning, a blinding light flashed across the screen, blinding almost every Beast Tamer.
Then, a massive, golden shockwave erupted from somewhere, instantly engulfing the billions of Pet Beasts present.
Heavenly Maiden and Wu Qie’s expressions froze.
As the entire arena watched in stunned silence, seconds later, as the dazzling golden light subsided, Pet Beasts collapsed one after another, foaming at the mouth and unconscious.
Everyone initially thought Heavenly Maiden’s Shining Species had become even stronger.
But then they saw the Shining white fox also struggling under the terrifying shockwave, one of her hind legs nearly touching the ground.
Wu Qie’s Ancient Species, in its Black Umbrella Chick form, was in even worse shape, unable to even spread its wings, its body sprawled on the ground, drenched in sweat.
“…”
“…”
What was going on…?
As the participants stared in disbelief, at the epicenter of the shining shockwave…
A Moonlight Rabbit, radiating explosive golden flames, slowly stood up.
If Lian Xing were in control, she would have made this creature put on a show, teasing the others before revealing her true power~~~
Unfortunately, this was Replay’s simulated battle, based purely on stats.
Therefore, she would dominate from the very beginning.
This was inevitable.
For ordinary Shining Species, Awakening required a three-second charge, giving others time to react.
But she was clearly different.
She had activated her Awakening the instant the battle began, without any preparation.
Because she was in her full-power Shining form.
Lowering her Pet Essence output suppressed her Shining aura.
Increasing it transformed her into her Shining form.
And this wasn’t even Triple Awakening, just the first stage of Shining Awakening.
As a Monarch-Tier Shining Species, her strength was clearly abnormal.
Even Lian Xing, her master, knew this.
You’re right.
But…
This was a Shining Species that had defeated a Fallen Species!
In that moment, the Moonlight Rabbit’s evolution had been completely rewritten—
[Monarch-Tier · Shining Species]
[?????Starlight Never Diminishes, Moon Eternal?????]
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