Chapter 51: Rejecting Evolution, A New Form!! p1
“Boom!!!!”
A dazzling red light erupted within Lian Xing’s private training space. The Golden Wheel, having reached level 30, trembled violently, its body buzzing.
It was afraid of High-Tier evolution…
Because among all the evolution paths, this one had the shortest lifespan…
Mutated evolution, a flawed path, an existence born from the Beast Tamer’s ignorance and mistakes.
“Don’t worry, I promise, I will help you evolve further in the future…”
“Your journey won’t end at High-Tier!!!” Lian Xing placed her hand gently on the Golden Wheel, comforting it with a tone of tender concern.
Mutated evolution was a forced process, not something a Beast Tamer could prevent with mere willpower. However, as Lian Xing spoke, the Golden Wheel’s trembling subsided slightly.
As a pet beast, it unconditionally trusted its master…
But whether Lian Xing could truly help it evolve further was uncertain. Because the only way was to…double down on the mistake!
To become even more corrupted on this flawed path, eventually transforming into an irreversible disaster…a Fallen Species!!!
A few seconds later, the Golden Wheel stopped resisting, allowing its body to be enveloped in red light.
[Golden Wheel]
[Amber Palace · Topaz]
The red light flickered, and the pet beast panel within Lian Xing’s body also changed. Like Chi Yan’s Fire Armament · Purple Calamity, most mutated evolutions retained the names and characteristics of both evolution paths.
The Golden Wheel’s High-Tier evolution was a special mutated existence called [Amber Palace · Topaz].
Finally, after a dozen agonizing seconds, the evolution was complete. The Amber Palace · Topaz’s panel stabilized, no longer flickering.
Next came the transformation of its appearance and the merging of its stats. Lian Xing, her starry eyes twinkling, looked at the Golden Wheel bathed in light with anticipation.
She wondered what it would look like after evolving…?
“Whoosh——!!!”
“Buzzzzzzzz!!!”
In the next second, something unexpected happened. The red light emanating from the Amber Palace Golden Wheel suddenly exploded, engulfing the Topaz Golden Wheel. Then, under Lian Xing’s horrified gaze, the word “Topaz” disappeared from the panel, leaving only “Amber Palace.”
After a few seconds of stunned silence, Lian Xing realized what had happened.
“Oh no!!!”
“I underestimated the rarity of Amber Palace!!!” Lian Xing stared at the glowing Golden Wheel, her mouth agape.
The Amber Palace’s panel and characteristics had completely absorbed the Topaz Double Wheel…
It…refused to coexist with the Topaz Double Wheel!!!
Undoubtedly, this kind of situation usually only happened with Super Rare Species. Only a Super Rare Species would have such an arrogant attitude!
In fact, after seeing the Amber Palace’s stringent evolution requirements, Lian Xing had already suspected…
Could Amber Palace be a Super Rare Species evolution path?
But she refused to believe it, refusing to believe that she could simultaneously fulfill the requirements for both mutated evolution and a Super Rare Species evolution. After all, such an absurdly low probability was as likely as her…giving up stockings…!!!
“So, what’s going on now?”
“Which takes priority, mutated evolution or Super Rare Species…?”
Since it had already happened, Lian Xing could only accept it and wait for the outcome. Honestly, this was the first time she had encountered such a bizarre situation.
Would the mutated evolution be canceled midway!?
Or would Amber Palace’s protest be ignored, and the mutation continue!?
“…”
“…”
Three minutes later, the red light gradually faded. The anxious golden-haired girl finally saw the Golden Wheel’s new form.
Two dark red, hollow ring-shaped blades floated silently in mid-air.
But…
The outer blades were completely different from the usual ring-shaped blades!!
Layers of folded, half-moon shaped blades, resembling spinning tops, covered the outer edges of the two Golden Wheels, their irregular shapes interlocking and overlapping, forming a maze of blades like a bladed spinning top or a mosquito coil.
And most strikingly, a layer of illusory red flames hovered three meters beyond the outer edges of the two Golden Wheels, like a blade aura extending from a weapon in a fantasy novel.
Could a Golden Wheel…have a blade aura…?
Wait!!!
Lian Xing suddenly realized that this strange shape…resembled a planet and its rings!!!
Then, as she checked her pet beast panel, she was stunned. Well, it wasn’t just a “big change,” it was a complete transformation…
[High-Tier — Weapon Species — ??Red Prison Palace Master??]
[Characteristic 1: The Red Prison Palace Master’s form is divided into an outer ring and an inner ring. The inner ring is the Golden Wheel’s core, while the outer ring is the extended Red Glow Star Ring. The outer ring possesses maximum weight and hardness, while the inner ring possesses maximum speed and rotation speed. The two do not interfere with each other.]
[Characteristic 2: The Golden Wheel’s core determines the flight trajectory, while the outer Star Ring follows its movement, blocking impacts and attacks for the core. When accidentally hitting allies, the damage is nullified.]
[Talent: Limit Heavy Metal — Maximizes weight and hardness, but renders the pet beast immobile.]
[First Speed Arcane Art: Red Amber — Greatly increases rotation speed, movement speed, hardness, weight, and sharpness]
[Second Speed Arcane Art: Thunderclap — Can change trajectory three times during flight by activating speed bursts, each trajectory change creating a powerful explosive shockwave behind it]
[Combat Skill: Red Prison Palace (Red) — Expands and enlarges the outer ring during flight, creating an illusory palace that lasts for 60 seconds. All enemy units within the palace’s range are attacked by an invisible slash every ten seconds. The slash’s power is equal to the Red Glow Star Ring’s damage. After using this combat skill, the Red Prison Palace Master enters a one-hour cooldown.]
“…”
“…”
“The protest worked!?” Lian Xing stared at the new panel, lost in thought for over ten minutes, before finally muttering in disbelief.
Although the mutation wasn’t completely prevented, Amber Palace’s protest seemed to have succeeded…
[Red Prison Palace Master]
This panel…it was beyond even Commander-Tier, wasn’t it?
After analyzing the information, Lian Xing took a deep breath. This new Golden Wheel’s attributes were outrageously powerful!!!
First, the outer Star Ring, extending from its Characteristic, increased the Golden Wheel’s attack range several times over, while also preventing friendly fire. And the Limit Heavy Metal talent, while rendering the outer ring immobile, didn’t affect the inner core’s speed, perfectly complementing the dual Characteristics.
Then, there were the Arcane Arts.
Not only did they combine the styles of the two Golden Wheels’ previous evolution paths, but the separation of the inner and outer layers also turned all their weaknesses into strengths…
And finally—
The Red Quality exclusive combat skill that came with the rare evolution…
Lian Xing wasn’t sure about the highest combat power in this region, but it was essentially a beginner’s zone. Unleashing a Red Quality combat skill here would be…overkill…
Oh, right…
Another important point was that the two Golden Wheels now possessed the abilities of their previous individual forms.
This meant…it was now 1+1=>4!!!
“Whew~~~~” After summarizing the information, Lian Xing let out a long sigh, calming her excitement.
Amber Palace’s protest was truly a pleasant surprise, somewhat making up for the fact that the Red Prison Palace Master’s evolution would end at High-Tier.
However, although the Red Prison Palace Master’s abilities were incredibly powerful, it wasn’t time to celebrate yet.
Don’t forget, she still had one training point to allocate!!!
Lian Xing immediately allocated the Red Prison Palace Master’s level 30 training point to Speed.
[Speed: 29→30]
[Red Prison Palace Master’s Speed attribute has reached 30 points. You can choose a third Speed Arcane Art]
[Hurricane Rampage: The Red Prison Palace Master’s flight trajectory will not be affected by any attack or obstacle]
[Crimson Barrage: The Red Prison Palace Master will ignore Elemental Species’ elementalization and Viral Species’ incorporeal forms]
[Dimensional Penetration: The Red Prison Palace Master can pass through terrain (This Arcane Art doesn’t ignore terrain but allows the Red Prison Palace Master to pass through it. For example, activating this Arcane Art before colliding with a mountain will teleport the Red Prison Palace Master to the other side of the mountain)]
[High-Tier — Biological Species — Moon-Embracing Jade Hammer]
[High-Tier — Weapon Species — ??Red Prison Palace Master??]
[High-Tier — Elemental Species — ??Star Sand??]
After completing all the enhancements, Lian Xing examined her pet beast panel with satisfaction. The special emojis behind the Red Prison Palace Master and Star Sand weren’t related to their tier. Most Rare Species pet beasts had them.
The Moon-Embracing Jade Hammer didn’t have one yet because it was just an ordinary rare evolution. But with each subsequent evolution, its rarity would increase…
Until it finally witnessed the end and returned to the beginning!!
“Alright, let’s test it out…”
With Star Sand still asleep, Lian Xing opened the challenge panel again.
Commander-Tier Lair — Starry Plains, completion record: 7 hours 24 minutes 57 seconds.
This time, she finally set her sights on the most popular instance in the virtual battle space.
The reason for its popularity was that the Starry Plains instance had a detailed and complete walkthrough. Even weaker players could clear it by following the guide, efficiently farming experience for their pet beasts.
The detailed guide was pinned in the comment section.
[Starry Plains Instance, maximum team size: four, pet beast limit: four, recommended: one main battle pet beast per player]
[Note: All pet beasts in this instance are Elemental Species. Beast Tamers who cannot handle Elemental Species, please click the exit button in the upper right corner. Don’t waste your time.]
[The Starry Plains instance is divided into three stages: Starry Plains, Star Altar, and Star Graveyard]
[First stage, Starry Plains, the most complex and annoying stage. The straight path takes less than thirty minutes, but the plains are swarming with High-Tier Elemental Species. You need to lure them out one by one. If you make too much noise, you’ll attract dozens of them, easily leading to a wipe.]
[After all, no matter how strong your Commander-Tier pet beast is, how much of you will be left after a barrage from dozens of Elemental Species?]
[The first stage requires clearing approximately 400-600 High-Tier Elemental Species. Even when you’re close to the end, don’t rush, or the alerted Elemental Species will follow you to the next map, creating an impossible situation.]
[After spending about five hours, you’ll enter the second stage, Star Altar. Here, you’ll face 10 High-Tier and one Commander-Tier Elemental Species, the “Star Priestess.” When this bitch is low on health, she’ll flee and summon another 30 High-Tier Elemental Species. You need to kill at least half of them within 5 seconds, or you’ll be wiped by a barrage in the cramped terrain.]
[Final stage, Star Graveyard, three Commander-Tier Elemental Species bosses appear simultaneously. The super bitch “Star Priestess” will summon another 30 High-Tier Elemental Species at the start. Someone needs to lure them away. Killing them isn’t necessary, just keep them occupied until the other players defeat the Star Priestess.]
[The other two bosses are relatively easy to deal with. The “Moon-Attracting Celestial Maiden” will temporarily lose her elementalization every minute. Don’t be greedy, just chip away at her health slowly. The “Star Guardian” will randomly attack players across the map. The player assigned to deal with the Star Guardian must communicate with the team, or they’ll be easily killed.]
[Beauties, have you learned? Now go challenge it!!!]
Lian Xing skimmed through the guide, confirming that the Starry Plains instance was identical to the one in Pet Beast Evolution Battle. Based solely on the strength of the three Commander-Tier bosses, it wasn’t that difficult. However…
The challenge lay in the fact that all the enemies were Elemental Species!!!
Elemental Species attacks had inherent penetration and wide AOE ranges. The physically weak Beast Tamer would be instantly killed with a single hit, even if their Commander-Tier pet beast was powerful.
What was even more annoying was that the second stage of this instance required high-speed killing in a cramped space, so defensive pet beasts were useless. This meant the Beast Tamer was essentially walking naked in a blizzard, vulnerable to instant death.
“Alright, let’s use Starry Plains to test my current strength…”
“Initiating challenge—”
After clicking the challenge button, Lian Xing’s body vanished in a flash of light.
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