Chapter 56: Golden Wheel’s High-Tier Evolution!!
“Can you, a Royal-Tier, allow yourself to be killed by me?”
In the central hall of the Royal-Tier Lair, within the Pet Beast Compendium Museum.
As the golden-haired girl’s light laughter subsided, the bizarre High-Tier rabbit, under the incredulous gaze of the fox in the maid outfit, casually swept its ear across the floor, leaving a deep scratch on the hard surface.
It couldn’t remember the last time it had felt this “absurd” since becoming Royal-Tier.
Even in a virtual battle map, how dare a High-Tier insect provoke a Royal-Tier!?
In the next second, the Moon-Embracing Jade Hammer answered with action. It crushed the floor tiles into fine dust with its powerful ears, then assumed a fierce throwing stance.
[Flexibility Enhancement, Sand Toss, Lunar Crash, Flurry, Power Throw]
“Boom!!!!”
Before the fox in the maid outfit could recover from her shock, the entire museum was crushed by an immense gravitational force. The ground within a hundred-meter radius of her collapsed, creating a crescent-shaped crater.
Overwhelmed by the pressure, she watched in horror as the Moon-Embracing Jade Hammer swung its ear.
Impossible! Someone was actually attacking a Royal-Tier!!!
“Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh——!!!!!”
In the next second, a deafening roar echoed as a barrage of gravel pierced through the entire map like a rain of bullets. The booming sound lasted for half a minute before the dust settled, revealing the devastated museum. Countless structures were destroyed, and even half of the ten Royal-Tier statues were damaged.
“Whoosh~~~~”
A giant, ethereal white fox tail swept away the debris, revealing the unharmed fox in the maid outfit. The giant tail curled gracefully, then unfurled like a blooming flower, revealing the fox standing within.
“Ignorant insect…”
“You think you can escape after doing this!?” The fox roared, her face contorted with rage.
A few seconds later, her expression turned blank as she scanned the empty museum ruins.
Wait, where was she?
She…left…?
Why??
Not only had the girl escaped unharmed, but she had done so after a single attack!!!
Now she couldn’t even vent her anger by “punishing” the girl’s virtual character?
“Very well…I…I’ll remember you…”
“Boom!!!!” The fox, her face flushed red, panted heavily. Her white fox tail suddenly whipped around, obliterating the entire map. The entire Royal-Tier Lair was reduced to ruins.
[Moon-Embracing Jade Hammer completely overcomes its fear of Royal-Tier: 47→48]
[Moon-Embracing Jade Hammer attacks a Royal-Tier pet beast: 48→49]
The moment the Moon-Embracing Jade Hammer attacked the examiner, the golden-haired girl had decisively exited the Pet Beast Compendium Museum map. Otherwise, if her hands were restrained, she wouldn’t be able to click the “Exit” button in the system settings. Then, even if she was humiliated through the internet, she wouldn’t be able to resist, only able to wait for the 24-hour anti-addiction system to force her offline…
That was close…
Almost fell to the dark side~~~
Back in her private training space, Lian Xing watched the Moonlight Rabbit’s rapidly increasing level, her starry eyes twinkling with joy.
Did anyone really think she was trying to defeat a Royal-Tier pet beast?
The Moon-Embracing Jade Hammer was just an ordinary Rare Species evolution path. How could it possibly have a requirement like defeating a Royal-Tier pet beast?
Defeating a Royal-Tier during the High-Tier stage was a task for Legendary Rare Species like Star Sand…
[Heaven-Gracing Curtain — Commander-Tier Evolution Requirements]
[Condition 9: Attack a wild Royal-Tier pet beast, regardless of victory or defeat, but not a simulated AI projection]
In that instant, the Moon-Embracing Jade Hammer’s Commander-Tier evolution path, Heaven-Gracing Curtain’s ninth evolution requirement, had been fulfilled. Because, as Lian Xing had said, that little fox wasn’t a virtual NPC, but an unowned, wild Royal-Tier pet beast!
The difficulty of this evolution requirement lay in the fact that it had to be a wild Royal-Tier! If it was a pet beast owned by a Beast Tamer, begging for mercy and offering herself might have given her a chance of survival. But a wild Royal-Tier would definitely kill any insect that dared to provoke it. There was no doubt about that.
And this seemingly impossible condition had been cleverly fulfilled by Lian Xing.
Virtual battles were truly amazing, who understood~~~
Of course, Lian Xing wasn’t worried about the fox withholding her instance reward. A mere instance examiner didn’t have that authority. If she wasn’t mistaken, this little fox was likely the administrator of this virtual battle region. In other words—
Just a village chief~~~
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“Alright, time for the real enhancements~~~” Lian Xing said casually.
She immediately allocated all the Moon-Embracing Jade Hammer’s attribute points to Agility.
[Moon-Embracing Jade Hammer’s Agility attribute has reached 30 points. You can choose a third Agility Arcane Art]
[Randomly generating Arcane Arts…]
[Phantom: Greatly reduces attack interval, greatly increases attack speed]
[Perfect Pitch: “Perfectly” enhances throwing ability, greatly improves understanding of throwing, allowing precise control of trajectory and direction changes]
[Moon’s Grace: Grants the ears a “Flowing” characteristic, deflecting ranged attacks, including energy and elemental attacks, when successfully blocking. When performing a no-windup special throw using Moon’s Grace, inherits half of the maximum throwing power]
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Seeing the two generated Arcane Arts, Lian Xing was stunned.
Why only two, not three? Because she couldn’t even see the first option, Phantom, anymore.
What kind of luck was this?
Two top-tier Arcane Arts at once…?
Perfect Pitch was the core enhancement Arcane Art for throwing abilities. With Perfect Pitch, the Moon-Embracing Jade Hammer’s throwing power would undergo a dramatic transformation. After all, this was a “perfect” enhancement, meaning it maximized the effect!!!
Moon’s Grace was a dual-characteristic Arcane Art. The second characteristic was essentially a no-windup instant throw, which didn’t seem that impressive. But the first characteristic was terrifying. It directly addressed the Moon-Embracing Jade Hammer’s lack of defense…
Perfect Pitch and Moon’s Grace, even the experienced Lian Xing couldn’t decide which one to choose, racking her brains.
Why give her two at once!!!
After a moment of contemplation, Lian Xing complained, ungrateful. It was like choosing between bigger breasts and bigger eyes. Any normal person would be conflicted.
She might as well just choose one for her~~~
As for why not longer legs…?
Any alteration to Lian Xing’s naturally perfect legs, any disruption to their lines and curves, would be an insult to national treasure-level art!!
Finally, after playing rock-paper-scissors with herself, Lian Xing made her decision.
Youlan Academy. Three days had passed since the exhibition match. During this time, the 36 Supernovas engaged in fierce ranking battles, finally on the eve of the league qualifiers,determining the final team roster.
At this moment, over 30 young girls were gathered in the main training hall. The Dean of Youlan Academy, a voluptuous woman with fiery red hair, stood on the stage, looking at the 30 elite students, speaking in a serious tone.
“I believe you all know that this is our most promising team since Youlan Academy was founded!!!”
“For my three…no, for the honor and dignity of Youlan Academy, we must achieve good results in this year’s league!!”
“There are two qualifier matches tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. If we win both, we’ll advance to the main tournament, showcasing your skills in front of hundreds of millions of viewers!!!”
“As usual, each academy has two participating teams. This time, the members of the first team will be personally chosen by our new captain, Lian Xing. The rest will be automatically assigned to the second team based on their rankings.”
As the Dean’s words echoed, a golden-haired girl with two large buns, shiny knee-high stockings, and twinkling starry eyes walked onto the stage. Looking down at the crowd, she tapped her chin, her expression playful.
“Can I really choose anyone I want?”
“This…it’s like…choosing concubines~~~”
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“…”
This temptress…she’s asking to be taken… many students thought, seeing Lian Xing’s provocative behavior on stage.
With Qi Dong gone, the captaincy naturally fell to Lian Xing. Anyone who had seen the exhibition match wouldn’t doubt her strength. In this year’s qualifiers, any ordinary team that encountered Lian Xing would be utterly crushed.
A single attack that could split an island…comparable to Commander-Tier!!!
After observing the crowd for a while, Lian Xing quickly decided on her team members.
First, the fishtail girl standing alone in a corner, dripping water, shunned by everyone, the second-ranked Supernova, Yu Bo.
Then, the girl with voluminous peach-colored curls and black stockings from the second team, the fifth-ranked Supernova, Tao Wan.
Finally, the red-haired, twintailed girl who was staring at Lian Xing expectantly, Chi Yan.
Putting her daughter on Lian Xing’s team was the Dean’s only request. Lian Xing didn’t mind. She would even take a dog if she had to.
So, for the fifth member of the team…
Let’s take a real dog…
“Yu Bo, Tao Wan, Chi Yan, and the one with the VR headset~~~” Lian Xing announced her team members.
Yu Bo, who had been standing alone with a depressed expression, widened her eyes in disbelief when she heard her name. Tao Wan wasn’t surprised. She knew Lian Xing was a free spirit and had been prepared to be pulled from the second team.
However, when the girl with the VR headset was also chosen, everyone was shocked. Because, she was the former captain Qi Dong’s lapdog…
During the Rare Species encounter in Youxi Valley, it was this girl who had been frantically trying to analyze Star Sand’s information.
Moreover, her pet beast was just a Mid-Tier intelligence-type Mechanical Species. There were better candidates, weren’t there?
Like Ye Zhuzhi and Hei Lan, the two High-Tier Beast Tamers who were currently without a team…
If they could recruit them, wouldn’t Youlan Academy have a full High-Tier lineup this year???
However, Lian Xing didn’t care about having a strong lineup. She had simply thought of the word “dog” and decided to bring this girl along to make up the numbers~~~
The five team members, with their mixed emotions, stood together. After taking their photo and registering them, the Dean opened the official league’s lottery system.
“Lian Xing, we’re drawing lots today. As the captain, you can click it…”
“I believe in your luck~~~~”
The Dean placed the lottery interface in front of Lian Xing. Since the Ten Greats academies from the previous year were exempt from the qualifiers, as long as they didn’t draw any of the top 16 teams, they had a 100% chance of advancing.
My hand luck is terrible. Can I use my foot luck?
Hearing the Dean’s words, Lian Xing wanted to kick the screen with her stocking-clad foot, but seeing the dozens of expectant gazes below, she ultimately abandoned the idea. She casually tapped the screen, and it began to spin rapidly.
A few seconds later, the text stopped.
[First Round Qualifier Opponent]
[White Maple Academy Second Team]
Meanwhile, in the White Maple Academy training room, a heavy silence hung in the air. All the team members were waiting for their opponent in tomorrow’s match. Seeing the tense atmosphere, Xiao Kui, who was livestreaming, patted the second team captain’s shoulder playfully.
“Don’t worry, there are only a few strong teams in the qualifiers. Out of hundreds of academies, we’ll definitely win~~~”
However, just as Xiao Kui finished speaking, a message appeared on the screen.
[First Round Qualifier Opponent]
[Youlan Academy First Team]
At that moment…
The entire White Maple Academy training room fell silent.
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