Supreme Electromagnetic Tyrant-Chapter 372 - 269 Vacuum Kirin

Before the upgrade, Alien Coexistence was at (Second Level 167/10799).

Soon, with more than ten thousand points of Spiritual Origin Ability injected, the Alien Coexistence Ability, which had already merged with his flesh and blood, was awakened. The spiritual connection between him and Qing Hong grew tighter and clearer.

Qing Hong crawled out of the pocket and revealed its true body, its shiny eyes staring at Ji Xinghuo.

It was equally anticipative.

"It must either be Miniaturization or Giant Transformation!" Ji Xinghuo thought silently to himself.

Every Alien Coexistence upgrade was like a lottery draw; he could share seven abilities from Qing Hong: Miniaturization, Giant Transformation, Spirit Smell, Gravity Mutation, gene recombination, Sky Splitting Claw, and Biological Field. This time, the odds of winning were two in seven.

Similarly, Qing Hong could also gain a new Ability from him, and any one of them would greatly enhance its strength.

The Ability progress surged forward like rocketing up.

When Alien Coexistence reached Third Level, Ji Xinghuo and Qing Hong felt a change taking place inside their bodies at the same time.

"That hurts!"

This was Ji Xinghuo’s first sensation.

Every part of his body ached as if he was being torn apart. He was in a dazed and confused state, his consciousness murky and his inner self bewildered. When he regained consciousness, he found himself unharmed, with no other changes to his body, as if nothing had happened.

"What’s going on here?" Sensing something was wrong, he quickly opened the interface for the Star Realm.

Then he was stunned.

On the left side of the interface, there was an addition in his Ability information column, displaying: [gene recombination (non-upgradable)]

"Damn it!"

Ji Xinghuo couldn’t help but curse, not knowing whether to cry or laugh.

He should be happy, theoretically, for having obtained a Star Fall Ability, but as he previously feared, gene recombination had many restrictions and didn’t quite suit him. Even if he found a suitable target to consume in the future, what if, after the gene recombination, he turned into a non-human form?

"I can’t change what has happened, I can only accept it."

Ji Xinghuo shook his head helplessly; after all, it was a Star Fall Ability, something others dreamt of, and he shouldn’t disdain it.

After this upgrade, Alien Coexistence became (Third Level 1/30109).

"Right, Qing Hong!"

He then remembered Qing Hong and saw that it had already collapsed on the ground, motionless. The surrounding Ether Energy, like a boiling sea, poured crazily into its body.

The tricolor scales on Qing Hong’s body shone with light, and its body turned transparent, allowing a clear view inside.

This situation was the same as its previous evolution.

"It evolved!"

Ji Xinghuo was overjoyed. At last, after merging so many abilities, Qing Hong evolved again. This evolution elevated it from a Superior Spirit Item right up to a Catastrophe-Level Spirit Item!

He looked at the information on the right side of the interface, and Qing Hong’s Ability had been augmented by one.

"It’s actually Titanium Cobalt Dragon Blood!"

"No wonder..."

Ji Xinghuo realized suddenly as he saw Qing Hong’s blood transition from regular blood to silver, a tremendous amount of Ether Energy transforming into Dragon Blood, coursing through its entire body, wildly boosting its strength, defense, speed, recovery, and burst abilities, endowing it with the power of a True Dragon!

"Damn, you’re luckier than I am." Ji Xinghuo was genuinely happy for Qing Hong. His most suitable Ability for it was the Titanium Cobalt Dragon Blood, and it was directly at Fourth Level.

Qing Hong’s strength increase was a gain in his own strength as well.

Evolution, unlike gene recombination, did not take weeks to endure. Gradually, Qing Hong’s body began to change.

Its body grew larger and longer.

Its stout neck became slender, its back protuberant, its torso more robust, and its limbs longer, allowing it to stand taller. Its tail also extended backward. After two to three hours, its body grew from just over six meters to nearly ten meters, though it still retained some lizard-like traits.

Simultaneously, the colors of the scales on Qing Hong’s body were changing.

The abdomen was silver, the back was cyan, and intricate golden scale patterns adorned its neck, claws, and spine, glimmering and shimmering, dazzlingly beautiful.

Late in the evolution, two sharp horns emerged on the top of Qing Hong’s head, sweeping backward, resplendent in gold.

Around the two sturdy horns, which were over half a meter long, sprouted numerous dark golden dense manes. They had no physical form, composed of a faint energy that looked like flames yet had no temperature, undulating on their own and extending two to three meters in length, thousands of them spreading around its head, appearing very ethereal.

Dark gold manes also grew from the shoulders and above the hind limbs to the tip of the tail, looking like the mane and tail of a horse.

"What is this?"

Ji Xinghuo was astonished, reaching out to touch the dark gold manes only for his hand to pass straight through.

On closer inspection, he noticed that these ethereal floating manes were penetrating into the void, causing nearly invisible ripples in the air with their slight movements.

Clearly, these weren’t ordinary manes but were related to Qing Hong’s Ability!

As dawn was about to break, the evolution reached its final stretch.

Ji Xinghuo stepped back a few meters to observe. Qing Hong’s form was markedly different from before the evolution; its body was larger but also more svelte, reaching ten meters long.

It could stand higher on its four limbs, with shoulders more than two and a half meters from the ground.

And now with the twin horns on its head, it resembled a dragon even more.

The hard, thick tricolor scales and ethereal dark golden manes endowed Qing Hong with the powerful strength of a true Dragon, coupled with a mysterious aura.

"A qilin?"

Ji Xinghuo stroked his chin, now Qing Hong looked like a combination of a qilin and a dragon serpent, but it was still different.

At this moment, Qing Hong opened its eyes, and its pupils turned gold and silver.

It looked at Ji Xinghuo, lowered its head to affectionately lick Ji Xinghuo’s face, its strange dual-colored eyes filled with excitement. After shrinking, Qing Hong dashed around the cultivation room in circles, wanting to show off its new abilities. However, it discovered that they kept failing, which made it cry out in frustration.

Ji Xinghuo saw the new form information of Qing Hong.

[Spiritual Objects: Vacuum Qilin]

[Level: Catastrophe-Hong]

[Ability: Dimension Stomach, Miniaturization, Holy Scale Armor, Spirit Smell, Ether Resonance*, Thunderbolt Hand*, Giant Transformation, Gravity Mutation*, Gene Recombination (Not Upgradable), Sky Splitting Claw, Biological Field*, Titanium Cobalt Dragon Blood*, Vacuum Sensing, Instantaneous Movement]

"It’s really called a qilin!"

Ji Xinghuo was somewhat puzzled. Was each of Qing Hong’s post-evolution names based on his own thoughts?

Qing Hong had awakened two new abilities, Vacuum Sensing and Instantaneous Movement.

Both were Transcendent Abilities and also related to space.

Ji Xinghuo had seen information about Vacuum Sensing in the ADC’s database before. It was a type of Perception Ability that could sense spatial changes within a certain range, thereby mastering all movements without any blind spots, more comprehensive and subtle than ordinary perception methods.

This method of perception was a bit similar to Electromagnetic Induction.

It was one of the two core abilities of a "Vacuum Stringer," the other being Spiritual Energy, which was also the best Tuning Ability.

To become a Vacuum Stringer, Vacuum Sensing was indispensable.

Ji Xinghuo couldn’t help thinking that if Qing Hong later shared Spiritual Energy from him, or merged with a Spiritual Ability Species, maybe it could become a Vacuum Stringer!

The essence of gravity is space.

Qing Hong had already mastered part of the Gravity Warrior’s Ability, and evolving further in the direction of space was completely feasible. Besides, the two abilities, Miniaturization and Giant Transformation, are inherently related to spatial dimensions.

The other new Ability, "Instantaneous Movement," was also space-related.

However, this wasn’t the Star Realm, so Qing Hong always failed when trying to use Instantaneous Movement.

"A single evolution awakened two Transcendent Abilities, and both perfectly match its own path of evolution," Ji Xinghuo marveled. Normally, non-sentient creatures do not evolve so dramatically. Even though Qing Hong was a Spiritual Object, it appeared abnormal.

The only explanation is gene recombination.

This Star Fall Ability greatly enhanced Qing Hong’s potential, allowing it to awaken more powerful and fitting abilities during evolution.

Ji Xinghuo watched the cheerfully running Qing Hong and couldn’t help pondering whether he should be so averse to gene recombination.

The path of evolution was a continuous one of change and development.

If one always clung to human form and appearance due to psychological factors, afraid to break through and change, that would be setting limits for oneself and inevitably missing out on many abilities and strengths.

"Perhaps..."

"If I get the chance, then I’ll give it a try."

"Even if my body becomes less human-like, or I grow some strange new organs, there are many shape-shifting Abilities available. I can just hide them most of the time."

Ji Xinghuo attempted to convince himself, yet he still struggled somewhat.

His attention returned to Qing Hong. Having evolved into a Catastrophe Spirit Item, Qing Hong’s strength had increased significantly. But exactly how strong it had become was impossible to test in the sanctuary.

In this evolution, several of Qing Hong’s Abilities had greatly improved, but none had leveled up.

The two new Abilities, Vacuum Sensing (First Level 1/409), Instantaneous Movement (First Level 1/269).

With more than ten thousand Source Energy points left, Ji Xinghuo was not stingy. He called over Qing Hong, placed his hand on its head, and upgraded its abilities.

Soon enough, Vacuum Sensing reached (Third Level 1/8999), and Instantaneous Movement also reached (Third Level 1/4339). Both were Transcendent Abilities, yet there was a clear distinction between them. The difficulty of upgrading them was not the same. Even though both reached Third Level, the required Source Energy differed by a factor of two.

At Third Level Vacuum Sensing, Qing Hong’s Perception radius reached about 1000 meters.

This could complement his own Electromagnetic Induction.

"I wonder what Level Vacuum Sensing needs to reach before it evolves into ’Vacuum Source’?"

Ji Xinghuo was very much looking forward to it.

Vacuum Source was a Star Fall Ability that could absorb energy from the vacuum, enhance the lethality of Creation Energy Type Abilities, speed up the recovery of physical and Star Power, and even directly control limitless Vacuum Energy to form various powerful effects.

Qing Hong’s Instantaneous Movement had reached Third Level, the travel distance definitely increased a lot, but on Earth Abyss Star, it was completely unusable.

With over six thousand Source Energy points left, Ji Xinghuo calculated that he could just manage to upgrade both "Miniaturization" and "Giant Transformation" by one level each.

Quickly, both Abilities were upgraded to Third Level.

"That’s it."

Ji Xinghuo, looking at [Source Energy: 0], spread his hands towards Qing Hong to signal the end.

Only then did Qing Hong reluctantly run off, continuing to frolic in the cultivation room like a happy little dog. Yet, it did not forget Ji Xinghuo’s admonition, not to leave the cultivation room and get caught by the Crystal Elite Clan’s surveillance.

Ji Xinghuo rested for a moment.

After daylight, he had Qing Hong shrink and hide in his pocket before walking out of the sanctuary.