Chapter 167: Chapter 153: Evolutionary Branches, Dragon and Giant Beast

After a series of battles, coupled with the Insect Dragon’s blessing, Egg Pancake’s strength had increased significantly. It had now successfully advanced to Awakening IV.

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Race: Rock Fire Lizard

Gender: Male

Talent: D

Level: Awakening Level IV (21/1600)

Talent: None

Acquired Soul Techniques: Flaming Claws III (153/800), Mimicry III (315/800), Giant Rock Crash III (652/800)

Power: 83.5

Physical Strength: 82

Agility: 82.2

Spiritual Energy: 12

Elemental Affinity (Earth): 9

Fire: 6.5

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[This Soul Beast has reached the standard for its first evolution. The Rock Fire Lizard has multiple evolution paths. Please select one.]

The following evolution branches require fusing a Dragon Type Bloodline. Please click for details:

1. [Mountain Lizard Dragon: Power, Physical Strength, and Agility as Primary Attributes. Spiritual Energy as a Support Attribute. Earth, C Talent. Requires all current Soul Techniques to be cultivated to Perfection, and the Beast Master’s Spiritual Power must be at least 5.]

2. [Molten Lizard Dragon: Power, Physical Strength, and Agility as Primary Attributes. Spiritual Energy as a Support Attribute. Earth, Fire, C Talent. Requires all current Soul Techniques to be cultivated to Perfection, and the Beast Master’s Spiritual Power must be at least 7.]

The following evolution branches require fusing a Giant Beast bloodline. Please click for details:

3. [Kemo Battle Beast: Power, Physical Strength, and Agility as Primary Attributes. Spiritual Energy as a Support Attribute. Earth, C Talent. Requires all current Soul Techniques to be cultivated to Perfection, and the Beast Master’s Spiritual Power must be at least 7.]

4. [Red Lotus Battle Lizard: Power, Physical Strength, and Agility as Primary Attributes. Spiritual Energy as a Support Attribute. Fire, Earth, C Talent. Requires all current Soul Techniques to be cultivated to Perfection, and the Beast Master’s Spiritual Power must be at least 7.]

The following are standard evolutions. Please click for details:

5. [Mountain Giant Lizard: Power, Physical Strength, and Agility as Primary Attributes. Spiritual Energy as a Support Attribute. Earth, D+ Talent.]

6. [Rock Fire Fierce Lizard: Power, Physical Strength, and Agility as Primary Attributes. Spiritual Energy as a Support Attribute. Earth, Fire, D+ Talent.]

’It looks like one more evolution will get it to C Talent. That must be why Egg Pancake has so many branches.’ 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶

Looking at the six evolution branches, Han Ning couldn’t help but mutter to himself.

When a Soul Beast advances from D Talent to C Talent, there’s a chance it will awaken a Talent. Possessing a Talent is the metric used to judge a Soul Beast’s quality.

A Soul Beast with C Talent was considered an excellent creature in the eyes of most Insect Masters.

If it weren’t for his panel and the Insect Dragon’s blessing, Han Ning estimated that his Yin Yi and Egg Pancake would still be stuck at D or E Talent.

To understand the differences between each evolution branch, he focused his thoughts on the first option: Mountain Lizard Dragon.

Instantly, the detailed requirements for Egg Pancake’s evolution into a Mountain Lizard Dragon transformed into a stream of information, flowing out before his eyes.

[Because the Dragon Type Bloodline within the Rock Fire Lizard is extremely thin, evolving into a Mountain Lizard Dragon requires an infusion of a certain amount of Dragon Type Bloodline.]

[Required Dragon Blood for evolution: 50 kg of Extraordinary Level D Talent Sub-dragon Essence Blood, or 2 kg of Extraordinary Level C Talent Sub-dragon Essence Blood, or 100g of War General Level D Talent Sub-dragon Essence Blood, or 10g of War General Level C Talent Sub-dragon Essence Blood... (The aforementioned Dragon Species may be of the Earth, Fire, or Dark Element.)]

[Auxiliary materials: 2 stalks of Flame Blood Grass, 1 stalk of Blood Boiling Grass, 20 Awakening Level Earth Element Soul Crystals...]

[Follow the steps below to prepare the above materials into a Bloodline Awakening Potion...]

[Ritual: Place the Soul Beast in a high-pressure underground environment, have it consume the Bloodline Awakening Potion, and await its life transition...]

The lines of information flashed before Han Ning’s eyes.

As he kept reading, he couldn’t help but furrow his brow.

This evolution from D Talent to C Talent was far too complicated. It not only required a dragon’s essence blood but also various auxiliary materials, which had to be made into a special potion and consumed in a specific geographical environment.

’No wonder... the evolution method for each Longevity Species of insect is an esoteric secret of the Insect Master Families.’

’Going from a lizard to a creature with a Dragon Type Bloodline must be considered breaking the limits of the species. A normal evolution ritual probably isn’t this complicated.’

Han Ning speculated that Egg Pancake’s race was probably similar to the Silver Lotus Wood, or maybe slightly stronger at best. Reaching D or D+ Talent was likely the limit for its species.

According to the panel’s description, its bloodline was "extremely thin." This meant that Egg Pancake did possess an incredibly minuscule amount of Dragon Type Bloodline—almost negligible—but it was enough to provide it with an evolutionary path.

To break through to C Talent, a great price had to be paid.

’It’s this difficult even for me with the panel. For other people’s Soul Beasts to evolve to C Talent, they must either form a contract with a naturally high-Talent Soul Beast or possess a Beast Taming legacy like that of an Insect Master. Otherwise, who knows how long it would take them just fumbling around in the dark.’

Han Ning let out a soft sigh. But on second thought, the growth limit for a D Talent Soul Beast was the War General Level. For the vast majority of people at the academy, that was already enough.

The minimum requirement for even the lowest-level Insect Master was just three Soul Beasts at the peak of the Extraordinary Level. A War General Level beast would likely put someone in the top ranks on the Insect Continent.

The requirements for the Molten Lizard Dragon were similar to the Mountain Lizard Dragon’s, just with the addition of the Fire Type.

Han Ning could understand the Dragon Type Bloodline. After all, before he transmigrated, he had seen plenty of related anime and novels and knew what dragons generally looked like. But... what was this Giant Beast bloodline?

His gaze continued downward.

[Because the Giant Beast bloodline within the Rock Fire Lizard is thin, evolving into a Kemo Battle Beast requires an infusion of a certain amount of Kemo Battle Beast bloodline.]

[Required Kemo Battle Beast Essence Blood for evolution: 50 kg of essence blood from a Soul Beast with Extraordinary Level D Talent and no less than 50% Kemo Battle Beast bloodline...]

[Auxiliary materials: ...]

[Ritual: ...]

’A Kemo Battle Beast is a massive battle beast that resembles a lizard. It possesses terrifying power, said to be capable of shattering continents. An adult Kemo Battle Beast can grow up to 150 meters tall, its strength no less than that of a Giant Dragon. It is a hegemon of the land.’

Han Ning turned his attention to the Red Lotus Battle Lizard. Its evolution requirements were similar to the Kemo Battle Beast’s, also only requiring the consumption of a potion containing Red Lotus Battle Beast essence blood.

’A Red Lotus Battle Lizard lives deep within volcanic ley lines. Its body contains a surging Energy comparable to a volcanic eruption...’

Although he coveted these two Soul Beast options, Han Ning racked his brain, searching through the inherited knowledge of the Taman Insect Masters and even the Yinsaike Family, but found no information about the activities of either of these two Soul Beasts.

’This means... the Kemo Battle Beast and the Red Lotus Battle Lizard might not exist on the Insect Continent.’

Han Ning was a little frustrated. If they weren’t available, it would have been better not to show them at all. Then he wouldn’t have to look on with such longing.

But... the system had probably listed all of Egg Pancake’s possible evolutions. Since there was no information on those two Giant Beasts for now, he could only focus his attention on the Dragon Type evolution and the two lizard forms that represented the utmost limit of its own bloodline.

He glanced at the two evolution forms that were the limit of Egg Pancake’s race. The requirements were similar to when Yin Yi had evolved, so they weren’t too difficult. With his current abilities, he could basically achieve them.

’The lizards are the safe bet, while the Dragon Type is the ambitious goal...’