Chapter 127: You

Vine Lion!!!

Good for you, Teacher Zhang Lingxue; you are so busy all day long, yet you still have time to let Vine Cat evolve into Vine Lion.

You've been grinding behind my back, haven't you!!!

Ye Bai felt somewhat heartbroken; she had actually improved secretly behind his back.

Damn it, damn it!

He grumbled inwardly, but did not show it on the surface.

Ye Bai put down his chopsticks and nodded happily.

His gaze turned toward the Myriad-Change Silkworm.

The Myriad-Change Silkworm had been eating and drinking well, and it had now reached the Second Order Peak; it was time to let it break through to the Third Order.

Once the Myriad-Change Silkworm broke through to the Third Order, Ye Bai would gain an additional Contract Slot.

If Ye Bai's guess was correct, after the Myriad-Change Silkworm broke through, it should gain another Clone.

So, if the Myriad-Change Silkworm wanted to evolve later, Ye Bai felt that evolving into a Myriad-Change Butterfly should allow it to inherit the changes of that Clone.

Just think, isn't this Myriad-Change Silkworm a walking Eevee? And aren't its Clones walking Eevee evolutions?

Soon, Ye Bai followed Zhang Lingxue to the Research Institute's Arena.

Zhang Lingxue had her hands in her pockets, and ripples appeared in the air as a Vine Lion, twice the size of a Vine Cat, appeared.

This Pet Beast's neck was covered in fluffy green bushes, and colorful flowers were blooming on the bushes.

Its two large eyes looked as clear and bright as fine emeralds, exuding the aura of the king of beasts.

Two sharp canine teeth were exposed; it had transformed from a cute Vine Cat into a majestic Vine Lion.

【Name: Vine Lion】

【Gender: Male】

【Personality: Mischievous】

【Trait: Child of Light: Under conditions with sunlight, both recovery ability and combat power are doubled.】

【Level: Third Order, Level 5】

【Skills: Vine Whip (Proficient): Summons thirty-two Vine Whips to attack the enemy; the Vine Whips can entwine with each other to form larger Vine Hammers to attack the enemy.

Vine Hammer (Beginner): Vine Whips entwine together to attack the enemy; the more Vine Whips entangled, the stronger the attack power.

Flying Leaf Blade (Proficient): Summons blade-shaped leaves to attack the opponent.

Paralysis Powder (Proficient), Sleep Powder (Proficient), Poison Powder (Proficient)

Piercing Wood (Beginner): Summons a row of wooden spears to pierce into the opponent's body; the wooden spears will continue to grow and split after piercing into the opponent's body.

Wood Ingot Wall (Beginner): A row of wooden pillars bends from the ground to form an arched wall to protect itself.】

【Evolution Route 1: Rotten Wood Lion: Fifth Rank Ghost crystal core*5, Fifth Rank Wood crystal core*5; after swallowing the crystal cores, bury it in grave soil; requires Fourth Rank Peak strength.】

【Evolution Route 2: Vine Tree Lion: Fifth Rank Wood crystal core*5; after swallowing the crystal core, find a place with sufficient sunlight to complete the final evolution; requires Fourth Rank Peak strength.】

Ye Bai crossed his arms and summoned Little Charcoal Dog directly.

Little Charcoal Dog ran over with an excited look, its tongue hanging out of its mouth.

"Yo, I thought you would summon your Myriad-Change Silkworm."

"Last time my Vine Lion lost to your Myriad-Change Silkworm, it held a grudge for a long time."

"Never mind, wait until my Vine Lion defeats Little Charcoal Dog, then I'll deal with your Myriad-Change Silkworm."

Zhang Lingxue was quite confident; her Vine Lion wouldn't lose this duel so easily.

But one shouldn't jinx it too early.

Little Charcoal Dog looked at the Wood-type Vine Lion nervously; it was a bit agitated.

"Little Charcoal Dog, don't be nervous, just follow your own ideas."

"At the critical moment, I will remind you."

Ye Bai said gently to Little Charcoal Dog.

"Vine Lion, you can also play freely; if there's a problem, I will remind you."

After all, Vine Lion was one order higher than Little Charcoal Dog, so its strength was a cut above; Zhang Lingxue couldn't bully others openly.

Vine Lion extended two thick Vine Whips and swung them heavily toward the direction where Little Charcoal Dog was, and a sound of breaking air rang out.

Sparks appeared on Little Charcoal Dog's feet; it stepped on fire with its four hooves and dodged the Vine Whip attack in a dash, and the Vine Whips hit the ground with a *snap* sound.

Dust rose everywhere.

Seeing this, Vine Lion extended two more Vine Whips; these four vines slithered on the ground like pythons, tracking Little Charcoal Dog's movements.

Seeing this, Little Charcoal Dog leaped into the air, firelight surged, and countless Xianghuo sprayed out from the air like a rain of pear blossoms, blasting toward Vine Lion's face.

Vine Lion extended other Vine Whips to protect itself; the Xianghuo landed on the Vine Whips without causing a single ripple.

"It seems Little Charcoal Dog hasn't fully activated the power of the Flame Orb yet."

"Otherwise, the previous attack would have caused great damage to Vine Lion."

"Vine Lion is indeed Third Order, but fire overcomes wood; as long as Little Charcoal Dog operates properly, it won't be Little Charcoal Dog who loses."

Seeing its attack blocked by Vine Lion, the Vine Whips attacked from all directions, almost sealing off Little Charcoal Dog's path of movement.

Little Charcoal Dog used Dash again; its speed increased a lot, and it rushed out before the Vine Whips could completely seal it off.

Streaks of Black Flame spread across its body.

Wherever it passed, the Black Flame spread in the air.

After the Vine Whips touched these Black Flames, they actually started to burn.

Vine Lion took the initiative to entwine the Vine Whips together, forming giant wooden hammers.

The burning flames were also extinguished in this suffocating environment.

"Very intelligent."

Ye Bai said this to Zhang Lingxue.

"Haha, I've long been guarding against fire-type moves; ordinary flames will extinguish as long as they are in an oxygen-deprived environment."

"And the vines intertwining with each other can also accelerate the extinguishing of the flames."

"Although your Little Charcoal Dog's flames are a bit intimidating, they are still ordinary flames."

Zhang Lingxue said to Ye Bai with a smug look on her face.

During the time the two were talking, the two Pet Beasts did not stop either; instead, they fought even more fiercely.

The Vine Lion let out a roar, and a large number of vines swarmed out, while the Little Charcoal Dog dodged among the vines, and wherever it passed, a streak of black firelight would appear.

Black flames emerged on the Little Charcoal Dog's body; this circle was a flame shield.

"This Little Charcoal Dog is too good at dodging, just like a slippery loach."

"I still have to block the Little Charcoal Dog's movements."

"Vine Lion, Flying Leaf Blade."

One could see thumb-sized leaves emerging from the grass-like mane of the Vine Lion.

These leaves were similar to willow leaves, slender and shaped like curved blades.

The leaves then shot out, flying toward the Little Charcoal Dog from all directions.

At this moment, a sharp glint appeared in the Little Charcoal Dog's eyes; it was waiting for this opportunity to show off what it had recently learned.

Xianghuo surged out from the Little Charcoal Dog's fur like fireflies and flowing fire, and the black flames accurately hit every willow-leaf blade.

In an instant, the flames turned into a sea of fire, and the willow leaves filling the sky burned into ashes in the air.

Wisps of black ash fell from the sky.

At this time, the Little Charcoal Dog had already begun to show its edge.

It turned into a streak of black light and charged straight at the Vine Lion.

The Little Charcoal Dog was ablaze with fire, the flames on its body leaping two meters high; it was coming with ill intent!

The Vine Lion could only defend passively; a flash of green light flickered in its eyes, and the ground instantly cracked open.

Countless trees intertwined, wrapping the Vine Lion up.

Wood Blockade, this was the Vine Lion's defensive skill.

After Zhang Lingxue saw the Vine Lion's action, her eyes flickered; she wanted to say something but stopped, and in the end, she didn't say a word.

In fact, this step by the Vine Lion was wrong; it should have used an offensive skill, as passive defense would only put it at a disadvantage.

Only a loud boom was heard, and the Wood Blockade the Vine Lion was so proud of was actually smashed through directly by the Little Charcoal Dog as if it were made of paper.

The Vine Lion let out a deafening roar from within the Wood Blockade.

Raging flames burned, and before Ye Bai could see the Vine Lion's miserable state, it had already been retracted by Zhang Lingxue.

"Ye Bai, well done."

Zhang Lingxue snorted coldly; she had just seen the Vine Lion's miserable state, its whole body scorched black, and even the colorful flowers on its body were all burnt to a crisp.

However, fortunately, they were all superficial wounds, and it could recover after being nurtured in the Pet Beast Space for a period of time.

But this was a real loss of face; a third-tier Pet Beast fighting a second-tier Pet Beast actually lost.

"Haha, it was still the teacher going easy on me, otherwise how could my Little Charcoal Dog have won? Little Charcoal Dog, you must guard against arrogance and impetuosity in the future; don't think you can get carried away just because you won one match."

The Little Charcoal Dog nodded; it seemed very interested in the battle.

Ye Bai knew that his Little Charcoal Dog liked fighting more, so he wanted to treat the Little Charcoal Dog as the main player for the Phoenix Cup.

And the Myriad-Change Silkworm would serve as his trump card.

Actually, after the Myriad-Change Silkworm broke through to the third tier and Ye Bai gained an extra Contract Slot, he was also very embarrassed.

The Sun Flower King was bound to break through to the fourth tier; after he contracted the Sun Flower King, it would be unable to evolve into the Sun Flower Emperor.

Dahui was already at the fifth tier; it was unrealistic to skip two tiers to contract Dahui.

Ye Bai would have a gap period at this time and would inevitably need to cultivate the next Pet Beast.

He had to scout around first so he wouldn't be too passive.

After watching this battle, Zhang Lingxue knew that Ye Bai would basically have no problem with the provincial competition of the Phoenix Cup; the key now lay in the Young Qilin Cup.

Ye Bai needed to do more training so that he could be handy in the area of treating pets.

"Ye Bai, I know a friend who specializes in Pet Beast treatment; you go and study with him for a while, but that guy has a somewhat eccentric personality, so you need to be careful."

"We have already succeeded in the first step of the experiment with the Negative Electric Rabbit and the Positive Electric Rabbit; now we have to wait for the Positive Electric Rabbit and the Negative Electric Rabbit to grow a little older before we can continue the experiment."

Zhang Lingxue handed Ye Bai an old-fashioned business card.

The Positive Electric Rabbit and Negative Electric Rabbit originally used for breeding could also be used for experiments.

But based on species diversity, in order to avoid inbreeding, it is best for the first generation to carry out the breeding.

Zhang Lingxue even specifically marked every newly born Negative Electric Rabbit and Positive Electric Rabbit to avoid inbreeding.

The gourmet chapters are a transition; the main theme is still Pet Taming. Please rest assured, writing ten thousand words a day is very painful; I have thought about giving up many times, but many people encouraged me. When I was writing this book, my lumbar disc herniation flared up, and I wrote it bit by bit while lying on the bed. Recently, I had gout again, and I even got heatstroke yesterday. The journey has been very difficult, and I also thank my friends for pointing out my mistakes.

(End of this chapter)