Chapter 166: Diamond Butterfly

The cabbage caterpillar looked at Ye Bai with its large eyes; it had two red antennae on its head, and its body was segmented, with a small tentacle on each segment.

This guy looked just like a green caterpillar, with large, dark, sparkling eyes.

Ye Bai first began to perform stroking motions on the cabbage caterpillar; its stroking point was the red antennae on its head.

The cabbage caterpillar really liked it when others stroked its antennae.

Don't let the cabbage caterpillar's dazed and cute appearance fool you; in reality, its temper is quite ferocious, and its mouth contains spiral sharp teeth, making it a proper carnivorous Exotic Beast.

If the cabbage caterpillar is provoked, it might just bite down directly.

This guy's bite is very painful.

The cabbage caterpillar's eyes curved into crescents, looking like it was enjoying itself, and then it sat on the ground, exposing its belly.

This is the cabbage caterpillar's way of showing it wants to be close to someone, though Ye Bai felt that the cabbage caterpillar at this moment was a bit like a house-wrecking husky.

After ensuring the cabbage caterpillar would not resist, he said to the cabbage caterpillar: "Cabbage caterpillar, I have come to help you improve."

"Do you want to become a butterfly that soars in the sky?"

"Do you want to possess top-tier combat power?"

"Do you want to have a harem of wives and concubines?"

Ye Bai used the Great Deception Technique on the cabbage caterpillar; the naive cabbage caterpillar was clearly won over by the big, round pie Ye Bai had drawn for it.

It smiled with its eyes curved into crescents, looking very excited.

When it was born, it had a dream, a dream to fly into the blue sky and embrace the breeze.

And since this human had come to help it realize its dream, the cabbage caterpillar was naturally quite excited.

"Alright, cabbage caterpillar, even if the pain is unbearable, you must continue to persist."

"Only after being tempered through fire and ice can you achieve the final evolution and gain the power to fly into the blue sky that you dream of."

Ye Bai knew that if the cabbage caterpillar wanted to transform into a Diamond Butterfly, it would certainly have to suffer.

The cabbage caterpillar's body was very soft, so the first step was to strengthen its defensive capabilities, otherwise, it would lack the necessary strength.

At first, Ye Bai did nothing else but let the cabbage caterpillar practice the skill of Hardening.

And he used the Hardening skill to perform an Impact against targets to increase the cabbage caterpillar's physical strength.

The Young Kirin Cup Zuoweihui was quite humane, opening up the Arena and letting them use all kinds of training equipment freely.

At the beginning, when the cabbage caterpillar hit the target, it was knocked unconscious directly and took a long time to recover.

As the cabbage caterpillar's skull hardened, it was able to bash a deep groove into the target.

Once the cabbage caterpillar was familiar with the Hardening skill, he began to feed it metal minerals.

The cabbage caterpillar's mouth made a crunching sound, just like a large shredder.

The shredder Ye Bai had asked for didn't come in handy at all; instead, it took up space, so Ye Bai sent it away.

As time passed day by day, the cabbage caterpillar's body radiated a metallic luster; this cabbage caterpillar looked very well-nurtured.

It also learned the two skills of Silk Spitting and Rolling.

Because it had eaten quite a bit of metal, the insect silk it spat out was like iron wire, easily piercing through an opponent's body and turning the opponent into a sieve.

Ye Bai took a moment to send an email to President Zhang in the name of Y.

Upon receiving the email, President Zhang immediately convened a high-level meeting of the provincial union.

The high-level members of the provincial union all arrived, thirteen people, gathered in a small conference room.

"Old Zhang, it's been a long time since we held a provincial high-level meeting."

"I don't know what your purpose is in calling us to a meeting this time?"

"You should know me; if it's just some trivial matter, I will be angry."

A beautiful and dashing mature woman leaned against her chair, her right eye covered by a black eyepatch.

She was holding a metal flask, sipping wine in small mouthfuls.

A faint flush appeared on her face.

"Yeah, has something big happened?"

A muscular man who was constantly lifting dumbbells said nonchalantly.

From time to time, he struck a Bodybuilding pose, a silly smile appearing at the corner of his mouth, seemingly very satisfied with his muscle strength.

President Zhang's mouth twitched; these two were the troublemakers of the provincial union, the big troublemakers.

He really wanted to send them both away.

"I received a letter from Y."

"The Gospel Society is making a move; they intend to hijack the students of this Young Kirin Cup to exchange for the Gospel Society high-level member we secretly captured, Star Sage."

After hearing this, everyone was suddenly energized; a big case.

Everyone was rubbing their hands; if they could wipe out the Gospel Society's forces in Yandong Province, the credit would be delicious.

Last time President Zhang gathered the Pet Beast union presidents of the cities, he received commendations from above; it was said he was very likely to be transferred to the Yan Country General Union to serve as the director of the Monitoring Group, which was a huge, lucrative position.

If President Zhang could make another significant contribution this time, that position would basically be a sure thing.

That was why President Zhang attached so much importance to this operation.

"We will simply play along with their scheme and then catch the turtles in the jar."

"Tank, Shark, this undercover mission is left to you two."

"Pfft."

Shark spat out a mouthful of wine directly, which landed on President Zhang's face.

"Boss, how old am I? You want me to pretend to be young; this isn't good, is it?"

Shark was speechless.

And it was one thing for her to pretend to be young, but having to bring Tank along was going a bit too far.

Have you ever seen a two-meter-tall strong man dressed up as a student, and the key is that this student is also full of huge muscles; it's simply an eyesore. Lie Sha couldn't even bear to look; just thinking about that aesthetic scene made him want to vomit.

"That's decided, I will gradually notify the contestants of the Young Kirin Cup to evacuate."

"Except for the third-round contestants, everyone else should avoid staying on-site as much as possible."

Chairman Zhang said decisively.

Ye Bai watched as the vegetable caterpillar gradually stopped eating.

Its body became harder day by day, and it sprayed black, shiny silk from its mouth, gradually turning into a pupa.

This pupa was black, and under the illumination of the Laboratory's incandescent lights, it emitted a cold, chilling light.

Ye Bai checked the development status of the pupa every day.

He could feel this pupa becoming more Sturdy day by day.

Tapping it with a finger even gave a hard, solid feeling.

Ye Bai actually regretted it a little; he shouldn't have raised the vegetable caterpillar to be so Strong, as the silk it spat out was too Sturdy, and he wondered if this would affect it breaking out of the pupa.

However, as the days passed, Ye Bai had no choice but to treat a dead horse as if it were a living one.

Time was about to run out, and just when he thought it would be a failure, the pupa emitted a crisp Crack! sound.

A crack appeared in the middle of the pupa, and it was about to crawl out from inside the pupa immediately.

As the crack continued to widen, a butterfly emitting a metallic luster crawled out from within.

It was soaking wet, and under the illumination of the incandescent lights, it emitted a metallic glow.

As its wings unfolded, this glow became even more blinding.

It flapped its wings and flew into the air, its movements very agile.

"Slow down, Vajra Butterfly, slow down, don't break the Laboratory equipment, I don't have the money to pay for it."

Ye Bai reached out his hand toward the Vajra Butterfly in a gesture of desperation.

However, the Vajra Butterfly didn't fly in the air for long.

At this moment, the Vajra Butterfly flew down and landed on the back of Ye Bai's hand.

【Name: Vajra Butterfly】

【Gender: Male】

【Trait: Sharp Cold: Can increase the power of metal-type skills.】

【Level: Tier 3, Level 1】

【Skills Mastered: Cut (Proficient): Attacks the opponent at extremely high speed; the wings are as sharp as blades and may split the opponent in two.

Metallic Sound (Proficient): Emits a piercing, metal-like sonic wave from the mouth to attack the opponent.

Mirror Light Shot (Proficient): Summons blinding bright light to attack the opponent; the opponent will be hit 100% of the time.

Golden Light Arrow (Entry): Sprays a sharp arrow emitting golden light from the mouth to attack the opponent.】

【Evolution Route 1: Great Vajra Butterfly; the evolution route requires contact with evolution materials to be triggered.】

Ye Bai spent a full two weeks raising the Vajra Butterfly, and there was one day left before the end of the competition.

So, Ye Bai pressed the end button.

That same group of people walked in again, but Chairman Li and Li Daye were following behind them.

When they discovered the Vajra Butterfly, their mouths immediately dropped open.

From their wide-eyed stares, one could tell their eyeballs were about to pop out.

"A new evolution route for the vegetable caterpillar?"

"My god, this Pet Beast looks like it could rival a Sword Butterfly."

"Its whole body radiates a metallic chill."

Li Daye coughed a few times: "Ahem, Ye Bai, let us first place this Pet Beast you raised into a Beast Card."

"After we finish our evaluation, we will return this Pet Beast to you."

"According to the rules of the Young Kirin Cup, the Pet Beast you raised yourself will be left for you to manage."

"We, the people of the Zuoweihui, will not covet your Pet Beast."

"You can rest assured."

"The Laboratory has full video recording, and we will not fake anything."

"Moreover, according to the rules of our Young Kirin Cup, the Pet Beast researched must be tested using instruments."

"And it must be displayed to the participating students in public, and the Laboratory's recordings can be called upon at any time."

Once, someone in the Young Kirin Cup engaged in backroom deals to push up someone who was incompetent.

After the Monitoring Group of the Yan Country discovered it, the entire Zuoweihui of that year's Young Kirin Cup went to prison.

From then on, strict regulations were issued; any unfair or unjust matters occurring during the Young Kirin Cup competition must be reported.

Furthermore, the participating contestants also have the right to report.

Why was Jiang Dashi present at the competition site? Because he is the leader of the inspection group for this provincial-level assembly.

It is precisely because of such strict regulations that the research atmosphere in the Yan Country has blossomed in a hundred flowers.

Chairman Li, Li Daye, and the others placed the Beast Card into a small Handbag for safekeeping.

The evaluation of the third round's results begins with Pet Beast testing.

Then comes the Pet Beast display.

Finally, scores are given; everything will be fair, open, and just.

The previous chapter wasn't written well, so I modified it a lot; everyone can take another look.

(End of this chapter)