Chapter 95

The moment he made the decision, the two beasts seemed to turn transparent, with light radiating from within their bodies.

The Ze Tripod in his mind bloomed with brilliant radiance, echoing the brilliance within the two beasts, and then expanded by the hundreds and thousands.

Although it didn't exist in reality, Liang Qu, standing on the boat, couldn't help but squint his eyes.

For a moment, it seemed as if there were a sun in the sky and one underground, until something pierced the radiance of the sun wheel condensed on the water surface.

The light on the two beasts shattered like substance, dissipating with the wind like ashes.

The huge figures were exposed to his sight again, and Liang Qu didn't blink.

He watched as the Fat Catfish and Cannot Move expanded, changing their forms bit by bit.

Intense pain spread from the spines of the two beasts, the kind of pain that was about to burst out, like a pupa struggling to break out of its cocoon, or a snake painfully shedding its skin.

The huge figures stirred up violent water currents.

The covered boat couldn't stop shaking, and waves splashed into the cabin.

Liang Qu stood at the bow of the boat, motionless.

The scales of "Cannot Move," the Taihua Crocodile, all stood up, from the root to the tail, bit by bit turning into a pale green color, glowing with an oily luster.

Its limbs became increasingly vigorous, its spine as thick as a great dragon, its wide abdomen and lower jaw slightly contracted, and its sharp claws grew several inches long, like sharp knives.

An even more astonishing change was that two bumps bulged on the back of its head, from which two sections of green-wood-like "tree stumps" grew.

Does it grow horns after just one stage of evolution?

Isn't the second stage supposed to turn into a dragon?

Liang Qu's eyes lit up.

On the other side, the Fat Catfish's changes were equally astonishing.

Its dark blue body rendered like ink, turning into an elegant ink-wash color, its figure becoming increasingly slender, no longer as fat as before.

The fins on both sides grew continuously, until the ends became very wide and elegant, like clouds and mist.

The most obvious feature of the wide mouth contracted, no longer flat, with muscles bulging, extremely rich in layers, and in the end, beast teeth actually grew from its mouth, like a tiger's mouth!

The huge body splashed up huge water sprays, and its long tail whipped in the water, with astonishing momentum.

Like a fledgling bird struggling to break the eggshell that bound it, it let out its first clear cry to the world.

Liang Qu was extremely excited.

Too handsome!

After evolution, Cannot Move's size grew to five point two meters, and the Fat Catfish reached five point six meters!

Majestic and awe-inspiring!

His own covered boat was only five meters, and the two beasts followed beside it, the shadows in the water larger than the boat itself; any fisherman who came would be scared silly.

Full of a sense of security!

Liang Qu let Cannot Move come over and reached out to touch the half-length, incongruous double horns on its head that looked like tree stumps.

The texture couldn't be said to be very similar to wood; it was exactly the same.

This was definitely not a "dragon horn" in the normal sense; perhaps its evolutionary direction wasn't a dragon? Was it another kind of horned creature?

He touched the scales again; they were very hard.

Liang Qu drew Qinglang and slashed lightly; the resistance transmitted from the blade was not small, and he used three parts of his strength to cut in, which was much stronger than ordinary steel.

Looking at the Tiger-Head Catfish again, the originally green large catfish had turned ink-wash colored, its skin still smooth and full of elasticity, but it was highly resilient to the touch, and it also had resistance when cut.

Sure enough.

Size wasn't the biggest change; the overall quality of the two beasts had improved even more, completely a world of difference!

Fist stood at the bow of the boat, very envious, and the Fat Catfish took the opportunity to lift its body, shooting out a water arrow, knocking it off the boat.

Times had changed; Fist used to be small and often got hit, but in the last two days, it had grown rapidly during its "puberty," its six feet gripping the wooden board like iron nails, and it was no longer afraid of this move. Unexpectedly, the water arrow spat out by the evolved Fat Catfish was even more violent, and everything returned to the way it was.

Seeing the Fat Catfish roll its body to expose its belly, its catfish feelers trembling non-stop.

"Cannot Move" was still that calm and composed look; having grown a pair of "tree horns," it was even more Buddhist, floating on the water without paying attention, really thinking it was a large piece of wood.

The two beasts had changed quite a bit in appearance, but their personalities hadn't changed at all.

Liang Qu stopped the two beasts' play.

"Alright, play later, go around in a circle and let me see how much you've improved."

The two beasts received the order and galloped around the covered boat, huge waves splashing into the cabin, their speed several times faster than before.

Could he build two saddles and put them on them, so he wouldn't need oars to row the boat?

Liang Qu fell into deep thought, as if seeing the scene of the covered boat speeding on the water.

"Hmm? Are there other abilities?"

The mental link from the two beasts interrupted Liang Qu's train of thought.

"Quick, let me see."

Then the Fat Catfish dived into the water, and Liang Qu followed closely behind.

After arriving at an open water area, the Fat Catfish opened its mouth, seemingly emitting an inexplicable fluctuation, and immediately after, the fish in front of it all turned their white bellies up, surfacing on the water.

"Some kind of fluctuation attack?"

Liang Qu pondered, not knowing where the upper limit of this ability was, and whether it could only stun some small fish and shrimp?

Let's look at "Cannot Move."

Cannot Move seemed to have completely gotten rid of the influence of the cold weather, no longer sluggish. It swam under the lotus roots, dug a hole, and drilled in, motionless.

After a long silence, Liang Qu once felt that several crows had flown over his head.

"No, what does this mean?"

Liang Qu didn't quite understand. Was "Cannot Move" trying to say that its concealment ability was very good?

Seeming to discover that the ability it possessed couldn't take effect immediately, "Cannot Move" crawled out of the pit again, its claws pointing to the lotus root field, waving for a while.

"It's a plant, can it catalyze plant growth?"

Liang Qu suddenly realized. No wonder there was no change; it turned out to be a passive skill.

As long as it was a plant near the Horn-Wood Crocodile, it could get a growth buff, becoming increasingly robust.

No, with only eighty points of Water-Marsh Essence, was the first evolution so top-tier?

What was the situation with Fist and Awei, who needed eight hundred and one thousand?

Liang Qu felt it was inconceivable.

The cost-performance ratio was too high. Let's look at the information of the two beasts again.

【Can consume 1491.2 points of Water-Marsh Essence to evolve the Horn-Wood Crocodile into a Horn-Wood Azure Crocodile】

【Can consume 1492.6 points of Water-Marsh Essence to evolve the Tiger-Head Catfish into a Mighty-Evil Tiger Catfish】

One thousand five?

The difference in Water-Marsh Essence needed from Fist and Awei wasn't particularly huge; were they creatures at the same stage but different levels?

Then why were they clearly much stronger? Were they stronger after evolution through the Ze Tripod?

Liang Qu felt his guess was correct.

He crawled back onto the boat and looked at the sun, startled to find that it was getting late.

Looking down at the Green-Backed Carp in the cabin again, Liang Qu was rarely conflicted.

Should he eat this big carp himself, or take it back for everyone to eat together?

If it were normal times, he definitely wouldn't and wouldn't need to be so conflicted; he'd just eat it himself.

But tonight was New Year's Eve, and the carp had a good meaning, and a treasure carp was even rarer.

It was really hard to enjoy it alone; his master, senior sister-in-law, and many senior brothers had helped him so much, but he had never repaid them.

Liang Qu turned his head to look at the huge size of the Fat Catfish and Cannot Move, as well as the thick sense of security they brought.

Forget it!

With the two beasts here, he would go to the deep water area tomorrow to slaughter a spirit monster; he wasn't afraid of not having enough Water-Marsh Essence.

If he didn't earn it, he'd just earn it again; being stingy was not the way to act.

Eat!

Let everyone taste the flavor of boiled treasure fish slices!