Chapter 108

After using the last moments of luck to quickly check the second talent, Qin Chuan did not filter or inspect the newly acquired exploration map, immediately switching back to the third talent's locked map.

On the locked map, there were two light points about twenty kilometers apart: one was Qin Chuan's own position, the other was the latest position of the Azure Resonant Shell after it refreshed.

At this moment, a slightly dimmer light point split off from Qin Chuan's light point and moved toward the position of the Azure Resonant Shell.

Contract spirit beasts and players are treated as a single target in the effects of most talents, and this is also true for the maps generated by the second and third talents of the sundial.

Normally, when Qin Chuan is together with Shui Hua and Xuegao, only one light point appears; if Shui Hua and Xuegao temporarily separate from him, the map shows two corresponding light points.

Qin Chuan had discovered this long ago, and it is the key to his ability to remotely command Shui Hua to find the Azure Resonant Shell.

At this moment, fixing his gaze on the changing position of the light point visible only to him, Qin Chuan's expression became quite solemn.

Beside him, Yue Li saw Qin Chuan like that, turned her head to look at Xiao Qing and Xiao Hong beside her, placed a finger on her lips, made a quiet 'shh' gesture, sat back down on the soft lawn, and stared at Qin Chuan in a daze.

Her mind involuntarily flashed back to that recent scene, and the parts of her cheeks that had been touched felt a strange tingling, yet oddly she did not reject this feeling.

That guy Luo…

The return trip was even smoother than the way there; relying on her keen sense of smell, Shui Hua didn't even need Qin Chuan to give verbal adjustments and simply ran back along the same route.

Her eyes drooped slightly, her gaze falling from Qin Chuan onto the grass before her, a strange light flickering in her eyes as if she wanted to see the ground's grass as flowers.

Not long after, Qin Chuan saw a water-blue figure sprinting over from a distance.

However, the safe distance next time should be greater.

Relying on the overlapping area of Shui Hua's vision and the Azure Resonant Shell's vision, Qin Chuan took about three minutes to guide Shui Hua to find the Azure Resonant Shell.

【Advanced formation complete; please embed starlight equipment into the evolution formation to initiate advanced evolution】

Time passed second by second, Qin Chuan watching the map on one hand and the clock on the other.

"Is it about to start?" Yue Li patted her skirt, stood up, and the anticipation on her face was no less than Qin Chuan's.

With increased strength, its speed will also see a considerable boost.

The moment he took the Azure Resonant Shell from Shui Hua's mouth, he directly embedded it into the advanced formation, only then fully putting his mind at ease.

"Mhm!" Qin Chuan nodded, gave a grin, and said, "Watch closely!"

Watching Shui Hua pick up the Azure Resonant Shell and return at top speed, Qin Chuan breathed a sigh of relief while unable to stop himself from wondering.

He unhesitatingly embedded the Flowing Water Crown into the evolution formation; the two formations burst forth with bright light at the same time, flew out their corresponding pages, and overlapped before his eyes.

If Shui Hua's direction on the map drifted slightly, he would immediately communicate remotely to adjust it, letting Shui Hua hardly take any detours; after twelve minutes had passed, she smoothly appeared within the range of the Azure Resonant Shell.

Because Shui Hua obtained the Azure Resonant Shell, she advanced to the Elite Tier.

If the distance were truly thirty kilometers, there would probably not be enough time now.

After the final advanced resource was embedded into the advanced formation, the dim last quarter lit up, the entire advanced formation shimmered with radiance, and a line of text appeared.

It took twenty-seven minutes, a narrow escape.

His estimated safe distance was still not secure enough.

At the same time, Shui Hua's surroundings suddenly burst forth with bright radiance.

The duration of this radiance's emergence was more than double that of the juvenile stage advancing to the growth tier, and as the radiance surged, both Qin Chuan and Yue Li felt the power within it steadily rising.

After a while, the radiance gradually converged until it completely dissipated.

The new form of Shui Hua appeared before the two of them and the other three spirit beasts.

Its body size grew another notch compared to the Growth Tier stage, a water crown whose form constantly changes appeared on its head, a semi-transparent ribbon trailed behind its ears, though there was no wind, the ribbon surged naturally like a water flow.

【Spirit Beast Species: Profound Azure Dog】

【Spirit Beast Attribute: Water System】

【Spirit Beast Level: Elite Tier Lv20】（0/4000）【Player Level reaching Elite Tier can be upgraded】

【Spirit Beast Trait: Water Area Vision】

【Spirit Beast Species Value: 4000】

【Spirit Beast Affection: 90%】

【Spirit Beast Skills: Star·Water Master (Passive), Star·Dark Current Bind (Active), Star·Torrent Break (Active), Star·Point Water Walk (Active), Star·Vast Scroll Heavenly Waterfall (Active)】

【Equipment Affix: 【Vast Traverse (Star Radiance Level 9): Attribute Control Increased 84%】】

【Current Affix Usage/Cooldown: 5 minutes/15 minutes】

【Spirit Beast Introduction: Water System Spirit Beast Profound Azure Dog, evolved from Water Leaf Dog, possesses a friendly and steady nature; wherever it is, all water flows obey its command, allowing it to dominate.】

Shui Hua, Elite Tier!

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Dragon Gate 20131 Camp

At this moment, Mengyu was helping other players serve the delicious food.

Today's food was especially abundant, because, thanks to the mutual help of every member in the camp, after another round of weekly settlement, two new official players were born.

These two official players, after discussion, decided to team up and head to other places in Area 3675 to see more of the world; to thank everyone in the camp for their help, they will regularly bring back one or two low-level resources via Sun Sihai to assist everyone in the camp.

For them, who are already official players, this is not difficult to achieve.

Today is both a celebration and a farewell.

A player nicknamed "Old Wine Ghost" even took out the homemade liquor he had tried brewing in this world and shared it with every camp member present.

Amidst the singing and dancing, laughter echoed long in the valley.

After eating and drinking to his fill, an official player, flushed from the alcohol, shouted loudly, "Luo is the pride of our Area 3675, but I am not lacking either!"

"I believe I will soon enter the top ten of the Growth Tier Spirit Beast ranking!"

Hearing his confident statement, the other players burst into loud laughter and cheered encouragingly.

Another player preparing to accompany him, who was not yet drunk, couldn't help but laugh upon hearing this, "Today's weekly settlement saw many breakthroughs; you probably don't even make the top hundred!"

"How could that be..." the drunk one muttered softly, tapping a finger in the empty space before him, "I at least... damn, it's only 172nd place!"

The sober official player spread his hands, showing an expression of "I knew it."

However, the next moment, the drunk formal-level player suddenly shuddered, the alcohol strength all over his body dissipated somewhat, and his voice tinged with surprise.

"Where did Luo's number one go?!"

"(End of chapter)"