Chapter 171

That Fangri Rabbit, one of the Twenty-Eight Mansions?

Fengxi strained and retorted.

He felt he could still turn things around, not be knocked down by reality.

But Hougang mercilessly crushed this small wish, saying it wasn't something you could solve just by thinking it through.

Exactly!

He solemnly nodded, "Don't doubt, it's the Fangri Rabbit you know!"

"This... this damn thing is teasing me?" Fengxi slapped his palm onto his face, "Is this insulting the Wu Clan's intelligence?"

"Scallion-sprout rabbits evolving into Fangri Rabbits... which demon race monster came up with that?"

"Just because both groups have the rabbit character, you think super evolution can be reasonably achieved?"

"Do you think I don't know, this Fangri Rabbit is actually a Heavenly Horse?!"

Just like Chitu, it's a horse, not a rabbit.

Fangri Rabbit, that's not a rabbit clan.

They are the essence of the Fang star, the fourth of the Dragon Ancestor among the Twenty-Eight Mansions; this clan is also called Tian Si, i. e., Heavenly Horses, in charge of chariots!

Their mixed-blood offspring can all be purchased by the Heavenly Court as primary quality mounts for war armies.

How big a market is this?

This also shows the clan's excellence, stamina, speed... many aspects maxed out skill points, a single hoof can kick a little kid.

As for top members... haven't you heard of 'Dragon Horse Carrying the Chart'?

They can bear the Hetu and present it before Xihuang, truly a figure with hands and eyes reaching heaven!

Such a clan, being an advanced clan in the starry sky, is really not surprising.

Of course.

Scallion-sprout rabbits can evolve into Heavenly Horses... that really is 'surprising'!

Especially eleven scallion-sprout rabbits, under everyone's eyes, undergoing super evolution together...

Fengxi felt offended, and his little treasury also faced a major crisis.

"There must be a high-level demon race figure behind this pulling the strings..." Fengxi murmured, "I originally thought, as long as the demon race's Luo didn't intervene to change the match results, giving some stimulant potential temporary pills would be enough."

"Or perhaps, give the competing pieces a demon-body surgery, adding some auxiliary device."

"Now it's fine, you give me a hand of mutant evolution?!"

"On what basis?"

"Maybe it's just because there's a sovereign among the demon race high-ups who has mastered the Way of Creation?" Hougang sighed in reply, "Nüwa's Records of Creation are with the demon race, involving the secrets of species creation, evolution, and transformation... A Taiyi cultivator versed in the Creation domain, following along, even if only half-understood, can still produce goods."

"With a clear target, using environmentally directed induction methods to cause mutagenic evolution—although I think the success rate here will be very low, low to the point of loss."

"And even if successful, it's hard to say there are no hidden dangers; future prospects may be cut off, but for now..."

"No way!" Fengxi's face fell long, "For the sake of fairness, I want to ban their race!"

He put on a noble expression, "The species are different now, they've all evolved into Fangri Rabbits, how can they represent the Scallion-sprout Rabbit clan in the race?"

"That's unfair!"

"Where in this world does absolute fairness come from? Fairness only exists under premises of rules." Hougang somewhat speechless, "Your competition rules ban drugs, modifications, and divine avatar stand-ins, but you didn't ban evolution... this is a loophole in your rules, you have to admit it."

"Can this be blamed on me?" Fengxi gloomy, wanting to vomit blood, "Besides, some clans are born with their own evolutionary paths to follow."

"I want to block the evolution threshold, like the Dragon Clan and such, they should kick up a fuss!"

"They have a bunch of snakes, carps, flood dragons... who knows, maybe they'll evolve mid-race."

"The Dragon Clan is a strategic partner of humanity, so you say—what can I do?"

"We can only pretend not to see!"

"Besides."

"And there are those hybrid clans... things like mules, lion-tigers."

"Once they purify their own bloodline, they can instantly change their clan... Honghuang is so vast, with so many clans, everything exists, I'm also utterly desperate!"

This isn't truly a competition for absolute fairness and justice.

In fact, when physical competition rises to the level of clan civilization and rankings must be distinguished, things like friendship first, competition second are all fake.

A bunch of clan superiority judges, stirring up trouble, pointing fingers... in such an atmosphere, competitive matches become a stage for the strong to display muscles and speaking rights.

If a clan's talent is excellent, can you seal their specialty in that area and still participate in the so-called fair contest?

Fairness never existed from the start.

Fengxi also never thought of this unrealistic situation.

Moreover, he himself is covertly biased, when setting the rules he deliberately left a backdoor for his own side.

The tilt in the rules can let those clans become more splendid, achieve better results, be seen by people as excellent clans, gaining various honorable and substantive treatment, thereby outputting ideas and civilization.

Unfortunately.

This backdoor cannot be left lightly.

Because if the Wu Clan can go, the demon race high-ups can also go!

As long as the bottom line dares to slip, there's nothing that can't be staged.

Pointing at a horse and calling it a rabbit!

Don't ask, asking means super evolution!

Talking about integrity, currently it looks like Fengxi lost.

He, this white lotus forced to dye black, ultimately can't compare to those naturally black lotuses.

"Careless..."

Fengxi let out a light sigh.

I didn't expect the high-level members of the Demon Race over there to be so shameless—they want to use our stage to perform their own play!

They super-evolved into a top-tier starry-sky race, defeating other races in battle… doesn't that demonstrate their excellence?

Even if they don't make it to the end, later they could send someone to say—this evolved form is just a counterfeit, possessing only sixty or seventy percent of the genuine potential of the original… No!

If I were sitting in the Demon Race high-level think tank, I'd dare say even one-tenth of that!

Anyway, just boast randomly—how many people could go verify it?

Under hearsay, they arbitrarily draped the starry-sky Demon Race with a veil of mystery, nobility, and strength—this too counts as another kind of rumor.

If we want to dispel the rumors, our work will only increase." Fengxi raised his head, gazing at the starry sky, the depths of his eyes filled with endless heaviness.

The example of Fangri Rabbit certainly won't be the only one." He pondered for a moment, "Hougang, keep a close watch… I'm afraid more similar situations might pop up."

Hougang opened his mouth, about to agree, but saw a ray of spiritual light fly in from outside the hall and land straight into his hand.

He rubbed his fingers together; the spiritual light shattered, the contained information was read, and Hougang's mouth corners began to twitch.

He looked up at Fengxi, then lowered his head, then raised it again… his lips moved, but no sound came out, a whole picture of wanting to speak but stopping.

"What's wrong?" Fengxi raised an eyebrow.

"Fengxi, I have some things to tell you… you must hold on, don't be defeated by difficulties!" Hougang smacked his lips.

Fengxi remained silent.

After the silence, he reached out to signal a pause, took out a medicine bottle from his storage treasure, poured out a "Heart-Calming Spirit-Stabilizing Pill," and stuffed it into his mouth.

After doing that, Fengxi then said, "All right."

"Now, no matter what difficulties I face, I won't be defeated; I can meet them with a smile… so you can go ahead and speak."

"En." Hougang nodded, cleared his throat.

"Latest news."

"Among the competing races, a monkey-team super-evolved into the Can-Shui Monkey."

"A goose-team super-evolved into the Wei-Month Swallow."

"A leopard-team super-evolved into the Ji-Shui Leopard."

"A tiger-team super-evolved into the Wei-Fire Tiger."

"A fox-team super-evolved into the Xin-Month Fox."

"One…"

Hougang opened his mouth and never stopped.

The advanced races in the starry sky appeared one by one, shining brightly.

The Twenty-Eight Mansions have all gathered, but it's not the end.

There's also the moon's Jade Rabbit, the sun's Golden Crow…

As for why, the utterly ordinary duck clan of Kunlun Mountain would evolve into the royal clan of the sun star—the Golden Crow?

Which mighty Golden Crow lingered on the Honghuang earth, branching out and spreading?

No.

After investigation, the ancestors of that super-evolved duck were traced clearly back to the very first ancestor, with no relation whatsoever to the Golden Crow.

This is a genuine, natural evolutionary mutation!

As for how this mutation came about?

The person involved said.

"Maybe it's because I basked in the sun too much? Subjected to the radiation of the Great Sun Dao rhythm, so a mutation occurred?"

Damn!

The Wu Clan investigators found it really hard to suppress the urge to swear.

……

While Hougang was reporting to Fengxi.

On the arena, winds and clouds shifted.

One after another super-evolved team ran rampant, breaking through each group stage and standing out.

You should know.

Even the perennial abyss-level weakness of the Scallion-Glow Rabbit clan can now soar, turning from their usual zero-against-dozen record into a sudden score of dozens to zero… let alone other cheat-endowed races?

Amid the astonished gazes of countless spectators, they flaunted their might, unbeatable.

"So strong!"

"So fierce!"

"So enduring…"

"What form is this? I've never heard of it before!"

Many demon spirits didn't understand.

At this point, we need passersby who are "omniscient, versed in ancient and modern, widely knowledgeable" to step forward and give explanations.

"Good heavens!"

A weasel-faced guy shouted loudly, "It's actually the Star-Sun Horse!"

"As the old tales say… in the era of Dragon and Phoenix, such a race was born and active in the starry sky, immensely powerful, boundlessly terrifying!"

"When ten thousand horses gallop, they can shatter the endless star sea… anything blocking them in their eyes is insignificant!"

"Once part of the imperial guard of the Vermilion Bird Grand Marshal of the Phoenix lineage!"

"I never expected to see them here today. I thought this race had been completely buried by the Era Calamity, leaving only traces in old documents to recall their glory…"

The passersby's commentary caused the onlookers to exclaim in amazement.

Then it spread spontaneously, one to ten, ten to a hundred… before long, all the spectators would know.

And the bystanders were still not satisfied; after fanning the flames and adding fuel to the fire, they said something that Fengxi would surely remember for a lifetime.

Such a population form is terrifyingly unimaginable… Hurry up and buy them, you'll definitely win and make a fortune!

Even if the odds are low, there's still profit to be made!

Ah!

The Wu Clan… truly a kind-hearted people beyond measure!

Saying they're giving out benefits, they really are giving out benefits… they're literally handing out money to everyone!

Just a moment.

Too many spectators were restless, and their minds suddenly became active.

What situation best enhances memory and deepens information comprehension?

The moment one connects with money!

Usually, when people hear about the 'Sun-Star Horse,' what does it matter? Knowing they're a high-ranking race in the starry sky, what does it matter?

The scale of time and space is too distant!

So distant it's almost dreamlike, almost ethereal.

Even if it appears right before our eyes, it's merely a spectacle to watch.

Even if one understands it, it's not deeply ingrained; it's a casual hobby, with only a vague, shallow awareness—easily lost in the sea of memory, becoming an insignificant grain of sand.

But now it's different!

Pick up the money!

How deep must this memory be?

And this profound memory… the bystanders said, as these 'good people,' they're willing to help add a bit more.

Give someone a rose, and your hand retains its fragrance.

No need to thank.

Heavens!

What did I see?

That's a Golden Bull!

It is said that members of the purest lineage, after fully developing their bloodline potential, possess immeasurable strength and limitless stamina, able to pull an entire star field with ease… Legend has it that in even older eras, this race was favored by the supreme rulers of the starry sky, because they could use them to meticulously cultivate star territories.

The star field where populous but resource-poor peoples reside sees them migrate into the vast, resource-rich yet sparsely populated starry sky. Divine beings drive the Golden Bull to graze… no, to bestow blessings upon all beings!

I never expected… never expected that the local Ox Clan would undergo such evolution and transformation!

Could it be that their ancestors originated from the great starry sky?

Hyping up the clan, and incidentally hyping up the starry sky… that's all standard procedure.

The 'protagonists' perform on stage, while the bystanders cooperate from below.

But who is the true protagonist?

……

Fengxi listened to Hougang's report with a blank expression.

Hellish hyper‑evolution, the flame‑fanning crowd of bystanders……

Each of these problems alone is enough to make one scratch their head, let alone when they all appear together.

But one cannot help but say.

That "Heart-Saving Spirit-Calming Pill" has perfectly effective medicine—its efficacy surpasses imagination.

It enables Fengxi, even after knowing so many troubles, to remain extremely calm and composed.

Furthermore, he immediately proceeds to think with utter calm—

What cards does he still have to play in order to counter the shameless cheating of the Demon Race's high ranks and minimize the negative impact?

You've forced me to this point.

Fengxi let out a long breath, feeling that his bottom line had dropped even lower.

The Demon Race's high ranks are shameless, so I won't bother being shameless either……

You can use cheats… fine, you're awesome.

But here, I am the host!

It's time!

It's time to exercise the supreme authority of a GM!

Shameless cheating, Fengxi admits, is somewhat tricky.

But once he exerts his strength……

As the highest authority who sets the competition rules, he will let some people witness what is meant by 'divine powers cannot match heavenly numbers'!

(End of chapter)