Chapter 1066: Houtu Bloodline (Second update, requesting everything)

Two months later, the second batch of Demon Pets finally reached the Demon King 9th Rank level; as for the first batch of Demon Pets that failed to break through, they had a cooling-off period of about half a year.

Besides the fact that breaking through to the Demon Saint level consumes more than breaking through to the Demon King level, it is also related to the quality of the Demon Pet; the higher the quality, the longer the cooling-off time required after a failed breakthrough. Epic quality Demon Pets require half a year, while the time for Half-Step Legendary quality Demon Pets is unknown, as after all, Bai Tian and Hei Ye have already successfully broken through, and there are no other experimental subjects.

This time, the two of them had a total of seven Demon Pets attempting to break through to the Demon Saint level.

Li Zhangsheng: Adai, Datou, the Myriad Phenomenon Spirit-Devouring Rat, and the Sub-Ancestral Black Dragon.

Ning Bizhen: the Great Sun Fire Crow, the Nine Heavens Xun Wind Cat, and the Eight-Armed Naga.

This time, the resources available to Li Zhangsheng for the breakthrough were very scarce.

Apart from the Top-Grade Spiritual Root, there was only one Fire Origin.

Among these seven Demon Pets, only the Great Sun Fire Crow belongs to the Fire Element; if it absorbs the Fire Origin, it has a high probability of reaching Epic quality.

Originally, Ning Bizhen refused, but under Li Zhangsheng's repeated insistence, she finally accepted it.

Among these seven Demon Pets, only the Eight-Armed Naga's Bloodline is still at the Concentrated Grade.

Unfortunately, Demon Pets possessing the Twelve-Armed Naga Bloodline are too rare and are basically in the middle of the ocean; after using them up last time, Li Zhangsheng had no stock left.

The quantity of Top-Grade Spiritual Roots is the same as last time, only able to increase the breakthrough probability of the corresponding elemental Demon Pet by a sliver.

Except for the Great Sun Fire Crow, whether the other Demon Pets can break through to the Demon Saint level can only be left to luck.

Without external assistance, an Epic quality Demon Pet has about a 30% success rate for its first breakthrough to the Demon Saint level, a Half-Step Epic has 10%, and a Top-Grade quality has a pitiful 3%.

This is data obtained from the memories of the Hundred Victories King; a King once specifically investigated over a hundred Kings and Double-Character Kings, and finally arrived at these relatively credible figures.

Although there will certainly be deviations from the real data, it definitely won't be far off.

From a probability perspective, Adai, Datou, and the Nine Heavens Xun Wind Cat each have 30%, the Myriad Phenomenon Spirit-Devouring Rat and the Eight-Armed Naga are at 10%, and the most pitiful is the Top-Grade quality Sub-Ancestral Black Dragon, with only a pathetic 3%.

The Great Sun Fire Crow was not included in these statistics here, but Li Zhangsheng estimates that if the Great Sun Fire Crow completes its quality promotion, the probability will be higher than the other Epic Demon Pets, at about a 40% success rate.

If luck is normal, about one or two Demon Pets will successfully break through to the Demon Saint level; if luck is explosive, three or four are possible; theoretically, it is possible for all Demon Pets to break through, but that is just theory; if luck is too bad, all Demon Pets could fail to break through, and this probability is also not small.

In order to increase the success rate, Li Zhangsheng thought for a moment and then took out four Jade Ceramic Jars.

After opening the jars, a large amount of blood energy condensed above, forming the image of a human body with a snake tail, seven hands on the back, two hands in front of the chest, and both hands holding a Teng Snake.

That's right, this is the Earth Element Top-tier Divine Beast—Houtu.

These four jars of Houtu Essence Blood were collected recently, and Li Zhangsheng decided to let Adai become a dual-bloodline Demon Pet to increase the breakthrough probability.

Although the temperament and image of the Behemoth and Houtu do not quite match, their fighting styles both belong to the manic type.

That's right, Houtu is usually relatively quiet, but once it starts fighting, it becomes abnormally violent and crazy.

It is for this reason that Li Zhangsheng chose Houtu as Adai's second bloodline.

Under the envious gazes of the other Demon Pets, the Great Sun Fire Crow grabbed the Fire Origin and flew into the air; in the process of absorbing it, its aura became Vigorous.

On the other side, Adai swallowed the Houtu Essence Blood and the Blood Spirit Ginseng in one go, immediately lying on the ground and beginning to convert the Houtu Essence Blood.

During this process, Adai's solid skin squirmed crazily, as if countless small insects were drilling back and forth in its blood vessels.

The next moment, Adai's whole body shone brightly, and it was then wrapped in countless earth-yellow rays of light.

With the assistance of the Blood Spirit Ginseng, the Houtu Essence Blood gradually merged into the blood, just like two armies facing off; even though they are both Earth Element bloodlines, their essences have distinct differences, especially since both the Golden Behemoth and Houtu are violent masters.

Adai expressed extreme pain, its entire face contorted, and dense beads of blood appeared on its body surface, looking abnormally miserable.

After three minutes passed, perhaps feeling that the other party was not to be trifled with, the two bloodlines finally ceased hostilities, and the Houtu Bloodline officially merged into Adai's blood.

As more and more Houtu Essence Blood merged, the concentration of the Houtu Bloodline that Adai possessed also climbed rapidly.

Sparse, Pure, Concentrated, until the final Vigorous!

Just at this moment, countless earth-yellow rays of light erupted suddenly, forming a blurry Houtu phantom above Adai's head.

The Houtu phantom quickly became clear, as if it were real, but its eyes appeared dull and lifeless, clearly not belonging to a unique Top-tier Divine Beast.

Although Houtu are rare, in the Heavens and Myriad Worlds, there is always a certain number of them.

After a few breaths, the Houtu phantom turned into an earth-yellow stream of light, and the moment it made contact with Adai, it disappeared in the blink of an eye.

At the same time, the Houtu phantom appeared in Adai's Consciousness Sea.

In this regard, Adai can be said to be very proficient, immediately controlling its own consciousness to pounce on the Houtu phantom, and in a few moves, it swallowed the Houtu phantom completely.

Not until this moment did Adai's appearance begin to change; two tumors bulged on both sides of its back at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The tumors grew crazily at an exaggerated speed, as if something was about to be born.

Sshhh—

Without waiting long, accompanied by a harsh cracking sound, a pair of arms broke through the thick skin and drilled out from behind.

This pair of arms was also in the form of giant claws, significantly different from the human hands of Houtu holding the Teng Snake, and their deterrent power was actually stronger.

Just at this time, two more tumors appeared on Adai's back, this time at the waist.

Sshhh—

When the tumors ruptured, another pair of ferocious giant claws drilled out.

Compared to the front giant claws, the two pairs of giant claws that grew on the back were obviously smaller.

But regardless, Adai possessed three pairs of giant claws.

In addition to the two extra pairs of arms on its back, Adai's short, thick tail also grew rapidly, finally turning into a snake tail dozens of meters long.

Adai's overall image did not change much; if one ignored the two extra pairs of giant claws on its back and the long, thick snake tail, it was not much different from an ordinary Bronze Behemoth.

"If only another pair of eyes grew on the back!"

Li Zhangsheng felt a bit unsatisfied in his heart; although Adai seemingly had two extra pairs of giant claws on its back, in reality, they were not very useful, only able to attack or parry enemies from behind.

It was just that because no eyes grew on its back, Adai would likely find it difficult to fully exert the power of these two pairs of giant claws on its back.

(End of this chapter)