Chapter 482: Crowned Flame Bird Transformation (Three-in-One Chapter, Requesting All)

This was a long, rectangular Jade Box, measuring a full three feet or more.

Even through the Jade Box, Li Changsheng could feel a warmth; the item inside seemed quite scorching.

The moment he opened the Jade Box, a heatwave rushed out, and the temperature in the room rose rapidly, as if it had turned from spring into midsummer, placing him inside a furnace.

However, Li Changsheng felt no discomfort; his physical body had reached a point where it did not fear cold or heat, and even temperatures of over a hundred degrees would not have much effect on him.

Inside the long Jade Box lay a piece of fire-red wood, three feet long and a palm wide.

In appearance, it was quite similar to Lihuo Wutong Wood, but strangely, this piece of fire-red wood had no grain or growth rings, giving one the illusion that it was not wood at all.

Li Changsheng picked up the wood and examined it carefully; based on the characteristics of this wood, he already had a guess in his mind.

There were only a few types of wood without grain or growth rings, and their colors and appearances were all different.

"Endless Wood!"

Li Changsheng was certain in his heart that this was a piece of Endless Wood.

Endless Wood is one of the divine woods; in the ancient Southern Wilderness, there was a volcano where Endless Wood grew, burning day and night, not becoming fierce in a gale, not extinguished by a downpour, and unquenchable when burned.

This was also the origin of the name Endless Wood; if absorbed by a Fire Element Spirit Beast, it had a chance to impart some of the characteristics of Endless Wood.

Additionally, Endless Wood could serve as the main material for crafting top-tier Fire Element Treasure.

The value of Endless Wood was by no means inferior to those six Wanxiang Peiyuan Pills; in fact, it was even higher, and he did not know where the Clan Leader had obtained it.

Among the uses for Endless Wood, Li Changsheng naturally chose the first one, as he already possessed a top-tier Fire Element Treasure—the Red Luan Feather.

Besides that, the Crowned Flame Bird had absorbed Undying Fire; if it grasped the essence of Endless Wood Rain Undying and Burning Unquenchable, its flames would become terrifying, practically like a bone-eroding sore.

Simply put, such flames were extremely difficult to dispel; without a method to counter them, it often took a great deal of time to remove them, and in the ever-changing flow of battle, how could there be so much time?

Li Changsheng went to the backyard and summoned the Crowned Flame Bird.

Chirp~

The Crowned Flame Bird soared in the air for a moment, then obediently landed in front of Li Changsheng, curiously gazing at the Endless Wood in the Jade Box.

Crack~ Crack~ Crack~

Li Changsheng exerted force with both hands, easily crushing the entire piece of Endless Wood into fire-red powder.

"Eat it!"

As he spoke, the powder of the Endless Wood flew up.

The Crowned Flame Bird naturally would not refuse; it hurriedly opened its Bird Beak, its throat constantly undulating, and swallowed all the Endless Wood powder in one breath.

The next moment, the Crowned Flame Bird suddenly radiated bright red light, completely enveloped by flames that were white within the red, and the Endless Wood powder was quickly digested, merging into the bloodline of the Crowned Flame Bird.

Poof~

Suddenly, the flames of the Crowned Flame Bird surged, and it seemed to have undergone a change, though it could not be seen from the surface.

This was an internal change in the flames, which was undoubtedly a good start, indicating that the characteristics of the Endless Wood were merging with the flames of the Crowned Flame Bird.

Li Changsheng kept a constant watch on the Crowned Flame Bird, his Mental Power in an activated state at all times.

From the feedback of his Mental Power, the fire-red light spot representing the Crowned Flame Bird flickered, seemingly in the midst of a transformation.

Endless Wood was, after all, a divine wood of the Fire Element, and it could be said to be of great benefit to the Crowned Flame Bird; perhaps the Crowned Flame Bird could complete a sublimation of its quality by relying on the magic of the Endless Wood.

A bit of anticipation appeared in Li Changsheng's eyes; among his Formal Contract Spirit Beasts, only the Crowned Flame Bird was still of Superior Quality, and its strength was nearing the bottom.

Not long after, the light spot representing the Crowned Flame Bird suddenly became bright, no longer flickering as before, emitting a dazzling radiance.

Li Changsheng was exceptionally excited; this could truly be called an unexpected joy.

Soon, the effect of the Endless Wood faded, and the flames on the surface of the Crowned Flame Bird were retracted; he did not know if it had grasped the characteristics of the Endless Wood.

【Spirit Beast Name】: Crowned Flame Bird (Growth Stage, Top-tier Exotic Beast, has grasped Undying Fire; the burn probability of this Spirit Beast's Fire Element skills is doubled, significantly increasing the burning time of the flames and causing secondary damage to enemies. Has grasped the truth of Endless Wood Rain Undying and Burning Unquenchable, significantly increasing its own flames' resistance to water and increasing the burning time of the flames.)

【Spirit Beast Realm】: Leader 6th Rank

【Spirit Beast Race】: High-Level Monarch

【Spirit Beast Quality】: Epic

【Spirit Beast Bloodline】: Phoenix (Rich), Vermilion Bird (Pure)

【Spirit Beast Attribute】: Fire

【Spirit Beast Status】: Healthy

【Spirit Beast Weakness】: Water

Undying Fire + Endless Wood was simply a match made in heaven, which greatly increased the burning time of the flames, causing massive secondary damage.

Of course, the most important thing was that the quality of the Crowned Flame Bird had been improved; with the four traits possessed by the Crowned Flame Bird, its strength leaped forward, second only to Aixi and Kailan.

This time, absorbing the Endless Wood took a total of more than half an hour.

Li Changsheng continued to stay in the room, thought for a moment, and took out the latest issue of "Langya Guo Dage Bangdan," which he had bought earlier that morning.

The Langya Kingdom Hundred Battles Ranking naturally did not include Li Changsheng, but several people associated with him had improved their rankings.

Xu Wenhua rose from tenth to seventh, Ning Bizhen successfully entered the ranking and was in 22nd place, which was not the bottom among the many Pseudo-Kings, mainly due to the excellence of the Cold Jade Rabbit.

The rankings of the two Deans, Zhang Kaishuo and Ning Wei, did not change much; even though Dean Lu Qian had advanced to the 6th Rank, unfortunately, Li Changsheng searched the entire ranking and could not find his name.

Besides that, Li Changsheng also saw the rankings of the Third Prince Dou Yuanbin and Liu Xuguang.

The Third Prince Dou Yuanbin had broken through to Pseudo-King two years ago, and his ranking was 20th.

Unexpectedly, Liu Xuguang's ranking was very high; having just broken through to Pseudo-King, his ranking was not only ahead of Ning Bizhen and Dou Yuanbin, but was actually 13th.

Terrifying!

One must know that the few people behind Liu Xuguang were all Pseudo-Kings who possessed two Demon Beast.

Li Changsheng specifically checked Liu Xuguang's information; there was not much of it, but after reading it, he finally understood.

In a word, Liu Xuguang possessed an Epic quality Spirit Beast; it was no wonder that Liu Xuguang's ranking was so high, and no wonder he could be on the Top 100 Ranking when he was at the 5th Rank.

There was no information about this Epic Spirit Beast above, but its strength was definitely extremely strong.

This was also the first time Li Changsheng had seen news of an Epic Spirit Beast; one must know that even the Dark Night King Dou Cangqiong's Flood Dragon had not reached Epic quality, not even Half-Step Epic, which showed how rare Epic quality was.

As for his Aixi and Kailan, they are still only Half-Step Epic, but combined, they are no worse than a true Epic Demon Pet.

Li Zhangsheng flipped to the Hidden Dragon Ranking; this had something to do with him.

Unlike the Top 100 Ranking from just before, the Hidden Dragon Ranking only includes Monster Tamers under the age of 30.

The first place is naturally still Liu Xuguang, the second place is naturally Ning Bizhen, and the Royal Academy third-year student Dou Yuanhua's ranking has risen to fifth place.

In the blink of an eye, Li Zhangsheng found his own name, because he was ranked in the forefront, placed at 15th, and was also the only Fourth Rank in the top 20.

Li Zhangsheng had killed two Fifth-tier Beastmasters, they were Cai Yangqian and Xiao Chi respectively, but unfortunately, there were no witnesses.

The reason Li Zhangsheng was able to be ranked 15th on the Hidden Dragon Ranking was mainly related to the Demon Tide at Li City Fortress; at that time, Li Zhangsheng fought five high-level demons single-handedly, eventually ending with the powerful killing of three of them, so his ranking could be said to be well-deserved.

"Liu Xudong!"

At 20th place on the Hidden Dragon Ranking, a strange name also appeared; judging from the brief information, this was a Fifth-tier Stronger who had broken through not long ago from the Langya Liu Clan, and especially since he was not even 20 years old, there was still plenty of potential to be tapped.

Senior Miao Yinfeng's ranking rose slightly, and Luo Jing successfully stepped into the Hidden Dragon Ranking, ranking 99th, at the very bottom!

Finally, there is the Academy Top 100 Ranking, where Li Zhangsheng rose to second place, with Dou Yuanhua still above him.

As for the others, they were Miao Yinfeng at 4th, Luo Jing at 12th, Zhao Shuyi at 27th, Ding Dangmao at 45th, and Xu Xiangzhi at 65th.

Looking at the three major rankings, Yuanling Academy was rising steadily, but there was still a not-insignificant gap compared to the Royal Academy.

……

Time slipped away while studying the three major rankings, and by the time Li Zhangsheng came out, it was already eight o'clock in the evening.

Although there were still four hours until midnight, in order to avoid accidents, some preparations had to be made in advance, such as gathering those Demon Pets on the verge of breaking through and making reasonable arrangements according to their shapes and sizes.

There was no help for it; the Emperor Flowing Plasma cast by the Taiyin Token only had a range of one hundred meters, which seemed larger than a soccer field, but the number of Demon Pets summoned this time was as many as a thousand, and among them were many large-sized Demon Pets.

In such a large space, at most only a few hundred Demon Pets could be maintained.

The Emperor Flowing Plasma could last for half an hour, so Li Zhangsheng decided to adopt a rotation system; as long as a Demon Pet completed its breakthrough, it would be replaced immediately.

At the Training Ground, a piece of land had already been measured out; Li Wenbo attached great importance to this matter and measured it repeatedly several times until the error was reduced to the centimeter level before he was satisfied.

This piece of land was temporarily surrounded by a fence, and a large number of Li Clan members stood outside the fence, looking on with eager anticipation, their hearts filled with nervousness and excitement.

At Li Zhangsheng's signal, Li Wenbo's voice rang out: "Everyone, please release the Demon Pets that are on the verge of breaking through; do not release the other Demon Pets."

Following Li Wenbo's order, a large number of hexagrams appeared on the vast Training Ground, followed by successive roars and cries, and countless Demon Pets appeared on the field.

"I will say it again, do not release Demon Pets that are not yet on the verge of their limit, otherwise, once discovered, your spot will be canceled!"

Li Wenbo waved his right hand, and dozens of Li Clan elites began to inspect these Demon Pets; the area of the Emperor Flowing Plasma was only so large, so naturally, they had to prevent those clansmen who wanted to take advantage.

These elite clansmen each held a bead, and these beads could accurately detect the specific realm of the Demon Pets, mainly distinguished by color.

Although the vast majority of clansmen were very honest, it was hard to guarantee that some people still wanted to take advantage, but unfortunately, they were immediately pulled out, and their qualification for the breakthrough was canceled on the spot.

Suddenly, Li Wenhan's voice rang out: "What right do you have to inspect my Demon Pet!"

An elite clansman was just about to inspect Li Wenhan's Demon Pet, but after being sternly stopped by Li Wenhan, he stalled for a moment.

Li Wenhan was an Internal Affairs Elder, holding a high position and great power, and his status in the clan was definitely in the top five, so the elite clansman naturally dared not offend him.

"He doesn't have the right, then what about me!"

In an instant, Li Xinming's figure suddenly appeared in front of Li Wenhan.

Li Wenhan's pupils shrank slightly, and he hurriedly said with feigned composure: "Father, there's no need to be so troublesome, right? I think there is no need for our Clan Elders to inspect, so as not to waste time!"

While speaking, Li Wenhan hurriedly gave a wink to a Clan Elder who was in the same camp as him.

"Yes, old Clan Leader, I also think..."

"Presumptuous, what right do you have to defy our decision!" The old Clan Leader scolded, and a massive amount of Mental Power pressed down on that nameless Clan Elder.

That Clan Elder trembled all over, only feeling his body sink, as if he were carrying a great mountain on his back; his legs were shaking, but his heart was filled with bitterness and endless regret.

Ever since the Li Clan advanced to County Gentry, due to being dragged down by their strength, these Clan Elders who only had Third Rank standards had their power severely weakened, while the power and influence of Li Xinming, Li Haoqiong, Li Wenbo, and Li Zhangsheng had risen significantly; with one rising and one falling, the gap was clear at a glance.

Li Wenhan, who used to be able to contend with Li Wenbo, was suppressed all at once, and he had not been doing very well recently.

In a world with supernatural powers, it is naturally strength that is respected, not so-called seniority and age.

"But..." Li Wenhan wanted to argue, but was interrupted by Li Xinming again.

"You are my son, so you must set an example! No one knows a son better than his father; I know you well enough. You are already at such an age, yet you still can't change your mentality of wanting to take advantage. In this life, this is all the success you will have!"

Li Xinming said no more, reached out and beckoned, and the bead in the elite clansman's hand flew directly up.

Under Li Xinming's control, it flew toward a Terror Wolf.

In the blink of an eye, the bead made contact with the Terror Wolf, and nine yellow cloud patterns flickered on it.

Red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, and purple; yellow represents the Upper Realm, and nine yellow cloud patterns naturally mean Upper Rank 9.

Seeing Li Xinming do this, Li Wenhan showed a rare look of panic, subconsciously wanting to recall the unqualified Demon Pet.

In an instant, Li Wenhan only felt a pain in his head, and a needle-like pain emerged, directly interrupting his attempt to recall the Demon Pet.

Li Wenhan looked up and saw Li Xinming's stern gaze; his heart was trembling with fear, as he could see that the old man was going to get serious.

It was also at this time that the bead landed on a Green Hill Python, revealing six yellow cloud patterns, representing only Upper Rank 6; how could this be a Demon Pet on the verge of breaking through.

"Father, this child was wrong, please give this child another chance!"

Li Wenhan regretted it deeply, and since things had come to this, he could only lower his head and admit his mistake, hoping that Li Xinming would drop the idea.

Li Wenhan did not want to miss this opportunity, because he was only one step away from the Fourth Rank, and had hope of completing the breakthrough tonight.

Unfortunately, this guy was greedy, picking up sesame seeds only to lose the watermelon, and in the end, he was afraid that even the sesame seeds would be confiscated.

"It is not that I haven't given you a chance, but you have truly disappointed me too much. Go back!"

Li Xinming kept a straight face and directly forfeited Li Wenhan's qualification.

"Father, you cannot treat me like this, I am your son."

Ignoring Li Wenhan's pleading, Li Xinming scolded: "Go back!"

Li Wenhan had no choice but to leave sullenly, looking back every three steps, hoping the old man would call him over after his anger subsided.

But until Li Wenhan left the Training Ground, Li Xinming did not call him.

After this farce ended, some clansmen with ulterior motives could be said to be trembling with fear; if a dignified Internal Affairs Elder could be "dismissed," there was no need to mention them.

However, even if they withdrew their excess Demon Pets, they still could not escape the same fate as Li Wenhan and were directly disqualified.

Not long after, the inspection was completed.

There were no surprises; nearly two thousand Demon Pets met the standards, and there was no lack of Demon Pets with particularly massive builds.

Under the command of the clan's upper echelons, a portion of the Demon Pets began to enter the fenced area.

Among them, Li Changsheng let in the Giant Whale Kun, the Ancestral Leopard-Lin Beast, the Three-Legged Fire Crow, and the Green-Eyed Golden-Eyed Beast.

The Giant Whale Kun had a massive build, over ten meters long and three to four meters wide, looking like a giant big-headed fish, and it even carried a pair of miniature bird wings.

The other three were not much inferior, all being behemoths with body lengths of around ten meters.

Xu Wenhua, Zhang Kaishuo, Ning Wei, and Lu Qian also had no shortage of Demon Pets of this size; they alone occupied 1/5 of the area.

When the assembly was finished, fewer than three hundred Demon Pets remained on the field.

The night was deep and quiet, people were not yet asleep, and the world was peaceful and serene.

The bright full moon was like light gauze, like mist, like clouds, traveling through the clouds and scattering faint Moonlight onto the earth.

"Disperse the clouds!"

Seeing that it was almost midnight, under Xu Wenhua's command, the Single-Legged Cloud-Top Crane flapped its wings, which resembled fire crystals, and flew straight into the cloud layer.

Within a few breaths, a huge ring of fire appeared, rapidly expanding toward the surroundings and forcefully evaporating the nearby clouds.

The Single-Legged Cloud-Top Crane repeated the same trick several times, dispersing all the clouds within a radius of a hundred miles.

In an instant, there were no clouds for a hundred miles.

"Begin!"

Seeing that it was midnight, Li Changsheng held a pearl in his right hand; this pearl was mainly used as a smokescreen, and when the Emperor Flowing Plasma finished, it would be time for it to shatter.

As for next year's Emperor Flowing Plasma, perhaps there would be no need to find excuses by then.

Li Changsheng began to communicate with the Taiyin Token in his Consciousness Sea; from beginning to end, he never had the thought of bringing the Taiyin Token out.

Even without bringing the Taiyin Token out, he could still manifest the Emperor Flowing Plasma, and it would not be affected in any way.

Deep in his Consciousness Sea, the Taiyin Token emitted a hazy silver halo, beginning to form a connection with the full moon in the sky.

The many Demon Pets standing in the fence raised their heads one after another, waiting quietly for the Emperor Flowing Plasma to appear.

Suddenly, the full moon in the sky seemed to enlarge slightly, forming a hazy lunar halo.

Abruptly, drops of golden "raindrops" fell from the lunar halo; their shapes were like countless olives, emitting ten thousand golden threads, strung together in clusters, hanging down into the human world.

This was the Emperor Flowing Plasma; under Li Changsheng's control, it just happened to cover the area enclosed by the fence.

In the fence, hundreds of Demon Pets tried hard to open their mouths, but they soon discovered that as long as the Emperor Flowing Plasma landed on them, it would be automatically absorbed, so they hurriedly lay back on the ground, striving to digest the power of the Emperor Flowing Plasma.

In an instant, dozens of white lights appeared, which was spectacular, including Li Changsheng's Giant Whale Kun and Ancestral Leopard-Lin Beast.

They could have easily broken through to the Leader level, and the Emperor Flowing Plasma became the opportunity for them to break through, allowing them to complete the breakthrough rapidly.

After completing the breakthrough, these Demon Pets left the fence according to instructions and returned to their respective masters' sides.

These were mostly Demon Pets that had broken through from the Lower Rank to the Middle Rank.

At the same time, Li Wenbo and other high-level members were also directing some Demon Pets on the periphery to quickly fill the positions.

During this process, it was unexpectedly orderly.

At this time, Luo Jie's voice rang out: "Haha, thanks to Brother Li, I can advance to the Third Rank after going back!"

There were many people like Luo Jie; their faces were full of joy, and for them, this could already be considered a significant stroke of luck.

After two minutes passed, a large number of Lower Rank Demon Pets that had shown no signs of breaking through could no longer bear it; they felt as if their bodies were about to explode and had to leave the area covered by the Emperor Flowing Plasma.

Seeing this situation, Li Wenbo and other high-level members continued to calmly direct some Demon Pets to fill the vacancies.

Depending on the realm of the Demon Pet, the time they could withstand the Emperor Flowing Plasma also differed.

Compared to Lower Rank Demon Pets, Middle Rank Demon Pets could hold on for five minutes, Upper Rank Demon Pets for ten minutes, Elite Demon Pets for twenty minutes... anything above that could be ignored, because this Emperor Flowing Plasma could only last for half an hour.

In the fence, Demon Pets at the Elite level and above still showed no signs of breaking through; they were working hard to accumulate power, preparing to make a one-time breakthrough when the Emperor Flowing Plasma was about to disappear.

Li Changsheng's Demon Pets were an exception; their quality was too high, so they did not need to accumulate power to break through like other Demon Pets just to increase the probability of a breakthrough by a tiny bit.

As batch after batch of Demon Pets left the field, time began to pass slowly, and twenty minutes passed quickly.

With ten minutes left until the end of the Emperor Flowing Plasma, there were already vacancies in the fence, but all Demon Pets that met the standards had already been baptized by the Emperor Flowing Plasma.

These vacancies did not remain empty for long; some Demon Pets expanded their size to occupy more territory and absorb more Emperor Flowing Plasma.

It was also at this time that the Elite Demon Pets had accumulated enough power and began to attempt a breakthrough.

Unfortunately, of the nearly twenty Elite Demon Pets, only four completed the breakthrough, a success rate of just over twenty percent.

The success rate for Elite Demon Pets was already this low, not to mention Leader-level or Lord-level Demon Pets.

"Just one more step, and I can advance to the Fifth Rank!"

Li Wenbo's eyes were bright; among them was one of his Demon Pets.

Not far away, Miao Yinfeng's face was overflowing with smiles; this time, he had two Demon Pets complete their breakthroughs, and like Li Wenbo, they were only one step away from the Fifth Rank.

Luo Jing was also wearing a smile, because she also had a Demon Pet break through to the Leader level.

Soon, only the last minute remained until the end of the Emperor Flowing Plasma.

"If not now, when!"

As Li Changsheng's voice rang out, dozens of Leader-level and Lord-level Demon Pets no longer hesitated and began to attempt a breakthrough.

Today's goal: three, pigs, verified!

(End of this chapter)