CHAPTER 168: CHAPTER 126: PLOWHORN BEAST EVOLUTION

"Goo~~~"

Xiao Hong, due to excitement, was the first to jump out shouting, beginning to act as a cheerleader.

Lin Chen swallowed a few times in succession, showing how nervous he felt.

Chen Yun and Lee Zhen also hurried over upon hearing the commotion.

Just as they stepped in, the place originally wrapped in a cocoon suddenly emitted a violent tremor.

Soon after, cracks appeared on the cocoon, with an eerie green light shining through the fissures...

With a loud "boom," the cocoon shattered completely, and a bull emerged from within.

Its form couldn’t be described as imposing or majestic, but its size was considerably larger than that of a Plowhorn Beast, its entire body covered in pale cyan skin, like moonlit jade, smooth as glass yet faintly exuding a metallic hardness.

Its muscles were knotted like ancient tree roots, with every vein beneath flowing with faint azure light, as if a galaxy was sealed within its body.

A pair of pitch-black horns rose majestically from its forehead, their surface etched with intricate black divine patterns, resembling ancient cryptic spells; if not for the flickering of radiant colors, they’d be hard to notice.

"Xiaobai!"

Lin Chen, unable to restrain the excitement in his heart, shouted out.

He was a young man, watching the "child" he painstakingly nurtured complete its evolution, he was beyond thrilled.

"Goo goo!!"

The Little Fox also joined in the shouting.

At this moment, Xiaobai seemed to hear the call. It mustered its strength, opened its eyes, revealing a pair of amber vertical pupils, with irises containing sandy golden specks,

It let out an angry roar towards the sky.

"Moo!!!"

This bull roar was completely incongruous with its appearance, filled with an aura of dominance.

It raised its head and bellowed, with deep cyan spirit patterns faintly appearing on its back.

"Gulp!"

Chen Yun swallowed, noting that while the appearance bore some resemblance to a Spirit Ruins Ox, its skin color, black divine patterns on its horns, heterochromatic eyes, and the deep cyan spirit patterns revealed during exertion...

It’s not a Spirit Ruins Ox.

Instinct told Chen Yun this was a new species.

This unexpectedly filled Chen Yun with anticipation.

It’s been many years since a new variant evolved from the Plowhorn Beast. Could it be that today here, a new history would be completed?

....

"Xiaobai!"

Lin Chen shouted once more, and Niu Niu heard the Beastmaster’s call, finally ending its pose, it looked down at its body, then at Lin Chen and the Little Fox, and dashed over.

This running was shocking, with faint residual shadows appearing.

"Don’t come over..." Lin Chen embraced the Little Fox, trying to dodge.

Xiaobai looked confused.

Lee Zhen and Chen Yun were also dumbfounded.

Achieving residual shadows with a normal sprint?

This was too terrifying.

According to Chen Yun’s understanding, if Xiaobai had evolved into a Barbaric Ox, achieving this would be understandable.

After all, the Barbaric Ox was known for its brute strength.

Xiaobai now in this evolution form seemed gentle and refined, its smile even a bit silly...

Only during its authoritative roar did it display the might of an Ox King.

"Moo moo~~"

Xiaobai slowed down, walking over slowly.

The Little Fox couldn’t wait any longer, running up to Xiaobai and jumping directly onto its horns.

"Goo goo~~"

The Little Fox lay on the bull’s head, expressing how much it missed it.

Lin Chen walked over as well, Xiaobai shook its head, skillfully tossing the Little Fox onto its back and extending its head towards Lin Chen.

It knew Lin Chen was about to pet the bull...

Lin Chen nodded in agreement.

This time the "egg-breaking" was a success, without evolving into a Burning Mountain Bull or an Earth-Sounding Ox.

Now the only thing left was to hope for Xiaobai’s species.

Lin Chen also realized this was a new species, as over the past few months, Lin Chen had visited the library in Black Mountain City, perusing many books to review all basic bovine species.

Now, Xiaobai’s form slightly resembled a Spirit Ruins Ox, but only slightly...

Lin Chen nervously rubbed his hands together, for him, Xiaobai’s successful evolution was not the draw.

Now was the draw.

Then Lin Chen remembered Bai Jiajia’s cold joke...

People who love to laugh will not have bad luck.

So Lin Chen broke into a smile, finally placing his hand on the bull’s head, his mind blank until a wealth of information sprang into his mind:

[Kui Spirit Beast]

[Advanced Spirit Transformation]

A name that had never been heard.

Is this the name of a new species?

Lin Chen didn’t know whether it was formidable or not, yet...

Judging by the divine patterns on the horns, it shouldn’t be weak.

Continuing to look down:

[27 months]

[Level: 21]

[Skill 1: Iron Horn Impact (Divine Enlightenment)]

[Skill 2: Soul-Calming Hoof (Perfection)]

[Skill 3: Barbaric Bloodline (Mastery)]

Soul-Calming Hoof did not undergo transformation through this evolution, but Iron Horn Impact reached the Divine Enlightenment Realm through evolution.

Lin Chen couldn’t contain his joy.

To know, the gap between the Divine Enlightenment Realm and Perfection Realm isn’t a small one.

No wonder Xiaobai triggered residual shadows just from starting to run.

This time Xiaobai did not develop a new skill, which is normal.

Spirit Beasts do not immediately awaken their skills upon completing evolution—they awaken their first post-evolution skill around Level 25.

Lin Chen estimated, given Xiaobai’s talent, it would awaken its first evolved skill around Levels 22 to 23.

He suppressed the urge to test it on the spot and continued reading.

The bloodline was what Lin Chen was most concerned about because it represented Xiaobai’s future.

[Dominant Bloodline: Kui Spirit Beast 45.66%, Plowhorn Beast 5.55%, Spirit Ruins Ox 13.15%]

[Hidden Bloodline: 23.0954%]

[Polluted Bloodline: 12.5446%]

Lin Chen furrowed his brows; this didn’t match the data he imagined.

Firstly, according to Lin Chen’s plan, when Xiaobai first underwent Divergent Evolution, whether it awakened a Spirit Ruins Ox, Barbaric Ox, or other Spirit Transformation level Spirit Beasts, there should have been a Divine Beast bloodline present.

By then, as long as this Divine Beast bloodline was enhanced, the second round of evolution could directly choose Ancestral Evolution.

But the issue is, currently, Xiaobai’s bloodline doesn’t contain any Divine Beast bloodline, meaning the Divine Beast bloodline is still hidden within the Hidden Bloodline.

Secondly, the Hidden Bloodline didn’t change much.

Before evolution, Xiaobai’s Hidden Bloodline was 26.3654%, and it decreased by about 3 points post-evolution, which is normal.

Because in this round, the 3% Hidden Bloodline manifested as Kui Spirit Beast.

Therefore, this round birthed a new Hidden Bloodline.

This signifies something...

Xiaobai’s Hidden Bloodline is high, with great potential.

After all, a Beast King’s Hidden Bloodline is only around twenty percent.

This made Lin Chen marvel at how elusive probability can be, for Xiaobai to gamble on becoming a Kui Spirit Beast with just three percent.

Thirdly, given the above two points, Xiaobai’s next evolution is a difficult choice, as two options arise:

First, continue choosing Divergent Evolution, continuing to gamble on new species.

Second, choose Ancestral Evolution, gambling on the ancestral bloodline of Kui Spirit Beast...

But evidently, Kui Spirit Beast is a new species, unknown to anyone’s knowledge of its future.

Lin Chen pondered briefly, then gave up contemplating.

The current urgency lies in only one thing, which is to test the new Xiaobai’s capabilities...

Whether this Kui Spirit Beast species is robust enough.

"Let’s go," Chen Yun said.

"Moo~~"

Xiaobai sniffed at its body...

It still carried the scent of medicinal herbs.

"What’s wrong?" Chen Yun asked.

Lee Zhen and Young Master Qin had gotten used to it, and Lin Chen quickly said, "Senior, I’ll take it for a wash first."

Chen Yun was momentarily stunned, but did not object.

Lin Chen immediately led Xiaobai outside.

"Moo~~"

While walking, Xiaobai realized that its bull pendant had somehow disappeared.

Probably because it grew larger, it got stretched out.

After saying this, it wanted to go back to look for it. Lin Chen glanced at the broken large vat, fragments all over, and said:

"It’s okay, that one’s already soaked in medicine and changed in scent, I’ll make you another one when we return."

"Moo~~"