175: Chapter 175 The Evolution Path of the Shadow Steel Dragon
Soon, Chi Anlin and the others arrived at the portal to the Golden Horn Realm.
Chi Anlin had accepted a mission to collect one hundred Second Realm Golden Horns.
Although the Golden Horn Clan appeared humanoid, they grew an incredibly hard golden horn on their heads. These golden horns were not only useful for artifact refining but also for alchemy.
While this might seem a bit cruel, battles between races were a matter of life and death. If the Human Realm were to be breached, humanity would henceforth become food and slaves for all other races.
At this moment, the entrance to the Golden Horn Realm was packed with people. It wasn't just students from the Military University and cultivators from Sea City; many nearby cultivators had also rushed over.
One had to know that the Golden Horn Realm was an Eighth-Rank World. The resources it possessed were incomparable to those of the Lesser Beast Realm, and there were even many unexplored forbidden zones filled with countless treasures.
After Ancient Emperor Tian Gu dealt with the monarch of the Golden Horn Realm, various monarchs and kings had taken action to surround and annihilate the remaining Golden Horn kings.
In an instant, countless cities were breached, and the Golden Horn Realm fell into chaos.
At this moment, Chi Anlin and the others finally entered the Golden Horn Realm. Then, they saw Ji Hongfei wave his hand and shout in a very chuunibyou manner: "Come forth, Nether Shadow Black Steel Dragon!"
Chi Anlin and Mo Yu silently stepped back two paces, while Dan Yunyao looked at Ji Hongfei with a smile in her eyes, filled with gentleness.
Stomping hard on the ground, Ji Hongfei flew straight up. Chen Yue looked a bit at a loss, so Mo Yu smiled, wrapped his arm around her waist, and leaped up.
Dan Yunyao froze. Seeing Chen Yue's blushing face, she gritted her teeth, then looked at Ji Hongfei standing with his hands behind his back above, feeling a surge of anger.
The ground cracked violently. The force Dan Yunyao used in her leap was immense, as if she were venting something, which left Ji Hongfei somewhat puzzled.
"Fat Yao, you've gotten fat again..."
Before he could finish, Mo Yu covered his mouth, looking speechless.
Chi Anlin also jumped up, and the Nether Shadow Black Steel Dragon flapped its wings, flying toward the sky.
The surrounding cultivators all looked at them with envy. This dragon beast had not been contracted; it was clear at a glance that it had been tamed by elders in the family.
This was much harder than contracting a beast.
On the head of the Nether Shadow Black Steel Dragon, Chi Anlin rubbed his chin and checked the evolution paths of the Nether Shadow Black Steel Dragon.
This dragon beast was at the Fifth Stage of the Third Realm. To synthesize it would definitely cost a large amount of blood energy, so Chi Anlin only opened the evolution paths to find the most suitable evolution type for the Nether Shadow Black Steel Dragon.
【Evolution Path】:
Abyss Black Steel Dragon: Earth-Rank High Grade, requires 10,000 units of blood energy.
Nether Shadow Ghost Dragon: Earth-Rank Mid Grade, requires 5,000 units of blood energy.
Blood Eye Demon Dragon: Heaven-Rank Low Grade, requires 10 million units of blood energy.
Chi Anlin took a deep breath. Why was this Heaven-Rank evolution path so expensive!
He thought for a moment and clicked on the Abyss Black Steel Dragon's evolution path. A panel appeared before him.
Evolution materials: Soak in Abyss Qi for three days, consume Rotten Bone Demon Flower (Earth-Rank Low Grade) and Yin Spirit Fruit (Earth-Rank Mid Grade) together, then feed with 300g of source of life (Earth-Rank Low Grade). (Evolution prerequisite: Beast must reach the Third Realm.)
The synthesized Abyss Black Steel Dragon would have stronger defense and possess Corrosive Dragon Breath, which could cause enemies to fall into chaos.
"Brother Ji, do you remember the request I agreed to earlier?"
Chi Anlin said suddenly, and Ji Hongfei was stunned for a moment: "Brother Chi, didn't you say..."
Chi Anlin nodded, then knelt on one knee and gently stroked the dragon scales of the Nether Shadow Black Steel Dragon, closing his eyes as if sensing something.
Afterward, he stood up and walked around on the back of the Nether Shadow Black Steel Dragon, even running to the dragon's head to pry open its mouth and check the teeth inside.
After about an hour of putting on a show, Chi Anlin finally said: "With Abyss..."
Ji Hongfei was stunned after hearing this. The family had also hired people to help check the materials needed for the Nether Shadow Black Steel Dragon's evolution. Among them, only the Yin Spirit Fruit was the same; the remaining medicinal materials were extremely expensive. They had configured it several times, but the Nether Shadow Black Steel Dragon had never evolved.
Beside him, Dan Yunyao immediately recorded it, then narrowed her eyes and said: "Many thanks, Big Brother Chi. When we go back this time, Hongfei and I will try this method!"
In her mind, she was constantly analyzing the medicinal potency of these spirit herbs. The Rotten Bone Demon Flower and the source of life conflicted, but neutralized by the Abyss Qi, they could barely be absorbed together.
She also knew about the Spirit Nurturer the Ji Family had hired previously. They had used a large amount of rare dark-attribute medicinal materials; not only did it fail to evolve, but it also made the Nether Shadow Black Steel Dragon's temper become extremely irritable.
This dragon beast's father was the contracted beast of a certain clan elder in the family, and coupled with certain special restraints, the Nether Shadow Black Steel Dragon would not betray them.
Chen Yue was a bit confused on the side; she hadn't even heard of the names of these materials.
The group started chatting again. Mo Yu glanced at the cultivators below who were collecting spirit herbs and said: "The Golden Horn Realm is rich in resources. The place we are going this time is near Tianming City, where the city lord has already been slain by the Cloud Wind King."
"Tianming City is currently in chaos. While we kill members of the Golden Horn Clan, we can search for the Heavens Mandate King's treasure vault."
"To the west of Tianming City, there is a King-Rank ruin, and next to the King-Rank ruin, there is a peculiar lake that can block the spiritual sense exploration of King-Rank cultivators and is simultaneously full of corrosiveness."
"There, there are some rare fish. Their cultivation isn't high, but their effects are very peculiar and can replace many alchemy materials."
Mo Yu took out several fishing rods and said: "This is Sky Silk I specifically exchanged for with credits at school. I crafted six fishing rods. I kept one as a spare, and the rest... let's go fishing together!"
Chi Anlin didn't know why, even though Mo Yu had always been restricted by the Mo Family, he still possessed such powerful intelligence-gathering abilities.
With this ability of Mo Yu's, things would be much easier. Otherwise, if he had come to the Golden Horn Realm, he would definitely have just run around blindly with Xiao Xing, relying on the stick-pointing method to find resources.
Not only would that waste time, but it would also lack purpose, and he wouldn't know what he might encounter.
Ji Hongfei nodded: "This seat thinks the same!"
Dan Yunyao smiled slightly, then said: "I brought a lot of Talismans. If we encounter danger, everyone can activate the Heaven Escape Talisman. This Talisman can instantly teleport a person to a place one hundred miles away, and this one here is an Invisibility Talisman..."
Amidst the surprised gazes of the group, Dan Yunyao took out a huge pile of Talismans, making Chi Anlin sigh: It's great to be rich.
In the Dan Family, Dan Yunyao was the descendant most favored by the Dan Family ancestor; it could be said she had whatever she wanted.
Chi Anlin thought for a moment and also took out a pile of pills: "These are pills given to me by my friend. This Profound Origin Pill can restore spiritual energy, the Miasma-Breaking Pill can..."
Over the past few days, Chi Anlin had also confessed to the group that the pills were not refined by him, but by that friend.
According to what Chi Anlin said, the two possessed Mother-Son Spatial Rings. One had to know that this item was extremely precious and could teleport resources across space; even among monarchs, very few possessed one.
Although they were extremely suspicious, Chi Anlin indeed lacked the fire attribute and could not refine pills. It was impossible to say that these pills were refined by Xiao Yue, right! How could a beast refine pills?