121: Scarlet Blood Egg

For Su Ze, there wasn't much to prepare for during the final two days of rest.

Instead, he used up all the gacha machine chances he had saved up recently, wanting to see if he could draw any high-quality demon beast eggs that were also easy to hatch.

First, he went for a ten-pull.

His luck was quite good; besides two gold-rank monster beast eggs, there was also a platinum-level demon beast egg.

Most of the remaining seven were Silver grade, while bronze grade demon beast eggs actually seemed quite rare.

Seeing this, Su Ze couldn't help but remark, "It seems that as my level increases, the system's drop rates are also secretly improving. In the past, a ten-pull would at most yield one gold-rank monster beast egg, but now there are not only two Gold-rank ones but also a platinum-level one."

With his standards having risen as well, he set aside the two gold-rank monster beast eggs and focused on the hatching conditions of the platinum egg, which didn't seem like the type that could be easily completed.

"Ten more chances... might as well use them all at once."

So, he did another ten-pull.

This time, his luck wasn't as good; only one golden light appeared, and the rest were Silver grade demon beast eggs.

"Has my luck run out..."

Just as Su Ze was thinking this, as the final egg rolled out of the gacha machine, an exceptionally brilliant light suddenly erupted within the system space!

"Is this... a diamond rank demon beast egg?!" Su Ze said excitedly.

It had been a long time since he last drew a diamond rank demon beast egg, and even now, Feng Qingyi, who hatched from a diamond rank egg, remained Su Ze's greatest reliance.

Now, his arsenal of trump cards could finally be updated.

"Why does it feel... a bit off?" Just as he was about to step forward excitedly to check, he suddenly felt something was wrong.

The light emanating from the gacha machine seemed even more dazzling than last time.

And just as the gacha egg completely rolled out, the already brilliant light suddenly shifted into a blinding blood-red.

Shining within the system space, it appeared extremely eerie.

"What's going on? This has never happened before..." Su Ze said, filled with uncertainty.

Suddenly, he remembered something; in the gacha machine, diamond rank wasn't the rarest grade.

"Could it be..."

Sure enough, once the blood-red light dissipated and he looked again, he saw a blood-red demon beast egg.

It was also the type Su Ze guessed might be a higher grade than a diamond rank demon beast egg, which meant... "God-grade?!"

Su Ze grew even more excited and immediately opened his eyes, returning to reality.

He then took the blood-red demon beast egg out of the system space.

"So heavy!" That was Su Ze's first impression; he even failed to hold onto it for a moment, and it dropped to the floor.

Fortunately, this was a demon beast egg and wouldn't break so easily.

The egg appeared to be about the size of a human head, not much different from other demon beast eggs, but its weight far exceeded them.

Su Ze had to use the power of his own tamed beast through their contract to pick up the demon beast egg and observe it closely.

The blood-red demon beast egg looked very smooth, and nothing extraordinary could be seen from its appearance.

At this moment, sensing Su Ze channeling his power, Feng Qingyi also took the initiative to come out from the beast taming space.

"What's wrong, master? Hmm! What is this aura?!" She was suddenly startled and looked toward the source of the aura—the demon beast egg in Su Ze's hand.

"What do you feel?" Su Ze asked curiously, seeing her reaction.

Feng Qingyi said in disbelief, "I feel... my bloodline is being suppressed. How is this possible..."

Ever since she was born, she had always been the one suppressing others; she never expected there would be a day when her own bloodline would be suppressed.

Feng Qingyi's reaction made Su Ze even more certain that the egg in his hand was indeed a divine beast egg that surpassed the diamond rank.

Su Ze hurried to check the hatching conditions of the beast taming egg.

"scarlet blood egg: requires a large amount of special blood to be poured over it to hatch; divine blood is best!"

"divine blood?!" Su Ze frowned; this was truly a difficult task for him.

He wasn't even sure if gods actually existed in this world, let alone divine blood. Where was he supposed to get it?

"But then again, does the blood of a divine beast count as divine blood?" He turned to look at Feng Qingyi, who was still curiously examining the scarlet blood egg.

She had even manifested her bird beak and was trying to peck at the egg's shell, but clearly, the shell of a divine beast egg wasn't so easily broken.

"Qing Yi, can you condense the divine beast bloodline within your body now?" Su Ze inquired.

Qing Yi paused for a moment, returning her mouth to its original form, and said, "I can, especially since during my Nirvana, that old man added another drop of divine blood, making my bloodline even purer."

"But after condensing the divine beast bloodline, I would become an ordinary demon beast. Forget evolving into a divine beast; there's a high probability I wouldn't even be able to maintain my rank as a Diamond-rank Demonic Beast."

Hearing this, Su Ze shook his head and gave up on that idea.

After all, he didn't know yet if divine blood specifically referred to divine beast bloodlines. If he had Qing Yi condense her bloodline only to find out it couldn't hatch the scarlet blood egg, he would have lost both his wife and his soldiers.

"However, the prize for winning the championship this time, the wutong fruit, is said to be able to purify a demon beast's bloodline. Moreover, 'Wutong' sounds like a perfect match for a Phoenix Bird. Perhaps it can help Feng Qingyi completely evolve into a divine beast; then I won't have to worry anymore."

The appearance of the scarlet blood egg also strengthened Su Ze's determination to win the championship... Two days later, just as Su Ze, fully prepared, stepped out of his room to head to the Elimination Rounds venue with everyone, he saw an unexpected person.

"Teacher? Why are you here?" Su Ze asked, looking at Lin Xi, who still had that same slovenly appearance.

As far as he knew, Lin Xi needed to guard the black hole and the dragon bone beneath the school, so he wouldn't even leave the school easily. Now, he had actually come directly to the Imperial Capital?

Was the dragon bone no longer a concern?

At the same time, he keenly noticed that the other teachers' attitudes toward Lin Xi had changed significantly; they all looked at him with the utmost respect.

Could it be that this Old fellow was no longer hiding his identity?

While he was still wondering what had happened, Lin Xi walked over, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "To cheer for my student, of course!"

Then, leaning into Su Ze's ear, he whispered, "I've bet my entire life savings on you. You must win the championship for me!"

Su Ze gave him a speechless look; regardless, that carefree and frivolous manner of his hadn't changed.

"Alright, let's head out! The goal: winning the championship!" Lin Xi said, taking the lead.

The other teachers all followed obediently behind, letting Lin Xi walk at the very front.