29: Chapter 29 The Useless S+
Seeing the shock and confusion on Song Jiang and the others' faces, Li Yu hurriedly explained that it was his own beast evolving.
Song Jiang and the others clearly breathed a sigh of relief, followed by even greater curiosity.
"What a terrifying light of evolution. I almost thought I'd gone blind just now," Song Jiang said, still feeling a lingering fear.
"It's even stronger than the light from our beasts' evolution. Our beasts are S-rank, could Master Li's beast be... S+?" Yang Juan said.
"..."
They kept their eyes closed, but light still squeezed through the gaps, so they hurriedly raised their hands to block it, feeling a wave of shock in their hearts.
It was as if a bomb had been dropped.
They were certain now; this terrifying light was definitely not just S-rank—it likely reached S+!
Yet in all of Ningyang City, there were only a handful of beasts that reached an A-rank rating. Their beasts, having reached S-rank, were already among the elite few.
S+—they had never even heard of it.
"Supervisor Song," Chen Danian called out, wanting to ask if there were any S+ beasts in Ningyang City.
But he only heard a bout of silly laughter in response.
Song Jiang shouted, "Stop calling him. He's gone crazy with joy right now and can't hear you."
Chen Danian: "..."
Time ticked by, but the white light only grew stronger, not weaker.
At first, they closed their eyes, then used their hands to cover their faces, but as the white light intensified, their hands became useless.
The intense white light was so strong they could even see the bones and meridians in their hands. Finally, helpless, they scrambled to find tables and chairs to hide behind and turned their backs to it.
Only then did they avoid being x-rayed by the white light.
About three minutes later.
The white light gradually dimmed. Everyone had become somewhat accustomed to the brightness, and as they looked at each other, their expressions were dazed.
Three minutes—no, four minutes!
What kind of evolution takes four minutes?
Was it evolving into a divine beast?
Eight pairs of eyes stared fixedly at the incubation pod, waiting for the last bit of white light to dissipate.
Five pairs from the people, three pairs from the beasts.
The previous burst of white light had caught the three beasts off guard, stinging their eyes and leaving them tearing up and bloodshot.
The white light dissipated.
The water tank had cracked, and a silver Bubble Fish, estimated to weigh about a catty, was swimming in the air, surrounded by a thin layer of water mist.
And then... that was it.
The group looked at each other with strange expressions.
Why did it feel like this beast looked completely harmless?
They looked at Li Yu, who had already opened the incubation pod and brought the fish out. They leaned in to look and truly didn't feel even the slightest threat.
"Brother Li, was it a success?" Song Jiang asked.
"Although it's a new variety, it seems... there's no difference from before, only the color is different," Supervisor Song said.
Li Yu nodded and replied, "Not much difference."
"Can we see its attributes?"
"Why wouldn't you be able to?"
As he spoke, Li Yu brought the Bubble Fish to the console. After some operations, the Bubble Fish's attributes appeared.
【Beast Name】: Silver Scale Bubble Fish
【Beast Quality】: Excellent (S+)
【Beast Level】: Black Iron Level 3
【Beast Attribute】: Water
【Beast Talent】: Silver Scale Bubble
【Beast Introduction】: A mysterious Silver Scale Bubble Fish. Its scales are as hard as iron, but it seems to have no use.
Once the attributes appeared, everyone fell silent.
Did it evolve? Yes. S+ quality? Shocking, right. But something seemed wrong. This S+ seemed completely useless.
They looked at Li Yu, not knowing how to comfort him for a moment. After all, if it were their own beast that had evolved into something so weak, they would certainly feel terrible.
"Um... don't be sad. You're so skilled; you can just evolve it again later," Supervisor Song comforted.
Song Jiang hurriedly nodded: "That's right, that's right. Some beasts are late bloomers; they seem weak at first, but then they explode with power later on."
Chen Danian and Yang Juan nodded along.
In their view, Li Yu was currently too distressed to speak. If they weren't still here, they had no doubt that Li Yu would be hugging his beast and bawling his eyes out.
This could be seen from Li Yu's dazed expression.
Li Yu was indeed dazed. But it wasn't because the evolution was bad.
From the name Silver Scale Bubble Fish, he had a premonition, and now his guess had simply been verified.
The reason he was so out of sorts was that the evolution of the Silver Scale Bubble Fish had brought him an incredibly vast amount of Mental Energy.
You have to know, his spirit was damaged when he was 10 years old, and since then, his Mental Energy hadn't grown at all.
This was the first time he had felt a change in his spirit.
In just a short while, Li Yu felt his Mental Energy skyrocketing, growing dozens or even hundreds of times over, like a wilted little seedling receiving signals of rain and light, instantly growing into a thick tree.
His hearing, taste, smell, and many other bodily senses were greatly enhanced. He could even hear the tapping of people walking outside the door and the roaring sound of the elevator shaft operating.
This feeling was unprecedented.
It was a bit noisy, but... not bad.
Li Yu collected himself and looked at the Silver Scale Bubble Fish in the air, a hint of a smile flashing in his eyes.
This little guy had used all its growth nutrients to increase his Mental Energy.
In his eyes, there were two more lines of attributes that weren't on the machine.
【Final Evolution Target】: Bi Xiao Divine Dragon (Mythical)
【Next Level Target】: Golden Scale Bubble Fish
Evolution Scheme: Consume seven elemental spirit crystals separately, trigger the light of evolution when the body stiffens; evolution quality is affected by the quality of the spirit crystals.
Li Yu raised an eyebrow slightly.
Seven elemental spirit crystals is a collective term referring to spirit crystals of seven elements; for example, the fire spirit crystal in the Huo Rong Mystic Realm is one of them.
It seems he had to find a way to obtain the seven elemental spirit crystals, and they couldn't just be ordinary ones; they had to be of top-grade quality.
"Li Yu, are you okay?"
Li Yu snapped out of it, and seeing the group looking at him with worried faces, he knew exactly what they were thinking. He smiled and said, "Everything is normal, don't worry. This evolution was a result within my expectations."
The group breathed a sigh of relief.
"I didn't expect that even Bubble Fish had an evolution route. Incredible," Supervisor Song shook his head and exclaimed.
The others nodded as well.
Indeed, fish species positioned for ornamental and culinary use were generally categories that even the authorities had given up researching, having determined they could no longer evolve.
At this moment, Chen Danian and his two teammates looked at each other and nodded. Finally, Song Jiang stepped forward, opened the backpack on his back, and took out a fiery red crystal wrapped in strange beast skin.
As soon as the crystal appeared, the surrounding air suddenly became dry and scorching.
"fire spirit crystal! And it's a top-grade fire spirit crystal!!!" Supervisor Song exclaimed.
Li Yu was also surprised and looked at Song Jiang with confusion.
Song Jiang said, "Brother Li, this is a top-grade fire spirit crystal we obtained in the Huo Rong Mystic Realm. As a token of our gratitude, we're giving it to you."
Chen Danian nodded with a serious face: "Although we paid for the breeding, we know that with the fee we paid, it wouldn't have been enough to reach the level of breeding an S-rank."
"That's right," Yang Juan smiled, "If we went to other Breeders, even if we scraped together a million, they might not necessarily be able to help us breed an S-rank."
Meeting three pairs of grateful eyes, Li Yu was silent for a moment, then said, "Thank you. I admit I do need the fire spirit crystal, but are you sure? This thing is worth a fortune; giving it to me is tantamount to losing millions."
The three looked at each other, and Chen Danian spoke up: "Just consider it us trying to recruit you, a future Breeding Master. We want to entrust you with our next breeding as well."
"Exactly, exactly," Song Jiang nodded.
Yang Juan smiled.
"Alright." Li Yu took the fire spirit crystal. "I accept. I'll remember this favor. In the future, just come to me for your breeding needs."
With these words, the three of them smiled even more brightly.