50: Evolution of the fur ball

For the next few days, Luo Chen spent his mornings refining his mental power.

Then, in the afternoons, he would select a few Fragrant Rabbits and Azure Nether Grass to soak in the Transformation Pool with Little Fluffball.

During this time, the Transformation Pool once again demonstrated its unique properties. The Aptitude of some Azure Nether Grass and Fragrant Rabbits successfully transformed from ordinary to good after soaking, which brought Luo Chen a great surprise.

Today is July 2nd, New Era Calendar 552, one week since the auction ended and three days since the three major families left Qingyang City.

Ever since Luo Chen sent out the information about the items he needed, Feng Manwu's speed in collecting resources was very fast. She had already sent all the required resources yesterday.

When Luo Chen checked yesterday, he found that these resources were even more abundant than the quantity he requested, which greatly improved his impression of her.

The three Beast Masters to be evolved, Little Fluffball and two Fragrant Rabbits, were already prepared in the breeding room.

Luo Chen took out the small crucible he used for the first time to prepare the Fragrant Spirit Affinity Rabbit evolution liquid and, following the previous material ratio, mixed a double portion of the evolution liquid.

Two portions of blue liquid were placed in two small bowls.

Upon smelling the scent of the potion, the two Fragrant Rabbits eagerly drank it all.

After a period of suspended animation, these two rabbits began to evolve one after another, starting from their limbs.

This included, but was not limited to, their bodies doubling in size and dreamlike, beautiful Life Crystals rapidly growing on their legs.

After checking the information of the two Fragrant Spirit Affinity Rabbits with his Eye of Truth, Luo Chen still felt a touch of regret.

Both rabbits that completed their evolution only had good Aptitude. Perhaps because of this, both of them lost their third Skill, Life Crystal.

However, the good news was that the most important second Skill, Spirit Affinity, remained as an innate Skill.

Although the Life Crystal Skill did not appear as their innate Skill, it is still possible for a Beast Master to help them acquire this Skill in the future, though it would require a certain amount of effort and resources at that time.

Placing these two evolved little rabbits aside, it was now Little Fluffball's turn to evolve.

Luo Chen even felt a hint of nervousness, as this was his own Beast Master, and he was always afraid of any accidents occurring.

He successively took out the prepared materials.

A White Jade Fox's tail, a Diamond Tiger's tail, and three Golden Grain Flowers.

The White Jade Fox's tail cost 320,000 spirit coins, and the Diamond Tiger's tail cost 280,000 spirit coins.

The Golden Grain Flowers, however, were cheaper, only 130,000 spirit coins.

This set of materials alone cost nearly 700,000 spirit coins, much more expensive than the Fragrant Spirit Affinity Rabbit's evolution materials.

He hoped the final evolved form wouldn't disappoint him; it shouldn't be worse than the Fragrant Spirit Affinity Rabbit, at least.

He crushed the three Golden Grain Flowers into a powder, then sprinkled it over the two tails.

He added half a pot of water to the crucible, boiled it at high temperature, and then threw in the two tails.

He attached his mental power to the two tails and used the mental decomposition technique mentioned by the system to decompose the two tails at a microscopic level.

From the outside, one could see the two tails slowly dissolving and melting into the water.

Half an hour later, the liquid in the crucible became viscous and gelatinous.

At this point, the heat could be turned off.

Luo Chen looked at the half-pot of light green, viscous, gelatinous substance in the pot, recalling that he had not missed anything in the entire process, and nodded in satisfaction.

Little Fluffball jumped onto the table, lowered its head, and sniffed the crucible. A pungent odor, definitely not pleasant, filled its nostrils.

Immediately, Little Fluffball's entire face twisted, and it instinctively leaped backward.

Then, it looked at Luo Chen with suspicious eyes, silently accusing him of concocting such an obviously poisonous thing for it to eat.

Luo Chen laughed, "This isn't for you to eat. Come closer, this is for applying."

Seeing Luo Chen beckoning to it, Little Fluffball cautiously approached, but its expression was still full of disdain for the foul-smelling, sticky, gelatinous substance.

After all, kittens have very sensitive senses of smell and always have a physiological aversion to overly stimulating odors.

"Lie down obediently on the table, don't move."

Luo Chen scooped out a small spoonful of the refined potion from the crucible and applied it to Little Fluffball's body.

A smooth, satin-like coat of fur suddenly covered with a patch of light green potion was not only unsightly but also a mental torment for Little Fluffball.

As Luo Chen applied more and more potion all over its body, Little Fluffball closed its eyes, looking utterly resigned.

However, the sensation of its fur clumping together became even clearer.

Several times, Little Fluffball almost couldn't resist jumping into the nearby water pool. Compared to water, it now detested the green, sticky, gelatinous substance on its body even more.

When half of its body was covered in the potion, Little Fluffball's restless feeling finally subsided, because another sensation began to appear on its body.

A somewhat cool feeling, or rather, surges of pure energy, flowed into its body from the areas where the potion had been applied.

This feeling of absorbing energy made it temporarily forget the discomfort on its body.

Therefore, the subsequent application of the potion to the other half of its body basically didn't take much effort from Luo Chen and was much faster than at the beginning.

At this moment, Little Fluffball was completely sprawled on the ground, its eyes tightly closed as if asleep.

As the energy from the potion was absorbed, tiny green lights began to emanate from the potion on its body.

These scattered specks of light gathered more and more, then transformed into a green cocoon, enveloping Little Fluffball.

After about half an hour, the light cocoon finally dissipated, and Little Fluffball leaped out of it towards Luo Chen.

However, Luo Chen seemed to have seen something terrifying and immediately dodged to the side.

It was no wonder Luo Chen reacted this way; after all, Little Fluffball was now over half a meter long, and suddenly leaping towards Luo Chen.

Luo Chen indicated that he really couldn't handle it.

Little Fluffball, having missed its target, landed on the ground and was surprised to see that its paws seemed much larger.

It didn't care why Luo Chen didn't catch it; instead, it ran into the adjacent boarding room to look in the mirror.

Luo Chen was just about to check Little Fluffball's information when a unique energy suddenly surged into his body.

This was the power feedback after Little Fluffball advanced to the Spirit Rank.

Luo Chen immediately sat down, carefully sensing and digesting this sudden influx of power.

The power feedback from the Spirit Rank was merely some improvements in physical fitness, such as strength, stamina, and reaction speed.

It is said that only upon reaching the King Rank will Beast Masters themselves gain the power of levitation, and not only that, but also an increase in lifespan.

At the Wild Rank, it seems there will be even more changes.

So, Luo Chen quickly accepted this power. After completing the acceptance, he immediately checked the current information of Little Fluffball, who was returning with elegant steps.

“race: Double-tailed Cat (King Beast Breed)

Rank: Spirit Beast One Star

Type: Mental Type

Aptitude: Excellent

Skills: 1. Spirit Membrane (Profound Tier): Attaches a layer of energy-formed membrane to the target's body surface, blocking the target from exchanging substances with the outside world.

2. Tail Severance for Survival (Earth Tier): When the Double-tailed Cat receives fatal damage, it can choose to sever one of its tails to avoid that damage.

3. Light Spirit Tail (Profound Tier): One of the Double-tailed Cat's tails. This tail contains a large amount of mental power and can condense mental power into a physical form to interfere with the outside world.

4. Illusion Tail (Earth Tier): One of the Double-tailed Cat's tails. Through this tail, the Double-tailed Cat can, to a certain extent, create illusions in the outside world to interfere with other targets.”

Luo Chen sat cross-legged on the ground and carefully split the tail behind Little Fluffball down the middle, discovering that they were indeed two tails. Previously, the two tails were simply pressed closely together, making him mistakenly think it was one.

At first, Luo Chen thought the Evolution Path had been mistaken, evolving into a Light Spirit Cat King.

Now, judging solely from the information, Little Fluffball's evolved race, the Double-tailed Cat, was quite good, with two Earth Tier Skills.

The life-saving Skill, Tail Severance for Survival, looked really appealing.

However, Luo Chen instantly realized that Tail Severance for Survival seemed to imply the need to sever a tail.

Wouldn't that mean that after a tail is severed, the distinctive tails, along with their associated Skills, would also be lost? This seemed to be a drawback.

When it truly comes to using Tail Severance, one would indeed need to be careful. It would be great if the severed tail could be actively controlled.