78: Give you a big one

The competition process started too quickly; why didn't it follow the previous life's competition format?

There should have been an opening ceremony, then a speech, followed by an introduction of the rules, all accompanied by the names of various competition sponsors.

But here, there was no process at all. A few minutes after eight o'clock, the judges were simply introduced, and then the competition began.

It really caught Luo Chen off guard. The Beast Taming World is indeed efficient. Perhaps it was because the City Lord's Mansion fully hosted it, and it was greatly influenced by the City Lord's style.

Luo Chen looked at the Rapid Eagle in front of him. Every City Guard possesses one of these tamed beasts.

race: Rapid Eagle

Rank: Fierce Beast Eight-star

Type: Wind-type

State: Curious

Aptitude: Ordinary

Skills: 1. Swiftness (Yellow-tier): The Rapid Eagle significantly increases its speed for a period of time.

2. Pounce (Yellow-tier): The Rapid Eagle locks onto a target and pounces on it from above.

3. Wind Wing Slash (Profound-tier): The Rapid Eagle gathers active Wind-type elemental energy at the front of its wings, dealing slashing damage to targets in front of its wings.

Evolution Path: Rapid Eagle → Thunderclap Bird, Evolution Condition: Fierce Beast Eight-star or above.

Rapid Eagle → Azure Ridge Mountain Eagle, Evolution Condition: Fierce Beast Nine-star or above.

With two Evolution Paths, Luo Chen tried to recall how the Rapid Eagle of Qingyang City was typically enhanced.

After thinking for a while, Luo Chen found information about the Rapid Eagle from a teaching segment of Luo Yuheng.

The Rapid Eagle, as the standard tamed beast of the City Guard, was chosen because of its large numbers, ease of breeding, and decent combat power.

However, it could only evolve to a Spirit Beast, and its evolved forms had not been discovered.

So it seems that the two Evolution Paths he saw had not yet been discovered.

Since his goal in participating in the competition was to win, making a spectacular debut also seemed like a good choice.

The conditions for evolving into a Thunderclap Bird were just met. Luo Chen picked up a pen and paper and wrote down all the materials he needed on a list.

Then he raised his right hand, signaling that he had finished thinking.

Feng Qingyang had been observing the entire venue, so he noticed Luo Chen's movement immediately.

A gentle breeze carried the list Luo Chen had written to Feng Qingyang's side. After a quick glance, Feng Qingyang handed the list to a woman in a black robe who had appeared at some point.

Looking at Feng Qingyang's actions, he even showed a slight sign of respect towards the woman.

The woman merely glanced at the list, then closed her eyes slightly, and a spatial rift appeared in front of Luo Chen.

The three materials Luo Chen needed fell out from within.

He secretly glanced in the woman's direction. It should be that one of her tamed beasts possessed a space-Type Skill.

He almost thought it was a spatial rift opened by the system.

He steadied himself and picked up the three materials from the ground.

Luo Chen sat cross-legged on the ground, preparing to begin the refinement of the materials.

He saw a layer of air membrane rise from around his body, forming a hemisphere that enveloped him and the Rapid Eagle.

Looking around, many similar air membranes had already appeared across the entire plaza, likely to prevent interference between nearby Breeders.

Sitting under the air membrane, the noisy sounds were completely isolated, leaving only Luo Chen and the Rapid Eagle's quiet breathing.

Luo Chen first took out a Wind-Rain Grass from the three materials, plucked all its leaves and branches, and then ground them into juice.

The second material, Echo Stone, is typically a stone used to record sounds. Because it can fully record the momentum contained in a tamed beast's voice, it is generally favored by sound-Type tamed beasts.

The third material, Thunder-Pattern Ore, is an ore containing some lightning energy.

The juice of the Wind-Rain Grass spread in the air, and a humid aura diffused within the air membrane, accompanied by tiny breezes gently caressing Luo Chen's cheek.

Luo Chen used his mental power to place the Thunder-Pattern Ore into the Wind-Rain Grass juice, then stimulated the power within the Thunder-Pattern Ore.

Electric snakes flashed and churned in the emerald-green juice but did not disappear, as if confined within the juice by an invisible force.

Then Luo Chen melted the Echo Stone into a liquid and poured it into the Wind-Rain Grass juice.

The dark brown Echo Stone liquid, upon mixing with the green Wind-Rain Grass juice, surprisingly became brilliant, turning a deep purple color.

Moreover, white electric snakes still churned within it, making it look nothing like something a tamed beast could drink.

Luo Chen patted the Rapid Eagle's head reassuringly and comforted it, “It might hurt a bit later, but it will be fine once you endure it.”

The Rapid Eagle merely tilted its head, looking at him curiously, without any special reaction. Perhaps it couldn't fully understand the meaning of Luo Chen's words.

Of course, this wasn't meant for the Rapid Eagle to drink. Luo Chen controlled the purple liquid, evenly applying it to the Rapid Eagle's body surface.

At first, there was no sensation, which might have been the main reason the Rapid Eagle didn't try to avoid it.

After the application was complete, another half an hour passed. Electric snakes roamed the Rapid Eagle's body surface, and the purple liquid penetrated through its feathers, seeping into its body underneath.

“Caw!”

The Rapid Eagle involuntarily let out a high-pitched shriek, but fortunately, the air membrane blocked the sound.

Otherwise, others might have thought Luo Chen had done something horrific to the Rapid Eagle to make it scream like that.

However, even though the sound didn't spread, the sight of the Rapid Eagle thrashing about and wide-mouthed within Luo Chen's air membrane still attracted the attention of many people.

“Hey, hey, look at that young man in position 176 on the left. Did that Rapid Eagle get the wrong medicine?”

“Oh my, really? What happened to that bird? Such a huge reaction!”

“Say, if this tamed beast dies during cultivation, will the young man have to pay compensation?”

“Probably… not, but this young man will definitely be hated by the Rapid Eagle's owner.”

“Uh, uh, but it shouldn't die. There are so many Breeder masters here. Besides, if someone really cultivates another's tamed beast to death, shouldn't this be the first time?”

“That's true. In the future, when looking for a Breeder, be sure to avoid this young man.”

...

Luo Chen couldn't hear these discussions, nor did they affect him, but an intense gaze was fixed on him.

Luo Chen still felt a sensation and saw a young man of eighteen or nineteen, dressed in a City Guard uniform, staring intently at him, his eyes filled with anger.

It was as if Luo Chen had an irreconcilable hatred with him.

Luo Chen curiously glanced at him, then at the struggling Rapid Eagle in front of him, and suddenly understood something.

He generously gave the young man a big smile, thinking, 'You'll thank me later.'

However, the young man watching him interpreted it as, 'Even if I abuse your tamed beast, what can you do?'

He was so enraged he almost couldn't resist breaking away from the City Guard Ranks. If he hadn't sensed that the Rapid Eagle was not in immediate danger, he would have defied the order not to leave the Ranks and snatched the Rapid Eagle back from Luo Chen.

However, the Rapid Eagle in front of Luo Chen did not suffer for long, only about ten minutes.

Its feathers were undergoing some kind of metamorphosis; the old feathers shed, turning it into a bald eagle.

The bald State lasted only a moment, and then purple feathers began to grow from the original spots.

Compared to its original appearance, the now entirely purple feathers added a sense of dominance and nobility.

There wasn't much change in its body size, but its current aura could be said to be completely different from before.

In its two sharp eyes, white electric arcs occasionally flashed.

Not just its eyes, but white electric arcs also appeared when its wings flapped.

The Rapid Eagle's significant transformation at Luo Chen's spot instantly attracted the attention of several people on the judges' panel.

Even the black-clad woman, whom Feng Qingyang treated with courtesy, looked over with interest.

Chang Heng and Luo Yuheng, as the only two Breeders on the judges' panel, immediately used their Eye of Truth to view the Rapid Eagle's current information.