29: Chapter 29 The Golden Wolves

Soon, Dahei kicked its four limbs, and its entire body became stiff as a board, with only its dog eyes rolling around wildly and irregularly.

[Dahei: Boss, my brain feels so itchy. No, wait, it's starting to hurt. My head is both itchy and painful.]

Qin Ding knew clearly that this was Dahei communicating with him through their mental link. This was an ability normal Beast Tamers gained upon reaching Tier 2 Mental Power, although he was also currently at Tier 2.

However, thanks to the power of the Life and Death Contract, he had possessed this ability even when he was at Tier 1. It must be said, though, that after his Mental Energy reached Tier 2, he did not gain any new abilities through the Life and Death Contract.

Could it be that the ability of the Life and Death Contract was to advance the abilities of the subsequent tier by one tier?

Qin Ding wasn't entirely sure, nor did he care much. He was confident he would break through to Tier 3 Mental Energy before the Federation retake exam.

"It's nothing. Your brain is just starting to grow; this is a good thing."

Although he said that, Qin Ding knew in his heart that, not to mention evolving from a dog into a wolf, it was perfectly normal for the body to hurt when acquiring the power of heaven and earth elements.

Consequently, what followed could only be described as a bizarre evolution for Dahei.

Although its entire body was stiff and straight, it was baring its fangs, and the flesh beneath its facial skin seemed to be twitching and squirming. Its canine appearance began to become unusually fierce, gradually transforming into a lupine appearance.

The fur on its body also began to grow longer and harder, turning pitch-black as if it could reflect light. Its torso began to elongate, and its entire body expanded by a size at a rate visible to the naked eye. Qin Ding watched all of this happen with glowing eyes, filled with immense curiosity.

"So this is the evolution of a Spirit Beast?"

Unknowingly, just as Qin Ding was mesmerized by the sight, his hand was suddenly pressed against by something sharp. Subconsciously, Qin Ding quickly pulled his hand back and looked down.

He couldn't help but narrow his eyes.

Dahei's previously inconspicuous claws were now clearly protruding, and they seemed to be expanding even further?

The pitch-black wolf claws looked filled with a metallic texture, as if they were not derivatives of the cuticle, but real metal claws.

This evolution did not take long; from the time Dahei finished drinking the evolution fluid until now, it had only been about twenty minutes.

Having completed its evolution, Dahei reached a body length of 2.5 meters and a shoulder height of 1.3 meters.

At this moment, it only felt its stomach was empty and was extremely hungry. Consequently, when it looked at Qin Ding, its eyes were glowing with an instinctive green light.

Its voice had also become somewhat strange; it wasn't a simple wolf howl, but carried some of the sound caused by rusty sheet metal rubbing together.

"Awoo."

[Boss, I'm so hungry, I'm so hungry.]

Qin Ding didn't speak but silently shivered, the reason naturally being that the feedback from Dahei's evolution was quite intense.

A few minutes later, Qin Ding let out a long breath, as if he had been reborn.

[Beast: Sha Jin Wolf]

[Potential: Good]

[Element: Metal]

[Level: 11 (High Tier)]

[Abilities: Extremely Vengeful, Stubborn Stone Body, Black Iron Claw]

[Bloodline: Canine (9%), Lupine (90.9%), Draconic (0.1%)]

[Evolution Path Draconic: (Requires Draconic bloodline purity to reach 10%)]

[Evolution Path Lupine: 1-991]

[Evolution Path Canine: (Requires Canine bloodline purity to reach 10%)]

[Potential Upgrade: Requires reaching Level 31.]

[Description: A melee wolf specialized in physical combat. It is fierce in close combat, but its speed and agility are slightly lacking. It might be kited by enemies with high speed, but it has good cultivation value.]

"Stubborn Stone Body?"

The moment he saw this ability, Qin Ding's eyes lit up.

You must know that the Sha Jin Wolf is already known for its melee combat ability. Now, Dahei's physical strength is 20% stronger than its fellow Sha Jin Wolves. Although Stubborn Stone Body reduces the body's flexibility, which somewhat conflicts with the Sha Jin Wolf's own shortcomings.

But does that matter? It doesn't matter, because Dahei will not fight alone, and he, its Beast Tamer, is not dead.

[Ability - Black Iron Claw: The claws are completely transformed by the Metal element. They are extremely sharp and can easily tear through the surface defenses of non-crustacean Spirit Beasts of the same tier.]

Dahei noticed that Qin Ding was staring at it, ignoring it and not speaking, and it couldn't help but feel a bit distressed and confused.

How could its boss suddenly enter such a dazed state? It was very inexplicable.

However, did the original Vengeful trait turn into Extremely Vengeful? Does it mean it became even more vengeful?

"Woo..."

[Boss, my stomach is so hungry, can you buy me some meat to eat...]

[Ability - Extremely Vengeful: The Sha Jin Wolf will remember every enemy and person who holds a grudge against it, and will retaliate at the first opportunity.]

Qin Ding, having finished reading the ability description, was slightly silent. "There's nothing different about it... just better memory?"

"Awoo!"

[Boss, oh Boss! Did you hear me speaking! My stomach is so hungry!]

Seeing that Qin Ding was ignoring it and instead talking to himself about who knows what, Dahei completely lost its composure. Its claw couldn't help but directly scratch at Qin Ding's pant leg.

Riiip.

Dahei: ...?

The clear sound of tearing fabric brought Qin Ding back to his senses, and he looked down.

Dahei's light scratch not only tore his pant leg open, but also left several distinct claw-shaped red marks on his lower leg. And this was just Dahei scratching lightly.

If it had used any force, it wouldn't have been red marks, but blood marks. You have to realize this was even while he was sharing 20% of Dahei's current constitution.

Qin Ding's mouth twitched with difficulty.

Great, just because he was mesmerized by looking at Dahei's Life Records, not only was his pants gone, but he almost lost his leg too.

A bit annoyed, Qin Ding stretched out his leg and lightly kicked Dahei.

"Have some sense now that you've finished evolving, don't go scratching my leg off."

"I know you're hungry, wait until I finish checking your changes after evolution. Forget it, I'll order you some farmed wood pork. Is that okay?"

The annoyance flashed and vanished instantly. Dahei, not caring at all, nodded excitedly after hearing Qin Ding's words.

Qin Ding shook his head helplessly and used his phone to order a midnight snack for the black dog.

Dahei lay on the ground watching Qin Ding, tilting its head slightly. Just as Qin Ding put down his phone, Dahei suddenly spoke up.

"Awoo?"

[Boss, why don't we kill the owner of that chicken of yours later?]

Qin Ding, who hadn't let go of his phone after putting it down, froze for a moment. He raised an eyebrow slightly, seemingly understanding what it meant to be, Extremely Vengeful.

For a Spirit Beast, retaliation means killing the enemy and the person holding a grudge. So, Extremely Vengeful means always remembering to retaliate?

Qin Ding's eyes flickered. He leaned down and patted Dahei's head. "If there's a chance, we will do it."

Before long, the takeout arrived. Qin Ding took the raw meat and threw it directly to Dahei, then went to wash up and returned to his room to start cultivating.

And in the pitch-black living room, the sounds of Dahei smacking its lips while chewing meat and swallowing echoed.