87: Advancement to Silver Rank, Xuanwu Bloodline Activated

Lin Chuan naturally didn't care about the commotion in the outside world, nor did he have the time to understand it.

After returning from First High, he first checked the 'wool' he had acquired.

There was simply too much, dozens of them, broadly categorized into damage reduction, movement speed, healing, status immunity, aura types, and so on.

Only one special skill particularly caught Lin Chuan's attention.

【Multiplication】(Active: Body size doubles. During the period of increased body size, physical attributes double.)

The key was that this skill could be used in conjunction with 【Shape-Shifting】!

This made Lin Chuan overjoyed, as it meant Old Hei was another big step closer to his goal of becoming a hundred-meter giant beast.

Without hesitation, Lin Chuan directly spent several hundred 【enhancement fruit】 to raise all skills to max level.

Subsequently, he fed Old Hei the 【advancement fruit】 as well.

Instantly, a silver light formed a giant cocoon, enveloping Old Hei layer by layer.

Lin Chuan sensed Old Hei's state and only received a feedback of "very comfortable," which finally put him at ease.

For the next few days, unless Old Hei completed its advancement, Lin Chuan had no intention of going anywhere... Three days later.

Lin Chuan suddenly felt movement from Old Hei's silver giant cocoon within his sea of consciousness space.

The giant cocoon vibrated continuously, emitting a brilliant light.

At this moment, the golden tree also reacted.

Red 【skill fruit】 and yellow 【enhancement fruit】 merged into the giant cocoon as if they were free, totaling no less than a thousand in a short time.

"Holy crap..."

Lin Chuan watched in stunned silence.

Since Old Hei's debut, it had never consumed so many fruit.

Yet, a single advancement completely maxed it out.

This also made Lin Chuan immensely grateful that he had prepared enough fruit.

The more Old Hei consumed, the stronger it would be after advancement.

Only after consuming over 1,500 of each type of fruit did the giant cocoon gradually stabilize.

"Crack..." There was no sound in the sea of consciousness space, but the giant cocoon gradually split open, and a giant turtle, its body like black jade, emerged from the cocoon.

The giant turtle's eyes were tightly closed, appearing very calm. Along the edge of its shell, faint, shimmering silver inscriptions constantly flickered.

Just by its size, without using any skills, it was already close to ten meters.

Lin Chuan quickly checked Old Hei's attributes:

Beast: Xuanming Turtle (Elite Rank One-star)

Skills:

【Limit Dash】lv1 (Passive: Normal movement speed increased to 20 meters/second, can move freely in the air; Active: Maximum movement speed increased to 300 meters/second, lasts for three seconds. Continuous use within ten seconds doubles stamina consumption.)

【Limit Multiplication】lv1 (Active: Can freely enlarge or shrink body size, up to ten times.)

【Limit Taunt】lv1 (Active: Taunts any number of targets within a fifty-meter radius, causing them to attack itself with all their might. Lasts for ten seconds, one-minute cooldown.)

【Limit Defense】lv1 (Passive: All damage reduction 80%. Gains one absolute damage immunity after taking 5 attacks.)

【Limit Reflection】lv1 (Passive: All incoming attacks are reflected as energy attacks by 50%. After ten seconds, this increases to 100%.)

【Limit Healing】lv1 (Passive: Wound healing speed increased fivefold, tenfold when dormant. Active: Instantly restores all injuries, 24-hour cooldown.)

【Limit Will】lv1 (Passive: All crowd control duration reduced by 50%, immune to poisoning, burning... and other abnormal statuses)

...【Longevity as Heavens Equal】(Unique Passive: Xuanwu Bloodline activated 20%. Lifespan automatically increases by 10 days daily.)

【Loyal Protection of Master】(Racial Passive: When the master is attacked, transfers the attack to itself, equivalent to directly attacking the Beast. Effective even without summoning)

Potential: Unknown

Strength Assessment: ???

Companion: Soul Distortion Body (Rank: Elite Rank)

Skills: ... "Mon... monstrous!"

Lin Chuan couldn't find any other words to describe it; he just felt like this wave was a direct take-off.

He never expected such a huge improvement from Transcendent to Elite Rank.

All similar skills were re-fused and reforged. Although the effects were temporarily similar to before, the most important thing was that there was a path for improvement, breaking through the previous Rank limit, truly living up to the name "Limit."

Not only that, the Xuanwu Bloodline that Lin Chuan had always longed for finally showed a hint.

Just a hint, and it gave Lin Chuan a huge surprise.

【Longevity as Heavens Equal】 goes without saying, it's enough to make all creatures envious to the point of madness, literally meaning Longevity as Heavens Equal.

【Loyal Protection of Master】 was Lin Chuan's favorite, meaning he finally had a conventional means of self-preservation.

After high school graduation, all battles would no longer be like child's play; Beast Tamers would have to participate.

No matter how strong your Beast is, if the Beast Tamer is instantly killed, it's over.

Now, even against three thousand Elite Rank, Old Hei is completely fearless.

Subsequently, Lin Chuan discovered that his sea of consciousness space also had significant changes.

First, the size of the space had noticeably expanded, and the golden tree had also grown much taller.

Additionally, next to the original several fruit, three new types of fruit sprouts appeared:

【limit fruit】: One hundred 【enhancement fruit】 can be exchanged for one, used for leveling up Limit series skills.

【Fusion Fruit】: One hundred 【skill fruit】 can be exchanged for one, used for fusing skills of the same series, or fusing new skills into the Limit series to enhance their effects.

【rank fruit】: Matured by the crystal core of high-Rank Yao Beast. Taken by Beast Tamers, it removes the corresponding Rank suppression, with an effect of 1%-100%, determined by the quantity and quality of the crystal core. Multiple doses can stack effects.

The first two types of fruit are easy to understand. Lin Chuan currently only has over 1,400 enhancement fruit left, which is not enough to max out two Limit skills.

As for 【Fusion Fruit】, Lin Chuan finally understood why Old Hei needed to absorb so many 【skill fruit】 during advancement; it was likely used for skill Fusion. Moreover, due to it being an advancement, the consumption was much less than normal.

If Lin Chuan were to fuse them himself, even ten thousand 【skill fruit】 might not be enough. Old Hei still had many unfused skills, such as 【Cranial Super Strength】 and some aura-type skills, likely because the conditions weren't met.

The most surprising to Lin Chuan was the 【rank fruit】, which was explicitly for Beast Tamers to consume.

For example, a Commander Rank's 50% suppression on an Elite Rank means that even with equivalent combat power, a Commander Rank can exert 150% while an Elite Rank can only exert 50%.

Even if Old Hei's panel shows 80% damage reduction, that's against those of the same Rank. Against a Commander Rank, it's directly halved.

Monarch Rank suppresses Commander Rank even more severely, reaching 75%.

This is the world of Yao Beast, with strict Rank divisions, making it almost impossible to challenge across Ranks.

And the 【rank fruit】 seems to break this iron rule.

With a maximum of 100 Commander-level Demon Beast crystal core, Lin Chuan could ignore the Commander Rank's Rank suppression. Of course, if the crystal core's star rating is high, the quantity certainly wouldn't need to be that much; dozens or even a dozen might be enough.

In terms of absolute strength, Lin Chuan had no fear of Commander Rank.

However, Lin Chuan couldn't afford so many Commander-level Demon Beast crystal core even if he went bankrupt.

Commander Rank is still manageable, but what about the Monarch Rank and King-level crystal core later on?

"Hiss..."

Lin Chuan felt that it would be more reliable for Old Hei himself to advance to King-level sooner...