79: Chapter 79 Evolution! Flameridge Tyrannosaurus!

No one knew what Lin Chen wanted to do.

He simply led the Flame Claw Beast straight toward the fallen Molten Armor Dragon Lizard, then stood silently before it.

Even though it was severely injured, the scorching aura radiating from the Molten Armor Dragon Lizard, combined with its massive body, still gave off a strong sense of oppression.

Lin Chen pointed to the tyrant dragon heart on the chest of the Molten Armor Dragon Lizard: "Take it out."

The Flame Claw Beast did not doubt him; it raised its front claw, aimed at the gap between the scales and flesh, stabbed in fiercely, and then pried it upward.

The moment the tyrant dragon heart was removed, scorching dragon blood sprayed out, sizzling and creating white smoke on the ground.

"Roar..."

Having lost its tyrant dragon heart, the Molten Armor Dragon Lizard's body convulsed violently, and it couldn't help but let out a barely audible whimper as the last glimmer of life in its eyes completely extinguished.

"Gagu..."

The Flame Claw Beast gripped the tyrant dragon heart tightly; it could clearly feel the immense energy radiating from within, and could even faintly hear the strong, rhythmic beating of a heart.

One beat, then another.

[Tier 3 resource tyrant dragon heart collected. Using it grants 50 evolution exp.]

[Use immediately?]

Ever since the system became more intelligent, it always provided timely reminders of various information.

Lin Chen's eyes flickered, and without hesitation, he said: "Use!"

The missing requirements for the Flame Claw Beast's evolution were 30 evolution exp and one tyrant dragon heart; this newly acquired tyrant dragon heart could satisfy both conditions simultaneously.

In other words, as long as he used it immediately, the Flame Claw Beast could evolve right away.

The tyrant dragon heart was not an edible resource; after all, a normal pet beast could not swallow a hard scale directly.

But as the Flame Claw Beast gripped the tyrant dragon heart tightly, it soon felt a surge of immense aura piercing through its entire body along its arm, rapidly spreading to every part.

The next moment, an extremely dazzling white light erupted from the Flame Claw Beast's body.

At this very moment, an extremely powerful BGM seemed to ring in Lin Chen's mind, and he shouted in his heart: "Flame Claw Beast — Evolve!"

"Gagu!!!" The Flame Claw Beast, wrapped in white light, raised its head and roared, its aura soaring with every passing second.

At this moment, the entire venue was watching.

"Th-this is the light of evolution?!" Zhou Ming stared unblinkingly at the Flame Claw Beast bathed in the light of evolution, leaning forward with wide eyes.

He was very confused about what Brother Chen intended to do with this one minute, and while several possibilities flashed through his mind, he never expected it to be evolution.

Who the hell would think that a pet beast would evolve right in the middle of a fight?

Zhang Xiaoxiao covered her small mouth, her face full of shock and uncertainty.

As the light of evolution grew stronger and the Flame Claw Beast's aura became more powerful, the Leader-rank Molten Armor Dragon Lizard suddenly turned its head, its dark golden vertical pupils fixed intently on it, and a low roar followed: "Roar..."

Its right eye twitched inexplicably.

Su Qingyuan, who had exhausted herself, took the opportunity to recall the Green Feather Wind Bird, which was already on the verge of collapse. Both human and pet panted heavily while gazing from afar at the Flame Claw Beast shrouded in the light of evolution.

Her willow-leaf eyebrows furrowed slightly, and she murmured: "It's him again..."

Outside the secret realm, at the monitoring center.

On the giant screen, the image of the Flame Claw Beast bathed in white light also caused a stir of exclamations.

"Evolution? At a time like this?!"

"Is it evolving into a Flame Ridge Beast or Cinder Rock Exploding Armor?"

"This is interesting. Such a situation has actually occurred in this year's Freshman Grand Competition. Remember to have the publicity department cut a video."

The teachers discussed in low voices, while Zhao Honggang crossed his arms and frowned slightly: "Something's not right."

This white light was too intense, so intense that it didn't belong to the level of a pet beast at this stage.

As the light of evolution became more and more blinding, it finally reached its limit after half a minute, and the radiance burst forth completely!

Within the light, the Flame Claw Beast, originally less than a meter tall, began to grow rapidly at a rate visible to the naked eye. Its size quickly surpassed the Flame Eagle, the Green Feather Wind Bird, and the fallen Molten Armor Dragon Lizard, until it even exceeded the Leader-rank Molten Armor Dragon Lizard!

The white light finally dissipated, and a colossal behemoth stood before them.

The Flame Claw Beast's size had surged; its shoulder height exceeded five meters, and blue stripes appeared on its orange skin that covered its entire body.

Its head had become more ferocious, covered in cranial armor, with a protruding snout and a mouth full of interlocking sharp teeth like guillotines. A dragon horn extended upward from the tip of its nose, and a pair of huge, backward-curving dragon horns grew from the top of its forehead, their tips gleaming with a chilling light.

Its original deep green eyes had turned into scarlet round pupils. As they opened and closed, they were filled with violence, majesty, and wild power.

At the ends of its thick, pillar-like hind limbs extended six claws, each resembling a short-handled war hammer, gripping tightly into the ground, causing the rock to shatter like tofu.

A long, powerful tail swayed slowly behind it, the vertebrae also covered in bone armor.

"Roar!!!"

An earth-shattering roar erupted from the mouth of this behemoth, a strong current of air carrying a mighty dragon's prestige spreading rapidly outward like a hurricane, sweeping through the valley.

Zhou Ming and Zhang Xiaoxiao were so shaken by the roar that their eardrums ached and their hearts trembled; they were almost about to collapse to the ground.

Su Qingyuan revealed a look of shock and uncertainty for the first time. She stared intently at the evolved Flame Claw Beast, her palms clenching unconsciously: "This is..."

Inside the monitoring center.

"This is an evolution form of the Flame Claw Beast?!"

"Aren't the evolution forms of the Flame Claw Beast just the Flame Ridge Beast and Cinder Rock Exploding Armor? Huh, what the hell is this guy?"

"Heavens! A new evolution form!"

Amidst the waves of exclamations, an old professor with gray hair squeezed into the crowd. Adjusting his glasses, he said with an excited expression: "This... this is a brand-new evolution state of the Flame Claw Beast!"

"With these morphological characteristics, the racial grade is at least High Elite!"

"Quick! Let me in! I want to study it immediately!"

The teachers hurriedly held back the excited old professor. Amidst the boiling crowd, Zhao Honggang stood quietly.

In the valley, Lin Chen looked forward, staring directly at the behemoth before him, and a brand-new data panel appeared:

[Pet Beast: Greymon (Local Name: Flame Ridge Greymon)]

[Level: Tier 2, Stage 6 (6 / 72)]

[Attribute: Fire, Dragon]

[Racial Grade: High Elite]

[Moves: Flame Breath Bullet/Flame Bomb (Mastery), Sharp Claws/Dragon-Splitting Claws (Proficient), Small Explosion (Proficient), Fiery Charge (Proficient), Dragon Shadow Charge (Novice)]

[Intimacy: 90]

[Evolution Method: evolution exp (30 / 1000), Skill Core X1]

"It finally evolved." Lin Chen looked up at the Flame Ridge Greymon standing tall in place, feeling a sense of emotion.

The gap between the Flame Claw Beast and the Flame Ridge Greymon was simply too huge.

The most intuitive difference was the size, leaping directly from a tiny creature less than a meter tall to a behemoth over five meters; Lin Chen, standing on the side, had instead become the tiny one.

Just by standing there, the Flame Ridge Greymon naturally radiated a terrifying aura like an ancient behemoth.

[Ding!]

[Main Quest ① Completed, obtained Badge of Courage]

[Badge of Courage LV1: Permanently increases the power of damage-type skills by 10%]

[Current Upgrade Progress: Greymon evolving into Metal Greymon (0 / 1)]

[Note: Courage comes first in all things. Remember, courage is the first flame that pierces through the darkness.]

Upon seeing the effect of the Badge of Courage, Lin Chen felt a surge of spirit.

Each badge's effect was effective for every pet beast; in other words, as long as it was a pet beast he had contracted, every single one could enjoy the buff effect of the Badge of Courage.

And this buff effect was extremely useful in battle; if he added the buff from the badge of light when fighting against Dark Species, Lin Chen couldn't imagine how high the efficiency of killing Dark Species would be.

[Ding!]

[Quest Content: Command Greymon to win its first battle.]

[Quest Reward: Exp 20, triple exp card 2, Super Explosion Move Learning Machine.]

Lin Chen looked toward the Flame Ridge Greymon and waved his hand: "Come on, this is your first battle."

After the Flame Ridge Greymon let out a cathartic roar, its scarlet round pupils slowly turned, instantly locking onto the Leader-rank Molten Armor Dragon Lizard, which was staring at it with shock and uncertainty.

The moment their gazes met, the Molten Armor Dragon Lizard saw undisguised aggression and fighting spirit in the eyes of the Flame Ridge Greymon.

Its right eye twitched even more frequently.

"Roar!!"

The Molten Armor Dragon Lizard roared in fury; it could not tolerate another creature emitting dragon prestige running wild on its territory!

It abandoned Su Qingyuan and the Green Feather Wind Bird, turning all its hostility toward this suddenly appeared behemoth. It kicked the ground hard with its thick hind limbs and charged fiercely toward the Flame Ridge Greymon.

Facing the aggressive charge, the Flame Ridge Greymon, whose surging power was waiting to be unleashed, did not dodge or avoid it; instead, it let out a wild, excited roar: "Roar!!!"

It could clearly feel that it was stronger than ever before.

Fight!!!

The Flame Ridge Greymon lowered its front body, and its hind limbs, thick as stone pillars, suddenly exerted force.

Boom!

The ground exploded, forming two shallow pits, and gravel shot out.

The Flame Ridge Greymon's massive body, with an equally violent posture, charged head-on toward the incoming Molten Armor Dragon Lizard!

At this moment, the two behemoths collided with a boom in the center of the valley!

Bang!!!!

A dull, loud noise exploded in the valley, and a visible ring-shaped shockwave, mixed with gravel, dust, and scorching sparks, spread spherically in all directions!

For a time, the two behemoths wrestled, their dark golden vertical pupils and scarlet round pupils staring at each other as their strength clashed in that moment.

But soon, the Molten Armor Dragon Lizard felt a huge force crushing down, and it was forced to stagger backward.

Its massive body slid uncontrollably backward for dozens of meters, its thick hind limbs carving two deep trenches into the ground before it could barely stabilize its stance.

"Roar..."

The Molten Armor Dragon Lizard shook its dazed, massive head; cracks even appeared on its dark red scales due to the immense squeezing force.

Meanwhile, the Flame Ridge Greymon stood tall in place, its gaze stern, its ferocious head displaying a menacing appearance.

This was an absolute crushing of power!

"Damn, what kind of pet beast is this?"

Zhou Ming was shocked by the overwhelming strength displayed by the Flame Claw Beast after its evolution. He quickly took out his phone, recorded a video, and sent it to Li Heng: "Brother Chen's Flame Claw Beast has evolved. I am on the scene and am the first witness."

There was no signal in the secret realm, so it wasn't sent out for the time being, but Zhou Ming was very much looking forward to Li Heng's reaction.

At the same time, the Molten Armor Dragon Lizard stabilized its stance and raised its head to roar, its eyes filled with shock, anger, and humiliation.

It could not accept that it had fallen behind in the strength collision, which it was best at.

Rage made it completely insane; its chest heaved violently, and a terrifying crimson light lit up deep in its throat, the surrounding air distorting violently due to the high temperature.

"Roar—!!!"

At the same time, the Flame Ridge Greymon prepared its attack.

After evolving, the originally primary skill Flame Breath Bullet automatically advanced to the Mid-level skill Flame Bomb, and the primary Normal-type skill Sharp Claws advanced to the Mid-level Dragon-type skill Dragon-Splitting Claws.

In addition, the Flame Ridge Greymon had also self-taught the Mid-level Dragon-type skill — Dragon Shadow Charge.

"Flame Bomb." Lin Chen's eyes narrowed as he issued the command.

The Flame Ridge Greymon opened its massive mouth filled with guillotine-like sharp teeth, and dazzling orange and red mixed firelight quickly emerged from deep in its throat.

The next instant, a huge fireball with a diameter of nearly one meter, with an orange outer ring and a red inner ring, roared out of the Flame Ridge Greymon's mouth.

Wherever the fireball passed, the heat was scalding, and the ground was scorched with deep burn marks by the residual heat.

"Boom—!!!"

A deafening explosion resounded in their ears. The two violent energies collided fiercely, and in the end, the fireball defeated the breath attack, continuing its momentum unabated, and slammed fiercely into the Molten Armor Dragon Lizard's chest!

"Roar!!!"

The scorching high temperature and destructive energy penetrated its body. The Molten Armor Dragon Lizard's massive body suffered a violent explosion, swaying unsteadily; it was clearly severely injured.

However, the Flame Ridge Greymon's attack did not stop.

It let out another earth-shattering roar, its thick hind limbs kicked the ground fiercely, and accompanied by the thumping sounds that shook the ground, the Flame Ridge Greymon charged toward the Molten Armor Dragon Lizard like a heavy tank out of control.

Its charging speed became faster and faster, and its aura became stronger and stronger.

When both climbed to the peak at the same time, a thin layer of green light covered the Flame Ridge Greymon's entire body, and a magnificent Dragon-type aura spread from the inside out.

Mid-level skill, Dragon Shadow Charge.

Added with the effect of the Badge of Courage, even though Dragon Shadow Charge was at the Proficient Rank and was a primary skill, it was enough to cause fatal damage to the severely injured Molten Armor Dragon Lizard.

Rumble!

Under the desperate gaze of the Molten Armor Dragon Lizard, the Flame Ridge Greymon carried an unstoppable momentum, charging over at an astonishing speed, its massive figure engulfing the view in an instant.

A huge force crushed over, and the seemingly massive Molten Armor Dragon Lizard was directly knocked flying, until it hit the rock wall behind and fell to the ground with a boom, the violent impact shaking off stone debris.

The ground was shaking, but the Molten Armor Dragon Lizard had fallen.

Its body convulsed and spasmed violently, the luster in its eyes rapidly fading, until its heavy head hung down powerlessly, slamming heavily onto the ground and splashing up a cloud of dust.

[Defeated Tier 2 pet beast, obtained 6 Exp.]

[Flame Ridge Greymon Level: Tier 2, Stage 6 (12 / 72)]

[Quest Completed, obtained reward: Exp 20, triple exp card 2, Super Explosion Move Learning Machine.]

"Roar!!!"

After defeating the Molten Armor Dragon Lizard, the Flame Ridge Greymon raised its head and roared, its dragon prestige mighty, the sound waves sweeping across the wilderness.

Its massive body, set against the sunset afterglow and the messy, blood-stained ground, looked just like a savage behemoth that had stepped out of the ancient era.

Even just taking one look at it, one could deeply feel that strong sense of oppression.

From the completion of evolution to the strength collision and crushing, to the firing of the Flame Bomb, and finally ending with the Dragon Shadow Charge, the entire process was smooth and flowing, demonstrating overwhelming power.

In the valley, there was dead silence.

Zhou Ming recorded the battle process of the Flame Ridge Greymon, then operated his phone to take photos of it, cool shots from every angle.

Zhang Xiaoxiao looked over in confusion: "Classmate Zhou Ming, do you know what kind of pet beast this is?"

Zhou Ming shook his head: "I don't know."

"Then you..." Zhang Xiaoxiao stopped mid-sentence.

Zhou Ming chuckled: "Anyway, I've always thought the Flame Claw Beast is a genius, and no matter what it evolves into, it's reasonable."

"Now it seems my judgment was indeed correct."

Speaking of this, his face was full of complacency: "As expected of me, when everyone didn't think highly of Brother Chen, I picked him as my sparring partner at a glance."

Zhang Xiaoxiao looked away.

She understood; Zhou Ming didn't understand the significance of a brand-new evolution form at all.

So Zhang Xiaoxiao looked at Su Qingyuan, who had been silent for a long time, and said softly: "Yuanyuan, I remember the evolution forms of the Flame Claw Beast are only the Flame Ridge Beast and Cinder Rock Exploding Armor. This should be a brand-new evolution form, right?"

"Mm."

Su Qingyuan nodded slightly, but she was somewhat absent-minded. Her gaze had been fixed on the Flame Ridge Greymon from beginning to end, and the doubt deep in her eyes could not be calmed for a long time.