338: Chapter 338 Xiaoguang’s transformation

After confirming there were no other dangers, Nie Ning took Xiao Guang out from his embrace.

"How about we rest for two days? You can advance your rank here."

The advancement of exotic beasts was different from humans; once discovered by others, a beast in a weakened state would be prime material.

Even if they knew the beast had a master, it wouldn't stop some malicious people from harboring ulterior motives.

Now that they were underground and the Triangular Boundless Weasels posed no threat to them, this was the perfect place for Xiao Guang to evolve.

Xiao Guang thought about it for a moment and then nodded.

It had already been delayed for a long time; delaying any further would only slow down the growth of its strength.

Although the Elemental Power was a bit thin, Nie Ning could set up a Spirit Gathering Array, so it wasn't a big deal.

Seeing Xiao Guang agree, Nie Ning set it down and began to set things up around the area.

In addition to the Spirit Gathering Array, Nie Ning stabilized a Gale Spirit-Shrouding Array and supplemented it with other formations and magic crystals to enhance its power.

After all, no one knew if there were other creatures here; it was always better to be careful.

As for the Triangular Boundless Weasels, Nie Ning couldn't be bothered to touch them anymore.

Because even if just a drop of blood came out, that stench would be enough to make Nie Ning feel nauseous for ages.

Moreover, given the strength of the Triangular Boundless Weasels, it would be quite difficult for them to harm the pair; it was no different from fighting two powerful exotic beasts to the death for the purple-threaded eerie strange flower's fruit.

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Because the previous battle had been quite draining, the man and the fox rested for two full days before preparing to act.

At this moment, Xiao Guang lay near the purple-threaded eerie strange flower, surrounded by piles of leftover shredded meat and bones.

After consuming a large amount of flesh and blood, the magic power within Xiao Guang's body seemed uncontrollable, causing even the air to warp under the energy fluctuations.

Seeing this scene, Nie Ning's expression turned solemn.

If the advancement failed, Xiao Guang would fall into a weakened state for a long time.

Furthermore, it would consume the potential within its bloodline, making it even harder to attempt another advancement next time.

Xiao Guang glanced at Nie Ning, then closed its eyes to begin the advancement.

Terrifying energy fluctuations began to spread to the surroundings, scaring the Triangular Boundless Weasels watching from a distance into pulling their heads back.

For Xiao Guang, advancing was actually not as difficult as imagined.

After all, it had prepared for so long and had consumed many heavenly treasures and pills.

With its bloodline potential, advancing was only a matter of time.

However, it was hesitating slightly.

But not about the advancement itself, but rather whether to attempt Transformation into a human form.

Previously, it had done a lot of research regarding Transformation.

However, the difficulty of Transformation was extremely high—one could even say unimaginably high—it was on a completely different level than a normal advancement.

Any minor mistake could lead to damage to one's bloodline, potentially cutting off any chance of future advancement for life.

Therefore, most of its kind would choose the safest way, maintaining their original appearance as they continued their path of advancement.

But seeing the preparations Nie Ning had made for it during this time, as well as his obsession with Transformation, this was the reason for Xiao Guang's hesitation.

After a moment of hesitation, the magic power dissipating around Xiao Guang began to return, forming a massive phantom of a green fox around its body.

Immediately after, Xiao Guang's physical form began to change.

Its originally four-meter-long body slowly shrank, and its skeletal structure began to deform.

The muzzle on its large head shortened, its spine began to straighten, and the hooves on its front limbs opened and lengthened.

After about half an hour, Xiao Guang had turned into an upright 'werewolf-like' figure, looking quite bizarre.

Seeing this from a distance, Nie Ning couldn't help but show a look of astonishment.

In fact, based on Xiao Guang's previous behavior, he had thought it wouldn't choose to transform.

And to avoid putting psychological pressure on Xiao Guang, Nie Ning hadn't even mentioned the matter for the past two days.

He was afraid that Xiao Guang would even fail to break through to the fifth rank in its original form.

If it really failed, restoring the bloodline would be a massive expense, which was not a scenario Nie Ning wanted to see.

Besides, advancing in one's original form indeed had more advantages than transforming.

The prowess of exotic beasts was unquestionable; the strength of rare exotic beasts was almost always greater than that of a wizard of the same level.

So even if they had the chance to transform, most exotic beasts would choose to ignore it because there was no need to turn into a physically weak human.

A flash of joy crossed Nie Ning's eyes.

His efforts had finally paid off; just thinking about it made him feel excited.

Furthermore, given Xiao Guang's potential and clever mind, the success rate of Transformation was indeed much higher than that of an average exotic beast.

After all, Transformation was a delicate task; those with poor brains would find it hard to succeed.

This would cause most to get stuck in a half-human, half-beast appearance, just like Xiao Guang's current state.

At this moment, Xiao Guang's change was still continuing; its head had begun to take on a human-like shape, and its originally long muzzle had shrunk significantly.

Its body was nearly two meters tall and was still shrinking further.

Nie Ning almost wanted to tell Xiao Guang to stop because he felt Xiao Guang's head was quite cute as it was.

But just as Xiao Guang was about to succeed in Transformation and the fur on its body was retracting into its skin, Xiao Guang suddenly showed a look of pain.

Seeing this, Nie Ning's heart skipped a beat.

'Is Transformation still too forced...?'

Transformation put a massive strain on bloodline power.

Even if one could successfully transform, it would take a long time to recover bloodline power, and the strength of the bloodline naturally affected the Transformation.

If the bloodline power was insufficient, it could easily cause a backlash, leading to even more serious consequences.

The energy inside Xiao Guang's body began to spiral out of control, and even its physical size started to slowly expand—this was a precursor to a failed Transformation!

Seeing this, Nie Ning's expression tightened, and with a pained look, he took out two tubes of red reagent from his spatial ring.

These were potions refined from the blood of the Earth-Ripping Lizard and the Wimms Giant Python.

Those two exotic beasts from before hadn't actually fully digested the energy from the purple-threaded eerie strange flower's fruit.

At least according to the traces of the nearby battle, the purple-threaded eerie strange flower had only matured recently.

It had then triggered the fight between the two beasts, followed immediately by them being killed, so their blood still contained the power of the purple-threaded eerie strange flower's fruit.

Normally, according to Xiao Guang's regular advancement path, failure was almost not an option, so these two potions wouldn't have been needed.

But Nie Ning hadn't expected that Xiao Guang, who had said it didn't want to, would suddenly choose to transform.

"I wanted to use these for myself, but it looks like I can't keep them..."

Nie Ning sighed as he looked at the potions in his hand; after all, he also needed these things to awaken his bloodline power.

To prevent failure, Nie Ning threw both potions toward Xiao Guang.

Under Nie Ning's mental control, the potion caps opened, and the blood reagents inside flew into the air, flowing into Xiao Guang's mouth.

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