Chapter 2727 - 2728: Evolution

Compared to usual evolution, Xiao Ji and Fluffy Fire Wolfhound undergo a particularly prolonged evolution with the help of the Ascension Stone, as the evening glow is gradually replaced by the starry sky, and under the moonlight, Xiao Ji and Fluffy Fire Wolfhound’s power finally stabilizes.

"Rare Level, surprisingly not Legendary Level."

Veronia said with some surprise, feeling the power constantly transmitted through the Taming Beast Contract. Feng Yuan smiled and said,

"It should be just a bit short, probably not long before it can cross this threshold."

At that moment, the once stagnant momentum suddenly surged, and Veronia exclaimed,

"A breakthrough at the last moment, pity that Xiao Ji doesn’t seem to have such good fortune."

Compared to Fluffy Fire Wolfhound, Xiao Ji is stabilized at the peak of the Rare Level with signs of a breakthrough to Legendary Level at any moment, while Fluffy Fire Wolfhound’s aura is now stabilized at Legendary Level. No, it can no longer be called Fluffy Fire Wolfhound.

At this time, Fluffy Fire Wolfhound has transformed into a giant wolf with fire-red fur flowing all over, standing close to three meters tall on all fours, looking especially intimidating.

"The body has grown so big, tch, next we need to let it learn how to change its form properly."

Compared to the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound phase, the Flame Chasing Furry Dog is surrounded by small flames, which it can control to retract into its fiery red fur at will. However, unlike the evolved form of Fire-controlling Furry Dog, the Flame Chasing Furry Dog cannot control the flames to avoid harming specific targets.

The flames that surround them are no different from ordinary flames, except they can be retracted at any time.

Letting out an excited howl, the Flame Chasing Furry Dog runs toward Feng Yuan, but Feng Yuan is not afraid at all as the giant dog crashes toward him. The Flame Chasing Furry Dog stops in front of Feng Yuan, looking at Feng Yuan in surprise, not understanding why he is not afraid.

Of course, it doesn’t know that if it really crashes over, Feng Yuan would let it hit the incredibly solid world barrier.

Looking at Xiao Ji, who has yet to finish, Feng Yuan pats the front paw of the Flame Chasing Furry Dog and says,

"You should practice changing your form first; otherwise, with your current body size, you can’t move freely."

Now in the wild, that’s fine, but when returning to the city or staying at Li Mountain Village after the war ends, it will cause trouble due to the Flame Chasing Furry Dog’s enormous size.

After all, large Spirit Beasts are prohibited from entering the city and moving around in their original size due to insufficient space. Even if forced in, it’s easy to bump into walls and other things.

With the body qualities of a Spirit Beast, unless it’s a special wall, no regular wall can withstand a Spirit Beast.

"Xiao Ji’s body size has also grown."

Although covered by light, Veronia can still barely judge Xiao Ji’s current size. Compared to Fluffy Fire Wolfhound, Xiao Ji stands about two meters tall.

It’s not particularly gigantic, but this size still requires form transformation to enter the city.

"Let’s practice together; it’s inevitable, but this time, it can carry me flying directly."

Recalling past promises, Feng Yuan said with amusement.

As the light gradually dissipates, a black eagle appears in front of Feng Yuan, with Xiao Ji’s form still primarily an eagle, except the feathers have changed.

Originally pure black feathers now have ends that gradually change to a ghostly blue, with spots of Netherfire burning, and a long tuft of bright yellow plumes atop the head is very eye-catching, with a circle of specially feathered dark red necklace-like pattern around the chest.

Most striking are the two black birds flapping their wings behind Xiao Ji; the birds resemble crows but are different; a serious crow definitely doesn’t have such a gang leader-like aura.

"Strange, what’s the deal with the two Netherworld Crows behind Xiao Ji?"

Looking at the two crows behind Xiao Ji, Feng Yuan is shocked, and Veronia huffs and says,

"Can’t you see? Those aren’t Netherworld Crows; they’re more like drone-like things."

Though it’s not completely unheard of for Spirit Beast evolution to develop this form, evolving into multiple entities is still rare. Xiao Ji doesn’t belong to such special circumstances.

Although they look as if they have their own consciousness, in reality, they are nothing more than arms of Xiao Ji.

"Xiao Ji, congratulations, you can finally carry me flying now~"

Seeing Xiao Ji open its eyes to look at him, Feng Yuan said with a smile, extending its wings, Xiao Ji lets out a loud eagle cry, while the two Netherworld Crows behind it perch on nearby trees to rest.

With a sudden leap diving down, Xiao Ji flies to Feng Yuan and lowers its head to nuzzle Feng Yuan, who hugs Xiao Ji’s head and says jokingly,

"You’re so big now, I can’t hold you anymore."

"Alright, you should get used to your new form and familiarize yourself with changing your form; you’re too big now, even for camping, it’s hard to arrange a place for you to rest."

The Flame Chasing Furry Dog is in a similar situation. Although its fur is fluffy, the Flame Chasing Furry Dog’s flames can’t be harmless to teammates, so if he sleeps on Flame Chasing Furry Dog like before, it would easily ignite his clothes unknowingly.

Letting out a distressed call, Xiao Ji humbly moves aside to practice form transformation with Flame Chasing Furry Dog.

"Wonder what new abilities Xiao Ji gained after evolving, even the power of Crimson Judgement might be different now."

Glancing at Xiao Ji, Feng Yuan shakes his head to get some ingredients, trying to see their current taste preferences. After Spirit Beast evolution, dietary changes may occur, so Feng Yuan doesn’t know what kind of food Xiao Ji and the Flame Chasing Furry Dog prefer now.

As Feng Yuan struggles to prepare dinner, Veronia huffs without helping.

Does the rise in power mean the future situation will become more severe?

Even if the time branch won’t make big changes, but after tasting deliciousness once, can they really resist acting? Veronia doesn’t know but has a feeling that the Ascension Stone is both a reward and a malicious calculation.

That thing may plunge the Main World into endless chaos, and maybe even Divine Beasts won’t be able to suppress it.

Desire is not easy to extinguish, let alone this is the reward from the world rules itself. As beings maintaining world order, they’re not supposed to deviate from the normal operation of world rules, even if it doesn’t seem great to them.

The first dinner after evolution, Feng Yuan makes particularly lavish despite not quite agreeing, but Xiao Ji still chooses to use Ascension Stone, so Feng Yuan can only try to make up for it elsewhere.

After dinner, Xiao Ji and Flame Chasing Furry Dog don’t rest but continue to practice form transformation. As for new ultimate moves? There’s no rush for that.

Unlike ordinary evolution, Xiao Ji and Flame Chasing Furry Dog both leapfrog several stages this time, resulting in an increased number of ultimate moves they mastered.

Fortunately, the number of ultimate moves the Flame Chasing Furry Dog can learn is limited. Xiao Ji, on the other hand, is outrageous, already learning all sorts of quirky ultimate moves, and just before using the Ascension Stone, Xiao Ji already had more than the Flame Chasing Furry Dog. Now it’s multiplied several times.

Feng Yuan has long given up figuring out all of Xiao Ji’s ultimate moves, as there are too many, and many are practically useless. Testing all of Xiao Ji’s ultimate moves would take several days.

As Xiao Ji and Fluffy Fire Wolfhound practice, night deepens. Just when Feng Yuan is about to call them to sleep, Xiao Ji suddenly looks up at the starry sky calling to Veronia.

"Hmm? I feel your idea is inappropriate. Your current power, I’m not confident I can stop it. Although this place is wild, you’re aware of your power; once used, it’s easy to cause misunderstandings."

"Hey? What’s Xiao Ji trying to do?"

Feng Yuan yawns, looking at Xiao Ji in confusion, not understanding what it’s intending to do.

"It wants to perform for you, an ultimate move performance."

"Uh, let’s forget it. Power skyrockets, albeit with Ascension Stone support, but what you need to do now is first adapt to new powers, nothing else is urgent."

Glaring at the amused Veronia, Feng Yuan awkwardly scratches his head and says, Xiao Ji dissatisfiedly calls out, swinging its wings, creating a blood-red rift in the starry sky, with billowing ghostly blue fireballs descending from above.

Compared to before, both the power and area of the Crimson Judgement have increased several times at least, and just as Feng Yuan is about to forcefully negate the ultimate move, the descending fireballs change direction in midair and gather above the vacant land they’re on, flickering like a Netherworld Star Ocean.