Elf Trader: My trump card is the Light/Dark Mantis.

Fortunately, Jiang Gu reacted quickly and released Pokel to catch the reckless little guy.

Guilmon, having experienced such a crisis, was even more excited and felt like it had a great time.

After playing and feeding it, the Digimon became much more affectionate towards Jiang Gu.

Bonds UPUP!

Jiang Gu was in a good mood; Guilmon was easy to coax, and their fusion evolution wouldn't be far off!

The arrival of the new partner has greatly improved the atmosphere of the entire base.

Xiao Lan was also extremely curious about the talking Guilmon. She pulled it along while cooking and chatting. Judging from the laughter coming from the kitchen, they got along well.

Everything was in harmony.

However, there was one thing that really bothered Jiang Gu.

At the dinner table, Xiao Lan placed dishes of food on the table.

Meanwhile, Guilmon waved its two little paws expectantly, waiting for its meal. "Little Jiang, isn't it ready yet?" Its eyes were full of longing.

However, Jiang Gu's expression was strange.

You're following Xiao Lan too... Called Xiao Jiang?

He felt a bit of a headache.

He simply handed Guilmon over to Blue, who was curious about the fact that there were talking Pokémon, and they played together for half a day.

That's how the latter ended up like this!

Xiao Lan, you've really caused a lot of harm!

Jiang Gu complained.

After finishing their meal, Guilmon soon fell into a deep sleep, feeling quite tired.

After all, it and Jiang Gu had done a lot of exercise at the base today, playing on all sorts of facilities, and were quite tired.

After settling Guilmon in, Jiang Gu went into the living room and found Incaros and Sagros excitedly crowding around him. He looked at the two mantises walking up and down beside him and nodded slightly. "Don't worry."

"You're ready, so let's begin our journey to a higher level of strength!" The two mantises were overjoyed upon hearing this! "Carlo!" "Saro!"

They've been waiting for over a month! Are they finally about to evolve?

Incaros and Sagros were both pacing anxiously in circles, clearly in a great hurry!

Jiang Gu's first glance was at Sagros.

It's not that I'm being biased, but rather that its evolution method is relatively simple: collect fifty King's Illusions.

You can evolve it by spending 100,000 points.

As for evolving into Shadow Warrior, Sagros, or Illusionary Heaven... Sagros...

Jiang Gu didn't intend to interfere too much. Instead, he took out a tablet, displayed information about the two evolutionary forms of the Dark Mantis, and handed it to Sagros. "Whichever form you want to evolve into, I support you," he said encouragingly.

Jiang Gu checked the system.

His own Sagros, after evolving into either Shadow Warrior or Phantom Sky form.

By honing their strength to its peak, they can directly exchange for another fifty King's Illusionary Lights, one Dark Invasion Energy, Order Radiance Energy, and one Fear Scythe through the system, and then fuse and evolve into King Sagros.

There's no need to find another Dark Mantis as evolution material.

"Choose my future path?"

Sagros looked at the tablet thoughtfully.

In Shadow Form, it possesses the unique trait "Berserk," which reduces damage from preemptive attacks by 20%.

This form then possesses the blood of the mantis—a powerful tank skill that instantly restores half of one's health, then restores 250 health each round for the next three rounds, and grants immunity to and reflection of abnormalities for five rounds.

A Glimmer of Hope - Temporarily forgo your own offensive capabilities, giving the opponent's moves a chance to hit with a different type of move.

In addition, the ultimate move, Xuan Tian Feng Zhui Shan, only has a power of 140 points, but its effect is to remove abnormal statuses and ability reductions from oneself, and the damage is doubled after the removal is successful!

Clearly, this is a tank-type Pokémon.

You can withstand several attacks by strengthening your defense, restoring your health, and making yourself unhit by your opponent.

Meanwhile, the ultimate move, Xuan Tian Feng Zhui Shan, ensures that one can quickly remove the abnormal status effect when under control.

Furthermore, the effect triggered after the debuff is removed doubles the damage!

Undoubtedly, the Shadow Warrior form is positioned as an evolutionary direction focused on resisting damage and defending against counterattacks.

As for the Illusionary Sky form, its exclusive trait is also called "Berserk," but its effect is to increase the damage caused by a fatal blow by 10%.

It also possesses skills such as Illusory Sky Battle Dance, which are versatile skills that enhance its offensive capabilities.

The Otherworldly War Cry deals 250 points of fixed damage.

And the special technique of having no fighting spirit, combined with one's own characteristics, to ensure that the next two attacks will be fatal.

The ultimate move, Phantom Dance Blade Strike, is extremely powerful and deals area-of-effect damage!

Moreover, all of the above moves have one thing in common: they are guaranteed to hit!

In other words, after the Battle Will of No Thought enhances the probability of fatal attacks, the destructive power of Sagros in the Illusionary Sky Form is terrifyingly explosive!

Ordinary opponents, one strike and they're gone!

Jiang Gu was somewhat surprised that Sagros was looking at his own phantom form with a longing gaze...

But it shook its head firmly and pointed to its other form, nodding to the trainer.

Sagros chooses to evolve into Shadow Warrior form!

"This is different from your previous fighting style!"

Jiang Gu was somewhat puzzled.

Sagros chirped softly a few times, and Incaros beside him nodded slightly, indicating his support for its decision.

After the two mantises gestured and pointed, Jiang Gu finally understood what Sagros meant.

It actually deeply revered Incaros, who had always used the Guardian Array to protect Jiang Gu and himself.

Rather than focusing on dealing massive damage, Sagros hopes to be able to protect his allies, just like his predecessor, Light Mantis!

Incaros's communication with Sagros confirmed that Scyther will evolve into a more offensive form to complement Sagros.

In other words, the roles of the two mantises in the team will be reversed afterward.

The Light Mantis will be the damage dealer, while the Dark Mantis will be the defender.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Gu suddenly realized...

Indeed, Sagros's personality is not as strong as Incaros's; he is more inclined to protect his companions, which is normal.

Of course, no matter what Sagros chooses, it will be the same for Jiang Gu.

He can accept it.

Moreover, both the Shadow Battle form and the Illusionary Sky form are quite powerful.

"Okay, you can choose either one. I will let you master the power of both forms later."

Jiang Gu comforted him, noticing that Sagros was also somewhat worried about whether changing his fighting style would have negative consequences...

Dark Mantis was taken aback upon hearing this, then nodded firmly.

(Wang Nuohao) "Salo!"

It seemed to be saying something.

come on!

Evolve!

Jiang Gu brought the two mantises to the training room, then opened the shop, selected King's Illusion, and increased the quantity to fifty.

Click to confirm purchase.

100,000 points vanished like water.

Jiang Gu didn't even have time to feel heartache.

The next second, fifty brilliant golden rays descended and surrounded the area!

These rays of light seemed to possess their own consciousness; upon sensing Sagros's presence, they actively surged into its body...

Then, under the brilliant light, Sagros even let out a few painful growls.

This is a sign that a huge amount of energy is circulating within his body.

The power of the King's Illusion Light far exceeds the upper limit that Sagros can withstand at this stage!

Therefore, the Dark Mantis could only endure the pain...

Then his hard armor crumbled piece by piece, and a series of breaking sounds rang out!

The entire mantis looked like it was about to burst from the energy!

Incaros looked at the deletion with some concern.

“Carlo…”