What does it mean when a pet evolves incorrectly?

Chapter 152 The Possibility of Fighting Epic-Level Pets!

"Ladies and gentlemen!!!"

At that moment, the commentator's voice cracked, his excited cry, loud enough to lift the dome, booming throughout the arena through the loudspeakers: "Mechanical Flame Spine Tyrannosaurus has defeated the Blazing Thunder Beast! This is an outcome no one anticipated. At this very moment, Lin Chen is just one step away from victory!"

The moment the words were spoken, the entire venue was instantly ignited with a roar.

Tens of thousands of spectators, stepping to the same beat, chanted in unison, their shouts crashing against the dome and bouncing back, creating a deafening wall of sound: "Lin! Chen! Lin! Chen! Lin! Chen!"

Looking out, the audience seats were a shimmering sea of ​​stars:

Fluorescent support signs printed with Lin Chen's image converged into an orange-gold light wave, and the fluorescent trails cast by various cheering sticks wove a colorful net. Someone held up a banner that read "Brother Chen is awesome," and the banner fluttered in the wind.

Zhou Ming couldn't contain himself any longer and jumped up with a roar.

This time, Li Heng didn't stop him; he jumped up himself, even higher than Zhou Ming.

Seemingly not satisfied with that, he ripped off his shirt, grabbed the collar, and swung it around in the air with a fierce motion.

Yun Chufei and Ye Xuan looked around the completely boiling venue, exchanged a glance, and their eyes were filled with undisguised smiles.

Immediately, Ye Xuan opened his mouth, his Adam's apple bobbed, and he sighed deeply, "You're right, never doubt his strength."

Upon hearing this, Yun Chufei put down her crossed legs, slowly twirling a stray hair behind her ear with her fingertips. A bright smile appeared on her lips, but her eyes held a hint of mischief: "Ye Xuan, you'd better work harder."

Ye Xuan paused for a moment, turned around, and asked blankly, "What do you mean, 'cheer up'?"

Yun Chufei tossed her hair and said in a lighthearted tone, "You have to beat me first, and then try your best to beat the other opponent before you can make it to the finals and meet your junior. No matter who wins the championship, the trophy will be ours."

Upon hearing this, Ye Xuan paused for two seconds, then smiled brightly: "I will do my best, and so will you."

Yun Chufei raised an eyebrow, said nothing, but simply raised her chin in response.

Hundreds of kilometers away at Qiming Beast Taming Academy, even though it was late at night, cheers erupted like a volcanic eruption, wave after wave, without stopping for a long time.

In the staff residential area of ​​Qinglan City, cheers almost shook the entire community.

Li Haotian let out a long breath, raised his hand and patted Lin Jianjun's shoulder beside him, his palm slightly damp with sweat: "Old Lin, this one's a sure thing."

Lin Jianjun finally loosened his grip on his sleeve, his fingertips brushing away the fine sweat beading on his forehead. He muttered to himself, "Thank goodness."

Zhou Zhengping, who hadn't spoken for a while, suddenly turned to the side, leaned closer to Lin Jianjun, and lowered his voice: "Old Lin, you'd better be prepared after this college league ends. You may have to take on even more arduous tasks next."

Lin Jianjun was stunned for a moment.

what?

I didn't do anything, and I'm getting promoted again?

At the same time, on the battlefield.

Li Hengyu, who had maintained a cool and aloof demeanor, seemed to have all his strength drained away.

He stared intently at the Thunder Beast lying in the deep pit, his face pale, his eyes unfocused, his pupils dilated, and his shoulders shaking uncontrollably.

Li Hengyu's lips trembled as he repeatedly murmured the same phrase: "How could this be... How could this be..."

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Seeing Li Hengyu's reaction from afar, Lin Chen frowned slightly.

Logically speaking, Li Hengyu is already a high-level beast tamer and has experienced countless competitions, so his temperament shouldn't be this bad.

In Lin Chen's usual matches, even when a player was at a disadvantage, he would only be stunned for a second or two at most before he could quickly regain his composure and adjust his tactics. But Li Hengyu's reaction was as if the sky had fallen.

But Lin Chen quickly recalled the series of rumors about Li Hengyu and felt relieved.

The Li family of Yandu is a family of beast tamers with a history of over a hundred years. They adhere to the most brutal elite elimination system—the family's resources are only allocated to the most outstanding descendants, while mediocre people don't even have the chance to meet the qualification threshold.

From the day he became a Beast Tamer, Li Hengyu was instilled with the belief that he must be number one. Relying on his own extraordinary talent and the resources his family poured into him regardless of cost, he had a smooth journey and won almost every championship he could win, never tasting the bitterness of defeat.

He was lucky; in the first match of the finals, he encountered Lin Chen, who had also never lost.

At the same moment, Li Hengyu took a deep breath, forced himself to steady his trembling fingers, and raised his hand to summon back the unconscious Huangting Beast on the ground.

Immediately, his face turned deathly pale, and he summoned his last pet beast.

A weak pet beast whose race level is only high-elite and whose strength level is only third-tier eighth stage.

Faced with the almost perfectly healthy Mechanical Flame Spine Tyrannosaurus, this weak pet was powerless to resist. With just one gigabit destructive cannon shot, the pet collapsed and fell unconscious.

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The referee's whistle blew sharply, and the flag representing victory was swung down.

The commentator exclaimed with enthusiasm: "Ladies and gentlemen, the match is over!"

"The Mechanical Flame Spine Tyrannosaurus fought three opponents single-handedly, winning all three battles and helping player Lin Chen advance strongly to the semifinals!"

"Li Hengyu, who was considered by many to be the biggest favorite to win the championship and on whom high hopes were placed, ultimately fell on the stage of the quarterfinals! This result was probably something that no one had expected before the competition!"

On the field.

"Hoo-hoo..."

The Mechanical Flame Spine Tyrannosaurus lowered its eyes, glanced at the weak pet it had instantly killed, and exhaled a puff of hot air from its mouth and nose, appearing extremely impatient.

I was originally thinking that I could have a good fight after evolving, but these opponents are weaker and worse than the last!

Is there no pet beast that can give this dragon a good, satisfying fight?

Lin Chen sensed the emotions of the Mechanical Flame Spine Tyrannosaurus and felt a pang of emotion.

In the Digimon reboot, the protagonist Tai's MetalGreymon is also exceptionally powerful. Whenever it appears, its opponents are either extremely powerful Ultimate-level Digimon or even higher-level Mega-level Digimon.

It only plays in the peak tournament.

It seems that my Mechanical Flame Spine Tyrannosaurus is trending in this direction.

"Once we win the championship and Erhu uses the ancient digital species bloodline, its strength should be greatly enhanced."

"At that time, it should also be qualified to play in the top-level competition."

Thinking about this, Lin Chen's thoughts began to wander.

In the story, Taichi's MetalGreymon can also unlock a very special form - Armored Steel.

When switching to this form, MetalGreymon's right arm will be transformed into a giant sword. The sword can be charged to release shockwaves, making it suitable for both melee and ranged combat. Its combat power is greatly enhanced, and it can even withstand ordinary Ultimate-level Digimon.

"If Erhuo possesses the bloodline of an ancient Digimon, and also has the Crest of Courage, he should be able to unlock this form, right?" Lin Chen's eyes sparkled with anticipation.

Meanwhile, the live stream chat was flooded with comments: "Waaaaah, Li Hengyu, whom we had high hopes for, fell in the quarterfinals!"

"This is a mess, the top eight are such a disaster. Who's actually praising them?"

"Come on, with the strength that this Thunder Beast has shown, other lord-level pets really don't have the right to challenge it. It's just that Li Hengyu was too unlucky and ran into a monster."

"Urgent! I need all the information on the Mechanical Flameback Tyrannosaurus! I need a Mechanical Flameback Tyrannosaurus!"

"The most urgent task is to figure out how Flameclaw evolves into Flamespinosaurus."

Amidst cheers, Lin Chen turned around and prepared to leave through the players' passage.

After taking two steps, he suddenly stopped and looked back at the opposite side of the field.

After the match, Li Hengyu knelt on the command seat, his hands supporting him on the ground, his head almost touching the ground, his back hunched over, like an abandoned statue.

The wind carried the smell of burning from the ground, making the stray hairs on his forehead flutter wildly.

Lin Chen didn't say anything, and turned to leave.

Tonight's schedule is very tight. First, the quarterfinals will determine the four finalists. After a short break, the semifinals will begin immediately to determine the two finalists.

The finals will kick off at 9 p.m. tomorrow.

However, before the grand finale begins, there will be song and dance performances and exhibition matches.

The organizing committee will have the audience vote to select a few eliminated contestants to participate in the exhibition match.

Exhibition matches differ from formal pet battles and take many forms, such as allowing both players to engage in unrestricted combat, where pet tamers can attack each other.

In short, Lin Chen returned to the players' rest room and let the Mechanical Flame Spine Tyrannosaurus rest. While watching the upcoming matches, he immersed his thoughts in the system and opened the Mechanical Flame Spine Tyrannosaurus's current data panel:

[Pet: MetalGreymon (Local name: MetalFlameSpineTyrannomon)]

[Level: Tier 4, Stage 2 (26/192)]

[Attributes: Dragon, Mechanical]

[Race Rank: High Lord]

[Exclusive Moves: Super Blast (Perfect), Breath of the End (Proficient), Giant Horn Impact (Proficient), Giga Destruction Cannon (Beginner)]

[Mastered moves: Reverse Dragon Dance (Proficient), Dragon Claw - Shattering Dragon Claw Combo (Mastered), Dragon Shadow Charge - Dragon Might Charge (Mastered), Any size [Affinity: 98]

Evolution method: ①: Evolution experience points (0/10000), Crimson Dragon Soul x1, Thousand Machine Alloy x1

②: Defeating a dragon-type pet that is one level higher in race or rank, whose strength level is not lower than one's own.

Compared to the Flame Spine Tyrannosaurus Rex era, the data panel of the Mechanical Flame Spine Tyrannosaurus Rex has undergone a complete transformation.

The name that came into view was Lin Chen's strong suspicion that the system was too lazy and simply added the word "mechanical" to it. But it was too awkward to keep calling it that.

His eyes flashed: "Could we change it to a simpler, easier-to-pronounce name?"

The moment the thought arose, the race name field changed:

[Pet: MetalGreymon (Local name: SteelFlameGreymon)]

Seeing this, Lin Chen sighed deeply, "Very good, a very intelligent system, this sounds much better."

In addition, regarding attributes, after evolution, the fire attribute disappears, and Steelix's current attributes are Dragon and Machine.

This is to be expected, and the combination of dragon and mechanical attributes is extremely powerful and noble, making it less vulnerable to being targeted in terms of attributes.

Lin Chen was not surprised that the race level was High Lord; this was the race level that the Steelflame Tyrannosaurus should have.

However, the skill pool has undergone a huge change.

Firstly, the system has begun intelligent evolution, dividing moves into exclusive moves and mastered moves. Exclusive moves are moves exclusive to Digimon that can be learned through a TM, while mastered moves are moves that can be learned by other Digimon in this world.

Secondly, Erhuo's original skills [Blazing Bullet] and [Blazing Charge] have been overwritten by the new skill [Breath of the End]. Their proficiency has been directly transferred to the latter, so the proficiency of [Breath of the End] has directly broken through to the proficiency level.

In fact, as the second fire gradually becomes stronger, these two skills are no longer suitable for the current combat intensity, and their frequency of use is decreasing. It is reasonable for them to be replaced.

Finally, there are two skills that advance automatically with evolution: [Dragon Claw Combo] and [Dragon Might Ram]. Both of these skills are currently at a high level, which is appropriate for the current combat intensity.

The current Steelix has seven battle skills, which may seem like a few, but in fact, they can cover the needs of most battle situations, which is very reasonable.

But what Lin Chen cared about even more was the evolution conditions of Steelix.

Firstly, the experience points required for evolution have increased dramatically from one thousand to ten thousand, a tenfold difference, which will inevitably take a long time to accumulate.

Furthermore, this time, two types of evolution materials are required: dragon and mechanical.

Lin Chen had never even heard of these two evolution materials, but they must be incredibly precious to allow Erhuo to evolve to the next stage where it could be considered invincible.

Finally, there is an additional second evolution condition: defeating a dragon-type pet with a higher racial level in a direct confrontation, whose strength level is not lower than one's own.

This is more like an evolutionary ritual; only by completing this ritual can the Steel Flame Tyrannosaurus be proven to be qualified to continue evolving.

"In other words, to complete this evolution ritual, we must find a dragon-type pet with a strength level of at least fourth tier and a race level of epic, and defeat it head-on." Lin Chen's eyes flashed as he murmured to himself.

This is very difficult, extremely difficult.

The gap between racial classes is like a chasm, insurmountable.

The difference between Lord-level and Epic-level is like the difference between a Perfect level and an Ultimate level. To defeat an Ultimate level being of a higher level, the only way is through a group attack.

"But with the support of the various badges, and the Steelflame Tyrannosaurus mastering Armored Steel Transformation, it might have a chance to defeat ordinary epic-level pets." Lin Chen's eyes brightened slightly, his thoughts swirling.

As I pondered this, content related to the match quickly spread across various platforms, sparking heated discussions across the internet.

#Complete Analysis of Mechanical Flame Spine Tyrannosaurus#

#Crazy Researcher! The New Evolution of the Flame Spine Tyrannosaurus#

#Li Hengyu's journey ends in the quarterfinals#

These terms are followed by the bright red "explosive" text, with tens of thousands of discussions being posted every minute.

In the live stream clips, countless bloggers analyzed the Steelflame Tyrannosaurus's massive body covered in silver alloy, its three-pronged mechanical claw on its left limb, and the gigabit destructive cannon gushing from its chest cavity frame by frame.

The title of the pinned post on the relevant forum is astonishing: "Four Months, From Novice Beast Tamer to Making History: Just How Extraordinary Is This New Beast Tamer?"

The comments below are numerous: "To be honest, his research achievements and beast tamer battle record alone could make history, but he insists on doing both."

"God, which door did you close for him?"

"The door through which we met."

"I now strongly suspect he traveled back from the future; it's too incredible. Researching the evolutionary pathways of pet beasts on his own, and then breeding them at breakneck speed—is that really something a human could do?"

While online discussions were raging, the whistle blew for the second match inside the arena.

The two teams facing off are Lei Lie from Yandu Beast Taming Academy and Qin Zong from Royal Tian Shu Academy.

The two are evenly matched in strength, and each possesses a lord-level pet beast.

Lei Lie's is a Blazing Earth Dragon with magma patterns all over its body, while Qin Zong's is a Frost Prison Raven with an ice-blue body and broad wings.

The battle was intense from the very beginning, with the Exploding Earth Dragon's lava breath and the Frost Prison Raven's extreme cold ice spikes colliding repeatedly in the air, exploding into clouds of steam.

The venue was sometimes engulfed in flames, and sometimes frozen solid, with a speed that was astonishing.

The two fought fiercely for a full half hour, switching their pets three times. In the end, Qin Zong's Frost Prison Crow seized the opening when the Blazing Earth Dragon was exhausted and froze it with an absolute zero, narrowly winning by half a move.

When the referee waved the flag to announce Qin Zong's advancement, Lei Lie knelt on one knee and slammed his fist hard into the ice.

Qin Zong, the aloof young man from the Royal Tian Shu Beast Taming Academy, simply calmly recalled his pet and looked towards the contestants' rest area.

He was Lin Chen's opponent in the semifinals.

After a short halftime break, the third match began.

A third-year student from the Royal Tian Shu Academy faced off against a third-year student from the Nan Hua Beast Taming Academy. The two students were very evenly matched, but after a fierce battle, a winner was always decided.

Ultimately, the students of the Royal Celestial Academy emerged victorious.

The final, grand finale is the internal battle within the Qiming Beast Taming Academy—Yun Chufei versus Ye Xuan.

As the two walked out of the players' tunnel, the entire stadium erupted in applause.

As the captain and vice-captain of the Qiming school team, they knew each other very well and had played more than a hundred training matches together.

Yun Chufei's three-tailed flame fox is agile and swift, with its flames shooting at tricky angles; Ye Xuan's illusory dragon is calm and domineering, with each swing of its claws carrying the power to tear through space.

However, the gap between racial classes is ultimately insurmountable.

Despite Yun Chufei's best efforts, which even forced Ye Xuan's Ember Dragon to stagger, the Three-Tailed Flame Fox's attacks were like scratching an itch in the face of the Ember Dragon's absolute power, which belonged to the Lord level.

In the end, Ye Xuan won this civil war with a huge advantage.

The moment the match ended, the two walked together to the center of the field.

The two looked at each other, raised their fists, and gently touched them together.

Yun Chufei flicked her sweat-dampened bangs and smiled brightly: "Go, Ye Xuan. Go and meet your junior in the finals, and bring the championship trophy back."

Ye Xuan nodded solemnly: "Okay!"

With the conclusion of the final quarter-final match, the list of the four semi-finalists has now been finalized!

On the big screen, four names shone brightly:

Lin Chen (Qiming)

Ye Xuan (Qiming)

Qin Zong (Royal Celestial Pivot)

Su Rui (Royal Celestial Pivot)

Qiming Beast Taming Academy occupies two seats, and Royal Tian Shu Academy also occupies two seats.

What was originally a fierce competition among many heroes has turned into a direct confrontation between two beast-taming academies!

In an instant, the entire internet was abuzz.

"Qiming VS Tian Shu!"

"Two against two, who will emerge victorious?"

"Yan Du Beast Taming Academy didn't even have a single student advance to the semifinals. Now, Qi Ming Beast Taming Academy is truly one of the twin stars of Donghuang."

"The admissions office of Qiming Beast Taming Academy is laughing their heads off; nobody expected to get an SSR card."

The halftime break was a full half hour. After a period of waiting, the semi-finals of the university league began!

Match 1: Lin Chen VS Qin Zong!