What does it mean when a pet evolves incorrectly?

Night fell like a tide soaked in thick ink, quickly swallowing the last wisp of crimson on the horizon.

The car door opened, and Lin Chen and Zhang Zhi got out one after the other.

The night wind carried the faint sounds of commotion and barking dogs from the nearby village.

The two stood side by side, looking at the scattered lights of Luoxia Village not far away, where barking dogs and exclamations mingled, and at the several gray-maned wolfhounds that were briefly intimidated by the powerful appearance of the Flameclaw Beast.

"Looks like we made it in time."

Zhang Zhi squinted, quickly scanning the outline of the village and the broken mountain range behind it, his voice low:

"The command center is right, the riots by wild pets have spread here."

An hour ago, the command center sent an emergency notification: a large-scale riot by wild pets has occurred in the edge of the Duanshan Mountains for unknown reasons, and the border patrol team has been dispatched to suppress the riot.

However, some wild animals took the opportunity to sneak into the border area and harass the villages in the region.

Luoxia Village is one of them.

Their task is very simple: drive away wild pets as needed, or assist villagers in temporarily evacuating.

Zhang Zhi paused, his gaze falling on the gray-maned wolfhounds confronting the Flameclaw Beast: "It really is these guys."

"Grey Mane Wolfhound..." Lin Chen murmured the name of the pet.

Race name: Gray Mane Wolfhound

Attribute: Normal

Race Rank: Low-level Extraordinary

These pet animals move in groups, are highly cooperative, and often appear on the edges of mountains; they are typical pack predators.

Although they are relatively weak individually, they always travel in groups and can hunt animals of higher levels by working together. They are among the wild pets that novice beast tamers least want to encounter.

"Let's deal with these immediate issues first and get the situation under control."

Zhang Zhi spoke succinctly, and a sudden white light appeared in front of him. Accompanied by a short, powerful bark, the Azure Mist Hunting Hound shot out like lightning, covering dozens of meters in an instant and rushing into the increasingly dark night.

Lin Chen and Zhang Zhi followed closely behind, heading towards the area of ​​fierce fighting.

At the same moment,

Seeing the Flameclaw Beast and the police car appear one after another, the situation suddenly reversed. Zhao Siwen looked up and was stunned when he saw the appearance of the person who came.

"Lin Chen?!"

The sound traveled clearly through the night wind.

Lin Chen looked in the direction of the sound and, with the help of the scattered lights in the village, he could see two burly figures standing at the entrance of the village.

One was a Rock-type pet, the Thick Rock Bear, whose racial level was intermediate-level extraordinary; the other was a young figure who was even more robust than the Thick Rock Bear, with bulging muscles and a slightly immature face.

Fragments of memories from high school flashed by quickly: the image of a deskmate with black-rimmed glasses who always stayed in the classroom quietly reading, and whose name sounded somewhat literary, slowly overlapped with the muscular, burly young man in front of him.

"Zhao Siwen?" Lin Chen asked with certainty.

In his memory, the only person who exuded such a fierce aura from the inside out was his classmate Zhao Siwen.

A refined and polite name.

"You know him?" Zhang Zhizheng, who was paying attention to the gray-maned wolfhound, glanced at Lin Chen upon hearing this.

"Yeah, high school classmate, we were even deskmates." Lin Chen nodded quickly, but his gaze returned to the three gray-maned wolfhounds, who were pawing at the ground in agitation because they were surrounded by the Flameclaw Beast and the Azure Mist Hound. "Brother Zhang, let's deal with these guys first."

The two exchanged a quick glance. Zhang Zhi was preparing to command the Azure Mist Hunting Hound to fight the second-tier Gray Mane Wolfhound when a voice entered his ears:

"Brother Zhang, leave that second-tier one to me and the Flameclaw Beast."

Zhang Zhi was taken aback and suddenly turned to look at Lin Chen. In the dim light, he could clearly see the calm and determined look on Lin Chen's profile. He fell silent.

At that moment, recalling the scene of the Flameclaw Beast easily defeating two Tier 1 Graymane Wolfhounds, his voice became somewhat hoarse: "The Flameclaw Beast has broken through?"

"Yes, I just broke through."

At this moment, Zhang Zhi couldn't quite describe his feelings.

During this month, as Lin Chen's partner, he witnessed Lin Chen and the Flame Claw Beast grow stronger at an unbelievable speed, a speed beyond his comprehension.

From initial shock and surprise, to numbness and immunity.

He had never seen a beast tamer grow so quickly.

He thought that only a top-tier academy like Qiming Beast Taming Academy could possess such a genius.

So he nodded: "Okay, I'll take the other two."

While Lin Chen was directing the Flameclaw Beast against the second-tier Graymane Wolfhound, Zhang Zhi quietly took out his phone and entered the question into the search engine:

"A new person joined the company, a true genius beast tamer. How can I build a good relationship with him?"

At the same time, battle broke out.

"Gaku~"

The newly-breakthrough Flameclaw Beast was eager to find a suitable opponent to test its strength after the breakthrough. It swaggered up to the second-tier Graymane Wolfhound, its eyes looking down at it, and beckoned with its paw.

"Awoo!"

The gray-maned wolfhound let out a roar, its limbs stomping the ground, and launched the first attack, accompanied by a foul stench.

As the most skilled wild pet beast in combat, its attack is unpretentious, aimed straight at the Flameclaw Beast's neck. Its gaping maw reveals menacing fangs, and its Normal-type skill, [Cracking Tooth Bite], is ready to be unleashed!

A fierce glint flashed in the Flameclaw Beast's eyes. Without dodging or avoiding, it suddenly extended its right forepaw.

The claw tip was instantly covered by the pale, cold light of the [Sharp Claw]. The condensed energy made the claw seem to extend several inches, and with a shriek that tore through the air, it precisely met the gray-maned wolfhound's gaping maw that was pouncing on!

Clang—!

Claws and fangs clashed fiercely, producing a piercing, metallic clang, with sparks flying at the point of impact.

In a pure contest of strength, the newly promoted second-tier Flameclaw Beast was in no way inferior to the second-tier Graymane Wolfhound, which had been fighting for many years, and even had a slight advantage.

The gray-maned wolfhound's head was jolted to the side by the recoil, halting its attack.

However, it was experienced in combat. Using the force of tilting its head, it twisted its waist strangely, and its tail, like a steel whip, swept fiercely towards the Flameclaw Beast's lower body. At the same time, it used its body to try to pounce and bite again from another angle!

In the blink of an eye, without the need for the beast tamer's command.

The Flameclaw Beast instinctively took a half-step back, its chest bulging as it unleashed a condensed orange-red fireball that shot directly at the gap in the wolfhound's chest and abdomen exposed by its twisting body!

"Awoo!"

The gray-maned wolfhound's pupils constricted sharply, and it forcefully stopped its pounce, dodging sharply to the side!

The flames grazed its ribs, the intense heat scorching its fur.

Without pausing for a moment, the Flameclaw Beast fired a second Flame Breath Bullet, its trajectory slightly to the left, blocking the Greymane Wolfhound's most likely dodge direction!

boom!

This time, there's no escaping it.

The fireball struck the gray-maned wolfhound squarely in the base of its left hind leg. The explosion, combined with the impact, caused it to howl in pain, stagger, and visibly limp in its left leg, its movements becoming sluggish.

Having suffered repeated blows, the fierce glint in the gray-maned wolfhound's eyes was completely replaced by a frenzied rage.

In an instant, every single hair on its body stood on end, gleaming with an unnatural, sharp white light, as if each hair had turned into a steel needle!

It charged up its hind legs, creating a shallow crater in the ground, and its entire body transformed into a blurry gray shadow as it launched a [Charge Charge] towards the Flameclaw Beast!

Concentrate all your strength and defense on one point, striving to kill the enemy with a single blow!

"Blazing Advance." Lin Chen's eyes sharpened, and the thought arose.

The Flameclaw Beast's eyes narrowed, and blazing flames instantly enveloped its entire body, transforming it into a raging, fiery meteor.

It pushed off the ground with its hind legs, advancing instead of retreating, and charged head-on at the gray figure!

Two figures traced deadly paths in the night, colliding head-on in the center of the open space at the village entrance!

Boom!!!

The explosion was deafening, and the shockwave spread out in a ring, kicking up dust and debris from the surrounding area, causing Zhao Siwen, who was not far away, to squint.

He stared blankly at the Flameclaw Beast, which was engaged in fierce combat with the second-tier Graymane Wolfhound.

This gray-maned wolfhound is very strong; even if he takes the initiative, the opponent will be roughly equal in strength.

He looked at Zhang Zhi with admiration.

A second-tier Azure Mist Hunting Hound and a second-tier Flame Claw Beast—this young officer at the control center is truly formidable.