Chapter 419 - 388: Aura Rushing to the Heavens
Chapter 419: Chapter 388: Aura Rushing to the Heavens
After staring for a moment, Li Qian smiled and asked the newly assigned guard, "Hello there. Excuse me, Guard, I had a question. Where did these three Red Feather Chickens come from?"
The guard looked baffled. He shook his head and answered honestly, "I’m sorry, I don’t know either..."
Li Qian kept his smile and nodded. "Alright, never mind then."
After putting away the Beast Taming Ball, Li Qian stepped into the Cultivation Room. As the room sealed shut, he couldn’t help but mutter to himself, ’Interesting, very interesting. I wonder which faction sent me such a fascinating test subject.’
Li Qian suspected some faction had intentionally sent this creature. ’If I don’t experiment with it, I’d be letting their good intentions go to waste.’
With that in mind, he didn’t act immediately. He decided to bide his time and evolve the other two ordinary Red Feather Chickens first.
The evolutions began quickly. About twenty minutes later, both Red Feather Chickens had successfully evolved into Sunbirds.
After watching the two Sunbirds get taken away, Li Qian finally turned his attention to the last, special Red Feather Chicken.
’Let’s start with a Fire Cloud Grass.’ After a moment of observation, Li Qian began the evolution process. He took out a stalk of Fire Cloud Grass and had the special Red Feather Chicken eat it.
As expected, after the chicken consumed the Fire Cloud Grass, its body began to emit a faint Light of Evolution.
The Light of Evolution grew increasingly brilliant and concentrated. Everything was proceeding smoothly. Just as Li Qian thought the special Red Feather Chicken was about to evolve into a Golden Crowned Red Feather Chicken, something unexpected happened.
The once brilliant and concentrated Light of Evolution unexpectedly began to falter, showing signs of dimming. When Li Qian saw this, he briefly considered it and came up with a solution.
’Looks like the dose wasn’t enough...’ He took another stalk of Fire Cloud Grass from his Storage Necklace and fed it to the chicken without hesitation.
After the chicken was fed the second stalk of Fire Cloud Grass, the Light of Evolution, which had been faltering, flared brilliantly once more.
Li Qian frowned, his gaze fixed as he carefully observed the evolution. It was obvious this Red Feather Chicken was different from the others; it likely required more Evolutionary Energy as well.
He watched meticulously. Soon, the process changed again—the Light of Evolution once more showed signs of dimming.
’Another one!’ Without much thought, Li Qian resorted to the simplest solution and fed it another stalk of Fire Cloud Grass.
After all, Fire Cloud Grass wasn’t very valuable. Forget three stalks; he could afford to feed it eighty or even a hundred.
Once the third stalk of Fire Cloud Grass was consumed, the Light of Evolution, which had started to dim, became concentrated once more.
As Li Qian expected, the effect of this Fire Cloud Grass lasted for only about three minutes before the light began to show signs of dimming again.
’Still not enough, one more!’ Without a second thought, as if by reflex, Li Qian fed it another stalk of Fire Cloud Grass.
This was the fourth stalk of Fire Cloud Grass. Li Qian was prepared for this to be a long battle.
To his surprise, however, after feeding it four stalks of Fire Cloud Grass, the Light of Evolution finally reached its zenith, forming a five-meter-tall pillar of light.
Although a five-meter Evolution Light Column was nothing compared to a Sunbird’s, it was far beyond what an ordinary Red Feather Chicken could produce.
The pillar of light dissipated, revealing the evolved Golden Crowned Red Feather Chicken before Li Qian.
This Golden Crowned Red Feather Chicken, which had taken four stalks of Fire Cloud Grass to evolve, was clearly different from an ordinary one.
The differences were significant, even judging by appearance alone.
It was twice the size of an ordinary Golden Crowned Red Feather Chicken. The feathers covering its body were plusher and more lustrous, and its golden crown was much larger, resembling an exquisite, ornate canopy.
Li Qian looked at the magnificent, imposing Golden Crowned Red Feather Chicken and nodded with satisfaction.
He activated his Eye of True Sight again, and the information for this distinctly different Golden Crowned Red Feather Chicken appeared before him.
[Name: Golden Crowned Red Feather Chicken (Third Nirvana in progress)]
[Attribute: Fire]
[Level: Tier Nine]
[Potential: Elite Fourth Rank]
[Skills: Little Flame (Perfection), Spark (Mastery), Flame Spray (Skilled), Crying (Mastery), Pecking (Skilled), Fierce Kick (Beginner), Light Absorption (Perfection), Nirvana Rebirth (Passive)]
This newly evolved Golden Crowned Red Feather Chicken, even without a further Evolutionary Form, was already far from being a "Wasted Pet".
It could even be considered "somewhat special."
Rubbing his chin, Li Qian observed it for another moment, then decided not to waste any more time and proceeded with the next evolution.
After a moment of thought, he directly took out four Sun Gold Crystals and four Thousand-Year Volcanic Stones from his Storage Necklace.
’Since this special Red Feather Chicken took four stalks of Fire Cloud Grass just to become a Golden Crowned Red Feather Chicken, it stands to reason that evolving it into a Sunbird should also require four times the usual materials.’
That was Li Qian’s line of thought, though it was, of course, just a guess.
Now, he was going to put that guess to the test.
He arranged the four Sun Gold Crystals and four Thousand-Year Volcanic Stones around the special Golden Crowned Red Feather Chicken. Seeing that everything was in place, he gave Xiaoliu a command.
"Blazing Flame Burning!"
This time, Li Qian didn’t have Xiaoliu use Flame Spray. Instead, he had it directly unleash its superior skill, Blazing Flame Burning!
Its power was far beyond what Flame Spray could compare to.
’Since the amount of Evolution Materials has been quadrupled, the flame acting as the catalyst should be upgraded a tier as well.’
A high-temperature flame suddenly surged forward.
Unlike other Golden Crowned Red Feather Chickens, which would panic, grow flustered, and even try to flee, this special one showed no emotional reaction whatsoever.
It accepted everything with perfect composure.
It was as if it had already experienced this many times over.
The flames enveloped both the Evolution Materials and the special Golden Crowned Red Feather Chicken.
The high-temperature flames completely submerged the Golden Crowned Red Feather Chicken, but as Li Qian stared intently, he saw no change at all.
Just as Li Qian thought the evolution was about to end in failure, a bizarre transformation suddenly began.
A red and a gold, two brilliant rays of light, intertwined and soared upwards, forming a pillar of light that pierced the heavens.
BOOM!
The pillar of light’s intensity and height far surpassed what came before, directly blowing the roof off the Cultivation Room.
The interwoven pillar of red and gold light, over a hundred meters tall and dazzling to behold, pierced the dome of the cultivation competition grounds. It instantly appeared in the sky above Mo Yuan City, an incredibly eye-catching sight.
Mo Yuan City, which had gradually quieted down after the recent chaos, erupted into a clamor once again because of this sudden pillar of light.