Chapter 489 - 452: Melt Element
Mentor Pei Yuanyuan’s Cultivation Base was enormous. Inside, there was a battle arena nearly the size of a football field.
Before long, they arrived at the arena.
Looking at the haughty Emperor Beast standing at one end of the arena, Li Qian smiled and tossed out the Beast Taming Ball containing the Tidal Sea Spirit.
Amid a flash from the Light of Collection, the noble and elegant Tidal Sea Spirit—with its human torso and fish’s tail—appeared in the arena.
Nearby, when Pei Yuanyuan saw yet another new Pet Beast appear, her eyes went wide. "What is this Pet Beast?"
Astonished, she immediately used her smart bracelet to scan it without hesitation.
The moment any of Li Qian’s Pet Beasts finished evolving, their data would be uploaded to the official Beastmaster Association.
However, because the number of Pet Beasts was simply too vast, no one would normally notice one new addition unless they were paying extremely close attention.
But a direct scan with a nationally networked smart bracelet would definitely pull up its information.
This was precisely why many Beast Masters would immediately pull out their smart bracelets to scan any unfamiliar Pet Beast they encountered.
As expected, the smart bracelet displayed the Tidal Sea Spirit’s information.
After looking at the displayed information, the expression on Pei Yuanyuan’s face became a sight to behold.
Although the data didn’t list a Breeder, Pei Yuanyuan immediately guessed that this, in all likelihood, was another one of Li Qian’s research accomplishments.
"Li Qian, is this Tidal Sea Spirit also a result of your research?" Although she had already pieced most of it together, Pei Yuanyuan couldn’t help but ask.
The conclusion was so outrageous that she could hardly believe it.
In that instant, she felt her own Talent for breeding was utter trash in front of Li Qian.
It’s the comparison that hurts.
The gap between some people is just too damn big!
Li Qian glanced at Pei Yuanyuan. "Not entirely. Professor Sun Hongyi of Zhonghai Beast Taming University deserves the vast majority of the credit for the Tidal Sea Spirit research. I just broke through the final barrier."
Hearing this, Pei Yuanyuan couldn’t help but murmur to herself: ’In breeding research, especially evolution research, that final barrier is often the hardest one to break.’
While the two were talking, the battle between the Tidal Sea Spirit and the Emperor Beast had already begun on the other side of the arena.
The Emperor Beast started things off with a Flame Bomb. Crimson, high-temperature flames formed a sphere the size of a millstone and shot with extreme speed toward the Tidal Sea Spirit.
The Tidal Sea Spirit didn’t hold back. Following Li Qian’s instructions to teach its opponent a lesson, it formed a Perfection Level Water Iron Cannon and fired it off at an equally extreme speed.
BOOM!
The ball of fire and the ball of water collided in mid-air, setting off a violent explosion.
The ball of water completely crushed the Fireball. After extinguishing the flames, it continued onward. Its power and speed were greatly diminished, and the Emperor Beast managed to dodge it by a hair’s breadth. Even so, anyone could see that the Emperor Beast was no match for the Tidal Sea Spirit.
This was proven over the next few exchanges of Skills. The Tidal Sea Spirit responded with ease, looking completely unruffled, while the Emperor Beast struggled to keep up, cutting a rather pathetic figure.
"Is this Emperor Beast a little underwhelming? It doesn’t seem to live up to its Tier Seven Emperor Racial Potential..." Li Qian couldn’t help but mutter as he watched.
Pei Yuanyuan heard Li Qian’s muttering and smiled. "It’s still early. The Emperor Beast isn’t like an ordinary Emperor Level Potential Pet Beast."
"Oh? In that case, I’ll be looking forward to it." Li Qian’s face filled with anticipation. At the same time, he gave an order to the Tidal Sea Spirit, "Put some pressure on it!"
Hearing Li Qian’s command, the Tidal Sea Spirit didn’t hesitate, immediately unleashing a Powerful Skill—Water Dragon Strangulation!
A massive wave suddenly surged up around its body. As the raging wave rose, it instantly solidified, transforming in the blink of an eye into a ferocious and terrifying water dragon.
The water dragon soared a hundred meters into the air before diving down with the force of a tidal wave.
Li Qian knew very well that if the Emperor Beast had no other tricks up its sleeve, defeat would be the only possible outcome of this attack.
Just then, perhaps knowing that the outcome was sealed if it didn’t act now, the Emperor Beast let out a furious roar. "ROAR! ROAR! ROAR!"
Amidst the roars, a blazing red light erupted from its body.
Within the crimson light, the Emperor Beast’s form underwent a significant change.
The Emperor Beast, which had been standing on all fours, suddenly rose up and began to walk upright, transforming from a wild boar-like Pet Beast into a pig-headed humanoid.
The pig-headed creature threw its head back, beat its chest, stomped its feet, and roared at the sky in a terrifying display of fury.
Li Qian, who had been observing with his Eye of True Sight the entire time, quickly understood what was happening.
"As I thought, it used the Heart of Fury Skill!" Li Qian muttered to himself, his gaze sharpening with focus.
As it activated the Heart of Fury Skill, the Emperor Beast’s stats changed dramatically.
[Name: Emperor Beast (Heart of Fury)]
[Attribute: Melt]
[Level: Commander Fourth Rank]
[Potential: Tier Seven Emperor]
[Skills: Molten Rock Bomb (Skilled), Molten Rock Chain (Beginner), Magma Armor (Beginner), Magma Spear (Beginner), Lava Burst (Beginner), Molten Lava Torrent (Beginner), Volcanic Eruption (Beginner)]
Seeing the Emperor Beast in its Heart of Fury state, Li Qian’s face instantly filled with shock.
"This... this is?" Li Qian shook his head, his eyes wide with disbelief.
At this moment, he finally understood why Pei Yuanyuan had said the Emperor Beast was different. It truly was!
After entering the Heart of Fury state, the Emperor Beast’s attribute had actually changed to the Melt Element!
The Melt Element!
This was the first time Li Qian had ever seen such an attribute with his own eyes!
He had only ever seen a few brief mentions of it in a handful of documents before.
The Melt Element was a fusion-type attribute, a combination of the Fire and Earth Elements.
"So that’s how it is!" A look of sudden realization dawned on Li Qian’s face as he saw the change in the Emperor Beast’s stats.
He secretly commanded the Tidal Sea Spirit not to hold back. He wanted to see the Emperor Beast’s true combat power, and he wanted to see just what made the Melt Element so special.
"Molten Lava Torrent!" the Emperor Beast roared, unleashing a Powerful Skill of its own.
Terrifying magma erupted from underground, instantly forming a roiling torrent that crashed into the water dragon.
RUMBLE...
HISS... SIZZLE...
Water Dragon Strangulation and Molten Lava Torrent collided. For a moment, the air was filled with the sound of explosions and the continuous hiss of boiling, evaporating water.
Neither Skill could overcome the other, resulting in a stalemate between them.