Chapter 25: Cleaning Up The Battlefield, No Survivors
Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Seeing their own spirit beasts being swallowed by the scorching sea of fire, the Beastmasters presently fell into a state of panic!
The scene was filled with wailing.
"My spirit beast!"
"No! Stop!"
"I'm begging you, please stop, Shen Fei!"
Many Beastmasters knelt down in Shen Fei's direction, one after another. Some even took the initiative to kowtow to Shen Fei. The others followed suit.
Shen Fei disdainfully swept his eyes over the crowd. He had no intention of stopping.
'Where did all their fighting spirit go? Were they eaten away by fear?' Shen Fei sneered. 'That's good.'
He would use this incident to make them remember!
Fwoosh!
A towering fire tornado bloomed in the arena!
All of the spirit beasts that were still alive were reduced to ash in an instant.
"Nooo!"
All the Beastmasters looked at the stage in fear.
The moment their contracted spirit beasts died, their Beastmaster status were naturally stripped away!
They were like walking corpses, all standing stupefied on the stage, the despair in their eyes almost overflowing.
Aloy looked at them with pity. For the vast majority of people, this result was no less than awakening an F-class talent.
To put it bluntly, the spirit beast selection fee of several million was not something these normal people could afford.
Overestimating one's own ability and vainly attempting to challenge the strong... There would only be one outcome!
"Hoot, hoot!"
The Flame Owl slowly descended from the sky and landed on Shen Fei's shoulder. The moment it landed, it let out a big yawn.
After consuming more than half of his energy to roast all the spirit beasts, the little fellow was really sleepy.
"Zzzz…"
"Have a good sleep."
Shen Fei stroked the Flame Owl's fluffy feathers cheerfully.
The audience was in an uproar!
With only a Page-rank spirit beast, he could fight against a few hundred and win?!
Everyone stared at the uninjured Flame Owl on Shen Fei's shoulder in disbelief.
If it were not for the tragic scene just now...
After burning hundreds of spirit beasts to death, it only looked a little tired now.
Everything had happened too quickly!
Everyone's gazes towards Shen Fei changed from mockery to deep respect!
"How wonderful!"
Aloy looked at Shen Fei in disbelief. She did not hide her surprise and admiration for Shen Fei.
"What's so exciting about this? Isn't it just relying on the advantage of being able to fly to bully those who can't!" Her best friend Anna spoke sourly, but she could not hide the admiration in her eyes for Shen Fei.
After all, a Page-rank spirit beast had killed a group of Baron-rank spirit beasts in an instant. This kind of strength, not even one in ten thousand people could have gotten it.
"Speaking of which, why is Shen Fei's Page-rank spirit beast so strong? Could it be because of his talent?"
"No, it's not that." Li Yuan, who was beside her, frowned and immediately saw through the clues. "Anna, look at the Flame Owl's tail."
"What's there to see... Eh?"
Anna immediately noticed the Flame Owl's unusualness.
An ordinary Flame Owl's tail would be short and wide, and it would open up like a fan whether it was flying or resting.
However, Shen Fei's Flame Owl's tail was long and thin, like a scarf, softly hanging over Shen Fei's back.
"Why is his Flame Owl's tail different from others'?"
"Because his Flame Owl has evolved. With such a huge change, it's at least at the Marquis rank!" Li Yuan said with absolute certainty.
Aloy nodded approvingly. She had already known about this.
"What?!" Her best friend's eyes widened in disbelief. "A Page-rank spirit beast can actually evolve?!"
"Of course it can." Li Yuan added from the side. "Although the evolution of spirit beasts is harsh, it's not impossible."
"But before it evolves, it needs to level up first. Evolution means to go from Page-rank to Baron-rank. And this promotion is the process of going from low grade Page, to medium grade, and then to high grade.
"For example, going through a large amount of physical training in a short period of time, or the amount of elements in the body accumulating to a new level. Only then will it be able to advance.
"However, this usually means that it must jump from the lower grade to the middle or higher grade. When it's at a higher grade, it can evolve.
"Let's take a medium Baron-rank water ball beast as an example. If I want it to evolve it to the Marquis rank, I will have to train it to the high Baron rank first, then let it evolve."
"But... doesn't this mean that all spirit beasts can rely on their own efforts to continuously evolve and finally reach the Emperor rank?"
"No, no, no, you're overthinking it." Li Yuan wagged his finger in front of Anna. "Of course spirit beasts can evolve, but most of them can only evolve one level in their entire lives!"
"For example, a Page-rank spirit beast can only reach Baron-rank after a lifetime of hard work. It is the same for other ranks.
"It's rare to see one like Shen Fei's that has advanced two ranks! Furthermore, he advanced two ranks in a row in just a few days! This is very unusual."
"Could it be that he has some secret recipe?" Anna guessed curiously.
"This... It's not impossible." Li Yuan pinched his chin and pondered seriously. "When Shen Fei's grandfather was traveling around, he had collected many treasures. Who knows? Maybe his Flame Owl evolved because of what his grandfather left behind!"
"I don't think so." Anna shook her head decisively. "I've never seen any medicine or food that can help spirit beasts level up. Moreover, if he forcefully increased its rank by relying on medicine, then Shen Fei's spirit beast should actually be very weak."
"That makes sense!" Upon hearing this, Li Yuan immediately became eager to try something. "While he hasn't left yet, I'll go up and test him!"
Seeing that Shen Fei was about to leave, Li Yuan jumped over the railing and landed on the training ground below.
Aloy sat in her seat and did not say anything. She just watched Li Yuan quietly.
If he insisted on doing this, he would definitely suffer a great loss in this test.
Shen Fei looked at Li Yuan in confusion. For a moment, he could not guess what the other party was thinking.
"The match is over. What are you doing here?"
"I want to fight you one-on-one!"
Li Yuan confidently stretched out his hand and made a gesture of summoning a spirit beast.
When these words came out, Shen Fei immediately frowned.
'What the hell was wrong with him? Didn't he see what happened in the arena just now? Why did he come up to die?'
The audience looked at the two people on the stage and became excited.
"Go, Young Master Li. Take advantage of the fact that Shen Fei has yet to recover and knock him down!"
"Young Master, let him have a taste of your power!"
"Young Master! Help us deal with him!"
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