Unfortunately, plans couldn’t keep up with changes.
At that moment, A Yuan awakened and conveyed its desire to come out.
“A Yuan, be good. I’ll let you out right away,” Bai Qiu said to the contract space card.
The card, which had been trembling, immediately calmed down.
“Mm…”
Bai Qiu headed to the reservoir not far from Zone 2224.
At this moment, a misty aura lingered around the area, and the spring water emitted a spiritual essence.
He hadn’t been here for a week.
With the passage of time, this place had become a true geomantic treasure land—there was even a chance that rare heavenly materials and earthly treasures had formed here.
Bai Qiu glanced around and couldn’t help but remark, “At this hour, there are still people here?”
But he didn’t pay it much mind and released A Yuan.
When A Yuan truly emerged from the contract space card, Bai Qiu was deeply shocked by its transformation.
Its entire body was now a translucent blue, emitting a faint glow in the night.
Its length had surged to 60 meters—nearly double its previous size.
Unfortunately, its once chubby head had now become streamlined like the front of a high-speed train, turning sleek and elegant.
Its originally round, somewhat silly-looking eyes had also transformed into long, slanted phoenix eyes…
Even plastic surgery wouldn’t be this extreme—this was practically a mutation.
Bai Qiu used an appraisal skill to check its basic information.
Name: A Yuan
Species: Mutated Giant Water Spirit Serpent
Level: 30
Bloodline Rating: (Pseudo-Monarch Tier)
- Strength: C++
- Magic: C++
- Endurance: C+
- Agility: C ~ C++
- Spirit: D
Bloodline Skill: Devour — Can consume any substance related to the water element and absorb its energy. It can sustain its life functions with this energy, and when sufficient, even drive its growth.
Tidal Blessing (Passive): Greatly increases agility in water and enhances all skills.
Ripple Radiance (Active): Emits rippling light from its body, greatly enhancing control over surrounding water elements. (Note: Can only be used underwater.)
Submerged Water (Active): Uses mana to alter its color and blend into the environment. In water, it can merge with the current, concealing all presence.
Water Cannon (Active): Consumes mana to fire a spiraling water-element cannon, with power comparable to a small tsunami.
When in an area rich in water elements and under the effect of Ripple Radiance, this skill transforms into a far more powerful Origin Water Veil.
Water Storage (Special Skill): Can store large amounts of water via a Water Control Pearl, creating a favorable battlefield.
“Wuu…”
A Yuan let out a low call—its voice now resembling that of a whale.
It excitedly rushed toward Bai Qiu and began rubbing against him.
The force pushed Bai Qiu backward.
Stroking A Yuan’s smooth head, he smiled with satisfaction.
“Well done, A Yuan. You’ve gotten this strong already—you can even push me now.”
Bai Qiu never expected that in his lifetime, he would experience something like being bumped by the nose of a high-speed train.
Whether it was the old, chubby, round-headed and simple A Yuan, or this sleek and elegant version before him, Bai Qiu loved them both.
Its personality was simply too endearing.
A Yuan pushed Bai Qiu back more than ten meters before finally stopping.
It let out a call, signaling for Bai Qiu to ride on its head.
Bai Qiu didn’t hesitate.
He flipped up and sat on A Yuan’s head.
He wasn’t wearing the Skyward Armor today, and for A Yuan’s current size, his weight was negligible.
Strangely enough, although A Yuan’s deep-blue scales felt smooth to the touch, once he sat down, there was no sensation of slipping at all—it felt as if he were firmly adhered to its head.
“Hey, A Yuan, you—”
Just as Bai Qiu was about to say something, the overexcited A Yuan suddenly dove headfirst into the reservoir—with him still on it!
The moment he entered the water, Bai Qiu noticed something unusual.
As he submerged, A Yuan had somehow formed a bubble around his body.
This bubble not only contained a large amount of air, but was also completely waterproof.
Not a single part of his clothes was wet.
Curious, Bai Qiu reached out to poke the bubble surrounding him—his finger passed straight through it.
Yet the bubble didn’t burst.
It continued to keep the water out.
And when he pulled his finger back, it wasn’t wet at all—any water that had touched it was instantly absorbed the moment it re-entered the bubble.
Bai Qiu was astonished.
He hadn’t expected that after absorbing the Water Control Pearl, A Yuan’s mastery over the water element would reach this level.
Not only had its appearance changed, but its skills and level had also improved.
Of course, this wasn’t solely due to the Water Control Pearl.
It had merely expanded A Yuan’s growth potential after being absorbed.
What truly drove A Yuan’s evolution was the constant supply of resources Bai Qiu had invested, allowing it to be filled with abundant energy during its molting phase.
The saying “you can’t get fat in one bite” might already be a joke in this world.
Bai Qiu looked around.
Through the bubble, he could clearly see the underwater environment.
Then again, with his Sevenfold Arcane Crystallized Eyes, he could already see clearly beneath the surface even from above.
But a different angle revealed different details.
The water was filled with algae and plankton.
Most of the fish were plump and well-fed, and the moment they saw A Yuan, they immediately turned and fled.
There were also some massive fish weighing several hundred kilograms, roaming freely at the bottom of the reservoir.
But even they became cautious the instant they noticed A Yuan.
Fish that size might dominate the reservoir—but in front of something like A Yuan, which disrupted the entire balance, they were no different from bite-sized snacks—just right for a single gulp.
“A Yuan, aren’t you going to eat the fish?” Bai Qiu asked, a bit puzzled, seeing that A Yuan didn’t seem interested in chasing them.
It usually loved catching and eating fish, but now, even when faced with such a large one, it remained completely indifferent.
“The fish don’t taste good anymore. The water here is better.”
A Yuan’s voice rose directly in Bai Qiu’s mind.
With its Spirit power now at D-rank, it seemed to have grown smarter, able to express its thoughts and feelings more clearly.
Through their exchange, Bai Qiu learned that A Yuan had essentially become half an elemental creature.
Even without consuming flesh, it could continue to grow as long as it absorbed enough water-element energy.
In fact, eating flesh would actually cause it to evolve more toward a physical, flesh-based lifeform, which was less beneficial for its growth.
This reminded Bai Qiu of the Black Crystal Mutant Rock Turtle in the Tower of Heaven—it also seemed to feed on stones to replenish energy and grow.
It appeared that for beasts to ascend into the Transcendent, a major evolutionary path was to develop toward elemental lifeforms.
Bai Qiu also noticed that the fish here seemed quite intelligent.
Although they still didn’t dare approach A Yuan, he saw that several hundred meters away, many plump fish were toying with anglers’ hooks.
They gathered around the hooks, sucking in water and spraying it at the bait.
After repeating this several times, they managed to blast the bait off the hook.
Before it could sink, they quickly snapped it up.
Of course, there were also some opportunistic tricksters.
The moment their companions knocked the bait loose, they rushed in and swallowed it first—whoever was slow got nothing.
This left the fish that had done all the work chasing after them in frustration, bumping into them repeatedly.
— The end of the Chapter–
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