Chapter 577 555: Four-star Evolution! Demonic Dragon Form Mouse Treasure

The carrying principle of the Earth Dragon Breathing Technique and the transport principle of the Earth Shifting Technique—two Quasi-Path Cultivation Techniques—ran in tandem. Various energies circulated through its meridians, completing an untold number of cycles.

Each circulation pushed the active agents in the Evolution Liquid one layer deeper.

Each cycle of transport infused the aura of the Dragon Pattern Tripod from the Dantian into newly formed cells.

At the side, Editor Chen, tasked with recording the event, wrote furiously. His pen flew across the paper as he documented the profound phenomena unfolding before him.

He stared at the cascading data on the monitoring screen, then looked over at Mouse Treasure. The Pet Beast remained motionless in the Evolution Liquid, but its aura was skyrocketing.

He could sense the quality of the Spiritual Qi in the air plummeting, forcing Teacher Tang to release a stream of highly purified Spiritual Qi Liquid and feed it into Mouse Treasure's body.

Its consumption was like a bottomless pit, furiously devouring resources.

Lu You's eyelids twitched as she watched. The amount of resources being consumed already surpassed the limits of a Three-star Pet, but the appetite of the demonized cells was beyond anything anyone present could have imagined.

After watching for fifteen minutes, Editor Chen finally couldn't hold back any longer.

"For a mere Three-star Pet Beast to possess two Quasi-Path Cultivation Techniques... that's simply heaven-defying."

He could see now that Evolution Factor 019 was not something any ordinary Pet Beast could handle.

Without these two Quasi-Path Cultivation Techniques, the efficiency would be countless times slower, and the evolution would have likely failed midway.

The implication was that this case wasn't suitable as a reference sample for widespread promotion.

"Teacher Chen, Pet Beasts that make it into *Peak* are bound to be extraordinary."

Gu Ming didn't deny it, his tone frank.

"Two Quasi-Path Cultivation Techniques certainly provide a top-tier foundation for a top-tier case. But this isn't the example we're using to prove this path is for everyone. That One-star hamster is the proof of the baseline requirement."

He looked at Editor Chen and continued,

"What we're demonstrating for you now is the complete technical path for using Evolution Factor 019. Other Beastmasters don't have to match Mouse Treasure's standard; they just need to know what the upper limit of this path is."

Editor Chen's expression softened. He even smiled and nodded slowly, offering no rebuttal.

True enough. *Peak* was one of the country's top journals; it was never meant for the masses.

It was just that Gu Ming's submissions were always beneficial to Low-star Pet Beasts, which had led Editor Chen to fall into a mental rut out of habit.

But once the demonized cells were fully activated, could it suppress them with its own Willpower?

All eyes were fixed on the small figure inside the evolution chamber.

"What if its Willpower isn't enough to suppress it?"

Instead of answering Editor Chen's question directly, Gu Ming tilted his head slightly, his gaze landing on the edge of the lab bench.

Cyan Treasure was already coiled there, the tree-ring-like patterns on its body shimmering with a faint light. The rhythm of its Quasi-Path Breathing Method formed an invisible aura around it.

Ah Kun hovered inside a water bubble, swimming slowly, its Devouring Power held in reserve.

Ah Ji crouched in Gu Ming's shadow, its eyes fixed on the evolution chamber without blinking.

The three Pet Beasts were positioned in various corners of the room.

Even Teacher Tang had summoned his Pet Beasts, and their positions formed a natural suppression formation.

This was the insurance policy Gu Ming and Teacher Tang had prepared.

Just then, the Demon Fiend indicator on the monitoring screen suddenly shot up.

Teacher Tang muttered grimly, "Here it comes."

Inside the evolution chamber, every cell in Mouse Treasure's body began to hum and vibrate in unison.

A torrential Power erupted from deep within its cell nuclei, coursing through its meridians, blood, and bones before finally seeping out from its skin.

In a matter of moments, its earthy-yellow fur was stained a dark cyan, and crimson-black patterns began to spread out from its Dantian.

Its body began to expand.

Its joints bulged, segment by segment, like shoots breaking through soil. Each vertebra let out a sharp crack, like bamboo stalks rapidly growing.

Its body, originally only a meter tall, stretched and expanded within seconds.

Beneath its fur, its muscles re-formed, becoming leaner, more defined, and brimming with explosive power.

The tips of its paws began to widen and elongate.

Its short nails transformed into hooked dragon claws that seemed to tear at the air with the slightest flex.

Something squirmed violently beneath the skin on its forehead.

Two single horns, more imposing and sharper than the Flood Dragon horns on Cyan Treasure's head, burst through the skin. Shaped like nascent dragons, they jutted out from above its brow, pointing toward the sky.

The horns were naturally engraved with fine, spiraling patterns—a type of marking rarely seen among the Dragon Race. It was quite possibly a completely new draconic sigil. Both Tang Tianyi and Chen Huashi stared intently at the horns.

'So this is Demonization Evolution?' The thought flashed through the minds of the four people present.

Mouse Treasure's eyes snapped open, the corners now rimmed with a dark gold shadow.

Two beams of pitch-black light shot from the depths of its pupils, carrying a profound and ancient majesty, as if the memories of an entire lost epoch were sealed within its gaze.

At that moment, the demonized cells in its body fully awakened. This was the corrosive power from a previous age of the dark world, the final legacy left to the Inner World by the Dragon Lord who fell in the Dragon Transformation Pool.

This Power had now fully matured within Mouse Treasure's body and was converting all of its original cells with unstoppable force.

Lu You stood before the evolution chamber, her fists clenched. Beside her, Rainbow Wing Butterfly and Xiaoguang emitted gentle Spiritual Fluctuations, calling out Mouse Treasure's name.

"Mouse Treasure, are you okay? It's me, Lu You," Lu You called out to it.

Her Divine Sense was already connected to Mouse Treasure, allowing her to clearly feel every minute change within its body.

Two fundamental forces were clashing violently within it. Its old bloodline resisted the new, while the new Power devoured the old.

Each cellular transformation was an agony for both mind and body.

Her lips grew pale, but she didn't retreat a single step.

There was nothing else she could do to help.

All she could do was use her Divine Sense as a gentle, stable bulwark to help Mouse Treasure bear the mental strain.

In the room, several Pet Beasts activated their Breathing Techniques in unison. Their Divine Senses linked, working together to alleviate the pressure of Mouse Treasure's evolution.

But external help was ultimately just an aid.

Mouse Treasure itself was the one who had to truly suppress the Heart Demon.

And Mouse Treasure did not disappoint.

For days, it had been in Gu Ming's Cultivation Space, arduously practicing the two Quasi-Path Cultivation Techniques. It had also faced the remnant soul of the dead dragon, which the space had recorded, over and over again.

In the Dream Cultivation Space, it was battered relentlessly by the erosive, frenzied spirit from the dark side.

Countless times, it had been driven to the brink of mental collapse, only to grit its teeth and rise again.

Every failure was a death. Every rebirth, a trial by fire.

Through thousands of such deaths, its Willpower had been forged into steel.

Faced with the corrosive assault of the otherworldly demonized cells, its Dao Heart was as firm as bedrock, its thoughts as indestructible as diamond, and its resolve was unshakable.

Even as its body swelled and mutated, its meridians burning as if scorched by fire, and a black light swirling madly in its eyes...

...it remained seated and perfectly still. It was like a silent, stubborn stone deep within the earth, allowing the tempest to rage inside it while it remained unmoved.

'Refine!'

This single, ultimate thought dominated Mouse Treasure's mind.

Use all its power to circulate its techniques, perform the Refinement of its origin, and solidify its Cultivation.

Then, it clearly felt its Power swell to a new critical point.

The invisible barrier between the Three-star and Four-star Realms began to crack under the assault of the Dragon Race's power.

CRACK.

It sounded like the first spring thunder at the dawn of creation, or the most ancient pulse from the depths of the earth.

The Pet Beast Inner Cores in Mouse Treasure's Dantian trembled violently as the ultimate power converged. In that instant, the three Inner Cores fused and reorganized.

From the single, unified core that resulted from the fusion, four brand-new Pet Beast Inner Cores, each exuding the aura of the Dragon Race, split forth.

They floated within the Dantian and quickly joined the Qi Refining Qi Group, beginning to orbit the Foundation Establishment Platform at a specific frequency.

The Four-star Realm.

Mouse Treasure had broken through.

And it was because of this unprecedented, complete Demonization Evolution that it, in the body of a common species, had absorbed the corrosive agent of an Ancient Dragon Lord.

High above in the heavens, dark clouds suddenly began to churn.

Billowing tribulation clouds had gathered at some unknown point, taking shape.

A Celestial Tribulation of thunder blotted out the sun, blanketing the sky above Gu Ming's position on the border.

Lightning flickered deep within the clouds, as if an invisible eye were searching for the source of this celestial anomaly.

Below, endless hordes of Demon Fiends assaulted the coastline. The number of Beastmasters here had tripled compared to previous days, and it seemed the Inner World's forces had torn the spatial rifts even larger.

The appearance of the Celestial Tribulation startled the Beastmasters and Demon Fiends below.

As creatures of the Inner World, the Demon Fiends were terrified of this pure Light and Thunder Element Power.

For a moment, the raging battle on the border began to recede like an ebbing tide.

But the Celestial Tribulation couldn't last forever. It was never able to lock onto the source of Mouse Treasure's aura.

After circling for a long time, it slowly dispersed.

The Beastmasters had rested for less than half a day when the swarming armies of Demon Fiends returned, this time in even greater numbers.

「Back in Gu Ming's research lab.」

In the evolution chamber, the thousand-plus circulations of Spiritual Power within Mouse Treasure's body safely completed their final cycle.

The excess energy was consumed by the demonized cells, and the outward signs of its demonization slowly faded like an ebbing tide.

Its dark cyan fur gradually lightened. The draconic horns receded, the dragon claws shrank back into hamster paws, and its powerful physique returned to its original size.

It sat cross-legged in the clear Evolution Liquid, its breathing even and its aura profound. The pitch-black light in its eyes had softened into a warm, dark gold.

Gu Ming and Lu You both sighed in relief, their faces breaking into ecstatic smiles.

They knew its cells had permanently memorized all the energy and structural information required for the demonized form.

As long as it absorbed enough energy, it could reawaken the draconic body sealed within it at any time.

Gu Ming had named this new trump card before the experiment even began: Demon Dragonization, a transformation-type Skill.

When not transformed, it still looked like the same old harmless Sunflower Seed-eating Hamster.

However, a probe with Divine Sense would reveal that its bones and blood were no longer those of a hamster, but were now composed of the essence of a young dragon.

Editor Chen was also conducting his own inspection. After a moment of thought, he said,

"After this Demonization Evolution, it should be considered a mixed-blood of the Dragon Race.

"Its blood is thirty percent Dragon Race and seventy percent hamster. That far exceeds the definition of a Sub-dragon Bloodline."

On the market, anything with over twenty percent Dragon Blood is considered a mixed-blood Dragon Pet. With thirty percent, Mouse Treasure could stand proud among them.

Lu You was so happy she nearly fainted.