Beast Taming: the More the Better

Chapter 758: Chapter 331: Darkflame Ancient Raven! A comrade of Little Flame arrives!_2

As Su Ping pondered these matters, he also recalled some theories Ye Zhou had developed while researching here during the New Year.

Now that the Darkflame Ancient Raven was confirmed as the ancestral form of the Flame-Eating Crow, what lay beyond it? What was its ancestor?

Ye Zhou had initially suspected several targets.

After all, it wasn’t very difficult to analyze. He focused on extinct crow or bird-type Pet Beasts of the Fire Element that had left traces in history.

However, once the atavistic evolution was complete, Su Ping needed to consider how to find the corresponding bloodlines to continue the process.

He shook his head. When Ye Zhou graduates, I could invite him to research this together. That guy is a Beast Tamer specializing in the Time Element and is more sensitive to the traces of time.

The Light of Evolution slowly faded within the laboratory.

The rules of Blue Star, the rules of evolution—these were things Su Ping had always been curious about yet held in awe. This rule, allowing Pet Beasts to undergo hundreds of thousands of years of biological development within the Light of Evolution and leading to an explosion in species diversity, was incredibly mysterious and powerful.

The little crow’s Level was not high, so its evolution within the Light of Evolution was even faster.

In less than fifteen minutes, as the Light of Evolution gradually dimmed and completely faded, a loud caw echoed through the laboratory.

Compared to the piercing shrieks of other hawk and eagle-type Pet Beasts, this caw, though loud, possessed an indescribable hoarseness.

Moreover, this cry matched Su Ping’s understanding of the creature perfectly:

“GAGA GAGA GAGA GAGA GAGA!”

Su Ping ignored the excitement in the harsh cawing and looked at Toothy, whose body had already transformed.

Its originally pitch-black feathers were now, as expected, similar to the dark-red feathers of a Darkflame Ancient Raven. Its body was a size larger than before, comparable to some small hawks. At first glance, it hardly resembled a crow. Additionally, the plume of feathers on its head, also dark red, looked as if it were ignited, and at the core of this illusory flame, there was a hint of pitch black.

This detail was slightly different from the illusion of the Darkflame Ancient Raven that Ye Zhou had once replicated using such a feather.

Su Ping’s eyes narrowed slightly as he looked at Gaga, the little crow.

The Eye of Truth activated instantly. Toothy didn’t resist Su Ping’s inspection, instead flapping its wings eagerly.

[Darkflame Ancient Raven (Wild)]

[Attribute: Fire, Darkness]

[Current Level: Commander Fourth Order]

[Species Realm: Monarch Seventh Stage]

[Racial Skills: Flame Projectile (Skilled), Flowing Flame Garment (Skilled), Flame Conversion (Proficient), Flame Consumption (Proficient), Smoky Fire (Beginner), Everlasting Flame (Beginner), Darkflame Incarnation (Beginner)]

Seven skills!

A species limit at Monarch Seventh Stage?

The little crow before him had greatly exceeded Su Ping’s expectations, more than he could have ever imagined.

He quickly checked the computer again for the information he had just searched on the Darkflame Ancient Raven. In the Breeder Association’s database, the records clearly stated that the Darkflame Ancient Raven was an ancient Pet Beast with a species limit at the peak of the Commander Level.

But now, its species limit was Monarch Level!

Such a large disparity in Level clearly couldn’t be due to the resources Su Ping had used, which might have made Toothy’s evolution stronger. Even if it was more powerful, the species limit couldn’t have jumped so drastically.

This doesn’t align with Beast Taming Studies. The only explanation he could think of was that the recorded information about the Darkflame Ancient Raven was incorrect.

That made sense, though. In Ancient Times, the lack of potent Fire Elemental Energy caused the Darkflame Ancient Raven to continuously weaken, eventually devolving into the common Flame-Eating Crow. So, when people discovered them, they would naturally have observed these creatures becoming progressively weaker. It’s indeed very difficult to break through a species limit to become stronger, but for a species limit to degrade, making the creature weaker, is relatively much simpler.

Understanding this, Su Ping nodded.

He looked at the excited Gaga, which was radiating an intense heat. These seven skills, all of them rather exceptional combat abilities, marked it as a pure energy-based combat Pet Beast.

Simple and crude, he thought, yet already quite formidable at the Monarch Level.

The records for the Darkflame Ancient Raven only listed five skills. Neither Everlasting Flame nor Darkflame Incarnation were among them!

Undoubtedly, judging by their names, these abilities must be among the Darkflame Ancient Raven’s most powerful skills.

With this in mind, Su Ping quickly reviewed them.

Indeed, the first few abilities were self-explanatory. Flame Projectile and Flowing Flame Garment: the former was an evolved version of the Fireball Technique, and the latter was a defensive Fire-based Skill. Flame Conversion was somewhat special, capable of altering the form and temperature of flames. Flame Consumption was a Racial Skill of the Flame-Eating Crow, allowing it to recover energy and store power for attacks by devouring flames.

Smoky Fire was a new skill Gaga had mastered after this evolution. It was a Fire Element skill, but not a direct flame attack. Instead, it involved spewing out a large amount of thick, billowing smoke.

Not only was it extremely choking, but it was also accompanied by very high temperatures. It could cause enemies to suffocate, go blind, and suffer other debilitating effects. If used well in battle, this skill could definitely produce astonishing results.