Chapter 376 - 221: Golden Iron Mayfly

Chapter 376: Chapter 221: Golden Iron Mayfly

Zhong Yi began to inspect the Blood Bone Mayfly, its bloodline having completed its transformation.

[Guardian Beast Name]: Golden Iron Mayfly

[Guardian Beast Species]: Mayfly Species/Mayfly Species

[Guardian Beast Level]: Mortal Beast Level (3/10)

[Guardian Beast Type]: Spiritual Element

[Guardian Beast Quality]: Silver Quality

Skills:

[Golden Body Aggregation]: The Sub-Worms produced by the Mother Insect are closely linked together through their metal bodies. After combining, the Spiritual Power of each individual can be converted into the swarm’s overall Defense Power.

Exclusive Traits:

[Mental Gold Condensation Type]: Instantly changes the shape of the aggregation of metal bodies according to the user’s will. Each time the shape is changed, the swarm will internally digest the bodies of the fallen, temporarily enhancing the Spiritual Power of the remaining Sub-Worms.

[Metal Dissolving Reinforcement]: When under attack, it can break down metallic substances within the Sub-Worms to achieve an overall increase in Defense Power. This process also imbues the aggregate with the properties of the dissolved metal.

With a single inspection, Zhong Yi discovered that the Blood Bone Mayfly’s bloodline had evolved into that of the Golden Iron Mayfly.

The moment he saw the name Golden Iron Mayfly, Zhong Yi understood why the Blood Bone Mayfly had been so interested in metal.

More so than flesh and bone, metal was the food most compatible with the Blood Bone Mayfly’s genes.

It was just that before its bloodline transformed, the Blood Bone Mayfly lacked the ability to consume metal.

Now, thanks to the Soul Taming Seed, the Golden Iron Mayfly, with its evolved bloodline, was able to feed on metal.

Its Basic Skill had also changed due to the bloodline transformation, becoming Golden Body Aggregation instead of Bone Body Aggregation.

Golden Body Aggregation allowed the Sub-Worms produced by the Mother Insect to link together closely via their metallic bodies.

At the same Tier, the hardness of metal far exceeds that of bone.

As a Blood Bone Mayfly advanced in Tier, its external bones would strengthen along with its overall power.

The strengthening of the Golden Iron Mayfly’s external Metal Armor Shell, however, would primarily depend on increasing the grade of the metal materials it consumed daily.

If they were strengthened in this way, a swarm of Golden Iron Mayfly Sub-Worms of a given number and level would, as they advanced in Tier, achieve a much more terrifying Defense Power than a Blood Bone Mayfly could by relying on bone reinforcement.

Aside from this change, the Golden Iron Mayfly, just like the Blood Bone Mayfly, could still use its Spiritual Power to augment its defenses.

In the Guardian Beast World, Metal Spiritual Materials were a relatively inexpensive type of material.

Unlike the Bloodline Users of other worlds, Guardian Beast Masters didn’t need a well-suited weapon for battle.

With the exception of a few special types of Guardian Beasts, ordinary Guardian Beasts wouldn’t be clad in heavy Metal Armor during battle.

Adding extra weight to a Guardian Beast would severely hamper its agility on the battlefield.

In many combat situations, Guardian Beast Masters needed their Guardian Beasts to actively pursue opponents.

A heavily burdened Guardian Beast would quickly tire out even if it did nothing, becoming a sitting duck for attacks from ranged, Element-wielding Guardian Beasts.

Even if the Golden Iron Mayfly required ever-increasing quantities and higher grades of metal as it continued to advance in Tier, Zhong Yi could still afford it!

But seeing the Golden Iron Mayfly’s two new Exclusive Traits gave Zhong Yi an idea. ’Instead of just rapidly raising its power, or making it a utility-type Guardian Beast like Cui Heng’s Blood Bone Mayfly, I’d be better off using it as a Defensive Guardian Beast to help me in battle.’

The Golden Iron Mayfly’s Exclusive Trait, Mental Gold Condensation Type, allowed Zhong Yi to control the Golden Iron Mayfly Mother Insect and instantly change the shape formed by the aggregated Sub-Worms.

This would allow Zhong Yi to adapt to the battlefield situation by changing the shape formed by the Golden Iron Mayfly Sub-Worms on the fly.

If an enemy launched a close-quarters attack on Zhong Yi, the Golden Iron Mayfly Sub-Worms could rapidly form a shield around him, creating an excellent synergy with the Rejection Crystal Bee.

Whenever the swarm took an enemy attack and some Sub-Worms died, Zhong Yi would only need to use the Exclusive Trait Mental Gold Condensation Type to change the swarm’s shape.

The fallen Sub-Worms would then become nourishment, temporarily enhancing the Spiritual Power of the remaining members of the swarm.

Because of the Basic Skill Golden Body Aggregation, an increase in Spiritual Power meant an overall increase in Defense Power.

This meant that even if the swarm suffered heavy losses against a powerful opponent, its overall Defense Ability would not decrease.

Zhong Yi didn’t know what Exclusive Traits Cui Heng’s Blood Bone Mayfly Mother Insect possessed, but Mental Gold Condensation Type had undoubtedly raised the growth potential of his Golden Iron Mayfly by a huge margin.

The other Exclusive Trait, Metal Dissolving Reinforcement, was yet another way for the Golden Iron Mayfly to boost its Defense Power.

Ordinarily, the Sub-Worms produced by the Golden Iron Mayfly would consume a portion of metal.

However, they wouldn’t digest this metal immediately, instead storing it as a reserve Energy source.

When the Exclusive Trait Metal Dissolving Reinforcement was activated, this reserve metal would rapidly break down inside the Sub-Worm’s body.

The resulting energy would not only greatly increase the Sub-Worm’s Defense Power but also imbue the swarm’s aggregate form with the Gold Attribute of the dissolved metal.

As long as the Golden Iron Mayfly Mother Insect kept the swarm’s numbers at a level it could fully control, it could have different units within the swarm consume two or three different types of metal.

As long as the Mother Insect’s command and control over the swarm were ensured, the Sub-Worms could still cooperate perfectly, even if they consumed different types of metal.

The properties of metal were many and varied—for example, sharpness, recoil, ductility, rending, corrosion...