Chapter 1656

Chapter 641 – Can’t Evolve? (Two Chapters Combined)

Qiao Sang’s heart skipped a beat, and her consciousness returned to reality.

After Xia Bao finished drinking the energy recovery liquid, she asked,

“Can you sense what the emotions of the surrounding plants are like now?”

Before Xia Bao could answer, Gang Bao’s rather speechless voice rang in her mind:

“Gang Quan.”

The plants are in this state, so they must be in bad emotions.

Qiao Sang: “…”

Before, under the gravity cast by Penjiamei, almost all the plants were pressed underground, resulting in a significant decrease in wild pets in this area. During this time, Xia Bao had been training in this environment.

“Xia Xia…”

Sure enough, Xia Bao called out, indicating that everyone’s emotions were bad…

If you can’t sense the pleasant emotions of nature, it’s difficult to evolve… Qiao Sang pondered for a moment and said,

“Let’s find a place where the plants haven’t been damaged to train.”

“Xia Xia?”

Xia Bao showed a curious expression and called out, indicating why.

Qiao Sang was about to answer

when suddenly, Penjiamei appeared out of thin air beside her and called out:

“Pen Pen.”

The exit of the secret realm appeared.

Ten days have passed already? Qiao Sang was taken aback, then exclaimed with delight,

“Where?”

“PenPen,”

Penjamei called out, indicating that its Beastmaster had asked it to continue training without worry. Although the exit to the secret realm had appeared, they shouldn’t go out yet.

“Why?” Qiao Sang asked, puzzled.

Penjamei fell silent, not answering immediately.

Its Beastmaster had only sent it to inform them, without explaining why.

Seeing Penjamei’s hesitant expression, Qiao Sang said, “Let’s go to Teacher Michaela now.”

“PenPen,”

Penjamei called out without hesitation, indicating that Qiao Sang should stay put.

Then, it disappeared.

Qiao Sang: “???”

“What’s going on?” Qiao Sang asked in his mind, his head full of questions.

“Gangquan,”

Gangbao thought for a moment and responded in his mind, indicating that it might want to bring its Beastmaster over.

As soon as it finished speaking, Penjamei and Michaela appeared out of thin air.

“Amazing!” Qiao Sang’s eyes lit up upon seeing this, and he subconsciously praised them in his mind.

Seeing that his guess was correct, Gangbao felt inexplicably relieved.

He had initially thought his intelligence had been affected by his Beastmaster, but now it seemed his intelligence was still intact.

Qiao Sang: “…”

Qiao Sang pretended not to hear Gangbao’s words, and went to greet him, calling out:

“Teacher.”

Michaela glanced at Penjami with a complicated expression and said:

“Mimi suddenly brought me here, is there something wrong?”

“Mimi just told me that the exit of the secret realm has appeared, but you told us not to go out yet, why?” Qiao Sang went straight to the point. “If

you go out, you should find a secret realm where you are not easily monitored to train.” Michaela said: “It’s better to continue training in this secret realm.”

Qiao Sang was stunned for a moment:

“But there are many people from other forces in this secret realm.”

“They will all go out today.” Michaela said with certainty.

Qiao Sang was stunned again, and was about to ask why, but then he thought about it, and it seemed that was indeed the case.

These forces entered Secret Realm No. 2 specifically for the Myriad Source Fruit. Now that the Myriad Source Fruit is gone, they naturally have no reason to stay. Even if some of them want to monitor him, they wouldn’t expect him to remain.

After all, there are only a dozen days left until the competition, and Ya Bao has eaten the Myriad Source Fruit. They’re definitely thinking about getting out as soon as possible to have Ya Bao’s physical condition checked with professional equipment.

Thinking about it this way, staying here to continue training until the next exit of the secret realm opens is indeed the best arrangement.

Qiao Sang suddenly remembered something and asked, “Where are Teacher Laufey and the others?”

“Laufey and Bjorn will leave the secret realm today to return to school to report on the Myriad Source Fruit. Tongtong Beast also needs to receive treatment as soon as possible,” Michaela said.

“Where is Teacher Stein?” Qiao Sang asked.

“He’ll stay,” Michaela said. “Toothie hasn’t woken up yet, though he’s still in a deep sleep. But it’s hard to guarantee he won’t wake up in a few days. With Stein here, he can check on Toothie’s condition immediately.”

Hearing this, Josang was touched and quickly said,

“Then I need to say goodbye to Teacher Laufey and Teacher Bjorn.”

“No need,” Michaela said. “They should have left by now.”

She laughed,

“And in the eyes of those forces, they’re with ‘us.’”

Josang: “???”

……

The exit of the secret realm.

One figure after another emerged from it.

From afar, Miles saw Josang and the others emerging from the secret realm.

“It seems the Burning Emperor has been sleeping a lot lately; this Myriad Source Fruit contains a lot of energy,” Fermi said, staring at the pet beast the girl was holding in the distance.

“What’s the use of containing so much energy?” Miles scoffed. “Even if it absorbs all of it, it’ll still only be a Royal-level beast.”

Although the new forms of the Fire Fang Dog’s other evolutionary chain were all bred by Josang, the higher the level of a pet, the harder it is to cultivate new forms.

Burning Emperor is already a Royal-level beast, and its evolution time is incredibly short for a normal Royal-level pet. Anyone with even a little common sense about beast taming wouldn’t believe that Burning Emperor could still evolve.

However, Burning Emperor’s tamer, Josang, is the youngest S-rank professional beast tamer in history, having accomplished many outrageous feats in just a few years. If she were to say she could still cultivate Burning Emperor’s evolved form, it wouldn’t be entirely unbelievable.

But that definitely wouldn’t be now.

First, the evolution time is too short. Second, the Myriad Source Fruit only increases energy; it doesn’t allow a pet to evolve directly once it reaches its level cap. Pets that reach the Emperor level generally require extremely rare evolution materials to evolve. Even if a pet doesn’t need materials to evolve, the evolution path is incredibly demanding.

Pets with existing evolution paths can’t evolve immediately once their energy reaches its cap, let alone a completely new form like Burning Emperor, without a next evolutionary form.

It’s a pity; if Steel Power Emperor had eaten it, he might have seen Steel Power Emperor’s evolved form in this competition—a pet that can directly evolve to the Emperor level through bond… Fermi sighed inwardly, outwardly remaining noncommittal to Miles’s words. He glanced at the girl holding Burning Emperor in the distance, then looked away and said,

“Let’s go, we have to go back.”

As he finished speaking, the blue light of the Book Envoy in his hand flashed.

The next second, the group of figures disappeared from their spot.

At the same time, the Light Sky Bird slowly grew larger.

Laufey and the others, along with their pets, scrambled onto its back.

The Skybird flapped its wings and soared into the sky.

When they were more than ten kilometers away from Secret Realm No. 2, Josang, Michaela, and Ya Bao, who were sitting on the Skybird’s back, suddenly dissipated, transforming into countless Hundred Illusion Butterflies, and then all vanished.

“I wonder if Josang’s Burning Emperor will be able to wake up before the competition,” Bjorn said worriedly.

“The opponents in the first round are quite important,” Laufey said. “If we directly encounter a contestant with two Emperor-level pet beasts, even if Fen Di Duo wakes up, it won’t be of much use.”

Bjorn gave a “you’re right” look, then, thinking of something, asked,

“Do you want to go to the Interstellar Beast Taming Championship this year?”

Laufey thought for a moment and said,

“I’ll go if I have time. I heard that several contestants from the last Interstellar Cup have signed up for this year’s competition. Isn’t Miles from the Super Star Beast Taming Club here? I feel like this year’s Interstellar Beast Taming Championship should be quite exciting.”

Bjorn sighed, “I wonder what place Zhuang Le will get this time.”

Zhuang Le, another Emperor-level student representing the Imperial Beast Taming Academy in the Interstellar Beast Taming Championship this year, had signed up for the last Interstellar Cup but hadn’t been selected.

“Do you think Zhuang Le won’t face Qiao Sang?” Laufey asked.

“Who knows,” Bjorn said. “We don’t even know if Fen Di Duo will wake up by then. Hopefully, Qiao Sang can hold out for one round.”

The two chatted idly.

The figure of the Skybird gradually receded into the distance and disappeared into the horizon.

…

In the secret realm.

“Do we still need to become us?” Qiao Sang asked in surprise after listening to Teacher Michaela’s words.

“That way, in the eyes of these forces, we will have left the secret realm. Otherwise, some forces might know that we haven’t left yet, and they might send people back before the secret realm closes.” Michaela paused and directly pointed out:

“The Super Star Beast Taming Club is very likely to do such a thing.”

The teachers are really cautious… Qiao Sang sighed inwardly, then remembered the important matter and said:

“Teacher, I feel like Xia Bao is about to evolve.”

Xia Bao was stunned.

Xia Xia?

I’m about to evolve?

“Xun Xun?”

The seventh one is about to evolve?

Little Xun Bao appeared and floated around Xia Bao, observing.

Michaela’s spirits lifted: “Really?”

At the level of an S-rank professional beast tamer, one’s sensitivity to the energy and status of one’s pet beast becomes increasingly acute. Even without professional instruments for testing, one can basically make accurate judgments. So when Qiao Sang said this, Michaela didn’t doubt it, but subconsciously confirmed it.

“I think so,” Qiao Sang said. “Just before Mei Mei came, I was about to have Xia Bao check its energy.”

“Xia Xia…”

Xia Bao heard this, recalled something, and suddenly realized.

So it was about to evolve. No wonder its Beastmaster asked it what the emotions of the plants around it were…

“Xun Xun~”

Just as it was thinking, Xiao Xun Bao had already taken off the ring, enlarged it, and pulled out the energy detector from it.

“It’s good that Xiao Xun Bao stuffs everything into the ring.” Michaela laughed when she saw this.

“Help Xia Bao check it.” Qiao Sang said.

“Xun Xun~”

Xiao Xun Bao grinned and quickly attached the connecting wire to Xia Bao’s body.

Xia Bao cooperated obediently.

The data on the display screen jumped rapidly.

Michaela stared intently at the display screen, watching with complete concentration.

Although even if Xia Bao evolved, its level wouldn’t be high, and it wouldn’t play much of a role in the upcoming competition, she was still inexplicably excited and nervous because it was Xia Bao.

Qiao Sang glanced at Teacher Michaela, took a step back, and, out of Michaela’s sight, quickly accessed the Beast Taming Codex, flipped to the page about Xia Bao, and frantically added points until only a few remained.

Her consciousness returned to reality.

At this moment, the data on the display screen also stopped.

“The energy has reached its limit!” Michaela looked at the data on the screen, her face beaming with joy.

Qiao Sang smiled, “I knew Xia Bao was about to evolve.”

“Xia Xia.”

The flower bud on Xia Bao’s neck swayed, both happy and nervous.

“Xun Xun~”

Little Xun Bao was first happy for Xia Bao, then removed the ring, enlarged it, and silently put the energy detector back in.

Michaela remembered Xia Bao’s evolution conditions, looked around quickly, and frowned, saying, “

This place is really badly damaged.” Whose fault is it…? Michaela glanced at her Beast Tamer. “Xunxun~” Little Xunbao called out in agreement as she put the ring back on, acknowledging that Meimei had indeed damaged the place too badly. Penjamei: “…” “Secret Realm 2 is quite large,” Qiao Sang said. “I’m going to find a place where the plants haven’t been damaged and take Xia Bao there.” Upon hearing this, Michaela immediately said:

“Meimei, find a place where Xia Bao can evolve.”

“Penpen.”

Penjiamei nodded, then her eyes glowed blue.

Soon, the group of figures disappeared from their spot.

Qiao Sang’s vision went black, and when her eyes regained their light, she found herself in a meadow with various flowers and plants, but in the distance, she could still see large areas of trees buried underground.

The wild pets around her were startled and scattered in all directions.

Michaela glanced at the surrounding environment and smiled, “This place is nice, Xia Bao should be able to evolve.”

“Xia Bao, sense it.” Qiao Sang said gently.

“Xia Xia.”

Xia Bao responded sweetly and then began to sense it.

The surrounding plants swayed without wind.

After about half a minute, Xia Bao opened its eyes and shook its head with a disappointed expression:

“Xia Xia…”

It seems it can’t evolve…

can’t evolve? Qiao Sang was stunned.

“What’s going on? Are the plants here unhappy?” Michaela saw Xia Bao’s appearance, realized something, and quickly asked.

“Xiaxia…”

Xiabao shook its head and called out, indicating that everyone was happy, but it seemed unable to evolve…

It sensed the plants’ happiness, but couldn’t evolve… How could this be? It shouldn’t be like this… Qiao Sang suddenly thought of something and guessed:

“Xiabao once said that the better nature’s mood, the more energy it can sense and then evolve. Is it possible that the plants here are in a good mood, but not that good?”

“Xiaxia…”

Xiabao thought for a moment, shook its head, and called out, indicating that it felt everyone was in a good mood…

It sensed nature’s good mood, but didn’t evolve… Qiao Sang fell into deep thought.

In a flash of thought, Gangbao’s voice rang in her mind:

“Gangquan.”

Xiabao’s level is high now, so shouldn’t it go to a place with more vegetation to sense it in order to evolve?

Hearing this, Qiao Sang’s heart skipped a beat. She looked at the area where the trees were crushed in the distance and said:

“We might need to go to a place with more vegetation.”

Michaela thought this made sense and was about to speak when she asked Penjami to go.

“Penjami.”

But before she could speak, Penjami called out, indicating that it understood.

After speaking, his eyes glowed blue again.

Michaela swallowed back what he was about to say.

About ten seconds later, the group of figures disappeared from their spot.

…

In the deep valley, various plants grew wildly, their greenery almost completely obscuring the valley floor.

The group of figures appeared out of thin air.

This place is nice… Josang glanced at the surroundings and said,

“Xia Bao, try again.”

“Xia Xia.”

Xia Bao nodded obediently and then began to sense things.

The surrounding plants swayed without wind.

“Xia Xia!”

Suddenly, Xia Bao cried out in surprise.

The next second, a rich white light shone on its body.