Chapter 446: Special Flame! The Path to Divinity for a Fire-Type Beast?

Chapter 446: Special Flame! The Path to Divinity for a Fire-Type Beast?

The outcome of Fatty's battle with the two little ones was not worth mentioning.

Even without Little Green's Five Elements Body, Qian Yi would have easily sliced and diced his opponents, securing an overwhelming victory.

The special task to defeat the World Boss had failed.

In the end, Fatty had just evolved and was still unfamiliar with his newfound power and combat abilities.

Qian Yi and Little Green, on the other hand, had experienced numerous battles during their professional assessment.

They could be considered battle-hardened veterans.

Even with a lowered realm, their skills and experience were genuine.

However, this battle had revealed Fatty's immense potential for growth in this aspect.

Feeling satisfied, Su Ping exited Fatty's Titan Core, but he didn't rest. He instructed Guan Shu to have the construction team create all the necessary mechanical facilities around Fatty's location and redesign the exterior of the Titan Core, beautifying the surrounding environment.

Additionally, Fatty had a request.

Su Ping asked Dragon Two to prepare a landing pad for his Mechanical Dragon, the Proud Dragon, nearby.

This way, Fatty could use his psychic perception to monitor the Proud Dragon and prepare for his future research on mechanical beast combination blueprints, a step towards becoming a Titan Terminal.

These were minor details.

After giving all the instructions, Su Ping's surging psychic power detected a special sight—a unique vision directed at him.

He turned and saw a familiar sight.

Mount Tai, the Boulder Spirit, was peeking out from behind a rock, its massive head barely concealed.

Su Ping's eyebrows raised:

"Mount Tai, what are you up to?"

Compared to the other beasts in the Spirit Heart, Mount Tai held a mixture of fear and respect for Su Ping.

After all, Su Ping had once forced it into submission during the provincial secret realm assessment.

Hearing Su Ping's question, Mount Tai poked its massive head out, resembling a human, and quickly shook its head:

"Nothing."

Its voice was deep and somewhat dim-witted.

Su Ping smiled and approached it:

"Speak freely. Old Tree told you, right? Anyone who comes here is family."

Mount Tai glanced at the human, knowing that family meant different things, especially to the head of the family.

But it decided to speak the truth:

"That thing... it's familiar..."

Su Ping looked at Mount Tai's outstretched palm pointing at Fatty and smiled:

"Of course it's familiar. You've lived here for so long, and you don't even know what your own home looks like?

But rest assured, if you enjoy living on a rich vein of Earth and Gold Elements, we'll find a way for you to live near the Earth Heart..."

Before Su Ping could finish, Mount Tai quickly shook its head:

"No, it's not that... It's very familiar! Evolution... Beast..."

Su Ping's eyebrows furrowed:

"What do you mean? Do you mean you're familiar with Fatty's aura?"

As soon as Su Ping said this, Mount Tai nodded.

Su Ping's eyebrows knitted further as he looked at the massive spirit with suspicion.

What connection did this spirit have with Fatty?

Fatty was a mutated Mechanical Core, initially obtained by Dong Muchun through the Tianyun Group's channels for his beloved sports car.

This spirit, however, was caught by the Jianghai Beastmaster Association in the wild.

Su Ping was suspicious:

"Familiar? Where have you seen this little one?"

As soon as he asked, Mount Tai, the Earth Element Sprite, blinked and then shook its head:

"Forgot..."

Su Ping smiled:

"Speaking of which, Fatty was also transformed from a metal ore. Maybe you two were neighbors back then!"

Mount Tai understood Su Ping's joke and retracted its head, returning to the top of the Spirit Heart.

Su Ping, however, remained deep in thought, watching the spirit's retreating figure.

Inadvertently, his casual words sparked some ideas.

He was well aware of Fatty's mutation and its uniqueness.

A Dreamstone vein core, a Holy Spirit Rank resource, an Elemental Energy-supplied Elemental Beast embryo...

He remembered asking Old Qin about Mount Tai's origins.

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"Initially, Old Qin also said that this thing was caught from a place adjacent to Huaiyang Province and Jianghai Province, a place called Rocky Mountain Range.",

"Moreover, it seemed that there was some action at that time.",

"Old Qin also showed this map to himself.",

"Could it be that Fat Fat's core at that time also came from that side?",

"That Rocky Mountain Range.",

"Su Ping thought for a moment and opened the chat records with Old Qin. As expected, he soon saw the map marker that Old Qin had sent him more than a month ago.",

"If this big guy is telling the truth, isn't it saying that within the Rocky Mountain Range, there is a Holy Spirit Rank resource? It might even be a formed vein.",

"Su Ping blinked, but soon shook his head.",

"Still, it's been too long since then.",

"And unlike Xiao Qing, who has an innate sensitivity to the existence of the Biyao Spring Ginseng, he is unable to clearly and accurately perceive the corresponding position.",

"So, thinking so much is just being greedy.",

"Thinking of this, Su Ping no longer sought to trouble himself. He passed by Lin's Heart and greeted Little Crow Yaya, who was trying to become the King of Birds.",

"Caw!",

"Little Crow's strength improvement speed is still not slow.",

"After all, in just half a year, he advanced to the High Rank Leader, which is enough to prove his worth.",

"However, at present, among the many pets in the Heart of All Spirits, Little Crow's strength is still somewhat inferior.",

"Especially if Su Ping wants to nurture Little Crow into the strongest pet in the Phoenix Heart in the future.",

"However, Little Crow's growth is somewhat different from the other pets.",

"Others evolve, while Little Crow undergoes atavism.",

"This is where the difficulty lies.",

"In fact, during this time, even if Su Ping left the Heart of All Spirits for half a month, he has not stopped sending Flame Fruits to the Heart of All Spirits.",

"But after Little Crow devours the Flame Fruit containing ancient flame energy, although his realm improves and grows rapidly, if he continues to evolve through atavism,",

"Su Ping has no idea.",

"At that time, due to the leakage of the Flame Venerable's breath, the Fire Crow underwent atavistic evolution and became the Ancient Flame Crow.",

"Moreover, the Ancient Flame Crow can barely be traced back to its original pet.",

"But, what was the Ancient Flame Crow before?",

"Before the Ancient Flame Crow's devolution, what kind of creature was it?",

"As for choosing other evolutionary paths, it's not impossible, but Su Ping now has a keen interest in the ancient myths of Blue Star.",

"He really wants to see if this Fire Crow can evolve into the mythical Three-Legged Golden Crow, as the legend goes.",

"Thinking of this, Su Ping feels a bit helpless.",

"Damn it, I've got to find some time to look for Ye Zhou this guy.",

"Initially, this atavistic evolution topic was brought up by him, after all, this thing has an extremely sensitive perception of time.",

"But now, he's just letting it go?",

"Every day, he just holds a small hourglass and stares at it, not knowing if he's created something or not.",

"After some time, if the time projection still hasn't been cultivated, Su Ping will have to consider slowing this guy down, or else, if it's not for anything else, he's really become a bit obsessed.",

"As it turns out, Su Ping doesn't have much time to complain about himself.",

"Not long after, the Cloud Saint's summons arrived.",

"Returning to the study, Su Ping directly brewed a pot of tea for this person and then sat opposite him on the sofa.",

"The Cloud Saint didn't rush to talk about the real reason for his visit this time.",

"Instead, he continued to bring up last night's matter:",

"Su Ping, I've already told the Spirit Dragon King about your Fantasy Incarnation, and he highly praises you! He has sent you a gift and promised that if you want to see it, you can view the heritage of the Emerald Dreamland at any time!",

"Su Ping smiled. He also considered himself to know some of the rules and gameplay of Dragon City.",

"It seems that the success of Fantasy Incarnation will increase the number of Dragon Soul shares in the Emerald Dreamland, right?",

"Thinking of this, he also nodded, with nothing to be modest about:",

"Spirit Dragon King, what did you give me?",

"Although Su Ping is now self-satisfied, he really doesn't have anything special that he needs right now.",

"But, if a gift is offered, not accepting it would be a waste of someone's good intentions, right?",

"However, as soon as these words came out, the most speechless moment for Su Ping happened. The Cloud Saint pretended to be mysterious and opened his mouth:",

"The thing hasn't been sent yet, so I can't say much! But I can tell you, it's absolutely absolutely important to you!",

"This person is definitely doing it on purpose!",

"Just to get back at him for keeping secrets last night.",

"But, since he said so, he really wants to see what it is.",

"This is definitely intentional!",

"In fact, during this time, even if Su Ping left the Heart of All Spirits for half a month, he has not stopped sending Flame Fruits to the Heart of All Spirits.",

"But after Little Crow devours the Flame Fruit containing ancient flame energy, although his realm improves and grows rapidly, if he continues to evolve through atavism,",

"Su Ping has no idea.",

"At that time, due to the leakage of the Flame Venerable's breath, the Fire Crow underwent atavistic evolution and became the Ancient Flame Crow.",

"Moreover, the Ancient Flame Crow can barely be traced back to its original pet.",

"But, what was the Ancient Flame Crow before?",

"Before the Ancient Flame Crow's devolution, what kind of creature was it?",

"As for choosing other evolutionary paths, it's not impossible, but Su Ping now has a keen interest in the man.",

"He really wants to see if this Fire Crow can evolve into the mythical Three-Legged Golden Crow, as the legend goes.",

"Thinking of this, Su Ping feels a bit helpless.",

"Damn it, I've got to find some time to look for Ye Zhou this guy.",

"Initially, this atavistic evolution topic was brought up by him, after all, this thing has an extremely sensitive perception of time.",

"But now, he's just letting it go?",

"Every day, he just holds a small hourglass and stares at it, not knowing if he's created something or not.",

"After some time, if the time projection still hasn't been cultivated, Su Ping will have to consider slowing this guy down, or else, if it's not for anything else, he's really become a bit obsessed.",

"As it turns out, Su Ping doesn't have much time to waste

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Why did you suddenly take an interest in the Southern Ming Departed Flame?"

The conversation finally shifted to the main topic, and Su Ping regained his composure as he shared his previous thoughts with the Cloud Saint.

He brought up the burning characteristics of flames, and unlike Zhu Hong's helpless denial, the Cloud Saint clearly acknowledged Su Ping's relentless spirit of research and exploration:

"Indeed, the burning characteristics of flames are the very existence of the flame element itself. So, you believe that this flame, capable of burning anything, is the Southern Ming Departed Flame of the Vermilion Bird?"

Su Ping nodded and then shook his head:

"The Southern Ming Departed Flame might be one of them, but this type of flame itself is probably not the Southern Ming Departed Flame."

Even the Vermilion Bird, as powerful as it is, might not be invincible in the world, and there could be other fire-type existences that can rival it.

This is not a definite matter.

Who knows what the situation was like in that unrecorded ancient period?

Upon hearing this, the Cloud Saint nodded:

"This point is debatable, but according to my speculation, not only on Blue Star but also in the vastness of the starry sky, Mythical Rank beings have definitely appeared, and there have been many of them. As the most fundamental elemental energy, there must be other Mythical Rank existences of the flame element as well."

You're right. The Southern Ming Departed Flame merely satisfies the burning characteristics of flames, it doesn't represent that all perpetually burning flames are the Southern Ming Departed Flame!"

As the Cloud Saint spoke these words, Su Ping caught something.

His eyes narrowed slightly.

The Cloud Saint didn't seem to mind and paused for a moment before saying:

"According to my many years of research, fire-type beasts, if they want to break through to higher realms and reach the Holy Spirit and Legendary Ranks, the main thing they need to do is change their own flames! This has nothing to do with evolution, or it can also be said that this is an aspect of evolution itself! However, before reaching a certain threshold, such evolution forms a high degree of uniformity!"

Su Ping spoke up:

"So, almost all fire-type beings aiming for the so-called Mythical Rank, even that Flame Venerable from thousands of years ago who was known as the Flame Totem, need to undergo this transformation. But how can they change their own flames? This change is probably not as simple as using resources to increase or decrease the temperature and range of the flames, right?

Instead, it's about incorporating the characteristics of the fire element and even other energy attributes, integrating them to create a unique flame of their own?"

A unique flame! The Southern Ming Departed Flame of the Vermilion Bird is just one of them?

Sure enough, the Cloud Saint's eyes lit up with brilliance:

"Su Ping, you indeed have a talent for fire-type beasts. With just a few words, you've articulated my years of reasoning. However, even with my Flame Phoenix, I haven't found a way to cultivate such a transformation for so many years!

The path to divinity for fire-type beasts might lie in this method."

"The path to divinity for fire-type beasts...?"

Su Ping leaned back on the sofa and recalled the intermittent words of Little Flame.

In the memories of the Flame Venerable, it was indeed referred to as the path to divinity.

Su Ping once again thought about the memory he received from Little Flame. In the memory, the Flame Venerable gathered countless extremely valuable resources and materials, yet he was still unable to cultivate the so-called Southern Ming Departed Flame.

But soon, Su Ping's mind started turning.

Wait!

The situation with the Flame Venerable is different from other fire-type beasts. He was a genuine Flame Totem, a peak existence in the Legendary Rank.

In that ancient era of the Nine Provinces of the Dragon Nation, he was one of the most powerful tribal totems.

However, having reached such a high rank, is the difficulty of transforming flames greater than it would be at a lower rank? Su Ping wondered.

Although he didn't fully understand the memory passed on by Little Flame regarding the Flame Venerable's cultivation principle of consuming flame resources, he felt that he had grasped a crucial reason and method.

And now, he needed to see if this spark of insight he had caught was worth any universal experience points.

So, he closed his eyes and immersed his consciousness into the Book of Ten Thousand Beings.

Sure enough, the special skill cultivation prompt from ten days ago had undergone a significant change within the fire element spirit's record:

【You have gained a deeper understanding of the skill 'Southern Ming Departed Flame,' and the cultivation requirements have been lowered. It can be completed by consuming 300,000 experience points from the fire element spirit record or 30,000 universal experience points.】

【The skill 'Southern Ming Departed Flame' is a special skill. It can be cultivated in segments, and the first segment can be developed by consuming 20,000 experience points from the record or 2,000 universal experience points.】

Indeed!

A flash of brilliance shone in Su Ping's closed eyes.

(End of Chapter)

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