57 - I’m Surrounded by My Own Pets!

However, as Lian Xing's comforting words echoed, the trembling of the Golden Wheel visibly subsided. As a loyal beast companion, it had unconditional trust in its master... Yet, whether Lian Xing could truly guide its continued evolution was uncertain. For the only path forward was to forge on, even if it meant a leap into the abyss! Following an erroneous evolutionary route could plunge it further into depravity, ultimately transforming it into an irreversible catastrophe... a Fallen Celestial! Within seconds, the Golden Wheel surrendered completely, allowing its form to be enveloped by the crimson light. [Golden Wheel] [Amber Palace·Topaz] The red glow flickered, and the pet panel within Lian Xing began to flash as well. Much like Chi Yan's Fire-Armed Purple Calamity, most aberrant evolutions came with dual names reflecting their evolution traits. The high-tier evolution of the Golden Wheel was indeed the [Amber Palace·Topaz], a unique aberrant form. Finally, after enduring for over a dozen seconds, evolution was achieved. The panel for the Amber Palace·Topaz stabilized, no longer flickering. Next, the transformation awaited its new appearance and the fusion of its fresh panel. With twinkling eyes, Lian Xing eagerly watched the wheels being reforged in the light. What new shape would they take after evolution...? "Swoosh—!!!" "Buzz buzz buzz buzz buzz!!!" In the next moment, an unexpected anomaly occurred. The red light emanating from the blade of the Amber Palace sundisk suddenly exploded, swiftly engulfing the Topaz sundisk on the other side. Then, under Lian Xing's stupefied gaze, the name [Topaz] on the panel vanished, leaving only the words [Amber Palace]. Seeing this unfold, Lian Xing realized something with sudden clarity. "Darn!!!" "I underestimated the rarity of Amber Palace!!!" With her mouth slightly agape, Lian Xing stared in shock at the blazing red twin wheels. The Amber Palace's characteristics had completely overridden the Topaz wheels... It refused to coexist with the Topaz wheels!!! Undeniably, such a situation typically arose only with super rare species, for only they possessed such pride! Truthfully, upon witnessing the harsh conditions required for the evolution of Amber Palace, Lian Xing had already harbored suspicions. Could Amber Palace be a pathway of ultra-rare evolution? But she just didn't buy into this superstition, didn't believe her luck would allow fulfilling both aberrant evolution and the subsequent ultra-rare species conditions. After all, the odds were as absurdly slim as her never wearing white stockings in her entire life! "So, what's going on now?" "Which takes precedence: aberrant evolution or ultra-rare species...?" With the situation having gone awry, Lian Xing could only resign herself to the outcome, silently awaiting the final result. To be honest, even she had never encountered such a bizarre case before. Would the aberrant evolution be canceled midway!? Or would Amber Palace's protest be nullified, allowing the aberration to persist!? “......” “......” Three minutes later, the blazing red light gradually faded. The anxious blonde girl finally glimpsed the Golden Wheel's newly evolved form. Suspended in mid-air, there stood two hollow circular knife wheels, emanating a dark red hue. However... The outer knife blades differed vastly from ordinary sundisk ring-shaped blades!! Around these two sundisks, layers of folded crescent-blade wheels interwove irregularly, forming labyrinthine wheels reminiscent of top blades and mosquito coils. Most strikingly, at a 360-degree perimeter at three meters away from the sundisks, hovered an illusionary red flame, akin to the weapon aura extension found in fantasy novels. Could sundisks also emit their own sun beams...? Hold on!!! Lian Xing suddenly made a connection—this peculiar imagery resembled planets encircled by rings!!! As she snapped back to reality and examined her pet panel, she was utterly stunned. Well, it wasn't just a change; it was a complete and utter transformation... [High-Tier—Weapon Species—??Crimson Inferno Overlord??] [Feature 1: The Crimson Inferno Overlord's outline consists of an outer ring star and an inner ring sundisk. The inner ring spans the diameter of the sundisk body, while the outer ring consists of an extended red starlight, with maximum weight and hardness in the outer, and maximum speed and rotation in the inner, the two not interfering with each other.] [Feature 2: The sundisk body determines the flight trajectory, while the outer ring star always follows the main body, shielding it from impact and attacks. An immunity check can be performed to avoid accidental injury to allies.] [Talent: Extreme Heavy Metal—Boosts weight and hardness to the max but at the cost of movement loss.] [First Speed Mastery: Crimson Amber—Dramatically increases rotation, speed, hardness, weight, and sharpness.] [Second Speed Mastery: Thunderclap—During flight, allows for three bursts to alter the flight path of the sundisk, causing massive explosive damage in the fan-shaped area at the rear with each alteration.] [Battle Technique: Crimson Inferno Palace (Red)——While in flight, the outer ring expands and enlarges, creating the illusion of a palace, lasting 60 seconds. All enemy units within the palace suffer an invisible slash every ten seconds, equal to the outer ring's attack power. This leaves the Crimson Inferno Overlord in a one-hour cooldown post-execution.] “......” “......” "Protest succeeded!?" Lost in contemplation, Lian Xing's eyes scanned the new panel for over ten minutes before she gradually recovered, muttering in disbelief. Though it didn't entirely halt the aberration, Amber Palace's protest seemed fruitful... [Crimson Inferno Overlord] Even calling this panel high-tier seems unimaginable for even the commanding rank, right? Upon completing her analysis, Lian Xing inhaled deeply. This new sundisk's abilities truly pushed the limits of absurdity!!! Firstly, the outer star ring, derived from this very feature, expanded the sundisk's attack range severalfold while avoiding harm to the user and allies. The Extreme Heavy Metal trait endowed the outer ring with its weight and power, while the base disk maintained its flight speed, perfectly aligning with the dual traits seamlessly. Then, there were the masteries. Not only were they fusion styles of the previous divergent evolution paths of the golden wheels, but they also transformed all drawbacks into advantages through layering... Finally— Upon achieving rare evolution, it innately acquired this red-colored exclusive battle technique... Lian Xing wasn't exactly clear about the highest combat prowess in her realm, but in essence, it seemed akin to rookie territory. Pulling out a red battle technique in a rookie zone would easily break anyone's composure... Oh, right... And most importantly, the two sundisks now possessed the capabilities of the individual sundisks from before. Which meant, this was now effectively 1+1=>4, everyone!!! "Whew~~~" After reflecting, Lian Xing let out a long breath, trying to temper her excitement slightly. The Amber Palace's protest had indeed been an unexpected joy, somewhat mitigating the regret of the Crimson Inferno Overlord's evolution being capped at high-tier. However, even though the Crimson Inferno Overlord's abilities were immensely formidable, now wasn't the time for celebration. Let's not forget, there was still an opportunity to allocate points!!! Lian Xing decisively allocated the training point from leveling the Crimson Inferno Overlord to 30 on the speed attribute. [Speed: 29→30] [The speed attribute of the Crimson Inferno Overlord has enhanced 30 points, allowing selection of a third speed mastery.] [Gale Rampage: Crimson Inferno Overlord's flight path remains unaltered by any attack obstruction during flight.] [Crimson Mortar: During flight, the Crimson Inferno Overlord will ignore elemental species' elementalization and virus species' null form.] [Phantom Penetration: Crimson Inferno Overlord can penetrate terrain during flight (this mastery circumvents terrain rather than negating it. For example, when colliding with a mountain, it can transport the Overlord directly to the other side.)] —— —— [High-Tier—Biological Species—Moon Embrace Gem Mace] [High-Tier—Weapon Species—??Crimson Inferno Overlord??] [High-Tier—Elemental Species—??Star Sand??] After this complete enhancement, Lian Xing reviewed her pet panel with satisfaction. The unique emoji markers and levels for Crimson Inferno Overlord and Star Sand didn’t correlate with their rank, but rather signified the rarity of their kind. The Moon Embrace Gem Mace, however, lacked such a designation as it merely followed a standard rare path. However, with each subsequent evolution, its rarity would continue to increase... Until finally, it reaches the ultimate conclusion, returning to the origin!