“Exciting!

Too exciting!

This is simply a love story between a ruthless emperor and a wolfish destroyer.”

In short, neither Julian Hertz nor Atuka Lawrence were innocent; these two scumbags were purely two of a kind.

Whoever died was not innocent.

“Falling in love is truly a life-threatening injury.”

Mingxi sighed with a bitter expression.

Shen Linhua rubbed her hair, “You little one, don’t overcorrect. There are countless men and women in this world, of varying quality, some good and some bad.

We can neither be unclear in judging people, nor can we condemn everyone with one stroke.

Being stubborn about black and white is just plain foolish.”

Mingxi rolled her eyes, “Do I look like someone who doesn’t understand?”

Shen Linhua smiled, “Indeed, you don’t.”

He was not the type to lecture others, and seeing Mingxi’s calm expression, he immediately changed the subject, “Today, your absence from the doubles match means you’ve lost one game. If you still want to qualify smoothly, then you can’t lose any more games from now on.”

“Mm.”

“Do you have confidence?”

Mingxi neither nodded nor shook her head, smiling as she said, “Our main focus is on participation.”

Shen Linhua looked at her suspiciously, almost saying directly, “I think you’re full of it.”

“Ahem, after all, I’m still young. If I don’t succeed this time, there’s always next time, and the time after that, Brother Shen. At my age, even with the worst luck, I can still accumulate several championship trophies just by sheer time.”

Of course, Mingxi was only comforting Shen Linhua, who was even more unwilling than her.

As the head of Mingxi’s management team, he bore no less pressure than Mingxi, the competitor.

Today, because Lan Yue and her companions evolved and missed the match, Shen Linhua’s pressure would only increase.

“Alright, I know you well.”

Shen Linhua smiled bitterly, “You have a pair of eyes hotter and firmer than flames; there’s never weakness, compromise, or retreat in them.”

“Your gaze only looks forward.”

Mingxi, however, shook her head, “We are in the middle of the universe, and everywhere is forward.”

【Note: Lyrics from “Before the Wild”】

“...Alright, I can’t argue with you.”

The two chatted idly, their gaze always fixed on the three cocoons of light.

While they watched time pass quietly.

Batch after batch of people arrived at the central area, centered around the underground space, and divided their territories, occupying positions a thousand meters apart.

These people were almost all Beast Tamers cultivated by the powerful, wealthy, and prominent families of various countries.

Their purpose was to allow their pets to bathe in the pressure generated during the evolution of a Venerable-level Transcendent creature, which is known as pressure baptism.

The later a pet evolves, the more precious it becomes, because it is also a valuable resource.

“...Synchronized evolution, three pets evolving together.”

“Quite a lot of people came.”

“Couldn’t be fewer. I heard the evolution started last night and hasn’t finished yet, so there was plenty of time for the news to spread.”

“Are you sure the one below is Mingxi?”

“One hundred percent her. Didn’t you see that Dragonflower Country’s territory is even larger than Xiao Li Country’s? If it weren’t for Mingxi, would Xiao Li Country compromise?”

“Ah! It’s truly infuriating how some people are so much luckier than others. She even encountered synchronized evolution, I’m so envious!”

“...”

The content of these people’s conversations was relatively peaceful.

Of course, species are diverse, and humans are aberrant.

Conversations that were not peaceful were equally common.

“Even if it’s three pets evolving together, there’s no need to make us retreat a thousand meters, right? Could it be that they think Mingxi’s pet’s abnormal phenomenon can spread a thousand meters?”

“It is said that Mingxi proposed this, not allowing others to enter within a thousand meters.”

“Who does she think she is! How dare she be so arrogant and domineering on our Xiao Li Country’s territory?”

“They said, unless protected by a Venerable-level pet, entering within a thousand meters means being responsible for one’s own life and death. Tsk, tsk, tsk, someone who didn’t know would think her pet was undergoing Venerable-level evolution, and its evolutionary phenomenon could cover a thousand meters, killing all of us and our pets.”

Phenomena also have levels and qualities. Usually, the coverage of a Saint-level evolutionary phenomenon is around five to six hundred meters, and only Venerable-level ones will cover a thousand meters or even more.

They didn’t dare to underestimate Mingxi, after all, everyone knew about her pet’s situation. 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮

All of them were new evolutionary types, with monstrous talent.

What’s more, it was three pets undergoing synchronized evolution.

But even so, they still felt that seven or eight hundred meters was the limit.

“Indeed, arrogant enough!”

“Being so far away, the baptism effect definitely won’t be good. Why don’t we secretly get a little closer? It’s just Saint-level evolution, getting another two or three hundred meters closer definitely won’t be a problem.”

“I think so! That little Mingxi probably doesn’t want our pets to gain greater benefits!”

“Then let’s go!”

A group ★ 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 ★ of people discussed it, ignored the Staff Member’s reminders or warnings, and stubbornly entered within a thousand meters.

One can only say that once a person wants to seek death, outsiders can’t stop them.

And there were quite a few such people!

Of course, many people understood Mingxi and her pets well enough, or were cautious enough, and rationally followed Mingxi’s advice, staying obediently beyond a thousand meters.

“Boom!”

Finally, after guarding for a whole night and most of the day, the heavens and earth finally had their doors knocked open.

With the underground space as the core.

The earth within a thousand-mile radius suddenly emitted a dull roar like a stampede of beasts.

Someone excitedly shouted, “It’s starting! The evolutionary phenomenon!”

The ground vibrated violently, heaving as if boiling!

Innumerable bottomless, massive fissures, flowing with dark green venom, ripped through the earth, spewing out soul-corroding poisonous mist that blotted out the sky!

Wherever the poisonous mist passed, plants instantly withered and petrified, rocks sizzled into pus, and the sky was dyed a desperate dark purple!

Above the firmament, heavy leaden clouds frantically gathered and rotated, forming a giant poisonous vortex that covered the sky.

At the center of the poisonous vortex, a pillar of rock marrow light, containing the earth’s primordial energy, crashed down like a giant hammer splitting heaven and earth, precisely pouring into the cocoon of light where Bright Crystal was located!

The light pillar and the spewing poisonous mist below collided and merged violently, erupting into a destructive energy storm!

Within the phenomenon, countless phantoms composed of highly toxic crystals floated and roared in the poisonous mist, and countless Transcendent creatures similar to Rock Demon circled and jumped beside the light pillar...

They would all eventually prostrate themselves in the direction where Bright Crystal was, as if welcoming their monarch who would rule the world!

The air was filled with a pungent sulfurous smell, and a powerful aura that made one’s soul tremble.

And those Beast Tamers and their pets who refused to listen and insisted on entering the thousand-meter range suffered terribly.

Although an evolutionary phenomenon is a phenomenon.

But at the Venerable-level, phenomena often have both real and illusory elements. Once caught within the phenomenon, there is a high possibility of falling into a materialized phenomenon.

At that time...

“Ah ah!”

“Help!”

“No!”

These Beast Tamers and pets were either devoured by the phenomenon or assimilated by it.

No one could help them.

People, one must be responsible for the decisions they make.