The figure that appeared in the center of the battle arena was no longer the familiar Yuan Shi Lin Yu that Mingxi knew.

What first caught her eye was its soul-shaking color and majesty.

It was entirely enveloped in an indefinable radiance, not merely lead-gold, but more like divine iron forged in eternal thunder, imbued with the weight of ages and the subtle glow of contained power.

At the base of its feathers, deep dark-gold veins flowed slowly like living things, as if a miniature nebula, giving birth to stars, was draped over its body.

The tip of each feather continuously burst forth with fine, dense sparks, like the first creative lightning bolt descending at the dawn of the universe, emitting a low, majestic hum.

Its body size, however, had not changed much.

Its body length remained around fifteen meters, and its wings, spread wide, resembled clouds hanging from the sky, casting a shadow over half of the battle arena.

Its wing bones, like purple-gold divine jade meticulously polished by heaven and earth, were crystal clear yet contained a tough texture capable of supporting the heavens.

When spread, what it cast was not a shadow!

But a flowing, special space interwoven with lightning and demonic energy!

One look was enough to know that this special shadow space... must be the manifestation of a certain characteristic or skill, very likely a domain.

It was not unheard of for a body to directly construct a domain space, but it was indeed very rare.

Moreover, it was usually a very powerful skill or characteristic, and more importantly, it basically consumed little to no energy.

After the match restarts, she could try to see what quality it possessed.

The wing membrane was covered with dense, dark-black feathers like dragon scales, the edge of each feather naturally forming a sharp curve like the blade of a divine weapon.

Above it were inscribed special patterns seemingly from the abyss of hell, patterns Mingxi was familiar with.

They were clearly the rule characters she had repeatedly drawn with Drawing Spirit during her fragmented time outside of training, specifically the core characters 【Wu】 (Nothingness) and 【Tian】 (Heaven).

Very clear.

Extremely natural.

Unlike the chaotic, disordered, and indecipherable patterns of the past.

This time, they were complete rule characters.

There's no need to elaborate on 【Wu】.

As for 【Tian】, Mingxi learned it from the book of rules; superficially, it means natural sky and can be extended to the vast universe, but in Mingxi's understanding, this rule character should refer to the supreme law or divinity.

Mingxi spent a lot of effort understanding, remembering, associating, and then integrating it before finally using it for Drawing Spirit.

While Golden Yuanbao and the others were working hard, she was also working hard.

Because she knew very well how important successful and perfect Drawing Spirit was for the improvement of Golden Yuanbao and the others.

Especially during their evolution, Drawing Spirit could bring them unexpected benefits.

However, Golden Yuanbao and the others could evolve at any time, so temporary Drawing Spirit would be too late. Therefore, Mingxi could only achieve a qualitative change through quantitative accumulation.

Among them, because Golden Yuanbao's energy value reached its peak the fastest, it was the treasure most frequently conscripted by Mingxi among the eight little ones.

Clearly, her efforts and Golden Yuanbao's suffering were all worth it.

See? 【Wu】 and 【Tian】 successfully became part of Golden Yuanbao.

It's just that.

The combination of the two characters 【Wu】 and 【Tian】 always reminded her of a certain villain from a TV series in her previous life.

Alright, that's not important.

This 【Wu】【Tian】 is not that Wutian.

In fact, the rule characters she drew on the eight treasures were not just these two; there was also one last core character.

【Yi】 (One)

In the universe of Chinese characters, 'One' is the starting point, the origin, the mother of all things.

The beginning of all things, the source of the Great Dao.

"The Dao gives birth to One, One gives birth to Two, Two gives birth to Three, and Three gives birth to all things."

The 'One' here is born from the 'Dao', representing the primordial chaotic unity of the universe, a state where yin and yang are not yet separated, a critical point from 'nothingness' to 'existence', and the sole source of all things.

The Analects also mentions 'My Dao is unified and consistent', referring to a fundamental principle, thought, or spirit that runs through everything. 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

It means 'One' is the whole, unity, completeness, and indivisible.

In addition to this, 'One' also represents focus and purity.

And in the book of rules, the meaning of 【Yi】 is highly consistent with the Daodejing, being the most fundamental and crucial existence among the three core characters.

At the same time, it is also the most difficult character to remember.

Even now, Mingxi dare not say that she has completely memorized 【Yi】, because in the process of Drawing Spirit, she has only succeeded twice.

Once on a prop embryo.

The moment Drawing Spirit succeeded, the prop exploded.

Yes, it exploded.

Mingxi was stunned at the time.

Guangguang profoundly said: "The grade of the prop embryo is not high enough to bear the divinity of this rule character."

Mingxi was even more stunned.

You know, the embryos she uses for Drawing Spirit now are at least SS-grade!

And the one that succeeded in Drawing Spirit then was SSS-grade!

Is this still not a high enough grade?

Then how high of a prop embryo is needed?

Because of this, Chiyu also began to doubt his own skills.

From then on, its competitive spirit was also aroused, and it delved into research even harder than before, dedicated to forging prop embryos beyond SSS-grade.

Since there were no practice materials for the time being, Mingxi could only use the seven treasures other than Black Pearl as subjects.

With their Saint-level bodies, there was no need to worry about them exploding.

The second successful attempt was on Golden Yuanbao.

At that time, Golden Yuanbao, on which 【Yi】 was drawn, acquired a characteristic named 【Supreme · Exclusive Original Sin】 by Guangguang, the intelligent butler of the Time Realm.

That's right, it started as Supreme-level.

This characteristic manifested as two features: 'desire distortion' and 'domain erosion'.

Desire distortion could amplify the deepest possessive desires in a target's heart, for example, making a pair of good friends turn against each other for a treasure, or making lovers go mad with jealousy.

It did not directly control the mind, but rather allowed the idea of 'exclusive possession' to devour all rationality.

As for domain erosion, it would mark all targets within the domain with an exclusive mark. In the domain, as long as Golden Yuanbao wanted, it could even prevent others from sharing the air!

It was that domineering.

That day, Golden Yuanbao, possessing this characteristic, went on a killing spree in the simulation room.

It was a complete massacre.

It was responsible for the massacre, and Bright Crystal, who was being massacred, was responsible for the squawking.

Bright Crystal was severely beaten more than ten times that day until the 【Original Sin Exclusive】 characteristic disappeared.

So Mingxi now has a bit of regret.

"Having 【Wu】 and 【Tian】 is already very good; one shouldn't be too greedy."

It seems the topic has drifted too far again. Let's talk about Golden Yuanbao's appearance.

The eighteen long tail chains swaying freely behind it still had not increased in number, but their length had more than doubled.

Longer than Mingxi's life.

They were not merely beautiful decorations, but more like eighteen rule dragons with independent wills.

As they gracefully danced, they left behind lingering chaotic streams of light in the air.

The dazzling three-color energy gems at the ends of its tail feathers now resembled miniature energy singularities, compressing within them a terrifying power of destruction and rebirth.

Each slight flicker caused the surrounding space to subtly twist, as if unable to bear the weight.

Its head had also changed, exhibiting a beauty that was both sacred and fierce, like a ruler of thunder and darkness from ancient myths.

On its pair of massive, spiraling demonic horns, there were no longer leaping electric arcs, but rather solid, dark-purple demonic lightning coiled around them, and the electric light bursting from the horn tips was so dazzling it was impossible to look at directly.

As its long, sharp, dark-golden bird beak opened and closed, tiny spatial black holes seemed to appear and disappear, swallowing the surrounding light and energy.

The third eye on its forehead was currently dormant and not fully open.

However, beneath its double blood-red eyelids, the purple-gold light that originally existed in the center of its blood-red pupils became even deeper, as if in the depths of its pupils, eternal abyssal demonic flames and undying golden lightning were burning.

Just waiting for the moment of an earth-shattering event!

But these were not the biggest changes in its body.

The biggest change in its body was the growth of an outer contour.

An outer contour is a body part that a very small number of Transcendent creatures develop in a certain form. For example, Leigni's thunder source tentacles are actually a type of outer contour.

Little Silver Flower's hair ornament and earrings can also be considered as such.

Simply put, an outer contour is an existence beyond the normal body parts of a Transcendent creature.

Many outer contours even do not come into contact with their bodies.

Similar to the spontaneously floating celestial ribbons of some fairies.

After Golden Yuanbao evolved to Venerable-level, two outer contours resembling 'ᑍ' appeared on its ankles, displaying a pale golden color.

For the not-so-small Golden Yuanbao, these two outer contours were not large, but if taken out individually, they were thicker than Mingxi's waist.

It couldn't be described as beautiful or ugly, but it clearly wasn't ordinary.

Moreover, the material was also very strange, neither gold nor jade, but somewhat like energy crystal of extremely high purity.

"It's got ✧ NоvеIight ✧ (Original source) some style!"

Mingxi felt the aura emanating from Golden Yuanbao.

It was not merely a powerful energy pressure, but a temperament as if it commanded some supreme rule!

Its majesty was so profound that even some of the unfathomably strong big shots in the VIP seats slightly furrowed their brows.

Someone murmured, "I actually felt... pressure at the level of the origin of life from this Pet Beast!"

One must know that they were separated not only by a distance of over a thousand meters but also by a divine artifact, Starlight Watch!

At this moment, the evolution anomaly had completely dissipated.

The vast chaotic thunderclouds and endless phantoms, after completing the baptism and blessing of the newly born Venerable-level Transcendent, receded like a tide, quickly dissipating between heaven and earth, as if they had never appeared.

But in the center of the battle arena, that massive yet elegant figure, with a lead-gold base, flowing dark gold, and surrounded by Thunder Demon, was deeply etched into the soul of every beholder!

It slightly lowered its head, its eyes, containing nascent thunder and endless majesty, calmly looking at Nuo'er Gana, who remained in the battle arena, receiving the Venerable-level evolution pressure of Golden Yuanbao at close range.

"The match will resume in three seconds. Non-competitors, please evacuate the battle arena immediately."

The Pet Beasts around the battle arena, disoriented by the pressure, were still a bit 'drunk' from it.

But their Beast Tamers reacted quickly enough.

Almost at the instant the warning sounded, they recalled their respective Pet Beasts into their Pet Space.

...2...1!

The isolation shield of Starlight Watch had also retracted, so even if some people were slow, it wouldn't affect the situation in the battle arena.

The match resumed.

But the situation once again became unpredictable!

"Lei!"

Eh?

Mingxi's eyes widened.

Why did Golden Yuanbao's cry revert to its Thunder Demon Bird period?

An atavistic phenomenon.

Or did its Venerable-level species name start with 'Lei'?

Alright, that question is not important for now.

At this moment, Golden Yuanbao hovered in the sky.

Although the evolution anomaly had completely dissipated, the pressure that transcended ordinary laws would not disappear so quickly.

Bing Mei's expression was more serious than ever.

In this round, she had even revealed her trump card, letting Nuo'er Gana use the God Rank skill End Time, but not only did she fail to win this round, her opponent even evolved because of this skill!

Is this reasonable?

Although she had appeared very calm earlier, her mindset had already exploded.

What kind of situation was this!

She took a deep breath. In this situation, if Nuo'er Gana still wanted to win, she could only take a risky move.

"Extra Time."

Mingxi raised an eyebrow.

Is Nuo'er Gana that fierce?

Extra Time, a psychic four-element skill, Heaven Rank!

This skill is a support skill, usable on oneself and teammates, and can remove skill cooldowns.

"Golden Yuanbao, End Time is coming again!" Mingxi warned.

She really didn't expect Bing Mei, this strong woman, to be such a sly one.

End Time plus Extra Time, invincible!

Of course, Extra Time also has a very long cooldown, otherwise, wouldn't it be possible to spam ultimate moves indefinitely?

Dream on.

However, even a Transcendent creature at the God Rank would struggle to withstand two consecutive End Times.

Mingxi's eyes sharpened. She had already thought of a solution the moment she warned Golden Yuanbao.

Golden Yuanbao also instantly cooperated.

The first time it suffered a setback was due to unfamiliarity with the skill and the suddenness of the event!

But the second time, Bing Mei wouldn't think she would still sit idly by, would she?!

She said coldly, "Vacuum Domain."

Bing Mei narrowed her eyes: "End Time!"

Does this Mingxi misunderstand God Rank skills if she thinks a mere Vacuum Domain can counter End Time?

The familiar domain once again enveloped Golden Yuanbao.

The power of time descended!

Mingxi's breathing was steady, precisely calculating the time.

"Positive and Negative Demon."

"Lei!"

The next second, Golden Yuanbao completed the exchange with its Negative Demon, and it itself appeared directly behind Nuo'er Gana.

The Negative Demon, however, took Golden Yuanbao's place and entered the final state.

It rapidly aged into a decaying old bird.

But Mingxi noticed that its appearance was slightly different from when Golden Yuanbao was in the final state before.

This is not important for now.

Mingxi: "Slaughter Hell! Hell Slash!"

Golden Yuanbao's 【Slaughter Corridor】 had already been upgraded to 【Supreme · Slaughter Hell】 when it evolved to Saint-level.

Now, in 【Slaughter Hell】, the Burning Blood effect can last for five minutes, but the weakened state is reduced to only one second.

So, Burning Blood for a moment feels great, Burning Blood all the time feels great.

Burning Blood, stack armor, Hell Slash!