Beast Taming: the More the Better - Chapter 593 - 274: Forest Wolf Catalog LV4! The Conditions for Upgrading!
Chapter 593: Chapter 274: Forest Wolf Catalog LV4! The Conditions for Upgrading!
The sky-blue Catalog, as transparent as the sky itself, had become a sight all too familiar to Su Ping. He had long grown tired of this color in the Myriad Spirit Beast Atlas.
Was it finally time for an upgrade?
Su Ping took a deep breath. He could not be bothered with the arrangements and planning regarding the Heart of Phoenix at the moment, as he hurried back to the Heart of Woods, arriving once again at the edge of the forest.
“AWOOO!”
Conveniently, during this time, several customers who wanted to cultivate and evolve their Elf Wolves came to the Heart of Myriad Spirits. However, with Guan Lili and Li Shu present, such matters naturally did not require Su Ping’s involvement.
Therefore, Su Ping hadn’t taken the opportunity to bond properly and max out the intimacy level.
Now, he had the chance.
Old Sha’s Wolf King command and the innate affinity for Forest Wolves that came with the upgrade of Su Ping’s Forest Wolf Catalog allowed even unfamiliar Forest Wolves to show no resistance to him at this time.
With the tree fruit in hand, Su Ping distributed them to several Forest Wolves, and after gently petting them to improve their relationship, it took less than two hours for the intimacy level with these newly arrived Forest Wolves to meet the standard.
As expected, along with the new prompt on the Forest Wolf Catalog’s log, the Catalog Experience that had been stuck before the 20,000 mark finally began to move slowly.
The leading digit, with supreme difficulty, changed from a 1 to a 2.
Twenty thousand Experience Points!
He had finally achieved it!
Su Ping breathed in deeply once again.
He then returned to his study, merging his consciousness with the Forest Wolf Catalog.
Twenty thousand Experience Points were so blindingly bright.
And so stunningly impressive.
Su Ping did not indulge in emotions; he touched upon the experience points of the Catalog:
[Forest Wolf Catalog Experience Points: 20009/20000! Upgrade requirements met, do you wish to upgrade?]
“Yes!”
Su Ping did not hesitate.
His External Incarnation had already been perfected, and for the time being, there were no other areas where large amounts of Experience Points were needed.
In such a case, what was there for Su Ping to hesitate about?He had long wanted to see what a single Catalog would look like after being upgraded to Level 4.
Almost the moment his thought occurred, the twenty thousand Experience Points accumulated over such a long time began to drain away at an inconceivable speed on the Catalog.
Meanwhile, in the soul reflection within the Myriad Spirit Beast Atlas, the sky-blue Forest Wolf Catalog was radiating a brilliant light.
The once-uniform blue background of the Catalog started to be tinged with a profound hue!
This tint slowly transitioned from sky-blue to purple.
That trace of purple had an indescribable sense of nobility and dignity.
Purple, the color of nobility, undoubtedly signaled that the Forest Wolf Catalog had reached a considerably high level, having advanced from its previous Level 3 to the current Level 4.
Su Ping seemed to have further mastery over the control of Forest Wolves.
This was not an illusion.
For at this moment, Su Ping could feel that unlike the previous upgrades of the Forest Wolf Catalog, this time, as the blue Catalog transformed into the noble purple, his consciousness gained a deeper understanding and subtle perception of Forest Wolves.
This perception was indescribable.
Su Ping even felt as if he had become a Forest Wolf himself at that moment, able to discern every single movement of the wolves and even the slightest changes in their scents.
Level 4! The effects of the Myriad Spirit Beast Atlas seemed to have undergone an ineffable metamorphosis.
The twenty thousand Experience Points flowed away like water until finally, the last bit of blue light on the original sky-blue Catalog disappeared without a trace.
The final version of the Forest Wolf Catalog had completely turned purple!
Entirely purple.
At the same time, the glow emanating from the Myriad Spirit Beast Atlas gradually subsided, and in the deepest part of his soul, a prompt appeared within Su Ping’s heart:
[Catalog ’Forest Wolf’ level increased, current Catalog Level: 4, Forest Wolf Origin greatly enhanced, Forest Wolf experience gain +50%! Unlocked Origin reward: Experience Infusion!]
[Energy Infusion: A function unlocked at Myriad Spirit Beast Atlas Level 4, allowing the transfer of Experience Points from the Catalog into a bonded Pet Beast of matching intimacy, consuming some of the Beast Tamer’s spiritual power, and boosting the Pet Beast’s Realm Level!]
(Note: Each Forest Wolf can only use Experience Infusion once every ten days, and infusion can only elevate by one minor level at most. It cannot break through race limits, and the greater the Realm difference, the more Catalog Experience will be consumed.)
Su Ping blinked, looking at this ability, and for a moment, he was taken aback.
Previously, abilities like Mind’s Eye and Connection Share were about increasing the speed of skill practice by numbers, but now, the Catalog at Level 4 gained an ability that solved Su Ping’s most pressing issue with the Forest Wolf pack.
That was the issue of leveling up, which was relatively slow!
For example, if Su Ping were to purchase fifty more Forest Wolves to form a pack of one hundred, raising these new wolves to the same level as the initial fifty ordinary Forest Wolves would, obviously, take an exorbitant amount of time.
But now, it seemed different.
He could forcibly raise the Level Realm of the bonded Forest Wolves by consuming the corresponding Catalog Experience and his own spiritual power.
Although Su Ping had thought that given the difficulty in leveling up this time, the power gained afterward would be extraordinary.
Yet, he never imagined it would be like this!
However, if he were to consume a large amount of Experience Points, then the Level 5 upgrade for the Forest Wolf Catalog would become very difficult to achieve.
Thinking this, Su Ping refocused his consciousness on the Catalog that had turned purple:
[Catalog: Forest Wolf]
[…]
[Current Catalog Level: 4 (9/300,000) (4/10)]
(Note: After reaching Level 4, there are two upgrade methods to choose from! ’Experience Increase’ and ’Evolution Advancement’ are available to level up to Level 5!)
(Experience Increase: Initially, one needs to consume five hundred thousand Experience Points to advance to Level 5! Each completion of an Evolution Advancement reduces the Experience Points consumption by 50,000!)
(Evolution Advancement: Develop and personally breed ten completely different evolutionary trajectory lines for advancement!)
(Note: Evolutions of evolved forms cannot be counted in this category; they must be evolved from the Forest Wolf itself! Mutant evolutions are not included.)
Looking at the information before him, Su Ping was slightly taken aback.
Indeed, the Myriad Spirit Beast Atlas at Level 4 occupied a rather special position.To advance to the next level, there were now two methods available—Evolution Advancement and Experience Increase.Moreover, each developed Evolutionary Body could reduce the Experience Points needed to advance the Catalog.Unfortunately, Mutant evolutions did not count; otherwise, once Xiao Qing finished evolving, advancing to Level 5 would be half done already!
However, the remaining evolution forms of the Forest Wolf…
Su Ping pursed his lips. Would the regressed Wood Wolf count?
He scratched his head and continued to glance at the remaining content of the Forest Wolf Catalog itself.
Unlocked Evolutionary Atlas:
[Forest Wolf: A further evolution of the Forest Wolf, enhancing its own abilities without any extra enhancements—basically, the foundational Evolutionary Body.]
[Elf Wolf: A special Pet Beast evolved from the Forest Wolf based on the Life Series, with great potential and powerful healing abilities! The downside is the lack of offensive combat power.]
[Wanmu Wolf: An early-stage Wood Element enhanced Evolutionary Body that can harness Solar Power, with immense potential and combat strength!]
[Crown Wolf Emperor: An Emperor Level Evolutionary Body that perfectly controls plant power, possessing the absolute abilities of the King of the Forest!]
Preferences, Habits:
[…]
Record Log:
[…]
Su Ping slowly opened his eyes and exhaled a breath of stale air.
The upgrade of the Catalog was naturally something to celebrate, but new challenges had also appeared.Experience Increase and Evolution Advancement.As for the hundreds of thousands of Experience Points for the former, Su Ping didn’t even want to think about it.After all, after reaching Level 4, if Experience Points could be used to improve the Forest Wolf’s Realm Level, then continuing to use them to upgrade the Catalog would be a complete waste!
So, looking from the perspective of the Myriad Spirit Beast Atlas itself, undoubtedly, the more suitable way to advance again would be through Evolution Advancement.
So, what about the remaining evolutionary paths for the Forest Wolf?
Forest Wolf, Elf Wolf, Wanmu Wolf, Crown Wolf Emperor.These are the current four.
But if Pet Beast regression could be achieved, turning the Forest Wolf into a Wood Wolf, Su Ping wondered whether it would count as one; he thought it probably would.Even so, there would still be a shortfall of five.
Where would these five come from?Should he continue to rely on luck like with the Wanmu Wolf?Clearly, there was no need; that would be too much hassle.
As one of the most common Wood Element Pet Beasts, Su Ping also believed that the discovered evolutionary forms definitely weren’t just these few.
Su Ping thought for a moment and directly logged into the Breeder Association’s backend.
His access rights were sufficient to allow Su Ping to resolve ninety percent of his breeding-related problems on this platform.
And now was no different.
He searched for the keyword ’Forest Wolf’.
Immediately, a series of information appeared.
Su Ping directly ignored the hottest search results featuring his own name ’Su Ping’ and ’Wanmu Wolf’ and instead scanned the information below.
He disregarded entries like Forest Wolf, Crown Wolf Emperor, and Elf Wolf. Even if there were plans for further derivative evolutions and evolved forms in these areas, they held no significance for Su Ping.
What he was seeking were evolutionary forms centered around the Forest Wolf. And specifically, those rare evolutionary forms known only by a select group of Forest Wolf Beast Tamers and Breeders.
After filtering out the irrelevant information, there wasn’t much useful data left in the search results.
Su Ping quickly turned his attention to the remaining few entries.
[A Commander Level Evolutionary Body of the Forest Wolf, the Dead Wood Spring Wolf, was discovered by chance by Breeder Yao Chi from Xi Jing Province; an Evolutionary Body which even Breeders cannot replicate…]
[The most ’hair-raising’ mediocre Evolutionary Body at the same tier as the Forest Wolf, the Rotten Tree Wolf, created by Breeder Li Jialie from Dianzang Province…]
[The Thorn Wolf, a Commander Level Evolutionary Body of the Forest Wolf bred by Breeder Zhao Lintian from Beiyuan Province’s ’Anling Tree House’ breeding base. He was promoted to Senior Breeder for this and represented the Beiyuan Province Breeder Association, achieving seventh place in the breeding competition…]
A hint of joy appeared in Su Ping’s gaze.
Well, it turned out that there actually were three other Forest Wolf evolutionary forms available.He didn’t need to worry about the value of these evolutionary forms.As long as they were evolutionary forms that met the requirements for the Forest Wolf Level 5 advancement in the Myriad Spirit Beast Atlas, anything would do.
With that thought, Su Ping meticulously read through the messages from the Breeder Association’s backend and quickly locked onto the Thorn Wolf bred by the Anling Tree House breeding base in Beiyuan Province.
It seemed that the upcoming trip to Beiyuan Province now had an additional purpose.
Meanwhile, the time for this journey was drawing ever closer.
