Chapter 408 — They're Too Normal

Indeed, there was no need to take it to heart; Eleven was a case of paying to win, grinding to win, and cheating on top of it all—no wonder it surpassed the norm. As for her opponent, at that age, her level was already quite respectable.

By Shi Jin's preliminary judgment, this Anise's strength was roughly on par with the Ice-Eyed White Tiger and the Burden Mountain Turtle.

Though that sounded weak, it was in fact not weak at all.

Because that Ice-Eyed White Tiger and Burden Mountain Turtle were absolutely among the finest of the Overlords, and neither was young—they had cultivated for at least a hundred years, or the Dragon-Man Empire would never have invited them so pointedly.

And these four elves were merely of the younger generation of the Tingxiang royal family, their potential still immense. Given this Anise a bit of time—though hopes of a Totem were slim—cultivating to the level of the Azure-Scaled Flood Dragon should pose no problem at all. No, more than that: it should be very simple.

"May I ask… was that its full power just now?" Anise looked at the shrunken Eleven, her heart churning as she spoke.

"Ying?" Eleven lowered its head. Full power? Certainly not.

Shi Jin said simply, "No."

He had not yet forced Eleven to use its strongest tactic—the combined cyclical burst tactic of Concealed Edge plus Unstoppable plus Immortal Golden Body plus Overlord Will, which was even more savage.

Apart from that, the superalloy combo skill from earlier was not the strongest combo skill they had researched during this period either.

The strongest combo skill was the fusion of Meteor Demon God Metal and Perfect Self-Thunder Metal.

In order to simulate evolution, Shi Jin and the others had once wasted a tiny bit of demon god power to experiment, using superalloy to create a marble-sized "Yin-Yang Jade."

Just a marble-sized piece of metal, when smashed out by Eleven, unleashed at least twice the power of the earlier Thunder Arrow. The destructive force was terrifying—just a little hard to control.

Rin silently speculated that this move, once perfected, might truly become a quasi-divine skill.

As for the current Eleven, at full burst, Shi Jin felt it would not be much inferior to the Azure-Scaled Flood Dragon at its peak. In terms of combat power, it should have reached the threshold of a top-tier overlord—a gatekeeper of top-tier overlord combat strength.

And once it broke through to become a perfect overlord and completed its evolution, Shi Yanzin speculated that its strength would have no problem defeating veteran top-tier overlords like the Sky-Piercing Whale. Its combat power should be no less than that of an invincible overlord like an individual mutated Kun.

Enough to carry the banner of dominating the World Tournament.

"Are you really... only level six and monarch level..."

After hearing Shi Jin say that Eleven had not even used its full power, Annis broke down.

She felt that compared to Shi Jin, the two legends of Tingxiang were both trash.

Shi Jin laughed and looked toward Lier and the others. "Do you want to try too?"

"No, no need."

Lier, Luoyi, and the other elves shook their heads, declining.

Forget it.

There was no way they could win.

Annis was already the strongest among them.

"Alright then." Shi Li—sure enough, these four elves were not suited to him.

They were too normal.

Annis—overlord strength, medium will. Not weak, but not enough.

Lier—overlord strength, low will. Luoyi and Hilia—one monarch, one commander, both with extremely low will.

Not quite good enough.

Shi Qi fell silent. After thinking it over, sure enough, that awakened-level problem elf from before was still the most attractive to him.

Although the other party also had the lowest will, at least she had divine power.

Besides, demanding an awakened-level young elf girl to have a high will level was too harsh.

Ginseng Baby, Bug Bug, Crimson Eye—when they were at commander level, they all had extremely low will too. Weren't they even more useless? And now they had all trained their way up.

No overlord will, so he didn't want them? He didn't remember saying that.

"Let's head out then. My friend should be arriving soon." Shi Li.

As his words fell, the four elves nodded. After witnessing Shi Ying's strength, they had grown even more respectful of this Donghuang beast tamer. And from their initial resistance, they had become increasingly interested in Shi Jin, thinking of ways to attract him.

Lu Heng arrived late—mainly because after the banquet ended, Tingxiang's elf Lian wanted to look around, and Lu Yan had accompanied her.

"Sorry, I'm late."

Upon arriving, Lu Yan said apologetically. At this moment, the four elf geniuses looked in surprise at Lian following beside Lu Heng, curiously studying this elf undead.

Although they had just heard Shi Jin mention it, this was still their first time seeing an elf who had become a complete undead lifeform.

"This is the Donghuang legendary beast tamer Lu Heng, fifth in the Donghuang Sequence. She's the friend I mentioned. And this is her contracted partner, the wind elf Lian." Shi Jin introduced.

"Legend Lu, Lian, hello." Annis and the other elves said.

"Hello." Lu Heng greeted them, and beside her, Lian also looked at the group of elves and gave a slight nod.

Lier, the royal library administrator of Tingxiang, observed Lian carefully and said, "Miss Lian, do you not remember anything at all about your origins?"

Lian shook her head.

At this, Lier thought for a moment, then smiled. "Then how about we take a trip to the royal library?"

"In the library, there is an Omniscient Book made from the shed bark of the Mother Tree of Life. It records the vast majority of elf race information and contains the bloodline information of most elves. It is a legendary book. If we use it, we can surely figure everything out."

"The Omniscient Book?" Lu Heng was slightly surprised. There was such a thing?

"Mm." Lier nodded. This book was not normally allowed to be used lightly, but for Shi Ying's sake, she was willing to activate it once. Besides, she herself was rather curious about this Lian.

"Great, Sister Lier, you're going to activate the Omniscient Book?" Hearing this, Luoyi and Hilia were both overjoyed.

"May we come along too? Could I ask it a few questions?"

"This is a legendary artifact of the elf race."

"Only elves recognized by the Book of Legends are qualified to open it."

"And Lier is one of the few elves the Book of Legends has acknowledged."

Lier rubbed her temples in exasperation. "This is a special case. You may all come along, but no one is to do anything reckless."

"Thank you so much." At that moment, seeing that the Tingxiang royal family had brought out even the Book of Legends just to help her, Lu Heng was overcome with gratitude. Beside her, Lian echoed, "Thank you."

"Think nothing of it—elves are all one family," Lier said with a smile. "It so happens I'd like to invite you two to view the imperial palace as well."

"Good, let's go take a look, then," Shi Cen said. To think such an item actually existed.

Their decision made, Shi Jin and his party, led by Lier of the light elves, set off for the Tingxiang elf imperial palace.

Although the seven nations had formed an alliance and, per its requirements, established a unified Beastmaster Association, their systems of governance still differed enormously.

Tingxiang and Rongguang, for instance, had retained the tradition of royalty and nobility, and royal beastmasters enjoyed supreme status.

Of course, though the other nations had different institutions, in essence there was no difference—it was still the strongest few beastmasters and their family factions who held the greatest say.

In this transcendent world where a single man's power could annihilate a nation, strength was the root of all things.

"My ability can use the blood of other living beings as a medium to manifest their original forms."