Chapter 414 — The Evolution of Eleven Gods

Strong as this already was, Shi Jin still felt it was not enough.

After all, the Elf Empress had said that this year's World Tournament supposedly had totem-tier contenders.

Later, Shi Jin had investigated through Donghuang's channels. Though he turned up nothing, he still set the totems down as hypothetical enemies.

Leaving other totems aside and speaking only of the Gem Cat, which had broken through on resources alone—even now Shi Jin had no confidence in defeating it.

Because no matter how hard they tried, none of them could land the strike with which the cat had one-shot the Azure-Scaled Flood Dragon.

And if it were a totem that commanded a masterwork-grade super-tier racial skill and possessed an overlord's will, that would be even more dangerous.

Relying on Ginseng Baby's self-detonation might work, but it was unreliable—there was, after all, only one chance.

So at present, the process of Eleven breaking through to overlord and completing its perfect evolution was of paramount importance.

If, after its breakthrough and evolution, it could attain [invincible overlord power] akin to that of the [Grand Crown Prince of Mirage Abyss City] or the [Legendary Mutant Kun of the Overlord Sea], then with the whole roster combined, the pressure of fighting an ordinary totem would ease considerably.

"Are you ready?"

It was already October of Alliance Calendar Year 179. Shi Jin had stayed in Pingcheng for over two months—two months of utter tedium, yet watching his pet beasts grow stronger bit by bit had been a joy nonetheless.

The only regret was that telepathy still had not been successfully developed a second time. That made Shi Jin give up on it entirely, and he lent the talent orb to Lu Yan for a time, teaching her hand-in-hand how to learn psychokinesis.

Now, with Eleven about to break through and evolve, it was the greatest consolation easing that heartache.

Eleven: Awoo (ˇˇ) Charge, charge, charge—ready long ago.

On the rocky ground, Eleven cheered and leaped, its black-and-white fur fluttering, beside itself with joy.

Heaven knew how long it had waited for this day.

Apart from Eleven and Shi Jin, the members of Team One were all present as well.

The members of Team Two were absent—mainly because Team One's energy fluctuations from training, breakthroughs, and evolutions were all too intense. The slightest leak of their intimidation could affect Team Two's members, making it unfit for them to train together.

"Mm~" Beside them, the butterfly with the dreamlike body hovering in midair pursed its lips.

Leader, you are celebrating too early.

Generally speaking, the earlier one evolves and the earlier one breaks through, the weaker one is.

Being the first to break through to overlord was not necessarily a good thing.

Buggy had learned this the hard way.

As the only member of Team One not of a high overlord race or above, life was simply too hard for it. Were it not for the sheer power of its power of imagination, it would have sunk to Little Ji's level.

"Eeh." Ginseng Baby gave its sunflower a dashing shake, looking utterly unconcerned—even if Eleven evolved into a mythical race, it would still be unrivaled in this world.

Time Imprint + Time-Essence Fruit + Moonburst + Life Fire Seed—it could only say, explosively delicious. Even a totem would not stand a chance; it was better than a true divine skill.

So long as this skill was banned for a day, it was the strongest.

The day this skill was no longer banned was the day Ginseng Baby ought to panic.

"Mii." The sword spirit Crimson Pupil danced wildly in midair—currently absurdly powerful as well.

Now that its Dead Resurrection had reached perfect grade, it no longer needed the bone sword to control those three overlord-tier undead puppets.

So Crimson Pupil had lately been coquettishing with Shi Jin, hoping the next masterwork-grade super-tier skill could be given to its Dead Resurrection.

That way, it would be able to control totem-tier puppets.

Even a Monarch-level beastmaster can control totem undead puppets—absolutely invincible, you know.

At this point, it no longer mattered who got the next allocation of points, because in the two months that followed, whether it was Chongchong, Chi Tong, or Lin, their willpower levels were all tempered to Overlord-level will. Though there were still some differences in how many points each accumulated, those differences were no longer significant.

"Ning." Susu hummed with a proud, spoiled air, her jelly-like azure body wobbling back and forth.

Here's hoping Eleven evolves to become a bit stronger—and doesn't let down the effort it put into creating the Spirit of the Purified Sea.

At present, every single beast had found its own psychological comfort.

Ginseng Baby, for instance, believed that if skills were not forbidden, it would be the strongest; while Susu believed that if the battlefield were the ocean, then she would be the strongest.

In any case, none of them believed that Eleven, even after breaking through and evolving, could change that situation.

"All right, all right."

Shi Zhuo smiled faintly, having long since prepared the ten pieces of Meteorite Hound Shards and two chunks of Aurora Magnetgold obtained from Senior Jili.

He looked at Eleven, and Eleven gave a heavy nod, then immediately reverted to its usual form!

A Jiuli Battle Beast form towering three to four meters tall.

Clad in silver-and-black armor, with blue eyes glowing, it exuded an imposing majesty.

But this might be the last time it maintained this form.

What it would evolve into next, not even Shi Jin and the others could know.

They just didn't know whether, afterward, it could be restored through Shi Yun Fruit.

"Awooo!!!"

"Eat up, eat up."

Eleven nodded.

These past few days had nearly stifled it to death.

In order to become a Perfect Overlord, it had been suppressing the power of its breakthrough for several days now.

If it didn't break through soon, whether Shi Jin would be fine or not, it didn't know—but it itself would absolutely explode.

Still, this process had also further tempered Eleven's control over its own body.

At this moment, under the gaze of the entire team, Eleven impatiently grabbed a piece of Aurora Magnetgold and stuffed it into its mouth.

A legendary resource—Aurora Magnetgold!

Shi Shuo had two pieces in total, both applied for from the Donghuang side.

This was a legendary enhancement resource capable of strengthening one's physique.

Although Eleven and the others regularly trained with legendary resources, they had never fully devoured them.

Otherwise, the immense power of those legendary resources would have long since pushed them into a breakthrough.

After all, legendary resources could even give an Overlord a chance to break through to Totem, let alone a Monarch breaking through to Overlord.

Now, Eleven's eyes were filled with excitement—at last, it could taste what a legendary resource was like.

Ordinarily, this resource was meant to be carried around, subtly tempering the physique over time.

Swallowing it directly was undoubtedly quite risky.

But Lin had already performed rigorous calculations: given Eleven's current physique, fully devouring the Aurora Magnetgold would absolutely pose no problem.

Before evolving, first break through.

"Eleven, charge!"

"Wu!" "Yi!" "Mi!" "Ning!" "!"

Amid the cheers of the entire team, Eleven swallowed the first chunk of Aurora Magnetgold, and its expression abruptly turned solemn, frozen.

The suppressed power within its body could no longer be held back.

It slowly raised its head and let out a roar at the heavens.

"ROAR!!!!!!"

In the next instant, astonishing energy erupted from within its body!

"BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM!!!!!"

With Eleven's roar, the earth around it cracked and exploded outward.

Terrifying white lightning also surged skyward from its body!!!

The power of thunder and lightning contained within the Aurora Magnetgold!!!