As Director Lin Hongnian spoke, everyone was taken aback, then quickly asked.
Good heavens.
Apart from the intimidation skill that would inevitably awaken when the growth level reached the Monarch level, it actually awakened three new skills at once. It seems that this evolution significantly boosted the Iron Eater's race!
The key now is the levels of these three new racial skills.
One of the most direct ways to judge a pet beast's new form potential after evolution is to see how powerful its newly awakened racial skills are!
"I..."
With the feedback from the Iron Eater, Director Lin Hongnian was so excited he couldn't speak.
"Three new skills, one mid-level, one high-level, and one ultra-level!"
This is a major breakthrough!
"Don't keep us in suspense! Speak quickly!" Lin Xiuzhu couldn't help but glare at her father.
"The mid-level skill is Gigantification!"
ăSkillă: Gigantification
ăSkill Levelă: Mid-level
ăDescriptionă: A special ability that can enlarge the body. In the enlarged state, energy consumption increases, but strength also increases.
Everyone: ???
Shi Yu: ???
This mid-level skill is actually quite good, and Lin Hongnian was initially very satisfied.
However, as he saw everyone's strange expressions, he suddenly realized something was off.
He looked at the miniaturized Eleven on Shi Yu's shoulder and fell into deep thought.
Eleven: "Eh (￢?￢)?"
"Wait a moment!!"
Director Lin Hongnian suddenly said, "Why can an Iron Eater that has awakened the ancient evolutionary bloodline learn the higher-level skill Doubling, while a truly evolved Iron Eater can only awaken Gigantification??"
He had found a blind spot.
Everyone also looked at Shi Yu and Eleven, causing Shi Yu to fall into deep thought.
Amazing...
The Doubling skill, which Panda Senior and others had always associated with the ancient evolutionary form, actually awakened a similar skill after the Iron Eater evolved?
If it's going to awaken, it should awaken fully, not just halfway.
"It might be that Eleven has better talent? Director Lin can take the Iron Eater to the Evolution Holy Spring more often if he has time." Shi Yu suggested.
If Aunt Ancient Life Tree allows it.
Lin Hongnian was silent.
"What about the high-level and ultra-level skills??" Lin Xiuzhu asked.
Director Lin Hongnian stopped thinking about the frustrating issue of Gigantification and Doubling. He took a deep breath and said, "The high-level skill is the Golden skill Impregnable, and the ultra-level skill is the Golden skill Concealed Sharpness!"
ăSkillă: Impregnable
ăSkill Levelă: High-level
ăDescriptionă: A Golden skill where the user is protected by Golden power, increasing resistance to all types of skills.
This is the upper-level skill of Hardening.
Hardening generally only provides good resistance to physical attacks, but Impregnable also offers high resistance to various elemental attacks, control skills, and skills targeting the mind and soul.
In other words, it is a skill that comprehensively enhances the Iron Eater's ability to withstand attacks.
ăSkillă: Concealed Sharpness
ăSkill Levelă: Ultra-level
ăDescriptionă: A Golden skill where the user enters a concealed state, generating a source of physical energy, accumulating strength beyond their limits without affecting their condition. In the sharpness state, the accumulated strength can be explosively released, multiplying attack power, but it will also put a strain on the body.
"Damn."
After Director Lin finished speaking, Dean Hao, Director Li, and Tutor Ding were still fine, but the Seven Heroes of Archaeology were stunned.
"Actually awakened the skill Concealed Sharpness?" Zheng Yingjie opened his mouth wide.
This skill can be considered a divine skill of the Golden type.
First, this skill can maximize the physical energy of the pet beast!
Generally, a pet beast will be full after eating one energy crystal and can't eat any more, but with the skill Concealed Sharpness, the pet beast can eat ten or even a hundred energy crystals without any problem.
Moreover, the pet beast won't have indigestion or waste the power of the energy crystals; instead, it will store this energy steadily within its body.
In battle, whether it's gradually mobilizing this stored energy or releasing it all at once, it can be done.
This is the most typical combat skill, not only allowing the pet beast to have hidden physical energy far exceeding that of peers but also granting the pet beast the power to fight beyond its level!
"The Iron Eater, after evolving, is simply a super battle beast born for combat, no, for war." Dean Hao sighed, and Director Li and Tutor Ding deeply agreed.
At this moment, the Seven Heroes of Archaeology were enviously rubbing their hands.
Panda Senior was also somewhat excited, her body trembling with excitement.
Awakening an ultra-level skill after evolution means that the current racial potential level of the Iron Eater is definitely above the Monarch level.
Will her Iron Eater become this strong in the future?
"Ao!!!" Lin Hongnian's Iron Eater was also very excited, feeling boundless strength surging within its body!
It glanced at Eleven, wanting to feel the envious gaze of its kin...
"Eh." However, Eleven shook its head.
So what if it has three more skills? Eleven has plenty of skills!
Iron Eater: ...
At this moment, the happiest person was Director Lin Hongnian himself.
"Conceal."
He smiled and looked at the Iron Eater.
The Iron Eater nodded.
Then, under everyone's watchful eyes, it returned to its pre-evolution form.
All the battle armor disappeared, and its size returned to normal.
This is the concealment effect of the ultra-level skill Concealed Sharpness, which means hiding one's sharpness.
"Can it return to its pre-evolution form in the concealed state?!"
Shi Yu, who had been quiet all along, suddenly froze, his eyes wide.
"Yes, that's the magic of this ultra-level skill." Director Li chuckled.
"It's a godlike skill for pretending to be weak, by the way, if used in conjunction with Eleven's miniaturization, wouldn't it have a miraculous effect?"
After being stunned, Shi Yu's emotions finally fluctuated greatly.
Damn, this concealed state can even revert to the pre-evolution form?
How cool is that.
"Great!" Lin Xiuzhu couldn't help but shout.
This way, the Iron Eater would have two forms, right?
She could let the Iron Eater evolve without any worries in the future.
The only downside is that the evolved Iron Eater can only Gigantify and not miniaturize, which is a bit of a pity. She really envies Eleven's Doubling skill.
"It seems we have no worries either..."
Shi Yu had the same thought as Lin Xiuzhu.
Now, even if it evolves, the Panda Pendant and Panda Bed will still be there!
It's indeed a godlike skill!
Shi Yu hinted at Eleven on his shoulder, feeling that he still needed to invest more...
Eleven: "Eh."
At this moment, everyone was looking at Director Lin's Iron Eater with admiration.
This might be the first evolved form of an Iron Eater in this era?
Director Lin Hongnian will become famous, and Shi Yu, who discovered the Iron Eater's evolutionary path, will also become famous!
Everyone was deeply moved, but at this moment, Shi Yu suddenly thought of something and felt that the matter wasn't over.
"Wait a moment!"
Shi Yu suddenly looked at Director Lin and said, "Why don't we try engraving the special symbol from the metal plate on the Iron Eater?"
"I still feel that the inscription symbol is the key to the Iron Eater's further transformation, not just a tribal mark."
Director Lin was taken aback, then nodded, choosing to trust Shi Yu.
"But what can we use to engrave it?"
Shi Yu suggested, "Hardened claws."
Seeing Shi Yu's determination, everyone perked up again.
Could that symbol really have something special?
"Let's try it as Shi Yu suggested."
Since Shi Yu's confirmed evolutionary method has been proven, trusting him again doesn't seem like a bad idea.
Dean Hao brought the metal plate.
The Iron Eater also returned to its giant armed form.
At this moment, the Iron Eater looked at the special symbol on the metal plate, then at its battle armor, and fell into deep thought.
Should it really engrave this thing?
"Let's try it." Director Lin Hongnian laughed, indifferent, saying that it doesn't matter whether it succeeds or fails.
"Ao!!"
The Iron Eater nodded, then hardened its claws and began to engrave the special symbol on the metal plate onto its battle armorâ
Squeak!
However, the next second, an unexpected scene occurred.
The Iron Eater's claws, enhanced by the Master-level Hardening, couldn't leave any marks on the battle armor at all!
Keep in mind, the current battle armor hasn't been enhanced by Hardening yet.
"So hard." Director Li was slightly surprised.
This defense...
Without any skills, the body's strength surpasses Master-level Hardening?
Is it going to compete with dragons in physical attributes?
Squeak!
"Ao!!"
The Iron Eater's expression changed, tried again, but still couldn't engrave anything.
"It seems we need something harder to engrave it." Dean Hao pondered.
While everyone was amazed by the Iron Eater's battle armor defense, only the Iron Eater, Lin Hongnian, and Shi Yu had different expressions.
"No, that's not it." Director Lin Hongnian's expression was serious.
"The strength of the Master-level Hardened claws is clearly above the battle armor."
"The Iron Eater says that there seems to be a repulsive force between its claws and the battle armor, preventing it from leaving any marks!"
"What?"
After Director Lin spoke, everyone was stunned.
Is this some kind of self-protection mechanism?
"Could this inscription really have some mysterious power?"
If everyone still thought the special symbol had no special meaning before, now, with this strange phenomenon, even a fool could sense something was off.
This isn't about the hardness of the claws.
Why is there a repulsive reaction between the Hardened claws and the battle armor?
Everyone's brows furrowed. Could Shi Yu be right?
Does this inscription have some special power?
Otherwise, if it were just a simple inscription, why couldn't the Iron Eater engrave it?
Shi Yu fell into deep thought.
It shouldn't be.
In the historical images he saw, those Iron Eaters used Master-level Hardened claws to engrave inscriptions on their battle armor, and it was definitely correct!
The smooth engraving actions of those Iron Eaters didn't seem to have any obstacles.
At this moment, Shi Yu felt he had missed something. What was wrong... Slowly, as Shi Yu looked at Master Lin Hongnian's Iron Eater, he suddenly froze.
ăSkillă: Hardening
ăStatusă: Teachable
Just like facing the Master-level insect silk of the Green Silk Worm, Master Lin Hongnian's Iron Eater, even with a Master-level racial skill, still showed a teachable status in the skill catalog!
After being stunned, Shi Yu clarified, "Could it be that the proficiency of Hardening is not enough?"
"Is there a higher proficiency level above Master-level Hardening...?"
"I feel that a qualitative leap in racial skills might be the key to the Iron Eater's further transformation! Perhaps, when that happens, there won't be any repulsive reaction when engraving the inscription."
This time, Shi Yu's thoughts opened up, feeling a sense of clarity, believing his deduction was definitely correct!
Master-level Hardening and those inscriptions might be the key to the Iron Eater's further evolution!
The Monarch level is just the beginning!
A mythic future is truly expected!
After Shi Yu spoke, everyone had strange expressions.
Dean Hao explained, "Beginner, Proficient, Expert, Perfect, Master, although the names of each level vary in different eras, the abilities of pet beasts have always been these five levels. Perfect represents the peak of skills, and Master represents breaking the original limits of the skill."
"As for higher levels, there is no such concept, and there are no records of it throughout history... nor has any Beast Master's pet beast reached it."
"This is not very realistic. Why don't we try using other tools to engrave?"
Director Lin Hongnian's mouth twitched, unsure whether to believe Shi Yu.
Why don't you say that the Iron Eater can evolve again by eating Venus?
Even if it were true, it's impossible to achieve.
Using such an unscientific evolutionary condition to make him expect the evolution of the Iron Eater's evolved form is like asking him to train the Iron Eater 24/7 for the rest of their lives.
As everyone refuted the unscientific nature, Shi Yu fell silent.
He still stubbornly believed his deduction was correct.