Chapter 311 — A New Skill for Shi Yi

After the national tournament, in preparation for the world tournament, it would be time for a new round of enhancements for his pets — suitable low-level teachable skills, as well as super-tier racial skills, all had to be arranged.

"Eee-eee."

At that moment, having eaten a piece of grade-eight metal and awakened a new skill, Shiyi still seemed unsatisfied.

It shrank back into its mini form, poked Shi Jin, and asked whether there was still a Yun'an fragment, and whether it could eat that one too. Susu's purification skill was maxed out now, and its strength had already reached Monarch level!

It should be able to escort it safely through the evolution while it absorbed the Yun'an fragment.

And if that truly wasn't enough, it could eat a Shiyun Fruit — with an Overlord-level Susu's maxed purification, it would surely be perfectly safe.

Shi Jin smiled faintly and stood up. "That's right, that's what I was thinking too. But let's try it after the national tournament. Absorbing the Yun'an fragment isn't zero-risk, unlike Ranjin. The national tournament is coming up next; if something went wrong in the process and you couldn't compete, a huge pile of resources would go down the drain..."

"Besides, according to what Senior Chongxuan said, during the absorption of the Yun'an fragment, the power of darkness erodes the will. I have a feeling that might also be a fine opportunity to temper your will. Best not to use Susu's help if we can avoid it — let's wait until we have plenty of Shiyun, then face the challenge with everything we've got."

Shiyi: Awoo (Okay!)!!!

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Meanwhile.

In the imperial capital, inside a mechanical research institute.

Gao Xuan set down the tool in his hand and looked at the "Anti-Shi Jin Ultimate Holy Dragon Beast" before him, finally letting out a breath of relief.

Gao Xuan had indeed learned of Shi Jin's battle record in Mirage Abyss City. Even if he hadn't, with Shi Jin's name appearing in the top hundred of the Sequence War, he could tell that Shi Jin must be hiding his true strength.

So, before the national tournament began, he decisively upgraded and modified the Ultimate Holy Dragon Beast with the help of Imperial Capital University and his seniors from the Fourth Bureau.

He brought out his entire fortune and awakened and contracted four new machines that could merge with the Ultimate Holy Dragon Beast — a uniform set of Monarch-race, Monarch-level new mechanical equipment, complete with new energy sources, new converters, and new weapons, fully outfitted. He had originally planned to awaken and combine them only after obtaining materials like the Myriad Transformation Stone, but now he had been forced to grind it out ahead of schedule, which meant he would have to readjust everything later — a great drain on his energy.

"Now, with five pets merged, plus my own command, six as one — even an Overlord's attack should be barely defensible. And the merged Ultimate Holy Dragon Beast can even unleash Overlord-level attacks. It'll overload, of course, but I can't help feeling this might be a bit of overkill."

Gao Xuan fell into thought. Never mind — just consider it grinding ahead of time for the Sequence War. Weakly, he picked up his tonic. Lately he had been grinding desperately to upgrade his machines, and it had worn him out. Before this, he had never imagined that a freshman could suddenly become a threat to him.