Chapter 484 — Eleven's Evolution: Filling in the Gaps

Still, with the Wind of Withering, Eleven felt that so long as it honed itself a little, suppressing Buggy again was only a matter of time; and besides, the Wind of Withering was a perfect counter to opponents with strong recovery like Buggy and Ginseng Baby.

Next team match, it should be able to take Buggy down with ease, right?

[Buggy: ??? In your dreams!]

"Let us continue, Shi Li."

At those words, Eleven ran over, picked up the Mirror Stone, and swallowed it.

"The Mirror Stone can awaken the Iron-Eating Beast's 'Mirror Reflection' skill, correct?" Shi Li asked.

"That is correct," said Great General Ji Yunzhong.

"This skill is very special. It was tailored precisely to counter the weakness of the divine-demonic Iron-Eating Beast."

"In fact, among the Nine Inscriptions, the very first inscription to be researched was the divine-demonic inscription evolved through the Fallen Beast fragments."

"And the divine-demonic Iron-Eating Beast's Divine-Demonic Body skill can make any attribute skill carry a light-attribute effect. That is why its inscription-evolved form has so many skill attributes—all to maximize the effect of the Divine-Demonic Body."

"However, not all of its skills are meant to work with the Divine-Demonic Body. The divine-demonic Iron-Eating Beast is of the dark attribute and has poor compatibility with the light attribute, so its Mirror Reflection skill is extremely unusual among all its skills—it was developed specifically to counter light."

[Skill]: Mirror Reflection [Attribute]: Metal, Water

[Grade]: Super-Tier divine-demonic Iron-Eating Beast... its compatibility with the light attribute is poor after all!

"Yes." Faced with Ji Li's question, Shi Jin actually nodded with a smile, offering no denial. By now, with Eleven's evolution complete, it directly entered the Thunder God Armor state.

"Awoo!!"

Eleven let out a roar, white lightning bursting from its mouth and eyes.

White lightning coiled around its entire body, and Eleven's black-and-white fur gleamed. It was like a thunder god of light bathed in lightning, containing astonishing divine power within.

After a moment, Eleven dispersed the lightning and nodded in satisfaction, under the uncomprehending expressions of Ji Li, Ji Yunhai, and the others.

"Ying ying ying."

"You little beast..." the Martial Emperor could not help but look toward Cen Yu.

"Not bad. The Mirror Reflection skill truly does affect the White Lightning. [Description]: Can enter a mirror state, reflect light-attribute skills, and, based on skill grade, amplify the power of the reflected light-attribute skill."

Clearly, this was a defensive skill aimed at the light attribute. A normal divine-demonic Iron-Eating Beast really did fear light...

But...

"Wait, I remember..." At this moment, as Eleven once again entered its evolved state, Ji Li suddenly recalled something. "Eleven... doesn't it command light-attribute lightning?!"

She clearly remembered that when Eleven had dueled her own Iron-Eating Beast, besides the black divine-demonic lightning representing the dark attribute, it had also possessed a special white luminous lightning!

"What?" At Ji Li's words, Great General Ji Yunhai beside her was stunned.

Did you not say earlier that this little beast had already evolved into a divine-demonic Iron-Eating Beast?

a certain amplification." Shi Cen was extremely satisfied.

The White Lightning skill was actually not as overbearing as the Divine-Demonic Body skill.

As a result, in daily use of the light-and-dark lightning power, to balance the forces, Eleven would always weaken its use of divine-demonic power to a certain degree, precisely to keep it in balance with the White Lightning power.

But from now on, perhaps that would no longer be necessary.

Mirror Reflection could of course be used as a defensive skill, but it could likewise be used as an enhancement skill—enhancing Eleven's own light lightning power, strengthening the very force it reflected!

Beyond that... Eleven was delighted inside. Was Ginseng Baby's self-detonation also of the light attribute? Was there hope of reflecting Moonburst back at it?!

If so, then next time, don't ban it!

Ginseng Baby: [??? Dream on!]

Having devoured the second piece of metal, Eleven was still overjoyed, and its gaze continued on to the third piece of metal.

Earth-Mother Iron.

Without a word, it swallowed it straight down.

[Skill]: Touch Stone to Gold [Attribute]: Metal, Earth

[Grade]: Super-Tier

[Description]: Can convert earth-attribute power into metal-attribute power!

Shi Jin was delighted.

Eleven was delighted too.

This skill could be called the one Eleven had anticipated most.

Touch Stone to Gold!

This skill was very strong.

Metal-attribute natural environments, compared to earth, wind, water, wood, and lightning environments... were exceedingly rare in the natural world.

So for metal-attribute beasts seeking a place suited to their own combat, it was extraordinarily difficult.

But with Midas Touch, that would no longer be a problem.

Even ordinary sand and soil could, under the power of Midas Touch, be transformed in an instant into a field of gold.

For an overlord-level Iron-Eating Beast, using this skill meant trading a relatively small cost for a far greater influx of metal-attribute natural energy to strengthen itself.

Beyond that, within the Iron-Eating Beast Legion, any beast that had mastered this skill was a hot commodity.

After all, it could turn any roadside stone into metal at will.

Stones were not something Iron-Eating Beasts liked to eat, yet it felt like no burden at all—they devoured every last bit of evolution metal as easily as snacking on treats, as though their potential had no end!

It wanted more!

Shi Yi turned its gaze to the Molten Gold.

It had just finished eating water, then earth; now Shi Yi wanted something hot.

Seeing Shi Yi reach straight for the Molten Gold, Ji Li could not help but warn, "Absorbing Molten Gold is the most dangerous thing short of the Meteor Yak shards. The skill it grants is also the hardest to master—it demands that an Iron-Eating Beast possess extremely strong fire resistance..."

"Don't worry."

Shi Li—fire resistance was one thing Shi Yi genuinely had in abundance.

Although fire countered metal, for Shi Yi, who had mastered the (Perfect +47) Departing-Metal Battle Body, its fire resistance was likely second only to its metal and lightning resistance.

"Awoo~"

Under Ji Li's silent stare, Shi Yi grabbed the Molten Gold—hot enough to scald an overlord-level life form—stuffed it into its mouth, and swallowed it whole. Then it exhaled a puff of white steam and gave a satisfied burp.

"Burp~"

Its face was flushed bright red, its expression one of wanting more.

And in the next instant, an astonishing heat burst forth from Shi Yi. The surging high temperature melted the ground around it and even the surrounding space; the sky turned instantly crimson. At the sight, Ji Li, General Ji Yunhai, and the others paled and drew back slightly—even the Martial Emperor wore a look of shock.

Concentrated to a single point, that heat could probably melt an ordinary totem in an instant!

If it were metal, that was another matter entirely.

You could say this was also a chef's skill.

Shi Jin had even heard that, trained to extremely high proficiency, it could remodel earth-attribute resources into metal-attribute resources, and earth-attribute beasts into metal-attribute beasts—a truly remarkable feat.

This skill was useful to Shi Yi as well—after all, Shi Yi really could eat...

From now on, they could just let Shi Yi out to eat dirt on its own.

The range of high-end resources to choose from would grow wider too. Earth-attribute resources were just as usable to Shi Yi—snatching food right from the jaws of the machine!