The sudden new task caused Lin Hao's mood at the moment to surge with vigor.
Having money to earn was undoubtedly energizing!
Immediately, Lin Hao unlocked the door to his dorm room, and then sat down on the bed couch, preparing to use the amount of money he had saved over the past few months to evolve his pet.
Next to him, came the 'whirring' sleeping sound of the little white ape.
Since the beginning of winter, Lin Hao realized that Little White's sleeping time had become longer and longer.
This winter-eye-like state was something Lin Hao was a bit worried about at first.
However, with later, after checking the information about magical beasts in the Tianyan Academy's book cabinet, he was a bit surprised.
Because, from the information recorded in the books, Little White was now in a stage of growth and evolution.
Once it metamorphosed, its overall strength would have a huge increase.
In this regard, Lin Hao was somewhat looking forward to Little White's next change.
After all, of the pets under his hand right now, Little White's strength could be said to be the weakest one.
However, Little White's potential was the biggest one.
The ancient bloodline of a one-horned dragon ape, if that kind of beast grew up, it would definitely be a terrifying existence that could make the beast world, and even the martial cultivation world, tremble.
Immediately, Lin Hao checked the deposits in the Ten Thousand Gold Card.
The 100 million dollars from the gold, silver, and jewels that Yang Chengji had scraped off a few months ago and sold off, as well as the 50 million dollars of salary that had been accumulated in the last few months.
There was also nearly seventy million dollars from Yan Fengjun's gambling winnings today, all adding up to about two hundred and forty million dollars.
Three days later at the Winter Sun Season Banquet, Lin Hao couldn't predict what untoward events would occur, and felt the need to boost the battle power of his next few pets.
That way, they would at least be able to increase some guarantees.
Thinking of this, Lin Hao whispered, "System, I want to evolve an animal."
"Ding, please ask the host to choose the animal that needs to be evolved."
At the same time as the system's voice sounded, a light screen of a pet list steeply surfaced in Lin Hao's mind.
Nowadays, in the pet list, there were Kung Fu Fly, Wolf Spider, Fire Scale Tiger, and Four Treasures.
The ranks of the four pets were also, in order, A rank king, A rank king, C rank king, and B rank king.
Among them, although the rank of the Fire Scaled Tiger was the lowest, the 35,000 battle power was equal to that of the A rank King Tarantula.
This was the difference brought about by the high and low levels of the beast species.
If the Fire Scaled Tiger had also evolved to the A rank King, the Tarantula would never be able to match it in terms of battle power.
However, due to the large size of the fire scale tiger, it was not suitable for assassination and other assassin tasks.
Therefore, all along, Lin Hao had focused his evolution on Kung Fu Fly and Tarantula, the two of them.
As for the parrot four treasures, they were used as visual sharing tools.
Because of this, it made the Four Treasures' exposure rate really too high, and was equally unsuitable for assassination mission activities.
Otherwise, if the Four Treasures were discovered by others, they would also naturally suspect him.
This was also why, Lin Hao hadn't even focused his evolution on the Four Treasures.
After all, he was short of funds nowadays, so he could only use his limited resources on pets that could create greater benefits.
When he had the money later, he would upgrade them all one by one.
Lin Hao even had an idea that he wanted to create more pet forms and then build an army of animal killers.
And then, Lin Hao collected his thoughts and started thinking about the assassination plan three days later.
"For this banquet, I'm afraid there will be some powerful martial artists among the people participating, so it's better to raise the ability of the fire scale tiger first."
As his mind turned to thoughts, he condensed a finger in the spiritual consciousness body in his mind and lightly tapped the pet totem of the fire scale tiger.
Immediately afterward, without the slightest reservation, Lin Hao consumed thirty-one million dollars and directly upgraded the Fire Scale Tiger from a C-step king level, to an A-step king level.
"Ding, successful advancement, congratulations to codename 003's pet Fire Scale Tiger for evolving to A-rank King Grade, its battle power has been comprehensively improved."
"Congratulations to Code Name 003 Pet Fire Scale Tiger, for obtaining a special talent, the Blue Inferno Beast Body."
As the fire scale tiger evolved to A rank king, Lin Hao was immediately surprised to find that the fire scale tiger totem on the square, between the flashes of light and a second look, had changed.
However, he saw that the evolved Fire Scale Tiger was surrounded by flames all over its body, tall and majestic.
And those flames on its body, not as red as in the past, is flickering with a ghostly blue luster, filled with more burning energy fluctuations.
It was not difficult to see that this was the symbol of the Blue Flame Beast Body!
"Handsome!"
Lin Hao was slightly stunned in his heart, and then he couldn't help but secretly praise.
For the Fire Scale Tiger's form after this kind of metamorphosis, he felt very satisfied.
Immediately, Lin Hao moved his mind and called up the attribute panel of the Fire Scaled Tiger.
[Fire Scaled Tiger
Code name: 004
Owner: Lin Hao
Combat power: 45000
Rank: A-step king level
Skills: Flame Light, Flame Strike
Talent: Blue Inferno Beast Body
...
The attribute panel's profile information was not complicated and was clear at a glance.
Compared to the A rank king level Kung Fu Fly, the battle power had a whole 25,000 more values.
Although the tarantula's value wasn't low, that 35,000 battle power wasn't enough compared to the Fire Scale Tiger at this moment.
This was the gap between the bloodlines of beast species.
Lin Hao could only hope that in the later evolution, the kungfu fly and tarantula would be able to obtain some sort of bloodline talent.
In this way, their path of evolution would be able to develop even better.
"There's still a little over 200 million left, why don't we spend it all together?"
Thinking of this, Lin Hao held the mentality of trying, intending to use all of it to evolve the two major merits of the Pet Killer Team.
Further up the A rank was the S rank.
In tenfold increments, it was equivalent to consuming one hundred million for one pet.
The 200 million saved in his card right now was just enough to cover the expenses of the two beasts.
Therefore, at that moment, Lin Hao didn't have any hesitation and advanced and upgraded Kung Fu Fly and Tarantula one after another.
"Ding, successful advancement, congratulations to the code 002 pet 'tarantula' for evolving to the S rank, and gaining a full increase in battle power."
Hearing the system's prompt, Lin Hao immediately checked the attribute panel.
However, he saw that the battle power of the tarantula had suddenly skyrocketed to a value of 40,000 points, which was equivalent to the level of a rank 8 warrior.
Unfortunately, however, this time, the tarantula hadn't gained any natural skills or the kind of advanced bloodline he was expecting.
Fortunately, however, the tarantula's form was still short and compact, and did not become larger and larger.
This didn't affect the killer way that Lin Hao had given it.
Moreover, what made Lin Hao feel peculiar was that behind the tarantula's buttocks, a tail shaped like a spike had grown out.
The tail, dark and covered with a layer of fine barbs, was able to stretch freely between slight swings.
And under Lin Hao's curious observation, the system's electronic synthesized sound, once again sounded.
"Ding, successful advancement, congratulations to code 001 pet 'Kung Fu Little Fly' for evolving to S-rank, and gaining a full increase in battle power.
"Congratulations to Kung Fu Little Fly's progression to obtain a pet talent: Iron Armor Ice Scythe."
In a flash, that totem square of Kung Fu Little Fly flashed with a steep light.
Immediately afterward, Lin Hao saw that Kung Fu Little Fly's body was like a body of steel, glowing with a metallic hardness.
As his eyes moved down, he saw that its claws were as sharp as sickle blades, with a layer of ice-blue fine scales covering the surface.
Vaguely, it was filled with an extremely cold energy flavor.
Seeing this, Lin Hao felt quite novel in his heart and summoned, "Little fly, come out."
In the next split second, in the square of the system's pet list, Kung Fu Little Fly suddenly disappeared, appearing in front of Lin Hao instead.
Nowadays, Kung Fu Little Fly had a hard and icy temperament all over his body.
From the overall image, it was more and more shaped like a cold killer.
Especially its pair of compound eyes were sharp and cold, as if they were harboring hidden killing opportunities.
Lin Hao stretched out a finger, and the kungfu fly immediately flew over obediently, stopping and landing on top of his finger.
"Try scratching it lightly."
As Lin Hao issued the instruction, he hurriedly mobilized the spiritual qi in his body to gather on that finger, ready to prepare for any injuries that appeared.
He had to personally experience Kung Fu Fly's brand new state in order to more accurately understand which level of evolved ability it had reached nowadays.
Receiving the order, Kung Fu Little Fly, at that moment, also didn't have the slightest hesitation, waving its foot claw and gently slashing it.
In a flash, the aura on the surface of Lin Hao's finger flesh instantly collapsed, and the finger flesh was also cut with a wound.
The power of the kungfu fly was controlled quite well, and the crack of the wound wasn't deep.
However, when blood was about to seep out, a layer of ice-blue frost suddenly covered it.
At the same time, an extremely chilly cold air suddenly rushed into the body along the wound, causing Lin Hao to shiver.
Moreover, what made Lin Hao even more shocked was that that cold qi eroded those meridians and blood vessels that passed along the way with an extremely fast speed, freezing them.
Immediately, Lin Hao hurriedly mobilized all the spiritual qi in his body, resisting that cold qi.
With the sudden scene, Lin Hao couldn't help but be secretly staggered.
It was unthinkable that such a small wound would have such a terrifying cold qi enter his body.
If the wound was even bigger, wouldn't the erosive strength of that cold Qi be even more terrifying?
Thinking about this, Lin Hao felt his heart surge.
He was quite surprised and recognized this new ability of the Kung Fu Fly in his heart.
Although this evolution, like the tarantula, hadn't gained any high-level bloodline, as long as it was a skill that had an effect on stabbing, it was considered very good.
However, the assets he had accumulated for nearly half a year had become clean again all of a sudden.
"Money, it's not enough after all."
Lin Hao secretly lamented, feeling more and more that he should expand some more profitable doorways.
Because the next Kung Fu Little Fly they were, if they were upgraded to SS rank, that consumption, instead of one hundred million, was directly increased to one billion!
Once he thought of that huge amount, Lin Hao couldn't help but feel a little numb.
After that, Lin Hao slightly adjusted his thoughts, and then he put the kungfu fly back into the system's pet backpack space.
"Master, what about me?"
At this moment, however, the voice of the parrot, Four Treasures, suddenly rang out.
That sour tone, the meaning was incomparably obvious.
After all, Lin Hao had separately evolved all the other three buddies, yet it was the only one left out.
"You'll act as my eyes for now."
At those words, Lin Hao couldn't help but smile.
He only had nine million left in his card right now, and upgrading the four treasures to A rank, however, required ten million, so there was nothing more he could do.
"Yes, master."
Although Four Treasures was jealous in his heart, but between his complete allegiance to Lin Hao, he stopped asking for it.
Lin Hao shook his head with a faint smile, if not for the fact that these system pets were under his control, with their spiritual intelligence, once they were put into the wild to survive, they would definitely be able to grow into a dominant party in the magical beast world.
"Crunch~!"
Right at this moment, Lin Hao heard the sound of the dormitory door opening from outside.
Obviously, Qin Yu and the others had returned.
However, listening to his voice, the other person, it seemed, was not Lei Meng.
That male voice, clear and bright, was full of vigor.
"Lin Hao, are you there?"
Outside the dormitory, Qin Yu tapped his fingers on the door of the house and inquired.
"I'm in."
Lin Hao answered, and he went to open the door.
The two people who were reflected in Sipao's eyes.
One was Qin Yu, and the other person, as he expected, was not Lei Meng, but a handsome-looking youth with heroic eyebrows.
Lin Hao noticed that on this youth's body, he was wearing the purple courtyard uniform of the third year.
"Lin Hao, this is my friend, who just came back from practicing in the Magic Beast Mountain Range this while."
As soon as they met, Qin Yu introduced him with a smile, "Although you haven't seen him before, you should know his name, it's Yan Chen."
"Moreover, he is also Yan Xin Yue's fourth brother."
The princess's fourth brother?
Isn't that the fourth prince?
Hearing this, Lin Hao raised his eyebrows lightly.
And the name 'Yan Chen' was indeed not unfamiliar to him.
Because just an hour or so ago, that 'Yan Chen' name was at the top of the Illusory Killing Stage Ranking Stone.
Unexpectedly, the handsome young man standing in front of him at this moment was the Yan Chen who had dominated the Illusory Killing Platform two years ago.
However, that leading position was now occupied by Lin Hao.
At this moment, when the two of them met, that kind of atmosphere had an intriguing feeling to it.
"I just returned to the mansion, and I heard about the achievement you created at the Illusory Slaughter Stage."
Yan Chen's gaze slightly measured Lin Hao for a few moments, then he smiled and said, "Other people may not know, but I am very clear about how terrifying the enemies behind in the illusionary realm are, you deserve my admiration."
Hearing such humble words, Lin Hao couldn't help but have a good impression of this fourth prince.
After all, those people from the royal family, who thought that their bloodline was honorable, had always been eyeing the top, so why would they ever say some words of admiration that lowered their own status.
"Just a fluke."
Immediately, Lin Hao returned the same smile.
And he wasn't lying with this, if it wasn't for the fact that he could fantasize about the technological arms and weapons of his previous life opening up in the illusionary realm, if he wanted to occupy the top spot of the ranking stone list based on his own strength alone, it might be hard to say yes.
So all of this, in his opinion, is a fluke.
His main purpose at first was just to win the betting money.
Next time, if he had the opportunity, he would quietly go to the Illusory Killing Stage to test it once more, to examine what level of comprehensive combat power he really had.
However, to Yan Chen, these words felt like Lin Hao's mind was modest and not arrogant.
Low-key and introverted, this was a rare talent.
Yan Chen pondered in his heart, reexamining Lin Hao's character.
"Lin Hao, in three days, it will be the winter sun season, we're going to organize a banquet, let's all have a lively time together."
Qin Yu grinned, warmly inviting Lin Hao, seemingly intending to draw the relationship between him and Yan Chen closer.