Hanpi's evolution lasted for more than ten minutes.
When the emerald-green glow shrouding Hanpi faded, what appeared before Mu Feng was a completely transformed Hanpi.
Hanpi's skin had changed from emerald green to jade green. Its entire body was crystalline and translucent, as if carved from jade. Mu Feng could even see the pulsing core inside its body, along with its other organs, through its skin.
The most obvious change was the vines along its spine. They had spread into eight strands, like a jade-colored octopus clinging to its back.
Having completed its life-form transformation, Hanpi was extremely excited. Its two front hooves continuously pawed at the ground before it let out a low roar and charged toward Mu Feng, rubbing its head against Mu Feng's chest.
Hanpi was now as tall as Mu Feng's neck. Combined with its thick body, a light nudge was enough to knock Mu Feng to the ground.
When it noticed Mu Feng cry out and fall, Hanpi seemed to realize it had made a mistake. It squatted on the ground with a fawning expression, the eight vines along its spine swaying with its emotions as they helped Mu Feng back up.
Once he had regained his footing, Mu Feng reached out, rubbed Hanpi's head, and grinned.
His gaze shifted toward the spirit deer, which was shakily getting back up not far away. Hanpi's whipping had been rather vicious, and the spirit deer appeared to have suffered severe internal injuries. After staggering unsteadily for a few steps, it crashed to the ground again, struggling but unable to rise.
Hanpi followed Mu Feng's gaze and turned toward the spirit deer more than ten meters away. The eight vines on its back suddenly stretched out and wound around the fallen spirit deer. After wrapping around its limbs