Hundred Dragons Dancing, Conjecture Confirmed! (Bonus Chapter)

After the school of Golden-Veined Koi successfully leaped over the Dragon Gate, they discovered that they had not evolved into dragons and drifted about the river in confusion.

Then, they heard the cries of the Rainbow Dragon Cubs and suddenly understood. That had merely been a warm-up; this was the real Dragon Gate!

The fish had always been simple-minded. In an instant, their confusion vanished, and they flicked their bodies into streaks of golden light.

They swam through the river, climbed the waterfall, and launched another challenge at the Dragon Gate!

However, this Dragon Gate, imbued with Dragon Might, was far more difficult than the simple rainbow from before.

When they reached the top of the waterfall and prepared to leap toward the Dragon Gate, they felt as though they were facing a True Dragon head-on, challenging the majesty of one.

In an instant, the bodies of the Golden-Veined Koi stiffened, and their moves were directly interrupted.

Forget Water Leap—like dumplings dropping into a pot, they splashed down one after another and crashed into the river below.

Even the few Golden-Veined Koi that withstood the Dragon Might and successfully unleashed Water Leap saw its power greatly diminished. They merely gave a tiny flop, traced an arc through the air, and fell back into the water.

They were still a considerable distance from the rainbow.

It was a stark contrast to how easily they had flown over the Rainbow Dragon Gate earlier.

"To leap over this Dragon Gate, do they need the will to resist Dragon Might...?"

Zhao Renkai, Chang Feng, and the others were all Champion- and Heavenly King Rank top Beast Tamers.

They might not understand research, but they knew very well how to nurture and train Pet Beasts.

Watching the Golden-Veined Koi's performance, they recalled the Fish King from the earlier video, which had persevered without yielding and finally leaped over the Dragon Gate despite being utterly exhausted. They immediately fell into thought...

Perhaps the condition for a Golden-Veined Koi to transform into a True Dragon was [willpower]?

But asking Golden-Veined Koi, renowned for being docile, to possess the will to contend against the might of a True Dragon was clearly forcing fish to do the impossible.

No wonder so many people had tried to replicate it before and all failed.

This was far too difficult.

Could these Golden-Veined Koi really do it?

While they were still wondering, the fish did not hesitate.

More precisely, the docile fish did feel the Dragon Might and developed thoughts of shrinking back and giving up. They wanted to submit beneath the towering Dragon Gate and began to wander about.

Yet those Brave fish rested briefly, calmed themselves, climbed the waterfall again, and launched another challenge at the Dragon Gate—

When facing the Dragon Gate, they too felt terror and fear. They too wanted to retreat.

Yet they continued to look toward the sky, their eyes fixed upon that gorgeous, dreamlike dragon silhouette.

More than they feared it, they wanted to break free from the river's restraints and become True Dragons soaring through the heavens!

Splash, splash...

The scene resembled the Carp Leaping Over the Dragon Gate from a month ago: challenge after challenge, failure after failure.

The difference was that during the Carp Leaping Over the Dragon Gate a month ago, the Golden-Veined Koi had reached their peak on their very first leap. As their stamina declined, they got farther and farther from the Dragon Gate.

Even the onlookers had gradually grown disappointed over time, feeling that the fish would never complete the challenge.

Yet this Carp Leaping Over the Dragon Gate was completely different.

With every challenge, these Golden-Veined Koi gradually began overcoming the Dragon Might. Their Water Leap became increasingly complete and skillful, and they drew closer and closer to the Dragon Gate!!

The tourists could see their progress with their own eyes, see how they used indomitable will to overcome their fear of the True Dragon.

It was as if they had completely put themselves in the fish's place, their hearts rising into their throats along with them.

Beside Jiang Xing, Li Lingyin watched the Golden-Veined Koi in the school that kept striving, unable to stop herself from clenching her fists.

Over the past half month, she had formed a contract with the Golden-Veined Koi and nurtured it step by step.

From awakening to Transcendental, from weak to strong.

They had defeated many enemies together and experienced many failures as well.

She believed that it could overcome its fear and leap over that Dragon Gate!

At that moment, she gathered all her strength and shouted with everything she had.

"Come on, Little Koi!!!"

The Golden-Veined Koi had already climbed to the top of the waterfall, facing the majesty of the True Dragon head-on.

Then it heard that familiar voice and felt the emotions and trust conveyed through their contract.

At that moment, its desire to transform into a dragon and become stronger completely overwhelmed the fear in its heart. It swung its body with all its might and unleashed the most perfect Water Leap it had ever performed.

Whoosh—

A golden arrow shot straight through the air and leaped over the Rainbow Dragon Gate.

In an instant, white light representing evolution bloomed from its body.

Roar!!

Amid a dragon's roar, a gorgeous, slender figure flew from the white light and danced through the sky above the Dragon Gate.

The second Rainbow Dragon Cub had been born!!

As it flew about in excitement, another Golden-Veined Koi also leaped over the Dragon Gate. Amid blooming white light, it transformed into a rainbow-colored young dragon.

To the tourists' eyes, it happened in only an instant—the number of Rainbow Dragon Cubs went from one to three!

The three Dragon Cubs danced through the air, dreamlike and fantastical.

This time, even more people recorded this historic moment!

"I knew they could definitely evolve!"

"The first Rainbow Dragon Gate was just demonstrating a negative example, right? This time is the real Dragon Gate!"

"Dragon Might, Dragon Gate... I get it now! Only Brave koi that overcome their fear can evolve!"

The legend of a hundred koi swimming together, leaping the gate, and transforming into dragons had finally reappeared.

The people were thrilled and excited, feeling that the trip had been well worth it.

And this was only the beginning.

The successful evolution of two Golden-Veined Koi seemed to draw back the curtain.

Soon, a third, a fourth... even dozens, then over a hundred Golden-Veined Koi overcame their fear, leaped over the Dragon Gate, and joined the group of Rainbow Dragon Cubs above the waterfall.

In a short time, the Rainbow Dragon Cub population, which had originally consisted of only one, surged in number and became a True Dragon clan—

The Beast Taming World had also held some evolution-related assemblies before. For example, at the Bug Type Butterfly Metamorphosis Assembly, all the insect beasts would emerge from their cocoons as butterflies together, creating a spectacular sight.

Yet compared to this Dragon Gate Assembly, it seemed insignificant.

Over a hundred True Dragons danced through the air. It was practically a mythological scene!

Even Zhao Renkai of the Dragon Tamer Clan could not help letting out a "Ha" at the dreamlike sight and smiling in relief.

Chang Feng glanced at him. "What are you laughing about?"

Zhao Renkai shook his head with a smile. "From this moment on, I'm afraid this Yuzhong Waterfall will have to be renamed [Dragon Gate Waterfall]."

The many top Beast Tamers nodded in agreement.

It was not just about changing the name.

After this Dragon Gate Assembly, any Beast Tamer raising Golden-Veined Koi would likely choose this place when attempting to transform them into dragons.

This waterfall had already become a holy land for dragon transformation.

Chang Feng nodded slightly as well.

Zhao Renkai was right. They could even consider turning the Dragon Gate Assembly into a regularly held grand event. Not only could it provide an evolution venue for Beast Tamers raising Golden-Veined Koi, but it could also boost the scenic area's reputation and raise the local GDP...

On the other side, Jiang Xing paid no attention to their conversation.

He watched the waterfall nervously, waiting for the verification to conclude.

Only after some time had passed, when every Golden-Veined Koi had either successfully transformed into a dragon or become utterly exhausted and chosen to give up, did the event finally come to a complete end.

Jiang Xing finally let go of the weight in his heart.

During the hundred koi swimming together just now, not a single docile fish had successfully resisted the Dragon Might, leaped the gate, and transformed into a dragon.

At this point, the experiment could preliminarily reach a conclusion—

[That is: a Brave personality is a necessary condition for Golden-Veined Koi to transform into dragons, rather than an influencing factor.]

[This proves: the Personality Conjecture is confirmed.]