Advanced Gigantification

"Why? Did they fight the Fire Peacock?"

The little girl asked in confusion. In this area, the only one capable of making the Evil Energy Clan wary was the Fire Peacock, so it was the first thing she thought of.

"No, not the Fire Peacock. It was another native summoned beast. It killed a high-ranking Black Iron giant vulture in a single move."

The grave voice came again, leaving the little girl even more confused.

"Another summoned beast? There's such a powerful summoned beast in Area 99? One that can even kill a high-ranking Black Iron?"

"Yes. It's a red panda, and it's incredibly powerful. If you encounter it, make sure to hide. Otherwise, you'll be finished."

A voice sounded from the chat box again. The little girl froze slightly at those words, then suddenly looked into the distance.

There, a red panda was flying away into the distance.

The little girl suddenly recalled the bloodstains on the red panda's claws. Her expression changed slightly as she said gravely,

"The red panda you mentioned... does it look like a raccoon? And can it fly? Of course, it only looks similar. After all, a red panda isn't a raccoon."

"Yes, yes, that's it. Wait, how do you know? Did you run into it?" An anxious voice came from the chat box.

"Y-yes. It flew over me just now, and it definitely saw me. But it ignored me and flew away."

The little girl told the truth, a lingering fear flashing through her heart. If that red panda had come down, one swipe of its paw could have killed her.

After all, she had only just reached mid-ranking Black Iron. She was still far from high-ranking Black Iron.

"From what you said, the red panda shouldn't be very vicious. That makes things much safer, but you still need to be careful.

Hide for now. I'll be able to pick you up soon. Area 99 already has the Fire Peacock, and now there's this red panda too.

With two such summoned beasts, it's simply too dangerous. Leaving is safer."

The voice in the chat box continued, repeatedly explaining and persuading the little girl.

"Mm-hmm, I understand. I'll hide here."

The little girl nodded obediently, but her large eyes remained fixed on the distance, using her special ability to watch the departing red panda.

Meanwhile.

Li Xuan flew swiftly onward. After a long journey, he finally reached his destination.

Looking at the bright Little Mountain Flowers before him and thinking of how they could enhance Gigantification, Li Xuan was beside himself with excitement.

"Great! I can finally upgrade my skill."

Li Xuan spoke excitedly and immediately began devouring the Little Mountain Flowers. Like a ravenous beast, he swept through them one after another.

As he ate frantically, the Gigantification ability on his status panel began to tremble, turning blurry and illusory.

Seeing this, Li Xuan ate even faster. Like a little glutton, he devoured every Little Mountain Flower in the area.

Feeling the warm current churning continuously within his body, Li Xuan stared at the wildly trembling Gigantification ability on his status panel and slowly settled into waiting.

Time passed little by little. The warm current had already swept through every limb and bone in Li Xuan's body, while the words Gigantification suddenly shattered.

The next second, a mechanical notification sounded.

[ Ding! Your Intermediate Gigantification has been upgraded to Advanced Gigantification. ]

Name: Li Xuan, 5199 Honor Points

Species: Red Panda [Ordinary Summoned Beast]

Soul: Black Iron Rank

Master: Qin Yue

Abilities: Intermediate Self-Destruction, Intermediate Healing, Intermediate Fireball, Advanced God's-Eye View, Wind Wings, Transformation, Intermediate Dragon Might, Advanced Gigantification, Ice Freeze, Intermediate Self-Healing, Simulated Communication.

"It finally upgraded. Advanced Gigantification... I wonder how powerful it is. I can't wait to find out."

Li Xuan planned to test Gigantification. Once he was done testing it, he would self-destruct to obtain a new ability, then go find Qin Yue.

After absorbing soul power for a while, he would be able to return to the Summoned Beast World again and continue acquiring new abilities.

Thinking of this, Li Xuan smiled faintly and prepared to self-destruct.

But then.

Li Xuan's God's-Eye View discovered a contract summoning array to the southeast, making his eyes light up.

"Why not make a contract first? The instant the contract is formed, it'll generate a large amount of soul power. I can reap a batch first, then self-destruct. That way, I can gain even more."

After saying that, Li Xuan immediately shot forward, rapidly charging toward the contract summoning array.

From afar, Li Xuan saw many summoned beasts running toward the summoning array, clearly intending to enter and form contracts.

"Dragon Might!"

Buzz!

Terrifying Dragon Might swept forth, carrying an overwhelming aura as it enveloped the summoned beasts around the contract array.

The terrifying pressure instantly sent those summoned beasts fleeing for their lives. None of them dared approach the contract array again.

"Dragon Might is really useful. It'd be great if I could upgrade it to Advanced. I should pay more attention to that later."

Li Xuan muttered as he withdrew his Dragon Might. Beaming smugly, he landed in the array, chose to form a contract, and gradually disappeared.

Time rewound to several minutes earlier.

The otherworld of the Defense Clan was a small world where the Defense Clan ruled over ordinary people. Its population was sparse, and it had only one country.

The Defense Clan of this world was born powerful. From birth, they possessed terrifying defensive power that swords and blades could scarcely harm.

As a result, the ordinary people of this world could not defeat the Defense Clan. They could only scrape out an existence beneath the Defense Clan's brutal rule.

The Defense Clan had even established a mighty empire. With their overwhelming strength, they ruled over ordinary people, freely humiliating and hunting them.

Ordinary people could often be seen being captured, dying under experimentation, and then being discarded in mass graves. Their families could only search those mass graves in despair for their loved ones.

It could be said that the ordinary people of this world hated the Defense Clan deeply, yet they lacked the strength to resist and could only struggle on in miserable survival.

The Defense Clan was so powerful because their ancestors had acquired a defensive talent from a summoned beast.

Although this talent had been obtained by sheer accident, and they could no longer acquire new talents afterward, it still gave the Defense Clan great strength despite also causing their fertility to decline.

For this reason, they tirelessly researched summoned beasts, hoping to obtain even more powerful summoned beast talents. Unfortunately, every attempt failed.

Many experimental subjects had even died. Those subjects had all been ordinary humans.

On this day.

After the crown prince of the Defense Clan had played two ordinary little girls to death, he arrived at the imperial palace hall with a savage air, preparing to conduct a summoning ritual.

That was right. Today was the day the crown prince would form a contract through summoning. The emperor and ministers had placed great hopes on him, expecting him to summon a powerful Black Iron summoned beast.

"Good luck, Brother! As long as you can contract a powerful Black Iron summoned beast, we'll be able to secure our rule over those lowly commoners even further."

A fat girl bounced about within the crowd, and her elephant-like legs made the floor tremble.

"Don't worry. I'll definitely contract a Black Iron summoned beast. Even if I can't, with the strength of our clan, we can still easily rule over those human pigs."

The crown prince twisted his round body and spoke arrogantly, directly referring to ordinary people as human pigs.