Having resolved part of the recovery problem for his father's tamed beasts, Jiang Ziliu felt more relaxed.
Although only one of all his father's tamed beasts had recovered, this was still a major breakthrough, giving them some ability to protect themselves.
Next, Jiang Ziliu checked on the evolved Mutated Lightning Snake.
When he summoned the Mutated Lightning Snake from his Beast-Taming Space, he noticed its changes.
The Mutated Lightning Snake was now nearly three meters long.
Its scales had become whiter and finer, like individual plates of jade.
More unusually, a row of tiny downy feathers had grown along its back, extending from its head to its tail, making it resemble a legendary feathered serpent.
Faint sparks of lightning flickered over this special row of snake feathers.
Its appearance alone gave it an extraordinary presence.
The moment this fellow emerged, it conveyed its intense hunger. Jiang Ziliu immediately brought out the chopped beast meat he had prepared and watched it gulp down mouthful after mouthful, looking every bit like a starving ghost.
Only then did Jiang Ziliu examine the Mutated Lightning Snake's information.
Mutated Lightning Snake: Electromagnetic Manipulation (SSS+ Grade), Electric Current Attack (B- rank), Lightning Sky Skimming (B+ rank), Mutated Spirituality (B- rank)
The Mutated Lightning Snake's skills had all improved by nearly an entire major rank, reaching B Grade or above.
Its original Lightning Divine Speed had upgraded into the B+ rank Lightning Sky Skimming.
Lightning Divine Speed had only allowed the Mutated Lightning Snake to move at high speed along the ground, but Lightning Sky Skimming was a high-speed flight skill.
This skill upgrade had come about because of the row of feathers the Mutated Lightning Snake had grown.
It had transformed from a purely land-based tamed beast into an aerial tamed beast capable of flying through the sky.
The emergence of this skill meant that the Mutated Lightning Snake's evolution had been extremely successful.
Its upgrade into an aerial combat beast meant that, from this day onward, Jiang Ziliu possessed aerial strength.
If it reached Bronze Rank and grew a little larger, Jiang Ziliu could even ride it and realize his dream of flying.
This evolution could be called a great success, and its significance was tremendous.
Moreover, this evolution had vastly improved the Mutated Lightning Snake's potential. Its overall capabilities could now rival those of a tamed beast with A Grade potential.
Jiang Ziliu was extremely satisfied.
Only after the Mutated Lightning Snake had eaten its fill did he return it to his Beast-Taming Space, letting it properly recover from the expenditure of this evolution.
Next, Jiang Ziliu's goal was to find his third tamed beast.
For his first tamed beast, he had sought a powerful ability to conceal his strength, and the SSS Grade Life Aura Concealment skill had fully met that requirement.
For his second tamed beast, he had sought comprehensive offensive capabilities encompassing both attack and defense.
The Mutated Lightning Snake's SSS+ Grade Electromagnetic Manipulation had not only produced the highly offensive Electromagnetic Cannon, but also Microwave Heating, an interference-type ability, and heating through electromagnetic induction.
Recently, he had further perfected his control over metal objects through Electromagnetic Manipulation, as well as the defensive Electromagnetic Barrier ability.
It could be said that, once developed in depth, Electromagnetic Manipulation fully met his needs in many areas, including powerful attacks, control, area attacks, interference, and defense.
With further development, it could yield even more applications.
His requirements for his third tamed beast, however, were rather special.
Jiang Ziliu had long been capable of contracting his third tamed beast; his soul strength had met the standard long ago.
Although he had also been observing some of the tamed beast cubs appearing in the base, none had satisfied him.
As for his third tamed beast, he had already made his decision, having recently decided to leave school life behind and venture beyond the base to explore a wider world.
He wanted a tamed beast that could let him change his identity at any time without allowing others to detect a flaw!
Special beasts capable of changing their forms, such as the Illusory Light Fox and the Skin-Changing Beast, were all fairly suitable targets.
However, these beasts' shapeshifting skills were not ranked very highly.
Jiang Ziliu needed to contract a beast with a shapeshifting skill of S Grade or above.
He had not previously performed a Probability Judgment for this, but now that he had resolved some problems, he had elevated this need to a more urgent priority.
"What is the probability that a tamed beast cub with a shapeshifting skill above S Grade exists in the base?"
100%!
There really was one!
Jiang Ziliu smiled. As long as one existed, that was good.
"What is the probability that it is in the eastern part of the base?"
The eastern part of the base was the main residential area for ordinary people, while the powerful and privileged were mainly concentrated in the central and western areas.
100%!
This probability indicated that the difficulty of obtaining it had been greatly reduced for Jiang Ziliu.
At this moment, a bold thought suddenly arose in Jiang Ziliu's mind.
"What is the probability that it is roaming free?"
100%!
Sure enough, this special beast with a shapeshifting skill above S Grade was living freely within the base.
Shapeshifting beasts were extremely intelligent, making them difficult for ordinary people to catch.
Moreover, some special shapeshifting beasts liked to flee into human bases to survive while they were weak, because areas such as the sewers provided good hiding places and were far safer than the wilderness full of unknowns.
Food was also easier to obtain inside the base.
He continued performing Probability Judgments and finally determined that this beast cub was actually a special Green-Skinned Shapeshifting Spirit cub.
This was a special omnivorous beast whose growth potential topped out at Bronze Rank.
But like the Azurite Rock Man, it possessed an extremely high-ranked special skill. The Azurite Rock Man had an aura-concealing skill, while the Green-Skinned Shapeshifting Monster had a shapeshifting skill above S Grade.
This beast was extremely unusual; it could be considered a plant-type beast.
Its skin was green, and when it transformed into plants such as grass and shrubs, it could become a plant, absorbing nutrients from the soil and performing photosynthesis to survive.
But when it changed into an animal form, it could eat grass, wood, meat, and other foods.
Its diet was extremely broad, and its ability to survive was exceptionally strong.
People found it difficult to determine whether it was a plant or an animal, because its shapeshifting allowed it to switch seamlessly between plant and animal forms.
However, its combat strength was extremely weak; it had practically no fighting ability.
It also lacked the ability to conceal its life aura, making it easy for certain keen-sensed beasts to target it.
Thus, like certain other shapeshifting beasts, this kind of shapeshifting beast liked to hide in human bases to get through its juvenile years.
The food in the garbage humans produced was enough to meet its needs as it grew safely!
Because it was extremely intelligent, people had initially classified it among the natural sprite-type beasts, and the name had later become firmly established.
Jiang Ziliu also successfully pinpointed this shapeshifting beast's exact location.
After making some preparations, he headed out.
Less than three hours later, however, Jiang Ziliu returned home carrying a small suitcase.
He had just successfully captured this Green-Skinned Shapeshifting Spirit cub!
The little fellow was extremely clever. It had actually transformed into a small bamboo stalk and hidden in a bamboo grove in a park in the eastern district.
This was its camouflage, as well as the source of its confidence in remaining at ease around passing humans.
But this confidence had also lowered its guard. Using Electromagnetic Manipulation, Jiang Ziliu had generated a current from Dark Energy and directly shocked it unconscious, easily capturing it and bringing it back.
Jiang Ziliu opened the case. Inside lay an unconscious little fellow only half a foot tall, humanoid and resembling a miniature elf with pointed ears.
This was the Green-Skinned Shapeshifting Spirit's original appearance, bearing some resemblance to the elves, a genuine intelligent nonhuman race.
Before it could wake, Jiang Ziliu immediately contracted it.
This attempt was very successful. The little fellow instinctively feared him somewhat, and its fear had actually kept it from resisting.
After successfully forming the contract, Jiang Ziliu examined the little fellow's information.
Green-Skinned Shapeshifting Spirit: Flesh Shapeshifting (SS), Transform into a Plant (C-), Transform into an Animal (C-), Super Digestion (D+)
The little fellow's skills were very good, including the SS Grade Flesh Shapeshifting ability.
When Jiang Ziliu saw this skill, he chose it for feedback without hesitation.
He then mastered the skill through the contract.
The flesh throughout his body shifted, and he actually transformed directly into Tang Yunu's likeness, though his clothes retained their original appearance.
Immediately afterward, Jiang Ziliu felt a wave of exhaustion.
This skill was powerful, but a full-body transformation consumed a considerable amount of Dark Energy. After all, it was a complete transformation of living flesh.
Looking at himself in the mirror, he could have claimed to be Tang Yunu's twin, and no one could have refuted it.
He felt a little embarrassed and immediately changed back.
This SS Grade Flesh Shapeshifting skill was indeed powerful. It could transform him completely into another person, fully meeting his original goal of changing his identity to conceal himself.
He then examined the little fellow's other information.
The C- rank Transform into a Plant and Transform into an Animal were likewise branches of shapeshifting skills and seemed capable of serving as parts of Flesh Shapeshifting.
But there was a difference: when it used these two skills, it became a genuine plant or animal and did not need to keep consuming Dark Energy.
Maintaining Flesh Shapeshifting, however, continuously consumed Dark Energy and also required mental effort.
Fortunately, this maintenance cost was extremely small, allowing the transformation to last a long time.
Another skill was the digestion-type Super Digestion, ranked only D+.
This skill might be the foundation that allowed it to be omnivorous, eating anything and digesting it all.
This showed that the Green-Skinned Shapeshifting Spirit's digestive ability was extremely powerful, enough to be listed as a skill in its own right.
The little fellow's level was not high either, only Seven-Star Limestone Rank!
But Jiang Ziliu was confident he could nurture and evolve it to a higher level.
Not long after he contracted the little fellow, the Green-Skinned Shapeshifting Spirit woke up, still somewhat frightened.
Only after Jiang Ziliu thoroughly soothed it with fine food and Elemental Crystals did his third tamed beast finally accept him.
With that, he became a beast tamer with three tamed beasts and could begin his own journey of adventure.