And this voice, at this instant, seemed to send a tingling current from their tailbones all the way to the crowns of Liu Fuhaiâs and Zhu Hongâs heads.
It was as if a single word had awakened them from a dream. Perhaps they were also shocked by Su Pingâs absurd and unconventional breeding philosophy.
Zhu Hong looked at Su Ping incredulously. "So... you succeeded?"
Su Ping nodded.
"The fusion of soul and body? A completely new approach with multiple Papermen combining?"
Their pupils even seemed to drift, clearly shocked and somewhat absentminded by Su Pingâs remark.
Then, their pace quickened considerably.
They couldnât wait to see what this Paperman evolution Su Ping spoke of actually looked like.
A faint, confident smile appeared on Su Pingâs lips.
Although his explanation was slightly off, he naturally couldnât reveal the Paper Body Joint of the Myriad Spirit Beast Atlas.
Still, Su Ping was immensely confident that anyone who saw the Papermanâs assembly form and its Evolutionary Body would be profoundly shocked.
Indeed, that was the case.
Liu Fuhai and Zhu Hong, who had rushed a couple of steps ahead, now stood stunned at the entrance to the basement stairs. They were dumbfounded by the scene unfolding before their eyes, something seemingly beyond all expectation.
Su Ping smiled faintly. "Teachers, this assembly form of the Paperman... uh..."
Su Ping opened his mouth, but then he, Liu Fuhai, and Zhu Hong all stood rooted to the spot, staring at the scene not far ahead.
Qian Yi, the little Paperman, lay on the ground in a bizarre posture, with six or seven swords jutting out from him at odd angles.
At first glance, he didnât look much like a person but more like a large, paper spider, damn it.
"Su Ping, is *this* the assembly form of your Paperman?" Zhu Hong pointed at Qian Yi. Su Ping covered his face with his hand and quickly called out, "Qian Yi!"
"WAH?" Qian Yi immediately flipped over and scrambled to his feet, looking at his owner in puzzlement.
"Spread out the swords!"
"WAH!"
In that moment, Liu Fuhai recognized this tiny Paperman as Su Pingâs Contracted Beast. What truly astonished him was that he had already encountered this âstar of the showâ before.
Indeed, back at the Breeder Association, he had encountered this mutated Papermanâthis evolved form, the so-called Paper Immortal Swordsmanâand the sword it controlled!
Those swords, under the astonished gazes of the three onlookers, slowly separated and transformed back into three distinct Papermen.
What they hadnât expected was that each Paperman was a different color and emitted a distinct Energy fluctuation.
Su Ping didnât wait for the others to react and promptly instructed Qian Yi, "Qian Yi, have the five little ones merge into the Five Elements Paper Diagram form!"
"WAH!"
The practiced Qian Yi, with a mere thought, brought the five unharmed Papermen forward. Then, to the onlookersâ amazement, they slowly converged into the Five Elements Paper Diagram form they had seen before.
"This Super-Rank Skill of the Five Elements was an accidental discovery of mine, a legacy from a predecessor," Su Ping explained. "It utilizes the principle of the generating and overcoming cycle of the Five Elements. In each cycle of generation, the Energy transfer is intensified, making it stronger than the original Energy."
"Hmm?"
"What?"
"Damn!"
The "Hmm" was from Zhu Hong, "What" from Liu Fuhai, and "Damn" from Qin Erlong.
Even though Qin Erlong wasnât particularly interested in Pet Beast cultivation, he realized from Su Pingâs explanation just what this implied.
Liu Fuhai looked at Su Ping with suspicion in his eyes. "Su Ping, those are not words to be taken lightly. Even a Super-Rank Skill has some basis. If we go by what youâre saying, and the Five Elements Energy keeps cycling, could an Ordinary Level Pet Beast truly generate enough terrifying Energy to kill a Monarch-level Pet Beast?"
His question was logical.
Then, Liu Fuhai saw that this young rascal was looking back at him with an even more skeptical gaze.
Su Ping then said, "Old Liu, is that how one calculates a Super-Rank Skill? If we go by what you said, wouldnât the Energy accumulated by the Heart of the Sun eventually be enough to blast away a Spirit Saint Level Pet Beast?
"Any Skill related to Energy must consider the Pet Beastâs own capacity to withstand it. A Skill that allows a Pet Beast to reach the absolute upper limit of what it can endure under such conditions is already an extraordinary Super-Rank Skill."
Old Liuâs face reddened. Damn it, in this regard, he truly didnât have as much authority to speak as this young rascal.
Zhu Hong, however, nodded at this.
However, Master Zhu was no longer voicing any opinions. At this moment, his entire attention and gaze were focused on the slowly merging Five Elements Paper Diagram.
His eyes showed nothing but fascination and excitement.
It was simple. Although Master Zhu Hong wasnât a Breeding Master of the Necromancy Series, the marvelous abilities of the Paperman and the current situation aligned with many specialties in the Elemental Series.
And undoubtedly, Zhu Hong was a Breeding Master of the Elemental Series.
Seeing such an interesting Pet Beast, how could he not be intrigued?
Moreover, Master Zhu could discern a principle similar to his own Earth Dragonâs Evolution from the Five Elements Cycle theory Su Ping described.
At this moment, no one spoke. Under Qian Yiâs skilled manipulation, the Papermen gradually merged, and changes began to appear on the Five Elements Paper Diagram.