Chapter 5: First Evolution
Not only that, but according to the information displayed on the system,
as his Zombie Spirit Pet evolves, its growth potential can continue to increase.
It's important to know that for all Spirit Pets, growth potential determines their growth ceiling.
In this world of Royal Spirit Masters, a Spirit Pet's growth potential is divided into eight grades.
They are: Waste, Mediocre, Common, Rare, Extraordinary, Epic, Legendary, and Mythical.
Although the highest grade for growth potential is currently Mythical-Grade, based on the current situation of the entire Federation, the highest recorded growth potential is only Legendary Grade.
Mythical-Grade is a speculation by most people in the Federation.
Among those who most believe in this are the powerful figures who possess Legendary Grade Spirit Pets.
They all believe that even higher-grade Spirit Pets exist, but currently, no one has been able to evolve to that stage.
Spirit Pets with different growth potentials also have their own growth ceilings.
Waste Grade can only advance to Tier 4, Level 10 at most; Mediocre can only advance to Tier 5, Level 10 at most, and so on.
Only Epic-Grade Spirit Pets have a chance to advance to Tier 9, Level 10, and as for the higher-stage Legendary Grade Spirit Pets, there's even less to say.
Under the same grade, a Spirit Pet with higher growth potential will have a greater advantage.
Because the higher the growth potential, the more talents and skills it might master, naturally giving it more advantages.
Ye Ling's current Black-Eyed Zombie's growth potential ranks in the second stage, only slightly better than Waste.
Of course, now that he has seen hope, he naturally won't consider his Black-Eyed Zombie a waste.
It's important to know that the Red-Eyed Zombie King, the final evolutionary stage of the Black-Eyed Zombie, has Mythical-Grade growth potential.
And currently, on the entire continent, even Legendary Grade Spirit Pets are extremely rare; each one is at the top of the pyramid.
One can imagine how terrifying a Black-Eyed Zombie that can evolve into a Mythical-Grade Red-Eyed Zombie King would be, of course, in the future.
"With the Royal Spirit System, the Top Spirit Master Academy is completely within reach!"
Ye Ling stared at the system panel in a daze, a surge of ecstasy in his heart.
If he had enough resources, Ye Ling could even become the first person on the continent to possess a Mythical Pet.
If this news got out, there's no doubt that no one would believe it, and they might even think he was crazy.
Because until now, no one has figured out how to evolve to Mythical-Grade.
Of course, this is on the premise of sufficient resources; each evolution of a Spirit Pet requires a certain amount of resources to have a chance to complete the evolution.
The further along one goes, the more precious and rare various resource materials become.
And these resources basically come from monsters in various parts of the continent.
To obtain these resources, there are only two paths.
One is to hunt the corresponding monsters oneself, and the other is to acquire them through market sales.
These are the two main channels for acquiring resources, and Ye Ling, being all alone, only had the opportunity to become a student with the help of the Federation.
How could he have any extra money to buy resources or anything like that?
This means that if Ye Ling wanted to evolve his Black-Eyed Zombie, he would have to leave the safe city of Tianhui and hunt monsters in the wild.
Having made up his mind, Ye Ling decided to first check what materials were needed for the evolution; he had to find a way to acquire them as soon as possible.
But just then, as Ye Ling checked the Black-Eyed Zombie's evolution materials, he suddenly discovered something.
The evolution button on the original system panel was not grayed out; it was lit up.
This situation naturally made him very confused.
He composed himself.
Ye Ling carefully examined the system panel and finally found a system prompt.
"System welfare enabled: Can assist host's Spirit Pet in its first evolution, no resources required, and grants host 2 usable free points."
Upon seeing this, Ye Ling was instantly overjoyed.
Indeed, systems always have beginner's welfare; the ancients did not deceive me.
There was nothing to hesitate about; he would naturally evolve it.
However, before evolving, he needed to summon the Zombie Spirit Pet.
Ye Ling closed his eyes, his mind slightly moving.
A faint light glowed in front of him, and as the light gradually dispersed, a humanoid zombie, about his height, appeared out of thin air.
Although he couldn't clearly see the zombie's specific face, it could even be described as ferocious.
But from its figure, one could still discern that it was a female zombie.
After all, those two lumps of flesh on her chest were not fake, but... now they had become rock-hard.
And her pair of inky black eyes gave one a chilling feeling.
The female zombie stood blankly in place; without Ye Ling's command, she made no movement.
He didn't know if she truly had no consciousness and needed to act desperately, or if it was due to slow thinking.
Looking back at the system panel, Ye Ling unhesitatingly chose the evolution option.
"Evolve!"
A white light quickly enveloped the female zombie, completely obscuring any changes within.
The evolution process was very fast; in just one minute, the white light rapidly receded.
And the female zombie, who had been within the white light, reappeared before Ye Ling.
When Ye Ling saw his Zombie Spirit Pet again, his eyes instantly lit up.
Because at this moment, the Zombie Spirit Pet had actually undergone a transformation.
Most importantly, the change in its appearance was too significant.