Chapter 1716: Chapter 645: Zhou Yuanlian’s Core Formation
The Zhou Family cultivators indeed had a significant advantage!
Those Zhou Family cultivators who earned rankings almost universally possessed powerful talents and Spirit Pets by their side, and their Magic Artifacts were remarkably refined.
Other factions’ cultivators, even if accompanied by Spirit Pets, still found it difficult to compete with them.
The five Qi Cultivation Stage cultivators outside of the Zhou Family who were able to win, three of them succeeded because they had trained Spirit Pets bred by the Zhou Family’s Dragon Descendant Demon Beasts, and they were cultivation seeds nurtured by their own forces!
It’s important to note that as the Thunder Flood Dragon Baibai and Green Flood Dragon Qingqing both evolved into Fourth Order Magical Beasts and nested in the Green Lotus Mountain Range, the Zhou Family’s Dragon Descendant Demon Beast types have increased significantly.
For example, the [Thunder Dragon Carp] with thunder and water attributes, the [Wind Fire Dragon Wolf] with wind and fire attributes, and the [Thunder Flame Fire Ape] with thunder and fire attributes.
In the future, it’s almost certain that each Zhou Family Foundation Establishment cultivator will possess a Second Order Magical Beast.
By that time, the “Spirit Beast Zhou Family” would truly become a prominent feature in the Tianling Region.
Following the Qi Cultivation group is the Foundation Establishment group, and nearly all Zhou Family Foundation Establishment cultivators still in Jingguo Country signed up to participate in this tournament, even those at the Initial Stage of Foundation Establishment were no exception.
Because even if they can’t obtain rankings, they can use this opportunity to see where their gaps are compared to others, and show their faces before the real high-level members like Zhou Chun and Zhou Mingde.
And according to the latest statistics, the Zhou Family, including some maternal family cultivators, now has as many as seventy-six Foundation Establishment cultivators.
Excluding the seven or eight Foundation Establishment cultivators in the Wasteland Territory and some that have left Jingguo Country for travel, more than fifty Zhou Family Foundation Establishment cultivators were present today.
As for these family’s backbone forces, Zhou Chun showed some interest in evaluating them.
“Next round, Zhou Yuanxin versus Zhou Gaolong!”
With these words of Zhou Xinyan, the elder presiding over the Foundation Establishment cultivator duel, both Zhou Family Foundation Establishment cultivators stepped onto the ring.
Zhou Yuanxin was seen as a young man in white who had just succeeded in Foundation Establishment, whereas Zhou Gaolong was a square-faced middle-aged man whose cultivation was nearing the Mid Foundation Establishment Stage.
After the two stepped onto the stage, the junior Zhou Yuanxin immediately bowed to the square-faced middle-aged man and said, “Nephew greets uncle, I request uncle to show mercy in the upcoming duel.”
Zhou Gaolong laughed heartily and said, “Hahaha, no need to stand on ceremony, Yuanxin my dear nephew, you can freely deploy what you have learned, our cultivation realms are the same, you might have the chance to win over your uncle!”
Clearly, he didn’t consider Zhou Yuanxin as an opponent of the same level, still believing he, as the elder, would certainly win.
However, when both released their Spirit Pets, his expression changed.
Zhou Yuanxin patted his waist Spirit Beast Pouch and released two Spirit Pets, a five-colored Phoenix-tailed Pheasant and a Thunder Lizard Beast.
The reason for Zhou Gaolong’s expression change was the presence of the five-colored Phoenix-tailed Pheasant.
Because this Demon Bird had already reached the Second Order low-grade magical beast cultivation!
“How is this possible! You’ve only been successful at Foundation Establishment for less than seven years, how did you manage to train this Spirit Pet to Second Order so quickly!”
Zhou Gaolong exclaimed in shock, no longer having a relaxed demeanor.
He also possessed a Second Order low-grade Spirit Pet, which was a Fire Winged Wolf.
Although the Fire Winged Wolf is a decent species within the mid-level magical beasts, it cannot compare to the five-colored Phoenix-tailed Pheasant awakened with the Fire Phoenix bloodline, as its fire attribute spells are even suppressed by it.
Sure enough, the ensuing battle between the two quickly validated his inner concerns.
The Fire Winged Wolf was completely suppressed by the five-colored Phoenix-tailed Pheasant.
Neither its fire attribute spells nor the natural Demon Fire it engendered posed any threat to the five-colored Phoenix-tailed Pheasant.
While the five-colored Phoenix-tailed Pheasant’s Fire Phoenix Bloodline greatly empowered its fire attribute spells beyond those of the Fire Winged Wolf, its spray of five-colored Demon Fire even carried a trace of [Glazed Pure Fire] might.
What surprised Zhou Gaolong further was that Zhou Yuanxin, who succeeded in Foundation Establishment twenty years later than him, showed no disadvantage in their solo fight, even making him somewhat flustered.
The reason for this was that Zhou Yuanxin practiced a top-tier fire attribute cultivation technique!
Under such circumstances where both he and his Spirit Pet were at a disadvantage, their battle lasted less than half an hour and ended with Zhou Yuanxin’s victory.
“This five-colored Phoenix-tailed Pheasant seems quite promising; among the family’s Dragon Descendant Demon Beasts, only a few can boast this level of power!”
In the stands, Zhou Chun, who had witnessed the five-colored Phoenix-tailed Pheasant thoroughly suppress the Fire Winged Wolf in the battle, nodded slightly, pleased with the magical beast’s strength.
Hearing these words, Zhou Mingde beside him nodded in agreement, then sighed and said, “It’s indeed impressive, but the breeding difficulty is high; even after decades, the family possesses fewer than five of these five-colored Phoenix-tailed Pheasants!”
“There’s no choice, the breeding speed of Phoenix Blood Monster Beasts is inherently slower than Dragon Descendant Demon Beasts, for now, we can only wait for them to slowly breed and expand their population.”
Zhou Chun slightly shook his head, speaking with a bit of helplessness.
The more powerful the magical beast, the slower its reproduction rate, a rule dictated by the heavens and earth.