Long Haochen stared at the changes in the Ground Fire Lizard with a determined gaze. His right hand was already clenched into a fist. Even though blood was still flowing, his hand was very stable.
Layers of golden light constantly washed over the Ground Fire Lizard's body. The wounds on its body kept emitting white smoke, and there were obvious signs of festering. Clearly, the Ground Fire Lizard with a dark physique was suffering from the impact of the light energy.
If it wasn't for the equality contract that Long Haochen had formed with it, the immense light energy contained in Long Haochen's Son of Light physique would have destroyed it.
The muscles on the sides of the Ground Fire Lizard's cheeks bulged, and traces of blood seeped out from the side of its mouth. Even though its body was trembling violently, its four claws were still firmly planted on the ground, not allowing itself to move.
It raised its head high and looked at Long Haochen. The man and beast looked at each other. Apart from determination, there was also a trace of warmth in their gazes. Yes, they had captured the warmth of kinship in each other's eyes.
Blood continued to flow, and Long Haochen's face became paler and paler. Weakness was starting to appear. Even though he already possessed a spiritual energy of up to 1,000 points, he was still a human after all. A loss of more than one-third of a human's blood would be fatal. And with his current rate of blood loss, it wouldn't be long before he reached this limit.
Time ticked by. Be it Ye Hua or the one-eyed old man, both of them were extremely nervous.
The one-eyed old man had been guarding the Sacred Mountain for many years, but this was the first time he had encountered such a situation. There were a few possible outcomes. The first was that the Ground Fire Lizard couldn't withstand the baptism of the light blood and died. The second was that it completed the baptism of the light blood and became a magical beast with a light physique. In that case, Long Haochen's goal would be achieved. The third was that the Ground Fire Lizard couldn't withstand the pain and ran away on its own. Then, everything would be in vain. The fourth was what the one-eyed old man and Ye Hua didn't want to see. That was if Long Haochen lost too much blood and couldn't hold on. In that case, not only would the Ground Fire Lizard not be able to complete its evolution, but Long Haochen's life would also be in danger due to the loss of blood.
Long Haochen's originally stable right hand gradually began to tremble. His originally fair skin had now appeared a sickly pale, and the original luster had long since disappeared. The blood flowing from his wrist had already started to slow down. Apart from the wound healing, it was also a sign that he was losing a large amount of blood.
But strangely, the Ground Fire Fire Lizard was no longer trembling. The originally pitch-black scales on his body gradually gained a faint layer of golden light, and the rotting wounds on his body also healed at an astonishing speed. Clearly, its body was no and its body was Long. Of. Long of the Long Fire Lizard.
The most peculiar change was the contract rune between Long Haochen and the Ground Fire Lizard. Ground. Of the purple Light. The Light haze, and the faint, the rune.., and., and, and the run, Ling Of the Rune., Runed Ding. Light Ling's Demon. and of.,, and light. The Long Of Of,. The Of Of Of the Field....
Long Haochen's body swayed and he almost fell.
"Not good, Haochen can't hold on any longer." Ye Hua's heartstrings were already stretched taut, and he couldn't help but want to rush forward.
"Wait a little longer." The one-eyed old man raised his hand and stopped him from rushing forward.
Long Haochen raised his left hand and pressed it on the Ground Fire Lizard's neck to support his body. At this moment, he could no longer see anything clearly. The intense dizziness brought about by the loss of blood made him feel like he could fall at any moment.
Never abandon, never give up. Long Haochen clenched his teeth and silently repeated these words in his heart.
Even though he had only interacted with the Ground Fire Lizard for a short period of time, this was the first time he felt the effects of the equality contract. That closeness like a family member, as well as the Ground Fire Lizard's fear towards him, all touched his heart deeply.
Long Haochen didn't have any siblings. For the past few years, Lin Xin had always treated him like an older sister. When he made the final decision just now, it was because he was wondering what Lin Xin would do if he was in such a predicament.
Partners. What is a partner? A true partner who goes through thick and thin together.
Looking at the Ground Fire Lizard's eyes with blurred vision, Long Haochen no longer felt that it was ugly.
At this moment, Long Haochen had lost more than a third of his blood. If he wasn't a Grand Knight, his life would be in danger.
Even though the one-eyed old man stopped Ye Hua, he was also prepared to act at any moment. Once Long Haochen's life force showed signs of weakening, he would definitely act at once. To stop him from continuing.
"Roar —" An excited roar rang out, and a layer of golden light emerged from the Ground Fire Lizard's body. All of the dark aura and ferocious aura had already disappeared.
A ray of golden light shot out from the one-eyed old man's hand and landed on the wound on Long Haochen's wrist, instantly healing it.
Long Haochen's body went limp, and he fell to the ground. However, he didn't faint because he wanted to see if he had really succeeded.
A wet tongue gently licked his face, and that pair of red eyes were filled with vigor, as though they were embedded with two rubies.
The purplish-gold contract rune on the back of the Ground Fire Lizard disappeared, and the wound on the Ground Fire Lizard's body had completely disappeared. The shield-shaped scales emitted a layer of faint golden luster.
Ye Hua sighed inwardly and walked forward slowly. He wanted to feed Long Haochen some pills that could strengthen his corporeity. He knew that even though Long Haochen had succeeded, he had paid a huge price. With such a loss of blood essence, it would probably take a year and a half to recover.
"Roar —" The Ground Fire Lizard suddenly let out a low roar at Ye Hua, and its pair of red eyes were filled with hostility. A huge fireball was spat out of his mouth, heading straight for Ye Hua.
"Huh?" Ye Hua was taken aback. A spiritual barrier rose up, and with a boom, it blocked the fireball.
"Don't get close to it, it seems to be doing something," the one-eyed old man shouted.
The Ground Fire Lizard's fireball stopped Ye Hua in his tracks, and its gaze landed on the weakened Long Haochen's face again. At this moment, a ray of purple light suddenly emerged from its back, heading straight for the top of the cave.
This ray of purple light was released in a straight line, as though its back had suddenly split open. After the light pattern appeared, the Ground Fire Lizard raised its head again, but at this moment, its pair of red eyes rippled with a faint hint of purple. This hint of purple was cold and noble.
The purple light pattern first extended backwards, all the way to its tail, and then surged upwards, reaching its neck in an instant. At this point, the purple light pattern no longer extended upwards in a straight line, but split into two. One extended to the top of its head, and the other extended to the protrusion on its neck.
A strange wave of spiritual power quietly rippled, and the Ground Fire Lizard's eyes suddenly revealed a trace of pain, but more than that, it was excitement. Its body began to tremble violently. Unstable spiritual power ripples constantly surged out from the sudden appearance of the purple light pattern, and this spiritual power ripple had clearly surpassed the level of a second-tier mid-tier magical beast.
"Evolution? This Ground Fire Lizard is about to evolve, "the one-eyed old man exclaimed. It wasn't rare for magical beasts to evolve, but generally speaking, only magical beasts of fifth-tier and above had the possibility of evolving. This Ground Fire Lizard was only a second-tier magical beast! It actually evolved after absorbing Long Haochen's blood.
With a poof, a thick purple current suddenly erupted from the Ground Fire Lizard's body, and immediately after, its originally one-meter-long body began to grow at a speed visible to the naked eye.
It wasn't just the size of its body that was changing. The scales on its body were also changing in a strange way. The originally smooth scales gradually had some protrusions, and a thick texture appeared. The most peculiar thing was the protrusion on its neck. That protrusion actually extended along with the expansion of its body.
With a poof, the Ground Fire Lizard's body suddenly stiffened, and immediately after, from the protrusion on its neck, a brand new head popped out and stood side by side with the original head. At this moment, its body had also extended from one meter to two meters.
The purple light suddenly retracted, and everything seemed to have stopped. The purple light pattern extended all the way to the top of the second head, and on both heads, there were some protrusions, which made them look even more ferocious.
From the looks of it, the second head that appeared along with the evolution was no different from the first head, the only difference was the color of its eyes. The second head's eyes were golden.
After the evolution, the limbs of the Ground Fire Lizard were obviously much thicker, and the armor on its back was also thicker. Especially the change to its two heads, it showed that the protrusion on its neck was not some kind of disability.
After completing the evolution, there was another protrusion at the base of the neck of the second head, but it wasn't as big as the original protrusion, and it was now the size of a fist.
"Middle-tier fourth-tier?" Ye Hua and the one-eyed old man looked at each other, their eyes filled with shock.
Every level of magical beast was divided into beginner, intermediate, advanced, and pinnacle. From second-tier intermediate to fourth-tier, this was an evolution that spanned eight stages!
Not to mention seeing it, they had never even heard of it. Usually, when magical beasts evolved, there would at most be some slight changes to their bodies, and their strength would increase slightly. It was normal for them to advance from intermediate to advanced, and they had never heard of any evolution that spanned levels. But the Ground Fire Lizard in front of them had completed its evolution.
No, it could no longer be called a Ground Fire Lizard. The attributes of its second head were different from the first head, and it clearly exuded the aura of light.
A two-headed, dual-attribute lizard-type magical beast. What kind of species was this? Especially with such a leap in evolution, it was sufficient to show that this Ground Fire Lizard wasn't some useless magical beast.
Furthermore, Ye Hua had also noticed the new protrusion on its neck. Could it be that this Ground Fire Lizard could grow a third head in the future and evolve again?
Ye Hua swallowed a mouthful of saliva and asked the one-eyed old man beside him, "Senior, do you recognize this magical beast?"
The old man shook his head with a bitter smile and said, "I don't know. No one can recognize all magical beasts. Especially one that was summoned from another parallel space. It looks like this little fellow has picked up a treasure! As long as this lizard could evolve one more time, he would already have an excellent mount. Eh, what is it doing? "
Just as they were talking, the two-headed lizard that had completed its evolution slowly lowered its two heads and looked at Long Haochen, who was also shocked by its evolution. Its long tail swung from the back to the front, and the second head bit the tip of the tail. Immediately, light purple blood flowed out. Along with the evolution, the color of its blood actually changed.
The contract rune appeared once again. The rune on the back of the two-headed lizard didn't grow bigger because of its evolution. Furthermore, this time, it was obvious that it was the one who initiated the rune.
Its long tail flicked lightly, and the tip of the tail that was flowing with light purple blood directly pierced the contract rune on Long Haochen's forehead.
Long Haochen's body stiffened, and he only felt a scorching warm current entering his forehead. That scorching feeling instantly spread throughout his entire body.
"Reverse feeding, it's using its own blood to reverse feed Long Haochen." Ye Hua jumped up in shock.
The higher the level of a magical beast, the more intelligent it was. Only magical beasts above level 6 could gradually develop intelligence that was not lower than that of humans. The two-headed lizard in front of them was so intelligent that it actually learned from Long Haochen and used its own blood to make up for the loss of Long Haochen's blood essence.
The two-headed lizard's two heads, two red and two gold eyes, gazed at Long Haochen tenderly. The two-headed lizard's body swayed slightly.
A layer of net-like light purple pattern began to spread from Long Haochen's forehead to his entire body. He felt as if his entire body was in a furnace, and he couldn't tell if it was painful or comfortable. He could only vaguely feel that his blood vessels were undergoing earth-shattering changes due to this scorching heat. The original feeling of weakness also gradually disappeared in this scorching heat.
A layer of faint blood-red light quietly spread out from the two-headed lizard's body, forming a red halo. Then, the halo slowly converged into a single point, and finally fell into the contract rune on its back.
Long Haochen and the two-headed lizard trembled at the same time. There seemed to be an additional layer of connection between the two of them.
"This is a blood contract that is even more extreme than a master-servant contract." The one-eyed old man cried out involuntarily. "A blood contract where the master dies and the servant dies! This two-headed lizard is repaying a debt of gratitude. "
Ye Hua also knew about the blood contract. This kind of contract was extremely extreme. It wouldn't cause any harm to Long Haochen, but it would be a fatal restriction to the two-headed lizard. If Long Haochen died, then the two-headed lizard would definitely die as well. But if it died, it wouldn't affect Long Haochen in the slightest.
According to the legends, the blood contract had many other special functions. It could even lend its own abilities to its master. However, there were simply no magical beasts that were willing to sign such a contract. Therefore, very few people knew exactly how profound the blood contract was.
The one-eyed old man took a deep breath, and said slowly, "No matter whether this two-headed lizard can evolve again in the future, the relationship between it and your disciple is far more intimate than that of the other Knight. Perhaps, this can be considered as a blessing in disguise. "
The light gradually faded away, and the light purple pattern on Long Haochen's body quietly disappeared into his skin. The two-headed lizard retracted its tail, and walked to his side. It used its two big heads to gently stroke his leg.
"What kind of partner do I have now! My name is Haochen. You can follow my name, and be called Haoyue. "
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