Chapter 530: The Terrifying Burst of the Nine-Tailed Fox Beast (4k)
Dark held back his urge to immediately summon the “Demon Fox Beast” for experimentation, deciding to first watch all its ultimate skills.
Apart from “Fox Transformation,” the Demon Fox Beast had three other ultimate skills.
But the effects of these remaining three ultimate skills could be glimpsed from their names alone.
“Ho Ye Wedge,” “Tendril Fist,” and “Fox Flash Strike.”
One ranged skill, one melee skill, and one movement skill!
[Ho Ye Wedge: The Demon Fox Beast condenses leaves with demonic arts and fires them densely at enemies.]
[Tendril Fist: When the Demon Fox Beast attacks an enemy in close range, blue flames erupt from its body, causing a burst of increased attack speed.]
[Fox Flash Strike: The Demon Fox Beast charges at enemies with nearly instantaneous speed, using sharp claws to tear apart the enemy’s body.]
The descriptions of these three ultimate skills were already quite clear.
“Ho Ye Wedge” was not only a ranged attack ultimate skill but also a controllable area-of-effect ultimate skill. If used properly, it could achieve an effect similar to the Wrestler Eagle’s “Feather Dance.”
As for its power and strength, in Dark’s impression, they belonged to the stronger category.
But specifics required testing.
“Tendril Fist” was clearly a close-range burst skill.
Unlike the burst skills that Dark was more familiar with, which boosted attack power, this one increased punching speed!
Increasing punch speed did not change the gap between offense and defense.
Once encountering an opponent who couldn’t be broken through, even if the punches were faster, they wouldn’t cause damage.
Conversely, once breaking through defense, multiple hits could be dealt at high speed, potentially wearing down the opponent.
However, any burst-type ultimate skill has its limitations, and “Tendril Fist” might have limits on the number of punches per burst.
Eight punches might be a limit!
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Dark continued to look at the last ultimate skill—”Fox Flash Strike.”
This was obviously a skill that could instantly increase movement speed.
Unfortunately, it wasn’t “Flash Teleportation.”
But the sudden burst of speed brought stronger killing power, combined with sharp claws, making it highly effective for assassination and piercing armor.
…
In summary, apart from “Fox Transformation,” these three ultimate skills were all aggressive types, perfectly showcasing the Demon Fox Beast’s combative nature.
After some contemplation, Dark began the usual summoning spell.
“By the name of Dark Demon, Mana Summoning—Demon Fox Beast!”
With cherry blossom-like light fragments raining from the sky, the Demon Fox Beast’s graceful form gradually materialized in pink light.
Almost as soon as it landed, the Demon Fox Beast leaped backward, creating distance from Dark.
Its slender fox eyes narrowed slightly, revealing a cautious gaze.
Perhaps due to Dark’s gesture of poking its forehead, there was still a faint disgust on its face.
But upon closer inspection, one could see its cheeks tremble slightly, and its claws involuntarily tightened, gripping the ground tightly.
It seemed to be struggling to control itself from acting irrationally.
As the embodiment of “Bliss,” the Demon Fox Beast possessed an innate instinct to pursue “Bliss” from birth.
The core essence of a mana spirit is to serve its master.
Everything about it belongs to the master.
However, the rational and dominant personality of the Demon Fox Beast made it reject this instinct-driven behavior.
It wasn’t disliking the master; it was disliking being out of control.
Although Dark felt a bit disappointed that the Demon Fox Beast didn’t leap up like the Eevee to seek affection, he also felt relieved.
Newly summoned mana spirits often struggled to control their actions, causing some trouble.
But dealing with a type like the Demon Fox Beast was relatively easier.
Thus, he smiled slightly and extended his hand, saying, “Let’s get acquainted. I’m Dark Demon, your master.”
The Demon Fox Beast lightly clenched its teeth and cautiously responded, “Demon Fox Beast.”
But the warmth transmitted through the handshake caused its cheeks to flush, so after greeting, it quickly released and stepped back, as if struggling to resist the temptation of ice cream to stay slim.
Dark found this amusing and said, “Then shall we try the first ultimate skill—’Fox Transformation’?”
The Demon Fox Beast nodded slightly, its gaze concentrating.
Dark then said, “Transform into my appearance first?”
The Demon Fox Beast lifted its hand, and two fingers flicked, gathering light at the fingertips. Soon, a greenish-blue leaf appeared—much like the leaf used for transformation by a raccoon dog.
It placed the leaf on its head, and in a flash of light, its slender body suddenly transformed into Dark’s appearance.
Except for the slight difference in eyes, Dark almost felt like looking in a mirror.
He couldn’t help but praise, “Not inferior to Ditto.”
“What is Ditto?” the Demon Fox Beast asked after a moment of silence.
Dark smiled slightly and said, “One of your partners. It can also use transformations, though perhaps stronger than you.”
The Demon Fox Beast frowned, showing disbelief.
Dark lowered his head to examine the Demon Fox Beast’s mana card.
Transformation-type ultimate skills usually degrade based on the opponent’s strength.
For example, Ditto’s “Transformation.”
Under normal circumstances, “Transformation” can fully replicate the data of a mana spirit of the same tier. Once beyond this limit, it can only copy part of the data. If the tier difference is too large, it might only copy the appearance.
The Demon Fox Beast’s “Fox Transformation” was similarly limited.
But there was a critical difference between its “Fox Transformation” and Ditto’s “Transformation”—it couldn’t copy ultimate skills!
As described, the Demon Fox Beast could only copy the opponent’s appearance to replace its own body structure.
Its appearance would change, along with modifications to its attack and defense attributes.
Additionally, race and attribute would also change, possibly gaining some traits.
This was very similar to Ditto.
As for its ultimate skills, they remained unchanged.
This meant it could use its own ultimate skills in its copied form.
The limitation on its transformation was that it couldn’t transform into a mana spirit higher than two tiers.
That is, it could transform into a second-tier mana spirit, gaining the attributes of a second-tier mana spirit!
In this aspect, it was clearly superior to Ditto.
However, Ditto had unlimited potential and could use “Capital Sin Cards” to boost its star rating to transform into higher-tier mana spirits.
The Demon Fox Beast’s “Fox Transformation” merely gave it the ability to contend with second-tier mana spirits.
Though this might not sound extraordinary at first.
But the Demon Fox Beast was just a three-star mana spirit!
If it weren’t for the time limit on “Fox Transformation” and the inability to maintain constant appearance changes like Ditto, it might lose its significance in evolving into a second-tier mana spirit.
Dark knew he had struck gold again!
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After completing the test of “Fox Transformation,” the trials of the other three ultimate skills were quickly finished.
Basically, the strengths and limitations of those three ultimate skills matched Dark’s expectations.
After recording these data, he took out “Bliss III” with great seriousness!
Because next was the long-awaited evolution experiment!
Theoretically, after using “Bliss III,” the Demon Fox Beast should evolve into the mature “Nine-Tailed Fox Beast.” However, it was also possible it could evolve into the subspecies “Fox Demon Beast.”
Regardless of which, he was ready to accept it.
While contemplating, Dark conveyed his intention to the Demon Fox Beast.
Surprised by the possibility of evolving, the Demon Fox Beast couldn’t help but show anticipation.
Dark held “Bliss III” between two fingers and gently touched it, instantly activating it.
The “Bliss” light from the card immediately enveloped the Demon Fox Beast, and a “Bliss” emblem appeared on its forehead, giving off a faint, enchanting aura.
Then, evolution light burst from the center of the Demon Fox Beast’s body, causing another drastic change in its structure.
When the evolution light dissipated, a golden nine-tailed fox appeared before Dark Demon!
“Demon Fox Beast”—”Nine-Tailed Fox Beast”!
The Nine-Tailed Fox Beast was a demon-type digital beast, with a general appearance similar to the legendary nine-tailed fox.
Its tail ends and feet burned with blue flames, and the two antennae on its neck resembled ceremonial ribbons, with golden-yellow bells at the tips.
On its forehead and upper limbs, patterns resembling the Taijitu symbol representing “the Way” were present.
Overall, it exuded a mixed aura of mystery and dignity.
Although the Nine-Tailed Fox Beast had grown significantly in size, its true enhancement lay in the level of its mental power.
This transformed it from a physical-specialized mana spirit to a magical-specialized one.
With powerful mental energy, it could even soar through the sky using the blue flames burning on its limbs.
This meant it naturally had the ability to float, giving it an advantage in mana duels.
Dark carefully observed the Nine-Tailed Fox Beast and suddenly furrowed his brows as a shadow flashed by. The Nine-Tailed Fox Beast pounced fiercely, unable to hold back any longer.
The “Bliss” factor that grew after evolution overwhelmed reason and instinctive rejection.
Dark was knocked to the ground in an instant, and his face was soon wet from the nimble tongue.
He sighed helplessly as the scent of the Nine-Tailed Fox Beast entered his nose, causing him to involuntarily reach out and wrap his arms around its neck, then… forcefully pressing it down!
“Muu—”
The Nine-Tailed Fox Beast’s head was successfully controlled, emitting a soft, muffled sound.
This massive contrast made it impossible to believe that this was the evolved form of the Demon Fox Beast.
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Lying on the ground, Dark injected mana into his mana card to check the information on the “Nine-Tailed Fox Beast.”
[Card Name: Nine-Tailed Fox Beast]
[Type: Elemental Card]
[Level: ??????]
[Race: Avian-beast Kin]
[Attribute: Fairy Type/Fire]
[Mana: 3500]
[Attack: 2600]
[Defense: 2600]
[Ultimate Skills: Ghost Fire Ball, Fox Electricity, Fox Flame Dragon, Tengu]
The Nine-Tailed Fox Beast was the legitimate evolutionary form of the Demon Fox Beast.
Like other three-star mana spirits, Meow and Dream Spirit evolved into five-star mana spirits. However, this Nine-Tailed Fox Beast was genuinely a six-star!
Considering its stats at three stars were already over the top, evolving into a six-star was reasonable.
Dark’s eyebrows showed joy as he continued to review the data.
After evolution, the Nine-Tailed Fox Beast’s race value still cooperated with the “Zoo” avian-beast kin, while its attributes added the missing “Fire” type!
Originally, it was crafted with fire attributes, so lacking them would be abnormal.
Additionally, its stat distribution had changed slightly.
The mana value, already surpassing the top-tier, had further increased!
A full 3500 points of mana, even making one think it was a seven-star mana spirit of the third tier!
Among all of Dark’s mana spirits and their evolutions, only “Bastemon” and “Vampire Noble” had mana values reaching 3500 points.
And those two mana spirits were seven-stars!
But conversely, the attack value of the Nine-Tailed Fox Beast did not reach the peak of six-star, with a slightly increased defensive allocation at 2600 points.
“Unexpectedly, after evolution, the Nine-Tailed Fox Beast lost the ‘Fox Transformation’ ultimate skill.”
Dark carefully reviewed the four ultimate skills of the “Nine-Tailed Fox Beast,” unable to suppress a slight smile.
Just as the strong inclination in its stat distribution indicated, the “Nine-Tailed Fox Beast” was an extremely pure magical burst-type mana spirit, both in terms of stat distribution and the four ultimate skills.
The first ultimate skill, “Ghost Fire Ball,” could release nine blue ghost fires from its tails, allowing for arbitrary manipulation.
[Ghost Fire Ball: Nine blue fireballs are shot from the tails of the Nine-Tailed Fox Beast, each capable of attacking individually or exploding to surround enemies.]
Each “Ghost Fire Ball” was powerful enough, and when nine of them exploded together, they produced terrifying destructive force.
This was clearly the得意技 of the Nine-Tailed Fox Beast.
The second ultimate skill of the Nine-Tailed Fox Beast—”Fox Electricity”—was a move Dark had never seen before.
[Fox Electricity: The Nine-Tailed Fox Beast creates lightning, throwing it at opponents to paralyze them.]
“A standard electric output-type ultimate skill with a paralysis effect.”
Dark slightly nodded and looked at the next ultimate skill.
The third ultimate skill—”Fox Flame Dragon”!
[Fox Flame Dragon: The Nine-Tailed Fox Beast releases dragon-shaped flames from its tails, with blazing blue flames burning the enemy to ashes.]
The fourth ultimate skill—”Tengu”!
[Tengu: The Nine-Tailed Fox Beast condenses all blue flames into a huge energy ball, causing a terrifying explosion that will engulf everything. After release, it cannot produce flames for a short time.]
“Two purely powerful ultimate skills!”
Dark’s face showed joy.
His lineup was actually very deficient in this type of mana spirit.
The arrival of the Nine-Tailed Fox Beast filled the gap perfectly.
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