"Master."
"They are the most outstanding descendants of our clan!"
Under the Ya Lang Leader's careful selection, eighteen of the strongest and youngest Ya Wolves walked before Bai Luo.
Among them was Lan Ya from the original work, and also individuals whose names were not mentioned in other novels.
Interestingly, the eighteen Ya Wolves were exactly nine males and nine females.
Bai Luo had no intention of pairing them up.
Once a monster evolved, breeding offspring would become difficult, and could even endanger the parents' lives.
Of course, Bai Luo would not interfere with the Ya Wolves' free choices.
They could pair up, or they could remain single; this was the Ya Wolves' choice.
"Including you, there are nineteen Ya Wolves in total."
Bai Luo had his own plans; he did not choose Rimuru's method of holistic Ya Wolf naming.
The eighteen Ya Wolves represented the eighteen types of Pokémon attributes.
Each Ya Wolf would inherit one of them, and they would develop their respective clans.
And the Ya Lang Leader would be the Leader of the entire wolf clan.
"From now on, you shall be called 'Star Fang'!"
Besides the Ya Lang Leader 'Star Fang,' the other eighteen Ya Wolves were:
Males: Lan Ya (Flying), Bai Ya (Normal), Yan Ya (Rock), Gang Ya (Steel), Di Ya (Ground), Lei Ya (Electric), Long Ya (Dragon), Xiong Ya (Dark), Dou Ya (Fighting)
Females: Yan Ya (Fire), Quan Ya (Water), Meng Ya (Grass), You Ya (Ghost), Nian Ya (Psychic), Bing Ya (Ice), Yue Ya (Fairy), Ying Ya (Bug), Zi Ya (Poison)
Among them, Star Fang inherited some of Bai Luo's characteristics as the Star Dragon King.
Although he couldn't control star particles, he gained control over space-time and the power of the stars.
Additionally, named after Star Fang, the entire Ya Lang Clan evolved into the Star Fang Wolf Clan.
And beneath the Star Fang Wolf Clan, eighteen sub-tribes were formed, named Star Lan Ya Wolf and Star Yan Ya Wolf.
"Hmm…"
As soon as the naming was complete, Bai Luo immediately felt a large amount of magic essence drain away.
For the first time, Bai Luo felt a dizzy spell.
This was the result of the rapid consumption of magic essence.
"It seems I need to rest for a while."
Bai Luo hadn't expected that he would also have an experience like Rimuru's; he immediately summoned Violet: "I'll leave the rest to you, Wei Er."
"Ah, please rest well."
Without needing to say more, Violet, who was connected to Bai Luo's heart, embraced the collapsing Bai Luo.
"…"
However, this scene inexplicably aroused feelings of dissatisfaction in Snow Empress, who was standing by.
She didn't understand what this feeling meant.
It was simply an inability to suppress the vexation in her heart.
"Who are you?"
Snow Empress took a step forward, wary of this suddenly appearing girl.
"Violet."
Violet said calmly, "I am Bai Luo's other half."
"!!!"
The sudden declaration instantly left Snow Empress and the other Great Ogre Clan members present at a loss.
"Other half?"
"Doesn't that mean she's the mistress?"
"What a bold declaration."
"…"
"Nonsense!"
Snow Empress reprimanded coldly, "I don't know when someone like you appeared by his side."
Logically speaking, Snow Empress was not one to get angry easily.
But when it concerned Bai Luo's safety, and a certain emotion that Snow Empress herself didn't understand, she couldn't tolerate Violet's absurd words.
"You'll know if you ask Bai Luo about this."
"But right now, we should be protecting him, not arguing here, shouldn't we?"
Violet's words left Snow Empress unable to retort.
Having no choice, Snow Empress could only stand guard nearby.
She had to protect Bai Luo, and also guard against Violet, while her heart was guessing the other party's identity.
Leaving aside Snow Empress and Violet's silent vigil.
The transformation of the Ya Wolf Clan immediately attracted the attention of the Hobgoblin, Goblin, and Ogre.
The originally ordinary giant wolves, which were merely a bit larger than normal beasts, were now, one after another, emitting various colored lights.
Red, blue, green—
For a moment, the grassland, illuminated only by moonlight, seemed to become a dazzling stage under neon lights, drawing exclamations of awe from Sakurako and others.
[Individual evolution successful, calculating total magic essence of followers]
[Calculation complete, this individual is a namer, sharing 15% magic essence]
[Obtained 900 magic essence]
[Individual evolution successful...]
[Obtained 950 magic essence]
[Obtained 1100 magic essence]
[Obtained...]
As the Ya Wolf Clan evolved into the Star Fang Wolf, and due to the power radiation of the eighteen clan leaders,
500 Ya Wolf, based on their own affinities, evolved into corresponding clans.
This time, Bai Luo almost exhausted all his magic essence for the naming.
A full 200,000 magic essence was instantly depleted.
In its place was the simultaneous evolution of nineteen Ya Wolf, including Star Fang.
Among them, Star Fang received the most magic essence.
It obtained over 50,000 magic essence from Bai Luo in one go.
Even with Violet's backdoor, Bai Luo still expended 25,000 magic essence.
Adding the original magic essence, the wolf clan leader Star Fang directly evolved from its original C+ individual rank to high-tier A rank.
Then, the remaining 18 Ya Wolf, all broke through the 14,000 magic essence mark, becoming true A-rank monsters.
This was a full 180,000, or 90,000 after the discount, magic essence.
According to racial characteristics, the Star Fang Wolf Clan, in terms of classification, should belong to Beastmen, not the original Wolf Beasts.
Beastmen in the Cardinal World possess the ability to beastify, able to freely transform between beast and beastman states.
Star Fang, and the other eighteen leaders, all gained this ability.
Humanoid form, Werewolf form, and the original Giant Wolf form.
Depending on their needs, they can choose their preferred lifestyle among these three states at will.
By this point, Bai Luo's magic essence had dropped from 145,000 to 30,000.
As for the remaining Ya Wolf.
Originally, they were merely C-rank monsters, only able to increase their overall strength to rival B-rank monsters based on their inherent characteristics when in groups.
Group is individual, individual is group.
The B-rank monster here doesn't mean 500 Ya Wolf attacking together and defeating 1 B-rank monster.
Instead, it means that as the number of Ya Wolf continuously increases, each Ya Wolf will rise from C-rank to B-rank.
Yes, 500 B-rank monsters.
This is the terrifying aspect of the Ya Wolf monster group.