The first half of the Evolution Conference had been prepared specifically for the tourists.
Therefore, the focus was on "presentation," not "academics."
The exact presentation method was never fixed.
At the Shanghai Evolution Conference, Jiang Xing had chosen a "continuous battle showcase" to best display the Rainbow Dragon Hatchling's talent. The Chocolate Chick at the Sweet Sugar Research Institute booth used "taste testing," while the Giant Magnet Entity demonstrated "calculation ability"...
Overall, the method was chosen based on the characteristics of the Pet Beast itself, selecting whichever presentation style created the strongest impact.
Since that was the case, Jiang Xing naturally could not simply bring the Abyssal Water Phoenix Fledgling onto the stage and have it battle tourists.
The entertainment value wouldn't be enough!
So instead, he directly requested that the officials arrange a Beast Tamer, using an exhibition match to completely display the Abyssal Water Phoenix Fledgling's potential!
At that moment, after Jiang Xing finished speaking, the Beast Tamer lightly leaped onto the stage.
With a raise of his hand, a streak of white light flashed past, and an orange lizard appeared atop the platform. Its body was covered in rock-like armor, while crimson magma slowly flowed through the cracks in its shell, radiating terrifying heat.
Many tourists immediately recognized the lizard.
The Lava Giant Lizard was a dual-attribute Fire + Earth Pet Beast with a Species Tier that had reached the Low Monarch Tier.
Its previous form, the Firestone Lizard, was also a dual-attribute Fire + Earth Pet Beast, possessing a Low Commander Tier Species Tier.
Since it had completed evolution, that meant its Power Level had at minimum reached the Mid Commander Level.
Sure enough, Jiang Xing spoke.
"This is Professional Beast Tamer Mr. Sun Huo. The Lava Giant Lizard he raised is extremely powerful, and its Power Level has already reached the High Commander Level."
"Next, I'll be commanding the Abyssal Water Phoenix Fledgling, whose Power Level is High Extraordinary Level, in an exhibition match against him..."
Before Jiang Xing could finish speaking, a wave of commotion instantly erupted beneath the stage.
Nearly every tourist revealed expressions of shock and disbelief—
What the hell was this guy talking about?
A High Extraordinary Level fighting a High Commander Level?
Did he think this was some xianxia world, where supreme geniuses could leap across an entire major realm and kill Foundation Establishment cultivators while still at Qi Refinement?
What a joke!
In the Beast Taming World, Power Levels were extremely strict.
A difference of even one minor sublevel was enough to create a clear advantage.
A difference of an entire major level—such as High Extraordinary Level fighting Low Commander Level—would result in a qualitative transformation. Even if the superior attribute countered the inferior attribute, victory would still be extremely difficult, with very low odds.
Not to mention that this was High Extraordinary Level versus High Commander Level. The gap in strength was absurdly enormous.
Even if Water fully countered Fire + Earth with quadruple effectiveness, allowing the damage to hit maximum effectiveness, the prerequisite was still having sufficient base stats—
The simplest example was this:
The speed of a High Commander Level opponent already far surpassed that of the Extraordinary Level.
The moment the battle began, the latter wouldn't even have time to attack before being instantly killed.
They simply weren't opponents on the same level.
And yet...
After their initial shock, the tourists began to feel a strange sense of anticipation—
That was Jiang Xing, after all. The newly risen top-tier research giant. There was no way he had organized this Friendship Evolution Conference just to become a laughingstock.
Since he dared to say something like this, could it be that the Abyssal Water Phoenix Fledgling really could cross an entire major realm and fight against the Lava Giant Lizard?
That was way too outrageous!!
Jiang Xing had merely revealed the Power Level comparison between both sides.
Yet that alone had successfully captured the tourists' interest, locking all their attention onto the stage as their curiosity instantly soared to the maximum.
Seeing the anticipation in their eyes, the corners of Jiang Xing's mouth lifted slightly as he spoke.
"Then, let the battle begin."
Although this had been arranged as an exhibition match, there actually hadn't been any rehearsal beforehand—Jiang Xing simply hadn't had the time.
The opposing Sun Huo had merely been a Professional Beast Tamer casually arranged by the officials according to the requested standards.
He didn't know the Abyssal Water Phoenix Fledgling's talent effect, nor did he understand why it could contend against his Lava Giant Lizard. He was equally curious.
But the moment Jiang Xing declared the start of the battle, the instincts of a Professional Beast Tamer immediately activated within him. Subconsciously, he was about to command:
"Lava—"
However, he had only uttered a single syllable.
On the opposite side of the stage, the Abyssal Water Phoenix Fledgling moved.
It merely spread its wings and soared into the air—
Yet in that instant, it completely bloomed with brilliance, drawing every gaze, and even everything in the world itself, toward its figure.
At that moment, the rocks, the world itself, the grass, the opponent...
Even the tourists lost their color.
Everything around them transformed into black ink, forming a circular ink-wash domain.
This overwhelming visual impact instantly captivated both Sun Huo and the Lava Giant Lizard, causing their movements to freeze.
The tourists watched as the Lava Giant Lizard's aura weakened dramatically almost in an instant, and many of them subconsciously held their breath.
The people who came to visit the conference all loved Pet Beasts.
Even if they were not Beast Tamers themselves, they were still frequent match spectators, and they immediately realized what this was—
A domain-type talent!
And not only that, but an entirely new type of domain none of them had ever seen before, one that seemed capable of suppressing the Fire attribute!
The Abyssal Water Phoenix Fledgling was actually a domain-type Pet Beast!!
And just as the crowd was drowning in shock, they heard Jiang Xing's command.
"Inky, Rain Prayer."
Since the Ink Realm environment could stack together with weather effects, this naturally became one of the Abyssal Water Phoenix Fledgling's core techniques.
Whether for exhibition purposes or not, Inky definitely needed to learn it.
Jiang Xing had long since shamelessly obtained a Rain Prayer training manual from his teacher and tossed it to Inky, letting it slowly comprehend the technique on its own.
And as a Water Phoenix possessing a domain-type talent, mastering Rain Prayer was absurdly easy for it.
At that moment, it danced through the air as though performing some magnificent ritual dance. Along with its movements, Water-attribute energy rapidly gathered throughout the surrounding atmosphere.
Ink-black storm clouds appeared in the sky, and droplets of black rain began to fall, splashing dark ink-like ripples upon the rocks.
It started raining.
Water-attribute power surged dramatically while Fire-attribute power rapidly declined.
The Lava Giant Lizard had not even made a single move yet, and its aura had already become incomparably weak. Even the magma flowing across its body was beginning to solidify, making it look as though it had already suffered severe injuries.
"…!?"
Seeing this scene, the tourists beneath the stage completely lost their voices.
Holy shit, what even was this!?
A domain-type talent was already outrageous enough, but it could even stack weather effects too?!
The Fire attribute had already been weakened inside the ink environment, and now there was rain on top of that—was this leaving any path to survival for Fire-type Pet Beasts at all?!
Well, to be fair, Jiang Xing never intended to leave Fire-type Pet Beasts any path to survival in the first place.
After all, despite how he looked...
He was actually a Water-type researcher, you know!
Meanwhile, atop the stage, the Abyssal Water Phoenix Fledgling had already begun its performance—
Attack?
No, first it casually danced around a bit.
It gracefully flew through the air, activating the Phoenix Grace move to further increase its charm while weakening the Lava Giant Lizard's hostility.
The Lava Giant Lizard had already become completely sluggish. Even the magma bombs it spat out had shrunk by several sizes and looked utterly limp and powerless.
And now, after gazing upon the beautiful phoenix, its fighting spirit declined even further. Deep inside, it had begun resisting the idea of attacking it altogether. Not only did the power of its attack moves continue to decrease, but even its accuracy dropped drastically as well.
Granted, the odds of a High Extraordinary Level defeating a High Commander Level were practically nonexistent.
But that was under the premise that the High Commander Level opponent wasn't throwing the match!
Facing the half-hearted Lava Giant Lizard, Inky showed absolutely no mercy. With a single flap of its wings, countless raindrops transformed into countless thin needles that blasted toward the Lava Giant Lizard.
And once those rain needles flew out, they received all kinds of enhancements, rapidly absorbing the rainwater in midair and transforming into massive water spikes the size of watermelons before crashing downward.
BOOOOM! BOOOOM! BOOOOM—!!
High-temperature steam exploded outward.
Accompanied by the Lava Giant Lizard's painful roars, it suffered considerable damage.
However...
Compared to the pain in its body, the pain in its heart was even worse.
Why was such a beautiful Pet Beast so ruthless when attacking?
Then again...
The way it beat me up is so beautiful.
"Lava Giant Lizard, snap out of it!!"
Sun Huo desperately issued commands, trying to reignite the Lava Giant Lizard's fighting spirit.
Unfortunately, compared to its fighting spirit, the thing that disappeared first was the Lava Giant Lizard's HP bar—
Even though the Abyssal Water Phoenix Fledgling was only at the High Extraordinary Level, the combination of quadruple attribute advantage, Ink Realm, and rainy weather created a level of amplified attack power that the Lava Giant Lizard simply could not withstand.
Under the Abyssal Water Phoenix Fledgling's relentless assault, the Lava Giant Lizard quickly exhausted its stamina and collapsed with a thunderous crash.
Meanwhile, on the other side, thanks to its flight advantage, its exquisite dodging skills honed through years of training, and the Lava Giant Lizard's heavily reduced accuracy...
The Abyssal Water Phoenix Fledgling actually managed to avoid taking even a single attack from start to finish!
"A High Extraordinary Level completely dominating a High Commander Level without losing any HP?!"
The tourists' first reaction was—
There's no way I'm not dreaming.
Their second reaction was—
Holy shit, Rain Teams are entering a dynasty era!
---
I will post some extra Chapters in Patreon, you can check it out. >> patreon.com/TitoVillar
---