NOVEL WEB Chapter 2: Silver Overlord Cat
With the Divine Pet Evolution System, Kent realized he was no longer the useless Beast Master he once was. Thanks to the system, even a common beast like Da Huang could be rapidly evolved into the strongest beast, and one day, it could even evolve into a legendary divine beast.
As Kent delved deeper into studying the "Divine Pet Evolution System," he discovered that the system could not only increase a pet's level, but also improve its rank. However, upgrading required an astounding 10,000 experience points.
The rank of a beast represented its actual combat power. A high-ranked beast could easily crush several low-ranked beasts of the same level.
Da Huang was a basic bronze-ranked beast, and according to Kent's knowledge, above bronze were the silver, gold, and even heavenly ranks. As for ranks higher than these, they were beyond the knowledge of the previous owner of this body.
From the previous owner's memories, Kent knew that a silver-ranked beast could be sold for tens of thousands of credits on the black market, and a gold-ranked beast was priceless—virtually without a market price!
The previous owner had secretly admired a goddess at school, and she possessed a gold-ranked beast, making her unbeatable in the school and earning her the title of invincible.
If this system could directly upgrade a beast's rank, Kent felt his future was limitless. He was destined to one day stand at the peak of Beast Masters.
After this realization, Kent emptied his savings and exchanged all the credits left by the previous owner for the highest-quality food available on the black market for Da Huang.
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After two days of intense feasting and pain, Da Huang, under Kent's insistence, ate nearly a ton of high-quality food. It was now a fat orange ball, lying on the sofa, staring resentfully at Kent.
After consuming so much food, Da Huang's experience pool had accumulated over 15,000 points, enough for an upgrade in rank.
"Here it is, my future starts here!" Kent was excited as he focused his thoughts on the upgrade button for Da Huang's rank.
The experience points in the pool disappeared rapidly like a flood, and with a flash, the 15,000 points were reduced to just 5,000.
Da Huang, who was lying on the sofa digesting its food, suddenly froze. A silver light shot out from its plump body, and its shape began to change rapidly. The once round, fat body started to enlarge at an astonishing rate.
In the blink of an eye, when the silver light faded, Da Huang had grown from a 20cm cat into a massive 50cm cat. It was still fat, but now its body seemed to contain explosive power. When it walked, it resembled a small tiger.
The system also displayed massive changes in Da Huang's stats.
Da Huang.
Beast Species: Silver Overlord Cat
Beast Level: 7
Beast Rank: Silver
Beast Age: 2
Beast Abilities: 1. Strength Conversion 2. Infinite Digestion 3. Overlord Transformation
Strength Conversion: The Silver Overlord Cat can quickly convert body fat into muscle, exponentially increasing its strength.
Ultimate Digestion: It has an incredible digestive ability, capable of digesting most foods and storing them as fat.
Overlord Transformation: After storing vast amounts of fat, the cat can burn it all at once, transforming into a powerful beast. During this transformation, its combat power increases dramatically.
Combat Power Evaluation: 63. (After Overlord Transformation: 100.)
After upgrading to Silver rank, Da Huang's combat power skyrocketed. Though it still appeared as a giant, fat cat, it was now in an entirely different league compared to before.
Kent looked at Da Huang's combat power evaluation again. Before the upgrade, it was only 9, but now, it had increased more than sixfold, and after using the Overlord Transformation ability, its combat power exceeded 100.
According to the previous owner's memories, only a few elite students in their school had beasts with combat power close to 100. After all, Silver-ranked beasts were incredibly rare at the school.
"Upgrading to a Gold-ranked beast requires 100,000 experience points," Kent thought. Looking at the next upgrade, he realized that this was beyond his current financial capabilities.
"Still, with 5,000 experience points left, I'll use it all to upgrade Da Huang's level." Kent decided, and as he used all the remaining experience points, Da Huang's level increased from 7 to 10. Its combat power jumped to 98, and after using Overlord Transformation, its combat power soared to an impressive 165. Its size also grew to 80cm, comparable to a medium-sized dog.
Da Huang would need 2,500 experience points to level up to level 11.
"Come here," Kent called, and Da Huang happily trotted over, rubbing against Kent's body.
"The name 'Da Huang' just doesn't suit you. From now on, I'll call you Garfield," Kent said, looking at the giant cat.
"Meow!" Garfield seemed to like the new name, purring joyfully. In the system, Da Huang's name was replaced with Garfield.
"Alright, now it's time to go to school. To the previous owner, I'll avenge you with Garfield's help." Kent gently patted Garfield's head and silently promised the vanished previous owner.
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At Third High School in the Holy City, the holiday ended, and countless students arrived at school with their beasts.
"Isn't that Kent, the idiot? He still wants to write a love letter to Goddess Chu Yuxuan. He's asking for trouble. He got beaten up by Zhao Xuan's beast and had to go home to recover."
"Yeah, this fool is really dumb. He actually contracted a regular house cat as his first beast. Doesn't he know how precious a first beast is for a Beast Master?"
Kent walked through the campus with Garfield following him, drawing a lot of attention and gossip. The students looked at him like he was some sort of fool.
Kent ignored their whispers and held back several urges to let Garfield unleash its anger. He knew very well that in this world, everything depended on strength.
Soon, Kent arrived at the door of his classroom.
The door was half-open, and the teacher hadn't arrived yet.
"Bang!"
Kent kicked the door open, the loud bang startling the students inside the classroom.
"Zhao Xuan, get out here!" Kent's voice rang out provocatively.
In the brief silence that followed, the classroom of senior year students erupted into noise.