Chapter Nineteenth: Thunderfire (Seeking Recommendations, Seeking Bookmarks)

  Although there are many demons under the sky, they can also be roughly divided into three categories according to their different abilities: supernatural systems that control elemental energy, superpower systems that distort space-time with variable skeleton scales, and spiritual systems that peek into others' spiritual worlds or even play with other people's souls.

  Among the three systems, it is natural that the supernatural system with the most abundant and widely distributed elemental energy control is the most numerous. The seven elements of light, darkness, water, fire, wind, thunder, and earth constitute the source of energy in this world, representing the seven different types of elemental energies that can be controlled by the magical beasts in this world. Because each magical beast has a different innate talent and genetic limitations, the elemental energies they can ultimately master are also different, but generally have their own direction of evolution and development, which cannot be changed once formed. Of course, apart from these seven elements, there are several mysterious elements, or those derived from the seven elements, such as ice magic, mud magic, undead magic, limb magic, etc., which generally exist in human civilization and were discovered and created by human mages through years of research based on the seven elements. However, although these special elemental abilities have a significant proportion in the human kingdom, they are extremely rare among magical beasts, so they are not within Liu Ting's consideration range.

  The superpower system is much rarer than the spiritual system. It's like the so-called superpowers (represented by Steel Beast, who got knocked out in one hit), which are relatively common, allowing them to steel their bones, scales, claws, and teeth, making them incredibly hard and indestructible. However, they lack the ability to control elemental energy, putting them at a disadvantage when fighting against supernatural system magic beasts. They often get beaten and have to flee, only able to hide and wait for an opportunity to counterattack. Unless they evolve to a higher level, their bodies undergo a qualitative change, becoming immune to most elemental energy attacks and able to withstand same-level magic beast elemental blasts, even super blasts. At this point, they can easily take down their opponents and tear them apart. This is the kind of terrifying existence that makes most high-level magic beasts afraid to confront them head-on, and they can even fight against true ancient dragons, making them a formidable force that even super-evolved bodies beyond the high-level barrier dare not underestimate.

  In the superpower system, the most terrifying is still the ability to twist space and time in legend. Of course, magic beasts with this ability are rare, except for their appearance in the mythological records of tens of millions of years ago, it's hard to find any trace of them now. It's unknown whether they're sleeping or were already extinct by the gods in the distant mythological era. In short, it's impossible to find a magic beast with the ability to twist space and time on the continent now. Maybe after countless years, this super magic beast that once had a brilliant myth will also fade out of everyone's sight, be gradually forgotten, and never be mentioned again. Only some ancient documents still record a few words, and human mages, referring to their terrifying abilities, explored and researched with blood and sweat, creating the summoner profession, which can still be passed down through the world.

  The last one is the spiritual system that can peek into others' spiritual world and even manipulate their souls (represented by the Dragon Spider, a character who appeared in several episodes). This is actually not much to say, just like the superpower system, they are far inferior to the supernatural system's magical beasts in terms of quantity. Initially, they were very weak, only having the ability to confuse and cause short-term dizziness. However, as this ability grows and develops, even originally weak magical beasts can become masters of controlling illusions, manipulating other creatures' spirits. When they advance to higher ranks, they can even control two systems of the same rank to fight for them, using them as cannon fodder, or imprison other creatures' souls, listening to their thoughts and viewing their memories. They can be said to be extremely terrifying existences.

  At this moment, Old Liu's problem is to select a portion of the three major categories of magical beasts as references and drink their blood. As for which ones to choose, he really can't be sure, nor does it depend on his own words. To say that he was able to drink the blood of the Thunderous Python last time was also due to a coincidence, if he had been chasing after two magical beasts fighting each other, he wouldn't have encountered the good fortune afterwards. It's just that this kind of thing is as rare as waiting for a rabbit to bump into a tree stump, normally you can't wait for it to happen, you might as well buy a block of tofu and knock yourself out. Now he has to go find another magical beast that is at least mid-tier or above to suck its blood, where is this an easy thing? Just taking the general low-tier magical beasts, their fur already possesses extremely strong defensive properties, not something that Old Liu, who is currently in a state equivalent to drinking milk, can penetrate. Not to mention higher evolution levels of mid-tier and high-tier magical beasts. You see them running away before you can even react, do you think you can suck their blood? Isn't this just asking for death?

  So Lao Liu was in a dilemma, thinking about whether to give up his powerful abilities and find some ordinary supernatural creatures to suck their blood and get some elemental powers. He also thought about how he could get their blood to drink. Should he do it himself? That would be foolish and impractical. Besides, with Old Tree's help, he didn't need to bother. The problem was whether Old Tree could attract mid-to-high-level demons to kill, and he had to snatch the food from those damned ants before they did. If all else failed, he would send his underlings to lure some over and let Old Tree deal with them. Lao Liu, who had tasted the sweetness of having a powerful ally, had already taken the demonic vines for granted as his own loyal companion and free labor force, without ever thinking about working hard himself. On the contrary, all sorts of wicked ideas kept popping up in his mind.

  But then Lao Liu became suspicious again: "Hey, wait a minute, if I absorb elemental abilities, won't the different types of elemental energy clash inside me like fire and water, producing a violent reaction? ... Ah, that means I'll explode!" As things came to a head, the more he thought about it, the more timid Lao Liu became. The courage he had built up earlier seemed to vanish into thin air, replaced by constant reminders to himself: "Be careful, you can't afford to make any mistakes now. Achieving your dreams is based on being alive, if you accidentally mess up, what's the point?"

  "Water and fire are incompatible, that's for sure. I don't know if elemental energies can coexist, so I'd rather not try it easily. Moreover, Holk's research on the failure of magic bug evolution also mentioned that two conflicting energies should not exist in the same body. My current ability is the power of thunder and lightning passed down from the Rainforest Electric Python, so I need to find an element that matches it, or even enhances its power through mutual influence. Ah, thunder and fire, thunder can ignite fire, not only is there no conflict, but it can also increase the flame's power. And these two elements are both among the seven major elements, should be easy to find, right? Hmm, that lizard that could spit fire yesterday was pretty good... what was its name again? Ah, it was the Magma Giant Lizard! Hehehe, decided, it's you!"

  Old Liu, who had made up his mind, suddenly felt a sense of relief wash over him. He easily found the information he was looking for in the Soul Orb and quickly grasped the details about the Magmadrakes, those fire-element-controlling magical beasts. In an instant, he knew where they lived, where they often appeared, even their habits, how many were born at a time, and when they would be most active. With a lecherous grin on his face, Old Liu immediately gathered his underlings and led a swarm of Blood Wasps in the direction of the Magmadrakes' habitat with an air of superiority. All we can do now is pray for those Magmadrakes that are about to fall into Old Liu's clutches, wishing them a quick and painless death...

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