Chapter 225: The Evolution of the Toxic Foam Frog

“Life-Gambling Bee!”

At the critical moment, Mo Nan’s Soul Wings sped up behind his back, and he finally caught the Life-Gambling Bee.

But he was still grazed by the spiraling water gun, drenched all over like a drowned rat, and fell down.

The other students hurriedly caught him…

This scene left the students on Kong Shijin’s side both shocked and moved.

They probably didn’t expect that Mo Nan would go this far for his Soul Pet.

“This Mo Nan is no ordinary, right?”

Wang Che looked at Mentor Yanshan beside him and asked.

“He’s a third-year student at Northern River University, and a main member of their Soul Pet Battle team.”

Mentor Yanshan said.

“A main member, that’s quite impressive.” Wang Che nodded.

At such a critical moment, stepping up to save his Soul Pet—ordinary students wouldn’t have the courage or determination.

Being a core member of a top university’s Soul Pet Battle team meant he must have fought in many competitions and been tested in every aspect.

“Indeed, it’s a lesson for them too. Even though our Agricultural Planting Major is about farming, cultivating Soul Pets is still essential.”

Mentor Yanshan sighed. “The Life Bond between humans and Soul Pets is an eternal pursuit.”

Truly, this scene left Kong Shijin and the others astonished.

Because it was something they found hard to do themselves.

They all felt some admiration for this Mo Nan.

No matter what, at least he dared to face the huge waves and the spiraling currents, daring to rush out and rescue his Soul Pet. That alone was something they knew they couldn’t do.

But right then.

The Toxic Foam Frog in the distance let out croak after croak.

Its voice seemed a little panicked.

More and more Melon Toxic Frogs began to gather around, croaking as well.

This immediately drew everyone’s attention again.

Even Mentor Yanshan looked puzzled.

He didn’t know what was going on.

“It’s going to evolve.”

Wang Che said. “That Toxic Foam Frog might be about to evolve.”

Mentor Yanshan was stunned and found it hard to believe. “Evolve? It’s very difficult for a wild Toxic Foam Frog to evolve into a Giant Swamp Poison Frog… I’ve been at the college for over twenty years, seen many Toxic Foam Frogs, but I’ve never actually seen a Giant Swamp Poison Frog… let alone witnessed an evolution…”

Soul Pets without a Life Soul Pact also couldn’t merge with human Martial Souls.

Evolution was extremely difficult for them.

It was like the Soul Beasts of the Primordial Ancient Era; even if they cultivated tens of thousands of years of Soul Power Cultivation, they might hardly change.

Either that, or they slaughtered humans to obtain Martial Souls to evolve, and even that didn’t guarantee full evolution.

“How do you know?” Mentor Yanshan looked at Wang Che.

“I guessed.” Wang Che said.

In the field of Soul Pet research, it was clear that Mentor Yanshan wasn’t an expert.

His expertise lay in farming, wilderness exploration, and collecting various materials.

Different fields require different specialties; not every mentor is all-round capable.

At Forest Sea University, there were few mentors who had deep knowledge of Soul Pets.

Even if they did, they might not be able to tell.

The evolution of wild Soul Pets wasn’t closely related to their cultivation age.

Their evolution often required special conditions.

Wang Che wasn’t just guessing; based on his experience, he was half-guessing, half-deducing.

“…” Mentor Yanshan.

You could guess that?

As it turned out, Wang Che guessed right.

That Toxic Foam Frog began to glow with a tremendous amount of light.

“It’s really evolving?”

Mentor Yanshan took a deep breath.

Seeing a wild Toxic Foam Frog evolve was a very rare event.

And it was a three-stage evolution.

As the Melon Toxic Frogs croaked differently,

the Toxic Foam Frog’s whole body shone with light. It landed on a lotus leaf and began swallowing those Toxic Treasures!

With each one it swallowed, the light on its body grew brighter.

Seeing this,

everyone was even more shocked.

“Evolving by swallowing its own Toxic Treasures?” Mentor Yanshan was also astonished.

Despite all his experiences in the wild, this was his first time seeing such a thing.

“That Toxic Foam Frog probably wanted to attempt evolution initially.”

Wang Che said. “It knew itself well, but relying on its own power to evolve successfully was very hard. It could only seek help from other forces. Their Toxic Treasures were actually stored energy from the excess poison their bodies usually produced.”

“These excess excretions normally don’t have much use for them.”

“But at a critical moment, they can help them advance further.”

“So, this Toxic Foam Frog stockpiled a lot of Poison Crystals. The other Melon Toxic Frogs also collected their own Toxic Treasures and offered them to the Toxic Foam Frog, wanting to help it evolve.”

Mentor Yanshan heard this theory for the first time.

“If Poison Crystals can trigger the evolution of a Toxic Foam Frog, and if this is true, it would be a major discovery.” Mentor Yanshan murmured. “The number of wild Giant Swamp Poison Frogs is very small. At Jade Moon Lake, there was one about eighty years ago. After it died of old age, no more Giant Swamp Poison Frogs appeared.”

“Although humans can quickly cultivate Giant Swamp Poison Frogs, they’re quite different from the wild ones.”

“Speaking of which, I’ve heard from a few classmates involved in Soul Beast research that the evolution patterns of wild Soul Pets are essentially patternless…”

Currently, the Soul Pets humans study are those that have formed a Life Soul Pact with humans.

Because their research value is the highest.

Discovering just one evolution path could be incredibly valuable.

Wild Soul Beasts are generally studied less, and they’re harder to research.

Plus, the growth cycle of wild Soul Pets is long, making research even more difficult.

“Humans aren’t the ones who understand Soul Beasts the most.”

Wang Che said. “Especially wild Soul Beasts; what humans research are mostly Soul Pets. Because Soul Pets share a Life Soul Pact with us. But wild Soul Beasts don’t, especially the more intelligent ones.”

“Only they themselves understand them the most.”

“Your words make me feel you are not like a student.” Mentor Yanshan glanced at Wang Che.

“In raising Soul Pets, I am quite confident.” Wang Che said. “So I also understand Soul Pets a bit more.”

Mentor Yanshan thought it made sense, not to mention Wang Che’s farming skills.

But his talent in raising Soul Pets was superb.

With such skill, he must have done deep research and understood Soul Pets well.

“Then, can this Toxic Foam Frog evolve successfully?” Mentor Yanshan asked.

“Perhaps it can.” Wang Che thought for a moment. “But I feel its evolution at this time is more likely because it got stimulated, more like it entered evolution passively.”

“The Toxic Treasures it prepared should have been enough for its evolution. Now that one was destroyed, it cannot complete the evolution.”

“So it is very angry now. Its Life Energy inside is affected by its emotions, causing it to evolve passively.”

After speaking, Wang Che continued watching.

Sure enough, as it swallowed more Toxic Treasures, the light on its body flickered more intensely.

It seemed like some kind of change was happening.

After swallowing all the Toxic Treasures, it still did not fully evolve.

Although its body had some changes, it was still far from being a Giant Swamp Poison Frog.

It probably could not evolve successfully.

Many Melon Toxic Frog underlings of the Toxic Foam Frog croaked anxiously.

“This…”

Mentor Yanshan frowned slightly, not knowing what to do for a moment.

He was very familiar with planting crops and teaching experience.

But when it came to Soul Pet evolution, he really did not know how to handle it.

Wang Che walked down and briefly explained to the classmates.

The classmates were very surprised after hearing.

They did not expect to see a wild Soul Beast evolving.

Wang Che thought for a moment, then took out nearly sixty Poison Crystals he had collected earlier from the Little Caterpillar Medal.

These Poison Crystals were collected from the lotus leaves in that area earlier.

He originally wanted to refine some leaf snacks, thinking of making the silk thread Little Caterpillar spit out become poisonous.

But because of the Melon Toxic Frog’s Toxic Treasures, the refined effect might not be obvious, so he collected more to concentrate it.

He would refine more snacks, so they would last longer.

But now, Wang Che wanted to see this Toxic Foam Frog evolve even more.

The evolution of wild Soul Beasts was somewhat like going against the heavens.

For them to evolve, every step was very difficult.

Without human careful raising and without the Life Soul Pact, breaking through their own life form required too much accumulation and luck.

“Use the Insect Net to bundle these Poison Crystals and pass them to it.”

Wang Che said to Little Caterpillar.

Little Caterpillar understood and immediately spat out an Insect Net wrapping these dozens of Toxic Treasures, then tossed them over.

Mentor Yanshan, watching from the side, was slightly stunned and said:

“You are really generous. So many Toxic Treasures you spent effort collecting, even if exchanged for points or money, would be a large amount. Toxic Treasures are not easy to collect, and natural ones are more valuable.”

Mentor Yanshan did not expect Wang Che to give them away so decisively.

As if he did not care at all.

“These things originally belonged to them.” Wang Che said.

Besides, Wang Che did not feel he spent much effort…

With Little Caterpillar using the Art of Object Manipulation, collecting them was as easy as eating and drinking.

Wang Che’s words made Mentor Yanshan silent.

“That’s true.” Mentor Yanshan sighed. “They originally belonged to them. I feel you are more like my mentor.”

“Not that much.”

Actually, when humans collect wild Soul Beasts’ companion materials, it is not without giving back.

For example, at Jade Moon Lake, professional Soul Pact Masters would come regularly to check the ecological environment and inspect the living conditions of the Soul Beasts here.

Every day, military Soul Pact Masters would patrol to prevent troublemakers and treat severely injured Soul Beasts.

They maintained the ecological balance of wild Soul Beasts.

So, even if humans collected materials related to Soul Beasts, as long as it did not endanger the Soul Beasts’ lives.

The Soul Beasts would not attack humans lethally.

At most, they would be very angry.

Like when several classmates collected Toxic Treasures earlier and woke some Melon Toxic Frogs, the Melon Toxic Frogs just chased and attacked those Soul Pets, causing some injuries.

When they found they could not get the Toxic Treasures back, they let them go.

Currently, the relationship between humans and wild Soul Beasts is mostly harmonious.

The other classmates watched this scene, first very surprised at the Toxic Treasures Wang Che collected.

Then they felt somewhat hesitant.

One Toxic Treasure was something they worked hard to collect… giving it back felt a bit unwilling.

But, with Wang Che setting an example.

The other classmates did not think too much and also gave the Toxic Treasures they collected to Wang Che, then used Little Caterpillar’s Insect Net to send them over.

Nearly one hundred Toxic Treasures.

Mentor Yanshan looked at these students, a trace of comfort in his eyes.

With a leading example, the effect was very noticeable.

This hundred Toxic Treasures were almost equivalent to one Poison Crystal produced by a Toxic Foam Frog.

Suddenly receiving so many, the evolving Toxic Foam Frog was somewhat stunned.

But it did not think too much and immediately swallowed those Toxic Treasures gulp after gulp.

Not long after, its already greatly changed body began the final transformation.

Its size became even larger, directly changing from a small Soul Pet to a medium Soul Pet.

Its height alone was about five to six meters tall, its limbs as thick as big trees, its whole body blue and green, its skin as if painted with a layer of paint, extremely bright.

“Evolution succeeded.” Wang Che observed for a while and noticed that this wild Third Stage Evolution Giant Swamp Poison Frog was slightly larger in size compared to one evolved from a Soul Pet.

Their sizes came from years of growth.

Soul Pets grow fast, have short evolution cycles, and even though Soul Power Cultivation improves their body strength.

Compared to these Soul Beasts that developed over hundreds or even thousands of years, there was still some gap.

Of course, actual combat was hard to say.

Seeing the Giant Swamp Poison Frog evolve successfully.

Many classmates were also quite excited and very happy.

“Graa!”

The Giant Swamp Poison Frog let out a earth-shaking roar.

Its voice carried a powerful imposing manner.

Comparable to a King Soul Pet