Beast Taming: the More the Better

[First (Preparation) Phase: The Forest Wolf's Level has reached Elite Seventh Rank or above, and its Self-Healing Skill has attained Mastery Level!]

[Second Phase: The Pet Beast enters a critically injured, near-death state and maintains this state for three days. (Note: This phase is special. It is imperative to ensure the Pet Beast's safety by constantly monitoring its condition with a Life Detector.)]

[Third Phase: Ingest the Commander Level resource, 'Fruit of Life,' combined with its innate Self-Healing Skill to complete recovery, then begin Evolution!]

These also constituted a three-phase Evolution requirement.

The Evolution requirements for the Elf Wolf were much shorter than those for the Forest Wolf, but the risk and difficulty were not only undiminished but, in fact, considerably higher than those of the Forest Wolf.

First of all, as previously mentioned, the most difficult Skill for the Forest Wolf to enhance is Self-Healing. Enhancing the level of the Self-Healing Skill is much more difficult than Skills like Vine Strangling or Accelerated Growth.

Secondly, without a doubt, the most challenging phase is the second one. Maintaining a near-death state, from a Cultivation perspective, means blurring the Pet Beast's concept of its own life, moving beyond the limitations of sustenance through mere flesh and blood.

After Evolving, the Elf Wolf can cause its body to undergo a peculiar semi-Elementalization. Although it still possesses a body of flesh and blood, it is vastly different from ordinary beast-type Pet Beasts. If anything, it's somewhat similar to the Wanmu Wolf's Mutation, Wood Body. However, the Wood Body is a wooden incarnation, while the Elf Wolf's semi-Elementalization allows for partial Elementalization while still maintaining a body of flesh and blood. This enhances their survivability, and although their attack power hasn't increased significantly, it's absolutely worlds apart from before Evolution.

Most important were the photos Su Ping had found online. The Elf Wolf's level of attractiveness was quite impressive. With an ethereal charm, it was far more appealing than the Forest Wolf, which was merely a Forest Wolf that was larger in size.

Compared to the 800 Experience Points for Evolving a Forest Wolf, the 1,200 Experience Points for the Elf Wolf might make Su Ping a bit reluctant, but it didn't feel like such a bad deal after all. This was because the 1,200 Experience Points covered the arduous second phase of the revised Cultivation process!

[Second Phase: After the Pet Beast enters a critically injured and dying state, use the Necromancy System Elite Resources 'Soul Dust' and 'Elite Slime Core,' then allow three days for digestion.]

Yes, the second phase had been modified! It was no longer about maintaining a near-death state for three days but rather a substitution with two Elite Resources.

The value of this improvement was open to interpretation. Maintaining a near-death state for three days required constant vigilance and energy expenditure, without a moment's relaxation. However, with this improvement, the three days of suffering were eliminated. One simply needed to reach this threshold, spend some Money to ingest Soul Dust and the Elite Slime Core, and then wait for natural recovery.

Most importantly, with the perfected second phase from the Myriad Spirit Beast Atlas, the chance of Evolution was one hundred percent! This was unlike other circumstances where the Evolution chance might be insufficient for the Forest Wolf to Evolve.

Exchanging resources for a guaranteed success rate while simultaneously lowering the Cultivation difficulty was, without a doubt, a win from Su Ping's perspective.

It was a pity; the two thousand Experience Points spent on the Forest Wolf Catalog felt a bit wasted, didn't they?

Su Ping shook his head; he wasn't the type to dwell on gains and losses, and he quickly composed himself.

It seemed like only two corresponding formulas had been perfected. But in fact, upon deeper reflection, its significance was considerable. He had no comment on the Forest Wolf; from Su Ping's point of view, there was no need to generalize from it. However, the improvement for the Elf Wolf was interesting.

The Elf Wolf's evolutionary body form is based on semi-Elementalization; let's put the Life Attribute aside for now. Focusing on the Cultivation and Evolution process between Elementalization and the evolutionary body.

As previously mentioned, the second phase of Evolution is to reduce the Forest Wolf's dependence on its corporeal flesh. However, a normal Elf Wolf relies on the perception and experience between life and death, while also enhancing the level of its Self-Healing Skill, to, to a certain extent, break free from the nourishment of its flesh-and-blood body. But with the perfected Evolution of the Myriad Spirit Beast Atlas, this step is replaced with resources.

So...

Su Ping tapped his pen lightly on his Cultivation notes.

Couldn't I add this special process into the Evolution of some Pet Beasts, allowing other Pet Beasts to form a semi-Elementalized body during their Evolution or during other Evolutions of the Forest Wolf? Or even achieve a complete transition from a flesh-and-blood life form to an Elemental life form?

Of course, this was just a speculation, and a rather nonsensical one at that. Nonetheless, Su Ping recorded this thought in his notes.

Every experience derivation from the Myriad Spirit Beast Atlas gave Su Ping some inspiration and new perspectives. But no matter what, to approach it from this angle, Su Ping needed a certain understanding of the Elf Wolf.

Thus, Su Ping recalled the advice previously given by the Legion. If you want to command a group of beasts in battle, it would be best to adopt the military organization, using squad, platoon, company, battalion, and regiment as divisions.

Company and regiment, for now, seemed a bit remote. But squads and platoons could be planned to some extent.

As the 'Battlefield Medic' in battle, the Elf Wolf's existence was also indispensable.

If a 'squad' has ten members, and if the 'squad leader' is the controlling Wanmu Wolf, then how many 'medics'—Elf Wolves—would be needed?