Beast Taming: My System is Bugged

After watching for a while, she began to move again, scanning the area as she searched for a Star Spirit.

Her gaze swept across the surface of the sea. Most of the Star Spirits emanated a bright, steady light. Their auras were powerful, yet carried a sense of aloofness.

Suddenly, her gaze was drawn to a faint speck of light near the shore.

It was a newly born Star Spirit, small and delicate. Its light wasn’t as dazzling as the others, but flickered unsteadily, like a candle in the wind. Its aura was also extremely faint.

Instead of roaming the deep sea like the other Star Spirits, it hid timidly in a crevice between the reefs near the shore. It seemed a little afraid, yet also curious, as it observed the world on the land.

For some reason, Lu You’s heart softened.

Unlike the other Beastmasters, she didn’t impatiently unleash her powerful Spiritual Power to communicate. Instead, she slowly crouched down, doing her best to make her aura feel gentle, and whispered to Mouse Treasure:

"Look, it seems a little shy."

Mouse Treasure let out a SQUEAK, tilting its head to look at the small ball of light.

Just as Lu You was trying to slowly approach the Little-star Spirit with a gentle, friendly aura, a sudden change erupted in the core region of the Sea of Stars!

BOOM—!!!

A dull, deep rumble, yet powerful enough to seemingly shake the very stars, echoed from the depths of the Star Sea!

The sea, once a slowly flowing liquid galaxy, was suddenly churned as if by an invisible giant hand. Its center violently collapsed inward, forming a massive vortex!

Within the vortex, Water Element Energy, deeper and more violent than darkness itself, erupted.

The energies swirled and converged, lifting Ah Kun and hurtling him toward the Dragon Gate above the Star Sea for a devastating impact.

The Dragon Gate withstood the impact, remaining utterly motionless.

However, the immense commotion Ah Kun had stirred up with the Wave-Swallowing Technique had thoroughly ignited the entire Sea of Stars, causing the energy everywhere to turn violent.

All the Beastmasters on the shore, whether they were communicating with a Star Spirit or not, were stunned by this world-shaking power and scrambled to their feet.

"It’s starting."

On the cliff, Elder Huo set down his teacup. His gaze was electric, locked firmly on the Dragon Gate.

Mo Yuan’s teasing expression also vanished, replaced by one of astonishment.

"Damn, kid. A Three-star Grouper Fish mastering the Wave-Swallowing Technique to this extent? Are you sure its Skill Level isn’t at the Perfection Level?"

The next moment, a massive, slightly blurred shadow of a Kun, once again wreathed in immense Water Element Energy and a burgeoning, heavy field of Power, charged ferociously from the depths of the vortex. It surged upstream against the current, heading straight for the Dragon Gate forged from destructive energy!

This was Ah Kun’s second charge!

Its enormous body still seemed minuscule compared to the magnificent Dragon Gate.

It leaped from the surface of the sea toward the sky, soaring through the reversed flow of the starry river and meeting the cascade of Star energy head-on.

What was once harmless now transformed into a billion starry blades, slicing at its body and producing a grating SSSSHHH sound that set one’s teeth on edge.

But within its body, the Power of Abyssal Stop—nourished by the Ten Thousand Miles Undersea Deep Stone Milk and forged through a thousand trials in its dreams—activated at full strength. It formed a thick armor of water around its body that appeared static, but was in fact constantly absorbing and dissipating the terrifying force of the impact.

Wave-Swallowing Technique: Abyssal Stop!

Leaping higher!

Higher and higher!

With every inch it ascended, it had to withstand unimaginable pressure.

The starlight crackled, the currents roared, and Ah Kun’s figure flickered in and out of view within the Dragon Gate’s radiance. The struggle was palpable.

The shore was dead silent. Everyone held their breath, their eyes glued to the scene.

Lu You had also forgotten about the Little-star Spirit beside her, her hands clenched nervously. Mouse Treasure hid behind her, peeking out with just its eyes.

"Not enough... Just a little more..."

Elder Huo muttered to himself, his fingers unconsciously tightening.

Just as Ah Kun’s strength was failing and its ascent was about to be crushed by the Dragon Gate’s pressure...

「In the depths of its soul, the longing for the heavens and for transcendence—a desire originating from its ancient Kunpeng bloodline—was thoroughly ignited by the extreme pressure!」

VMMMM—!

An urge to Leap, several times purer than before, erupted from within its body!

It was no longer fighting against the opposing current; instead, it transformed that very force into a propellant for its own leap!

The Power accumulated by Abyssal Stop found its perfect release at this very moment!

ROAR—!!!

A whalesong, seemingly from the primordial past, shook the entire Sea of Stars!

Ah Kun’s body erupted in a blinding blue light as its speed skyrocketed.

KABOOM!!!

The massive shadow of the Kun burst completely through the Star Gate, a symbol of limits and metamorphosis!

Behind it, the Dragon Gate slowly dissipated, dissolving back into flowing starlight.

Having successfully leaped through the Dragon Gate, Ah Kun now hovered above the Star Sea, its body enveloped in a dense cocoon of starlight.

Inside the cocoon, its life form was undergoing a world-altering transformation. An aura far more vast and majestic than before began to spread, like that of an awakening primordial beast.

The sensation was so real that, in that moment, it could clearly "hear" the sound of some internal shackle breaking loose.

"Now, Ah Kun! Follow your heart’s desire and guide that Power!"

Gu Ming spoke through his Divine Sense, simultaneously and without hesitation, transferring to Ah Kun the final portion of rare Water Element Spiritual Liquid that Elder Huo had given him—a portion originally meant to solidify its gains.

ROAR—!

Ah Kun let out a deep roar, completely different from before, one that carried a hint of ancient, desolate power.

It no longer suppressed the changes in its body. Instead, it actively channeled its newfound understanding of the Whale Leap, along with the raging energy within, completely into its bizarre-looking fins!

VMMM...

A dense, aquamarine light completely enveloped Ah Kun, forming a massive cocoon.

From within the cocoon came a cringe-inducing CRACK, as if bones were being reshaped and tendons stretched!

The most obvious change occurred in its fins!

Its fins, once proportional to those of a common Grouper Fish, now expanded and extended at a rate visible to the naked eye!

The bones of the fins grew thicker and tougher, extending both forward and back to trace a gently curved silhouette.

The membranes grew thick and elastic, and the microstructure of the scales covering them changed, faintly shimmering with a dark luster like the night sky.

In just a few breaths, the appearance of Ah Kun’s fins had transformed completely!

Once mere organs for assisted swimming, they had evolved into broader, more structurally complex pectoral fins!

While they were still a far cry from the sun-blotting great wings of its dreams...

...anyone could see that these were no longer the fins of a mere fish. It had taken a firm step toward a transitional form, one capable of riding the wind and waves, perhaps even briefly leaving the water altogether!

PFFT!

The cocoon of light shattered, revealing the evolved Ah Kun.

Its body seemed to have grown slightly larger, its streamlined form now exuding a greater sense of power. But the most striking feature was its pair of brand-new, broad pectoral fins.

It gave them an instinctive flap, and the surrounding air currents stirred, creating a faint whistling sound.

"It... it succeeded?!"

The Beastmasters on the shore erupted in cries of disbelief.

"Incredible! Someone actually managed to leap the Dragon Gate in the Sea of Stars!"

Mo Yuan clapped his hands in admiration and looked at Elder Huo. "Huo, you old-timer, you’ve really found yourself a good student!"

Elder Huo let out a long sigh of relief, an irrepressible smile of gratification spreading across his face. He picked up his teacup again and took a light sip, as if his earlier tension had never existed.

"Leaping the Dragon Gate and completing an unprecedented Form Evolution... It seems the Grouper Fish as a species is about to start a new Chapter."

Meanwhile, Lu You came back to her senses and noticed that the timid Little-star Spirit had floated out from behind the reef at some point.

It flickered slightly, curiously "looking" in the direction where the Dragon Gate had dissipated.

At the same time, it also "looked" at Lu You and Mouse Treasure.

Within its faint light, there seemed to be a new flicker of expression. It appeared to have been influenced by Ah Kun’s Leaping the Dragon Gate, and had sensed the familiar auras of Gu Ming and Ah Kun on her.

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