Back home.
Lin Ze immediately summoned the Ice Crystal Soul.
The petite ice sprite cheered as soon as it appeared and happily floated to Lin Ze's side.
The latter took out the intermediate ice element essence and the heart of ice and snow, and handed them to the ice crystal soul.
"Come on, eat all of these, and you can evolve."
Pets have an innate desire to evolve.
Upon hearing this, Ice Crystal Soul's eyes lit up, and he immediately picked up the Ice Element Essence and stuffed it into his mouth.
Before long, his cheeks were bulging from eating, making him look just like a little squirrel.
Once the last of the Ice Heart was absorbed, the Ice Crystal Soul shone with a dazzling light.
In the light, its body gradually grew taller, and its curves began to undulate, taking on a graceful and alluring quality.
The entire evolution process lasted for more than ten seconds.
When the light faded, the pet revealed itself, and its appearance had undergone a complete transformation.
She is no longer the petite little girl she once was.
Instead, a beautiful young girl dressed in white appeared.
Her smooth, light blue hair cascaded down like a waterfall.
Her skin was as white as snowflakes, with a slight translucency.
He exudes a cold and unapproachable aura.
However, when her gaze fell on Lin Ze, her icy demeanor instantly melted away like snow meeting a blazing fire, replaced by a bright smile that bloomed like a flower.
The girl stepped forward, giggling as she nestled into Lin Ze's arms.
Her delicate face nuzzled affectionately against his chest.
As always, there was affection and closeness.
Name: Snow Woman
[Genus]: Ice
[Level]: Tier 4, Stage 2
Growth Rate: 0%
[Skills]: Ice Spike, Frost Breath, Ice Chains, Ice Shield, Frost Nova
[Empress Route, Next Evolution Form [Frost Blue Maiden], Requirements: 100% Growth Rate, 30 Superior Ice Element Essences, 1 Ice Blue Tear]
Just like last time, this evolution has also reached a whole new level.
"Fourth tier..."
Lin Ze let out a long sigh of relief, finally suppressing the overwhelming joy in his heart.
The pets of high school seniors are generally only of the first tier.
Second-order inequalities are extremely rare.
Let alone higher levels.
How many people can be like him, having a fourth-tier pet beast before enrolling in the Beast Taming Academy?
Even the most favored sons of prominent families probably don't receive this kind of treatment.
Lin Ze was overjoyed.
With the Snow Maiden around, he was confident in achieving excellent results in the recent Ningjiang College entrance examination.
Thinking of this, he looked down at the snow woman and gently stroked her head.
The girl immediately smiled happily.
Humanoid pets are extremely rare, and pets like the Snow Woman, whose appearance is almost indistinguishable from humans, are even rarer.
These types of pets are often extremely popular.
Many beast tamers want to own one.
Of course, there are bound to be some people who harbor dark thoughts in private.
Throughout the centuries-long history of pets, there have even been humanoid pets that could speak human language and communicate smoothly with humans.
I don't know how they mastered human language.
It is said that they seem to be born with this skill.
It can only be described as a miracle of the Creator.
Unfortunately, the Snow Woman did not possess this ability.
Lin Ze looked at the Snow Woman and a thought suddenly flashed through his mind.
"Let me give you a name, how about Xiaoxue?"
Xiaoxue's eyes lit up, and she nodded emphatically.
After calming Xiaoxue down, Lin Ze continued to look at the control panel.
After evolving, Xiaoxue gained several new skills.
[Icefall]: An advanced skill of 'Ice Cone', an area-of-effect damage skill that condenses a large number of ice blades in the air above a designated area, cascading down like a waterfall and causing large-scale attack damage. Unlocking requires 20% growth and 100 achievement points.
[Snow Woman's Sigh]: An advanced skill of 'Frosty Breath', creating a cloud of icy mist containing extreme cold, dealing massive ice-attribute damage to a fan-shaped area in front. Unlocking requires 30% growth and 200 achievement points.
[Ice Crystal Mirror]: An advanced skill of 'Ice Shield', a defensive skill that manipulates ice elements to form an ice crystal mirror, blocking attacks while reflecting some of the damage. Unlocking requires 50% growth and 300 achievement points.
[Blizzard]: An area-of-effect damage skill that creates a blizzard in a designated area, dealing massive ice damage to enemies and inflicting a slowing effect. Unlocking requires 80% growth and 500 achievement points.
There are four new skills in total.
Three of them are advanced skills.
"There are so many achievement points needed."
Lin Ze was speechless.
To unlock all four skills, you need a whopping 1100 achievement points.
He currently only has 813 achievement points.
"I still don't have enough achievement points."
Lin Ze sighed softly and tried to increase the Snow Maiden's growth rate by 1%.
As expected, the cost of increasing growth rate will further increase after the second evolution.
It became 1%/10 achievement points.
Lin Ze pondered for a few seconds, then spent 200 achievement points to increase the Snow Maiden's growth rate to 20%.
Then, I spent another 100 achievement points to unlock [Icefall].
The data on the pet panel changed again.
Name: Snow Woman
[Genus]: Ice
[Level]: Tier 4, Stage 4
[Growth Rate]: 20%
[Skills]: Icefall, Frost Breath, Extreme Ice Chains, Ice Shield, Frost Nova
After doing all this, Lin Ze did not continue to improve, but asked the Snow Maiden to wait aside, and then took out the sealing bead he had just bought.
He took a deep breath and began to contract a new pet beast.
The process is very simple; you just need to manipulate your soul power to fuse the sealing bead into your body.
Not long after.
Lin Ze then completed the contract.
A mysterious and inexplicable connection has emerged deep within my mind.
After calming himself down, he summoned the Stone Monster.
The rock monster is made entirely of bluish-gray rock.
It is less than one meter tall and has a human-like shape.
His face only had a pair of amber eyes and a pitch-black mouth.
As soon as it appeared, it hopped and skipped around, curiously looking at the living room, which was very new to it.
Lin Ze didn't care and let the stubborn rock monster roam around.
With a slight thought, he summoned the pet panel of the Stubborn Stone Monster.
The Stone Monster's current growth rate is 21%.
Each 1% increase requires 5 achievement points.
Lin Ze upgraded it to 100% in one go, consuming a total of 395 achievement points.
That concludes the discussion.
The Stone Monster's level has reached Tier 3, Stage 4.
"And skills."
Lin Ze's gaze fell to the bottom of the panel.
There was only one skill that hadn't been mastered.
[Clay Bomb]: Throws a meticulously crafted clay bomb that explodes upon hitting a target or landing. Unlocks with 50% growth and 100 achievement points.
"This skill is quite interesting."
Lin Ze muttered something to himself and then decisively unlocked the device.
"Next comes evolution."
With all the materials ready, Lin Ze beckoned the Stubborn Stone Monster over.
Seemingly sensing something, the rock monster became very excited and trotted over to Lin Ze.
Then came the feeding.
20 medium-grade earth elemental essences, 500 grams of nurturing soil.
After consuming all the ingredients, the Stone Golem finally emitted the glow of evolution.
As if it had been inflated, its size expanded rapidly, and in the blink of an eye it became as tall as an adult human man.
A moment later.
The light faded.
A rock warrior with a burly and robust physique and a hideous, demonic face appeared before Lin Ze.