Chapter 592: Six-headed Chira? (II)
Translator: GravityTales
“In ancient tis, the dragon race was prosperous and ruled over the whole continent. That ti was when dragons were the most tyrannical, not only greedy and violent, but also totally depraved. They show lust toward any kind of creature, and therefore, their uninhibited mating gave birth to many species of sub-dragons. For instance, the current beings known as Earth Dragons have such origins.
“Chiras are the sa, a powerful kind of sub-dragons. The first ti one appeared, it combined the extrely rarely seen poison elental gigantic dragon and a magical beast of lizard species. Their posterity sustained variation, turning into poison and darkness dual-elental two-headed dragons. But this chira’s strength was inclined towards its darkness elental lizard side, and maybe because these two bloodlines showed a very strong compatibility, two-headed chiras started to beco more and more nurous. After several thousand years of reproductions, due to the survival of the fittest, the race of darkness lizard gradually went extinct. And when poison dragons died out, the chira race finally ford. Although these chiras were far from being as powerful as their poison dragons ancestors, they succeeded their greed, and started attacking other races and invading, and established themselves in the whole continent.
“Chiras had a very great vitality, and while reproducing, their bloodlines started to show even more changes. At most, these changes were in the elental aspect, and didn’t touch upon their appearance. They can be counted as one of the most well-known antique races, and after undergoing continuous evolutions, the chira race gradually started to grow more powerful beings. Their power was calculated depending on the numbers of heads. Two-headed chiras would at most reach the initial stages of the ninth rank. But three-headed chiras were near the edge of the tenth rank, displaying strength close to gigantic dragons. Four-headed chiras are known as dragon killers, and despite having dragon blood, their most favorite food is gigantic dragon. And, after reaching four heads, the chiras’ total strength already exceeded gigantic dragons. Just before, I was afraid of wounding you, so I didn’t let Xingxuan display her full strength.”
Reaching this point, Long Haochen’s group finally gained knowledge on the kind of creatures known as chiras. Long Haochen couldn’t help but raise the question, “Senior, how about six-headed chiras?”
Chen Hongyu glanced at Long Haochen before responding extrely seriously, “There is such a legend. The four-headed chiras’ monarchs, known as Chira Emperors were the five-headed chiras appearing in legends and acclaid as demi-gods, venerated by all chiras. As for the six-headed ones...”
A tint of dread filled Chen Hongyu’s eyes, “In the history of the chiras, there has never appeared chiras with six heads or more. And in the legends, six-headed chiras are said to be gods, gods of destruction of the sa level as dragon gods. So in ancient tis, six-headed chiras were symbols of destruction and ruin. That’s why I was so shocked when seeing your mount. If that was really a six-headed chira, he could very possibly beco a threat not below demons.”
Long Haochen gasped, “Senior, are you certain that Haoyue is a six-headed chira?”
Chen Hongyu unhappily replied, “Certain, what farts! If that was a six-headed chira, Xingxuan and I would have died just before.
“On the basis of the chiras’ destructivity, it would absolutely not permit existences offending it to live. Still, I’m very doubtful. If that magical beast of yours isn’t a chira, he should have at least so chira blood in him, or even have achieved a series of evolutions to turn into this form. But if it doesn’t have a pure lineage as a chira, why would its blood purity suppression towards Xingxuan be so high? Haochen, tell
in precise details your story with that mount.”
Long Haochen gave a nod, then talked about his original arrival in Knights’ Sacred Mountain, how his search for a magical beast there had failed, and how in the end, a teleporting array was used to summon Haoyue.
When Chen Hongyu heard the part about how Long Haochen helped to change Haoyue’s fate with his own blood and forcefully changed his elent, he couldn’t help but feel moved, as his stretched expression eased up.
“... And a few days ago, we were just done assisting Haoyue in completing his last evolution in that realm of his, resisting the attacks from an undead creature from there. That’s why I can affirm that he has just acquired his sixth head!”
After pondering for a short while, Chen Hongyu remarked, “I don’t know what kind of existence your mount is either. I don’t have any clues.”
Long Haochen asked, “You don’t know either? And could he be related to the chira race?”
Chen Hongyu shook his head, “That’s hard to say. The most possible would be that one of the chiras’ forebears had manage to travel through that other realm after reaching a sufficient level of cultivation, and that continuous transformations due to the influence of that world finally gave birth to a generation of powerhouses. But now, I can be certain that your mount is extrely destructive. Its ancestor surely left indelible mories of terror, otherwise there wouldn’t be such colossal amounts of undead creatures attacking you every ti he achieves an evolution. Secondly, there’s a great difference between chiras and your magical beast. Although it has six heads, it definitely cannot compare with an emperor or half-god chira, let alone a god level chira. That’s because his cultivation is only at the level of a human powerhouse of the eighth step. Do you know what this ans?”
Long Haochen shook his head.
Chen Hongyu continued, “It ans that he will surely continue to evolve, and even very possibly acquire a seventh head, maybe even an eighth.”
“Eh? How did you determine this?” Long Haochen asked in incomprehension.
Beside, Sanshui Popo stepped in, “Isn’t that an obvious thing? What’s the most important for a magical beast to evolve? It’s their blood purity. Our old man’s four-headed chira has the strength of a magical beast of the tenth rank. For your magical beast to suppress her so completely, it would be stranger for it to be unable to reach the tenth magical beast rank. In the future, it will be far more powerful than Xingxuan, but as it is only at the eighth step for now, could it not keep evolving?”
Summoners spend their lives having dealings with magical beasts, so no one else was more used to magical beasts than them. Hearing the explanation from Sanshui Popo, Long Haochen imdiately understood.
Chen Hongyu explained, “Your six-headed mount is perhaps not a chira. None of his heads looks as powerful as a chira’s, but I cannot determine what strength he could reach in the future.
“But I am certain that its blood’s purity is above a chira’s, and that its degree of nobility could perhaps compare with a dragon god. I managed to determine this for two reasons residing in the difference between your mount and a chira. Chiras may have a lot of heads, but in practice they all share the sa line of thoughts, which is to say that no matter how many heads they have, their thoughts will be the sa. But your mount is not the sa, as you have said that each of his heads has its own process of thought, only sharing a common body. Even among antique magical beasts,these existences are very rare, and the only ones I can point out only have two processes of thought. I don’t even dare imagine a magical beast with six processes of thoughts. I didn’t think I would see such a thing in my life. The second point is their utilization of elents. Chiras have different elents at their disposal, but their only offensive magic ability is the use of their breath. Although these breaths have many uses, it is after all different from magic. But based on what you have said, his real strength is far above his official cultivation rank, because your magical beast can cast many kinds of magic on his own, to attack, defend or even support. These two aspects put together make him extrely intelligent. Just imagine, what if a human had six brains to process thoughts and make decisions. What degree do you think his intelligence would reach?”
Hearing Chen Hongyu’s explanation, Long Haochen had a sudden flash of insight. Although Chen Hongyu didn’t know what kind of magical beast Haoyue was, he at least gave suppositions on Haoyue’s possible antecedents and variations.
Lin Xin, who was standing nearby, asked, “Temple Head Chen, based on what you said, if Haoyue has so chira blood, couldn’t he be very dangerous? If he evolves in the future to an even more powerful state, can’t he beco extrely destructive?”
Chen Hongyu had a faint smile, “At first, I had such worries, but it is not the case anymore, because of the way he ca to our realm. Haochen even changed his elental attribute when arriving in this world through his blood. To say nothing of the favor to such a savior, this change caused the completion of their blood contract, establishing Haochen as master. Do you know what this ans? Among summoners such as us, the common final goal is not to have an extrely powerful contracted beast, but a blood linked beast.
“A blood contract is known as a contract of absolute fidelity. As long as it is completed, it will persist eternally until death. This blood contract between Haochen and Haoyue is dominated by Haochen, making it so that their relationship is much closer than any ordinary beast and their master. At the sa ti, the increase of the two’s cultivation will keep affecting each other, which is to say that the progress of any party will cause a progress from the other one. I believe that Haochen has surely experienced this bit. If one day, Haochen dies, Haoyue will undoubtedly die as well, which is the result of this blood contract. In the opposite case, Haoyue’s death in battle won’t affect Haochen. Unless one party is acknowledging complete allegiance to the other one, and has a total trust and appreciation of the other, a magical beast will never forge such a bond with a human.”
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