80: success

What seemed like not a very difficult problem took Xu Yan a whole week, yet he made no significant progress.

It's not uncommon in research for a problem to get stuck for one or two months, or even several years.

During this period, Xu Yan had also asked Mo Yi about this problem, but the latter told Xu Yan that his current strength was insufficient to fully comprehend the deep principles involved. Xu Yan only needed to know under what circumstances this special energy fluctuation could be produced and how to utilize it.

Initially, Xu Yan was somewhat reluctant. After spending another week with several fruitless research attempts, he could only temporarily set it aside.

However, Xu Yan wasn't without any results during this past half-month.

After multiple experiments, all the Wind Flame Lion Kings in Xu Yan's laboratory were fed the Form Transformation Potion. Even the unevolved Wind Flame Lions were all evolved by Xu Yan and then fed the transformation potion.

With insufficient test subjects, and with the aid of Heavens Mandate Guidance, he adjusted the potion's formula. After confirming that repeated consumption would not cause irreversible effects on the Wind Flame Lion Kings, Xu Yan conducted repeated experiments on those Wind Flame Lion Kings who had already taken the transformation potion twice.

Then, Xu Yan discovered that after multiple doses of the Form Transformation Potion, the attribute balance within the Wind Flame Lion Kings' bodies began to shift.

Originally, the balance between the main and secondary attributes in a Wind Flame Lion King's body was roughly 7:3. After consuming the Form Transformation Potion four or more times, the attribute energy balance within their bodies began to shift to 6.x:3.x, and this balance continued to change with an increasing number of doses of the Form Transformation Potion.

With this discovery, Xu Yan began to modify the Form Transformation Potion's formula again, trying his best to retain the potion's ability to shift attribute balance without causing irreversible damage to the Wind Flame Lion Kings themselves.

Even with the assistance of his Innate Talent, Heavens Mandate Guidance, it still took Xu Yan over half a month to finalize the ultimate prescription.

The adjusted prescription used several extremely precious and low-yield Commander Rank materials. For such materials, unless there was a specific large-scale research demand, the Experimental Building's warehouse would not have much in stock, nor could all the inventory be given to Xu Yan alone at once.

Even when Xu Yan sought help from his teacher, he only managed to apply for a small amount of materials, which was nowhere near enough to support large-scale experiments. In the end, Xu Yan had to settle for a compromise and selected two Wind Flame Lion Kings for the experiment.

After Xu Yan proposed his idea, the Wind Flame Lion Kings who were willing engaged in an intense discussion, and ultimately, the two strongest Wind Flame Lion Kings, who had reached the limit of the Commander Rank, secured these two spots.

Over the next half-month of phased feeding, the attribute power within their bodies reached a near 50-50 balance, and their appearance also began to transform with the change in attribute balance.

It wasn't like the initial consumption of the Form Transformation Potion, which caused a shift from blue to red or red to blue. As the number of doses increased, the color of the fur on the two Wind Flame Lion Kings gradually faded from the initial deep blue and deep red.

Now, the fur color of the two Wind Flame Lion Kings is white at the base, with the tips of their fur dyed light blue and light red.

After the two Wind Flame Lion Kings had completely digested the previous bottle of Form Transformation Potion, Xu Yan fed them each another bottle.

According to Xu Yan's calculations, the energy balance within these two Wind Flame Lion Kings had reached a critical point. After consuming another bottle of Form Transformation Potion, there was a high probability that this critical point would be broken, leading to a special transformation.

Therefore, Xu Yan paid particular attention to this round of potion consumption for the two Wind Flame Lion Kings. Various detection instruments, with Wuxiang's assistance, were set to their maximum values, and Xu Yan was also ready to use Heavens Mandate Guidance to cope with any potential occurrences.

As the potion took effect, the remaining faint blue and faint red colors on the two Wind Flame Lion Kings gradually faded.

After the color of their fur completely faded, turning pure white, the evolutionary light Xu Yan had imagined did not appear.

However, before Xu Yan could feel disappointed, the two Wind Flame Lion Kings let out excited roars.

Unlike Xu Yan, who directly observed the physical changes of the two Wind Flame Lion Kings with his naked eyes, the two Wind Flame Lion Kings, who had already reached their bloodline limit and had been stuck at this stage for a long time, suddenly discovered that the bloodline shackles that had tightly bound them had begun to loosen.

Their strength, which had long stagnated, actually began to show a slight increase.

Although this improvement was very subtle, it was still detected immediately by the two Wind Flame Lion Kings, who had been stuck at the Commander Rank limit for a long time and had confirmed the power within their bodies countless times.

Furthermore, this improvement wasn't one that appeared for a moment and then stopped; instead, it was a slow but continuous increase. They could clearly feel that the power they had accumulated while stuck at this stage was gradually being released.

The barrier from Commander Rank to Monarch Rank, which had once seemed like an insurmountable chasm to them, now showed cracks. Although very tiny, this was something they had been unable to achieve for so many years. How could the two Wind Flame Lion Kings not be excited?

With Wuxiang's translation, the meaning of the two Wind Flame Lion Kings' roars quickly reached Xu Yan's ears.

Xu Yan showed a surprised expression at the meaning of the two Wind Flame Lion Kings' roars.

However, this was, after all, just the feeling of the two Wind Flame Lion Kings themselves. The specific situation still needed to be confirmed by the data feedback from the detection instruments. Thinking this, and looking at an instrument showing 'detecting,' a sense of impatience couldn't help but grow in Xu Yan's heart.

In Xu Yan's somewhat anxious wait, the screen finally no longer displayed the three large characters 'Detecting...' but instead showed the current information of the two Wind Flame Lion Kings.

Race: Wind Flame Lion King (Unknown Form)

Attributes: Wind (50%), Fire (50%)

Level: Commander Rank Level 9 (Commander Rank Limit)

Bloodline Level: Monarch Rank Mid-grade

...Looking at the five large characters 'Monarch Rank Mid-grade' after 'Bloodline Level,' Xu Yan's mind went completely blank.

As for the information after the detection instrument, Xu Yan, in this state, no longer had any extra attention to check it. At this moment, Xu Yan's mind was directly flooded with the two phrases 'Monarch Rank Mid-grade' and 'It succeeded!'