"Hoo!"
The deal startled Bai Ye; her ambition was quite significant.
The tennis ball, the hard-gold dagger, the plasma cannon, the G-virus, the evil spirit tarot cards, and two fossils...
Jin Sha wanted to trade for everything, and she couldn't just offer any old items. Among them, the plasma cannon was a black-grade item. Furthermore, according to Jin Sha's description, the Aerodactyl fossil and the Mega Stone were definitely valuable.
Jin Sha was also direct. She produced another beast-taming ball, quite different from the previous ones. It wasn't red and white, but black and white, with two yellow stripes on the black part.
Judging by the visible texture, the quality of this beast-taming ball had significantly improved.
"Beast-taming Goodra!" Jin Sha said, "It's a black-grade beast, and although it has completed three evolutions, it hasn't reached its full potential. Once fully grown, depending on the training, it can reach the peak of black grade, or even red grade. In my world, Goodra is called a pseudo-legendary. For reference, Regice is a Tier 2 legendary, and a Tier 1 legendary would undoubtedly be a golden-grade beast."
Bai Ye pondered Jin Sha's words. This likely meant Regice was probably red grade, and Goodra had the potential to reach red grade, but it depended on the beast tamer's training.
Bai Ye curiously asked, "What about Aerodactyl?"
Jin Sha replied, "Aerodactyl is blue grade. Once fully grown to its peak, it has the potential to reach black grade. However, after Mega Evolution, it will definitely be red grade. In fact, there are attribute and ability counter-chains between beasts, and we also need to consider training. It's difficult to make a direct comparison, but if we had to, you could consider that after Mega Evolution, they are roughly comparable. However, Mega Evolution isn't permanent; it can only be achieved temporarily with a Mega Stone and a Key Stone."
With that explanation, Bai Ye understood. Aerodactyl plus the two stones were roughly on par with Goodra, and that was a temporary boost to the same level. It was naturally impossible to trade them directly.
However, Bai Ye didn't need to add so many things. Goodra was currently only black grade, and whether it could be trained to red grade was still uncertain.
But there was a very important issue...
Bai Ye said, "The reason you're hesitating is because you have to weaken your own combat power, right?"
Jin Sha nodded, "Yes."
If Goodra was as strong as Jin Sha claimed, and if the Alien Queen wasn't invincible, requiring Regice to deal with it, Goodra could have even put up a fight.
Thinking about it, Bai Ye was a little surprised. Jin Sha's strength was much greater than he had imagined. Indeed, you couldn't judge a book by its cover.
However, because of this, if she parted with Goodra, Jin Sha's strength would decline. After all, Aerodactyl still needed to be resurrected. Even with a black-grade weapon like the plasma cannon to fill the gap in combat power during this period, the core of a beast tamer was their beasts, and the plasma cannon couldn't compensate for that loss.
Therefore, Bai Ye concluded that Jin Sha was gaining, but this "gain" came at a price.
And if Jin Sha gained, Bai Ye naturally lost. However, in terms of immediate combat power, Bai Ye had a slight increase in strength by trading a pile of miscellaneous items.
Bai Ye felt this deal could be made. After all, why would Jin Sha weaken her combat power for the trade if there wasn't a benefit?
Bai Ye considered for a moment and then said, "I'm fine with anything. You can choose which kind of trade you prefer."
For Bai Ye, it was merely a choice between trading the plasma cannon for Aerodactyl, or trading the plasma cannon plus a pile of miscellaneous items for Goodra.
The core was the plasma cannon, so the question was whether the plasma cannon was important to Bai Ye.
Bai Ye's answer was: not important.
Bai Ye's goal was to leave the World Battlefield. To do so, he had to become stronger than everyone else. Items below golden grade were replaceable to Bai Ye; it was just a matter of their usage duration. Currently, regardless of whether it was Aerodactyl or Goodra, their usage duration in Bai Ye's hands would exceed that of the plasma cannon.
However, Bai Ye didn't mind. Jin Sha was even more conflicted.
If Bai Ye had given a definite answer, Jin Sha would have had no choice but to accept. She wouldn't have had anything to agonize over. But Bai Ye was open to anything...
Jin Sha suddenly remembered a friend she used to hate, who always replied "whatever" when they went out to eat.
Damn it, there was no dish called "whatever" at the restaurant!
After thinking for a while, Jin Sha gritted her teeth and handed the beast-taming ball in her hand to Bai Ye, saying, "I'll trade Goodra for it."
Bai Ye smiled. Jin Sha had chosen the future.
"No problem!" Bai Ye accepted the beast-taming ball with a smile. "Deal."
Jin Sha nodded, tidied up the items on the ground, and then suddenly remembered something. She quickly said, "When you release this child, you need to prepare in advance..."
Before Jin Sha could finish speaking, a white light flashed. Then, after the white light dissipated, Jin Sha saw a dragon-shaped beast about two meters tall appear beside Bai Ye.
It walked upright, its body mostly pink, with a purple area in the front. It had beautiful, smiling eyes and a thick tail extending behind it. Two large antennae drooped from its head, trailing backward.
Then...
*Bang!*
Goodra let out a cry and pounced on Bai Ye, knocking him to the ground. It nuzzled Bai Ye's face repeatedly.
Almost instantly, Bai Ye felt suffocated. This thing was so heavy!
Bai Ye looked at Jin Sha helplessly and asked, "What's going on?"
"Beasts have different personalities, and this child's personality is quite clingy. Its favorite thing is to hug its owner and nuzzle them," Jin Sha said, covering her mouth with a laugh. "Actually, this is good news. When a beast switches owners, it usually needs a period of adaptation. But this child seems to like you very much; it's clinging to you from the moment you met."
Bai Ye wiped his face and looked at the pale green mucus on his hand. "What about this stuff?"
"Goodra!" Jin Sha spread her hands. "Why else do you think it's called that? Goodra is a Dragon-type beast with the abilities of Grass Pelt and Hydration. Are you feeling very moist right now?"
"It's very moist, so moist that I feel like I'm being molested by some perverted tentacle monster!" Bai Ye wiped the mucus from his face again and gritted his teeth. "Can I still return it now?"
Before Jin Sha could answer, a "whimper" of crying was heard.
Bai Ye turned his head and saw that tears were welling up in Goodra's large eyes.
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