The Fox Goddess

'I cannot control this power too well, so I'll probably only have 5 min to land a good hit on Mom. I gotta make the best out of it.' Yumie thought inwardly, she then closed her eyes and took a deep breath.

She then opened her eyes and walked towards Yuki slowly before vanishing and arriving behind Yuki. Once she was behind she chased her fist with fire and punched Yuki in the

Boom!!

The punch exploded which caused Yuki to fly away from Yumie.

'Well, that was surprisingly fast and strong. But that is good or else this spar will not be fun!' Yuki said to herself.

But before she can release her Ice, she meets Yumie's punch again.

"You have grown!"

"Thank you, Mom, but can you not hold back and use your Blood Manipulation?" Yumie said while narrowing her eyes at Yuki.

Yuki can see the determination in Yumie's face, so she decided not to hold back anymore and finally used one of her trump cards.

She reached out for her Spacial Ring and retrieved a bottle containing a red liquid, Yuki then poured this on the ground. But before the liquid hit the ground it floated in the air and started to form something.

Yumie smiled when she saw this, but she didn't let Yuki do what she wanted and quickly threw a Fireball at Yuki.

To which Yuki blocked by making an Ice Wall.

Boom!!

The two exploded and created a huge mist covering their battlefield.

Yuki didn't let this chance slip and vanished from her spot and created some Ice Swords in the air and followed her towards Yumie.

Yuki disables the power of the Beast Contract where she will know where Yumie was as long as she was within a 1-mile radius.

On Yumie's side, she was having a hard time tracking where Yuki was because she kept hearing sounds in all of her surroundings which confused her greatly. So she closed her eyes and focused on where the Mana was flowing from.

After a moment.

"Boo! What you're doing is decent but you gotta know that you're still in a battle and don't focus too much on finding your opponent or you're giving yourself an opening for the enemy to attack like this." Yuki said as she slammed Yumie to the ground and pinned her using Ice Chains with Blood in it.

With this Yumie can no longer do anything to Yuki, but she didn't want to give up so she set herself ablaze to at least try to melt the Ice that was holding her down.

But to her disappointment, it didn't do anything because of the Blood that was empowering it.

Since Yuki knew this she didn't flinch when Yumie tried to melt her Ice, that's why she wants to hide her Blood Manipulation Skill until she is strong enough to protect herself. Because she heard that the vampire race is almost extinct because of their Blood Powers.

"I… give.. up Mom." Yume raised the flag, she can longer fight because the backlash of the Skill started to kick in.

Yumie's body starts to twitch due to her muscles, her body is hurting so much it felt like she was thrown into a cliff and hit the ground without any parachute. Even her bones were not spared, it also started to hurt.

But because of Yumie's tenacity, she didn't scream in pain and just accepted it.

"Yumie it's fine to cry, it doesn't mean that you cry is your weakness." was

Yumie widened her eyes when she heard Yuki, but she still refused to cry. Though she didn't see a teardrop on her face.

"Now that the test is done, I will say that you have improved quite a lot in the past 4 months and I am very proud of you."

"I can gladly say now, that you are ready to become a full-fledged Demonic Beast!" Yuki said.

"Yes, thank you, Mom!"

"Let's do it tomorrow okay? You're still tired and I can see that your whole body is aching because of the backlash." Yuki said to Yumie and continued after a short pause.

"And because you were quite reckless I will not give you any potion and let you feel the pain." Yuki simply smiled at her.

Yumie felt a shiver down her spine when she heard Yuki so she pleaded.

"Please! I will practice it and use it better next time, give me some potions Mom!" Yumie screams.

But Yuki ignored her and let her suffer.

The next day quickly passed and it was finally time for Yumie to become a Demonic Beast.

She was so excited that she forgot to sleep, and Yuki had to knock her out of sleep.

"Congrats Yumie, you will finally accomplish your wish!" Song Xing congratulated her alongside Rong Su who simply gave her a quick speech.

Yuki found it rude but didn't act on it because she knew that it was a special day for Yumie.

"Are you ready now?" Yuki asked.

"Yes!"

"Then do it, become a Demonic Beast!"

Yumie nodded and grabbed the last Savage and Demonic Beast core that she needed and finally absorbed it.

All of the Beast Rank Up and ascension are the same, they just need some Beast Core. But if they want to become a Magic Beast then the requirement will be different and harder.

Once all of the energy from the Beast Core is gone, Yumie was surrounded by a strong amount of Mana, and that Mana quickly formed into a Fire Tornado that enveloped Yumie.

Yuki was worried at first but decided to sit because she knew that ascending to a Higher Rank will naturally bring a phenomenon. But she was confused as to why something like that didn't happen to her.

Ding

[It's because the host just didn't see what happened because you are still weak.] Fubuki simply answered.

"Weak, what do you mean?" Yuki got angry at first but didn't flare at Fubuki.

[The host Ranking Up is much more deadly because all of the surrounding Mana in the Field is sucked up and condensed into a single Mana and that Mana is absorbed by you.]

"I don't understand why it is deadly?"

[Because your evolution also takes up living beings Mana.] Fubuki dropped the bomb.

Something then clicked into Yuki once she heard that.

"Is that the reason why the Beast Core that was in the Lizard Tribe is all gone?" Yuki asked while her voice was shaking.

[Yes.]

"F*ck! So that's why, isn't it dangerous for me to Rank Up when there are people nearby like Yumie?"

[Of course, so the host must find a secluded area before Ranking Up or ascending.]

"It's good that I learned this, and luckily whenever I'm Ranking Up Yumie is not nearby." Yuki thought.

Her thoughts were interrupted when the Fire Tornado exploded.

Ding

Name - Yumie (Child)

Race - Fire Hydra

The requirement to Rank Up - 0/600 Savage Beast Core, 0/150 Demonic Beast Core.

HP - 30,000/30,000

Mana - 45,000/45,000

Magic - 7,000

Rank - Demonic Beast (Early)

Element - Crimson Fire Lotus 60%/100% (Needs Complete 100% Master, and needs to feed on 30 Fire Souls).

Active Skills- Beast Arts, Corrosive Flames, Crimson Ruler, Lotus of Hell, Engulfing Flames

Passive - Fire Manipulation, Brilliant Flower.