After the school of Golden-Patterned Koi successfully leapt over the Dragon Gate, they discovered that they had not evolved into dragons, and began wandering aimlessly in the river, confused.
At this moment, they heard the cry of the Rainbow Dragon Hatchling, and suddenly understood—what had just happened was only a warm-up. This now was the real Dragon Gate!
The fish were simple by nature. In an instant, their confusion vanished. With a flick of their bodies, they turned into streaks of golden darts.
They swam across the river, climbed up the waterfall, and once again launched a challenge toward the Dragon Gate!
However, this Dragon Gate, imbued with Dragon Might, was far more difficult than the simple rainbow before.
When they reached the top of the waterfall and prepared to leap, they felt as though they were facing a true dragon—challenging the majesty of a real dragon.
In that instant, one Golden-Patterned Koi after another stiffened, their moves interrupted on the spot.
Forget leaping—they dropped straight back into the river one after another.
Even those few Golden-Patterned Koi that withstood the Dragon Might and successfully executed the Leap move found its power greatly diminished. It was like a small splash, tracing a shallow arc in the air before falling back into the water.
They were still far from the rainbow.
This formed a stark contrast with their earlier effortless leap over the Rainbow Dragon Gate.
"To leap over this Dragon Gate… do they need the will to resist Dragon Might…?"
Zhao Renkai, Chang Feng, and the others were all top-tier Beast Tamers at the Champion Beast Tamer and King-Class Beast Tamer levels.
They might not understand research, but they understood very well how to train and nurture Pet Beasts.
At this moment, seeing the performance of these Golden-Patterned Koi, they recalled the scene from the previous video—where the fish king had persevered relentlessly, and in the end, exhausted, still managed to leap over the Dragon Gate. They immediately fell into thought…
The condition for a Golden-Patterned Koi to transform into a true dragon… seemed to be willpower?
But asking a species known for its docile nature to possess the will to resist a true dragon's might was clearly forcing the impossible.
No wonder so many had tried to replicate it before, and all had failed.
This was simply too difficult.
Could these Golden-Patterned Koi really accomplish it?
Just as they were questioning—
The fish did not hesitate.
More precisely, the docile fish, upon sensing Dragon Might, indeed felt the urge to retreat, to give up, to submit beneath the towering Dragon Gate, and began to waver.
However, the brave fish, after resting briefly and calming themselves, once again climbed the waterfall and launched another challenge at the Dragon Gate—
When facing it, they too felt fear, felt terror, and felt hesitation.
Yet, they continued to gaze at the sky, always fixing their eyes on that dazzling, dreamlike dragon silhouette.
Compared to fear, they longed even more to break free from the constraints of the water and become true dragons soaring through the heavens!
Plop… plop…
The scene was very similar to the carp leaping the Dragon Gate a month ago—again and again they challenged, again and again they failed.
The difference was—
A month ago, the first leap of the Golden-Patterned Koi had been their peak. As their stamina declined, they grew farther and farther from the Dragon Gate.
Even the onlookers, as time passed, gradually lost hope, believing the challenge impossible.
But this time, the situation was completely different.
With each attempt, these Golden-Patterned Koi actually began to gradually overcome the Dragon Might. Their Leap move became increasingly complete and refined, and they drew closer and closer to the Dragon Gate!!
The visitors could see their progress with their own eyes—see how they used sheer willpower to overcome their fear of the true dragon.
It was as if they had completely immersed themselves in the fish, their hearts rising into their throats along with them.
Beside Jiang Xing, Li Lingyin watched the Golden-Patterned Koi that kept striving within the school, and couldn't help but clench her fists.
For more than half a month, she had formed a contract with it, nurturing it step by step.
From Awakening Level to Extraordinary Level, from weak to strong.
They had defeated many enemies together, and had also experienced many failures.
She believed—it would overcome its fear and leap over that Dragon Gate!
At this moment, she gathered all her strength and shouted at the top of her lungs—
"Go for it, little koi!!!"
The Golden-Patterned Koi had already climbed to the top of the waterfall, facing the might of the true dragon head-on.
At that moment, it heard the familiar voice, and felt the emotion and trust conveyed through the contract.
In that instant, its desire to transform into a dragon and grow stronger completely overwhelmed the fear in its heart. With a powerful flick of its body, it executed the most perfect Leap it had ever performed.
Whoosh—
A golden arrow shot straight through the air, leaping over the Rainbow Dragon Gate.
In an instant, the white light of evolution blossomed from its body.
"Roar!!"
Amid the dragon's roar, a dazzling, slender figure burst out from the light and soared above the Dragon Gate.
The second Rainbow Dragon Hatchling was born!!
Just as it soared excitedly, another Golden-Patterned Koi also leapt over the Dragon Gate, transforming into a rainbow-colored young dragon within the blooming white light.
To the visitors, it all happened in the blink of an eye—the number of Rainbow Dragon Hatchlings went from one… to three!
Three young dragons danced in the sky, dreamlike and surreal.
This time, even more people captured this historic moment on video!
"I knew it—they were definitely going to complete the evolution!"
"The first Rainbow Dragon Gate was just a demonstration of failure, right? This one is the real deal!"
"Dragon Might, Dragon Gate… I get it now! Only brave koi that overcome fear can evolve!"
The crowd was excited, thrilled—they felt the trip had been more than worth it.
And this was only the beginning.
The successful evolution of two Golden-Patterned Koi seemed to signal the opening act.
Soon, a third, a fourth… even dozens, hundreds of Golden-Patterned Koi overcame their fear, leapt over the Dragon Gate, and joined the Rainbow Dragon flock above the waterfall.
In a short time, the Rainbow Dragon Hatchling population, once only a single individual, surged explosively, forming a true dragon clan—
There had been evolution events in the Beast Taming world before—such as insect-type metamorphosis festivals, where all insect beasts would emerge from their cocoons as butterflies, creating a magnificent scene.
But compared to this Dragon Gate event, those seemed insignificant.
Hundreds of true dragons soaring in the sky—it was a scene straight out of myth!
Even Zhao Renkai of the Dragon Tamer lineage, seeing this dreamlike sight, couldn't help but let out a soft laugh, finally at ease.
Chang Feng glanced at him. "What are you laughing at?"
Zhao Renkai shook his head with a smile. "From this moment on, this Jade Waterfall… is probably going to be renamed Dragon Gate Waterfall."
The many top Beast Tamers all nodded in agreement.
It wasn't just about renaming it.
After this Dragon Gate event, any Beast Tamer raising Golden-Patterned Koi would likely choose this place when attempting dragon transformation.
This waterfall had already become a holy land for dragon evolution.
Chang Feng also nodded slightly.
Zhao Renkai was right. Later on, they could even consider turning the Dragon Gate event into a regular festival—not only providing an evolution venue for Beast Tamers, but also boosting the area's fame… and raising local GDP a bit.
On the other side, Jiang Xing paid no attention to their conversation.
He stared nervously at the waterfall, waiting for the verification to conclude.
Only after some time passed—when all the Golden-Patterned Koi had either successfully transformed into dragons or were completely exhausted and had given up—did the event finally end.
Jiang Xing let out a long breath, the heavy weight in his heart finally lifting.
In the earlier scene of a hundred carp competing, not a single docile fish had successfully resisted Dragon Might and leapt the gate to become a dragon.
At this point, a preliminary conclusion could already be drawn—
[That is: a brave personality is a necessary condition for the Golden-Patterned Koi to transform into a dragon, not merely an influencing factor.]
[Thus proving: the Personality Hypothesis is correct.]
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