“If normal-ranked beast had a body like the Ocean King Whale, under the circumstances where they have no natural predators, they would have been able to level up to level 10. Our standards also only measure up to normal-ranked level 10. At Bronze-rank, we all know that that was the beginning of the Elite Beasts rankings. Every bronze-ranked beast on any level would be a level stronger than a
normal-ranked beast at the same level. The higher the level, the greater the difference in strength. I shall give you an example. A level 3 normal-ranked beast might fight on an equal ground with a level 2 bronze-ranked beast, however, a normal-ranked level 7 would definitely not be able to win against a bronze-ranked level 6, even if it was one level higher than the bronze-ranked beast… This is the difference in growth between an elite beast and a normal beast.”
“In Soaring Dragon Continent, bronze-ranked beast could only level up as high as Bronze-ranked Level 9. Generally speaking, beasts at Bronze-ranked Level 9 won’t have anymore predators, so they won’t be able to surpass themselves in their whole life anymore, forever stuck at Bronze-ranked Level 9. This is because in a sense, Bronze-ranked Level 9 is the peak, where a beast can practically dominate the whole area of its domain. Therefore, it does not have a predator anymore, which makes it impossible for it to evolve further… Out there in the nature, beasts such as Colossal Kodo Beast, Gargantuan Mammoth, Earthquake Dragon, Great Mountain Beast and the others, have no natural predators due to their enormous sizes. Although they are not as large as the Ocean Whale King and the Island Tortoise, to humans, they are already gigantic beasts. Hence, they will go through very little battles in their lives. Generally speaking, they will definitely be the boss of their territory, so they can only reach bronze-ranked level 9 at the most.”
“According to what you said, does it mean that in Soaring Dragon Continent, Silver-ranked will only level up to Silver-ranked Level 8 at the most, and Gold-ranked will only level up to Gold-ranked Level 7 at the most?” Yue Yang asked.
“Yes, in this natural world, if no human is cultivating it, Silver-ranked level 8 and gold-ranked level 7 would have no more enemies in the world. They could only prey on any beasts under the sky, other than those on the same level as them. However, everyone must take note of one thing. As it is very difficult to go through a variant evolution, amongst beast that had reached the maximum level, normal-ranked level 10 beasts are the most, while beasts that evolved to gold-ranked are the least. If there are around 1000 normal-ranked level 10 beasts right now, there would be less than 50 gold-ranked level 7 beasts. Most of them only exists in legends, nobody could directly prove the existences of these beasts that had reached their peak…” Grandma Wu Teng nodded assuredly.