Free Web NovelAt this moment, Mingxi also saw their next opponent.
“It’s her!”
Chuchu.
Mingxi was deeply impressed by this girl.
Chuchu, from Baihe Beast ✧ NоvеIight ✧ (Original source) Tamers High School in the Central Region.
This was a noble high school that only accepted children from influential families and the elite.
The reason for her deep impression of Chuchu was not because of her appearance or background.
It was because of her first pet beast.
Hollow Pupa.
To be precise, it was a Second-turn Hollow Pupa.
The Transcendent creature Hollow Pupa should have come from a planet or secret realm that had not yet been discovered by the Interstellar Alliance.
As for how it came to be?
Like Golden Yuanbao and the others, it was summoned by the Phantom Color Key.
About a thousand years ago, a Beast Tamers on Blue Star used the Phantom Color Key to contract the first Hollow Pupa.
Since then, the Alliance has had the Hollow Pupa, a self-contained system of Transcendent creatures.
To describe it in Mingxi’s hometown dialect, this Hollow Pupa was an imported product.
It was unclear if it was due to coming from a different civilization system.
The evolution and level classification of the Hollow Pupa were also quite different from other Transcendent creatures. free𝑤ebnovel.com
Shedding its shell was the Hollow Pupa’s evolutionary mark; each time it shed its shell, its strength would increase significantly.
Shedding its shell once made it a First-turn Hollow Pupa, with strength equivalent to a Intermediate pet beast.
Shedding its shell twice made it a Second-turn Hollow Pupa, with strength equivalent to an Advanced Level pet beast.
Historically, the most shell-shedding recorded was a Seven-turn Hollow Pupa, which meant Venerable-level strength.
However, many scientists believed that the Hollow Pupa’s potential actually had no upper limit.
Given enough time and resources, they might even reach Nine-turn, which was God-level.
But the Transcendent creature Hollow Pupa was very strictly regulated within the Alliance.
Almost only the privileged class and certain special groups had the possibility of coming into contact with the Hollow Pupa.
Moreover, once a Hollow Pupa was contracted, no matter who you were, that Beast Tamers would be under long-term monitoring by the Yushou Center.
The reason?
It was simple.
The Hollow Pupa was extremely dangerous.
Because during its shedding period, it would devour a large number of other Transcendent creatures as nutrients for its own growth.
And at each stage, it would almost exclusively devour Transcendent creatures of a single attribute.
By doing so, it would awaken a second, third, or even fourth, and more attributes.
That’s right.
The Hollow Pupa was a Transcendent creature that could possess multiple attributes.
The initial Hollow Pupa was merely an insect-attribute Transcendent creature.
But in its first stage, it could awaken a second attribute by devouring other Transcendent creatures.
The more Transcendent creatures it devoured, the higher the chance of awakening other attributes.
The Seven-turn Hollow Pupa in history was a Transcendent creature that simultaneously possessed five attributes!
And the slaughter it created throughout its entire evolution process numbered in the tens of thousands.
It even led to the extinction of a species.
This was why the Yushou Center strictly controlled the Hollow Pupa and monitored the Beast Tamers who contracted them.
Fine wine makes one flushed, and wealth moves hearts.
Marx once said:
“When profit reaches 10%, some people are ready to stir;
When profit reaches 50%, some people dare to take risks;
When profit reaches 100%, they dare to trample on all human laws;
And when profit reaches 300%, they are not even afraid to go to the gallows.”
To gain power, for their own benefit, some people simply did not care if their actions would harm others, or if they were cruel.
However, the Hollow Pupa also had a very serious weakness.
That was its extremely short lifespan; a beginner Hollow Pupa only lived for half a year, a First-turn Hollow Pupa for one year, and a Second-turn for two years.
And their only way to extend their life was to successfully shed their shell before their lifespan ended.
This was also why few Beast Tamers dared to contract a Hollow Pupa.
It was simply too short-lived.
If things went wrong, a Soul Key would be wasted.
And the Hollow Pupa that Chuchu contracted had already successfully undergone its second turn.
It possessed three attributes: insect, Ghost-type, and Poison.
It was the only three-attribute pet beast in the entire Joint Training Camp, apart from Golden Yuanbao.
However, Chuchu had never challenged Mingxi before.
So, today was actually their first head-on confrontation.
Chuchu smiled and said, “Ming Shen, please go easy on me later.”
“Senior Sister Chu is too modest,” Mingxi nodded at her.
Although this Senior Sister Chuchu looked ordinary and had a gentle demeanor, her combat style was anything but ordinary.
But thinking about it, it was understandable.
How ordinary could a girl who dared to contract a Hollow Pupa be?
“Fake and empty, first give Lovenia some appetizers!”
As the battle began, Chuchu winked at her pet beast.
The Second-turn Hollow Pupa raised its body, standing on its tail.
“Hollow!”
It let out a strange shriek towards Little Silver Flower. frёewebnoѵel.ƈo๓
The flowing air seemed to freeze for a moment, and a faint dark light flickered, passing through Little Silver Flower’s body at an extremely domineering speed.
Mingxi frowned, already realizing the skill the Hollow Pupa was using.
Curse.
A Ghost-type intermediate skill, it was a type of mental imprint skill.
Like Invisibility, it belonged to the innate skills of Ghost-type pet beasts.
But unlike Invisibility, the Curse skill was not necessarily awakened innately, but rather awakened during later evolution.
Being hit by a Ghost-type Curse would make one extremely unlucky for a certain period of time.
Legend has it, it was the kind of bad luck where you’d choke on cold water or find no seasoning packet in your instant noodles.
The intensity and duration of the Curse were determined by the pet beast’s strength and skill proficiency.
A Curse from a Venerable-level Ghost-type Transcendent creature could even make someone unlucky for an entire year.
Terrifying to this extent!
Even more terrifying was that the Curse skill took effect compulsorily; it could not be dodged or dispelled.
So even if Mingxi saw that the Hollow Pupa was going to Curse Little Silver Flower, she did not make Little Silver Flower dodge.
At this moment, a black five-pointed star pattern appeared on its brow.
This was the Curse mark.
As long as the mark was there, the Curse remained.
Chuchu: “Add some Poison.”
Mingxi: “Teleport, Barrier.”
Little Silver Flower was too close to the Hollow Pupa, and Mingxi wanted it to teleport behind the Hollow Pupa.
But to Mingxi’s surprise, Little Silver Flower actually teleported in front of the Hollow Pupa.
Giving the opponent a close-range attack.
Immediately, it was sprayed full in the face with Poison Mist.
Little Silver Flower was stunned.
Mingxi: “...”
Little Silver Flower could not possibly make such a low-level mistake, so this situation could only have occurred due to the influence of the Curse.
Curse, it truly was a headache-inducing skill.
“Angel’s Kiss.”
Having inhaled a large amount of Poison Mist, Little Silver Flower was already in a poisoned state.
Although Little Silver Flower was dumbfounded, it remained calm, and upon hearing her command, it immediately gave itself a kiss.
The poisoned state was removed.
But the Curse mark had not disappeared.
Indeed, Angel’s Kiss could not remove the Curse effect.
“Give it a big stew.”
Chuchu’s new command had also fallen.
Her style was like this; her commands were almost all related to food or the kitchen, leaving her opponents baffled.
This type of combat style was actually not uncommon; many Professional Beastmaster used it.
Either simplifying commands or using secret signals.
Not only to confuse opponents but also to form a personal combat style.
Chuchu had clearly developed a distinct personal style.
“Barrier.”
Having learned from the lesson of teleporting in front of the opponent just now, Mingxi decided to play it safe until the Curse wore off.
