Free Web NovelChapter 437: Chapter 168: Are You Worthy of Drinking With Me?
Inside the space of the Life and Death Storage Skill was a vast, white world with no end in sight.
The white world was filled with solitude and desolation, making anyone within it feel a sense of bleakness and sorrow.
Aside from a few piles of miscellaneous items, only Shen Bai and Amber were present, talking with each other.
Shen Bai sat on the ground while Amber sat in his lap. With an arm wrapped around his waist, she nuzzled against his chest, explaining the gains from her recent evolution.
"I can give Master a three-fold boost to his combat power now."
Amber lifted her small face, a flicker of excitement in her emerald eyes. They held a hint of pride, as if she were waiting for Shen Bai’s praise.
Shen Bai was slightly taken aback, not expecting that this evolution would bring another combat power boost.
After a moment’s thought, he rubbed Amber’s fluffy ears. They felt wonderfully soft.
After Amber grumbled for a bit, Shen Bai finally said,
"Merge into my body. Let’s test the results."
Amber nodded lightly, then hugged Shen Bai even tighter with both arms.
The next moment, like ice meeting fire, Amber instantly melted into Shen Bai’s body.
Shen Bai felt a powerful force surge through him. Just as Amber had said, he now possessed a three-fold combat power boost.
’Since I have a three-fold combat power boost, the Skill Level should get one too,’ Shen Bai thought.
At this thought, he decided to try it out. He circulated the Qi in his body and cast the Chaotic Heart Spell.
After Shen Bai cast the Chaotic Heart Spell, a line of smoke immediately appeared before his eyes. It swirled and drifted, forming into new text.
[Chaotic Heart Spell +3+3+3...]
Staring at the line of text before him, Shen Bai’s eyes widened, his face filled with disbelief.
Just as he had thought, after Amber merged with his body, he gained a three-fold combat power boost, and the bonus to his Skill Level had also tripled.
This evolution, with just these two effects combined, represented a massive increase in his combat power.
Not only that, but after her evolution, Amber herself now possessed formidable combat power. Even without merging with him, she was practically invincible among those at her same level.
However, Overcoming Adversity and Attacking Upward remained quite difficult for her.
Of course, none of this was an issue for Shen Bai.
Because Shen Bai had no intention of relying on Amber to fight alone. What was more important was the combat power boost and the tripled Skill Level bonus he gained after she merged with him.
Not long ago, Qian Wu had said that Shen Bai could fight on par with someone in the Void Realm. He could even rely on his deep reserves of power to eliminate those slackers who had scraped their way into the Void Realm simply through age.
And now, with Amber’s three-fold combat power boost, he estimated that he would feel no pressure at all facing ordinary masters of the Void Realm.
’With this, I finally have a proper foothold here in Nanxing Prefecture,’ Shen Bai thought.
Then, with a thought,
Amber transformed into a flash of light and reappeared in his lap.
"Besides these, are there any other benefits from your evolution?" Shen Bai had seen Amber’s hesitant expression earlier; it was clear she hadn’t finished speaking.
So, Shen Bai was very curious about what other new tricks she had up her sleeve.
Amber pursed her rosy lips and nuzzled her forehead against Shen Bai’s chest again before continuing, "Also, I can now communicate freely with Master. Using language will make many things much more convenient."
Shen Bai nodded. "That’s true."
Before, when Amber was just a cat, communicating had been quite inconvenient.
After all, most of the time their communication had relied solely on a mutual understanding, making it impossible to convey complex situations.
But now that Amber could speak and use language to communicate with him, things would be much more convenient when they encountered complex situations in the future.
At first glance, this didn’t seem like a combat blessing, but to Shen Bai, this kind of non-combat blessing was also excellent.
"Anything else?" Shen Bai asked.
Since Amber had completed her second evolution, he wanted to understand all her new functions at once. That way, it would be easier to make use of them in the future.
Amber retracted her left hand and gently stroked her chin with her index finger.
She was trying to imitate one of Shen Bai’s gestures, but the attempt was rather clumsy, making her look quite comical.
If it weren’t for Amber’s sweet and cute appearance, the gesture might have seemed less comical and more cringey.
Fortunately, on Amber, it didn’t come across that way.
After thinking for a moment, Amber’s emerald-like eyes grew brighter and brighter as she revealed her final ability.
"Now, my range for sensing uncanny phenomena is much larger. Not only can I sense uncanny things and Deceitful Objects, but I can even sense the hidden auras of humans. As long as a human has hostile intentions toward Master, I can sense it."
"Of course, if they hide their intentions too deeply, I still won’t be able to sense it."
When Shen Bai heard this, the joy on his face grew more and more apparent.
This ability was even more useful.
In the past, Shen Bai had truly lacked any methods for this. After all, he didn’t yet have a suitable Divine Power, and searching for one on his own would have required an enormous amount of time and resources.
After all, his earlier search for a Divination Skill had already taken a considerable amount of time.
Now that Amber possessed this ability, it could be said that another of Shen Bai’s weaknesses had been eliminated.
If anyone was spying on him from the shadows, Amber would be able to discover them.
