Free Web NovelChapter 706: Chapter 498: Fourth Evolution Complete, Part 2
Their price was even higher than Liu Jisheng had estimated; they ended up selling for around 2.3 million.
During this process, Li Pu also noticed a detail.
When he was in the "on credit" state, as long as he touched a Crystal Coin, it would automatically be absorbed to pay off the debt.
So it really could only be used once; before paying it off, there was no way to play deadbeat.
After handling everything, he took his summoned beasts to the uninhabited outskirts outside the school.
Now, it was time to refocus on the summoned beasts.
First, let’s take a look at their gains from this round.
The first was Bu Bu, who had just maxed out his level.
Radish: 4th Reincarnation LV70, Wise
Strength: 1221→2377, B+→A
Attributes: 1 Fire 1 Water 8 Swallow
Abilities: [Throwing Pouch][Energy Explosion][Barrier Bite][Swallow Beast][Skin of Swallowing] (New)
Skills: [LV3 All-out Strike (B)][LV3 Energy Feedback (A+)][LV3 Quick Step (C)][LV3 Dance of Confusion (A)][LV3 Ghost Step (A+)][LV3 Big Mouth Swallow (B+)][LV4 Openly Swallow (A)][LV1 Fire Swallowing (S)]
Inscriptions: [Golden Armor (B+)][Lava Heart (C)]
First of all, Bu Bu’s grade had finally risen to A, catching up with Chou Bo and No. 2.
And his Strength value had successfully broken through the 2000 mark.
On top of that, he’d gained 2 more points of Swallow attribute field.
Li Pu estimated that as long as the materials were suitable, at 5th or even 6th Reincarnation he might fully convert to 10 Swallow attributes, and by then who knows what qualitative change might happen.
But the biggest reward from this reincarnation was still the addition of a new innate ability.
[Skin of Swallowing]: When taking damage, can swallow a portion of it and convert it into energy
This innate ability should have originated from that Void Bug shell.
Judging from the description, it not only boosted survivability but also improved energy sustain.
Although Bu Bu basically didn’t lack energy these days, having one more method always let him handle more situations.
As for how effective it actually was, they still had to test it.
"Come on, which of you is going to attack him and try it out?"
So Li Pu had Bu Bu stand still and rallied everyone.
[NONO graaa!]
Strawman: No, Ben Cao refuses.
Strawman feared neither heaven nor earth, but he just had no way of dealing with this kangaroo.
Once it latched onto you—no, chewed on you—you wouldn’t be able to shake it off for half a day.
[NONO bo!]
Chou Bo: This lord doesn’t dare.
Chou Bo squatted on the ground and covered his eyes with a paw.
He had challenged Bu Bu many times trying to steal the No. 2 spot.
Every time he got beaten miserably, and now he had trauma.
[Quiet!]
Fu Fu: Zzz...
You can never wake up an owl that’s pretending to sleep.
[Step aside, I’ll do it!]
No. 2’s reaction was actually a bit promising.
But right after saying that, he started drifting backward.
In truth, he felt a bit guilty facing Bu Bu, because he had betrayed him once and caused him to do time in jail.
"Didn’t expect you to be this popular."
Li Pu looked at the little kangaroo with new respect.
"Hope you can keep it up."
But the other summoned beasts were not pleased with that comment.
In the end, Li Pu had Bu Bu attack himself.
[Eat eat eat!]
Bu Bu indicated he understood, then pulled out a blue light orb and tossed it into the air.
[Eaaat omf!]
Then he opened his mouth and swallowed the falling light orb again.
[Eaaat~]
He finally spread his little short arms: Summoner, see? I’m fine~
"..."
Li Pu helplessly rubbed his forehead and chose not to comment.
He walked up and pressed Bu Bu’s head with one hand.
Whoosh!
With a flash of light, [Possession] was complete.
"Come, attack me."
Now wearing the kangaroo hat, he hooked a finger at them.
[Grass!]
[Roar bo!]
[Quiet!]
[Never heard that kind of request before!]
He hadn’t expected that when it came to attacking him, everyone would suddenly be hyper enthusiastic.
Even No.2 used Iron Head Skill.
Seeing this, Li Pu suddenly felt that Bu Bu’s authority seemed even higher than his own.
A bit unexpected.
Looks like he’d been letting them slack too much lately and they were getting itchy.
So after a round of iron fists and iron legs, he knocked them all down.
Especially the Grass Man and the Ugly Little Wolf, who got beaten extra hard.
Consider it setting an example for the new member, and reshuffling the pecking order.
Throughout the whole process, neither side was going all out, but it was already enough for Li Pu to gain a solid understanding of [Swallowing Hide].
He couldn’t feel much on the "convert to energy" side, but in terms of absorbing damage, it could soak up about fifty percent or so. That really was top-tier.
Maybe Bu Bu itself wouldn’t be taking much damage, but when it [Possesses] him, it was very practical.
After figuring out Bu Bu’s situation, he turned to see how the Ugly Little Wolf was doing.
This guy had also been power-leveled by Li Pu in no time.
Chou Bo: 4th Rebirth LV70, Wind-Chaser
Strength: 1378→2544, A→A+
Attributes: 5 Dark 5 Cloud 4 Dragon → 6 Dragon
Abilities: [Cloud Body↑] [Thunder Storage] [Dragon’s Might↑] [Wind and Cloud Swift] (new)
Skills: [LV3 Thunder Source (B+)] [LV4 Thunderwind Roar (A+)] [LV3 Black Dragon Transformation (A→A+)] [LV3 Backup Battery (A)] [LV3 Soul-Eroding Electricity (S)] [LV2 Electricity-Eating (C)] [LV1 Cloud Ascension (A→A+)]
Inscriptions: [Spiritual Essence (A+)] [Dragon Scale Amulet (S)]
At max level, the Ugly Little Wolf’s strength even surpassed Bu Bu’s.
Even its rank had risen to the threshold of S-rank, A+ rank.
It had to be said, the Cloud Dragon as a reincarnation material was an almost perfect match for the Ugly Little Wolf in its current form.
It matched both its cloud element and its dragon attribute.
So the buffs it brought were a whole chain of them, basically an all-around blow-up.
[Cloud Body]: Greatly reduces physical damage taken; greatly reduces physical damage dealt
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[Cloud Body]: Ignore physical damage taken; greatly reduces physical damage dealt
Ignoring physical damage, now that was insane.
In the right situation, it could even take the tank role to draw fire, and the effect definitely wouldn’t lose to Fu Fu.
[Dragon’s Might]: Can be controlled, and greatly increases the range of influence of dragon-attribute magnetic field (↑)
With dragon attribute increased, it was only natural for [Dragon’s Might] to get stronger.
The most eye-catching thing, of course, was the new innate ability [Wind and Cloud Swift].
[Wind and Cloud Swift]: After each active skill cast, movement speed is greatly increased for a short duration
How long "short duration" was, and how much "greatly increased" meant, that wasn’t clear.
So Li Pu asked the Ugly Little Wolf to give everyone a demo.
[Hou le bo le bo!]
The Ugly Little Wolf said no problem, puffed out its chest and stepped out of the line, then spewed a pillar of lightning straight into the sky.
Boom!
After it cast [Backup Battery], Li Pu could clearly see the dark clouds around its body take on a wind-blown visual effect, a bit like the afterimages when a Summoner uses [Sprint], and at the same time a little blurry.
[Bo le pee pee!]
Whoosh!
Right after that, the Ugly Little Wolf dashed out, leaving pee-stained afterimages everywhere.
To the eye, it was like it had just used Clone Technique, with several Ugly Little Wolves peeing at the same time.
"Worthy of a Wind-Chaser class summoned beast, that’s seriously impressive."
Ignoring what exactly it was doing, Li Pu expressed his admiration for [Wind and Cloud Swift].
After several tests in a row, he found this innate ability could last about 3~5 seconds. If it kept casting skills during that time, it could extend the duration, and the speed boost could push the Ugly Little Wolf to around ten times its original top speed.
It didn’t last long, but the effect was excellent.
The pity was that the Ugly Little Wolf didn’t have many active skills it could cast. All told, it was just [Thunderwind Roar], [Black Dragon Transformation], and [Backup Battery].
"But for a Wind-Chaser summoned beast, the faster it runs, the faster it recovers energy..."
Li Pu knew that the go-to playstyles for Wind-Chaser types were kiting tactics and pursuit tactics.
Both were for one thing: uptime.
Only those two fighting styles could ensure a Wind-Chaser’s sustained combat ability.
Now that [Wind and Cloud Swift] effectively gave the Ugly Little Wolf a speed-boosted energy recovery ability, some of his previous ideas might actually be feasible.
"Alright, then next you..."
So he started explaining this and that to the Ugly Little Wolf.
[Hou le bo bo!]
Ugly Little Wolf: Summoner, can we really do it like that?
After hearing the whole set of operations, it was only half convinced.
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