This Summoner Is Too Powerful

Chapter 715: Chapter 503: I’m Going on Reconnaissance

[LV1 – Power of Curse (C)] 11/100

Active effect: After activation, attacks on a target will randomly inflict a curse effect.

Attribute requirement: 1–10 Dark + 1–10 Wood

Type requirement: Windchaser

Race requirement: Treantfolk

Yet another Treantfolk-exclusive skill, and whether in grade or effect, Li Pu felt its value was above the earlier [Old Bark].

With flying Treant corpses all over the ground nearby, gathering enough related materials was an easy job.

He didn’t even need to personally do it; having the Strawman伸出藤蔓 sneaking around to hook a few pieces was enough.

But when he held these Treant cores, each one like a glass marble, Li Pu had to seriously think about one problem.

Namely, which summoned beast this skill should go on.

He had to admit that now that the number of summoned beasts had increased, this choice had become a tough question.

First to be ruled out was No. 2, that piece of trash—no, correction, the support.

No. 2: My sincere thanks to you.

It basically doesn’t attack, so giving it Power of Curse would be pointless.

Next, BoBo was ruled out as well.

It already had enough attack methods; adding Power of Curse would just be icing on the cake, whereas giving it to some other summoned beast would be a bigger upgrade.

Ugly Little Wolf also felt like a big NO-NO.

Because Thunder Power actually has a certain degree of mild curse-cleansing ability.

If the Thunder Power is strong, then its decursing effect will of course rise accordingly.

If it zaps someone, cursing the enemy and then helping cleanse the curse at the same time, wouldn’t that basically be giving it away for free?

That left only the Strawman and FuFu.

In most people’s minds, strawmen are often associated with the word "curse."

And in actual cultivation, quite a lot of Summoners do indeed train their strawmen in that direction.

Don’t be fooled by how the Strawman breed doesn’t seem to have much brain; when it comes to curses, they really do seem to have a natural gift.

But after thinking it through, Li Pu felt his Strawman actually didn’t mesh that well with curses.

Although its usual style is indeed all about being despicable—no idea where it learned that from.

When it gets serious, it actually leans more toward the big, straightforward type:

I just want to kill you with one punch, or two.

Recently it added a new option: not necessarily fists or feet, could also be ramming you to death with a stone bench cart.

So in the end, Li Pu chose FuFu as the target for this skill.

[Power of Curse] is a skill that needs to be activated; in other words, unlike costless passives, once activated it continuously consumes energy.

In the hands of the flying Treants, this skill actually wasn’t all that powerful.

Because as a Windchaser-type skill, you have to keep moving while using it to maintain your sustain.

You have to think about sustain and about accuracy.

That means the enemy has to be getting hit while also moving along, which is a rather harsh condition.

But if you put it on White FuFu, it’s a different story.

When it hits a target to inflict a curse, it can also recover energy to maintain its sustain.

Curses, especially random curses, obviously won’t have a 100% success rate, so repeated, high-frequency strikes will drastically increase the chance of successfully applying them.

So FuFu’s [Divine Kung Fu] combined with White FuFu’s [Super Combo] now forms the perfect partner for [Power of Curse].

Once he’d thought it through, Li Pu acted quickly.

Taking advantage of the break after they’d beaten back the attacking monsters, he had White FuFu Acquired [Power of Curse].

On the other side of the camp, Xu Zihui sat by the fire, baking the moisture off her body.

This place was cold and damp; quickly drying sweat and keeping warm helped maintain combat condition.

Staring at the campfire in front of her, her brows furrowed slightly.

Up to this point, this trip to the Little Demon Forest was very different from what she’d envisioned.

The numbers exceeding plan, the tempo of attack waves, and the newly appearing species of Treant were all very different from the intel they’d gathered before entering the dungeon.

She was now starting to doubt whether this dungeon run could be successfully completed.

"Zihui."

Just then, someone walked over.

This girl’s surname was Xiao; she often served as a squad leader in the team, so everyone called her Captain Xiao.

Captain Xiao held the same position in Xu Zihui’s team, basically acting as her second-in-command.

"I’m sure you’ve noticed too—today’s Little Demon Forest isn’t quite the same as what we were told in advance."

She sat down beside Xu Zihui and offered her suggestion: "I think we need to send out a scout squad to go investigate."

"Who do you want to take?"

Xu Zihui looked over at her.

The two of them had run dungeons together more than a few times, so it was easy to understand what the other meant.

The scout squad Captain Xiao was talking about wasn’t the kind that only had summoned beasts.

After all, having summoned beasts do recon work often comes with limitations.

First, if they go beyond the range of Telepathy, they can’t transmit detailed information in real time.

Second, if something sudden happens, it’s hard to make accurate judgments without the Summoner present.

Captain Xiao was practically born for recon work, because her Summoner talent was very unique and highly practical.

That was voice transmission—real-time voice transmission.

"Then I’ll pick two people, plus their summoned beasts."

"I need the two with the quickest reflexes and best mobility, or they won’t be able to keep up with me."