77: Evolution First Battle
Skill: Monarch's Might
Skill Level: Intermediate Skill
Skill Type: Active Skill
Skill Description: As a qualified leader of a group, possessing one's own prestige, one can actively release mental pressure to intimidate weaker pets.
(PS: Not a Monarch Tier Monarch, but a true Monarch.)
A group value of 100 allows Leaders Aura to jump two growth levels, from Novice directly to Master, so the next upgrade will likely be directly to Grandmaster.
It sounds simple, but if it really follows this pattern, the group value would probably need to be ten thousand, which would exhaust him.
As his thoughts drifted, the information on the panel energized Li Wen again.
Mutated Ice Slime
attribute: Ice
Species: Elite Intermediate
growth level: Commander Advanced
Energy Value: 83056
trait: Cold Qi: A layer of cold qi is attached to the surface, naturally forming an ice armor that covers the skin. When broken, it causes explosive damage to the surroundings, and if not defeated within a certain period, the ice armor will automatically regenerate...
Individual Description: Due to the presence of Profound Ice Water in the water source of its living environment, a mutated individual appeared, and its trait changed from Ice Armor to Cold Qi.
As he watched, the Slime's body began to deform, bouncing around, ready to move to another spot to absorb energy.
“Don’t run, my eight hundred group value.”
Li Wen immediately chased after it, and said to the few people who were still bonding with their new pets:
“Brother, lend a hand, this pet is very important to me.”
Li Wen knew that even though Ya Bao had broken through to the Commander Tier, it would still be troublesome for it alone to take down this Commander Advanced Slime.
There were also available laborers right there, so why not use them?
Next, this Mutated Ice Slime experienced an extraordinary ordeal, as eight Commander Intermediate pets jointly attacked it.
Mutated Ice Slime: What are you doing? Don't come over!
Then, an Ice Cone Rain began to fall around it.
Old Lei and the others: “Is it legal for a Slime to have such a Skill?”
Although the flaws in their lineup were obvious, their combination was surprisingly suitable, working in perfect sync, with several shields jointly blocking the ice cones.
Brother Lei's Fire-Patterned Tiger led the charge, launching an attack on the opponent. Due to its attribute, its advance was not overly hindered.
But after several pets' attacks, the ice armor shattered and exploded. Although the Mutated Ice Slime's body size was not as exaggerated as Yuan Wang's transformation, the ice explosion's radius was still a full ten meters.
More than half of the eight pets were injured. Seeing that the situation was not good, Li Wen immediately sent out Ya Bao.
Although their pets were injured to help Li Wen, the others still felt protective of him.
Li Wen was almost the same age as their children, and since their own pets were already injured, there was no need to let his pet go and “feed” the opponent.
“Little brother, don't.”
“This pet is really a bit special, why don't you give up?”
But as Ya Bao emerged from its Disguise state and gradually returned to its normal size, they discovered that Li Wen, despite being so young, already had a Commander Tier pet.
So they stopped trying to dissuade him and changed their advice.
“Be careful, the opponent's shield is strange.”
As the ice armor recovered, the Ice Cone Rain's energy was fully charged again. The sound of “thump~ thump~” as ice cones hit the ground was incessant.
Except for the pets that had already been recalled to the Beastmaster Space, the remaining pets also quickly dodged under command.
Ya Bao, however, remained unconcerned, still standing within the Skill's range, adopting a parrying stance.
Xuan Yuan Sword Dance activated, the “thump, thump” sounds disappeared, replaced by the “crack~ crack~” of shattering ice cones.
No injuries were visible on Ya Bao, at most only some ice shards remained to prove that the Ice Cone Rain Skill had once existed.
Sword Qi activated. With multiple slashes of the sword dance, several Sword Qi were also unleashed towards the opponent. That number, even with a 60,000 Energy Value difference, still ground down its ice armor.
The ice explosion was triggered again, but no one was harmed.
Ya Bao: Sorry! Having long-range attacks means you can do whatever you want!
(*￣▽￣)~* covering mouth and snickering
“Ya~”
“I'm not the short-ranged one I used to be. From now on, please call me the First Sword Saint of Tiannan.”
Li Wen looked at Ya Bao's smug expression... and was stunned.
“No, is this my pet?”
In fact, he had never expected Ya Bao to suddenly become so strong. Compared to his identity as a Breeder, his identity as a Beastmaster seemed a bit unqualified.
Except for the period immediately after contracting, he had never taken his pets to train. Either they trained diligently on their own, or Ya Bao forced them to train diligently.
Ya Bao: That's right, we are very humane. We never force pets to train, we only force you to be diligent.
Recently, he had been busy pondering evolution, which made him feel that his only responsibility was to help them grow, and they could choose their own paths.
In reality, they currently completely lacked such abilities.
He was also muddled, having forgotten to formulate the next training plan for the already evolved Ya Bao, and hadn't even concerned himself with the extent of its Skills.
Brother Lei, always with the attitude of looking after a junior, said somewhat awkwardly:
“Little brother, your pet... is it that strong?”
Li Wen, feeling a bit embarrassed because his pet had injured the other's pets, said:
“Brother, if I told you I only just found out my pet had such strength, would you believe me?”
Brother Lei: ???
He quickly added, “I don't mean to blame you, I'm just a bit shocked. You're the same age as my son, but your strength already surpasses mine.”
“Oh right, didn't you say that Slime was very important to you?”
Li Wen then reacted, “Ya Bao, go.”
Due to the Mutated Ice Slime's special nature, it could clearly sense the difference between Ya Bao and other Commander Tiers, not just the species gap, but also the blessing of the authority over life, which instinctively made it somewhat afraid.
“Goo~”
“You, you, you don't come over.”
“Ya~”
“Go over, nonono, no need at all.”
Do you understand, young man? ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡° )╯
“Ya~”
“Come on, I'll let you run forty-nine meters first, then let the fifty-meter broadsword chase you.”
Several slashes rendered the opponent incapacitated. Li Wen looked at Ya Bao, sighing and rubbing his forehead.
Why did its personality, like its attack range, seem to become more open with evolution?
Li Wen: What kind of joke is this? Give me back my obedient Ya Bao! (╯'-')╯︵ ┻━┻
“It must have been a mistake, it must have been a mistake.”
Where was the docile and obedient Ya Bao he started with? What made it like this?
Oh, it was me! Then it's fine. It's perfectly normal for a pet to resemble its Beastmaster.
But Ya Bao seemed to have realized that it had become increasingly mischievous lately, it must have been infected by the mischievous Beastmaster.
“Ya~”
“Hateful stinky Li Wen!”