Chapter 162: Moonlight Throne, Full Lineup Enhancement!!
Dominating Cauldron Palace, central pet beast hospital. The golden-haired girl in a hospital gown lay alone in bed, a white Pet Essence solution dripping into her veins through an IV. Although Lian Xing hadn’t been incapacitated or lost consciousness in the final battle, she was still experiencing dizziness, nausea, and morning sickness…common symptoms of Pet Essence exhaustion.
So, she had decided to stay at the Dominating Cauldron Palace. After all, Snow Flower’s location in the Dark Abyss Sea wasn’t far from here, just over ten thousand regions away. With Dreamflow Sunset Glow’s current speed, they could reach it in three days.
Meanwhile, three girls stood outside Lian Xing’s hospital room.
Thunder Fly, Jade Lady, and Little Flower Goddess, all three of them glaring at each other, as if deciding who would go in and visit Lian Xing.
After her defeat and exposure by Lian Xing, Little Flower Goddess no longer bothered hiding her true form, the carnivorous flower petals wrapped around her waist. At this moment, seeing Little Flower Goddess’s saliva-dripping flower bud mouth, both Jade Lady and Thunder Fly looked disgusted…
“You…you’re not even her lovers. Why are you here to see Lian Xing!?”
“Do you have any redeeming qualities…?” Jade Lady asked, initiating the confrontation…
Hearing this, Thunder Fly’s face turned green, as if she had just swallowed a fly…
But Little Flower Goddess didn’t seem to mind.
In fact, she had come here to take Lian Xing back to the City of Awe to marry her, even preparing three Green Quality combat skills as a dowry…
So, she replied matter-of-factly, “Our species can provide pleasure 160 times greater than that of ordinary humans. And childbirth only takes half a month, without any protective measures. We’re the top choice for one-night stands. This is an honor bestowed upon us by the Yellow Dragon Emperor of the Seven Heavens!!!”
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Jade Lady fell silent.
Thousands of friends in her mind wanted to experience that.
Meanwhile, seeing Little Flower Goddess’s bold statement, Thunder Fly also said, “I’m a 99% Elemental Species hybrid. My Pet Essence concentration is almost the same as a pure Elemental Species. I can do everything an Elemental Species wife can do~~” As she spoke, Thunder Fly transformed one of her fingers into a spinning drill made of lightning, as if demonstrating her special abilities…
Jade Lady fell silent again.
Tens of thousands of friends in her mind were now interested…
However, in the next second, as Little Flower Goddess and Thunder Fly both turned to look at her, Jade Lady’s expression stiffened.
“I…I…I…”
“When I’m with Lian Xing…there will be tens of thousands of viewers… Oh my god, that’s so exciting—”
“Crack—”
Jade Lady crashed…
After jointly eliminating Jade Lady, Little Flower Goddess and Thunder Fly eagerly looked towards the hospital room.
In the next second, their expressions froze.
A blue-haired woman with a fishtail was sitting beside Lian Xing, gently stroking her hair.
Tears Maiden…
While they had been arguing, Tears Maiden had simply walked in, ignoring them.
After a moment of hesitation, both Little Flower Goddess and Thunder Fly left dejectedly, leaving Tears Maiden alone in the room.
Lian Xing, not resisting, asked with a smile, “Where are your bandages?”
Tears Maiden glared at her.
“Rainwater has awakened, so I don’t need them anymore…”
“I brought you the Seven Heavens’ champion reward: 30 Limit-Breaking Seeds, one Fluorescent combat skill of your choice, and five minutes of exploration time in the Emperor’s cauldron.”
“Here’s the list of available combat skills~~~” Tears Maiden said, taking out her phone and sending Lian Xing a long list.
Wait, one Fluorescent combat skill of her choice!?
This was…
Then I’ll gladly accept~~~ Lian Xing immediately began browsing the list with anticipation.
She skipped the other types and went straight to the ranged Weapon Species combat skills. After all, the Moonlight Rabbit already had a Shining combat skill, and Dreamflow Sunset Glow had a Fluorescent combat skill. Another Fluorescent combat skill would only be a quantitative improvement, not a qualitative one. And Star Sand had no combat skill slots, while the Azure Mechanical Heart, a newborn, didn’t need one yet.
She had already returned the Hidden Moon Marquis’s garbage. The Sun Harp needed a powerful combat skill to fully utilize its Sun Sonata talent.
[Broken Blade (Fluorescent): During flight, splits the weapon into five parts, each triggering one of the following damage types: Penetration, Cutting, Impact, Explosion, Poison. The crystal then teleports back to the user, eliminating the retrieval process. Besides the active effect, it also has three passive effects, which can be viewed in detail.]
[Gemini (Fluorescent): When a ranged weapon hits an enemy, there’s a 50% chance of triggering a red effect and a 50% chance of triggering a green effect. The red effect increases the attack’s damage by 200%. The green effect weakens the enemy’s aura, fur, and flesh, significantly reducing their defense. Besides the active effect, it also has three passive effects, which can be viewed in detail.]
[Thunder God (Fluorescent): Changes the ranged attack method to a split projectile, increasing attack frequency by 16 times and projectile speed by 13 times, but reducing attack power by half. No passive effects.]
[Fire Meteor (Fluorescent): Summons a meteor. Besides the active effect, it also has four passive effects, which can be viewed in detail.]
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After a quick glance, Lian Xing realized that there weren’t many Fluorescent combat skills suitable for the Sun Harp. Ranged weapons’ strength lay in their passive effects. Few of them had burst damage like Elemental Species combat skills.
Broken Blade and Gemini effects seemed powerful…
But even with Sun Sonata, she couldn’t trigger their active effects multiple times.
And Thunder God…
Although increasing the attack frequency by over ten times sounded impressive, its reduced power probably wouldn’t even be able to break through a Royal-Tier pet beast’s defense.
The other combat skills, although their effects were decent, weren’t active skills and couldn’t trigger Sun Sonata.
So, Lian Xing could only settle for [Fire Meteor].
[Fluorescent Combat Skill — Fire Meteor: Summons a meteor.]
[Four Passive Effects]
[1. The meteor’s size is 1000 times larger than the pet beast’s body. The larger the size, the greater the power and the faster the falling speed.]
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“A…thousand…times…?” Lian Xing’s expression froze the moment she saw the first effect.
She didn’t even bother reading the rest.
1000 times!?
No, wait, thinking about it, this effect was normal. Most ranged Weapon Species pet beasts were only a few meters tall, some even smaller.
Darts, swords, cannons, sniper rifles, bows…how big could they possibly get!?
But the Sun Harp, after being enhanced by Heavenly Graffiti, its diameter was over a kilometer!!!
A meteor over a thousand kilometers in diameter could probably destroy hundreds of regions with a single impact!?
And the Sun Sonata currently had over 12,000 Flame Notes. Consuming them all could instantly summon 100 meteors. That scene was too terrifying to imagine…
[2. During the meteor’s descent, the weapon itself is indestructible.]
[3. If the meteor is destroyed before impact, two new meteors, each half the size of the original, are summoned. Effective only once.]
[4. After the meteor lands and deals damage, the weapon itself is permanently enhanced, its size increased.]
The second and third effects were decent, and the fourth was a growth type…
Actually, the Fire Meteor combat skill, as a Fluorescent Quality combat skill, was ordinary, even a bit unpopular…
If Lian Xing wasn’t mistaken, this combat skill was probably meant for banner-type Weapon Species.
After all, banner-type Weapon Species relied heavily on active combat skills, and some of them could reach over a hundred meters in size.
But who would have thought that the Sun Harp, a ring-shaped weapon, could have a diameter of over a kilometer?
Lian Xing made her decision without hesitation.
“I want this Fire Meteor~~~~”
“Alright, it’ll be delivered later.” Tears Maiden didn’t ask any questions, not even bothering to look at Fire Meteor’s effects, and simply sent a message to the Seven Heavens.
After that, leaving behind 30 Limit-Breaking Seeds, Tears Maiden left.
In her lineup, giving them to the already Shining awakened Moonlight Rabbit would be the most cost-effective, but it couldn’t consume any more within a year. The Sun Harp was a special case of transcendent evolution, its five attributes shared. Even if its attributes increased, it wouldn’t unlock any new Arcane Arts. Star Sand was a Legend, its Arcane Arts unique, they couldn’t be enhanced by Limit-Breaking Seeds.
And the Azure Mechanical Heart…
Was it even worthy…?
So, it seemed the only one who could use the Limit-Breaking Seeds was Dreamflow Sunset Glow.
Lian Xing gave 10 of them to the Mist Colt, keeping the remaining 40.
“Whoosh—”
In the next second, she summoned the Moonlight Rabbit again, staring at it expectantly. Under the Moonlight Rabbit’s puzzled gaze, Lian Xing gave a strange command.
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“Bloodline Combat Skill — Eclipse!!!”
As Lian Xing commanded, the Moonlight Rabbit opened its mouth and swallowed the ten Limit-Breaking Seeds.
Lian Xing had been waiting for this moment…
The reason she hadn’t let the Moonlight Rabbit train the Second Awakening bloodline combat skill, [Full Moon], but instead learn the unrelated [Eclipse], was because Eclipse had an instant consumption effect.
Limit-Breaking Seeds consumed this way would be absorbed at the fastest possible speed.
As expected, a moment later, under the Moonlight Rabbit’s surprised gaze, its attribute points began to increase.
Another 10 attribute points!!!
This time, Lian Xing didn’t hesitate, allocating all the points to Reduced Stamina Consumption. Reducing stamina consumption was currently the Moonlight Rabbit’s greatest need. With the Shining crystal necklace from the Moonwalker Mother, the Moonlight Rabbit could activate Shining Awakening again within a month. So, to extend its Awakening duration, it was necessary to max out Reduced Stamina Consumption.
By the way, this Shining necklace wasn’t a complete Shining Species life crystal, but just a tiny fragment, a thousandth of its original size. Lian Xing suspected that after a certain Shining Species’s death, its crystal had been divided among various powerful beings.
Quickly dismissing these thoughts, Lian Xing continued feeding the Moonlight Rabbit Limit-Breaking Seeds.
[Eclipse]
[Eclipse]
[Eclipse]
Three more uses of Eclipse, consuming all the remaining seeds.
Then, Lian Xing maxed out the Moonlight Rabbit’s Reduced Stamina Consumption at 50.
After half an hour of deliberation, the Moonlight Rabbit unlocked four new Arcane Arts, each carefully chosen from three options.
[Second-Stage Reduced Stamina Consumption Arcane Art: Radiant Ring (Significantly reduces action stamina consumption, slightly extends Awakening duration.)]
[Third-Stage Reduced Stamina Consumption Arcane Art: Bright Moon Like Water (Pet Essence recovery speed increased under moonlight.)]
[Fourth-Stage Reduced Stamina Consumption Arcane Art: Long Night (When the Moonlight Rabbit awakens, regardless of location or time, night descends, and moonlight Pet Essence absorption is doubled.)]
[Fifth-Stage Reduced Stamina Consumption Arcane Art: Moonlight Throne (Stores excess Pet Essence and energy in the moon, unlimited storage. The more energy stored, the stronger the moonlight’s Pet Essence becomes.)]
The Moonlight Rabbit’s Arcane Arts were abnormally strong. Lian Xing had explained this before. Each pet beast’s Arcane Arts were randomized. Normally, they would choose from a dozen or so options.
But the moment the Moonlight Rabbit became a Shining prototype, its Arcane Art pool had changed, all the options now Shining-specific…
At this moment, it was nighttime.
Lian Xing brought the Moonlight Rabbit to the window for a simple test.
[Moonlight Throne]
“Whoosh!!!”
Instantly, all the Pet Essence in the Moonlight Rabbit’s body was drained, its body going limp. And at the same time, the portion of the moon that had been consumed by Waxing and Waning began to regenerate, the moonlight becoming brighter, the Pet Essence within it intensifying.
Seeing this, Lian Xing’s starry eyes twinkled.
If she did this a hundred more times, she could probably gather enough energy for another Shining Awakening burst!!!
Combined with the Moonwalker Mother’s Shining fragment necklace, which increased the Pet Essence limit, she could then transfer all the stored energy and Pet Essence from the moon to the Moonlight Rabbit, recreating that perfect Shining form!!!
Unfortunately, it took an entire day for the Moonlight Rabbit to recover its Pet Essence.
For this, she needed one last thing.
Rainwater…
Of course, Lian Xing didn’t summon Tears Maiden. There were no battles for now, so there was no rush.
Next, there was one last pet beast to deal with.
Star Sand, one of the 72 Legends!!!
Star Sand had already evolved into the Commander-Tier Celestial Bride’s Star Sea, but Lian Xing hadn’t enhanced it yet.
Legends had special enhancement methods after each evolution.
Thinking of this, Lian Xing recalled the exhausted Moonlight Rabbit and summoned Star Sand.
[Commander-Tier — Elemental Species — Celestial Bride’s Star Sea LV70]
[Star Sand has reached Commander-Tier, a Legend-specific enhancement is available.]
[Enhancement Option 1: Upgrade an ordinary Arcane Art to Legend level.]
[Enhancement Option 2: Unlock a second Arcane Art set for Star Sand, allowing it to switch between two different sets. 10-hour cooldown after each switch.]
[Enhancement Option 3: Permanently increase Star Sand’s rarity, improving its ranking among the 72 Legends.]
Legends received these enhancement options after each tier evolution.
Compared to increasing combat power, which most Beast Tamers desired, most wild Legends would choose the third option.
Their ranking among the 72 Legends was more important than life or death…
At this moment, Star Sand’s desire for the third option was almost palpable, because it was just one step away from the top 15, but the ruthless Lian Xing immediately rejected it.
Lian Xing chose the second option, unlocking a second Arcane Art set for Star Sand, like a costume change in an online game, bringing up the initial Arcane Art selection screen. This time, she didn’t hesitate, choosing the set she had been planning for a while.
[Guiding Star, Starfall, Star Shift, Reversal, Chaotic Stars]
[See Chapter 153 for details.]
Simply put, after temporarily resetting Star Sand’s Arcane Arts, she would change its Gold Quality Nether Staircase combat skill to the unique Star Vortex, increasing its quality by four levels to Green Quality, then converting it into a permanent talent, unaffected by the loss of combat skill slots.
Combined with Guiding Star, it would significantly increase Star Vortex’s range and effectiveness.
Finally, it would gain Reversal’s reverse form and Chaotic Stars’ talent and leveling speed boost.
This was…
The most dominant control-type build, the Star Vortex Arcane Art system!!!
By the way, Star Sand could first use Starless Shackles from its previous Awakening build to permanently seal the opponent’s combat skills, then switch to its second set and start controlling the battlefield.
It was like changing classes…
However, switching back would require a 10-hour cooldown.
After almost an hour, Lian Xing finally finished enhancing her lineup, then left the hospital and headed towards the Emperor’s cauldron.
It was time to claim her champion reward—
The Mist Colt was about to enter the Azure Sky Emperor’s cauldron for the third time!!!
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