Chapter 23: The Purple Treasure Chest
Half an hour had passed since Lian Xing and the Moonlight Rabbit entered Youquan Cave. With the classic combination of Sand Toss and Flurry, the Giant Moonlight Rabbit rampaged through the cave, leaving a trail of crystal dust and craters in its wake. Crystal Quiver corpses littered the ground.
Lian Xing followed, analyzing the Giant Moonlight Rabbit’s weaknesses in battle.
“Hmm, as expected, it excels at preemptive strikes, not at taking hits…”
“The ears seem very strong, but their enhanced durability only applies during the throwing motion. It still takes damage from direct attacks, it’s not inherently durable…”
“This makes it vulnerable to close-range attacks~~~” Lian Xing frowned slightly, looking at the bleeding holes in the Giant Moonlight Rabbit’s ears.
Although the rabbit’s throws, enhanced by Sand Toss and Flurry, could crush most opponents of the same tier, throwing attacks relied on the whole body’s strength, agility, force exertion, and combat skill mechanics for damage. If the ears themselves were attacked, they might not be able to withstand the impact…
Ultimately, the most important factor determining damage taken was still the Defense attribute…
[Obtained 1 Training Point]
[Training Value 19→20]
Finally, as Lian Xing pondered, another dozen Crystal Quivers were blasted into dust. The Giant Moonlight Rabbit finally reached level 20, having gained four levels since entering the cave.
Lian Xing immediately allocated all four training points to Strength.
[Giant Moonlight Rabbit’s Strength enhanced by 4 points, currently at 10 points. You can choose one Strength Arcane Art]
[Randomly generating Arcane Arts…]
[Heavy Hammer (Doubles Strength attribute when attacking, but doubles stamina consumption)]
[Charge (Delays combat skill activation time by three seconds, dealing greater damage upon activation)]
[Combo (In a single battle, the more attacks launched, the greater the damage)]
[Please choose one of the three Arcane Arts above]
Seeing the options, Lian Xing was slightly taken aback. One of the generated Strength Arcane Arts, Charge, was the same Strength Arcane Art her Moonlight Rabbit had in Pet Beast Evolution Battle in her past life! With this incredibly powerful Charge Arcane Art, her Dominating Demon Rabbit had crushed countless opponents of the same tier, even shining in the first professional league.
Unfortunately…
Because of the Flexibility Enhancement talent, Lian Xing had already decided on the Moon-Embracing Jade Hammer evolution path for the Giant Moonlight Rabbit. The Moon-Embracing Jade Hammer focused on agility and throwing cycles and couldn’t afford to delay its attacks with Charge.
As for the Heavy Hammer Arcane Art…
Lian Xing was tempted. Heavy Hammer doubled the Strength attribute, which would be incredibly powerful in the late game. Imagine, two or three hundred Strength points instantly doubling to four or five hundred. The power would be terrifying.
However, its negative effect, doubling stamina consumption, was too significant… If she chose Heavy Hammer, she would have to spend a lot of training points on “Reduced Stamina Consumption when using Combat Skills” to compensate. This would severely delay the evolution process, and it was hard to say whether it would be worth it in the long run…
Combo was…decent, a growth-type Arcane Art that might not show significant improvement in the short term.
“Heavy Hammer, Combo, Heavy Hammer, Combo, Heavy Hammer, Combo, hiss…”
“Wait…!!” While struggling to choose between Heavy Hammer and Combo, Lian Xing suddenly realized something.
The description for Combo was “In a single battle, the more attacks launched, the greater the damage!”
After carefully rereading it several times, Lian Xing finally noticed what she had overlooked.
The number of attacks launched…
For the Moonlight Rabbit, throwing with the left ear and throwing with the right ear should each count as one attack, right?
This meant that the actual damage increase from Combo might be double what she initially thought!!!
[Choosing — Combo]
[Giant Moonlight Rabbit has awakened the Strength Arcane Art, Combo]
[—Status Panel—]
[Mid-Tier — Biological Species — Giant Moonlight Rabbit]
[Talent: Flexibility Enhancement]
[Combat Skill: Sand Toss (Blue)]
[Training: Strength 10 points (Combo), Agility 10 points (Flurry)]
“Boom!!!!”
“Boom, boom, boom!!!!!”
Deep within Youquan Cave, the continuous explosions shook the entire cavern, as if it were being bombarded by a large-scale missile-type Mechanical Species. A small turret, constructed from crystal, trembled slightly in the deepest part of the cave.
Two High-Tier pet beasts resided in the depths of Youquan Cave: the Weapon Species [Gold Forged Wolf Spear] and the Mechanical Species [Crystal Arrow Turret].
These two High-Tier pet beasts had clashed several times over the Trace Pet Essence Crystals within the cave, but this was the first time someone had invaded their territory…
“Buzzzzzzzz——!!!!!”
A few seconds later, with a buzzing siren, eight blue crystal wheels emerged from the base of the Crystal Arrow Turret. Spewing steam, it began to speed through the cave like a drifting race car, crashing through the narrow passages, covering thousands of meters in no time.
In just half a minute, the drifting Crystal Arrow Turret had arrived at the middle section of the cave from its resting place at the end, ready to confront the intruder.
Meanwhile, a giant, white-furred Moonlight Rabbit appeared in its sight.
Beneath the Giant Moonlight Rabbit stood a golden-haired, starry-eyed girl with buns.
“…”
“…”
“Ah!?”
Suddenly, Lian Xing gasped and covered her mouth in surprise.
Mechanical Species had weak emotions, so the Crystal Arrow Turret naturally couldn’t understand her outburst, assuming she was simply frightened by its High-Tier aura.
However, the star patterns in Lian Xing’s eyes were practically exploding, flashing brightly and dazzlingly. She squeezed her legs together, staring in disbelief at the top of the Crystal Arrow Turret, where a small treasure chest emitting a faint purple glow was placed…
“Holy shit, a Purple Quality random combat skill chest!!!”
“Why the hell isn’t it using it itself!?”
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