My starting summon is a small skeleton

Chapter 302: 299 advanced, Lord Level!

Chapter 302: 299 advanced, Lord Level!

Name: Thick Earth Pig King (Second Evolution)

Power: 3 Stars (Leader)

Quality: Gold (Promoted)

Attribute: Earth

State: Excited (“Monkey brother, your old pig is coming to help!”)

Weakness: Grass (Normal)

Skill Talents: Brief

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Name: Double-winged Pegasus (Second Evolution)

Power: 3 Stars (Leader)

Quality: Gold (Promoted)

Attribute: Wind

State: Stable (“Master is calling me!”)

Weakness: Thunder (Normal)

Skill Talents: Brief

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While barbecuing, Lu Wuyi watched as two more Summoned Beasts appeared for Guzhentian, and couldn’t help but twitch the corners of his mouth.

Monkeys, pigs, horses, this guy has almost collected the whole Journey to the West Team. He’s just one Sha Monk short.

What’s the deal? Does completing a set of the Journey to the West Team give you some kind of bond effect?

Lu Wu couldn’t figure it out and casually divided the freshly grilled meat into four portions.

He tossed one piece to Tuantuan, stuffed another into the Loli Dragon’s mouth, and fed one to Dudu.

Keeping the last piece for himself, Lu Wu stuffed it into his mouth, getting grease all over his face.

Dudu, particularly attentive, took a tissue and wiped Lu Wu’s face for him.

Yep, these two were still showing off their love, eating leisurely, with no urgency whatsoever.

Guzhentian frowned slightly and without any superfluous words, got straight down to business.

“Charge!”

At his command, the two newly added Summoned Beasts of his command charged straight for the Little Flood Dragon.

This pig and horse were both exceptional.

Not only was their quality above average, but their Combat Power was, too.

The pig started off with a “Hundred Times Gravity,” while the horse delivered a “Heavenly Horse Flying Kick.”

Both skills were advanced skills.

The Little Flood Dragon hadn’t even reacted before it felt an unbearable heaviness, and then the Pegasus kicked it, sending it flying.

“Now’s the moment!”

The two underlings succeeded in their strike, and Guzhentian seized the moment to launch his attack.

While the Little Flood Dragon was flung away, Guzhentian himself took action.

Though in the college leagues, it was generally only as a last resort that a Summoner would strike.

But that’s for Professional Summoners and Summoners with single Summoned Beasts.

Guzhentian was not among them.

Not only was he a Master-Level Summoner, his Summoned Beasts numbered three, and the skills he mastered were at least seven.

In terms of power, even if he hadn’t reached the Lord Level, he was definitely not far off.

With such power, he could not be taken lightly.

Sure enough, in an instant, Guzhentian covered hundreds of meters and entered Little Skeleton’s defensive circle.

He stomped the ground, and the pig-inherited “Hundred Times Gravity” burst forth instantly, sending the blocking trio of Little Skeleton’s minions flying with a “Barbaric Impact.”

Lu Wu, who was being protected, was now exposed in Guzhentian’s line of sight.

Seeing Lu Wu, who appeared ‘shocked’ and ‘frightened’, up close, Guzhentian’s mouth curved into a smile.

“I told you, I’d teach you a harsh lesson!”

With that, Guzhentian, wielding a stick from who-knows-where lifted high, readied to violently strike the already ‘scared silly’ Lu Wu.

A golden tail whipped out, and with a ‘pff’, Guzhentian was sent flying by the Little Flood Dragon.

Watching Guzhentian get knocked away, Lu Wu finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Lucky, lucky, that the Little Flood Dragon came back just in time. Otherwise, that blow from Guzhentian would have meant the end of the match.

Lu Wu had just begun eating and he didn’t want to change locations so soon.

With that in mind, Lu Wu quickly shouted to Little Skeleton and the rest.

“Give it your all, try to drag it out a bit longer!”

Meanwhile.

With a slight frown on his face and a hint of regret, Guzhentian, having been flung away by the Little Flood Dragon’s tail, had nearly managed to take down Lu Wu just now.

But it didn’t matter, he had roughly gauged Lu Wu’s capabilities.

He was confident he could defeat Lu Wu next time.

“Start with his outer Summoned Beasts, break them one by one, I don’t believe he can keep sitting still.”

Determined, Guzhentian charged towards the Little Flood Dragon, while his pig and monkey coordinated, intending to take down the Little Flood Dragon first!

But just as Guzhentian had barely approached, the Little Flood Dragon let out a dragon’s cry.

Simultaneously, an invisible force surged out.

This force wasn’t very strong, only causing a slight push for Guzhentian and his companions.

But after this invisible force, everyone on Guzhentian’s side was astonished to find that the surrounding environment subtly changed.

“A domain?”

Guzhentian’s first thought was this term, and he was quite startled.

A moment later, he realized that wasn’t it, it was just that the surroundings had taken on some deep-sea characteristics, not a domain.

Guzhentian let out half a sigh of relief for that discovery. The reason it was only half a sigh was that he did not have time to fully release the other half before the Little Flood Dragon’s “Child of the Sea” talent activated, increasing its aura rapidly, breaking through the Lord One Star level and tentatively reaching the edge of Lord Level 2.

“Roar!”

The moment its talent activated, the Little Flood Dragon roared, its terrifying power rippling out.

Guzhentian’s expression changed again, and he immediately issued an order.

“Pig, Thick Earth Defense; horse, Heavenly Horse Meteor!”

Following Guzhentian’s command, the pig activated its talent and unleashed the killing move-level “Thick Earth Defense,” managing to withstand the Little Flood Dragon’s partially-cooked “Jiao Long Roar.”

The horse, on the other hand, exhibited an unbelievable speed and charged straight ahead.

However, the horse’s charge was not directed at the Little Flood Dragon.

Charging at the Little Flood Dragon was meaningless, as Guzhentian realized that, in this special environment, the Little Flood Dragon’s power was greatly boosted. He’d be foolish to fight it here.

The horse’s “Heavenly Horse Meteor” headed straight for Lu Wu.

The Little Flood Dragon turned to chase and block the horse, giving Guzhentian the chance to break out of the “Power of the Ocean” range and head straight for the battlefield where Little Skeleton and Han were.

Clearly, Guzhentian had understood the reality of the Little Flood Dragon’s bluff and was now looking for an easier target to squeeze.

“The Heavenly Horse distracts the Little Flood Dragon, let’s take down Little Skeleton and this bird first!”

In the midst of speaking, Guzhentian had already charged behind Little Skeleton, raising the stick in his hand high to gather strength for the “Skyward Strike” initiation pose.

At the same time, Guzhentian’s two Summoned Beasts coordinated exceptionally well.

The Thick Earth Pig King’s “Hundred Times Gravity” Skill burst out again, its power affecting Little Skeleton and Han Han.

At the same time, the Shanzhai Monkey wildly swung its staff with all its might, firmly restraining Little Skeleton and Han Han.

“Skyward Stick!”

Having gathered enough power, Guzhentian seized the opportunity, and mercilessly swung the stick toward Little Skeleton.

If this strike hit, Little Skeleton’s bones would likely scatter on the spot, and even its skull might shatter.

At this critical moment, Lu Wu’s clever Little Skeleton grabbed Han Han’s staff.

With a “puff,” Han Han took another hit from the “Skyward Stick,” and the Thorny Shield burst out, repelling Guzhentian.

However, Han Han and Little Skeleton weren’t getting off easy either; Han Han spurted a mouthful of Blood, while Little Skeleton was half-frozen by Han Han’s “Cold Ice Body” passive, and the other half drilled into the ground by Guzhentian’s strike.

Seeing his chance, the Shanzhai Monkey’s staff ignited with golden Flames and whirled toward Little Skeleton.

At the brink of crisis, Little Skeleton immediately employed the “Skeleton Commander” Talent, instantly boosting its Power, and the ice encasing it shattered in an instant.

Following that, Little Skeleton unleashed the long-unused “Dragon Bone Power.”

With a roar that seemed barely there, the phantom of a Bone Dragon appeared behind Little Skeleton. Little Skeleton’s aura surged once more; with a light wave of its bone hand, it easily parried the Shanzhai Monkey’s staff with a flash of the Silver Spear.

At the same time, Little Skeleton swung its hand back, using Han Han as a weapon, and sent the approaching pig flying away.

All of this happened in the blink of an eye.

In an instant, Guzhentian’s almost certain ambush had been forcefully broken by Little Skeleton.

Guzhentian’s face changed.

This was completely unexpected.

It was one thing for the Jiao Long to be fearsome, as creatures of its race were unreasonably strong Summoned Beasts.

But for even Little Skeleton, a lowly Summoned Beast, to be this terrifying.

Considering Little Skeleton’s demonstrated Power, taking it down didn’t seem much easier than defeating the Little Flood Dragon.

This allowed Guzhentian to have a clear assessment of the current situation.

“The opposing bird has obviously lost its Combat Power. The remaining two Summoned Beasts are not much weaker than the monkey.

There are two ways to take them down.

A full-on assault or a mere delay.

The Power of these two Summoned Beasts clearly comes from their Talents and Skills, which surely have a time limit and won’t last long. Just waiting and dragging it out, victory will still be easy.”

Having made a quick judgment on the situation at hand, Guzhentian rapidly adjusted his tactics.

Instead of a fierce attack on Little Skeleton, it turned into a war of attrition.

Instead of striking at Little Skeleton and the Little Flood Dragon, the new focus was on Han Han, who had turned into Little Skeleton’s weapon.

He planned to either send Han Han off the platform for good or attack Han Han in a move to draw out Little Skeleton in a ploy that would force it to be wary of damaging its ally.

After all, the bird seemed on the verge of keeling over. Surely Little Skeleton wouldn’t actually let the bird perish, right?

It would have to protect it somewhat.

However, reality was the complete opposite of what Guzhentian expected. Little Skeleton used Han Han as a shield.

There was no intention at all to protect the bird; any danger, and it would hurl the bird at it.

And that bird was particularly strange; clearly on the brink of dropping dead, yet it seemed excited, even enjoying getting hit, giving off a rather twisted vibe.

However, even so, Guzhentian had no intention of stopping.

He must take this bird away first, its sheer attribute was quite troublesome.

Thus, Guzhentian focused his attacks even more on the bird.

But as he did so, he realized something was wrong, the more he attacked, the more it seemed like some power was about to surge within the battered bird.

As an experienced fighter, Guzhentian spotted right away that the bird was about to advance.

Actually, he should thank Yuan Qingqing for this.

In her so-called experiments with silly Dudu, she had fed the bird quite a lot of nutrition.

Now, many of these medicinal effects were still undigested in Dudu’s body, and this brutal beating had activated these forces, naturally setting Dudu on a path to advance to Lord level.

Totally unanticipated, and unable to comprehend why such a thing would happen, Guzhentian’s expression changed on the spot.

Being beaten so harshly without dying, and now advancing, was this bird a bit masochistic?

Now, a difficult choice lay before Guzhentian: to attack or not? Attacking would speed up its advancement, but if he didn’t, it would advance soon anyway.

By then, after having endured the burst skills of Little Skeleton and Little Flood Dragon, he wouldn’t stand a chance against the bird once it advanced.

In such a situation, Guzhentian was extremely conflicted, but at last, he clenched his teeth.

“We can’t continue like this. We’ll hold off Little Skeleton and Little Flood Dragon while Monkey breaks through and takes down Lu Wu!”

Left with no other choice, Guzhentian changed his strategy.

He prepared to execute a decapitation strike.

He charged at Little Skeleton with his stick raised high, assuming the posture of “Skyward Stick,” but instead of a direct attack, he launched a frenzied series of blows to keep Little Skeleton at bay.

Taking advantage of this, Shanzhai Monkey spat out a mouthful of fur and created countless clones that scattered.

Little Skeleton immediately lost sight of Shanzhai Monkey.

Little Flood Dragon noticed this right away, and as several clearly stronger Shanzhai Monkey clones headed straight for Lu Wu, Little Flood Dragon broke free from the horse’s entanglement and dove in, taking down these clones with combined long-range and close-combat tactics.

Just as the clones were dealt with, the real Shanzhai Monkey burst out, struck Little Flood Dragon away with a rod, and then dashed straight towards Lu Wu.

Little Skeleton’s junior did his duty in defense but couldn’t stop him; Shanzhai Monkey instantly broke through the defense and swung his stick down towards Lu Wu.

“I’ve got him!”

Guzhentian’s lips curled up, revealing a smile of hard-won victory.

However, this smile instantly stiffened.

Right beside Lu Wu, the seemingly harmless five or six-year-old Loli transformed into a fierce Bone Dragon, soared into the sky, and with a swing of her tail, sent the Shanzhai Monkey flying out of the ring, effortlessly killing him.

After the deed was done, the Bone Dragon reverted back to loli form and continued to eagerly watch Lu Wu barbecue meat.

The whole arena fell into a silence as dead as the grave.

So, it turned out Lu Wu had another big weapon hidden by his side all along?

The attack led by the shocked Guzhentian also came to a halt.

Lu Wu, who was grilling meat, was somewhat displeased with this development.

“Why stop? Keep fighting. I’ve only just grilled the meat halfway.

Keep on fighting!

Old Gu, put some more effort into it. I have faith in you. You will surely defeat me, the future’s strongest summoner!

Your monkey almost blew me away just now!”

As Lu Wu spoke, he distributed the grilled meat he held.

And almost at the same moment, a terrifying aura burst forth from the nearly dead, struggling Dudu next to Guzhentian.

That was the final straw for Guzhentian, who had already lost much of his fighting spirit, compelling him to completely shut down.

Fight my ass!