While things were heating up outside, Lu Yu had just arrived ho, but this ti, Little Mouse rarely didn't just lie on the sofa like a salted fish, but instead put on its battle armor.
On its head was a silver crown that tied up its hair, it wore a hundred-flower battle robe, was clad in Tang-style beast armor, and had a lion-buckled treasure belt; the entire set of equipnt, aside from the small harpoon condensed from the Thousand-Faced Tentacles, was made by Little Spider and was dubbed the Lü Mouse Set.
Ever since Little Mouse learned about Lü Bu from him, it had been pestering him to tell related stories.
But the entire saga of the Three Kingdoms was simply too long, and Lu Yu had forgotten so parts.
To be lazy, he simply combined various versions and ca up with a heavenly demon's descent version of Lü Bu, who slaughtered his way through the Three Kingdoms, established a demonic kingdom on earth, and lived a shaless and carefree life with Diaochan.
And then…
Little Mouse beca a complete and utter Lü Bu fan.
'Is this also considered a form of proselytizing…'
Lu Yu complained inwardly, feeling dizzy from Little Mouse's shaking. He glanced at the smiling Little Spider beside him and couldn't help but sigh.
'Just keep spoiling it!'
Lu Yu didn't know, however, that Little Spider was currently perceiving with its Mind's Eye, thinking that Little Mouse's getup fit it perfectly. When it could transform into its Master's appearance in the future, it could dress up too.
Thinking of this, it couldn't help but reveal a smile…
"Hmph! A tiny Starlight Mist Demon couldn't even withstand a single punch from , I didn't even need to use my ultimate move, the slide tackle…"
Little Mouse's eyes widened, its aura imnse, looking at everyone as if they were riffraff waiting to be executed. It then swaggered around a few more tis with a "you'd better praise " look, carrying the air of a fisherman passing his own ho three tis without entering.
Finally, tired from playing, it sat on the ground and sighed with emotion:
"It's a pity my Diaochan isn't here…"
"Where did you get a Diaochan?" Lu Yu was also a bit confused.
"Besides, you're a female mouse, what do you need Diaochan for?"
Little Mouse scratched its head, looking embarrassed, and said in a small voice:
"It's actually the Red Hare. I didn't think the na sounded good, so I changed it to Diaochan."
This wasn't a matter of whether it sounded good or not anymore.
And while it's fine to say the na normally, and a real person using this na is acceptable—it can even be wrapped around the waist—when it becos a motorcycle, it's a bit of a violation!
You can say you're riding the Red Hare, but you can't possibly say you're riding…
Lu Yu facepald. However, seeing that Little Mouse had perford well today, he decided not to discourage it and began to prepare things to make a Skill Secret Food later.
Little Mouse watched Lu Yu's busy figure, its dark, glistening eyes shining. In reality…
It had just lied!
The Red Hare's na hadn't been changed at all.
In the Cultivator's story, Diaochan saved the demonized Lü Bu, always staying by his side, a ray of light in his life.
And the Cultivator was also Little Mouse's light, its Diaochan.
So it would always work hard… like Lü Bu, working hard to protect the Cultivator!
Lu Yu, unaware of this, directly entered the Creator Space, once again returning to the world of Chaos and transforming into the Thousand-Handed Demon God.
Using the Primordial Furnace, he skillfully crafted a Mid-tier Skill Secret Food—【Corruption Curse】.
One of thousands of curses, it can accelerate the decay and suppuration of flesh, but it has no effect on chanical or non-physical beings.
In comparison, the High-tier 【Rust】 curse, which can rust machinery and cause tetanus in flesh wounds, is much more functional.
Unfortunately…
Lu Yu couldn't afford it.
He returned to reality with the new Skill Secret Food and fed it to Little Spider.
Opening his Eye of Truth, he saw that another curse mark had appeared below 【Spirit Puppet Curse Threads】.
The skill's power increased by a notch.
It could now spread the 【Corruption Curse】 through invisible Spirit Threads. However, to advance it to a Super-tier Skill, more Curse-type skills needed to be collected for strengthening.
Additionally, the proficiency of 【Spirit Puppet Curse Threads】 was not high enough, only at Expert-level 17%, still a long way from the Perfect rank.
Once the spider silk skill advanced to the Pinnacle of Perfection, he would have to focus all efforts on raising it, striving to one day transform it into the Threads of Fate, turning millions of living beings into puppets in his hands.
And since he had money now, the previous 'Little Spider pilots a Gundam' plan could also be set in motion. Even if it wasn't the full version, a Pinduoduo version would be nice too.
After Little Spider got its share, Little Mouse straightened up, its ears perked, its dark, glistening eyes filled with anticipation as it extended its little paws.
The Cultivator wasn't a weakling; he had satisfied Sister Spider, so now it was its turn to be satisfied.
"Alright, you won't be left out."
Lu Yu rolled his eyes, but he had always been fair in this regard.
He took out the Nether Earth and had Little Mouse summon the Thousand-Faced Soul Tree.
Ting!
The shadow stretched open, reflecting a deathly silent netherworld.
The sapling-like Soul Tree stood quietly in this barren, scorched earth, its condition neither good nor bad.
After all, without enough souls to feed on, relying solely on symbiosis with Little Mouse, it wouldn't grow very fast, let alone blossom and bear fruit.
'It seems I still have to go to a Mystic Realm or the Wilderness to collect so souls to feed the Soul Tree. After all, it's related to the growth of my spiritual power…'
Lu Yu pondered.
Although the Taboo Rank suppressed all spiritual power and prevented backlash, not being affected and being able to use it well were two completely different concepts.
A Beast Tar's advancent required increasing one's own spiritual power and Spiritual Energy, using spiritual power to control Spiritual Energy.
For the latter, he had two Monarch Rank cubs absorbing and converting Spiritual Energy, which was like having two super plug-ins constantly grinding for experience.
As for spiritual power, there was no easy way.
Related resources were absurdly expensive, so he still had to rely on Soul Fruits to accelerate it.
Thinking of this, Lu Yu handed the small box of Nether Earth to Little Mouse, who happily scurried over and poured it onto the roots of the Thousand-Faced Soul Tree.
Hiss! Hiss!
Soon, this special Nether Earth rged into the deathly silent world, emitting a tranquil aura, like a land of eternal peace that soothed all the dead.
"Cultivator, the Soul Tree has grown!"
Little Mouse reminded him.
Lu Yu nodded; he had naturally seen that the Thousand-Faced Soul Tree had grown a little.
'Just a little Nether Earth is this effective.
If I could pile it up like fertilizer every day, wouldn't I be able to quickly grow it into a big tree?'
'By then, the tree would be densely packed with Soul Fruits. I could eat my fill every day!'
Lu Yu's heart fluttered at the thought of this scene.
He decided internally that he could take on so missions related to the Nether Earth Sect in the future to farm materials directly.
Little Mouse was also very happy about this, feeling the Thousand-Faced Soul Tree's proficiency rise by 20%, reaching Entry-level 68%.
The stronger the Soul Tree, the stronger it would be.
When it bears fruit in the future, the Cultivator would have good fruits to eat.
If he made it angry, it wouldn't give him good fruits to eat, it would give him fruits that Little Mouse had bitten!
Finally, Lu Yu had Little Spider take out the huge Void Origin Stone. After feeling the aura it emitted up close, Little Spider also frowned slightly.
It was really… too impure.
At first glance, this thing was indeed trash.
But trash is just a treasure in the wrong place.
As long as it's sorted well, waste can be turned into treasure.
The impurities in the Void Origin Stone were negative substances left behind by years of spatial turbulence. In essence, they were also a type of Space Fragnt, just more scattered and chaotic.
Normally, Void-type pet beasts would not choose to devour this, as it could easily contaminate their spirituality and affect their potential.
Of course, Lu Yu didn't plan to use it himself; his body wasn't tough enough to chew on rocks.
Nor was it for Little Spider to absorb; all that hard work would only yield a tiny bit of valuable Void Spiritual Energy, and it could easily contaminate itself.
His real purpose was…
The Void Matriarch's Nest!
This Super-tier skill, the Void Matriarch's Nest, could create two types of Slave Beasts.
The first was the Blood-Corroding Insect, originating from a Native God of a small world. They were born with a low-level life provision art, allowing them to absorb the life force of all things and create Life Bubbles.
The reason Lu Yu could fight so frequently and achieve so much was largely thanks to these Life Bubbles.
It's just that their growth rate was too slow.
It would still take so ti to process the Life Bubbles into Life Honey.
Therefore, the role of the Blood-Corroding Insects was logistical support; they couldn't directly increase his combat power.
This was where the second type of Slave Beast ca in.
The Space-type Flicker Spider, which mastered the Blink skill, could teleport through space to attack.
It was an excellent assassin-type Slave Beast.
Although the Void Origin Stone had many shortcomings, it was also a condensation of Void Energy.
Being able to use it to create Slave Beasts was more than enough.
As for affecting their potential?
Lu Yu just smiled without saying a word.
What are Slave Beasts?
They are exactly what the na implies. In essence, they are Little Spider's servants and slaves, without much intelligence, just a group of tools that follow orders.
Even if they die, new ones can be created. And as the Matriarch's Nest levels up, the quality and quantity of the bred Slave Beasts will continuously improve.
Instead of getting hung up on such boring thoughts, it was better to directly convert it into imdiate combat power and raise the Matriarch's Nest's proficiency along the way.
Besides, calculated by the price of Space Fragnts, he had saved several million at least.
Chirp! Chirp!
After listening, Little Spider also understood its Master's thoughts. It nodded, unfastened the nebula-like Cross in its hand, from which a Black Cloud-like Giant Mouth descended, constantly squirming, like a Dark Nebula devouring a living planet.
It slowly floated over, took a bite of the Void Origin Stone, and then…
It didn't bite it off!
…
Lu Yu facepald. He had almost forgotten that the Void Matriarch's Nest's proficiency was indeed not high, only at Proficient-level 80%, not even reaching Expert-level.
Digesting flesh and blood wasn't difficult, but digesting stone was indeed a bit hard for it.
"How pitiful…"
Little Mouse's eyes were filled with pity.
Not only did it not get any tasty food, but it was also occasionally fed stones. Luckily, it had no teeth, or they would have been shattered.
Fortunately, the Cultivator didn't treat it this way, or Little Mouse would have truly 'refused to remain subservient for long' and pulled a backstab on its Righteous Father.
But thinking about it carefully, its own Soul Tree ate earth, and Little Spider ate stone…
What kind of 'scrape the land three feet deep' combination is this!
Chirp…
Little Spider looked a bit embarrassed, but it quickly changed its approach, manipulating the Matriarch's Nest to begin eroding it bit by bit.
It took half a day, but it finally managed to crush the entire origin stone, swallow it into the Matriarch's Nest, and begin digesting it.
Hum!
Following the surge of vast Void Energy, the Matriarch's Nest behind the Void Fissure also squird like a living creature, mysterious and bizarre.
About twenty minutes later, the Matriarch's Nest finally finished digesting. Lu Yu had been waiting for Flicker Spiders to fly out, but there was no movent even after a long wait.
Chirp!
"What's wrong?"
Hearing the call, Lu Yu turned his head and saw three dog-sized spiders had appeared next to Little Spider.
Their entire bodies were like purple crystals, their spider legs as sharp as blades, glinting with a cold light.
The black marks left by the void impurities ford a special pattern on their bodies, making them look like life-reaping death spiders.
Each of them emanated the aura of an Early-stage Elite.
Their eight purple eyes were constantly scanning, searching for prey to hunt in the surroundings. Finally, they looked at Little Mouse, because…
It looked the weakest.
Hiss! Hiss!
Upon seeing Lu Yu, the Flicker Spiders took the initiative to prostrate themselves in submission. Little Spider was their Void Matriarch, so the Matriarch's master was the Dominator.
'What terrifying stealth capabilities…'
Lu Yu nodded, shocked. After these three little guys were born, they had directly blinked through space without a sound and appeared beside Little Spider.
Facing such monsters, a mont of carelessness could result in a 'parting of heads'.
Next, Lu Yu began to test the Flicker Spiders' abilities and finally obtained the data:
They could frequently blink a dozen tis within a thirty-ter range.
Their spider legs were their weapons, capable of easily cutting through stone and iron. And because too many void impurities were integrated into their creation materials, although their potential was damaged, it caused them to carry a large amount of Void Toxin.
Once they cut flesh, it would cause the flesh to crystallize.
Moreover, with only basic intelligence, they would only execute commands perfectly.
Therefore, they had no killing intent and could perfectly conceal their aura.
Each one was a top-tier assassin!
Additionally, they could carry an object of ten jin while blinking.
Any more would affect their blink distance and frequency.
This ability seed sowhat redundant due to the existence of the Void Treasure Chest, completely useless.
But on second thought, there was actually a lot of room for developnt here.
For example, he could have the Flicker Spiders carry large-tonnage explosives and, in coordination with their spatial blinks, carry out targeted demolitions that would be impossible to defend against.
Art is an explosion.
With this, the pet beast upgrade was half complete.
As for the other half, because he was about to go to the Dragon Mystic Realm, he couldn't guarantee there wouldn't be accidents while out on missions, so Lu Yu decided to stay within the Nightmare Dream Prison to increase his skill proficiency.
He would strive to grind out the first skill to reach the 【Pinnacle of Perfection】 rank.
Thinking of this, Lu Yu took out his phone, which had automatically shut down due to a dead battery, charged it, and prepared to create a Three-Day Training Plan.
Never fight an unprepared battle!
Ding ding ding ding…
However, the mont it turned on, a barrage of ssages and missed calls made him almost think his phone had a virus.
But after freezing for a mont, the phone started working again.
He clicked in and looked through them.
Most of them were @s from various class and work groups, spamming praise for his pet beast and so on. So people were also asking if he could share so experience on how to get stronger.
At first, Lu Yu thought the news of the battle had spread throughout the school and didn't pay it much mind, thinking it would die down after a while.
However, not only did the ssages not stop, but a bunch of people started sending friend requests.
Among them were even people from several Large-scale Adventure Groups and the Cultivator Association. So were inviting him to join, while others wanted to ask about the Glorious Black Desolate Strength Ant, willing to pay a high price for its evolution paths, and so on…
In the end, even a person in charge of an entertainnt company ca knocking, offering a large sum of money to invite him and Little Mouse's Desolate Strength Ant transformation to film an action movie…
Don't get the wrong idea, it's a proper battle action movie.
They also said that if Lu Yu was willing, he could debut on the spot. With a bit of packaging, he could be marketed as a Practiced Beast Tar for Two and a Half Years, skilled in singing and dancing…
At this point, Lu Yu finally felt that sothing was wrong.
The information from the school had spread a bit too fast.
So he scrolled through his chat history and found that Yu Xiyan had sent her congratulations and a video link.
It seed the reason was this video.
He had to admit, talking with Yu Xiyan was not only comfortable, but she was also exceptionally considerate, almost like a roundworm living in his heart.
Now, it was like she was offering a pillow just as he was getting sleepy.
But when you feel soone is too considerate and perfect, it's often because he (or she) is hitting you with a Dinsionality Reduction Strike.
'I'm probably overthinking it…'
Lu Yu muttered to himself, then clicked on it and took a look, his expression shocked.
He had…
Gone viral!
Thanks to book friend 20211012105429912 for the 500 Qidian Coin reward.
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