Chapter 1578: Chapter 1578

During these leisurely days, Du You didn’t focus on leveling up or enhancing his skills. However, Du You’s skills weren’t necessarily dependent on automatic progression, such as his Summoned Beasts.

Having consumed quite a number of Law Crystals, his Summoned Beasts hadn’t stopped their evolutionary journey during this time.

Unbeknownst to him, his Summoned Beasts had absorbed the rewards from his recent endeavors. Even though Du You didn’t do anything, the two Summoned Beasts advanced consecutively. This meant his combat power had increased once again.

Of course, one was his primary combat beast, the Black Jade Griffin King, and the other was the Double-headed Blood Demon Dog.

It wasn’t until his Summoned Beasts advanced that Du You remembered his recent haul was indeed sizable.

Deciding to share the moment, Du You opened the panel, ready to review it with his family. The two sisters, accustomed to seeing this, didn’t feel particularly nervous. Shaliya, on the other hand, was extremely interested—or rather, she was fascinated by every Summoned Beast.

Meanwhile, Xi Qianxue and Li Mengyao witnessed the advancement of Du You’s Summoned Beasts for the first time. Their emotions were beyond words. This was their man—someone who could casually create powerful Summoned Beasts that had reached the seventh tier.

Walking the Summoner’s path, Du You followed a trajectory that was difficult at the beginning but easier later on. Initially, his power hadn’t developed significantly, but the deeper down the road he went, the stronger he became. At this point, each of his Summoned Beasts was equivalent in power to his own level; he didn’t need to capture them externally or laboriously train them because they were products of his own skills.

In terms of summoning quantity, Du You lagged behind other Summoners. But in terms of quality, no one could match him.

Black Jade Griffin King: Transformed by fusing the Wind King Griffin with dark powers. Requires 24 hours to summon again after death. (Level 63, 10 stars)

Dark Divine Power: 100%

Skills: Melee Combat, Wind Blade, Whirlwind Protection, Wind Blade Ball, Riding, Shattered Blade Storm, Ripping the Void, Black Feather Body Protection, Shadow Split

Melee Combat: Enhances melee combat capabilities, increasing the Law damage dealt by 100% during close combat.

Wind Blade: Manipulates wind to form blades for ranged attacks, with dark attributes.

Whirlwind Protection: Manipulates wind to form a barrier around itself, providing defense and attack capabilities, with dark attributes.

Wind Blade Ball: A sphere formed by Wind Blades that explodes upon colliding with a target, with dark attributes.

Riding: The Black Jade Griffin King can be ridden and shows enhanced power when paired with a knight class; it shares Telepathy with the rider.

Shattered Blade Storm: A tornado composed of fragments of dark Wind Blades; immune to both the beast itself and its rider.

Ripping the Void: The Black Jade Griffin King’s claws and beak possess immense cutting power, capable of tearing through space. The sharp spatial fissures enhance its attack power and impart spatial attack attributes.

Black Feather Body Protection: Its feathers contain formidable dark divine power, capable of resisting and corroding external Laws. Against Law-type attacks, it reduces the damage inflicted on itself.

Shadow Split: The Black Jade Griffin King’s shadow can split into Shadow Griffin Kings equal to its level, with numbers corresponding to level × 1. They only possess melee attack abilities, which carry strong dark corrosion effects.

"Not bad, not bad, the Black Jade Griffin King is indeed much stronger than before."

Du You displayed the panel to everyone. The magic power had transformed into dark divine power—an inherent change for all beings at this stage. After all, the body had become a God Body, and the soul, a Divine Soul. Without immense power, even self-movement would be unattainable.

The previous aerial combat had evolved entirely into melee combat, as there was now no distinction between air and ground.

Nevertheless, being a bird species, its greatest strength unexpectedly lay in melee combat, which still puzzled Du You. Birds typically excelled in speed and agility, and their anatomy made close combat seem unusual.

Yet, Law damage directly doubling during melee was undeniably terrifying.

Perhaps in close quarters, his Black Jade Griffin King couldn’t rival a Dark Dragon, but its damage output in such situations surely surpassed the Dark Dragon. Of course, its other magic abilities weren’t designed for melee combat.

Wind Blade, Whirlwind Protection, and Wind Blade Ball—while their descriptions remained unchanged—had all elevated to the level of Divine Skills.

Single-target attacks, self-defense, and area attacks—everything was covered.

The Riding skill added Telepathy, although it was useless for Du You. As always, this skill was a divine blessing for melee combat but merely a redundant feature for him, a mage.

Shattered Blade Storm and Ripping the Void retained their descriptions unchanged. Perhaps the Black Jade Griffin King experienced the least skill change upon ascending, but its power was undiminished. Especially the ability to tear through space, now more refined, imbued with Du You’s own Spatial and Dark Laws, making its damage output truly horrifying.

If not constrained to melee usage, this would simply be a god-tier skill. Follow current novᴇls on 𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹~𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮~𝚗𝚎𝚝

The newly added Black Feather Body Protection and Shadow Split skills truly filled in some gaps.

Black Feather Body Protection filled a major void for the Black Jade Griffin King. Previously, it only had one defensive magic ability but lacked passive defense—now it had one.

The strength of passive defense lies in its reliability at all times, with no blind spots.

This ability directly shields against Law-based damage, and when combined with an active defensive magic skill, the dual layers make it exceedingly difficult for anyone to harm the Black Jade Griffin King. Its survival capability had dramatically improved.

As for Shadow Split, this skill bore semblance to Lin Yucha’s Bloodthirsty Demon Wolf. Though differing in principle, the effect was nearly identical. Even their relative strengths were not far apart.

However, Bloodthirsty Demon Wolf was still superior, as it was exclusive to Lin Yucha’s individual skill, while Shadow Split was a secondary skill under Du You’s Black Jade Griffin King.

Thus, in terms of actual strength, it was weaker, and its synergy was far inferior to the Bloodthirsty Demon Wolf.

The split Shadow Griffin Kings possessed only basic intelligence and required the Black Jade Griffin King’s command during battles. On the other hand, the Bloodthirsty Demon Wolf had advanced intelligence, capable of coordinating independently without much intervention.

Still, the addition of numerous Shadow Griffin Kings made the Black Jade Griffin King’s tactics infinitely more adaptable. These entities could create opportunities for attack or escape, proving remarkably useful.

"Summoned Beasts at the seventh tier are truly formidable. If we weren’t already Professionals, I’d want to choose a summoning-type profession," Li Mengyao said, gazing at the Black Jade Griffin King with envy.

"Every profession has its own strengths. You just need to develop yourself properly," Du You replied with a smile.