Chapter 456: Chapter 456

This was Du You’s first encounter with the fusion of summoned creatures, an occurrence he had never even seen mentioned in his reference materials.

After all, his particular type of Summoner was quite rare, and his summoned creatures were in themselves unique. His summoned creatures represented his skills, so as his skills altered, his creatures would naturally evolve.

With the steady burning, ten thousand crystal coins eventually combusted leaving nothing in their wake, and the fusion process gradually drew to an end.

When the blinding light in front of his eyes faded, Du You found that the Cursed Crow King he had summoned had undergone a complete transformation.

The original Cursed Crow King was just an oversized black crow, nothing distinctive about it. But now it was different, its body was still black, but if one looked closely, there were some grey patterns appearing.

The patterns were filled with a sense of mystery. When the crow spread its wings, the patterns were similar to that of the previous Ghost Stripe Butterfly, yet vastly different. The newly born crow was much smaller than before.

In terms of size, it was similar to a regular crow.

Overall, it did not show much aggressiveness, but instead looked more like a work of art.

Du You opened the panel, looking at the new changes on it, the Cursed Crow King had now become a Ghost Pattern Crow.

Ghost Pattern Crow: The fusion of the Cursed Crow King and the Ghost Stripe Butterfly creates an enigmatic and bizarre creature, which innately carries lethal curses. Dark element shapes its form, an elemental creature. After death, it requires a 24-hour period to resummon. (level 13, 10 stars).

Skills: Weakening Aura, Song of Misfortune, Bloodthirsty Feather Arrow, Evil Protection, Soul Snatching Eyes

Weakening Aura: Within its curse range, it weakens all enemies, reducing various attributes. Range: 100+ (level*10) meters.

Song of Misfortune: Ghost Pattern Crow sings a curse song, any enemies who hear the song will have misfortune befall them.

Bloodthirsty Feather Arrow: This forms feather-like arrows from dark power. Attackers will be inflicted with a bleeding curse.

Evil Protection: Evil power envelops the Cursed Crow, greatly enhancing its magic attack resistance.

Soul Snatching Eyes: Instant deadly magic, enemies gazed upon by the Soul Snatching Eyes risk having their souls stripped causing instant death. If this fails, the spellcaster faces backlash and risks dying. Cooldown time is 5 hours.

Curse Bell: Boosts curse effect by 15 (red).

The Curse Bell was tied around the neck of the Ghost Pattern Crow, making it look even more attractive. "This is how it should be, finally making use of the equipment I had prepared. It quickly leveled up to level 13, there’s no need to continue leveling for now."

Du You nodded, his Ghost Pattern Crow was far more powerful now than it was prior to evolution.

Because the fusion was undertaken with the Cursed Crow King as the main body, the skills are basically evolved based on the original foundation. Conversely, it didn’t inherit much from the illusionary domain the Ghost Stripe Butterfly was adept at.

The original Curse Aura has vanished and transformed into Weakening Aura. Although there are not as many changes, its effects are more stable. Moreover, the Weakening Aura has greater adaptability and is effective against any opponent.

The original Feather Arrow has become the Bloodthirsty Feather Arrow, its attack now adds a bleeding curse.

Even though the attack is still not very strong, the effect is formidable when combined with a bleeding curse. Especially against large creatures, a single flurry of Feather Arrows could weaken the opponent considerably through bleeding alone.

Evil Protection didn’t undergo any changes. A new skill, the Song of Misfortune, was added.

Du You pondered and commanded the Ghost Pattern Crow to use it against himself. As a result, the Ghost Pattern Crow opened its mouth, and an unbearable sound erupted. "Damn, stop it now."

This sound was unbearable. The crow’s screech was already unpleasant to hear, the singing of this Ghost Pattern Crow was even worse, it made Du You feel his head throbbing, he even felt nauseous.

The Ghost Pattern Crow looked at Du You innocently, although in its heart, there was not an ounce of emotion.

"This sound is damn dreadful; the song itself seems like a curse, it’s terrifying." Unfortunately, Du You realized there was no curse effect after examining himself. His own summoned creatures’ curses had no effect on him.

In that case, he could only plan to test it later, but during the test, he would have to keep it away from himself.

The final skill, Soul Snatching Eyes, absorbed the most abilities from the Ghost Stripe Butterfly.

This skill was an instant death one, somewhat similar to the Death Scorpion’s Death Raid. It’s less risky, but also less stable in its execution.

Its cooldown time was long, but the effects weren’t necessarily successful. Once successful, it could eliminate a strong opponent in an instant. However, if it failed, the Ghost Pattern Crow was at risk of dying from its own skill.

If the skill backlash succeeded, the Ghost Pattern Crow would disappear, effectively diminishing Du You’s combat strength. At the same time, the enemy would be liberated from the suppression of the Weakening Aura, which would in turn boost their strength— a gain that doesn’t compensate for the loss.

This skill was a double-edged sword and had to be used with caution. Du You decided that unless there was absolute certainty, he would never let the Ghost Pattern Crow use this skill.

Remember, he would only summon two birds in front of others, so the Ghost Pattern Crow was of great importance to him. Suddenly, Du You waved his hand and the Ghost Pattern Crow took flight. Orıginal content can be found at 𝖓𝖔𝖛𝖊𝖑~𝖋𝖎𝖗𝖾~𝖓𝖊𝖙

The Ghost Pattern Crow’s flight in the sky gave an illusory and eerie feeling. It felt as though one could see any movements of the Ghost Pattern Crow, but could not grasp its exact direction and trajectory, and its speed was exceptionally fast.

During the flight, the crow left faint afterimages. These afterimages seemed to be an illusion, capable of confusing the opponent, making it difficult for them to attack its real body.

Now that its flying speed has increased, it won’t be as easy to kill the Ghost Pattern Crow as it was to kill the Cursed Crow King before. This in effect has increased the Ghost Pattern Crow’s survivability. Although this is not a specific skill, Du You regarded this innate ability to be just as significant as a skill.

He just couldn’t test the strength of the curse. But since its level has now reached 13 and it has finally ascended to 10 stars, the curse must certainly be potent.

At the very least, when dealing with existences on the same tier as him, the role of the Ghost Pattern Crow will be significant.

The Cursed Crow King, which was almost useless before, can finally be put to use again now. With the Ghost Pattern Crow’s breakthrough to the second-tier skills, it can now move farther from Du You than before.

He estimated the time and found he had been in the basement for quite a while, it was time to head up.