Chapter 976: Chapter 976

After the Hell Blood Demon Dog evolved into the Double-headed Blood Demon Dog, its combat power finally increased. Unlike the almost purely auxiliary role it had before, the Double-headed Blood Demon Dog now also possessed quite impressive fighting capabilities.

In terms of size, the Double-headed Blood Demon Dog had only expanded slightly and was not much larger; it was still smaller than the Bloodthirsty Demon Wolf summoned by Lin Yucha. Although it had two heads, it wasn’t overly ferocious-looking.

However, after testing the new skills, Du You found that the power of these two abilities was far from weak.

The Bloodthirsty Fangs was a special skill that combined both attack and healing in one, with an auxiliary effect to boot. When attacking a living creature, it could generally double the Double-headed Blood Demon Dog’s normal attack power.

While this attack power was far from comparable to the other Summoned Beasts’, it was still quite formidable.

The Blood-burning Arrow was a long-range attack skill that, by burning its own blood to release an attack, couldn’t be used continuously, but its power was extremely terrifying. Especially against living beings, the effect was exceedingly dreadful.

This skill harmed both the user and the enemy, and it was precisely this that gave it such formidable power. Combined with the Double-headed Blood Demon Dog’s various abilities to absorb the enemy’s life force for recovery, it was sure to demonstrate significant combat power in group battles.

This purely auxiliary Summoned Beast had finally gained offensive capabilities.

Du You was very satisfied and then continued with the following advancements. Next, he proceeded with the Ancient Tree Heart that he had once obtained, which corresponded to Lin Yushi’s Soul Spikes skill. The compatibility between the two was not low, but due to the specificity of the species, it was quite costly and took four days.

Soul Spikes: Condenses a mental arrow to pierce the enemy’s soul. The soul seed absorbs the opponent’s soul power to grow until the opponent’s soul dissipates or is turned into a puppet. (Level 33, 9 stars)

Four days later, when the new skill appeared, Du You nodded in approval.

"This is a great skill. It’s now much easier to control than before, the effects of full-force outbursts are quicker, and if controlled properly, it can lurk for a very long time. Very good."

It was a great skill for sneaky attacks. While maybe not the best for direct combat, it was quite useful for many missions. While Du You wasn’t adept at strategizing, he wasn’t completely lacking in insight.

Now, when Soul Spikes entered the enemy’s soul, it didn’t erupt immediately. The spike would turn into a seed. This seed could absorb the enemy’s soul to grow. If spurred on with full force, the enemy would soon exhaust their soul and die. If it lay in wait, it could linger for several months.

As long as it wasn’t detected, Lin Yushi could easily control it when within a certain distance.

During the slow growth process, the soul seed could even manipulate the enemy bit by bit, turning them into a puppet. For anyone, such a method was very useful for strategic planning.

Unfortunately, after panel authentication, Du You discovered that this kind of soul-controlled puppet could only manipulate an enemy for a month at most. After a month, they would die due to a mismatch in soul auras.

Therefore, compared to those powerful control skills, this skill was more useful for sneak attacks.

Then, Du You took out the huge squid’s skin membrane, and this time it was Lin Yucha’s turn. Lin Yucha’s Magic Power Veil was a great match for this skin, so the evolution was quite significant, again taking four days.

Four days later, the new skill was completed, and the effects were very prominent.

Magic Power Veil: Forms a defensive veil across the body’s surface with magic power, passively blocking all attacks and having the ability to deflect force. It can defend against attacks with a power of (level + level), and deflect attacks with a power of (level + 10) or less. Attacks surpassing its tier can only be weakened, not deflected. (Level 33, 9 stars) Official source ıs 𝔫𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔩·𝔣𝔦𝔯𝔢·𝔫𝔢𝔱

"Good, the defense level has increased, and now it has the ability to deflect and repel enemy attacks, which is very similar to the abilities of that giant squid. With the deflection ability, the requirements for defense are reduced, and the defensive limit is also higher."

Lin Yucha nodded in agreement, quite pleased with the significant improvement of this skill.

Although it could only repel attacks of its own level, it still had a very strong defensive effect against skills that surpassed its tier. If judged by effect, perhaps both of Lin Yushi’s defensive skills combined wouldn’t compare to this single one of her own.

That’s the thing with good skills, they often equate to two or three of similar, equivalent skills in their category. It’s not that the others’ skills were inferior, but this evolved skill was stronger both in its evolution degree and in individual effect.

While Lin Yushi’s two defensive skills combined were not as effective defensively as Lin Yucha’s Magic Power Veil, those two skills had other effects. The Drifting Feather’s main effect was to resist long-range physical attacks, which was more potent in this regard.

Demons Destruction Wings’ main ability was flying and it also had the ability to counterattack when attacked, something the Magic Power Veil did not possess. Of course, if Du You and his party were to judge based solely on defensive effect, the Magic Power Veil indeed had the edge.

Without hesitation, Du You took out the back fur of the giant bird beast to evolve Lin Yucha’s Platform Floating Cloud. The compatibility of these two skills was relatively low, with the skills themselves not being overly excessive. Therefore, the process didn’t take much time, only a little more than three days, though it did cost a fair amount of Crystal Coins.

Three days later, the new Platform Floating Cloud appeared before them.

Platform Floating Cloud: Creates a cloud layer platform using magic power, with the cloud’s carrying and flying capabilities improving as the skill advances. The Floating Cloud comes with wings for rapid flight and is equipped with a barrier for enhanced fortification. (Level 33, 9 stars)

"It can change color now, hmm? The hiding effect has improved a bit. Let’s test the flying capability."

Lin Yucha summoned a cloud layer. Now the cloud could grow or shrink in size, change colors and even become a mixture of various hues, no longer just the conspicuous pale gold color.

The cloud immediately expanded to its maximum size, having a diameter of nearly two hundred meters, capable of carrying a great deal of cargo, virtually a small-scale floating airship. It also came with a Defensive Barrier, greatly increasing its defensive strength.

Even Du You, using his Energy Gathering Magic Cannon at full power, had to attack at full capacity to shatter it in one go. With such defensive power, within the same tier, most people’s attacks would hardly manage to break it in one hit, making it a decent defensive guarantee.