Chapter 309 - The Void Bug (1/2)

Phew!

Joanna was panting. The spear she held vanished amid a ray of light.

She was staring at the dark energy gradually converging in the void. With the help of the dark energy, the Little Skeleton was slowly growing back.

Her spear contained “destructive force.” She could not believe that she had failed to end this skeleton’s life. Her spear should be able to render ineffective any regeneration skills such as “regeneration with a drop of blood” that some demons would use. She could kill those demons without the slightest difficulty. However, when it came to the Little Skeleton, her spear was not able to achieve that!

Su Ping stared at the mess in front of him. The battle lasted for merely five minutes but everything looked as if several aircraft bombers had blasted the place. Ruins were scattered everywhere.

A combat strength of 16.5 is much higher than that of average legendary battle pet warriors. Still, the Little Skeleton cannot defeat Joanna… Su Ping darted a look at Joanna. She was at the legendary level as well but she should be approaching the peak. He couldn’t see her combat strength. Whenever he tried casting an identification spell on her, all he could see was some question marks.

Given the huge gap between their strengths, Su Ping didn’t have the right to see her combat strength score at the moment.

Anyways, Su Ping was very happy about how the Little Skeleton did in this battle. The (Gate of the Dead) was horrifying. It could open up a path to another world.

All the monsters that it summoned were on par with t.i.tled battle pet warriors. Two of the monsters seemed to have surpa.s.sed the t.i.tled level but they had yet to reach the legendary level. It was somewhere in between. Su Ping didn’t know what the standard of strength the monsters that the Little Skeleton could summon would be.

It would be bad if everything was random.

On the other hand, if the strengths of the monsters were related to the strength of the Little Skeleton, then this would turn out to be a promising skill. Su Ping tried to ask the Little Skeleton about it. After all, since the Little Skeleton was the one learning the skill, it should know better than anyone. However, only in battles could the Little Skeleton demonstrate outstanding thinking. Other than that, the Little Skeleton would normally show a slow-witted demeanor, even a bit silly.

Their communication didn’t provide Su Ping with any answers. All of a sudden, he slapped himself on the head. How foolish he was. If he couldn’t get the answer by asking questions, then he could let the Little Skeleton try it a few more times.

Wow… He could not believe he didn’t think of that before. He and his pet were just as smart… “Take some rest. We’ll try a few more rounds afterwards,” Su Ping said to Joanna.

Joanna glared at him with her eyes wide open. He was treating her like free labor!

Was he testing the Little Skeleton or her?

“No problem. Who cares?”

Although angry, Joanna would never flinch from a battle. As a female war G.o.d who had been able to command wind and cloud in the Divinity, she had not earned her name for nothing. Su Ping told the Little Skeleton his intention at once.

Soon, a battle between the G.o.d and the dead broke out again. This once serene and deserted planet became full of noise; it was undergoing bouts of destruction that it did not deserve.

An hour later.

Su Ping had gained a basic understanding of the skill’s traits.

The monsters summoned from the Gate of the Dead varied in strength.

For that, there were two reasons. First was the Little Skeleton’s own strength. While the Little Skeleton was at the peak of its state, the monsters it summoned were usually powerful.

The other reason was the randomness.

When the Little Skeleton was at the prime of its state, occasionally, one or two monsters would be weak, at around the eighth-rank, or, the Little Skeleton could summon an extremely powerful monster that could be as strong as the Little Skeleton itself!

“The skill is a combination of strength and fate. No wonder this is a legendary skill,” Su Ping exclaimed to himself. He had a vague idea about the details of the legendary rank but he knew that this was a rank with a wide range of possibilities. There weren’t merely three positions in between. The gap between the strongest and the weakest at the legendary rank could be similar to that between a t.i.tled battle pet warrior and a first-rank warrior.

Or even wider!

Joanna was exhausted. She was panting and sweating. “Thank you,” Su Ping said with a smile.

Joanna turned away from him and snorted. “Should we go on? I will keep going till the very end!” As she declared so, the hand holding the spear was trembling. She had squeezed it too strongly.

Su Ping shook his head with a smile. He told the Little Skeleton to retreat, then he summoned the Inferno Dragon.

Su Ping checked the Inferno Dragon’s status with the newly updated identification spell.

Inferno Dragon:

Property: Pet of the dragon family

Rank: The lower position of the seventh rank

Combat strength: 9.8

Apt.i.tude: Above average Abilities Mastered: Claw of Destruction (advanced), Sea of Fire (advanced), Rough Tackle (middle-rank), Dragon Deterrence (advanced), Golden Roar (advanced)… Inferno Dragonfire (legendary) (And 18 more advanced or middle-rank skills of various types.)

Basically, in terms of combat strength, the Inferno Dragon was at the upper position of the ninth rank, one step away from reaching the peak.

In terms of attack skills, the Inferno Dragon was more proficient in AOE skills and those of the defensive type. The Inferno Dragon would perform better in a group fight. In one-on-one battles, the Inferno Dragon still had room to improve. That was why the Inferno Dragon was unable to kill beasts at the upper position of the ninth rank within an instant, unlike the Little Skeleton. The Little Skeleton was most proficient in one-one-one battles.