Chapter 453 Goddess Peak (1/2)
”Not bad,” muttered Gao Peng.
Huang Ya, who was standing in front of him, asked, ”What's not bad, sir?”
”Its stats,” said Gao Peng.
Having one unique monster trait implied that it had already attained the Epic grade in the past. Of course, Gao Peng had no way of telling if its promotion had caused it to drop to Excellent-grade or whether it had yet to return to its rightful grade.
A Perfect-grade King-tier monster was by no means weak, since it still surpassed Normal and Excellent-grade monsters.
After reading through the Dark Ashura's stats, Gao Peng figured that it must have been a Dark-type close combatant, much like the White Dragon. Both monsters specialized in close combat and a certain element, and both had no noticeable weaknesses.
The Dark Ashura's Dark Comet had no passive effect. It only had one active ability, with a description that simply stated that it would be able to improve its physical constitution upon activation.
It didn't clearly explain to what extent the Dark Ashura's constitution would be improved. However, seeing that it was an active ability with only one effect, Gao Peng reckoned that there was much more to it than met the eye.
”Young Master, this Hua Lun person spouted a bunch of nonsense during a wine party yesterday about how his familiar is the most powerful familiar in the world, even more so than yours or your grandfather's. This person has obviously never met you before. Otherwise, he wouldn't be saying such nonsense in public,” said Huang Ya indignantly. To him, Young Master was, beyond a shadow of a doubt, the most skilled trainer in the world.
”I see... Well, if he's so into being number one, let him be. I'm not going to fight him over it,” said Gao Peng, visibly unbothered.
He chuckled. Number one... it's just a title. As long as you leave me the hell alone, I won't come after you. As for your bragging... Well, anyone can brag.
Gao Peng wasn't angry. Hua Lun had simply gotten himself drunk when he said those words. Alcohol had a curious way of making people say or do things they normally wouldn't when sober.
”How magnanimous of you, Young Master, to be the bigger man here and not stoop to the level of subhuman trash,” said Huang Ya. He was on a roll with the bootlicking today.
”Hahaha!” Gao Peng laughed, shaking his head. ”Oh yeah, Huang Ya, didn't you mention that you found a clue regarding the location of the Concentration Stone?” asked Gao Peng seriously.
A few days earlier, Gao Peng had mobilized every person that he could find to search for the remaining ingredients for Da Zi's promotion. His efforts were not in vain, as two days ago, he had gotten his hands on information regarding the location of the final piece of the puzzle. As it seemed dubious, he'd had Huang Ya bring his men to verify its authenticity.
”Yes, Young Master. I've dispatched my Lord-tier familiars to check it out. We'll soon find out if the rumors are indeed true.” Suddenly, Huang Ya's phone rang in his breast pocket. His eyes lit up as he began reading his message.
”Young Master, we have confirmation! The rumors concerning the Concentration Stone are true! Someone saw the stone turn into a flying beast at night and then turn back into a stone during the day at the foot of the Goddess Peak. Our informant didn't dare set foot on the mountain, as he believed it to be extremely dangerous, so our people staked out the place that he told us about and they were able to witness the extraordinary event unfold before them. The rumors are true, Young Master!”
”All right. Today's a better day than any to let Da Zi evolve. Coincidentally, today's also the beginning of a new year. This must be a good sign. What do you think, Da Zi?” said Gao Peng, setting the cup of tea in his hand down on the table.
Hearing what Gao Peng had just said, Da Zi, which was coiled up around Gao Peng's foot, raised its head and puffed up its chest. Did anyone hear that? I'm going to be evolving soon! Gao Peng said so!
Da Zi tried to suppress the grin on its face but failed. Words couldn't describe the happiness it was feeling right then.
Its gait when it left Gao Peng's foot was anything but a centipede's. Gao Peng gazed affectionately at Da Zi's slithering figure. He turned to the window and shouted, ”Stripey!”
Stripey was counting the fruits on a tree outside. When it heard Gao Peng's voice, it started and hurriedly scuttled towards Gao Peng. ”Coming!”
”Come, we're going to retrieve the last ingredient for Da Zi's evolution. It's somewhere here in Yuzhou. This won't take longer than a day.”
”Okay!” gushed Stripey happily. As long as it could go out for a walk with Gao Peng, it was happy. Gao Peng always seemed to loosen up whenever he was with his familiars.
”We're going for a walk!” said Stripey as it spread out all sixteen of its legs, the two withered orange trees on its head swaying about like a couple of antennae.
The Goddess Peak was located in the Wushan district in Yuzhou. The Wu Gorge flowed like a raging water dragon between two steep mountains. There was a fierce whirlpool in the middle of the gorge.
Returning to its normal size, Stripey let itself float down the Wu Gorge. Despite standing 2,000 feet tall, most of its body was submerged in the water. Only a small portion of it poked out from the surface of the water.