Chapter 684: Resurrection Ar (2/2)
Xinran bit her lips before replying, ”It looks like you damaged her brain core; her crystal core. Not even an ancient dragon like Kris can handle damage this bad. Therefore, she has to regress and regrow a healthy brain, from a chrysalis.”
”What do you mean?”
”It means that she has to undergo a transformation…”
”Ah?!”
I stared in astonishment as the spasming ice dragon started shrinking visibly right before my eyes. New skin grew where her giant scales fell off on their own before shrinking again. The mountain-sized dragon had shrunk to a meter long in less than ten minutes, but the metamorphosis still wasn’t over yet. It shrank and shrank until finally, it curled into a ball and covered itself in ice. When the ice fell off, there was a cocoon where the dragon used to be. It had literally regressed all the way down to an egg!
”Gulp!”
I swallowed. Is it just me, or is this an Immortal Rank pet egg?
Seemingly noticing my thoughts, Xinran let out a giggle before pulling my arm, ”Big brother, this ice dragon is naturally violent, so you mustn’t think of taking her as your pet no matter what. She would attempt to devour you the second she awoke from her slumber. It’s because she recognizes you as her nemesis, and that impression isn’t going to change anytime soon.”
I couldn’t help but wring my hands in disappointment. What a shame!
However, Xinran still held up the ice dragon egg and said, ”You should still take this pet egg though. You might not be able to use it yourself, but you can give it to someone else. Anyway, just try to avoid this dragon for now. You are still weak, so you won’t be able to fight this ice dragon on even footing.”
I nodded in thanks. I supposed that it wasn’t a loss after all. This ice dragon was obviously insanely powerful, and even if I couldn’t use it myself I could gift it to others. Murong Mingyue had the Ironwing Dragon, and Beiming Xue had the Thunder Beast. They didn’t need to switch their pets. I suppose that means I should gift it to He Yi.
Suddenly, an idea flashed across my mind. No, wait, there’s one more person who could use this pet. Lin Yixin!
That’s right. Lin Yixin had just become a Divine General, so she could definitely use a powerful pet. An Immortal Rank pet would definitely suit her. With the ice dragon to support her, she should become even stronger than before, right?
Moreover, Lin Yixin had fallen behind a lot because Snowy Cathaya had stayed out of the war of Immortality City. She was definitely the best candidate to receive this pet egg.
I abruptly broke out of my train of thought and snorted derisively at myself. I could make up excuses all day, but the truth of the matter was that I really just wanted to give it to her. I’ve always felt like I owed her too much, even though I didn’t know what exactly.
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I put the ice dragon egg away. When I first came to Ice Dragon Ridge, I never thought I would be leaving with the map’s very master in my bag. Although the process was hardly the cleanest, it was still absolutely worth it.
I glanced at Rinser when an idea suddenly flashed across my mind. I said to Xinran, ”Rinser didn’t teach me a single skill after I entered the Earthfire Realm…”
Rinser’s face turned deathly pale when he heard my complaint.
Gaze sharpening, Xinran turned to Rinser and curled her lips. ”Old man, did you hide something from my big brother?”
Rinser replied in fear, ”Of… of course not. He is like a son to me, why would I hide a skill from him? I… I didn’t teach him my unique skill a few days ago because he wasn’t strong enough to learn it yet. Now that he’s here, I can teach him the skill right away…”
I smiled. I knew that the old fool was hiding something from me. How shameless!
Rinser walked up to me and raised his arm. A skill screen immediately appeared in front of me—
Book of Resurrection (Forbidden): Upon use, the user can revive immediately within 1 hour without any item drop penalty. Level Cost: 3. Level Requirement: 150. Race Requirement: Undead. MP Cost: 1000.
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My eyes turned into saucers. What the fuck? Is this a joke? Revive once within an hour, but lose 3 levels as a result? I’d rather just die then! Do you know how hard it is to level up even once after Level 150?
However, I received a system notice right after stating that the skill could be merged with another skill!
Ecstatic, I immediately chose to merge it with an existing skill that shared similar effects to the Book of Resurrection, Immortality. Considering how OP Immortality was, it should be even better after fusing with Book of Resurrection, right?
I confirmed the two skills for fusion, and...
Ding~!
System Notice: Congratulations, your skill ”Immortality” has successfully fused with ”Book of Resurrection”. You have produced a new skill—”Resurrection Art”!
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”Resurrection Art?”
I hurriedly brought up the skill list, and I saw a new skill with the icon of nirvana attached to it. When I checked its details, I was absolutely overjoyed by what I saw—
Resurrection Art: 30% chance to revive upon death. If the skill is active and the passive revival doesn’t trigger, forcefully revives the user with no item drop penalty. Active revival consumes 1 level upon activation, and user’s attack power is increased by 10%. The effect can be stacked endlessly.