Chapter 281: Special Guest
"Taotie's skills can continue to be enhanced," Chen Xing focused on Taotie's innate skill.
As a skill that had previously helped immensely and performed excellently, Vortex of Demise had shown great effects in battle.
This skill was even the decisive factor in many battles, delivering the final verdict.
Currently, the Vortex of Demise had already been optimized once, having gained an ability to create a force field that imprisons the opponent within the range of the skill when released.
Chen Xing chose to continue optimizing.
Please choose one of the following five directions for optimization:
1. The suction power of the Vortex of Demise skill is enhanced (Common)
2. Releasing the Vortex of Demise skill no longer consumes magic power but instead uses stamina, which allows continued use of the skill as long as the stamina is not depleted (Rare)
3. The duration of the Vortex of Demise skill is increased (Common)
4. The crushing power of the Vortex of Demise skill is enhanced (Common)
5. The Vortex of Demise skill gains a destructive effect (Rules)
Chen Xing chose the fifth direction for optimization.
A destruction effect of the Rule Level, huh? People always said there was a hint of the rules in Taotie's Vortex of Demise.
Indeed, some powerful innate skills contain a hint of effects at the Rule Level, and this is also why the innate skills of some tamed beasts stand out.
But now, it's not just containing a hint of rule effect; it has directly gained the Rule Level of destruction.
Even beasts at the Tenth Layers of Transcendence might not withstand a bite from Taotie.
Unless there exists someone at the Ascension Level using the same level of the Power of Laws to counter it.
After optimizing the skill, Chen Xing said to several tamed beasts, "You all work hard and try to optimize other skills soon. Especially your newly awakened innate skills after evolution... let me take a look."
Chen Xing checked the mini-game corresponding to the Eye of the Firmament.
Mini-game (No Escape): After using the Eye of the Firmament, gaze at the target for over ten minutes and then kill the target, and you will gain a certain amount of proficiency (the Energy Level of the target being killed must be higher than that of the user)
This mini-game... isn't very difficult in terms of technique, but where do you find so many Transcendent Tamed Beasts for Taotie to kill on a regular basis?
Generally speaking, a Beast Tamer with a Transcendent Tamed Beast is considered a significant figure in any city other than Giant City.
Chen Xing does know where, not too far from his location, there is a large number of Transcendent Beast Tamers, and there are definitely many inside Jiuzhou University where he is right now.
And there are definitely many in Longbei City about a hundred miles away.
But he is not mad to that extent.
Probably only on the battlefield would there be a chance to greatly increase proficiency.
This mini-game is forcing Taotie to go harvest on the battlefield...
However, mini-games are not the only way to increase skill proficiency; tamed beasts' own insights can also enhance the corresponding proficiency of their skills.
Those tamed beasts without a Stone Booklet also improve their control of skills through insight.
Then there's the Dark Realm Judgment of Sìxiàng.
The mini-game for Dark Realm Judgment is relatively simple.
Mini-game (Long-range Sniper): After using Dark Realm Judgment to hit an enemy unit over ten thousand meters away and successfully dragging them through the gate to kill them. Each unit killed earns 1 proficiency point, and the target's Energy Level must not be lower than half of the user's.
The biggest advantage of this skill is that it has much lower restrictions on the target's Energy Level.
As long as the target's Energy Level is more than half of that of Sìxiàng, it meets the criteria.
By this standard, with Sìxiàng's current 108 Energy Level, units over 54 Energy Level count.
Even Little Xu barely meets the criterion!
And it could still exploit a bug, perhaps trapping a group of beasts far away and then letting Sìxiàng pick them off.
Of course, there are downsides to this method; it's not cheap for one, capturing a beast alive is more challenging than hunting one, and the act of capturing a large number of beasts for targeted sniping is quite peculiar.
It's easy for people to associate it with demonic practices of soul-devouring to increase power.
But... Chen Xing is genuinely curious about one thing.
Each time Sìxiàng uses Dark Realm Judgment to pull a target's soul through that gate, what exactly is behind it?
Is this gate merely a manifestation evolved from the skill, or does it really lead to some Forbidden Land?
If it's the former, then the Dark Realm Judgment skill should have corresponding follow-up effects, such as being able to evolve summoning the creatures behind the gate once reaching a certain level of strength.
And if it's the latter, what exactly is the relationship between the existence behind the gate and the Dark Realm Arbiter?
Mainly, the chewing sounds coming from behind the gate each time a soul is pulled through make Chen Xing overthink.
He had previously asked Sìxiàng if there are any gains after each soul devouring, and Sìxiàng's answer was negative.
There was no increase in soul strength, and there were no changes in the magic power or physical strength in the body.
After instructing several tamed beasts, Chen Xing went to the breeding farm.
This time he intended to choose a new evolutionary path for the Twin-fiend Dogs.
The green evolutionary path, Wood Spirit Hidden Grove Dogs, discovered not long ago had brought him considerable benefits.
If he could find an even more valuable evolutionary path this time, perhaps the results might be even better.
Previously, out of caution, Chen Xing did not choose a second evolutionary path for the Twin-fiend Dogs in a short amount of time.
After all, discovering a new evolutionary path in just a week or two was too conspicuous.
Moreover, at that time, he didn't have a Transcendent Tamed Beast, so Chen Xing chose to keep a low profile.
Now that both tamed beasts have completed their transcendence and he has gained confidence in his own power, Chen Xing is prepared to slightly increase the intensity this time, choosing a blue-quality evolutionary path.