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Chapter 146: Skeleton Phone
Chapter 146: Skeleton Phone
This time, Li Wu's stewed skeleton was the most carefully and anxiously prepared since he started cooking them.
After all, it was expensive!
3500 points—a price Li Wu couldn't bear to waste.
Moreover, Li Wu had gained the ability to see attributes without touching the skeleton, thanks to a previous incident.
So, for the first time, Li Wu was fully focused on stewing the skeleton and didn't let his mind wander.
He watched intently, keeping a close eye on the skeleton and the attributes of the phone in its hand, fearing any issues.
This was because Li Wu was using a brand new cultivation plan for this skeleton.
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Cultivation Plan: Skeleton Hotpot 1.0
Procedure: Boil the broth, add the skeleton, and then the side ingredients.
Then simmer!
Effect: There's a 90% chance of improving the skeleton's quality, and a 35% chance of creating a companion equipment for it.
Explanation: It's a mixed cultivation plan with good all-around effects, but it's a bit costly.
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The Skeleton Hotpot had a 90% success rate in quality improvement, which was quite high. Rounding up, it was essentially 100%. So, Li Wu wasn't too worried about this aspect.
His main concern was whether the skeleton could transform into a companion phone.
With only a 35% chance, Li Wu was especially nervous.
But he had no other choice; in a short time, he couldn't further improve this aspect and could only rely on luck.
Today, luck seemed to be on Li Wu's side.
His luck was quite good.
With his constant attention, he noticed that the state of the phone in the skeleton's hand was gradually changing.
Initially, the skeleton's phone had no attributes.
In less than five minutes, the phone transformed into the "About to Explode Phone."
After another five minutes, not only did the phone not explode, but it became the "Energy Stabilizing but Still Explosive Phone."
Five minutes later, the phone evolved into the "Beginning to Equip Phone."
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Basically, the skeleton's phone underwent a change in status every five minutes, each time improving from the previous state.
Under these continuously optimized conditions, after an hour in the pot, the skeleton's phone began to take shape.
Witnessing this, Li Wu felt both nervous and excited.
After all, this phone was his first piece of companion equipment that he had truly researched himself.
However, just as Li Wu was getting excited, the phone got stuck at a critical point in its formation," the attribute prompt explained. "The phone's functions are powerful, but it lacks core materials."
Li Wu bit his teeth and threw in the Azalea Token he had obtained earlier.
"Dungeons are nothing compared to equipment! Out you go!"
As Li Wu tossed in the token, a dazzling light burst forth.
"Ahhh! My eyes!"
Unprepared for the sudden flash, Li Wu's eyes, which had been fixed on the pot, were almost blinded by the intense light.
The pain was so intense that he had to cover his eyes and wait a long time before he finally recovered.
By the time Li Wu had calmed down, everything in the pot had already concluded.
The skeleton's quality and its phone were both complete.
At this moment, the skeleton was happily playing with its new phone in the pot.
Seeing this, Li Wu let out a sigh of relief, and his attention was then drawn to the skeleton's new attributes.
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Name: Skeleton Mage with a New Phone (First Evolution)
Power: 1-Star (Elite)
Quality: Bronze (Improved)
Attributes: Undead, Thunder, Nether
Status: Excited (The skeleton's new phone is awesome! Li Wu, who made the phone, is even more awesome!)
The skeleton loves Li Wu the most!
Skills:
Basic Combat: Charge, Block, Evade, Heavy Swing (Proficient)
Basic Magic: Bone Fang, Bone Shield, Corrosive Hand, Bone Prison, Bone Spear (Proficient)
Special Skills: Charge Up (Proficient)
Advanced Skills: Phantom Flame, Thunder Strike (Skilled)
Talents: One Mind, Two Uses, Spell Enhancement (Basic)
Weakness: Light
Companion Equipment: Mystic Bone Staff, Mage Robe, Skeleton Phone
Explanation: The bone staff and robe remain unchanged, but the newly created phone seems incredibly powerful.
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Item: Skeleton Phone
Quality: Silver
Function: Energy Storage (Can store the energy of approximately three skeletons in the phone for easy access.)
Big Phone Sweep (The skeleton can scan defeated summoning beasts and store them in the phone.)
Ps: Summoning beasts stored in the phone automatically form a contract with the skeleton, becoming its companions.
P.s.: Currently, only White Bone Pigs can be scanned, and the skeleton can try scanning itself. A maximum of three summoning beasts can be stored, and their power must not exceed that of the skeleton.
"This is a powerful phone, and with it, even a little skeleton can become a Summoner!"
Additionally, it seems to have established some sort of connection with the little skeleton's bone staff, but the specifics are left for you to research.
"Damn it!"
Li Wu stared at the attributes of the little skeleton and the phone, unable to hold back his excitement.
Of course, his excitement was primarily directed at the phone.
After all, the little skeleton's latest stew only resulted in a quality regression to Bronze, with a slight increase in skill proficiency; nothing else seemed to have changed.
Even the quality jump from Ordinary to Bronze didn't surprise Li Wu.
In a version where a 6 and a 9 could make a 1 and a bar could make a 0, it wasn't unusual.
The little skeleton's original attribute was Bronze; it had only dropped to Ordinary due to evolution.
Having been Bronze once, with a suitable plan and sufficient energy, it was normal for it to regain its Bronze status.
What truly shocked Li Wu was the 'Little Skeleton Phone.'
He never imagined he would directly create a Silver phone.
Moreover, the phone's functions were incredibly powerful.
The 'Energy Storage' skill didn't need mentioning; it significantly improved the little skeleton's endurance.
It extended the little skeleton's duration as a true skeleton from three minutes to twelve minutes.
However, this skill paled in comparison to 'Big Phone Sweep.'
The appearance of this skill directly transformed the little skeleton from a skeleton mage into a skeleton summoner.
Although this skill had some limitations, as it could currently only sweep 'Bone Pigs' and 'Little Skeletons,' it undoubtedly enhanced the little skeleton's strength considerably.
Li Wu had spent a significant amount of time researching the breeding plan for 'Bone Pigs.'
With sufficient resources, enhancing the quality and combat power of the Bone Pigs was not a difficult task for Li Wu.
The three pigs lying in the courtyard were already at the peak of 3-star quality, and with some luck, Li Wu might be able to elevate them to the Elite level within a few days.
Imagine, if it were possible, during the finals, the little skeleton would wave the big phone and summon three Elite-level pigs.
Four against one, they would surely make their opponents cry!
The thought excited Li Wu.
"Why are you still lying there? Don't you want to ride the piggy anymore? Come on, I'll take you to sweep the pigs with the big phone!"
Li Wu said, lifting the lid and reaching out to pull the little skeleton, but he got scalded by the soup.
"Ouch, ouch, ouch..."
Li Wu cried out in pain, and the little skeleton hurriedly emerged from the soup, ignoring the phone for now. I'll take care of your hand," it said, extending its bony hand to hold Li Wu's scalded hand and blowing on it, just like he had seen on TV.
The little skeleton looked a bit cute in this moment, and its concern was heartwarming.
But the problem was, it was a skeleton; how could it blow air?
Moreover, it had just come out of the pot, and its bone frame was still hot. When it held Li Wu's hand, he felt like his hand was about to be burned to a crisp.
"Hot, hot, hot! Let go, let go!"
Li Wu struggled for a while, finally freeing himself from the little skeleton's grip, but his hands had already swollen to the size of pig hooves.
Looking at his hands, Li Wu felt like crying.
At the same time, he also felt an urgent desire to become a professional summoner for the first time.
"I guess I need to become a professional summoner sooner. Otherwise, with all this trouble, I'll be worn out before long!"
Summoners with ordinary or elite-level summoned beasts are considered amateur summoners.
Only when the summoned beast reaches boss-level strength can the summoner be recognized as a professional.
At that time, the summoner's survival ability will be greatly enhanced.
However, with the little skeleton just reaching the Elite 1-star level, Li Wu was still a bit far from becoming a professional summoner.
"Relying on the little skeleton to become a professional will take at least a year.
Sigh, I wonder what my second summoned beast is like, where it is now, and what its strength is like. Maybe one day, I'll wake up and find that I've become a professional summoner thanks to it."
After a daydreaming session, Li Wu took the little skeleton to the courtyard to test out the new phone's functions.
The process went smoothly; Li Wu opened the gate and let the little skeleton in.
It used its bone staff to knock down the three pigs, and then it swept them into the phone with a scan.
Seeing the pigs enter the phone, Li Wu knew he was one step closer to the championship, and he also realized that his remaining account credits would likely be spent.
However, Li Wu didn't feel any pain.
It wasn't that he had become more open-minded, but his little heart had become numb from the constant aching.
While the little skeleton was busy riding the pigs, Li Wu used his swollen hands to place an order, spending the remaining 2,000 credits on his account.
Yes, he was planning to brew a pot of soup for these three pigs.
After placing the order, Li Wu stepped out and watched the little skeleton joyfully riding the pigs in the courtyard. Suddenly, an idea popped into his head: "What if, when I'm brewing the soup for the pigs, I throw the little skeleton in as well? Will it create some strange concoction?"
(End of Chapter)
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