novelraw Chapter 476 - 386: [Brother Dragon Grass] 2
Chapter 476 - 386: [Brother Dragon Grass] 2
After going over the sequence he’d used several times and confirming there were no mistakes, Li Pu let out a long breath.
The most crucial step was now done, and only the final part remained.
Which was: waiting.
[Grass!]
Scarecrow: Summoner, Ben Cao feels different!
The other Scarecrow happened to finish its reincarnation and popped up from the water’s surface.
"What could possibly be different."
Li Pu didn’t have any expectations for it.
This time its role was nothing more than a filter. With [Dragon Repel] in play, any special properties granted by the Dragon Lady Tree’s remains would be extracted out, and it had even randomly popped a card for some reason.
Given that, what could possibly be left for the Scarecrow.
"Huh, that’s actually not bad."
However, when Li Pu opened the Scarecrow’s panel, he was indeed a little surprised.
He hadn’t expected the haul this time to actually be quite decent.
Scarecrow: 0 (8) Rebirth LV1, Wind Listener
Strength: 904→1024, F
Attribute: 10 Wood
Abilities: [Gratitude] [Water Film ↑] [Forget] [Dragon Repel] [Weeds]
Skills: [LV3 Snail Grass (C)] [LV2 Entangle (B)] [LV2→LV3 Willpower (B)] [LV3 Small Fireball (C)] [LV1 Godzilla’s Power (S)]
Artifacts: [Five Elements Ring (S)] [Iron Bones (A)]
After reincarnation downgrade, its strength didn’t decrease—on the contrary, it actually went up.
"Is it because the energy contained in the Dragon Lady Tree’s remains was just that abundant?"
That was the only explanation Li Pu could think of.
Besides that, something else that made him quite happy was that after multiple reincarnations, [Water Film] had finally upgraded again.
[Water Film]: Greatly reduces the impact of A→A+ rank and below Fire attributes
This should be just like he’d guessed before: either the number of reincarnations hadn’t been enough, or the material strength hadn’t been high enough.
Aside from [Water Film] going up, the skill [Willpower] had also gained 1 level, reaching LV3.
He figured it was probably because this version of [Willpower] had [Dragon Lady Bodyguard] fused into it, so it got dragged up a level as well.
Which was actually pretty good.
"Maybe in the future I can find a solid pattern and use reincarnation on the Scarecrow as a way to level up skills."
"Might even be cheaper than buying skill orbs."
He quietly set a direction in his mind.
Back to the Scarecrow’s current strength: for a 0-Rebirth summoned beast, it was absolutely over spec.
It felt roughly about twice that of the Half-Dragon Man—assuming the Half-Dragon Man hadn’t improved much during this period.
If you used a D-rank, 0-Rebirth LV1 Rolling Turtle as the unit of measure, then it was more than 50 Turtles.
Li Pu was pretty sure that even an S-rank summoned beast at 0-Rebirth LV1 couldn’t have this kind of strength. Probably.
Once the Scarecrow side was done, only Chou Bo’s reincarnation remained.
Once it also completed reincarnation, Li Pu felt his semester would be considered perfect, and he could basically pack his bags and go home right away.
After waiting a few hours like that, Chou Bo in the metal-frame cube finally stirred.
[Roar-bo!]
A pair of eyes suddenly lit up within the dark cloud, then the cloud began to tremble slightly.
As it trembled, it gradually returned to its original Chou Bo wolf form.
Rumble!
At the moment it fully took shape, the lightning burst open.
[Caocao!]
The Scarecrow, who’d been watching curiously, was standing too close and got blasted full in the face, its whole body sent flying.
Fortunately, Li Pu currently had [Source of Lightning] on permanent standby, so he wasn’t affected by this wave of electricity.
"There goes my 100k..."
He could only feel heartache as the [Elemental Recombiner] was outright destroyed by the blast.
[Er-woooooo~bo!]
Chou Bo tilted its head back and let out a long wolf howl.
[Roar-bo!]
Chou Bo: Summoner, Lord Wolf has changed! Feels like I can pee even farther now!
It happily reported the good news to Li Pu.
"Come on, let me take a look."
But Li Pu ignored its words and just grabbed it for a close inspection.
Weight-wise, there didn’t seem to be much change—it was still just a lump of cloud.
It was just that with the lightning rolling and flashing inside, it looked like you could vaguely see a layer of scales within that dark cloud.
Faintly visible, to the point where you couldn’t tell whether they were real or just a mirage.
Other than that, this guy hadn’t changed much.
Li Pu knew that at times like this, you still had to check the panel.
He first tried the [Dragon Scale Amulet] and found that it really could be equipped.
So in the end, Chou Bo’s panel looked like this:
Chou Bo: 2nd Rebirth LV1, Wind Chaser
Strength: 205, C+→A
Attributes: 5 Dark 5 Cloud 3 Dragon
Abilities: [Cloud Body] [Thunder Storage]
Skills: [LV2 Source of Lightning (C)] [LV2 Wind Thunder Roar (A+)] [LV2 Black Dragon Transformation (A)]
Artifacts: [Spiritual Essence (A+)] [Dragon Scale Amulet (S)]
"What even is this attribute layout supposed to be?"
Li Pu’s first reaction after reading it was: this attribute field.
This was his first time seeing someone go over 10 total attribute points.
But thanks to the remedial exam knowledge he’d crammed, he quickly caught up.
Aside from being slightly restrained by Chaos attribute, Dragon attribute basically had no natural enemies.
Of course, the Scarecrow’s [Dragon Repel] was a special case and didn’t count.
Which meant that with the extra 3 Dragon now, the main effect going forward would be providing additional magnetic-field suppression against beast-type enemies.
Normally, only certain exceptionally gifted summoned beasts would, through some fortuitous encounter, gain extra attributes.
"No wonder everyone wants elemental-type summoned beasts—so it’s because their talent is that good?"
"Or should I say, Dragon attribute is just that busted?"
Li Pu rested his chin in his hand.
Judging from the rank progression, maybe elemental types really were highly malleable.
Bu Bu had only gone from C+ to B+, but Chou Bo had jumped directly from C+ to A. That was a bit over the top, though it did live up to this S-rank dragon material.
Besides all that, Chou Bo’s other big gain was an extra skill.
[Black Dragon Transformation]: Briefly call down the Power of Dragon, changing form + boosting abilities
"An A-rank transformation skill, huh? It should be pretty strong, right?"
One had to admit, Chou Bo’s skills might be few, but every single one was top-tier.
A C, an A+, and an A, plus an A+ and an S artifact—enough to make countless people drool.
It was just that the description of this skill was a bit vague.
So Li Pu decided he’d better see it with his own eyes to know how strong it was.
[Black Dragon bobo!]
Once it received his command, Chou Bo immediately began casting.
Crackle crackle!
In the blink of an eye, the transformation was complete.
Compared to [Godzilla’s Power], another transformation skill, [Black Dragon Transformation] was way faster.
In reality though, Chou Bo didn’t show a huge change in physical appearance.
It was just that its scales became more pronounced, now fully, visibly solid to the naked eye.
Compared to the previous "dark cloud wrapping a scaled body," it now looked more like "a scaled body with a layer of dark cloud floating around it."
The most noticeable change was on Chou Bo’s head—its wolfish pointed snout had gotten much broader.
Two little dark cloud bumps puffed up on its head, and several long, soft whiskers sprouted from the sides of its mouth.
The lightning rolling over its body was also more intense, as if it could explode at any moment.
"Doesn’t really look like a dragon, more like... a qilin?"
Li Pu turned his eyes to track it for a long while, muttering to himself.
As for why he had to turn his eyes, it was because [Black Dragon Transformation] also required continuous energy expenditure.
And the consumption was quite high.
As a Wind Chaser–type summoned beast, Chou Bo had to keep running laps around the training field just to maintain that energy drain.
The key was that it wasn’t just running—it was running with its tongue out and its hind leg lifted.
The enhanced physical performance from the transformation even let it run while peeing, making it look like it was dragging a chain of lightning behind it all over the field.
"No matter how I look at it, this is just wrong on so many levels..."
"Still, I really should find it a skill that rapidly restores energy."
After watching a bit, Li Pu couldn’t help feeling a little regretful.
He’d seen the form now, but he was really curious about transformed Chou Bo’s actual combat power.
In just that brief moment, he had no idea where the Scarecrow had run off to.
He wanted to find Chou Bo an opponent, but couldn’t.
[Roll!]
And just then, he heard a cry that sounded like music to his ears.
...
...