Chapter 191: Chapter 137: Awakening the Fourth Skill (Part 3)
After all, there are not many who don’t soar after leaving Spirit Academy.
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Lin Chen resumed his daily ascetic practice. Xiaobai and Xiao Hong were almost bathing every day, sometimes sleeping for days on end.
So, most of the time, Lin Chen would check on Xiao Hei.
Xiao Hei’s Earth Vein Energy Infusion wasn’t as comfortable; initially, he could only endure for two hours a day, but now he could hold on for four hours.
Although Xiaobai was also able to endure the pain, it could only manage about two hours.
Lin Chen had them test for changes and found the Earth Vein Energy Infusion indeed terrifying, as Xiao Hei’s physical qualities rapidly improved.
Fortunately, this world doesn’t have physical bodies becoming saints, otherwise, Lin Chen thinks Xiao Hei could really take that path.
"Very nice, you’re basically laying a solid foundation now. Once you officially contract with me and evolve successfully, you can upgrade without worry," Lin Chen said with a bitter smile.
His three spirit beasts now have differing attitudes towards cultivation.
Xiaobai enjoys both upgrading and stabilizing its foundation, as steady as an old bull.
Xiao Hong harbors a strong resentment towards upgrading, desperate to push forward at any cost.
Xiao Hei focuses most on the foundation, but can’t upgrade at all right now, so its foundation is overdeveloped.
"It would be great if Xiao Hong and Xiao Hei could complement each other," Lin Chen thought.
The most worrying is the Little Fox, and these days Lin Chen has kept a close eye on the Little Fox, trying not to let it upgrade.
Because he can’t yet purify Xiao Hong’s bloodline, Lin Chen doesn’t want it to awaken Skill 2 prematurely.
Previously, Xiaobai’s successful experience led Lin Chen to a conclusion:
Skills awakened after bloodline improvement are better.
Time continued to pass, and meanwhile, Lin Chen accepted the second round of challenges; this time the students’ strength was decent too.
He reached the thirty-seventh level, so he wanted to challenge Lin Chen.
The result was his strength was just so-so.
Xiaobai activated the Barbaric Bloodline and used the Soul-Calming Hoof combined with Thousand Shadows Unification, directly knocking the opponent down.
This battle also raised Lin Chen’s reputation again after a month’s lull.
The term "combined skill" is not rare in a place like Spirit Academy, but it’s not something everyone can achieve.
Spirit beasts capable of using them are very few and far between.
Someone specifically studied Xiaobai’s set of combined skills and concluded its power is so fierce that if you’re not really looking to lie in the infirmary, don’t provoke Lin Chen.
Because Lin Chen’s spirit beast was discharged from the hospital just two days before the previous challenge.
This time, the challenged student suffered heavy damage from the combined skills, not knowing when they would recover.
Because of the "Mad Bull Bloodline" and combined skills, Xiaobai has quite a reputation in the academy.
Even among senior students, many have heard about it.
After all, the reputation of a controllable Mad Bull Bloodline is exceedingly strong.
Almost twenty days later, Xiaobai finally informed Lin Chen for the second time that it had reached a bottleneck again.
This time, Lin Chen and the Little Fox couldn’t sleep.
The former was focused on Xiaobai’s fourth skill, while the latter was eagerly watching if Lin Chen would upgrade.
If Lin Chen upgrades to level 10, the Little Fox will contract Lin Chen on the spot...
Having not upgraded for a while, the Little Fox felt itchy...
That night, neither human nor fox slept, waiting for Xiaobai to break through the bottleneck.
Around eight o’clock the next morning, when both human and fox fell into deep sleep, Xiaobai opened its eyes and let out a moo.
Lin Chen and Xiao Hong were startled awake, but the latter quickly checked Lin Chen, and was greatly disappointed.
Lin Chen hadn’t upgraded.
Lin Chen patted its small head and said again, "Next time for sure," then he went over to Xiaobai.
"How’s it going?" Lin Chen asked.
Xiaobai’s eyes showed cleverness, nodding its head.
Lin Chen was overjoyed and said, "Let’s go, back to the dormitory."
The fourth skill is a major event; Lin Chen wants to return and savor it slowly, and document it.