Light Spring Murmur
Chapter 178: A Failure at Naming
Sitting on the bed, Shi Yu looked at the little sword spirit, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.
Eating ice cream?
Little guy… are you serious?
Shi Yu had never heard of a fire-type pet wanting to eat ice cream.
"You're so unscientific."
"Is it really okay to eat something like that?"
Won't you get a stomachache…?
Well, the sword spirit doesn't have these random problems.
At this moment, the little sword spirit was sticking to Shi Yu's arm.
Because it's a spirit body, the touch is very different from a normal weapon.
If flames had substance, then Shi Yu felt like he was touching a soft ball of fire.
Like flowing water, soft, but scalding hot…
After touching it repeatedly, not only the little sword spirit, but he also wanted to have an ice cream to cool down.
"Mi…" the little sword spirit pleaded.
Shi Yu was helpless.
"Ice… I don't have that… how about this."
Shi Yu stretched out his hand, and an ice-type energy crystal appeared.
"Mi~~!!"
As Shi Yu took out the ice-type energy crystal, the little sword spirit let out a long cry, seeming very surprised.
It instantly stopped sticking to Shi Yu and immediately ran to the ice-type energy crystal releasing cold air.
Calling it sticking, but Shi Yu felt like it was sharpening its sword!
A fire-type sword sharpening itself on ice… what are you trying to do?
Are you practicing how to harm ice-type pets?
Swish~!
Seeming to think this wasn't cool enough, the little sword spirit's body suddenly became illusory, passing through the energy crystal and wrapping it inside.
"Mi!" the little sword spirit nodded in satisfaction.
At this time, Shi Yu, Eleven, Worm, and Ginseng Baby were stunned after realizing the little sword spirit was a problem child.
Then, Worm looked at Shi Yu.
That… wasn't that the energy crystal left for it to transform into an Ice Dragon???
It felt… the energy crystal was melting little by little!!! Pure waste!!!
Shi Yu turned his head, is there a problem?
Worm: QAQ
No problem, as long as you're happy.
It suspected Shi Yu valued the spirit more than the worm!
But forget it, anyway, there's a better Ice Dragon Whisker now, the energy crystal doesn't matter.
"It seems like it perfectly inherited General Mu Huiyin's characteristics."
Shi Yu smiled, looking at the little sword spirit flying around happily while wrapped in the energy crystal.
Well… Shi Yu could clearly feel that the little sword spirit wasn't afraid of heat, but a little disgusted with high temperatures, and instead liked cold things very much.
Wasn't this almost the same as the Ice Dragon General? She also specialized in contracting ice-type pets to suppress her own fire talent.
Well… for now, as long as the little sword spirit is happy.
Shi Yu began to observe the little sword spirit sticking to the ice-type energy crystal.
As expected of an overlord race!
Shi Yu could clearly feel the vast power contained within the little sword spirit.
Even if this power was cooled down a bit by the ice-type energy crystal, it was definitely not something any trainee Beast Tamer could adapt to.
Is this really an Awakening-level pet?
Compared to the Awakening-level Azure Silkworm, which humans can beat with one hand, it's like heaven and earth.
The racial level really adds a lot to strength.
Now, Shi Yu estimated that he'd need a mid-level Beast Tamer to properly control the Awakening-level little sword spirit.
And as the little sword spirit's growth level gets higher and higher, its existence, whether contracted, possessed, or in battle, would bring greater pressure to the Beast Tamer.
When it grows to the transcendent level, it'd probably require a master-level Beast Tamer to control it.
What about the commander and monarch levels?
Would it require a legendary-level physique?
The little sword spirit's usage conditions were indeed a bit harsh. If the Beast Tamer didn't meet the corresponding requirements and forced its use, they'd probably be drained, exhausted, and their body and mind would be burned away.
"Fortunately, my physique far surpasses Beast Tamers of the same level," Shi Yu said thankfully.
Otherwise, he'd probably only be able to learn from General Mu Huiyin and contract an ice-type pet to suppress the sword spirit's power.
But if there really came a day when his physique couldn't keep up with the little sword spirit's growth, this might not be a bad method.
Shi Yu looked at the little sword spirit playing by itself and searched for its racial skills again.
The overlord race's undead… another big consumer of physical energy.
Six racial skills, three high-level and three super-level. Although Shi Yu was amazed by its strength, he also felt a bit dizzy.
There really wasn't a single low-level skill.
Adding points in the future will be tiring.
That being said, the little sword spirit's skills were really strong.
High-level undead skill, Soul Severing.
A soul nemesis, an undead traitor skill, the little sword spirit seemed to have the qualifications to become an undead traitor.
But it was indeed a good skill. Whether it was a normal life form or a spirit body, this move could cause great damage, which was difficult to defend against, after all, few creatures possessed skills to defend against souls.
High-level undead skill, Possession.
This was even more needless to say, it belonged to stacking one's own power onto other life forms, and was also a divine skill.
However, possession also required a certain compatibility.
Like the little sword spirit, it was basically impossible to possess Ginseng Baby or Worm.
According to research, Beast Tamers are actually the best possession targets.
Although Beast Tamers are weak, the human physique has the strongest tolerance. If the two sides have a contract, they can enter a special resonance state.
After a Beast Tamer contracts an undead who knows the Possession skill, they are the best partners to stimulate each other's potential. The power exerted by a pet stronger than Possession is even stronger.
For example, if the little sword spirit directly possessed Eleven, Eleven using Cross Sword would be far inferior to the sword spirit possessing Shi Yu, and then Eleven passing his power to Shi Yu, so that the power of the three parties using sword skills together would be greater.
Therefore, many psychics regarded undead who knew Possession as life-saving skills. Of course, they were only life-saving skills. After possessing humans, the consumption and burden were also really great. This was also the reason why Yu Shu's Dragon Soul pet, even if it knew Possession, Yu Shu didn't dare to go into battle himself and let the Dragon Soul possess the Bone Dragon.
Compared to the Fusion Beast Taming talent, the disadvantage of the Possession skill is the super consumption, which is easy to overload.
High-level fire skill, Light Flame Sword.
Shi Yu had used this skill before. It was a mediocre fire-type sword skill, characterized by extremely fast sword light, like a flash of light that can destroy the enemy in an instant.
Super-level fire skill, Cross Sword.
Shi Yu felt that this super-level skill was a bit like Zhang Qianyi's Elemental Harmony talent in the professional assessment, and a bit like Ginseng Baby's Energy Fruit, but it was also different.
Although Ginseng Baby's Energy Fruit can contain two kinds of power, the higher the compatibility of the two kinds of power, the greater the power exerted.
Although the Elemental Harmony talent can coordinate different attribute powers, it is also the same. It is easier for the Beast Tamer to coordinate elements with high compatibility, and it will also consume a lot for the Beast Tamer to coordinate opposing forces.
But Cross Sword is different. The more compatible the two fused forces are, the more ordinary the power is. The more conflicting the two fused forces are, the greater the power is.
Fire borrowing wind is a very common elemental combination skill, but it doesn't work here in Cross Sword. The combination of wind and fire is not as powerful as the combination of two incompatible forces.
This should be a skill that perfectly fits General Mu Huiyin.
After all, she herself has unparalleled fire talent, and her pets are all ice-type, which just happen to be mutually restrained.
However, this move also has disadvantages. The user himself has to bear the super-strong load brought by the intertwined forces. This is similar to Eleven's Hidden Edge, which is to exchange some price for extremely violent power through unconventional means.
This is also the reason why Mu Huiyin had to test Shi Yu first. If Shi Yu couldn't control the power of the same-level sword spirit, then even if Shi Yu directly obtained the sword spirit, the sword spirit would eventually become something that harmed Shi Yu, just like the burden her physique caused on herself.
Yang Flame.
This is a super-level fire-type skill containing the power of the sun. It is a kind of alien fire skill, and its power is extremely strong. At the same time, this move… seems to be a nemesis of the undead. For the undead, they are most afraid of the sun.
The little sword spirit is going further and further on the road of being an undead traitor…
As for Spirit Unleash, it was the skill that surprised Shi Yu the most.
The second, third, and fourth forms after liberation? What will they look like… Shi Yu was very curious.
But unfortunately, the little sword spirit can't even do the initial release yet.
The entry-level Spirit Unleash only provides one effect, which is to allow the little sword spirit to increase the proficiency level of this skill by slashing and burning the enemy's soul to kill the enemy.
This move requires constant devouring of souls to increase the skill level in order to unlock the second, third, and fourth forms. It is a skill that clearly shows how to increase the skill level. In a sense, it is like fighting monsters to level up.
"Six high-level racial skills, this is too tiring for the Beast Tamer and Ginseng Baby," Shi Yu sighed in his heart again.
But this Spirit Unleash skill can be a bit lazy.
Relying on fighting monsters to level up, Shi Yu likes this rough way of improvement.
Gu Du doesn't have anything else, just a lot of undead.
Shi Yu already had a premonition that teaching a super-level skill once could directly cripple him.
He was very happy about this kind of skill with a particularly clear way to increase proficiency.
"Before contracting the little sword spirit, don't add points to it yet, let it grow naturally," Shi Yu decided after thinking for a while.
Letting the little sword spirit spend a good childhood is the right way, there is no rush to grow up at all.
He could barely support Eleven, Worm, and Ginseng Baby at high levels, but after experiencing the little sword spirit's power, Shi Yu felt that his current state really couldn't support it.
But then again, if he also taught the little sword spirit a healing and recovery skill, and then let it possess him, would his burden be lighter? This should have the same effect as contracting an ice-type pet to suppress fire power…
Shi Yu touched his chin and looked at the little sword spirit.
"That's right, I have to give you a name."
Shi Yu said to the little sword spirit.
"Mi?"
The little sword spirit, wrapped in the energy crystal, turned to Shi Yu, swaying as if drunk.
"It's a name, I can't keep calling you Little Sword Spirit, just like them. Let me introduce you first, this is Eleven, this is Worm, and this is Ginseng Baby. You have to get along well in the future," Shi Yu introduced the three Great Emperors in the team to the little sword spirit.
"Awu!" "!!" "Ee!!" The three Great Emperors had also been observing the newborn little sword spirit for a long time.
The little sword spirit was almost destined to be the boss in the team as soon as it was born.
The fire element directly restrained the metal, insect, and wood elements. What kind of suffering is this?
"Mi~~" The little sword spirit swayed, not very clear about who was who.
It only knew that it had a very deep connection with Shi Yu, and Shi Yu was its mother!
Whatever Shi Yu said was right!
"How about calling you Xiao Hong?" Shi Yu said.
Little sword spirit: ???
It took back what it just said.
The little sword spirit shook its head frantically. Perhaps retaining General Mu Huiyin's aesthetic, it felt that this name was terribly bad.
"Then Xiao Mi…?"
"Mi!" The little sword spirit looked at Eleven, Worm, and Ginseng Baby for help.
At this time, the three pets showed helpless expressions.
Haven't you noticed what kind of naming sense your Beast Tamer has from their names?
Eleven's name is just the serial number of the breeding base.
Worm simply extracted a word from the race name and used a reduplicative form.
Ginseng Baby simply called the race name directly, occasionally guest starring as Ginseng Emperor outside the team.
"Ying." "!" "Ee!"
Eleven and the others looked regretful. Why don't we teach you to read first, and then you can choose your own name later?
"Mi…" The little sword spirit fell into deep thought, it wasn't impossible.
Shi Yu:?