Chapter 27 Star Pet Advancement

Jiang Xiao spent another 27 skill points, allocating them to the star pet's tier and star techniques. The Black and White Candle's panel transformed into:

"Gold and Red Candle Cub (Mutated · Black and White · Silver Tier Lv.0)

Possessing Star Techniques:

1. Bash: Head-on collision. (Silver Quality Lv.0)

2. Icy: Nice and icy. (Silver Quality Lv.0)

3. Luminescence: Candlelight. (Silver Quality Lv.0)

4. Dependence: ... (Unknown Quality, Mutated Candle Exclusive, Cannot be Upgraded)"

The descriptions of the three star techniques remained unchanged.

Jiang Xiao held the Black and White Candle in his hand and said to it, "Use Bash on me!"

The Black and White Candle visibly paused, its tiny candle eyes looking curiously at Jiang Xiao, feeling that its master seemed a bit dim.

Why would he want me to bash him?

I don't get it, I don't get it...

However, the Black and White Candle was quite obedient. Its tiny feet jumped, and within its translucent black body, white star power flashed. Its body collided with Jiang Xiao's face.

Then...

Then, the Black and White Candle's bouncy, soft body caved in, sticking to Jiang Xiao's face, and then, with a flick, flew backward...

Jiang Xiao couldn't even feel a twinge in his nose? This was Bash? This was an offensive star technique? This must be a massage, right?

This Silver Quality Bash didn't seem to have changed much?

Jiang Xiao didn't feel any pain. Instead, it felt like he had applied an ice mask. The Black and White Candle, which had been flung away, hit the wall, its elasticity undiminished, and continued to bounce around.

Jiang Xiao quickly hugged it. The little guy looked aggrieved, nestled in Jiang Xiao's arms, constantly rubbing its face against Jiang Xiao's chest.

The effect of this star technique was indeed unexpected. But then again, after its tier and quality were upgraded to Silver, the star power within its body had increased a lot, and its body had become even more elastic.

It could be used as a stress-relief artifact, to be kneaded and played with vigorously...

"Alright..." Jiang Xiao thought for a moment and said, "Use Luminescence."

The white flame burning on the Black and White Candle's head instantly became brighter.

Mm, it seemed that these three star techniques were all actively activated star techniques. If they weren't activated, the Black and White Candle was exactly the same as in its normal state.

Wait!

Jiang Xiao suddenly realized something was wrong!

When Jiang Xiao absorbed star beads, whether it was one star with two skills or one star with three skills, using skill points to upgrade star techniques didn't simply upgrade one star technique, but rather upgraded all the star techniques within the entire star slot.

Take the star techniques of the Fallen Shadow Witch star bead as an example.

One star, three skills: Grudge (Bronze), Light of Reversal (Silver), Voice of Silence (Gold).

In order to obtain the maximum benefit, before absorbing a similar star bead, Jiang Xiao had used skill points to upgrade Grudge to Silver Quality.

But those skill points didn't only affect the "Grudge" star technique. Those skill points were applied to the star slot, and the Light of Reversal and Voice of Silence in the same star slot also had their corresponding level points increased.

Without a doubt, the Black and White Candle's three star techniques should be counted within the same star bead, the same star slot. Why did Jiang Xiao spend a skill point, and it only upgraded one star technique individually?

For example, Icy, which was the first to be upgraded in quality. Jiang Xiao upgraded "Icy" to Silver Quality, but the other two star techniques were still Bronze Quality Lv.1.

What was going on?

Was it so unfair? Just because you're a star pet, you're so blatantly eating my skill points?

Jiang Xiao put the Black and White Candle into his Star Map, sat on the bed with a thud, and pondered with a frown. No matter how he thought about it, he felt like he had been tricked.

If that was the case, if he really went to absorb the Bamboo Bear, and the two star beasts merged in the future, not counting the mutated star technique that couldn't be upgraded, there would be a total of nine star techniques. Did he have to use skill points to upgrade them one by one?

Who could afford to raise that?

Uh... if he removed the Bamboo Bear's negative effect star technique, there would still be eight star techniques to upgrade individually.

The most critical question was that Jiang Xiao still didn't know whether or not he should upgrade that negative effect star technique. He didn't know if the Bamboo Bear's "Negative State" would eliminate the negative state after being upgraded in quality, or if it would deepen the effect of the negative state...

Forget it, forget it, never mind, I'll think about it later.

Jiang Xiao originally thought that with 5000 skill points, he was already a rich man. Now it seemed that he was still a poor peasant?

A few hours later.

"Knock knock knock." There was a knock on the door.

Jiang Xiao was resting on the bed. He opened his eyes and quickly sat up.

Er Wei also opened the door, looking ready to go. She looked at Jiang Xiao, seemingly dissatisfied, and said, "Why haven't you changed your clothes yet?"

Jiang Xiao quickly said, "Right away, right away."

Er Wei closed the door and stood at the doorway.

Jiang Xiao quickly changed into a set of black Night Watch military uniform, put his officer's card in the pocket on his left chest, put on his combat cap, tucked his pants into his military boots, tightly tied his shoelaces, picked up the giant blade that Er Wei had newly provided, and quickly walked out.

At the doorway, Er Wei turned her head and nodded slightly when she saw Jiang Xiao in his military uniform.

Clothes make the man, and a saddle makes the horse. This was indeed very true. This mischievous little Jiu Xing Du Nai looked quite imposing after putting on the Night Watch military uniform.

Jiang Xiao also saw Er Wei's ponytail tied up behind her combat cap. For Er Wei, this was already considered a high ponytail. From this, it could be seen that she was taking this assessment task very seriously.

Under Er Wei's lead, the two arrived at the entrance of the military camp. Sun Dasheng and Hou Mingming were both in black and cool Night Watch military uniforms, but compared to Sun Dasheng, Hou Mingming didn't have the "Night" armband on his right arm yet.

Sun Dasheng didn't wear a combat cap, but rather used a headband to tie above his forehead, slightly lifting up the black hair in front of his forehead, at least no longer blocking his eyes.

Jiang Xiao looked at the fluffy hair and really wanted to give him a bun...

Er Wei looked the two up and down and said, "We'll go to the airport in a while. The Northwest Night Watch's Radiant Sun Team is a bit different from the troops in other places. We also have some important tasks.

Some countries in Central Asia, especially a few small countries, have been asking us for help. We maintain a long-term assistance relationship with several countries, and as the influence of the Other Dimension expands, the opening frequency of the Holy Ruins is fluctuating again, more and more regions have joined the ranks of asking for help.

You can imagine the intensity of our work.

The country's instructions are very clear: The Northwest Night Watch must protect the Northwest region while providing assistance to other countries as much as possible.

And our relatively independent Radiant Sun Team has a relatively singular function. Our activity area will be in the Central Asian region.

The Shadow Crow Squad and the Heavenly Dog Squad have been on duty outside, and I just rushed back a few days ago. I left my comrades abroad and came back to form your squad.

Since other countries are asking us for help, the local military and civilians will be very friendly to us, but after all, it is a foreign country. I only trust my own people.

I hope to see the three squads under my command give full play to their respective characteristics, unite, and cooperate with each other.

I hope you two are worthy of this squad, don't let me down."

Er Wei rarely said so much, and then gestured in the direction of the military vehicle, "Get in the car."

Hou Mingming clenched his fists. I'm determined to get a spot on this team!

There was also a hint of excitement on Sun Dasheng's face. Dasheng was not only as fiery as fire, but as a Star Warrior who grew up in the mainstream education system, his desire to win was also maxed out.

Er Wei's words struck the hearts of the two: I hope you two are worthy of this squad, don't let me down.

Er Wei's team was special among specials, an elite team among elite teams, of course she was qualified to say this. And these words were a bit harsh in the ears of the two proud Star Warriors, but more than that, it was motivation.

The foursome got into the convertible military vehicle, and Er Wei naturally sat in the passenger seat, once again leaving the driver's seat to Jiang Xiao.

Jiang Xiao also understood that under Er Wei's command, he wasn't taking on the role of a medical-type Star Warrior, he was more like a full-time driver.

Under Er Wei's artificial navigation, Jiang Xiao drove out of the military camp and headed straight for the airport where he had landed.

It was smooth sailing all the way, there was nothing to say. It was worth mentioning that Er Wei directly confirmed Sun Dasheng's identity as the squad leader and commander in the car.

This identity was completely shackled on Sun Dasheng.

Regardless of how Sun Dasheng viewed Hou Mingming, now that he was the captain, he had to figure out the personalities of the team members and unite the squad.

If Sun Dasheng couldn't reasonably allocate tasks, give play to the characteristics of each teammate... to put it bluntly, if problems such as Sun Dasheng not using Hou Mingming well, or even isolating Hou Mingming, or setting obstacles for Hou Mingming arose, then there was no doubt that the captain was unqualified.

Jiang Xiao originally thought that the captain of this assessment team would be Er Wei, and the command might be assigned to him, but he didn't expect Er Wei to forcibly put Sun Dasheng on the spot, so that he had to adjust his mentality from another perspective, and even take the initiative to adjust his relationship with Hou Mingming.

Er Wei's move was indeed a bit powerful.

Until the foursome boarded the military plane, waiting for other teams to board this flight, Sun Dasheng took the initiative to speak and began to ask for information.

He sat in his chair and asked, "Destination, mission objective."

Er Wei: "Konk Kingdom, destroy as many Other Dimension spaces and Holy Ruins directly opened on Earth as possible. For specific information, someone will contact you when you reach the designated location."

Sun Dasheng: "Understood."

Jiang Xiao's heart skipped a beat. It was Konk Kingdom again? Last time, Huaxia sent so many troops, hadn't the situation been brought under control?

The leader of the Dark Temple organization was killed by Jiang Xiao and Er Wei themselves, and a large number of Dark Temple Other Dimension Holy Ruins were also destroyed in large numbers. Huaxia even sent people to help them organize disaster reconstruction work, how... did they still need help?

Just now, Er Wei also said that the frequency of opening Other Dimension spaces and Holy Ruins in the Central Asian region seemed to have increased again?

Mm... Disaster reconstruction wasn't a simple matter. This country had suffered such a heavy blow, and it would indeed take a considerable amount of time to "stand up" again.

In that case, the Shadow Crow Star Bead was in sight again?

Jiang Xiao thought to himself, this time, he had to stock up on more goods, after all, this Dark Temple Other Dimension space was unique to the Republic of Konk Kingdom, and the Shadow Crow Star Bead couldn't be obtained anywhere else.

First set a small goal, kill a thousand Shadow Crow Star Beads!

We're working so hard to help your Konk Kingdom, it's only right to get some rewards...