Chapter 412: Chapter 412: Intermediate Boss·Mechanical Firehawk
There were two reasons why Li Yao hadn’t upgraded his puppet for a long time. Firstly, there wasn’t much material at that time, the cost was too high and Li Yao felt the pet’s level was completely sufficient for his use at that time.
Secondly, he was apprehensive that the puppet might gain too many levels while being upgraded, which would in turn increase its quality at a significant cost.
If it were a normal upgrade, Li Yao wouldn’t worry at all. But once dismantled, it would no longer be his pet and with a quality increase, there was a high chance it’d become a level-20 pet.
At that time, Li Yao was far away from level-20, thus he delayed the upgrading process until now.
Li Yao spent an entire night listing out all the materials required, before heading to his own warehouse to take them out and then off to the auction house for further purchases.
Unquestionably, with the increase in the number of players and the duration of the game, the availability of items within it was gradually increasing. Li Yao could find almost everything he wanted at the auction place.
It was not until the noon of the next day that Li Yao gathered all the materials.
Then he went back to his own laboratory. Although the procurement amount was considerable, it was completely within Li Yao’s capability.
There was a great deal of preparation to do as well, starting with the installation and construction of auxiliary platforms, especially the auxiliary workbench.
Resetting the laboratory was exhausting for the guild players who were learning engineering from Li Yao.
However, seeing Li Yao getting these new high-quality equipments worked as a motivation for them. As Li Yao promised, these equipments were available for all of them to use. The more complete and luxurious the laboratory was, the happier they were.
“Thanks for your hard work. I know everyone is tired. I will ask the deputy leaders to distribute points to you. Those who want to exchange items can go to the warehouse,” he said, looking very pleased with his lab. In terms of equipment, even it was hard to find a luxurious laboratory like his, as it integrated equipment from gnomes, goblins and titans.
“Boss, you’re awesome.”
These players received a salary and could accumulate points as well. Li Yao rewarded them with extra points, so they didn’t have to spend their own money auctioning drawings and the like.
“Also, I need to create some important items for the next few days, so avoid disturbing me. Everyone should go to the Undercity Engineering Laboratory temporarily. The rental fee will be paid by the guild,” Li Yao said.
“Boss, we can help you.”
Many of them had learned a lot in just half a day. So many wanted to stay close to Li Yao to continue learning.
“You will have plenty of opportunities in the future. I just need to keep the process confidential because what I’m making this time is a very secretive weapon of mine. I trust all of you, but the less people know about it, the more confidence we have in pioneering the instance. Therefore, the deputy leaders won’t even be told about it,” Li Yao patiently explained, of course, this was a lie.
In fact, he did not want to reveal some advanced techniques that he had learned from nowhere.
Besides, he could handle all these with the help of the auxiliary machine tools.
When making the objects, Li Yao decided to start with his first pet, the Firehawk. Even though the Firehawk had been limited to the role of a scout, it was still Li Yao’s favourite pet.
This time, the Firehawk’s body was mainly made of iron ore, while its claws and beak were replaced with sharper metals infused with special materials.
With the previous experience, Li Yao made the Firehawk even bigger this time.
The original Firehawk looked like a cub but now it was a fierce bird of prey.
The eyes were replaced with better Hawk Eye Stones, further extending the hawk’s scouting distance.
As for the issue with the Titan Solvent, the circuit was replaced with a special Rune Array, which would prevent any malfunction and was adaptable to relentless battles as levels increased.
Li Yao strived for perfection this time, spending an entire day to finish the work.
Li Yao held the Firehawk’s core in one hand, and the Flame Emblem in the other.
This treasure was obtained from a powerful druid, a supreme treasure that all druids would go crazy for. Now it was used by Li Yao to upgrade his mechanical core.
Li Yao placed the Flame Emblem on top of the core of the Firehawk. Suddenly, the Rune Array of the core began to flicker and the Flame Emblem was fused with the core.
Then, the Flame Emblem seemed to melt and was imprinted on the core, forming a Flame Seal. After that, a phantom of a flame shot out from the core.
“Indeed, it’s an amazing item, now the core finally possesses the fire attribute,” said Li Yao, drawing a line with his finger. The metallic feathers of the Firehawk split open to form a mouth, into which Li Yao inserted the core.
The original black metal instantly caught fire. Unlike last time, there was no metallic texture this time, it felt like a real elemental being. Even the mechanical sound disappeared.
The eyes of the Firehawk turned into a transparent amber color, looking extremely lively and spiritual. It didn’t move but rubbed its head against Li Yao’s arm.
Li Yao quickly checked the Firehawk’s attributes.
Mechanical Firehawk
Grade: Level 20 Intermediate Boss
Life: 200,000
Armor: 1000
Resistance: Intermediate Fire Resistance, Preliminary Physical Resistance
Skills: Flame Claw, Flame Tear, Flame Hydra, Flame Feather Strike, Flame Breath, Flame Aura.
The remaining attributes didn’t change much, it could still evolve and mutate.
However, these attributes were already extremely powerful, all the skills had been enhanced to varying degrees.
Flame Claw was an evolved version of an eagle pouncing a rabbit, Flame Tear was a powerful beak attack skill.
Flame Hydra could be summoned to attack enemies, Flame Feather Strike was similar to Flame Sea, besides inflicting strike damage, it would also cause constant scorching damage.
Flame Breath was the evolved version of Breath, and Flame Aura provided Li Yao with fire resistance as well.
As expected, the Firehawk was indeed level 20 and now couldn’t participate in fights. But it could still be summoned for a walk, demonstrating its existence.
Moreover, to advance to the second phase at level 20, an array was needed. The Firehawk would have also undergone the same situation, requiring a baptism, as it was dependent on Li Yao.
What satisfied Li Yao the most was the revolutionary change of the Firehawk’s blood volume, from tens of thousands to two hundred thousands. The ascend in attributes was the reason, after players reached level 20, their pets could reach such a level.
Li Yao put away the Firehawk, took a rest, and then prepared to reform the second puppet, the Death God 4000.
The Death God 4000 had undergone twice transformation, but they were not essential changes. Moreover, the forcing use of those weapons actually made it quite uncoordinated.
So Li Yao wanted to completely redo the Death God 4000. However, he wasn’t sure if the Death God 4000 could become an intermediate level…