Chapter 5: Mystic Core
The Evil Cute Rabbit's strength and size were large enough to serve as a mount, but when this guy ran on all fours, it bounced and jolted severely, making it hard to sit steadily, let alone ride it while fighting with weapons.
Normally, sitting on it was uncomfortably bumpy, making it completely unsuitable for use as a mount; at most, it could be used for a ride when escaping.
Strangely, when the Evil Cute Rabbit walked upright, it was very steady; its two hind legs were very strong and powerful, and it ran fast, fiercely, and steadily, but it still liked to jump, leaping several meters high with astonishing jumping power.
Chen Guan was not in a hurry to bless the Evil Cute Rabbit with the Lala Team Soul, because he found that the invigorating effect of the Lala Team Soul was not permanent; it would naturally disappear after a period of time, and he would need to bless it again next time for it to be effective.
He wanted to test the Evil Cute Rabbit's actual combat first, and then bless it with the Lala Team Soul, so he could have a comparison and know what to expect, while also gaining a better understanding of the Lala Team Soul.
There was only one Mystic Spirit, the Evil Cute Rabbit, in the valley. Chen Guan had the Evil Cute Rabbit scout ahead, slowly moving towards the outside of the valley.
He didn't know what was going on with this valley; there were so many white bones inside. When he looked outside from the valley entrance, there were almost no white bones, but on the stone wall at the valley entrance, he saw several large blood-red carved characters.
"Zi Wu Yin Yang Valley..." Chen Guan didn't expect such a not-so-large valley to actually have a name.
While deep in thought, he saw several Evil Cute Rabbits outside the valley gnawing on plants. Their size was similar to an adult husky, far inferior to Chen Guan's 'Rouge'.
Rouge was the Bloody Evil Cute Rabbit; this was the name Chen Guan gave her.
Those Evil Cute Rabbits outside the valley were the normal Evil Cute Rabbits in Chen Guan's understanding, and their quality should all be ordinary.
Rouge received Chen Guan's command, took large strides, and charged towards the Evil Cute Rabbits. When she was still seven or eight meters away from them, she leaped up. While charging forward, the bloodthirsty blade held in her paw slashed down fiercely, and one Evil Cute Rabbit's head was directly chopped off.
Rouge went on a killing spree. In just a moment, she had cut down six Evil Cute Rabbits with her blade; not a single Evil Cute Rabbit's corpse was intact.
"Fierce... truly too fierce..." Chen Guan couldn't help but exclaim. A unique item is indeed a unique item; its combat power at the same level is far stronger than ordinary Mystic Spirit.
The bloodthirsty blade was plunged by Rouge into the heart of an Evil Cute Rabbit. The Evil Cute Rabbit's corpse visibly shriveled, its blood drawn into the bloodthirsty blade, causing a vibrant red to emerge on the black bloodthirsty blade, and Rouge's snow-white body also subtly emitted a hint of blood energy.
In a moment, the Evil Cute Rabbit's corpse turned into a dried-up body. Rouge leaped to the corpse of another Evil Cute Rabbit and plunged the bloodthirsty blade into its heart again.
Blood-colored mist rose from both the Evil Cute Rabbit and the bloodthirsty blade. That was a strange phenomenon where blood was refined and evaporated, and the remaining energy was absorbed; only the Vampire Great Art had such an ability.
After absorbing the blood energy of six Evil Cute Rabbits consecutively, Rouge surprisingly did not level up to Level 2.
With so much energy, if it were absorbed by an ordinary Mystic Spirit, it should have already advanced to Level 2. This shows that high-quality Mystic Spirit have a higher inherent difficulty in leveling up compared to ordinary Mystic Spirit.
Fortunately, there were quite a few Evil Cute Rabbits nearby. After Rouge absorbed the blood energy of ten Evil Cute Rabbits, her level successfully increased to Level 2. Her body's fur became noticeably more lustrous, like ice and snow silk, exuding a crystal-clear sheen.
The Level 2 Rouge's energy limit increased to 2.91; the growth rate of 1.91 was indeed not false.
Her strength, speed, and other aspects also had good improvements, but those were hidden attributes, and the direct data could not be seen.
Bloody Evil Cute Rabbit (Unique Item): Level 2 Spirit Pet.
Energy: 2.91.
Growth Rate: 1.91.
Innate Talent: Bloody Resurrection (Unique Item).
Secret Method: Level 2 Vampire Great Art (Unique Item).
Secret Skill: Level 2 bloodthirsty blade Technique (Unique Item).
Mystic Treasure: Level 2 bloodthirsty blade (Unique Item).
After a Mystic Spirit levels up, its Secret Method, Secret Skill, and Mystic Treasure will also increase accordingly, which is somewhat different from humans.
Ding!
The Level 2 Rouge killed Evil Cute Rabbits more like slicing melons and chopping vegetables. After chopping down another Evil Cute Rabbit, points of white light rose from within that Evil Cute Rabbit's body.
Chen Guan originally thought it was a Mystic Spirit turning into a pet, but who knew that those white lights gradually condensed into a ping-pong ball-sized white crystal core in the air, turned into a shooting star, flew towards Chen Guan, and landed in his hand.
"Mystic Core..." Chen Guan was overjoyed. A Mystic Core is the source of cultivators' Secret Methods and Secret Skills. Whether it's a Secret Method or a Secret Skill depends on luck.
Chen Guan hoped it was a Secret Skill. The Secret Methods dropped by ordinary Evil Cute Rabbits should all be ordinary Secret Methods, which were completely useless to Chen Guan. If it were a Secret Skill, it could be immediately put to use, adding some combat power.
Picking up the Mystic Core and holding it in his hand, he circulated the Longevity Skill to observe it. Instantly, a strange piece of information entered Chen Guan's mind.
Secret Method: Vegetarian Health Skill (Ordinary).
Chen Guan was slightly disappointed. This thing was completely useless and wouldn't sell for much money if taken out.
Continuing forward with Rouge, besides needing to obtain a high-quality cultivation technique, Chen Guan also had to find the teleportation station within the Blessed Land of Pingdu Mountain. Only by using the teleportation station could he leave the Blessed Land of Pingdu Mountain. The next time he entered the Blessed Land of Pingdu Mountain, he would be fixedly teleported to the location of that teleportation station and would no longer be randomly thrown in.
Walking and stopping, he killed quite a few Evil Cute Rabbits. This area seemed to have only one type of Mystic Spirit, the Evil Cute Rabbit, and they were all of ordinary quality with an extremely low drop rate. Besides the previous Herbivorous Health Skill, he didn't get anything else.
The Vampire Great Art required time to digest the large amount of energy absorbed into the body. Rouge had long since stopped absorbing blood. To continue leveling up, she needed to wait until the blood energy in her body was almost digested before she could continue absorbing blood to upgrade. Killing Evil Cute Rabbits almost no longer had any meaning.
"It's not as dangerous here as I previously thought." Surrounded by continuous mountain ranges, Chen Guan planned to leave this grassy basin with Rouge and enter the mountain forest to see if there were other Mystic Spirit.
There were no traces of human activity nearby. Chen Guan had just entered the mountain forest not far when he suddenly heard shouts and sounds of fighting from the mountain forest ahead.
Recalling Rouge, he quietly sneaked over and found that the sound was coming from the stream at the foot of the mountain. Hiding and looking over, he saw a human man fighting with a Mystic Spirit.
That Mystic Spirit looked like a skeleton, but upon closer inspection, its body was covered in a membrane. The membrane was as white as jade, except for its left hand which was crimson like blood, and the left hand was much larger than the right.
From a distance, he couldn't clearly see the man's appearance, only felt that he shouldn't be old. He held a wooden bow in his hand, and although he had a quiver and arrows on his back, because the distance was too close, he had no time to draw and shoot arrows, and could only flee quickly in a disheveled state.
His speed was much faster than Chen Guan's, but compared to that weird, skin-and-bones Mystic Spirit, he was still a bit slower. He could only rush into the mountain forest, circling around towering ancient trees to maneuver against that Mystic Spirit.
The Mystic Spirit's bloody hand seemed like an invincible sharp weapon. When it struck the tree trunks, the hard old trees were struck until their bark split and flesh tore. Under that bloody hand, they seemed as fragile as tofu.
"Lao Niao!" Chen Guan saw the person's face clearly and was slightly startled.