157: New ideas
According to Li Wen's initial plan, he merely wanted to check the panel data to see if there were any Skills available for Sleepless to use, and to add a little to all of them.
And the actual situation did develop as he had expected.
Having learned that Sleepless was keen on playing chess, Li Wen decided to cultivate it towards the type of mage or warlock that could 'devise strategies within the command tent and win battles a thousand miles away'.
After all, given Sleepless's calm, composed, and thoughtful nature, this development path would undoubtedly be very suitable for it.
To be honest, Lin Yan's Skill reserves could be said to be quite rich and diverse.
However, Li Wen deliberately avoided close-combat Skills that could easily lead to Sleepless's rapid death, as well as some low-tier Skills that were of no use to Sleepless.
After much deliberation and careful selection, only the following Skills were ultimately included.
Skill: Mental Burst
Skill Level: Intermediate Skill
Skill Type: Active Skill
Skill Description:
The user instantly releases condensed mental power, forming a powerful burst that causes immense damage to the target. This Skill requires extremely high mental power output and precise control.
This Skill's actual effect was quite similar to Mental Chess Pieces, but Li Wen favored it mainly for its powerful explosive damage capability.
One must know that Mental Chess Pieces, in essence, still belonged to a method of utilizing mental power.
When actively detonated, it could cause secondary damage. This unique attack mode was undoubtedly quite attractive to a character like Sleepless, who relatively lacked direct and effective offensive means.
Because this meant an additional powerful and unexpected means of attack, capable of delivering a heavy blow to the enemy at critical moments, thereby changing the course of the battle.
Moreover, due to the high explosive damage of this Skill, once it successfully hit the target, it was very likely to cause immense trauma to the opponent, and might even secure victory in one fell swoop.
Therefore, this seemingly inconspicuous Skill actually held hidden mysteries, becoming an extremely threatening trump card in Li Wen's hand.
Skill: Mental Shield
Skill Level: Intermediate Skill
Skill Type: Active Skill
Skill Description:
The user can condense mental power to form a solid shield, protecting themselves and nearby targets from mental attacks and physical damage. The shield's strength depends on the user's mental power and Skill proficiency.
There was nothing special about this Skill; it was just a matter of selecting a defensive Skill for each pet, as usual.
It was good whether it protected itself or the Beastmaster. As the saying goes, 'If he's good, I'm good too.'
Skill: Mental Weaving
Skill Level: High-tier Skill
Skill Type: Active Skill
Skill Description:
The user can weave their mental power into a complex network, covering a certain range of space. Within this network, the user can perceive any subtle mental fluctuations, and even interfere with or control others' thoughts. As mental power increases, the range of the woven network will gradually expand, and control ability will also increase accordingly.
This Skill was simply an existence that transcended convention and broke the balance!
It was so powerful that Li Wen couldn't find any reason to refuse to include it on the panel.
However, this Skill did not originate from the pet beasts studied in the laboratory, nor could it have.
It was directly stolen from the pet beast of the Grand Scholar owned by Lin Yan.
Of course, a scholar's matter cannot be called stealing, but rather pilfering.
Speaking of this, it is actually related to Sleepless's possible future evolutionary form.
The ability to conceive such a heaven-defying and abnormal Skill undoubtedly fully proved that Lin Yan was by no means an ordinary person.
One must know that the effects displayed by this Skill were beyond imagination.
He truly couldn't believe that what he saw before him was merely a high-tier Skill!
Skill: Psychic Double
Skill Level: Intermediate Skill
Skill Type: Special Skill
Skill Description:
The user can create a double of themselves. This mirror image can act independently and mimic the user's behavior and thoughts. The strength of the mirror image depends on the user's mental power and Skill proficiency.
This Skill was completely complementary to the previous Skill. Originally, a double could only be a double, with limited controllability.
However, with the mental link provided by Mental Weaving, as long as mental power was sufficient, it could be fully used as a clone with dual-tasking.
Skill: Adaptability
Skill Level: Low-tier Skill
Skill Type: Passive Skill
Skill Description:
Able to quickly adapt to the surrounding environment, and within a short period, evolve physiological functions that are close to the environment, undergoing minor mutations.
This Skill might seem unremarkable at first glance, but it made Li Wen feel particularly surprised, and this was precisely the reason.
One must know that this special Skill, originating from the Parasitic Vine, was like a key opening the door to a whole new way of thinking, instantly illuminating the dark corners of Li Wen's mind.
Although he repeatedly confirmed that Bud couldn't learn this Skill, this didn't deter Li Wen's thoughts.
He began to ponder whether, if he could use this Skill to adapt to a harsh environment full of death energy, and then use some clever agricultural method, it might be possible to successfully transfer the physiological changes he developed by adapting to the environment to Bud?
Thinking of this, a excited light flickered in Li Wen's eyes.
Not only that, but when Yuan Wang mastered this miraculous Skill, it seemed to herald its imminent entry into the next anticipated cultivation stage.
The panel seemed to appear proactively, as if fearing Li Wen wouldn't be able to confirm it.
Contracted Pet: Bud
Pseudo-Evolution Ritual: Callus Culture Method