160: Snake stone
Li Wen keenly grasped the meaning conveyed in the other party's eyes, but he didn't say much. Instead, he unhesitatingly took out the handwritten copy and steadily handed it to the other party.
Ruan Yifei's gaze fell on the prominent title on the cover—"Advanced Application Methods of Fusion"—and a surge of doubt and questioning rose within him.
How could such a thing exist? He had never heard of it before. However, curiosity eventually drove him to decide to give it a try.
Thus, with a half-believing, half-doubting attitude, he carefully took the seemingly unremarkable booklet from Li Wen's hand and began to flip through it page by page.
Meanwhile, Li Wen quietly listened to the War Emperor's narration, yet no trace of emotion or insight showed on his face.
In stark contrast, Ruan Yifei's side presented a different scene.
Because he himself possessed the innate ability of Fusion, when he saw the various techniques and insights explained in the book, a strong resonance spontaneously arose deep within him.
As he delved deeper into the reading, he became increasingly shocked; his originally calm mind was now a stormy sea.
Gradually, Ruan Yifei deeply realized that the booklet he held was no ordinary item; it was not only of extraordinary significance to him, but also an incredibly precious thing for all those with the Fusion talent!
He closed the book, looked up, and said to Li Wen in a very solemn and serious tone.
"This item is truly too important to me, so I accept it." Then.
He added, "No words can express my gratitude for such a great kindness. Please feel free to state any needs you have. As long as it is within my power, I will go all out and never refuse!"
Li Wen only considered it a completed task and hadn't expected there would be a wish-granting segment. However, a thought suddenly flashed through his mind, and he said.
"I do have one request... and that is, when you battle me later, you are absolutely not allowed to use your Fusion talent!" Li Wen said with a serious expression.
Originally, the other party still harbored a trace of doubt about the authenticity of the mysterious handwritten copy in Li Wen's hand, but upon seeing Li Wen make this request so seriously, his impression of Li Wen's erratic and unreliable personality slightly improved.
However, when he heard Li Wen state such a condition, the other party's eyes instantly widened. He looked at Li Wen as if he were looking at an idiot, and had already diagnosed him as mentally ill.
"I'm talking about something serious. You might not understand how important this thing is to me, so I hope you will carefully consider my request."
Ruan Yifei emphasized again.
Then, he added.
"As a reward, whether it's some rare resources or advanced evolution plans, as long as it's within my power, I will find a way to get them for you."
Li Wen no longer spoke, only staring intently at the other party, thinking to himself.
"Those so-called resources, for now, I don't particularly need urgently. As for evolution plans, there's even less to say; among my own pet beasts, besides Sleepless, which is somewhat normal, which one can evolve through conventional means!"
Thinking of this, Li Wen couldn't help but shake his head, then slowly opened his mouth and said:
"It's not that I have no desires, it's just... well... this belongs to compulsory education!"
Seeing this, the other party no longer insisted, saying.
"It's fine if you don't need anything for now; you can always ask me for help in the future."
Just then, someone came to urge the two to go on stage, interrupting their bickering... Ruan Yifei strode confidently and calmly towards the microphone with a straight posture.
After he stood firm, his gaze swept across the entire venue. Without any unnecessary delays, he went straight to the point and said:
"All students should be aware that we are about to enter the long-awaited assessment phase."
"It's worth mentioning that this year we have a top scholar here, so, this opening show will naturally be personally assessed by me."
A simple sentence, like a giant rock thrown into a calm lake, instantly stirred up a thousand waves, completely igniting the already enthusiastic atmosphere on site.
This ability to instantly ignite everyone's passion without much preamble is perhaps the unique charm of youth in student days.
Just then, Li Wen in the crowd steadily stepped onto the battle arena. Ruan Yifei smiled slightly at the sight and then said:
"Although this competition is nominally called an exhibition match, in reality, it's merely the prelude to this assessment. Junior, just give it your all; there's no need to have any reservations."
Hearing this, Li Wen nodded solemnly in response and loudly replied:
"Please rest assured, Senior! I have meticulously prepared for this assessment for a long time and will certainly do my utmost!"
After he finished speaking, it was time for the pet beasts to appear.
Serpent Stone Statue
attribute: Earth
Species: Monarch Primary
growth level: Commander Limit
Energy Value: 216000
trait ①: Petrification Power: As an outstanding Earth-type pet beast, the Serpent Stone Statue possesses the ability to petrify parts of itself or its enemies, enhancing its defense and restricting enemy movement.
trait ②: Petrification Enhancement: All of the Serpent Stone Statue's Skills are imbued with Petrification Power, allowing it to enhance its own defense in battle and convert part of its attacks into petrification effects, causing additional damage and restrictions to enemies. Under the effect of Petrification Enhancement, the Serpent Stone Statue can easily deal with various powerful enemies.
(PS: Think you can escape my grasp? Under Petrification Power, you will be immobile.)
Skill ①: Petrification Ambush
Using the power of petrification, the Serpent Stone Statue can instantly petrify parts of its body, increasing its hardness and speed, and ambush enemies like a hard rock, catching them off guard.
Skill ②: Binding Entanglement
In battle, the Serpent Stone Statue can extend its long body to tightly entangle enemies and use Petrification Power to petrify parts of their bodies, making them unable to break free while causing continuous damage.
(PS: You think you can escape? Under my Binding Entanglement, you will have nowhere to run.)
Skill ③: Earth-Shattering Tackle
The Serpent Stone Statue condenses all its power into one point, violently Tackling the ground, triggering strong vibrations and shockwaves that cause massive damage to surrounding enemies, and has a certain chance to make enemies fall into a brief stunned state.
Skill ④: Stone Skin
The Serpent Stone Statue can use the power of earth elements to form a layer of hard stone skin on its body surface, greatly enhancing its defense. When the stone skin is attacked, it can also convert part of the damage into a petrification effect to counterattack enemies.
Skill ⑤: Petrifying Entanglement
The Serpent Stone Statue can extend its long body to tightly entangle enemies. During the entanglement process, the Serpent Stone Statue releases Petrification Power, gradually petrifying parts of the enemy's body, making them unable to break free and causing continuous damage. Petrifying Entanglement is a control Skill commonly used by the Serpent Stone Statue in battle, effectively restricting enemy movement.
Skill ⑥: Fissure Ambush
The Serpent Stone Statue condenses all its power into the ground, violently triggering a fissure, and suddenly rushes out from underground to ambush enemies. Fissure Ambush is not only immensely powerful but can also make enemies fall into a brief stunned state, gaining more combat advantage for the Serpent Stone Statue.
Although the suffix in the species name indicates "Stone," a closer look reveals that this species is actually characterized primarily by snakes.
However, surprisingly, they are not ordinary snakes in the traditional sense.
The form presented here is a unique human-headed, snake-bodied structure, and it is vastly different from the legendary Medusa, with her head full of writhing snake hair.
This creature is more like a perfect Fusion of a human head and a snake's body, forming what is known as a snake-human image.
Not only that, but the bodies of these snake-humans are also covered with a layer of strong and robust muscles, making the overall appearance full of power.
When this fused image was fully displayed before him, Li Wen could barely imagine what kind of existence he was seeing.