189: Chapter 185 Level Explosion! New Rune Selection

Within that flattened pool of flesh and blood, a small, ugly bug, only palm-sized and resembling a caterpillar, was scrambling to crawl out.

Everyone was stunned.

"..."

Lu Yuan looked at the bug still struggling to wriggle, his mouth twitching slightly.

[ BOSS: Demon Aggregate (True Form) ]

[ Level: Lv.10 ]

[ HP: 30 Million ]

[ Skill: Life Nirvana ]

[ Description: A very weak demon creature that likes to deceive others with a powerful physical body and fake strength. Its true form is extremely fragile and it excels at posturing and fleeing. ]

"..."

Lu Yuan was speechless.

After all that, the big guy from just a moment ago, the one that was so aggressive and kept shouting "This Demon King is an invincible existence," was just this thing in disguise?

"Slaughter it."

Demon Pill had been holding in a belly full of anger for a long time.

Without another word, it rushed straight up!

"How dare you toy with me! Watch me kill you!!"

The Wind and Thunder Wings flapped violently, and the Wind Fire Wheels spun wildly beneath its feet.

Demon Pill's figure turned into a series of afterimages, continuously slamming into the little bug's body.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

This time, without the fake physical body to absorb the impact, every strike from Demon Pill landed solidly on the little bug.

Under the immense force, it flew back and forth in mid-air.

Its HP dropped rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.

30 million HP.

It sounds like a lot.

But that's only for ordinary people.

For Demon Pill, which had stacked over 13,000 layers of Tap Dance, it was just a matter of a few seconds.

In the blink of an eye, the little bug's HP was completely wiped out, turning it into a pile of charred residue.

[ Congratulations to your Magic Pet [ Demon Pill ] for killing BOSS [ Demon Aggregate ], rewards are being calculated... ]

[ EXP + 50 Million ]

[ Dropped Items: Demon Magic Crystal × 1, Super-Tier Skill Stone - Life Furnace × 1, Legendary Equipment - Life Shield × 1 ... ]

Lu Yuan's eyes lit up.

"Good stuff, all of it is good stuff!"

He picked up the Demon Magic Crystal that was glowing with a dark red light.

The Demon Magic Crystal was a purer essence of energy than demon blood, refined from the power of abyss demons.

For the Little Skeleton, which possessed demon bloodlines, it was simply a great tonic.

"This is your reward."

Lu Yuan casually tossed the Demon Magic Crystal toward the Little Skeleton.

The Little Skeleton's ten-thousand-meter-tall golden body rapidly shrank, and in the blink of an eye, it transformed into a cute 1.5-meter-tall figure.

It respectfully stretched out its hands, caught the Demon Magic Crystal, and bowed deeply.

"Thank you for your gift, Master."

Then, it tossed the Demon Magic Crystal directly into its mouth and began to crunch on it.

The dark red light flowed down its throat and quickly merged into its entire body.

A few seconds later

[ Your Magic Pet [ Demon Skeleton King ] has absorbed a large amount of demon essence, and its bloodline has undergone a slight change... ]

Lu Yuan's mouth curved slightly upward.

It was just as he had expected.

As long as he let the Little Skeleton consume more demon energy, its bloodline could continue to evolve.

In the future, it might truly be able to evolve into a higher-tier existence.

Lu Yuan picked up the legendary equipment.

[ Life Shield (Legendary) ]

[ Equipment Effect: When taking fatal damage, consume 10% of MP to generate an equivalent shield, lasting for 3 seconds. ]

A decent defensive skill.

Very suitable for Little Red.

Although that little fat bird's Spirit stat has skyrocketed, it is, after all, a magic-type Magic Pet and is still quite fragile.

With this life-saving skill, at least he doesn't have to worry about it being slapped to death by a monster.

As for the last one

[ Super-Tier Skill Stone - Life Furnace ]: It can consume corpses to form fake HP and a physical body. To deal damage to the main body, the fake physical body must be destroyed first.

Lu Yuan thought for a moment and then tossed the skill stone to the Slime.

Although the Slime now had scale armor, it was ultimately a fragile DPS class.

With Life Furnace, it could form a fake physical body, greatly enhancing its survivability.

"Woohoo~ Master still loves me the most!"

At the same time,

Hum!

Hum!

Two golden lights rose up from Lu Yuan's body!

Lu Yuan's level skyrocketed directly from level 50 to level 52!

Immediately afterward, golden upgrade lights erupted one after another from his several Magic Pets!

[ Slime: Lv.48 → Lv.51 ]

[ Little Skeleton: Lv.48 → Lv.50 ]

[ Demon Pill: Lv.47 → Lv.49 ]

[ Iron-Eating Beast: Lv.47 → Lv.49 ]

[ Goblin: Lv.42 → Lv.44 ]

[ Little Red: Lv.8 → Lv.18 ]

They had consecutively killed an Emperor-tier BOSS and the Demon Aggregate.

Combined with the massive amount of accumulated EXP from before, this wave of leveling up caused him to jump two levels!

The levels of all his Magic Pets had made a qualitative leap!

Lu Yuan clenched his fists in excitement.

Awesome!

This is the leveling speed he wanted!

Just then, the system's notification sound rang out again.

[ Your Magic Pet [ Little Red ] has reached the level requirement to learn a Hextech Rune. ]

[ Your Magic Pet [ Slime ] has reached the level requirement to learn a Hextech Rune. ]

[ Your Magic Pet [ Little Skeleton ] has reached the level requirement to learn a Hextech Rune. ]

Three Magic Pets could choose new Hextech Runes at the same time!

Lu Yuan's eyes lit up again.

With a slight movement of his mind, he first summoned back Little Red, which was currently in the middle of a monster horde, frantically stacking Extraordinary Evil.

Little Red was in the middle of stacking excitedly when it was suddenly teleported back; the whole bird was confused.

"Chirp chirp chirp?!"

I was having so much fun stacking!

Why did you suddenly summon me back?!

Lu Yuan ignored its protest and directly pulled up its Hextech Rune selection interface.

Three cards glowing with golden light appeared in front of him.

[ Gold - Terrain Expert ]: Your skills that can alter terrain will cause continuous damage around them.

[ Gold - Shark Bait ]: After you fall in battle, a giant shark will emerge from the ground and consume and bite all nearby creatures.

[ Silver - Purist - Mage ]: Gain 10% Skill Cooldown Reduction, and convert additional Attack Speed into Cooldown Reduction.

...

Lu Yuan carefully observed the effects of these three Hextech Runes.

Terrain Expert.

Very suitable for Earth-type mage Magic Pets, as it can significantly boost AoE damage.

But Little Red is Fire-type, so it doesn't match.

Shark Bait.

A Self-destruct style rune, only triggers after death, suitable for the Slime.

Purist - Mage.

Increases Skill Cooldown Reduction by 10%, and can convert Attack Speed into Cooldown Reduction.

Lu Yuan's mouth slowly curled up.

"This is the one."

Without any hesitation, he directly selected [ Silver - Purist - Mage ].

What is Little Red's most important task right now?

Stacking Extraordinary Evil.

How to stack the fastest?

Continuously release skills to trigger the Burn effect.

The shorter the skill cooldown, the higher the release frequency, and the faster the stacking speed.

Purist perfectly fits Little Red's playstyle!

Little Red tilted its head, feeling the newly acquired ability within its body, and its eyes grew brighter and brighter.

"Chirp chirp chirp chirp chirp chirp chirp!!!"

Seeing Little Red's excited reaction, Lu Yuan smiled slightly.

Then, he turned his head and his gaze fell upon the Slime and the Little Skeleton.

Next, it was time to choose Hextech Runes for these two strongest combat units.