204: Chapter 204 Pet Advancement

Seeing the strange phenomenon that truly appeared on the Sharp-toothed Piglet after it swallowed the monster essence, Tang Yao, Hu Gualing, and Xiao Niao all felt reassured. It seemed that this monster essence was indeed useful!

Although the three of them had generously tossed the monster essence to the Sharp-toothed Piglet, it didn't mean this item was meant for feeding pigs. After all, it was a blue item dropped by a BOSS; feeding it to something should at least yield some results, right?

Under the gaze of the three, the attractive green light on the Sharp-toothed Piglet gradually faded, as if it had merged into its body. However, it did not leave green marks on its surface like the Mutated White Wild Boar did, which relieved Tang Yao quite a bit.

However, as the special effect disappeared, the Sharp-toothed Piglet did not undergo any changes. None of the chaotic things they had anticipated—growing bigger or smaller, changing color, or evolving—occurred. If not for the green light effect just now, the three of them would have almost suspected that what the Sharp-toothed Piglet had swallowed wasn't monster essence, but some kind of candy.

"Why isn't there any change? Theoretically, it should have mutated or evolved or something. How come nothing changed after flashing with green light for a while? Could it be that one monster essence wasn't enough to eat?" Hu Gualing was somewhat disappointed to see that the Sharp-toothed Piglet, in which he had pinned high hopes, did not show the anticipated evolutionary transformation after eating the monster essence. After all, it was a blue item; was it all over just after flashing some green light?

He was muttering disappointedly when he saw Xiao Niao pointing at the Sharp-toothed Piglet, saying in surprise: "Look at its name."

Hu Gualing looked in the direction Xiao Niao indicated. He saw that the name above the Sharp-toothed Piglet's head was still the two characters 'Sharp Tooth' that Tang Yao had given it. However, unlike before, the name, which had always been a plain white, had now silently turned green! "Could this be... an advancement?" Hu Gualing asked, looking up at Xiao Niao. Seeing that Xiao Niao was also looking confused, he turned his gaze back to Tang Yao.

As its owner, Tang Yao should be the one who knows best what changes had occurred to Sharp Tooth.

Tang Yao was taken aback at this moment.

Game prompt: Your pet 'Sharp Tooth' has absorbed enough energy. Its creature Rank has increased; you can view it on the pet page.

Tang Yao hurriedly opened the pet page and, upon looking, discovered that this page was indeed different from before.

'Sharp Tooth': Mutated Beast (Excellent Grade), Juvenile Stage.

Strength: 8.

Agility: 6.

Stamina: 4.

Spirit: 6.

HP: 130 (80+50).

Skills:

1. Charge (Level 1): Recklessly Charges at the enemy, dealing blunt damage while having a high chance to stun the enemy. Charge damage is influenced by Strength, Agility, and its own body weight. The duration of the stun effect on the enemy depends on the enemy's strength.

2. Thrust (Level 1): Uses sharp tusks to launch a thrust attack at the enemy, dealing physical damage. When the thrust penetrates the enemy's defense, it inflicts Bleeding damage on the enemy.

3. Vitality Favor (Passive Skill): It possesses a blessing from nature, and its vitality has been enhanced. Passive skill, requires no resource consumption or cooldown time. It draws vitality from nature, increasing its HP by 50 points, and possesses stronger recovery abilities, increasing HP recovery by 2 points per second under normal environmental conditions.

Tang Yao was stunned for a moment when she saw this page of Sharp Tooth's stats on the pet panel. Before this, Sharp Tooth's attribute panel only had a simple name and HP. Now that it suddenly had so many skills and attribute values, this must be the change caused by eating that monster essence, right?

"What's wrong?" "Did Sharp Tooth advance?" Seeing Tang Yao stunned, Hu Gualing and Xiao Niao couldn't help but urge her to ask.

Tang Yao came to her senses and shared Sharp Tooth's attribute panel. When Hu Gualing and Xiao Niao saw it, their pupils constricted in shock!

"Hiss!" Hu Gualing touched his cheek and gasped. "This little thing is incredible! It already has 130 HP while still in its juvenile stage, which is not much less than mine. Plus, it can recover 2 HP per second; this body is really tough! If it grows up a bit more, I reckon it will be able to tank more than me by then!" Hu Gualing exclaimed with a tone of pleasant surprise.

Although the fact that this Sharp-toothed Piglet had 130 HP while still in its juvenile stage made Hu Gualing feel a bit unbalanced, the 'Vitality Favor' passive skill made him feel even more jealous. What an awesome skill! If he could have one too, his tankiness would increase significantly! However, Hu Gualing didn't hold a grudge against a pet. The monster essence didn't look like something humans should eat just by its name. Even if he had snatched it and eaten it before Sharp Tooth, he might not necessarily have awakened any skills, and it was even less likely to cause evolution or advancement. Instead, judging by the realism of this game, the possibility of getting an upset stomach was quite high.

Therefore, the easygoing Hu Gualing quickly balanced his mood.

Moreover, this piglet's tankiness now far exceeded that of both Xiao Niao and Tang Yao, and was fast approaching his own level. This meant that in the future, when encountering monsters, he could completely let this Sharp-toothed Piglet help him share some of the aggro; the pressure of pulling monsters would definitely be reduced significantly. It was just that he didn't know if Tang Yao... would be willing to let this piglet, which was still only the size of a palm, tank monsters. However, Sharp Tooth was still in its juvenile stage. Once it grew up, its tankiness would definitely increase greatly, and it wouldn't be difficult for it to become even more capable of tanking than him. By then, Sharp Tooth itself would be a powerful tank, and he could escape from his miserable position as a tank and focus on DPS like Tang Yao.

As Hu Gualing thought about this, his gaze towards the Sharp-toothed Piglet on the ground became increasingly satisfied. He wished it would grow up quickly and become a big pig capable of standing on its own.

Xiao Niao looked at the Sharp-toothed Piglet's attribute panel and secretly compared the piglet's stats and skills with his own in his heart. In terms of the four basic stats, this Sharp-toothed Piglet only barely surpassed him in Strength; the other three stats were far inferior. However, this did not necessarily mean that his overall strength was stronger than the Sharp-toothed Piglet's. Because, although the Sharp-toothed Piglet only had three skills, every one of them was a combat skill. The last passive skill called 'Vitality Favor' even increased the Sharp-toothed Piglet's HP by 50 points, causing its HP to reach 130 points while still in its juvenile stage, which already exceeded his current total HP! Therefore, if they really fought, Xiao Niao was not confident that he could defeat this Sharp-toothed Piglet that was currently only the size of a palm.

Having evaluated their respective strengths in this way, Xiao Niao, who had just learned 'Recovery Spell', couldn't help but put away his slight pride. He sighed helplessly in his heart that his current strength was not even comparable to a juvenile piglet; he still had a long way to go.