51: New Skills for the Little Lizard

Leaving the portal, Mu Feng returned to his stone bed to Cultivate.

He aimed to increase his strength to the tenth layer of Qi Refining before tomorrow, so he would be more confident in exploring the Treasure Trove map.

The night passed uneventfully.

The next day arrived quickly.

“What a pity, I still couldn't reach the tenth layer of Qi Refining.”

After a night of Cultivating, the Spiritual Qi in his body had become much denser.

But unfortunately, he was still some distance away from reaching the tenth layer of Qi Refining.

If he didn't have any special encounters, Mu Feng estimated it would take at least two or three more days of just meditating to successfully enter the tenth layer Realm.

So, he no longer wasted time meditating.

Stretching, Mu Feng got off the stone bed.

Since his strength couldn't change in a short time, he could only resort to external help, which meant upgrading the Little Lizard.

Other Materials were already prepared; he just needed the last two Centennial Ironwood.

In the medicinal garden, the two ironwood trees had grown from small saplings last night into tall trees.

【Name: ironwood】

【Age: Centennial】

【Description: A very hard type of tree, usually used to refine Puppets.】

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【Name: ironwood】

【Age: Centennial】

【Description: A very hard type of tree, usually used to refine Puppets.】

Mu Feng glanced at them.

Both ironwood trees had reached the centennial mark.

【System Reminder: Do you want to collect the ironwood?】

“Collect.” Mu Feng nodded.

【System Reminder: Centennial Ironwood x1】

【System Reminder: Centennial Ironwood x1】

With the two Centennial Ironwood in hand, all the upgrade Materials for the Puppet Lizard were gathered.

“Little Lizard, come here!”

Returning to the main hall, Mu Feng summoned the Puppet Lizard.

He clicked on the upgrade option.

【Puppet Lizard Upgrade: Soul 10/12, Centennial Ironwood 5/5, Silver Crystal 3/3, Spirit Stone 100/319】

All four Materials were gathered.

Mu Feng patted the Puppet Lizard's small head.

“Little Lizard, are you happy to be upgraded?”

The Little Lizard did not speak, staring at Mu Feng with intelligent eyes, seemingly not understanding why its master was so happy.

“Oh, I forgot you can’t speak.”

“Why am I even talking to you about this?” Mu Feng sighed helplessly.

He had truly been lonely for too long.

【System Reminder: Do you want to upgrade the Puppet Lizard?】

Mu Feng nodded. “Upgrade!”

【System Reminder: Soul -10, Centennial Ironwood -5, Silver Crystal -3, Spirit Stone -100.】

As his words fell, the Materials in his Storage Pouch transformed into light spheres and merged into the Puppet Lizard's body.

With the addition of these light spheres, the Puppet Lizard's body began to change.

First, its body shrunk from two or three meters to just over one meter.

Then, its entirely red body began to grow silver runes.

These runes resembled tadpoles, swimming across its body.

With each circle they swam, the luster on its body brightened a bit, appearing full of texture.

Besides the changes in its appearance, the Little Lizard's gaze also became much more focused.

Before, it looked clumsy and adorable, with a certain beauty like a husky.

After absorbing the light spheres, its expression was still clumsy, but its eyes became much more spirited.

“Excellent, excellent!” Mu Feng was very satisfied with the Little Lizard's transformation.

“Thump, thump, thump!” He patted its upgraded body, feeling it was much more solid.

“Let's see the changes!” Mu Feng opened the Puppet page.

【Name】: Puppet Lizard (Variant Upgrade)

【Description】: Due to the mixture of mithril, the Puppet Lizard's body has mutated. Its body hardness is ten times that of an ordinary Puppet Lizard. (Newly added: The Puppet Lizard has absorbed a large amount of Materials, its body performance has been strengthened, and its speed, attack, and defense have increased.)

【Skills】: Bite, Charge, Berserk.

【Durability 1000/1000】

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“Speed, attack, defense, overall body performance all increased!”

“Its durability has also changed so much!”

“And it gained an additional skill!”

Mu Feng was excited.

The Puppet Lizard was one of his main combat forces.

The stronger it was, the stronger his own combat power would be!

He checked the details of the Berserk skill.

【Berserk: The Puppet Lizard absorbs energy within its body to stimulate its potential, greatly increasing its speed and attack for ten minutes. However, after each Berserk ends, the Puppet Lizard will become weak and enter a dormant state until its energy is fully replenished before it can be used again (Cooldown: three hours).】

“This skill is so abnormal!” Mu Feng was startled.

“Greatly increasing its speed and attack within ten minutes.”

“Before the Little Lizard upgraded, its combat power was similar to a Yao Beast at the tenth layer of Qi Refining.”

“Now that it has upgraded, its combat power must be much stronger than before.”

“If it enters Berserk mode, couldn't it rival the Foundation Establishment Stage?!”

“But the cost is also quite high, it will be down for three hours after one use…”

“It seems it can only be used as a trump card.”

The Little Lizard was already strong.

After another Berserk enhancement, it could even rival the Foundation Establishment Stage.

The only pity was that the cooldown was too long.

If it could be used as casually as a minor skill, it would be amazing.

“Forget it, this is already good enough.” Mu Feng laughed at himself.

He felt he was being a bit greedy, wanting the horse to run fast and not eat grass.

There was no such good thing.

“My current combat power should be enough, let's see.”

Mu Feng walked to the portal.

【I didn't expect your strength to increase so quickly. With your current strength, you are indeed qualified to enter.】

【Good luck, may you explode with rare and epic drops.】

It was similar to what Mu Feng expected.

Before the Little Lizard upgraded, it could already fight evenly with a Yao Beast at the tenth layer of Qi Refining.

Now that it had upgraded and gained an additional Berserk skill, it even had combat power comparable to the Foundation Establishment Stage when activated.

If this wasn't enough to meet the standard, Mu Feng wouldn't know how else to improve.

“No hurry to enter yet.”

Although his combat power was sufficient, he still had some things unprepared.

So now was not the best time to enter the Treasure Trove Secret Realm.

Returning to the medicinal field, Mu Feng noticed that the xueyang rice planted there had also matured when he came in to collect the ironwood.

He was still very much looking forward to the effects of the xueyang rice.

Anything that could increase Spiritual Qi absorption couldn't be bad.

Moreover, it was a spiritual plant that had enjoyed the nourishment of fertilizer.

He wanted to see if this fertilizer was worth manufacturing and using.

【System Reminder: xueyang rice has matured, do you want to collect it?】

Mu Feng nodded. “Collect.”

【System Reminder: xueyang rice x1】

【System Reminder: xueyang rice x1

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【System Reminder: xueyang rice x1】