6: Second entry: You are what you eat! Tai Chi - Cloud Hands!
“Ye Ze isn’t out yet?”
“What does ‘not out yet’ mean?”
Zhao Xuan’s mind was somewhat frozen.
He absolutely couldn’t believe it: he had only managed to hide for 30 minutes with the help of his Excellent-grade Summoned Beast.
How could Ye Ze still be holding on?
At this moment, he finally heard the discussions of the people around him:
“Holy crap! Zhao Xuan came out first! Doesn’t that mean he lost?”
“Ye Ze won again! It seems no one in the Elite Class has ever been able to beat him!”
“He must have been hiding!”
“Maybe he’ll come out soon…”
Even though it was a fact that Zhao Xuan lost, he was still a rich second-generation from the Elite Class, so no one dared to provoke him at this moment.
Instead, Zhao Xuan’s own mentality collapsed.
Not only did he lose to Ye Ze again.
He also lost over 2 million yuan given by his family!
That was the money he had prepared to clear the dungeon three times today!
Now, he even lost the chance for one free dungeon entry!
A huge loss!!!
Zhao Xuan gritted his teeth, glaring hatefully at the dungeon entrance:
“Damn it! How can he hide until now?!”
“Why aren’t those demonic beasts looking for him!!”
…
“Why aren’t these demonic beasts coming for me yet…”
Inside the dungeon, Ye Ze and Panda were conducting a carpet search.
They didn’t let a single demonic beast escape their sight.
Perhaps no one had ever imagined that a Hell-difficulty dungeon could be played like this…
At this time, his backpack already contained nine crystal stones, one Rockfall spellbook, one Full Power Strike skill book, and one Giant Axe.
“Level: 1 (81/100)”
During this period, he had killed five Stone Armor Beasts at the foot of the mountain, yielding a bountiful harvest.
But Ye Ze continued.
To be safe, he planned to level up to Level 2 before heading to the advanced demonic beast area on the mountainside.
After all, it was Hell difficulty; he still needed to show some respect.
“I wonder how Zhao Xuan is doing?”
Ye Ze couldn’t know the situation outside, so he guessed internally: he shouldn’t be faster than him.
At this moment, three more demonic beasts finally appeared before him.
“Gray-furred Hyena (Lv.3)”
“Type: Normal Demonic Beast”
“Skills: Bite, Grievous Wound.”
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Ye Ze had already figured it out. According to the positions of these demonic beasts…
They were planning to ambush him from both front and back, in conjunction with the high-level demonic beasts, when he entered the mountainside area!
A sinister plot!
Unfortunately, they didn’t expect Ye Ze to directly choose to search the mountain!
Their plan fell through, and they were forced to come out and face Panda.
And Panda was simply like a golden-tier enforcer.
Whether it was a Stone Armor Beast or a Gray-furred Hyena, under the Tai Chi Fist, they were all instantly killed!
The latter was even inferior to the Stone Armor Beast, lacking any impact, so Lanque Tail wasn't even needed.
Panda had more than twice the attack power of a Warrior, one punch, one kill!
“Killed Gray-furred Hyena, experience +9!”
“Killed Gray-furred Hyena…”
Three low-level demonic beasts, 27 experience points, finally enough to level up!
“Ding! Your level has increased to: Level 2!”
“Your attributes have been enhanced: Strength +5, Constitution +5, Agility +5, Spirit +5!”
“Freedom Attribute Points +5!”
“Talent—You have gained one ‘Infinite Golden Trait’ draw!”
He had been waiting for this!
He put away the Gray-furred Hyena’s spoils: three crystal stones and a gray hat.
He allocated all the Freedom attributes to Spirit.
Spirit was the most important attribute for a Summoner, affecting the Summoned Beast’s contract and growth attributes, as well as skill damage.
Then, Ye Ze impatiently drew directly!
Again, the familiar golden light waterfall surrounded him, and countless golden trait frames spun around Ye Ze…
This time, Ye Ze actively reached out and grabbed!
A golden trait frame remained in his hand.
“You have drawn a Golden Legendary Trait: Eat What You Eat!”
“Eat What You Eat: Can digest any item. Each time an item is consumed, it will gain corresponding attribute bonuses!”
“A growth-type trait?”
Ye Ze’s eyes lit up. Compared to combat-type traits, obtaining growth-type traits early on offered a higher cost-effectiveness!
However, what exactly could this trait be used to eat?
Ye Ze still bestowed this trait upon Panda.
“Eat What You Eat trait successfully bestowed!”
“Summoned Beast: Kung Fu Panda has advanced from (Orange Epic ☆) → (Orange Epic ☆☆)”
This time, it wasn't a combat-type trait like ‘Tai Chi Grandmaster’.
So the immediate boost would be less.
But growth-type traits still needed to grow, which meant… eating!
However, Ye Ze had no food in his backpack. After much thought, he took out a crystal stone and said to Panda:
“Can you… eat this?”
Panda took the crystal stone, thought for half a second, and then threw it into his mouth.
“Crunch…”
“Eat What You Eat—Consumed ‘Crystal Stone’, gained: Spirit +1, Max Mana +20!”
Panda: ｂ(￣▽￣)ｄ
“This works too?”
Seeing Panda’s extremely comfortable expression, Ye Ze was overjoyed!
“Crystal stones are energy crystals, so they increase Spirit and Mana…”
“What else… can weapons be eaten?”
Ye Ze’s imagination ran wild.
He immediately took out a large axe, an equipment dropped by a Stone Armor Beast.
“Can this be eaten?”
This time, Panda didn’t even think, and in two bites, he gnawed off the iron axe head from the top of the large axe.
“Crunch…”
“Eat What You Eat—Consumed ‘Giant Axe’, gained: Strength +1!”
Panda: ლ(´ڡ`ლ)
That’s awesome… being able to eat weapons to gain Strength, this trait is absolutely no weaker than Tai Chi Grandmaster!
Ye Ze continued to rummage through his backpack and took out a skill book—Full Power Strike.
“This…”
Although a skill book is an item with usage restrictions.
Essentially, it is first and foremost a book!
Panda took the skill book, rolled it up like a burrito, and swallowed it whole.
“Eat What You Eat—Consumed ‘Skill Book - Full Power Strike’, gained: Strength +1!”
“Holy cow, knowledge is power!”
However, this time, because the skill book was too small, Panda swallowed it without tasting anything…
Panda: o(╯□╰)o
Ye Ze simply took out the last skill book and didn't sell it, giving it all to Panda to eat.
“Awooo.”
“Eat What You Eat—Consumed ‘Skill Book - Rockfall’, gained: Earth Element Control +3%!”
“It can even increase elemental control!” Ye Ze was shocked again.
Elemental control can both enhance the effect of elemental skills,
And reduce the elemental damage taken by oneself.
It is the most difficult attribute for mages to improve, and also the bane of mages!
But now with ‘Eat What You Eat’, perhaps all of Panda’s elemental control can be maxed out…
A mage’s nightmare!!!
Ye Ze grew more and more expectant. After he got out, he definitely had to buy more skill books for him to eat!
Seeing that there was truly nothing left in his backpack, the man and the Panda left the foot of the mountain and headed towards the mountainside.
This was where the advanced demonic beasts resided!
The place where pioneering teams suffered the most setbacks.
Every demonic beast here could even serve as a boss in a low-difficulty dungeon!
The rock walls around the mountainside were steep and narrow, and the cold wind brought a faint chill.
The monster density here was not high, but each one was exceptionally dangerous.
Before Ye Ze had walked two steps, a sharp cry came from the sky.
“Screech—!”
A silver-blue intertwined hawk, with faint lightning flashing in its wings!
“Thunderhawk (Lv.5)”
“Type: Elite Demonic Beast”
“Skills: Thunder Wings, Electric Light Impact, Claw Strike.”
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“Damn, I didn’t expect to encounter a flying demonic beast so soon!”
Flying demonic beasts were clearly much harder to deal with than ground-based demonic beasts.
If a pioneering team without anti-air capabilities encountered one, it would inevitably lead to another team wipe.
Moreover, this was an Elite-grade one, equivalent to the green excellent quality of a Summoned Beast, with combat power nearly twice that of a normal demonic beast!
Panda scratched his head and looked at Ye Ze:
“Can’t hit it…”
Ye Ze calmly said, “Small problem, watch me bring him down!”
He found a suitable angle and lay flat on the ground…
And flipped the middle finger at the Thunderhawk!
An international gesture, appreciated by both refined and common tastes!
Hell-difficulty dungeon monsters, like real demonic beasts, inherently possessed the wildness and temper of beasts.
The stronger they were, the more so.
Facing an enemy who displayed an indifferent and provocative demeanor was intolerable!
The Thunderhawk’s speed surged, like a swift bolt of lightning, diving down at extreme speed!
Ye Ze remained calm:
“Panda, if you can’t stop it, I’ll look really bad…”
Although he said that.
He had already understood all of Panda’s Tai Chi Kung Fu and had a plan in mind.
Although Panda didn’t quite understand what ‘face’ meant, his strike was by no means inferior.
His hands alternated, twisting lightly, as if drawing an arc in the air.
“Tai Chi Fist Twenty-Four Forms—Cloud Hands”
“Envelops surrounding enemies in continuous qi, slowing their movement and weakening their Agility and Strength.”
The Thunderhawk’s extreme speed instantly diminished, as if it had fallen into a quagmire.
It realized something was wrong, but it was too late.
Its small bird head was slapped by Panda’s large hand.
“Thwack—”
“Killed Elite Demonic Beast - Thunderhawk, gained experience +15!”
“Level: 2 (23/300)”
“Perfect.”
Ye Ze sat up from the ground.
He saw the Thunderhawk’s corpse turn into a skill book.
“The drop rate in Hell difficulty is really high!”
“Lightning Impact (Excellent): Lightning-type skill book, learnable by Assassin-type professions.”
Excellent-grade skills were one grade higher in quality than the previous Rockfall and Full Power Strike.
Ye Ze still gave it to Panda.
The latter rolled up the skill book and swallowed it whole…