40: Chapter 40 Powerful Skills

Looking at the bone blade before him, Jiang Nan frowned slightly and pondered.

"Xiao Gu, if the bone blade made from your body is damaged, will it have any effect on you?"

"It won't have any effect. As long as I replenish enough energy, the bones I voluntarily break using Bone Metamorphosis can quickly grow back."

Seemingly to prove her words, the White Bone Banshee opened a bottle of calcium tablets and swallowed them, and the rib she had broken grew back at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Seeing this, Jiang Nan nodded with satisfaction. If that was the case, the side effects of this skill were virtually non-existent; he just needed to replenish it promptly after battle.

"How are the hardness and sharpness of weapons made using Bone Metamorphosis?" Jiang Nan continued to ask.

"This... I do not know, but the hardness and sharpness should be somewhat better than the alloy combat blade you gifted me, Husband."

"Even better than a C-Level alloy combat blade?"

Jiang Nan was slightly surprised. He took the bone blade from the White Bone Banshee. The bone blade seemed to possess a spirit; the moment he took it, it changed, transforming into the same length as the alloy combat blade, only entirely snow-white and jade-like.

He weighed the bone blade, then cut a bloody gash on his own arm, and finally clashed the alloy combat blade against the bone blade, reaching a shocking conclusion.

"The bone blade is half the weight of a C-Level alloy combat blade! Its sharpness is significantly higher, and its hardness has even reached the level of a B-Level alloy combat blade... Terrifying!"

Jiang Nan gasped. He had thought this skill would be strong, but he hadn't expected it to be this strong!

"Husband, how could you test the blade on yourself? You don't cherish your own body at all!"

The White Bone Banshee's anxious voice came to his ears.

Jiang Nan came back to his senses and realized that although that cut had been light, the wound it left was quite large and was still continuously oozing blood.

The White Bone Banshee retrieved hemostatic gauze from the villa and bandaged his wound with extreme care.

"Hahaha, I was just too excited. I didn't expect this skill to be so strong. I definitely won't do it again next time!"

"Right, Xiao Gu, what about your other skill? What does it do?"

Jiang Nan didn't care about these minor injuries at all.

His body had been enhanced once again; even without bandaging, this kind of injury would recover to its original state in half an hour.

"The other skill I awakened is called Nether Ghost Fire. It is a type of soul attack; as long as they make eye contact with me, I can summon ghost fire to burn the enemy's soul."

"If the enemy's mental power is much weaker than mine, the ghost fire can kill them directly. If the enemy's mental power is on par with mine, the ghost fire can only cause them to be momentarily dazed. If the enemy's mental power is far higher than mine, the effect of the ghost fire is negligible..."

The White Bone Banshee's voice was somewhat low, as she believed that awakening a skill that could only bully the weak had failed to meet Jiang Nan's expectations.

However, upon hearing that Nether Ghost Fire was actually an extremely rare soul attack, Jiang Nan's mood became even more excited.

This kind of silent attack was the hardest to guard against. As long as it was hidden well, delivering a sudden strike to the opponent during combat at the right moment could result in an instant kill; it was simply too insidious!

Sensing the White Bone Banshee's low spirits, Jiang Nan smiled and said, "Xiao Gu, the effect of this skill is far more powerful than you imagine. You must never belittle yourself!"

"Husband, are you speaking the truth?"

"Of course, how could I lie to you! This is the rarest and most devious soul attack. As long as it is used well, you are almost invincible among those of the same level!"

Upon hearing Jiang Nan say this, the White Bone Banshee's mood became wonderful instantly, and even the flames around the golden orbs in her eye sockets grew much more vigorous.

One must know that the only ways for a Beast Tamer in this world to cultivate mental power were through natural growth, feedback from nurturing Spirit Pets, and consuming certain special natural treasures.

But the White Bone Banshee was different; the characteristics of the Undead Race allowed her to continuously devour souls, and after devouring souls, her mental power would increase.

Although the White Bone Banshee was currently only Silver 1-star, in terms of mental power, she was already not inferior to some Gold Tier Spirit Pets.

Sensing the joy in the White Bone Banshee's heart, Jiang Nan's mood also improved quite a bit.

Looking at the many unopened calcium tablets around, he rubbed his chin and fell into deep thought.

"The most important thing now is for Xiao Gu to familiarize herself with her two newly acquired skills, and to continue increasing her strength by consuming calcium tablets..."

"I should also contract my second Spirit Pet. Before, I didn't have the spare resources because I was nurturing Xiao Gu, but now that I have money, combined with the system's simplification ability, nurturing two Spirit Pets at the same time shouldn't be too difficult."

Jiang Nan thought about many things. Contracting a Spirit Pet wasn't just about looking at the Spirit Pet's talent, but also the traits it could provide as feedback to the Beast Tamer after the contract.

In the Beast Taming world, powerful Beast Tamers could themselves exert strength not inferior to their Spirit Pets, and the source of this strength was the combination of traits fed back from different Spirit Pets.

Trait combination was a course only mentioned in Beast Taming universities; different traits combined together would produce different effects.

Some people, due to excellent trait combinations, possessed strength rivaling magical beasts.

Some people, because their trait combinations conflicted, ended up with their bodies collapsing and couldn't even exert thirty percent of their full strength.

In the current Beast Taming world, Beast Tamer trait combinations were divided into two schemes: one was the "mutually reinforcing" style, and the other was the "extreme trait" style.

The "mutually reinforcing" style meant combining different traits to exert an effect where one plus one is greater than two, giving the Beast Tamer more means to deal with enemies and self-preservation capabilities.

The "extreme trait" style was only contracting Spirit Pets with the same or similar abilities, stacking repetitive traits to allow a certain ability of one's own to achieve explosive growth; this was often the preferred choice for burst-type Beast Tamers.

Jiang Nan's sister, Bai Mengyun, was an "extreme trait" style Beast Tamer. All the traits fed back by her Spirit Pets were related to Lightning Element Control. With the stacking of traits, Bai Mengyun herself possessed impressive Lightning Element Control capabilities, even surpassing a single Spirit Pet in this aspect.

Jiang Nan currently leaned more towards the "mutually reinforcing" style. The reason was simple: it was entirely because he didn't even know what the White Bone Banshee's trait, "Undying Soul Fire," did.

"Xiao Gu, do you know what the specific effect of Undying Soul Fire is?"

Now that the White Bone Banshee could speak, Jiang Nan asked directly.

Unfortunately, even the White Bone Banshee did not know her own trait. Her explanation was hazy and confused, like a fog concealing the truth.

"Husband, I am not too sure either. I only know that the Soul Fire is the true life core of the Undead Race. As long as the Soul Fire is not extinguished, even if my body is crushed into fragments, I can be resurrected. But if the Soul Fire is extinguished, I will truly die."