My tamed beasts can't be demons.

Chapter 79 Fireworks' Skill Tree

"Poison Ivy?"

After drawing cards, Zhou Lu looked at the skill cards in his hand and began to consult with Xiao Xi.

Of course, this guy's proper consultations are a paid service, but Zhou Lu just wanted to get them for free.

So he was chatting casually with Xiaoxi.

"This skill must be really strong, right?" Zhou Lu asked. "It's even percentage-based damage!"

"If you're talking about strength... taking it alone, it's not actually that strong," Xiaoxi said casually. "The duration of the poison status is too unstable. At the same level, it only lasts about three seconds, and even with a large level difference, it only lasts about five seconds, and the duration can't be stacked..."

Xiaoxi held her teacup, enjoying this rare moment of leisure.

She'll be very busy when the second Beast Taming Exam begins.

"With the same level difference, many skills are enough to instantly kill a spirit beast weaker than you, but it can only deal 25% damage, and it doesn't benefit from other attribute bonuses."

"And you can't use it against enemies stronger than you, the poison effect doesn't last long enough."

"Of course, overall it's still a pretty good skill, after all, it deals percentage-based damage."

After a pause, Xiaoxi continued, "However, it becomes very powerful when combined with other skills. For example, skills that apply control or additional damage to spirit beasts that have negative effects."

Zhou Lu's eyes suddenly lit up: "Are there any spirit beasts with similar skills?"

Xiao Xi gave Zhou Lu a cold look, pouting, and said, "You bastard, trying to get something for nothing again. Go check your spirit beast encyclopedia, it's all there."

Zhou Lu, realizing he'd been found out, gave a guilty smile.

"So, you're planning to take Hanabi down the poisonous plant route?" Xiaoxi suddenly asked. "That's not a bad choice."

That was indeed Zhou Lu's plan.

【Plant Mimicry】+【Poison Ivy】can indeed make Fireworks a powerful old silver coin.

If we can find a skill that works well with [Poison Ivy], such as extending the duration of negative effects or increasing poison damage.

While the poison status from [Poison Ivy] cannot be stacked, it can be renewed.

As long as you immediately cast [Poison Ivy] after the opponent's poison status disappears, you can perfectly renew your skill.

Of course, this conclusion was reached after Zhou Lu's research.

As for the subjects of the study...

Zhou Lu glanced at the few bees on the windowsill.

Yeah, I silently apologized to my senior in my heart.

As Xiaoxi said, the duration of [Poison Ivy] is a really annoying limitation.

Even a bee that a firework could easily swat will take twenty seconds to kill with [Poison Ivy], requiring a total of four uses of [Poison Ivy].

If the opponent also has healing or cleansing abilities, the duration will be even shorter.

Zhou Lu drew a total of six cards this time.

It has to be said that, with the added bonus of luck, his luck was truly quite good.

Besides [Plant Mimicry] and [Poison Ivy], the remaining four skills are also very useful.

【Climbing Vine】, 【Propagation by Cuttings】, 【Hypnotic Pollen】, 【Multiple Leaf Blades】.

I also managed to draw a C-rank [Grass Fist].

Among them, [Multiple Leaf Blades] and [Grass Punch] are common attack skills for Grass-type spirit beasts.

[Multiple Leaf Blades] is an enhanced version of the C-rank [Leaf Blade]. It simply and brutally throws leaves as weapons, making it a very classic Grass-type Pokémon skill.

The same applies to the Grass Fist, where grass-type spirit beasts gather their leaves or vines into fists and swing them out to create a striking effect.

【Hypnotic Pollen】 is a control skill that can put the target to sleep.

Thinking about this, Zhou Lu couldn't help but marvel at the powerful synergy between skill sets in this world.

When all skills are mastered, having more skills does indeed make you more impressive.

For example, the skill [Vine Armor], as a defensive skill for grass-type spirit beasts to protect themselves and their masters, has been neglected by many people because of its fire damage amplification effect.

It is precisely because of this negative damage-increasing effect that the defensive power provided by the [Rattan Armor] is astonishing.

The sticky substance from fireworks has a fire-retardant effect.

When using the [Rattan Armor], it can use [Mucus] to coat the rattan armor with a fire-retardant coating, perfectly avoiding this risk.

Furthermore, the method of "regeneration by cuttings" perfectly matches the parasitic propagation of the plant by division.

【Regeneration by Cuttings】 is a support skill that allows any part of a Grass-type spirit beast that has been cut off to become a branch.

The leaves launched by the [Multiple Leaf Blades] are naturally also within the coverage area of ​​[Cutting Regeneration].

This gives fireworks a huge potential.

Each of its leaves is a double weapon of harm and parasitism.

Each branch can also become the source of [Poison Ivy].

Given enough time, Fireworks can turn an area into a veritable poisonous swamp.

However, all of the above are merely theoretical concepts that Zhou Lu currently holds on paper.

It is precisely because of these visions for the future that Zhou Lu is now eager to test the effects of these skill sets.

Of course, before that, he had to go to the electric mouse breeding base to complete his part-time job.

The next morning, Jiang Shuqi drove to the school gate.

Zhou Lu, holding fireworks, was already waiting there.

"All you need to do is catch the electric rats in the breeding shed," Jiang Shuqi explained the job on the way. "We will have dedicated personnel to handle the castration."

"Understood." Zhou Lu nodded, then noticed that Hua Huo in his arms was clearly disappointed.

"What's wrong?" Zhou Lu asked curiously.

The leaves of the firework are a bit wilted: We can't let this happen...

It was clearly looking forward to this job.

Therefore, he practiced leaf blade techniques diligently at night, just to make his cuts faster and more accurate.

Was the whole thing just an arrest operation?

"This job is already pretty good." Zhou Lu sensed that Hanabi seemed to have a very terrifying thought in her mind, so he immediately changed the subject, saying, "You have to work hard today, Hanabi."

Zhou Lu was quite interested in the Electric Mouse's racial skills.

Increase skill speed, huh?

If you have this skill, Hanabi's vines will be incredibly fast.

Fireworks was immediately filled with enthusiasm after hearing its owner's encouragement.

Upon arriving at the breeding base, it charged straight at the electric mice in the breeding shed.

Zhou Lu then activated [Body Feeding] to see if he could get any skills.

"Speaking of which," Zhou Lu asked casually, standing beside Jiang Shuqi, "are there really mythical beasts in the veterans' home?"

"Of course there are, but many mythical beasts are nearing the end of their lives..."

Speaking of this, Jiang Shuqi couldn't help but feel a little sad.

They are heroic spirit beasts who fight for humanity.

"Even mythical beasts can die..."

"A thousand years is already a very long lifespan," Jiang Shuqi said. "Theoretically, only humans can live forever."

She paused, seemingly realizing she had misspoke, and added, "Of course, the shortest-lived species are also humans."

I'm sorry I'm late because of medical treatment and a writer's block.

One more chapter.

(End of this chapter)