My tamed beasts can't be demons.

Chapter 9 Fireworks' Attack Methods

Fireworks learns very quickly.

By nightfall, it had mastered this mode of movement and had increased its speed to that of a normal person walking.

This is largely due to the [Transport] skill it acquired from the Jade Bee. Without this skill, ordinary plant vines would not be able to support the weight of the flowerpot and the plant itself, and thus would not be able to achieve the effect of walking.

Zhou Lu estimated that if Hanabi's physical strength were even higher, her walking speed could be even faster.

Hanabi, who had learned to walk, was very excited and ran around the room, trying to leave her footprints in every corner.

Because of the characteristics of the [Stem Walking] skill, Fireworks can walk on any plane, leaving traces of its movement on the ground, walls, and even the ceiling.

Looking at the fireworks scattering all over the room, Zhou Lu suddenly felt like SpongeBob SquarePants had a little snail living in his house.

However, even if Hanabi learned to walk, it wouldn't be of much use for his combat exam. He needed more useful skills to perform well in the exam.

He still had three fairy coins, enough to exchange for a few new skills. However, while universal skills are easy to learn, their attribute bonuses are very ordinary because they are applicable to all eligible spirit beasts.

This drawback is not very noticeable for skills like [Running Stem] and [Wild Growth], which do not provide any bonuses.

However, attack skills are different; the difference in attributes can sometimes be enormous.

For this reason, many beast tamers who are dedicated to combat prefer to let their spirit beasts learn attack skills on their own. However, this requires a lot of comprehension from the spirit beasts, and even with guidance, it is not so easy for them to learn skills.

Skills acquired through self-discovery or learning are often better suited to a spirit beast's physique and attributes, thus providing a greater boost. Due to their inability to be directly taught, they are called inherent skills.

Once a certain level of proficiency is achieved, some of the skills of a spirit beast will be transformed into inherent skills, which will then be reflected on the Beast Taming Card.

Zhou Lu estimated that once Hua Huo's walking skills reached a certain level, she might be able to develop a skill.

The innate racial skills of spirit beasts, the inherent skills learned and comprehended, and the universal skills exchanged from knowledgeable fairies constitute almost all of the skill systems of spirit beasts in the Beast Taming system.

Thinking of this, Zhou Lu slowly abandoned the idea of ​​exchanging for skills. Fairy coins were extremely scarce and should be used where they were most useful.

Attack skills still need to be acquired through other means.

How about... we put Hanabi in the place where the upperclassmen raise spirit beasts? Let's see if we can do what we did with the Flying Jade Bee, allowing Hanabi to gain more skills by fighting weaker spirit beasts and using [Absorption].

However, the probability of obtaining a permanent skill through [Absorption] is extremely low; this method is far too reliant on luck.

Oh right... there seems to be a system reward too.

Zhou Lu suddenly remembered that after feeding Wu Xiaoqing mushrooms, the system gave him 90% of the task reward.

The reward for killing Wu Xiaoqing is a random permanent skill card for a spirit beast, and it's from a pool of A-level skills. I don't know what the 90% reward is.

Thinking this, Zhou Lu opened the system and saw: three random permanent skill cards for spirit beasts (Grade B).

What the hell!

The moment Zhou Lu saw the reward, he was completely taken aback. This was a B-grade skill, and three of them at that—a windfall for most people in this world.

Unfortunately, Huohua can't learn B-level skills that require at least Tier 2 to learn yet, but with these three random B-level skill cards in hand, Zhou Lu has more confidence in the future.

The system's rewards are so generous that if this system falls into the wrong hands, his friends and family will likely suffer a devastating blow.

Fortunately, the system fell into his hands.

Although the system rewards were very tempting, Zhou Lu would not do anything that would destroy his own foundation.

Since it offers such a high price to reward the lives of its own relatives and friends, their value to it must far exceed the system's reward.

After taking several deep breaths, Zhou Lu was trying to calm himself down when a loud bang came from beside him.

As fragments of the flowerpot flew everywhere, Zhou Lu looked helplessly at Hua Huo, who was lying on the ground again.

This time, it wasn't a wrestling match.

Looking at the marks on the wall caused by the flowerpot, Zhou Lu began to analyze the situation.

Judging from the trajectory of the firework, it was pulled away by something and slammed hard against the wall.

He raised his hand and touched the tiny dents on the wall.

That's quite a bit of force.

Taking out a new flowerpot, Zhou Lu gently placed the dejected firework back in its place and touched its new shoots: "What happened?"

Fireworks danced with its leaves, intending to explain to Zhou Lu, but seeing that Zhou Lu didn't quite understand, it sprouted vines and gestured haphazardly.

Zhou Lu naturally couldn't understand the grass language, and Hua Huo's emotions were also in a mess.

Fireworks had a flash of inspiration: since the explanation didn't work, let's reproduce the process!

So Fireworks used its vines to guide Zhou Lu to stand to one side, and then it retreated backwards on its own.

However, as it moved forward, Hanabi forgot to retract one of its runners, which stretched all the way into the distance.

*Clap clap!* Fireworks pattered against the leaves, gesturing for Zhou Lu to look.

The next second, it withdrew the growth bonus granted by [Wild Growth] on the runner. The entire runner reverted to its original form.

In that instant, Hanabi's entire body was also lifted into the air by the retraction of the runner.

It released the initial attachment point of the stolon in mid-air, causing its body to rush rapidly towards the wall.

boom!

The flowerpot slammed firmly against the wall, and as it shattered, the firework lay sprawled on the ground, just as before.

The whole process was so smooth that Zhou Lu was completely stunned.

Fireworks looked up and saw Zhou Lu standing there in a daze. Thinking that its master had not yet understood the process, it stretched out its vines, took a new flowerpot from the table, skillfully sat in it, and repeated the process as before.

boom!

Hanabi lay on the ground for the third time.

It raised its new shoots toward Zhou Lu, and then stretched out its vines again.

"No need! No need!" Zhou Lu quickly stopped them. If this continued, the flowerpot would be smashed to pieces by the fireworks. "I understand what happened. There's no need to demonstrate anymore."

Hanabi finally sat down in the flowerpot, completely satisfied.

But this time it refused to leave, patting the leaves and insisting that Zhou Lu hold it.

Zhou Lu picked up Hua Huo with a wry smile, but a different thought was forming in his mind.

The building materials here are all top-notch. Even such a low-quality flowerpot can leave marks on the wall with fire. If a more durable material were used, wouldn't it cause even more damage?

If I remember correctly, there seem to be headbutt-type skills among the spirit beast skills.

Why don't we let Hanabi practice this skill?

Just as Zhou Lu was pondering, there was a knock on the door.

Zhou Lu opened the door, puzzled.

A little fairy in pajamas was flying through the air with her hands on her hips, angrily shouting, "Why are you smashing walls in the middle of the night! Don't you know I need to go to bed on time? This is crucial for sprouting!"

"Teacher Xiaoxi?" Zhou Lu was stunned when he saw the little imp.

Hearing the familiar voice, Xiaoxi looked into the doorway: "Huh? Zhou..."

Before she could finish speaking, a vine wrapped around her slender waist.

In a flash, Xiaoxi was pulled away from where she was.

Fireworks angrily waved the small evening vines around.

They knocked on the door at night, intending to do something indecent!

I will protect my master!

(End of this chapter)