My tamed beasts can't be demons.

Chapter 96 Is Clumsy Difficult to Evolve? Fireworks! Let's Go!

Zhou Lu returned to his dormitory immediately after leaving the secret realm.

Although it took less than two days in total, it consumed a lot of energy.

Of course, there were also many gains this time.

Not only did they successfully form a contract with Benben and find the Thunder Mountain Crystal, but they also obtained a lot of skill cards from the system tasks.

With the three B-grade spirit beast skill cards he got from Wu Xiaoqing during the Nightmare of Death incident, Zhou Lu can now unleash another wave of skills.

The next day, Zhou Lu woke up feeling refreshed.

He lay in bed, and for a few minutes he even wanted to completely empty his mind, to think about nothing, and to do nothing.

Sensing that its master had woken up, Hanabi trotted into Zhou Lu's bedroom.

It made an apron out of its own leaves, and even rolled up some lace-like edges in a very professional manner.

Zhou Lu estimated that, given time, it could probably be used to cut out a maid outfit from the leaves and vines.

Then she really will be a flower maid.

Benben was still wrapped in the vines of the fireworks and placed at the tail position.

It not only got used to it, but even quite liked the spot.

It was wobbly, and even felt like being in its mother's arms.

Although it could no longer remember what its mother looked like.

Hanabi looked at Zhou Lu and happily extended an invitation: Master! Breakfast is ready! (*^▽^*)

After Zhou Lu finished washing up, he walked into the living room and saw Xiao Xi standing upside down in a vase.

"What's wrong with you...?" Zhou Lu hesitated for a moment when he saw Xiao Xi's condition.

Fireworks, with her apron tucked under her arm, still stood beside Zhou Lu with a smile on her face.

But there is no doubt that Xiaoxi's actions were definitely the work of Huahuo.

Zhou Lu discovered that several more bottles of medicine had appeared in his system.

"So, you really did form a contract with the Nine Difficulties Candle Dragon Egg." After being pulled out of the vase by Zhou Lu, Xiao Xi quickly sat on Zhou Lu's shoulder.

She realized that Hua Huo would only refrain from making moves when Zhou Lu was around.

Zhou Lu said, "I feel that Benben fits my system quite well."

Even if Benben really has no combat power, the passive effect of the [Dragon Talisman] alone is enough to make Huabi's attributes grow rapidly.

Alternatively, you can use the "Return Feeding" skill to boost the attributes of the Firework every day to quickly increase your strength.

Xiao Xi shook her head and said, "But wouldn't that waste a Beast Taming Card slot? The Nine Difficulties Candle Dragon Egg basically has no combat power before hatching, right? But you can't let it hatch at the first stage..."

"Then let's evolve," Zhou Lu said casually.

Xiao Xi said speechlessly, "Do you think the evolution of the Candle Dragon egg is simple? It has to go through a lot of tribulations. Where are you going to find so many tribulations...?"

Before she could finish speaking, a sound from the kitchen interrupted their conversation.

Fireworks, holding up Benben, is cracking open the nuts it brought out from the secret realm.

"I plan to use Benben as Hanabi's weapon," Zhou Lu said, looking at the dazed Xiao Xi.

Xiao Xi's lips twitched slightly: "I don't know why, but I suddenly feel like there's no problem with the evolution of this egg."

"By the way, I want to teach Benben two skills," Zhou Lu asked. "One is a taunt skill, and the other is a damage reflection skill, preferably one that reflects damage based on a percentage of the user's defense stat."

"Are you planning to let it take the beating as a mockery in front of everyone?" Xiao Xi immediately saw through Zhou Lu's thoughts.

Then she quickly gave two suggestions based on Zhou Lu's request and Benben's situation.

Skill consultations with general knowledge fairies are free for students and can be considered one of the benefits of the Beast Taming Academy.

For taunting skills, Xiaoxi highly recommends the C-level skill "Come Smash the Golden Egg".

【Come Smash the Golden Egg】: C-rank skill. When an enemy launches an attack, they must target you. (Only egg-type spirit beasts can learn this skill.)

"Holy crap, does such a weird skill really exist?"

"After all, many first-tier spirit beasts are in egg form," Xiaoxi explained. "Although this skill doesn't have any other attribute bonuses, it's simple and straightforward, and it's not even considered a negative status effect for other spirit beasts."

Not being considered a negative status means that even if the other party knows they are being mocked, they cannot remove the mocking status through skills like purification.

"This skill... is only C-rank? This is a hard crowd control, an unremovable hard crowd control."

"It has a narrow audience and lacks attribute bonuses, which are major drawbacks," Xiaoxi said. "Other skills can achieve the same effect by inflicting the 'Taunt' status on the opponent, and they also have attribute bonuses. However, I feel that what you need is this skill, since you, as an egg, can't do much more."

Xiaoxi is absolutely right.

Let Benben learn a hard CC taunt that cannot be cleansed, so that it can perfectly utilize its powerful defensive attributes.

"So, you're not planning to spend money to buy this skill from me, right?" Xiao Xi, with a deadpan expression, saw right through Zhou Lu's thoughts.

"Hehe, let me recommend the next skill."

Xiaoxi rolled her eyes: "What did I ever do to deserve knowing you, you freeloader?"

Although she said that, Xiaoxi's body language betrayed her, and she recommended the next counter-damage skill to Zhou Lu.

【Stone Spike Scale Armor】: C-rank skill. Your defense increases by 8%. When you are attacked by a normal attack, the source of the damage will take damage equal to 10% of your defense attribute.

"A C-rank skill is already the best you can get. If you want a stronger skill, you'll have to find a way to evolve your egg."

Xiaoxi said this.

Unfortunately, Benben is only at Tier 1 right now, and all the skill cards he can choose are C-rank.

The two skills Xiaoxi recommended are both pretty good C-level skills.

Zhou Lu didn't have many C-grade spirit beast skill cards.

Moreover, the gacha system is also unpredictable.

Therefore, this time he plans to acquire these two skill cards through a trade.

Various skill cards are sold and traded year-round in the black market.

As long as they don't ask about the source of the skill cards, everything is fine.

Of course, you can also propose a trade using specific skill cards.

Zhou Lu plans to use this method to acquire these two skills.

Exchanging a B-grade spirit beast skill card for two C-grade skill cards is a win-win situation no matter what the other party says.

Just as Zhou Lu was pondering how to draw a card, Xiao Xi, who was wandering around the room, finally noticed that there was a flower stuck in the vase where she had just been upside down.

A very beautiful iris.

She stroked her chin and observed for a long time before finally discovering where this subtle sense of déjà vu came from.

Xiao Xi pointed at the vase and yelled at Zhou Lu:

"Holy crap! Isn't this the flower of the pseudo-divine Iris macrocarpa? Where did you get it?!"

"I picked it while I was at the fireworks."

"How can this be done easily? My mom wanted a large-leaved iris flower to decorate the tree canopy and almost got into a fight with the large-leaved iris!"

(End of this chapter)