Chapter 356 The invisible flying dragon mount, the new Bertula
One of the options in front of you is an epic skill and the other is a legendary skill.
Lin Xun’s special attribute ‘hive consciousness’ has reached level 8, meeting the activation requirements for both skills.
However, the options in front of you are not multiple-choice questions, but single-choice questions. You can only choose one of the two skills.
The former is a passive skill that increases dodge ability, while the latter is a blood-sucking output skill that also has a chance of being accompanied by various negative statuses.
Without much thought, he immediately chose the latter.
[You press the ‘mixing station’ button to stimulate your own ‘hive consciousness’…]
[You can feel that not far away is a powerful individual with no self-consciousness, or only basic consciousness. It is absorbing all nutrients to strengthen itself. 】
[Special nutrients contain extremely complex and powerful abilities, which require conscious guidance before they can be absorbed and used for one's own use.]
[You use the special attribute ‘hive consciousness 8’!]
[The powerful consciousness extends its tentacles to the incubation pool, guiding it to absorb and comprehend...]
[It instinctively resists you, but with your strong consciousness, it can only be dominated and manipulated. 】
【……】
[‘The Feathered Flying Dragon of the Kingdom of God’ has successfully acquired the skill – ‘Sucking and Bloodthirsty’! 】
[The thick fleshy membrane in the incubation pool is getting stronger and stronger, and the terrifying creature inside makes a deafening roar, and you can feel that it is about to burst out of the membrane...]
There is only a very short time left before the hatching of the 'Flying Dragon' is completed.
If Lin Xun wants to feed the body of the 'High Priest' as dog food, he must make a choice as soon as possible.
He quickly came to the incubation pool and manipulated the body to use the skill 'Perfect Transformation'.
【……】
[You cut off all the ganglia connected to the container body and gradually break away from the container...]
[Transformation is successful, you have completely escaped from the container ‘Echoed Exploder High Priest’! 】
[The roars coming from the flesh membrane become more frequent. Seeing that the 'flying dragon' is about to hatch, you kick the container named 'High Priest' into the hatching pool and quickly return to the 'mixing table'...]
The high priest has three skills, one is the 'feathering mimicry' which is similar to invisibility, the second is the 'hysteresis' skill that reduces the enemy's dodge probability, and the third is the heavy artillery output that can attack from a long distance.
He was very torn about which of the three skills to choose, mainly because he was hesitating whether to choose the first stealth skill or the third output skill.
But there was not much time left, and he had no time to think more, so he could only take a gamble.
As a type of flying soldier on the front line of war, the 'Flying Dragon' will most likely have the means of remote output. Choosing the third skill is likely to be repetitive.
Instead of choosing the third skill, if the long-range output method of the flying dragon itself cannot reach the legendary level, it will suffer a blood loss.
Even if the skills are repeated, it is definitely more profitable to choose a more powerful output method.
As for his first skill, 'Feathered Mimicry', he has yet to have a summoned beast that can become invisible and fly at the same time.
If the 'Flying Dragon of the Kingdom of God' is indeed a mount summoned beast like the 'Dragon of the Kingdom of God', then this mimicry ability is likely to extend to the rider. Just like a ninja master holding a weapon in an invisible state, the weapon will also become invisible.
Same.
"Flying a stealth fighter..."
【……】
[You can use your own ‘hive consciousness’ to give the ‘Echoed Divine Dragon’ one of the following abilities...]
[1. Feathering Mimicry (Epic Level Skill):...You need to have ‘hive consciousness’ reach level 4 before it can be activated. 】
[2. Tentacles of Chaos (epic-level skill): ...requires ‘hive consciousness’ to reach level 3 before it can be activated. 】
[3. Cannon Heat Flow (legendary skill): ...requires ‘hive consciousness’ to reach level 7 before it can be activated. 】
Lin Xun took a deep breath and pressed the first option.
【……】
[‘The Feathered Dragon from the Kingdom of God’ has successfully acquired the skill – ‘Feathered Mimicry’! 】
[Suddenly, a loud roar that stings your eardrums comes from the incubation pool. The thick arthropods instantly cut through the flesh membrane, and a terrifying creature bursts out of the membrane. The hatching was successful! 】
[The ‘Flying Dragon of the Kingdom of God’ is shaped like a wasp. It is not as huge as you might imagine. It is streamlined and gives people a feeling of speed and power. 】
[The two pairs of long and narrow membrane wings on its back are spread out, and the bright red sting at the end of its abdomen is ready to move.]
[At this moment, its huge compound eyes are staring at you closely, and its numerous small hexagonal eyes reflect countless images of you.]
[You can feel that it is extremely aggressive, but for some reason, it does not attack you immediately.]
[Are you going to kill the ‘Flying Dragon of God’s Kingdom’, or try to inspire the ‘hive consciousness’ to accept it? 】
Lin Xun decisively chose the latter.
Spending such a high price is not just to cultivate a BOSS with explosive equipment.
[You ignore the danger of the 'Flying Dragon of God's Kingdom' right in front of you, close your eyes and feel silently...]
[Your consciousness is not in that huge black and white grid, but it carries a small piece of colorless consciousness net, which exists independently from the huge grid. 】
[In the independent small grid, there is not only you, but also another more powerful consciousness, but that consciousness is no longer active and seems to have fallen into a deep sleep. 】
[You can feel that the ‘Flying Dragon of God’s Kingdom’ in front of you is a new ownerless consciousness. Even if no one guides it, it is slowly integrating into the huge grid. 】
[This kind of integration is a subconscious behavior, like an instinctive behavior engraved in genetic factors. If no one interferes or guides it, it will merge into the white grid and become your enemy soon.]
[You use the ‘hive consciousness’ to try to guide the ‘Flying Dragon of God’s Kingdom’ into your consciousness network. 】
[It instinctively resists your guidance, but has to succumb to your strong will.]
[Soon you will pull the ‘God’s Kingdom Flying Dragon’ out of the huge grid and approach the consciousness network where you are...]
[Finally, a new consciousness is added to your consciousness network, a consciousness that belongs entirely to you.]
[The ‘Flying Dragon of the Kingdom of God’ suddenly roared, turning into countless stars and dots of light and disappearing. 】
[You successfully captured the ‘Echoed Dragon from the Kingdom of God’! 】
[‘The Feathered Flying Dragon of the Kingdom of God’ belongs to the dependent consciousness body and is a special summon of the mount type. It will not conflict with your regular summons. 】
[This summoned object cannot move and attack on its own. In the non-riding state, it only retains the most basic instinctive mobility. It requires your riding (hive consciousness control) to act normally. 】
[You can use the special attribute ‘hive consciousness’ to summon this creature.]
Lin Xun was startled.
The flying dragon of the Kingdom of God is not like the three-headed lion, which is both a fighting partner and a summoned mount.
It can only fly or fight when it is mounted.
"Sigh... You have to ride on it before you can move, which feels a bit disappointing."
Open the panel and view the attributes of the flying dragon from the Kingdom of God.
[Mount——‘Feathered Dragon of the Kingdom of God’]
[Mount level: 80 (5↓)]
[Mount quality: legendary level]
[Mount equipment: None (cannot wear regular equipment, you need to create exclusive equipment before you can wear it)]
[Mount Skill: Feather Mimicry (Epic Level):...]
[Mount Skill: Life Tie (Epic Level): With this skill, the 'Flying Dragon of the Kingdom of God' will connect the rider with the two tentacles on its head, which can not only speed up the control transmission speed of the 'hive consciousness', but also achieve damage
Transfer state. In this state, 50% of the damage received by the rider will be transferred to the 'Flying Dragon of the Kingdom of God'.】
[Mount skill: Explosive Sting (Legendary): Using this skill, the 'God's Flying Dragon' will launch a regenerative sting at its tail. When the sting touches the enemy, it will cause explosive damage. 】
[Mount skill: Bloodthirsty (Legendary):...]
His prediction was not wrong. As a flying unit for frontline combat, the Divine Kingdom's flying dragons indeed had long-range attack capabilities and legendary attack skills.
This is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that he seems to have acquired a skill set by accident.
The skill called 'Life Tether' can share half of the damage to the rider, and 'Suck Bloodthirsty' can suck blood from the enemy, causing high damage while restoring one's own blood volume.
"Tsk...isn't this a perpetual motion machine?"
If this tactic works well in actual combat, it means that he can obtain a continuous damage reduction effect of 50%.
As long as you ensure that the flying dragon of the Kingdom of God is not on a leash, the damage reduction effect will become a constant gain state.
If the divine flying dragon is maimed by the enemy, he can use his blood-sucking skills to restore his blood volume. Even after it is safe from the battle, Lin Xun can use the wet nurse's body to restore his blood volume.
"This flying mount seems pretty good."
The Divine Flying Dragon is undoubtedly a very excellent mount based on its positioning as a combat mount.
Lin Xun felt itchy for a moment and immediately summoned the 'Flying Dragon of the Kingdom of God' to ride on it.
[You drive the ‘hive consciousness’ and summon the ‘feathered dragon from the Kingdom of God’...]
[The huge shadow of the 'Flying Dragon of the Kingdom of God' gradually becomes clear from blur, and it appears in front of you with a roar...]
[You leap up high, jump on its back, and start riding...]
[The two slender tentacles on the head of the 'Flying Dragon of the Kingdom of God' stretch out towards you, and you grasp them in your hands like holding reins. ]
[You feel the flesh and blood adhesion between the palms and the tentacles. Consciousness can be transmitted faster through the tentacles. You can even feel the life connection with the ‘Flying Dragon of the Kingdom of God’. 】
[Under your control, the ‘Flying Dragon of Divine Kingdom’ vibrates two pairs of huge streamlined membrane wings, setting off a hurricane and flying off the ground. 】
[Although the space of the hatching pool hall is relatively spacious, the dome is not high from the ground. You ride the 'God's Kingdom Flying Dragon' and fly around the hall quickly, and you find that its speed is extremely fast, even faster than the flying speed of Yujian.
Some more.]
"It is indeed a flying mount."
The incubation hall was empty and there were no attack targets. Lin Xun could only try the stealth skill first.
Click on ‘Feathering Mimicry’.
[The color of the ‘Flying Dragon from the Kingdom of God’ suddenly changes in carapace color, instantly blending into the surrounding environment like an optical camouflage, as if disappearing out of thin air. 】
[Not only it, but you, who are connected through the tentacles, also blend into the environment and disappear. 】
[The flying speed of the 'Godly Flying Dragon' has been greatly slowed down. It needs to constantly change its color to maintain the mimicry effect. The frequency of vibrating membrane wings has also been greatly reduced to weaken the strong wind caused by flapping its wings. 】
[Once you fly too fast, not only will your silhouette be exposed, but the wind howls you will stir up will also be noticeable. 】
"The stealth flight was successful, but it seems that it was only half the success..."
Mimicry is still inferior to real invisibility. There is no limit to how fast the Ninja Master can run during invisibility, but he cannot move quickly during mimicry.
After testing the mimicry skills, Lin Xun released the summons, and the divine dragon disappeared again.
【……】
[You look towards the end of the incubation hall. When you walked around the incubation hall just now, you found a small closed door there. 】
【Do you want to go check it out? 】
[You arrive at the end of the incubation hall, only to find that the small door is locked tightly and cannot be pushed open...]
[You are possessed by the body of the ‘Echoed Prototype Purgatory Angel’! 】
[You open your claws and swing forward, and the small door instantly falls apart like cardboard...]
[The first thing you see is a slightly small room. Looking at the furnishings, it seems to be the office of the 'Lord of the Incubation Pool'. 】
[You strode into it, searched, and soon found a letter from the desk.]
[You have obtained an ‘unknown letter’ (data)]
Lin Xun raised his eyebrows and immediately opened the inventory to check.
[‘Unknown Letter’ (information)]
【……】
[The things you have been asking me to inquire about have made progress.]
[If you can handle this matter well, it is not impossible to enter the heart of Hallownest and manage a more advanced incubation pool. 】
[Do you still remember His Highness ‘Betura’ who betrayed the wet nurse on the frontline battlefield? 】
[Now I have received news that His Highness ‘Betura’ is about to start the next cycle of life and return to the wet nurse to continue serving. 】
[Praise to the kind and generous wet nurse, even if the child is lost for a while, she cannot bear to criticize her more. Oh, our great wet nurse...]
【……】
【……】
[Your opportunity comes from His Highness ‘Betura’! 】
[‘Betura’ betrayed its wet nurse on the battlefield and died, and its mask and armor were damaged as a result. 】
[If you can find the mask master who lives in seclusion in the ‘Stray Elephant City’ and create a new mask for His Highness ‘Betura’...]
[Hmph, not only will your wish be fulfilled successfully, but you may also be favored by His Highness to enter the 'Angel Nest' to create and prepare those high-ranking angels. 】
[I know where the ‘Mask Master’ lives in seclusion, but if you want to ask him to make a mask for you, it will definitely cost a lot of money. 】
[Even if you use all your wealth to exchange for the mask raw materials and the mask master's price, it is far from enough. 】
[I’ve come up with a good idea for you. Haven’t you secretly deducted a lot of nutrients from the ‘bacteria plant factory’ over the years? 】
[Don’t deny it, I know you will definitely do something like this.]
[If you can use the withheld nutrients to secretly create a ‘flying dragon’, be sure to make it a new-born fool’s ‘flying dragon’! 】
[Give me the 'Flying Dragon', and I will give you a token that will force the Mask Master to take action.]
[After you have the token, you can get a free mask from the mask master to fulfill your wish.]
[I’m waiting for your news. After you finish making the ‘flying dragon’ and burn the letter, I will come and exchange it with you. 】
【……】
[After reading the content of the letter, do you want to burn the letter as stated in the letter? 】
The letter was unsigned and Lin Xun had no idea who the sender was.
But this prop is obviously the key to triggering the subsequent plot, which also involves the friendly boss ‘Betura’ who has been trampled to death by the wet nurse.
According to the content of the letter, "His Royal Highness Bertula is about to start the next cycle of life...", which means that after Bertula died in the rebellion, the wet nurse began to create new clones.
Now Bertula's clone is about to be made and will return to the arms of her wet nurse...
