บท 28: Before starting
Several hours later…
Liu Yang searched thoroughly for items he could use when investigating skeleton by skeleton.
At the end of the quest, he got some good gear to protect himself.
Among the skeletons were some who were low-level people. So their equipment could be used by Liu Yang, things like weapons, armor.
Accessories were the rarest items to find, he only took two rings, a necklace, and a bracelet.
"Now is the time to feed the mushroom to see if it can recover its energies and then level up its skills."
Pets could gain levels by eating special items or defeating creatures.
In the leather bags were many items left by these people when they were still alive. All of them were people who challenged the dungeon but failed.
Many of the items were already in their leather bags and Liu Yang didn't even have to look around at random.
"Open your mouth. Now it's time to eat."
The Elite Devouring Mushroom opened its mouth and stuck out its tongue. Liu Yang just threw random foods.
ding… ding…
"The pet, Mushroom, has leveled up to level 5."
The system rang.
"That really worked" Liu Yang got excited and kept pouring food into the creature's mouth.
The percentage slowly rose.
…
A few hours later…
ding… ding…
"The pet, Mushroom, has leveled up to max level."
A new window with some items appeared for Liu Yang. These items were to increase the stars of the Elite Devouring Mushroom.
There were two methods to increase a pet's stars.
The first was to have two equal creatures at max level. The second was having the required items.
In the current situation, Liu Yang could only use the second method because, at the location, none of the skeletons had an Elite Devouring Mushroom as a pet.
Many of the skeletons had items for evolution, but they were all varied and he had to search for a long time to find the necessary items.
A few more hours later…
Liu Yang managed to find all the necessary items.
ding… ding…
"The pet Mushroom has successfully evolved"
Status
Name: Mushroom - ★★★
Level: 0
Strength: 6
Agility: 3
Intelligence: 1
Skill
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Liu Yang didn't know how to name the creature, so he just left the name as Mushroom. When he has a better name, he will change that.
Whenever a pet evolves, its levels and stats go back to the beginning plus some points, but the attributes gained at the level were much higher than before and the experience needed to level up was also higher.
"You can leave." He wanted to see Mushroom's new appearance.
The stick glowed and the creature appeared.
The new-look was not much different from the old one. The Mushroom was still a mushroom, but the height was reduced and it was not as big as before. The hat got a little bigger and the arms thinner.
A faint brown sheen could be seen shining through the dry bark.
Despite the few changes, Liu Yang felt that the Mushroom was much stronger than before.
"Now is the time to eat"
ding… ding…
"The pet, Mushroom, has leveled up to level 1"
"The pet, Mushroom, has leveled up to level 2"
"The pet, Mushroom, has leveled up to level 3"
…
Various system sounds were heard when the Mushroom started leveling up quickly as it ate all the items Liu Yang threw into its mouth.
Quickly, the level reached 35.
The amount of assorted common and rare foods was too much. So it was easy to easily level any pet.
"This is amazing!!! The stats might not be much higher than when it was at two stars, but the passive skill is a really scary thing. If a three-star pet is like that, I can't imagine what a ten-star pet would be like." Liu Yang was shocked to see the Mushroom's ultimate skill.
Status
Name: Mushroom - ★★★
Level: 35
Strength: 47
Agility: 29
Intelligence: 12
Skill
(Level 1) - Attacks the target using its head.
Crushing Punch(Level 1) - Uses powerful fists to attack.
Sprout (Level 1) - Releases spores into the ground and creates copies of itself, but level 1.
Corrosive Spores (Level 1) - Releases spores that corrode everything they touch.
"Now is the time to level up those skills"
As there was food and items to evolve the pets, there were also items to level up their skills.
It wasn't difficult for Liu Yang to level the four skills to level 5.
His first pet reached the maximum level.
"Now is the time to get some rest before going on with the challenge" Liu Yang took some pieces of old cloth and used them as a bed.
…
A few hours later…
Liu Yang woke up in the mood to try to complete the dungeon.
The Mushroom was on his side jumping up and down as it looked through the two dark holes.
The pair's steps were slow but orderly.
Upon reaching the end of the hall, Liu Yang saw a large room with several dozen altars.
On each of the altars was a statue of a weapon.
"Challenger, welcome to Home of Class."
"Read the instructions before starting"
The system voice rang.
Liu Yang walked over to a sign with some texts written on it to see the instructions.
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