"Whine~" Mr. Husky maintained a calm expression, but his eyes kept glancing at the falling Blade Mantis.
The next moment, with a flash of white light, the Blade Mantis turned into a blade, and Mr. Husky chuckled naively.
"Woof!" It exploded! It exploded!
This time, the Blade Mantis finally dropped materials, a Mantis Blade, which could be used as a material for forging Wind Attribute weapons.
Mr. Husky was very satisfied.
"Great!" Lu Ran's eyes lit up too, this was a bloodbath profit!
"I'll go pick up the materials, you go eat that." Lu Ran pointed towards the Blade-Shaped Grass.
"It's a pity, it's not mature, but even if it was, we wouldn't be able to get it."
In fact, Lu Ran now had two options, one was to directly pick the immature ones, and after going out, find a specialized plant shop that could ripen these immature resources, they could still be ripened.
This was generally the side job of a Beast Trainer who had cultivated a Grass Attribute Pet Beast.
However, Lu Ran still chose to let Mr. Husky eat one first to see the effects of the Blade-Shaped Grass. In the future, they would need a lot of this stuff, so eating one first wouldn't be a problem.
Of course, the main reason was that Lu Ran saw Mr. Husky's greedy look and couldn't bear to make him wait too long.
"Woof!" Hearing this, Mr. Husky drooled and ran to eat the Blade-Shaped Grass.
Then, he shook his head and wagged his tail, besides feeling the delicious taste, he didn't feel any changes...
If one really had to say something, it was that this thing was very sharp... It seemed like he had cut his mouth.
Mr. Husky bared his teeth in pain.
"It means that one plant is too little, just like with the Seed of Cold Wind." As Lu Ran used a pendant to heal Mr. Husky's wound, he added, "A quantitative change leads to a qualitative change, we should go collect more. Your current Sword Qi can't even smoothly cut a stone, and the cutting property is not perfect, there's a lot of room for improvement."
Mr. Husky's Sword Qi was actually quite powerful, but in terms of details, there was indeed room for improvement. For example, when attacking a stone, although the stone could be split in two, the two cut surfaces would have many cracks, and the cut surface was not very smooth, being uneven.
This was a manifestation of unstable energy and energy leakage.
If Mr. Husky could smoothly cut a stone or steel with no unevenness or cracks like a mirror, it would mean that his Sword Qi proficiency had reached perfection.
In short, by increasing the cutting power, the attack of the Sword Qi would naturally be enhanced as well.
At that time, not only physical objects like stones and steel, but even the enemy's energy moves could be perfectly cut through.
Just like the wind blades clash between Mr. Husky and the Blade Mantis earlier, even though Mr. Husky's Sword Qi was more powerful, overwhelming the opponent, the result of the clash was that the opponent's wind blades were dispersed, and Mr. Husky's own Sword Qi also became deformed, turning into a violent stream of air.
If the cutting property of Mr. Husky's Wind Attribute Energy could be a bit stronger, the result wouldn't have been like that. Instead, the Sword Qi would instantly split the wind blade in two and continue flying, cutting the enemy in half as well.
"Woof woof!" Mr. Husky nodded, an expression of wisdom in his eyes, indicating that he understood everything!
"I hope so..." Lu Ran said with a smirk.
Next, Lu Ran and Mr. Husky continued to be engrossed in grinding mobs.
They battled several Blade Mantises guarding the Blade-Shaped Grass, each one being tough to deal with, and each with their own set of special skills.
Some could unleash wind blades, others could create gales...
There were even those that could perform Energy Shaping to transform their paired Scythe Armament from sickles into Great Swords, increasing their attack range.
This scene amazed Doggo, feeling that it could also perform a second shaping on the Wind Meteor Sword to create a huge sword, or even a Great Sword reaching 50 meters in length.
Despite their showiness, without a doubt, they were all taken down by Mr. Husky. After defeating each one, Mr. Husky would garner at least one immature Blade-Shaped Grass.
And the materials exploded by the mantises were naturally picked up by Lu Ran, the useful ones would be kept for Mr. Husky's use later, and the rest sold to recover funds.
During this process, Lu Ran didn't forget to constantly feed Mr. Husky, ensuring he maintained a certain level of stamina. As for injuries? These mantises didn't have the ability to hurt Mr. Husky significantly. Instead, it was the Blade-Shaped Grass that kept injuring Mr. Husky.
One wonders if this was a sort of humiliation for the Blade Mantises.
Approximately after Lu Ran and Mr. Husky had taken down ten Blade Mantises,
Lu Ran and Mr. Husky finally sensed a different aura approaching them.
Seeing this, Lu Ran's lips curved into a slight smile, and Mr. Husky's gaze turned sharp.
The BOSS had finally arrived!
"Mr. Husky, you can start charging up. We're not going to slowly test this leader, we'll go all out from the start. If we can beat it, great; if not, we retreat and start the next round."
If they fought slowly, Mr. Husky would most likely get injured, and it would affect their score... Better to go all out from the start.
"Awooo!"
A powerful presence approached, the air around them began to churn wildly, and Mr. Husky, with the sword in his mouth, had already begun to charge up, with nearly all of its energy flowing into the Wind Meteor Sword, compressing constantly.
Finally.
A figure completely different from the previous Blade Mantises appeared, its body a gleaming gold-green, emanating a sharper aura, the surrounding wind seemingly sharp enough to cut through steel.
[Name]: Blade Mantis
[Attribute]: Wind, Metal
[Species Level]: High-Level Extraordinary
[Level]: 10
Clearly, this was a powerful wild creature that had awakened a secondary attribute. Lu Ran knew without thinking that, under normal circumstances, Mr. Husky wouldn't fare well in a fight against it.
The only hope Mr. Husky had to defeat it lay in the weapon's enhancement and the tactic of self-harming without worrying about the consequences.
Energy Compression!
So, the instant the Blade Mantis leader appeared, Mr. Husky erupted with immense energy, compressing it into a "Storm Slash" and combining it with sword momentum, swung towards the Mantis Leader!
In that moment, Mr. Husky's eyes were bloodshot, and the sword in its mouth shattered all of its teeth. For any other Pet Beast, that would have been a crushing medical fee, and if Mr. Husky were wild, it would have been even worse, making it difficult even to feed.
But Mr. Husky wasn't afraid!
Boss Loo was its strong support!
Storm Slash!
"Shah!" The Blade Mantis leader was also stunned at this moment. Noticing a powerful creature intruding into its backyard, it came immediately to investigate. It didn't expect the intruder to come at it with such fierce momentum, so unscrupulously launching an attack.
Feeling the powerful force of the Storm Slash, its expression changed. It wanted to fly away to dodge, but the chaotic airflow around it and the deterrence of the enemy's presence made it lose control of its body. It could only widen its eyes as its energy surged wildly, extending its sickle to strike at the Storm Slash.
The next moment.
Gold and blue light interwove and flickered.
Boom.
Smoke rose.
[Congratulations on completing the Secret Realm challenge.]
[Rating: SS Class!]
[Congratulations, you have earned 630 crystal coins.]
[Congratulations, you have obtained an advanced resource, Heart of the Insect (Metal, Wind).]
[Congratulations, you have obtained an advanced resource, Mantis Blade (Metal, Wind).]
[Congratulations, you have obtained an advanced resource, Mantis Feather (Metal, Wind)…]
"Holy shit, that's awesome." At this moment, the system notification sounded, and although Lu Ran saw Mr. Husky covered in blood and looking miserable, this round was a complete jackpot. They had gained a bunch of advanced resources for just 70 tickets.
These advanced resources were enough to raise Mr. Husky's strength another level.
It seemed the Storm Slash was still powerful. The Mantis Leader, despite its double attributes, was rendered helpless.
"When we get back, you're getting an extra meal!" Lu Ran said.
"Woof!" Although Mr. Husky was in pain, images of soy-braised Heart of the Insect, spicy stir-fried Heart of the Insect, and blast-roasted Heart of the Insect flashed through its mind. The temptation was enough to have killed the King of Sudden Death with desire.