Chapter 303: Spirit Beast Hatching, Strongest Support

"Ying..."

Is it coming...

The ice cream hovered in midair, staring intently at a towering figure two hundred meters away.

Before a fifty-meter-high boulder, the two-meter-tall ice cream looked especially tiny.

What made the ice cream feel immense pressure was not the size difference, but the gap in strength.

The boulder's skill countered it too greatly!

With the Indestructible Stele unleashed, its fully stacked Breaking Frost Slash couldn't even break through defense.

Moreover, once the boulder activated the Rock Soul Sacrifice Formation, exchanging blows would allow its attack to instantly kill the ice cream.

From any angle, it seemed unlikely to win.

It needed a plan! The ice cream's icy-blue eyes flickered with thought.

The recent battle with Shui Hua had taught it a profound lesson.

Combat also required using one's brain!

On the other side, Qin Chuan and Lin Yue stood side by side, watching the distant standoff.

"Do you think the ice cream has a chance to win?" Lin Yue whispered.

"Not much hope." Qin Chuan pondered, then spoke slowly, "Even without considering the Indestructible Stele and Rock Soul Sacrifice Formation, the boulder's ultra-high defense would render all of the ice cream's skills ineffective."

"With insufficient output, the ice cream's damage couldn't even match the boulder's recovery rate; in a prolonged battle, only the ice cream would lose."

"Is that so?" Lin Yue smiled, gazing at the arena, "I actually have confidence in the ice cream."

"Huh?" Qin Chuan glanced at Lin Yue in surprise.

Lin Yue didn't reveal the source of her confidence, keeping it a small secret.

"Just wait and see."

"Alright." Qin Chuan suppressed his curiosity and spoke loudly, "Team match, third round, now begin!"

As Qin Chuan's voice faded, the two poised Spirit Beasts in the arena moved.

The ice cream's form drifted like willow fluff on the wind, swiftly charging toward the boulder, its long blade at its side, icy aura spreading, poised to strike.

As it neared the boulder, its body flickered slightly, then split into two, leaving no trace—no one could tell which was the real body.

In contrast, the boulder's movements were much smaller.

It merely overlapped its hands, causing the shields on its hands and the small shield on its helmet to instantly coincide.

"Ong——"

A earth-yellow light halo rotated, the two shields instantly merged into one, forming a massive upright shield on the ground, and the small shield on the boulder's head vanished.

Yue·Dual Shield Merge.

Simply by switching form, the boulder's defense had risen to a considerable level through passive effects and the Dual Shield Merge.

Under the tense gaze of the crowd, the ice cream swiftly covered the two-hundred-meter distance.

"Ying!!!"

The two ice creams simultaneously raised their long blades and vanished from their original spots.

"Ong——"

The boulder emitted a deep hum, its raised shield swiftly plunging into the earth.

"Boom!!!"

Accompanied by a thunderous roar echoing across the arena, a stone stele hundreds of meters high suddenly erupted from the ground, blocking the boulder's front.

But the expected Dual Flying Frost Instant Splendor Dance did not arrive.

The boulder's eyes quickly turned solemn, gazing at the vanished ice cream, and without hesitation, it unleashed Seismic Wave.

Earth-yellow ripples spread rapidly from it in all directions.

Amidst the spreading cold air, a flurry of snowflakes danced silently in the icy wind, circling the towering stele from the side and approaching the boulder soundlessly.

Until struck head-on by the earth-yellow ripples, realizing it couldn't evade the Seismic Wave's detection, the ice cream's form gradually emerged.

At the moment of appearance, it split into two again, then vanished from its original spot.

"Ding ding ding——"

In the continuous clear chimes, two ice blossoms bloomed around the boulder.

This, was the true Dual Flying Frost Instant Splendor Dance!

Frost-etched wounds instantly appeared across the boulder's body.

However, these wounds healed completely within a breath.

With damage reduction and the effect of only taking 20% damage stacked, what should have been a bone-scraping Flying Frost Instant Splendor Dance became merely a tickle.

At the moment the ice cream reappeared, the boulder had already locked onto it.

The next instant, a voice bursting with anger and fervor erupted from its mouth, forming near-substantial earth-yellow ripples in the void.

An earth-yellow mark appeared above the ice cream's head.

Rock Taunt!

In a one-on-one situation, no attack on other targets exists, but for the next ten seconds, the ice cream cannot use any active skills, or its HP will be deducted by 60%.

The ice cream's icy-blue eyes were full of calm, clearly having anticipated this; its body drifted neither hastily nor slowly backward, actively increasing distance from the boulder.

The boulder's skill was strong, but it had a very obvious flaw.

It had no active attack skills, meaning as long as the ice cream didn't actively attack the boulder, the boulder could do nothing to it.

The cooldowns of Furious Rock Taunt and Flying Frost Instant Splendor Dance were both sixty seconds.

They entered cooldown one after the other, and the next use would necessarily follow the same order.

Taking advantage of the ten seconds when it couldn't act, the ice cream's eyes showed a thoughtful expression.

It was considering its options.

On the other side, Panshi gripped its shield tightly, staring with large eyes, vigilantly locking onto the ice cream.

Ten seconds passed quickly, and at the instant the marker above its head disappeared, the ice cream split in two in an instant, the long blade wielder charging toward Panshi.

Two dazzling white blade auras, overflowing with cold air, slanted outward, carrying the terrifying power to cleave all, and heavily slashed toward Panshi.

Double, Breaking Frost Slash!

At the moment of the slash, Panshi's duplicate shattered into frost and snow, while its true body employed Seek Frost Trace, hiding within the frost and snow, vanishing silently.

"Oom—"

Panshi raised the rock shield in its hands, facing the two incoming blade auras, then its expression shifted slightly, quickly turning its head to look toward the other side.

Two ice creams reappeared, again two blade auras unleashed without reservation.

Once, twice, three times…

In Silver Horn's previous battle, relying on agile footwork to weave near the much larger Xiaohei, repeatedly inflicting damage, was perfectly replicated by the ice cream.

And, even more so! After all, the ice cream is the true assassin!

Under the traceless Seek Frost Trace, it can push the "stain and leave" effect to the extreme!

The casting motion of Seek Frost Trace is roughly one second.

In each subsequent second, two Breaking Frost Slashes will slant around Panshi.

Although the damage from these slashes is quickly healed by Panshi's astonishing recovery speed, the damage is visibly increasing to the naked eye.

Everyone's gaze fell upon the ice crystal crown glowing atop the ice cream's head.

Lunar Halo Tier 10 Affix, Eternal Winter!

Each time it inflicts damage on the opponent, it adds one layer of mark to the opponent, each layer increasing final damage bonus by 5%! Eight seconds passed, and the ice cream slashed down 16 Breaking Frost Slashes on Panshi.

Amid the overflowing cold air, its icy posture reappeared once more, the long blade held high pointing directly at Panshi, poised to strike again.

And this time, Panshi, which previously could only rely on its own defense to resist attacks, finally took action.

"Oom—"

It raised the heavy shield in its hands high, emitting a low hum at that moment, poised to slam it down hard into the earth.

This is the raising motion of the Indestructible Rock Stele! The 20-second cooldown has ended, the Indestructible Rock Stele has re-entered usable status! The previously erected rock stele still stands, and now a second rock stele is raised again, allowing Panshi to surround most of its area with them, making it much harder for the ice cream to bypass the steles.

When the third rock stele is erected, Panshi can even place itself within an absolutely protective, windproof enclosure! At that point, the ice cream will have no possibility to bypass the rock steles and attack it! However, Panshi, raising its heavy shield, did not see that the ice cream's offensive momentum had instantly halted, a hint of a smile appearing in its icy blue eyes.

"Crack—"

Accompanied by the sound of ice splitting, terrifying cold rapidly erupted from around the ice cream! Passive skill, Lunar Frost Cold! Reduces speed of targets within range by 60%!

Under the extreme cold, even Panshi, as a stone-born lifeform, felt the bone-chilling cold, and the speed at which the heavy shield descended rapidly slowed.

In the next instant, a thin layer of frost covered everything around.

Lunar Remnant Frost Domain, at this moment Descended! The instant-domain descended upon Panshi from above, instantly locking it in the posture of not yet having plunged the heavy shield into the earth, placing it into the 【Frost Frozen】 state.

Skill interrupted! In the instant of the duel, the erection of the second Indestructible Rock Stele ended in failure.

Seeing the opponent enter the 【Frost Frozen】 state, the ice cream instantly activated Lunar Halo Tier 10 Affix Glacial Extinction, its aura amplifying repeatedly, instantly soaring to the extreme!

The long blade held high, icy aura surging skyward around the ice cream.

Compared to the upcoming strike, the previous 16 slashes were merely petty skirmishes.

The true strongest strike will surely shake heaven and earth! The ice cream's aura like a rainbow, it swiftly charged toward Panshi.

Its long blade pointed directly at Panshi's chest position, as if to pierce through Panshi.

Watching the ice cream draw ever closer, at this moment Panshi felt a power sufficient to pose an extreme threat to it.

And yet, it remained within the 【Frost Frozen】 state, unable to act.

At the critical moment, Panshi let out a low shout, its armor, helmet, and the heavy shield in its hands instantly disintegrating and scattering, a yellowish light halo weaving across the earth beneath its body into a mysterious grand formation, its momentum rising steadily.

Lunar Rock Soul Sacrifice Formation!

Previously, this skill was not used because Panshi saw that the ice cream's attack was not unleashed with full force.

Now, confirming the ice cream was about to unleash a full-power strike, yet it could neither dodge nor defend, Panshi unhesitatingly employed its strongest skill.

Blood for Blood!

"Whoosh—"

But in the next instant, the long blade about to pierce Panshi's chest suddenly shattered like a mirage, dissipating, along with the ice cream's body.

What just happened was merely the ice cream's feint!

Once the Rock Soul Sacrifice Formation ends and enters cooldown, Panshi will fall into the awkward situation of having both Ardent Rock Taunt and Rock Soul Sacrifice Formation on cooldown simultaneously!

Light surged in Panshi's yellowish large eyes, and at the critical moment, it made the correct choice.

Immediately shut down the Rock Soul Sacrifice Formation.

This way, the cooldown of the Rock Soul Sacrifice Formation will be shortened to three seconds.

The ice cream must complete the charging of Seek Frost Trace, unleash its strike, before the Rock Soul Sacrifice Formation's cooldown finishes, so this approach prevents the ice cream from maximizing its charge.

The two seconds of 【Frost Frozen】 passed quickly, and as Panshi regained mobility, its frame lowered, its body rapidly sinking into the earth.

It intends to employ Rock Tide, using ultra-high-speed movement to dodge the incoming strike! The Remnant Frost Domain adds 【Frost Frozen】 every three seconds; between two consecutive 【Frost Frozen】 instances, it has one second of activity time…

"Crack—"

Panshi's movement suddenly froze, fine cold frost once again appearing around it.

The ice cream, gently draping the Lunar Veil Gauze over Panshi, had a hint of a smile in its eyes.

Not a bad idea, but it is not limited to only one skill that can apply 【Frost Frozen】.

"Ooh!!!"

Finished! Seek Frost Trace charge attack increases by 40%!

Lunar Veil Gauze shatter attack increases by 20%!

Snow-in-shadow shattered attack increased by 20%!

Remaining Frost Domain attack increased by 10%!

Term: Absolute Zero attack increased, critical hit 210%!! Attack launched at 150% attack!! Under 【Frost Freeze】, damage doubled!!

And finally…

Term: Eternal Winter Mark stacked 40 layers, final damage increased 200%!!!

This slash, 36x attack damage!!! 「Hum—」

A blade of light surging with cold intent poured out from the blade's edge, the strongest slash swept past Pan Shi's side, leaving a terrifying trace a kilometer long on the ground beside him.

「Hum—」

I lost.

After regaining mobility, Pan Shi honestly admitted defeat.

Outside the arena, exclamations and surprised shouts erupted instantly.

After all, before the two fought, no one expected the victor to actually be Ice Cream.

「So your confidence comes from here. 」 Qin Chuan, surprised, looked at Lin Yue and revealed an expression of sudden realization.

In the previous battle, Silver Horn displayed precise calculation of health points.

In this battle, Ice Cream displayed terrifying control over cooldown time.

Originally having almost no hope of victory, it, through feint attack tactics, forcibly put all of Pan Shi's threatening skills on cooldown.

Yes, cooldown! Who would have thought Pan Shi's weakness was actually it.

Normally, a Spirit Beast at Epic tier, its last three active skills would always have one or two without cooldown.

But Pan Shi's last three active skills all have cooldown.

Thus, once the three skills enter cooldown, Pan Shi's threat level drops significantly.

Watching Ice Cream spin excitedly in the arena, celebrating its victory, Qin Chuan stroked his chin.

Having figured out how Ice Cream won, there is now only one question.

「When did Ice Cream's math get this good? 」

Unlike Silver Horn, Ice Cream in reality fundamentally cannot understand ice-system theoretical knowledge.

「Or perhaps it's not math, but intuition? 」 Lin Yue smiled faintly.

The loss suffered at Shui Hua's in the first battle, the tactics learned from Yin Jiao in the second battle—by the third battle, Ice Cream had fused them into its own.

In terms of combat awareness and potential, among the nine Spirit Beasts, only Xiao Hei, the fighting-type, can compare with Ice Cream.

This is the strength of a born assassin. 「Intuition…」 Qin Chuan chuckled, took out the lottery tube.

Shui Hua, who did not participate in the second and third battles, must participate in the fourth battle.

The other opponent must be chosen between Yin Jiao and Xiao Hei from their second encounter.

Drawing a wooden token, Qin Chuan spoke loudly.

「Fourth battle, Yin Jiao vs Shui Hua! 」

Amid the cheers and anticipation of the crowd, another battle swiftly opened its curtain.

Everyone's attention focused on the peak showdown at the Epic tier level before them, no one noticed that, in a small pond on the other side of the guild, a seed floating on the water surface sprouted a tender shoot, slowly drilling underwater. —

Half an hour later, all ten battles concluded.

The five little ones each completed a duel against the other four companions, and final rankings were decided based on win count.

Fifth place, Pan Shi, zero wins in four rounds.

After all, still only three days old and inexperienced, lacking the deep schemes of predecessors, after losing to Ice Cream in the match they were most confident about, Pan Shi kept hitting setbacks.

First, encountering Yin Jiao, under percentage-based true damage that ignores defense, its paws went numb instantly, and under a fifteen-hit devouring fatal claw, it surrendered on the spot.

Then, in the battle against Shui Hua, Tian Shui Yi Cheng directly cleared Pan Shi's defense boost and damage reduction, sent it flying, and the dual shields were forcibly dismantled, moreover losing the effect of Earth's Life Maintenance, and in the towering waves it played GG.

After struggling out of the psychological shadow of being airborne, Pan Shi finally encountered Xiao Hei.

The latter, without a word, activated Blood Fury, Boiling Blood, and Dragon Power Field upon contact, directly maxing attack speed to begin applying debuffs to Pan Shi.

【Shatter】 plus 【Rend】.

Reduce defense, increase damage, reduce healing.

Pan Shi, having reached Lunar Halo Level 10's flawless rigidity, dispelled the defense reduction effect, but Xiao Hei, with ultra-high attack speed, reduced Pan Shi's defense to nearly nothing.

Thus, unable to endure further, Pan Shi simply activated Rock Soul Sacrifice Formation, abandoning defense.

And then, there was nothing after.

Normally, against most opponents, Pan Shi could rely on a full 15x difference in blood-for-blood to win, but Xiao Hei is the exception.

When Blood Dragon Scale activates, anger stacks, relying on life-point deduction conversion and lifesteal, it truly can trade!

After the battle, Pan Shi, who had just broken through Epic tier and longed for a fight, no longer longs for it.

This three-day-old baby, fifty meters tall, sank into the earth, in an uninhabited place clutching its head and weeping bitterly, its voice clearly audible on the ground.

Truly gave the child autism.

Yin Jiao and Xiao Hei tied for third, both with four battles, two wins.

After being defeated by Yin Jiao's agile footwork, Xiao Hei encountered Ice Cream, whose footwork was even more agile.

Couldn't hit, simply couldn't hit.

As a pure melee fighting-type Spirit Beast relying solely on physique with no locking skills, Xiao Hei never touched Ice Cream even once.

No matter how strong the lifesteal, no matter how many buffs, if you can't hit the opponent, it's all in vain.

What? You said anger?

In the face of absolute output, anger and health bar—I cut them both!

After finally ending the battle as tedious as imprisonment, Xiao Hei fought Shui Hua.

When the warrior met the mage, Xiaohei's skill of instantly closing in on opponents and knocking them up, like Yinglongying, finally allowed him to hold his head high once.

Although the weakening of Tianshui Yicheng was effective against Xiaohei, its effect was not significant.

Because all of its buffs were applied as debuffs to Shui Hua.

After a series of battles, Xiaohei ultimately defeated the team's eldest brother.

Then came the battle against Panshi.

After defeating Xiaohei, Silver Horn encountered Shui Hua in the fourth match.

Having witnessed how Silver Horn defeated Xiaohei, Shui Hua adopted targeted measures in combat, using Dianshui Xing combined with Water Master to stay airborne, avoiding Silver Horn's shadow-assisted close approach, then unleashed the area-wide damage of Manjuan Tianpu to wash the ground and end the fight.

Although Xiaohei could also fly, all his attacks were melee; taking to the air allowed him to dodge, but he could do nothing against Silver Horn.

Immediately afterward, Silver Horn faced Panshi and secured his second victory smoothly.

However, when finally facing Xuegao, its movement was completely restrained—Frost Cold combined with the Residual Frost Domain severely limited its actions, preventing Silver Horn from dodging Xuegao's attacks, forcing it to rely solely on its high damage reduction to endure, and it instantly tried to reach Xuegao.

Then, it failed to endure and also failed to make contact.

Shui Hua and Xuegao tied for first place, best of four matches, three wins.

Xuegao lost to Shui Hua, while Shui Hua lost to Xiaohei.

One could say among the five little ones, there was no absolute victor, nor an absolute loser…

Well, Panshi is the absolute loser.

Regarding this, Qin Chuan said, this is all because Panshi has never been to the real world! Once it experiences the rich and colorful things of the real world, learns the fundamentals of earth-element theory, and goes through more battles, it will inevitably undergo a transformation!

Panshi believed it.

The internal team competition announced its end, and the Luoyue Guild atmosphere became lively, with everyone chatting one after another, all discussing the recent battles.

Many members were eager to try, wanting to imitate and have their contracted spirit beasts also compete within the team.

At this very moment, the Xiaoqing circling high in the sky suddenly let out a sharp, piercing cry.

Upon hearing the sound, Lin Yue froze instantly.

"What's wrong?" Qin Chuan asked curiously.

"The Vitality Spirit Seed is about to nurture a spirit beast!" Lin Yue exclaimed excitedly, pulling Qin Chuan as they hurried toward the small pond.

Other members exchanged glances, couldn't help but feel curious, and followed.

Previously, the Holy Spirit Embryo had nurtured Panshi, such a powerful earth-element spirit beast.

No one knew what the Vitality Spirit Seed could nurture.

Soon, the condition of the pond appeared before everyone.

The seeds originally floating on the water surface had now taken root underwater, while simultaneously growing two or three lotus-leaf-sized, large circular leaves floating on the surface.

At the center of the leaves was a large azure flower bud.

Under the tense gaze of Qin Chuan and Lin Yue, the flower bud slowly unfurled, and the pink petals inside blossomed open.

At the very center of the petals, a sleeping spirit beast opened its eyes as layer upon layer of petals unfolded.

"Mù yī?"

It swayed its body slightly, floating somewhat unsteadily in midair, curiously observing its surroundings.

The newborn spirit beast's round head was wrapped in lotus leaves, with several tender green leaves hanging below, and behind it was a flower bud still in bud.

As the spirit beast was born, lines of text appeared before Qin Chuan and Lin Yue's eyes.

【Spirit Beast Species: Xiao Lianjing】

【Spirit Beast Attribute: Wood】

【Spirit Beast Level: Juvenile Stage Lv1】

【Spirit Beast Status: Uncontracted】

【Spirit Beast Introduction: Wood-element spirit beast Xiao Lianjing, lively and kind-hearted, close to all things, naturally possessing the exclusive entry 【Sprite】 as an ultra-rare species.】

"Xiao Lianjing?" Lin Yue's eyes lit up, "How adorable!"

She tentatively reached her hands toward the Xiao Lianjing floating in the air, "Come here~"

"Mù yī?"

Xiao Lianjing obediently flew toward Lin Yue, then gently landed in her hands, widening its pair of green eyes as they locked gazes with Lin Yue.

"Want to form a contract with me?" Lin Yue smiled, gently stroking its head.

"Mù yī~" Xiao Lianjing nodded, looking eager.

The contract was completed swiftly; Lin Yue gazed at the emerald-green Xiao Lianjing and immediately made her decision.

"From now on, you shall be called Xiao Lü!"

"Mù yī mù yī!"

Xiao Lü followed with a joyful cry, and four-leaf light patterns flickered at its brow.

Next came the childhood loss phase for the newborn spirit beast.

Until its strength reached Hall Tier Lv40, Xiao Lü's progress would temporarily pause.

Its form also underwent a noticeable change accordingly.

As its body grew larger, Xiao Lü's flower bud behind it fully blossomed into a giant pink lotus, with golden stamens swaying at the center, shimmering with fluorescence.

Above its head, there was a small lotus.

This was its first piece of equipment: the Yaolian Head Crown.

【Spirit Beast Species: Qing Lian Jingling】

【Spirit Beast Attribute: Wood】

【Spirit Beast Level: Hall Tier Lv40】【Advancement】【Evolution】

【Spirit Beast Trait: Vitality of All Things】

【Spirit Beast Race Value: 40000】

【Spirit Beast Affection: 98%】

【Spirit Beast Skills: Star·Sprout (Passive), Star·Lotus Sprite Prayer (Active), Star·Jade Lotus Robe (Active), Star·Dripping Firefly (Active), Star·Green Leaf Blessing (Active), Star·Sleep Curse (Active)】

【Equipment Affix: 【Recovery (Lunar Halo Level 10): Attack Increase 105%, Doubled When Used for Healing】】

【Current Affix Usage/Cooldown Duration: 10 minutes/10 minutes】

【Exclusive Affix: 【Fairy: Final Damage Reduction 50%】】

【Spirit Beast Introduction: Wood Spirit Beast Qinglian Sprite, evolved from Xiao Lian Jing, with comprehensive support abilities making it one of the most popular Spirit Beasts.】

"Let me check Xiao Lü's skills first, I'll tell you later." Lin Yue tossed out a sentence, her face full of anticipation as she began to view Xiao Lü's panel details.

From the introduction, Xiao Lü is a support-type sprite.

The Lunar Halo Level 10 equipment affix Recovery is also inclined toward healing-type affixes.

Taking a deep breath, Lin Yue clicked on Xiao Lü's traits.

【Vitality of All Things: All friendly targets within range gain 2% health regeneration per second, self gains 120% healing bonus, for each additional friendly target within range, self gains an extra 20% healing bonus.】

Lin Yue's face quickly showed an expression of surprise.

This trait, its strength is quite high.

Normally, she acts together with Qin Chuan, the two of them with ten spirit beasts, can easily let Xiao Lü gain over 300% healing bonus.

All friendly targets gaining 2% health regeneration per second is also a powerful aura effect.

Just the trait alone is this practical, Lin Yue couldn't wait to click on the skill details.

【Star·Sprout: Passive skill, gain one green leaf every 20 seconds, maximum storage of 4 green leaves, skill buff effect doubled when targeting self.】

【Star·Lotus Sprite Prayer: Active skill, restore designated target's health with 150% of attack, cooldown 5 seconds, can consume one green leaf to change skill effect to: restore health of all friendly targets within range with 100% of attack.】

【Star·Jade Lotus Robe: Active skill, grant designated target defense equal to 80% of self's attack, duration 5 seconds, cooldown 10 seconds, can consume one green leaf to change skill effect to: grant all friendly targets within range defense equal to 50% of self's attack.】

【Star·Dripping Firefly: Active skill, dispel all negative effects on designated target, cooldown 20 seconds, can consume one green leaf to instantly refresh skill cooldown.】

【Star·Green Leaf Blessing: Active skill, consume two green leaves, instantly apply a protection effect lasting 5 seconds to all friendly targets within range: final damage reduction 50%, recover health equal to 80% of self's attack per second.】

【Star·Sleep Curse: Active skill, cause all hostile targets within range to enter 【Sleep】 state, cooldown 60 seconds, can consume two green leaves to change skill effect to: cause all hostile targets within range to enter 【Drowse】 state.】

【Sleep: Unable to act or use skills, removed after taking one attack】

【Drowse: Unable to act or use skills, equipment affix forced cooldown, removed after taking three attacks】

After browsing through all skills, Lin Yue's face was full of delight.

Xiao Lü's passive and the second awakening effect of Qiming are somewhat similar in effect, both can double when the buff target is self, but this is not the main content of the passive.

The core of the passive is the green leaf.

Green leaves are gained one every 20 seconds, up to a maximum of 4 stored, and each subsequent skill is closely related to green leaves.

The first active skill Lotus Sprite Prayer can perform single-target healing.

Recovery provides 210% attack increase, using 150% of attack for healing, trait's healing bonus calculated at 300%, final healing amount reaches 1860% of attack.

Consuming one green leaf, Lotus Sprite Prayer changes to a group healing skill.

Each friendly unit within range gains healing equal to 1240% of Xiao Lü's attack.

The healing ratio is almost catching up to the damage ratio of ice cream.

The second active skill Jade Lotus Robe can grant single-target defense for 5 seconds, increase amount equals Xiao Lü's attack's 80%, since it's not healing, Recovery attack increase 105%.

Normally, a spirit beast's attack and defense are of the same order of magnitude, attack slightly higher than defense, so the increase amount can be roughly regarded as 200% of Xiao Lü's defense when the Recovery affix is activated.

If the target and Xiao Lü are of comparable strength, defense similar, gaining this buff effect can be equivalent to defense increase of 200%.

Consuming one green leaf, Jade Lotus Robe changes to a group defense-enhancing skill, although the defense increase amount is thus reduced considerably, it remains astonishing.

The third active skill Dripping Firefly is the first purification-type skill in the team, it can perform single-target purification, cooldown 20 seconds, this skill consuming green leaves does not change effect, but can instantly refresh skill cooldown.

Besides the three basic skills, the two ultimate skills unlocked after evolution are also special.

Green Leaf Blessing is an active skill directly using green leaf consumption as the release condition, and moreover requires consuming two green leaves at once.

But its effect is worthy of this consumption.

Within the five-second duration, all damage is halved, while simultaneously gaining healing, total healing gained equals 400% of attack.

Calculated with 300% healing bonus, final healing amount is 4960% of attack.

The two effects stacked, truly worthy of the word "protection".

As for the other ultimate skill Sleep Curse, it is a powerful group control skill.

In effect, 【Sleep】 is close to 【Knockback】.

But their durations differ.

【Sleep】 is removed after taking one attack, 【Knockback】 has a fixed duration of 1 second.

Obviously, the former is better.

Similarly consuming two green leaves, the 【Sleep】 effect can be changed to 【Drowse】, merely adding the effect of forced cooldown equipment affix is already quite powerful, moreover the number of attacks required to remove the effect increased from 1 to 3.

If all three are super high-damage attacks, controlling to death is no exaggeration.

Simultaneously possessing healing, survival, purification, and control, no wonder the introduction of Qinglian Sprite says it has "comprehensive support abilities".

(End of Chapter)