Beast Taming Patrol

And the skill right before his eyes clearly went a step further, allowing Qiuqiu to completely possess the ability to be immune to physical attacks.

This was simply the natural enemy of the combat genre.

Is this a subskill of Shadow Magic?!

Lin Su fell silent instantaneously.

He had never heard of such a skill in the dark element.

“What is this skill called?”

“Jie! (≧‿≦)” (Shadow Concealment!)

“Shadow Concealment, huh…” Lin Su murmured softly to himself, his face brightening with a splendid smile and heavy expectation.

Qiuqiu’s fourth subskill was so powerful that he couldn’t help but start looking forward to what the fifth subskill of Qiuqiu’s Shadow Magic would be.

“Jie! (￣‿￣)” (The fifth skill is called Shadow Escape!)

Qiuqiu gave a simple introduction, then rapidly merged into the shadows and reappeared tens of meters away.

Is this Shadow Escape?

Lin Su nodded slightly.

Strictly speaking, there was some overlap with Shadow Concealment, as Qiuqiu could also use Shadow Space to move swiftly while in the state of Shadow Concealment.

The difference was that Shadow Escape was just a bit faster.

Lin Su had never heard of this skill either, and from Qiuqiu’s current performance, it seemed somewhat underwhelming, but he was still very satisfied.

After all, the Shadow Concealment skill he had just witnessed was truly a divine technique against physical attacks.

Having one divine technique was satisfying enough, what more could he want?

Just as this thought surfaced in his mind, Qiuqiu, from dozens of meters away, used Shadow Escape again to reach Lin Su’s side.

“Jie! (￣‿￣)” (Don’t resist!)

Qiuqiu warned, and then, hugging Lin Su’s legs, pulled forcefully.

Lin Su instinctively didn’t resist, and immediately found himself being dragged by Qiuqiu into an absolutely dark space, then reemerged tens of meters away from where they had been.

Huh?

Huh?!

Lin Su looked puzzledly at Qiuqiu, remaining dazed for a long while before he finally snapped back to reality.

Just now… had he been taken along with Qiuqiu into Shadow Space, and then… reappeared dozens of meters away?!

“Shadow Escape… can it take someone along?”

“Jie! Jie! (｡⊙‿⊙｡)” (Yes! But for now, only one person!)

Only one for now…

Does that mean that once the proficiency improves, it might be able to carry more?

Nothing understated, this too is a divine skill!

Lin Su inhaled sharply, stunned.

Shadow Concealment, Shadow Clone, Shadow Lock, Shadow Concealment, Shadow Escape.

A single Shadow Magic, yet composed of no fewer than five subskills.

This meant that Qiuqiu could potentially have seven subskills of tier V in the future, and these two additional ones were so powerful.

If the Shadow Magic with three subskills was considered on par with Frost Silence Storm in terms of strength, then Shadow Magic with five subskills was definitely a core skill of overwhelming strength.

No, it’s not even certain whether this skill could still be considered Shadow Magic.

The benchmark to determine whether a pet has evolved or not is whether its core skill has undergone metamorphosis.

And whether two pets with similar forms and skills belong to the same species is determined by whether their core skills are the same.

After Qiuqiu’s evolution, it became stronger than a typical Frost Flower Dream Shadow and had one more skill, Snow Explosion, but since the Frost Silence Storm hasn’t changed, its species is still considered Frost Flower Dream Shadow.

But Qiuqiu’s core skill is no longer the normal Shadow Magic, which means Qiuqiu has left the species of Magic Master and become an independent new species!

And the tier of this new species…

Based on the current situation, it has easily reached the high-ranking monarch class.

Lin Su pinched his chin, his expression becoming especially animated.

So what species does Qiuqiu count as?

Magic Grandmaster?

Or Magic Sovereign?

“Hehe! (／‿＼)” (I still have another skill!)

Completely unaware that his Beast Tamer had already started pondering what to call his species, Qiuqiu excitedly tugged at Lin Su’s sleeve to indicate he had another skill.

Lin Su couldn’t help but take a sharp intake of breath.

How do you have so many skills?

Oh… the first five count as one skill, so Qiuqiu has technically only gained one more skill up till now…

“What skill?” Lin Su couldn’t help but ask.

This time, the new skill should be a brand-new Talent Skill.

Talent Skills can’t be multi-functional, so compared to core skills, it should be somewhat more normal.

“Hehe… (⊙▂⊙)” (It seems that I can’t demonstrate this skill…)

Qiuqiu looked around and started muttering softly, his expression showing some difficulty.

“No worries.” Lin Su smiled, “Just tell me what that skill is?”

“Hehe… Hehe?” (It seems to be called… Evil Mockery?)

Qiuqiu silently sensed the name of his Talent Skill, and his face instantly took on a look of disdain.

What an awful name for a skill!

“Evil Mockery…” Lin Su silently repeated the name of the skill.

His first reaction was that the name of the skill was very unpleasant to hear.

His second reaction was that it sounded familiar.

Where had he heard it…?

Lin Su pinched his chin, his hand suddenly stiffening.

On Blue Star, there was a special type of dark beast.

The reason it was considered special was that this beast species was one of the few that existed on Blue Star but had no records in the world of Shenwu.

Dark type, high-ranking sovereign species, Silence Farmers.

This beast resembled a scarecrow, with a strange smirk that looked quite eerie. It did not exist within the Yanhuang Alliance territory but could be found in sparse numbers within the Free Alliance’s domain.

And this dark beast had a skill called Evil Mockery.

The effect of this skill was straightforward—it could lock onto a specific target, filling the opponent’s mind with the urge to attack the caster, and before the caster was hit, dark toxin would keep accumulating, lasting for a certain duration.

For instance, if Evil Mockery locked on to you for five minutes, then in these five minutes, if you didn’t attack or couldn’t hit the caster of Evil Mockery, dark poison would keep accumulating in your body, affecting you.

In short, it drew aggro and poisoned.

If you were targeted by Evil Mockery, the only way to minimize the side effects of the skill was to attack the caster immediately; the longer you delayed, the deeper the poisoning.

Because of the existence of the Silence Farmers, the Free Safety Alliance had suffered considerably.

In many battles with the Senluo Immortal Country, there would be agile beasts carrying Silence Farmers appearing within the beast tide army. After the Silence Farmer locked onto a powerful Beast Tamer from the Free Alliance, they would skedaddle, making it impossible for the Beast Tamer to attack the Silence Farmer, continuously accumulating dark toxin, and consequently suffering significant damage.

In short, this skill was dirty!

The Silence Farmer and the Fear Demon Statue were somewhat similar, being species that struggled with movement, so it had shortcomings in mobility and evasion when using Evil Mockery, relying on other beasts to carry it away.

And Qiuqiu, who also mastered Evil Mockery…

Lin Su glanced at Qiuqiu, who was batting his large eyes at him, and fell into deep thought.

Evil Mockery + Flying Knife Skill + Substitute?

Evil Mockery + Shadow Escape?

Evil Mockery + Shadow Transformation?

Evil Mockery + Devouring of Nihility?

Evil Mockery + Shadow Concealment?

You hit me, and you win?

What kind of dirty trick is this?!

Something’s not right, this is really not right!

All of Qiuqiu’s skills, upon the addition of Evil Mockery, seemed to have undergone a transformation in style.

Is that you, Number Six?

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