My starting summon is a small skeleton-Chapter 156 - 154 Little Skeleton 2 stars

As Tuantuan bit down with a "nom", a new skill appeared on Tuantuan’s attribute panel.

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Cute Pig Eating

Skill Type: Bonds Skill sub-skill

Description: A pig-specific skill derived from the Bonds Skill.

Effect: Able to restore its own physical strength and heal injuries through eating, and even has a very small chance to improve its own quality or acquire the skills of the eaten target.

In theory, anything that can be eaten counts.

Of course, the premise is that the pig must be willing to eat it, and its little body must be able to handle it.

Ps: If my cute owner can’t eat it, I, Tuantuan, will gladly eat it!

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"This can work?"

Lu Wu had casually shouted just to tease the little guy, never expecting to actually stimulate the emergence of such a skill.

And, it seemed like quite a nice skill at that?

"Could this be the correct way to nurture Tuantuan?"

Lu Wu felt that he needed to study this matter further.

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Meanwhile, up in the arena.

The Huangmu People were dumbfounded; they had not expected the well-tied pig to bite them, taking away a large chunk with a bite of its teeth.

What made the Huangmu People even more aggrieved was that after biting, Tuantuan’s pig face showed a particularly obvious look of disdain.

At that moment, the Huangmu People couldn’t stand it anymore — you bite it, eat it, and then disdain it?

If you despise it, then don’t bite!

This kind of pig deserved to be whipped good!

The Huangmu People’s roots stretched out again, intending to bind the pig’s mouth shut.

But before they could act, Tuantuan, who had recovered some strength from eating, suddenly pushed forward fiercely, then bit down on the roots in front of them with a crisp crunch.

Despite wearing a disgusted expression, Tuantuan was munching away fiercely. Rather, the biting grew more ferocious.

After all, its strength surged as it ate the roots!

This mad biting gave the Huangmu People a hard time; every time they tried to draw their roots back to save themselves, they ended up being chewed off by Tuantuan instead.

Lu Wu’s eyes lit up when he saw this.

"Yo, this little guy has awakened its skill, and its teeth have gotten better!

These roots seem like sugarcane in front of it, crunching and splashing juice with every bite!

It looks like Tuantuan has a chance to win this round."

What do you mean Tuantuan has a chance?

It’s looking pretty promising, alright!

Actually, Tuantuan’s teeth were good even before the skill awakening; it just never thought to solve problems with its mouth.

Now the door to a new world had been opened.

Plus the skill awakening did indeed increase Tuantuan’s biting force to some extent.

What was once a root capable of restraining the pig, now turned into food in front of Tuantuan; it easily escaped the roots with just its mouth.

The former dominant Huangmu People now didn’t dare extend their roots.

Although having their roots nibbled didn’t cause significant damage—they could recover over time thanks to their talent—their recovery rate couldn’t compete with the speed at which Tuantuan gnawed away.

So now the Huangmu People were somewhat wary of pigs.

But while the Huangmu People were afraid, the pig wasn’t!

Tuantuan had no intention of letting go of the beast that had been after its body, continuing to attack after breaking free.

This time, Tuantuan decided not to charge.

In the short span, Tuantuan had awakened the pig’s talent skill Gong Baisai.

The little guy inserted its tusks into the arena floor, digging and advancing toward the Huangmu People.

The Huangmu People’s roots were forced into retreat by Tuantuan, but while the roots could retreat, the trunk couldn’t—it was too slow and was soon dug up by Tuantuan.

Just one step away, Tuantuan would be able to nibble on the Huangmu People.

At that moment, the Huangmu People, who had been retreating, suddenly launched an attack.

Two trunk-like arms smashed down while the gathered roots also exploded, attacking Tuantuan’s mouth head-on.

The emotions of the Huangmu People were quite clear at that point.

’You think you can eat?

Have a big mouthful; I’ll let you eat your fill and see if your mouth can handle it before exploding.’

However, just as the trunk and roots of the Huangmu People shot out, Tuantuan suddenly closed its mouth, canceled its growth in an instant, dropped to the ground to dodge the attack, and then immediately re-activated its growth to fend off the Huangmu People’s onslaught.

At the same time, Tuantuan seized the opportunity to launch the Cute Pig Charge.

With a violently powerful collision, the majority of the roots used for the offensive lost their grip on the ground, and the Huangmu People were sent flying out of the arena.

The pig had won another victory.

"Damn, that worked too?"

Jiang Beifeng, in the spectator stands, almost spewed a mouthful of blood.

He could never have anticipated such an outcome—the pig had actually achieved a double kill.

And what’s more, it was with such a method that it secured the double kill!

If the reason for this pig’s double kill was because he had misjudged its strength early on, then Jiang Beifeng had no excuses.

He was just a fool, incompetent!

But that wasn’t the issue!

He discovered that his initial assessment of the pig’s strength was quite accurate; when it first entered the fray, it truly was as he had predicted, slightly weaker than the Rock Python.

Yet as the battle went on, the pig’s strength kept increasing.

That was beyond his control, although an in-battle breakthrough was still within his realm of acceptance.

What he couldn’t accept was that the pig had already powered up once before, having been driven to the brink of defeat by the Huangmu People, its stamina nearly depleted, victory almost within reach.

Then the pig just blatantly cheated.

Its jaw strength became astonishingly potent, and its terrifying rate of stamina recovery was revealed, easily flipping the battle and securing a win.

Who in the world could tolerate this?

Jiang Beifeng felt like he had swallowed something vile.

It took a massive effort for him to suppress his feelings of frustration and disgust and to console himself, "It’s fine; the pig has almost run out of stamina, and 001’s ace is still in play. Victory is still ours!"

Meanwhile, as Jiang Beifeng was comforting himself, over by the stage, Tuantuan was excitedly bouncing in front of Lu Wu.

Wasn’t Tuantuan incredibly awesome?

Didn’t Tuantuan perform exceedingly well?

Could Tuantuan now have Little Skeleton Soup?

In light of the pig’s performance, Lu Wu should have agreed, but Little Skeleton hadn’t fought yet, and Lu Wu didn’t dare to commit, afraid that it would affect Little Skeleton’s combat morale.

He decided to placate the pig first.

After all, Lu Wu was fully aware of the pig’s current condition and knew that it was running on fumes and wasn’t fit to stand on the stage any longer. He wanted it to step down for the time being.

However, the problem arose when Lu Wu tried to get the pig to come down.

The pig wouldn’t budge!

Tuantuan was so mighty!

Tuantuan could still fight! Tuantuan had to have Little Skeleton Soup!

Lu Wu was now in a bind as he glanced at the pig on the stage and then at the excited Little Skeleton who had come up close to him, his eyes ablaze with Pupil Fire. Lu Wu could only scratch his nose and say,

Alright then, if Tuantuan wants to fight again, let’s have another round.

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After all, this was the first time the lazy pig showed such enthusiasm. Lu Wu thought it best not to dampen its spirits.

With the third battle’s opportunity secured from Lu Wu’s side, Tuantuan proud as can be nudged its snout towards Little Skeleton, then made its way back to the center of the stage.

At that moment, on the other side of the stage, 001’s Big Rock was also mounted on the platform.

Big Rock was an evolution of Little Rock, almost unchanged in appearance except for being a few sizes larger.

But that larger size was menacing, and standing before it, Tuantuan, even after its Giant transformation, seemed no longer so imposing.

As the two Summoned Beasts stood together, Lu Wu moved closer and quickly glanced at Big Rock’s attributes, which immediately turned his expression grim.

Name: Big Rock (One Evolution)

Power: Elite 3 Stars

Attribute: Rock

Quality: Black Iron (Upgraded)

Weakness: Grass, Water

State: Cruel (My master ordered me to heavily injure that pig and not give it a chance to recover its stamina)

Basic Skills: Rock Collision (Master) Giant Force (Master) Defense Enhancement (Master) Rock Shooting (Master)

Advanced Skills: Earthquake (Master)

Talent: Rock Body (Active) (Enhance defense and strength)

What caused Lu Wu’s drastic change in expression wasn’t Big Rock reaching Elite 3 Stars Power,

but its state.

The adversary clearly worried that Tuantuan, once this battle ended, would quickly recover its stamina, and that 018 might not withstand a revived Tuantuan. So, their plan was to severely injure Tuantuan and render it powerless.

As Lu Wu observed this state, Big Rock had already brazenly initiated its attack.

Enhancing its power with Giant Force, it rushed forward with a Rock Collision Charge.

Lu Wu’s expression darkened, and he immediately conceded defeat.

However, even though Lu Wu had declared his surrender, Big Rock’s actions didn’t cease; it collided with Tuantuan, which was clearly a bit too excited and not thinking straight, likely having its limited intelligence evaporated away, as it also initiated a Charge.

With this collision, Tuantuan was sent flying out of the ring.

Not only that, the tremendous force caused Tuantuan’s Giant transformation to vanish, leaving the pig gravely injured, with blood seeping from its nose, mouth, ears—everywhere.

And this grievously wounded pig was now lying in front of Little Skeleton.

Caught completely off guard, Little Skeleton stared at the bloodied Tuantuan for a while, even tapping it with its Bone Staff.

But when Little Skeleton sensed Tuantuan’s pain, it instantly understood.

In an instant, its eyes, ablaze with Pupil Fire, flared up fiercely, filled entirely with anger.

Unforgivable!

Tuantuan was Little Skeleton’s best mount, and this Rock monstrosity had dared to injure it so severely!

Little Skeleton would take revenge for Tuantuan!

Simultaneously, Lu Wu felt a surge of spiritual power erupt from his mind.

Clearly, Little Skeleton, in its anger, had finally advanced to two stars.

But at that moment, neither Lu Wu nor Little Skeleton was focused on the breakthrough; what they wanted was to smash the Big Rock above them to bits!!!