My starting summon is a small skeleton-Chapter 162 - 160 Strong Skeleton

Zhang Wentao had intended to chat with Lu Wu more.

But unexpectedly, he received a sudden phone call from the Governor Mansion. After answering, his expression changed, and he said, "Alright, I’ll be right there!"

Hanging up, Zhang Wentao turned to Lu Wu, "Xiao Lu, I’ve got to step out for something urgent."

"You go ahead, don’t worry about me!"

"When I get back, we’ll find an opportunity to have a good chat!"

Having said that, Zhang Wentao directly pushed open the office window and leapt out.

The moment Zhang Wentao jumped, a golden eagle with wings spanning about ten meters appeared out of nowhere and steadied him in the air, and then, with a powerful flap of its wings, it soared upward with an effortless grace.

Lu Wu watched this scene with longing and admiration.

He silently made up his mind that he would eventually find himself a flying Summoned Beast.

While Lu Wu was lost in his thoughts, Zhao Kai Ming nudged him next to him, "Xiao Lu, am I taking you back now, or do you want to hang around here for a bit?"

Upon hearing this, Lu Wu had initially wanted to head straight back.

He had just received the "Skeleton Knight Research Report" and wanted to head back and delve into it to see if he could conjure up something like a Wild Boar Knight.

However, just before leaving, Lu Wu suddenly remembered he didn’t have Little Skeleton with him.

After all, one couldn’t research a Wild Boar Knight without a skeleton!

So naturally, Lu Wu’s eyes fell on Uncle Zhao.

"Uncle Zhao, I remember that the validation for Little Skeleton Evolution is happening here in Fucheng.

If you’re validating it, the Cultivation Center here must have bred quite a few Little Skeletons over these months, right?

Do you have any spare ones? I’d like to take a few back for research."

It was a small request, and Zhao Kai Ming promptly agreed.

He personally took Lu Wu to the Cultivation Room, to find the project team validating the Little Skeleton Evolution.

Lu Wu originally came to get some Little Skeletons, thinking he would pick a few and then leave.

But when the project team found out Lu Wu was there, they gathered around him, bombarding him with all sorts of questions they encountered during the validation process.

So Lu Wu was forced to give an hour-long lecture before he could choose any Little Skeletons, helping the project team solve various issues that arose during validation.

After solving these issues, Lu Wu was then led by the project leader into the Little Skeleton cultivation area.

It had to be said, the Cultivation Center did not take small measures; to validate the Little Skeleton Evolution, they had bred nearly a hundred Little Skeletons all at once.

Lu Wu stood on a raised platform, looking down at the densely packed Little Skeletons below, and felt a bit overwhelmed.

However, as Lu Wu’s gaze swept over these Little Skeletons, his initial shock faded, replaced by disappointment.

From just the attributes of these Little Skeletons, he could tell that the Cultivation Center had been stingy with spending points on them; their upbringing couldn’t hold a candle to his Little Skeleton, as the vast majority of them were flawed and subpar.

But with the sheer number of them, out of the more than a hundred Little Skeletons, there were still a few decent ones.

First, Lu Wu helped the Cultivation Center pick out a few Little Skeletons that had the potential to evolve into a Little Skeleton Mage.

Then, he selected three Little Skeletons for himself.

Out of the three he picked for himself, two were just filler; only one truly satisfied him.

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Name: Strong Skeleton

Power: 3 Stars

Quality: Black Iron (Upgraded) (A lot)

Attribute: Undead

State: Dazed (Aba aba)

Weakness: Light, Fire, Thunder

Skills: Charge (Master), Thrust (Master)

Description: Clearly, compared to your Little Skeleton, this one is a fool. But of course, that’s normal; after all, not every Little Skeleton is as intelligent as yours.

However, its talent is still decent among Little Skeletons; it has some cultivation value.

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Satisfied to have chosen such a Little Skeleton, Lu Wu kept examining it and even reached out to touch it a couple of times.

This made the Little Skeleton of Lu Wu’s house feel threatened.

Its Lu Wu was touching other Little Skeletons; did this mean it was falling out of favor?

Was this new, larger Little Skeleton going to compete with it for Lu Wu’s attention?

With this thought, Little Skeleton regarded the taller newcomer with an alert and dangerous gleam in its Pupil Fire.

And just as Lu Wu chose the three Little Skeletons, his phone rang. Picking up, he realized that it was a call from Zhang Wentao.

Lu Wu was puzzled; wasn’t Uncle Zhang busy? Why would he call at this time?

Still, he answered it immediately, and as soon as the call connected, Zhang Wentao’s urgent voice came through the phone.

"Lu Wu, where are you now?"

"I’m still at the Professional Center. What’s going on…?"

"Good, go to any rooftop of the Professional Center immediately, I’m coming to pick you up!"

Without giving Lu Wu a chance to ask questions, Zhang Wentao confirmed his location and then hung up directly.

It was clear that he was frantically rushing to the Professional Center.

"What’s going on here?"

Lu Wu looked to Zhao Kai Ming standing beside him, and Zhao Kai Ming spread his hands, "I have no idea either!

But with Old Zhang in such a hurry, it must be something important. We should hurry to the top floor and wait for him."

"Alright!"

With a nod, Lu Wu took Dudu and the others, along with Zhao Kai Ming, to the top of the Cultivation Room.

Zhang Wentao didn’t make Lu Wu wait too long. Within a matter of minutes, a loud eagle cry rang out, and Zhang Wentao’s Golden Eagle landed right in front of Lu Wu.

"Xiao Lu, hurry up and get on with Little Skeleton. Old Zhao, come over too."

"Dudu, you guys wait for me in the Cultivation Center, don’t run around, I’ll be right back with Uncle Zhang!"

After telling Dudu to stay put, Lu Wu took Little Skeleton and mounted the back of Zhang Wentao’s Golden Eagle.

He also took a moment to check the attributes of the eagle and unsurprisingly, apart from the name "Cloud Piercing Golden Eagle," the rest were question marks, indicating without doubt that this eagle was a creature beyond the leader class.

While Lu Wu was observing the attributes of the eagle, it flapped its wings once more and soared into the sky again.

Lu Wu had initially thought that riding on the back of such an eagle would be thrilling and bumpy, and that if he didn’t hold on tight, he might fall off.

However, once the eagle actually took flight, Lu Wu found the experience completely different from what he had anticipated.

Flying on the eagle’s back, he barely felt any different than if he were sitting on the sofa in Zhang Wentao’s office.

There wasn’t any fierce wind hitting his face, nor was there a sensation of weightlessness – it was exceptionally smooth.

So smooth, in fact, that Lu Wu felt a touch of disappointment. As a young man, he had expected the flight to be more thrilling than it turned out to be.

Zhang Wentao, on the other hand, was too preoccupied to notice the subtle changes in Lu Wu’s emotions. As soon as the Golden Eagle took flight, he called Lu Wu over to explain.

"Xiao Lu, the reason I called for you in such a rush is that there’s a big opportunity I don’t want you to miss."

"Big opportunity?" Lu Wu asked with a curious face, "What big opportunity?"

"This morning, the Sea Suppression Tower spotted a Summoned Beast Group approaching, at first thought to be led by a creature above the Lord Level, aiming to attack Fucheng.

But as the Summoned Beast Group drew closer, the Sea Suppression Tower managed to get a clear sense of the true nature of the beast swarm."

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"The group of Summoned Beasts entering the Fucheng Sea Area was numerous and of varied types, but their strength was not very formidable. They were almost entirely of the Elite Level, without a single existence above that level.

Let alone Lords or anything above that."

Upon hearing this, Lu’s brows immediately rose.

"How is that possible?"

Now he was no newbie and knew very well that a beast tide of this scale, capable of gathering two different types of Summoned Beasts together, would definitely require a Lord Level or above Summoned Beast to assemble.

"Could it be that they just didn’t detect the Lord Level Summoned Beast’s presence?"

"I went to scout personally, and indeed, no existence above the Lord Level was found," Zhang Wentao negated, "Besides, if there really were a presence above the Lord Level, the Summoned Beast Group wouldn’t be at this level of power."

"Then what’s the situation?"

Now Lu Wu was really curious, "Without anything above the Lord Level, how could such a scale of the Summoned Beast Group, comprised of different types of beasts, come together?"

Zhao Kai Ming, who clearly had broader knowledge than Lu Wu, combined this with Zhang Wentao’s reaction and offered a conjecture.

"There’s only one possibility, that within this group of Summoned Beasts, there’s a cub with an exceptionally high quality!"

Zhang Wentao said excitedly, "Exactly! That’s right! I suspect that among that group of Summoned Beasts, there’s a cub of at least Gold quality, maybe even of King level bloodline!

Xiao Lu, this is a rare opportunity. If there’s really such a cub and we find it for you to tame, you would basically have a pass straight to become a Master Summoner."

Of course Zhang Wentao was referring to a Summoner master, not a Cultivation Master.

While Lu Wu was close to Master level as a Cultivation Master, becoming a Master Summoner, without this opportunity, might be more distant.

But if he could catch that Summoned Beast cub and tame it, then the title of professional summoning master wouldn’t be far off for Lu Wu either.

However, while Zhang Wentao was excited, Zhao Kai Ming was less so.

On one hand, he knew Lu Wu already possessed a Summoned Beast of this rank or even stronger.

On the other hand, Lu Wu already had a second Summoned Beast, and given his current level of spiritual power, he likely wouldn’t be able to form a contract with a third Summoned Beast.

So, this cub might not have anything to do with Lu Wu.

Of course, that’s not set in stone. If the little guy took a liking to Lu Wu, Lu Wu could still claim it and wait until his spiritual power was sufficient to form a contract.

However, Lu Wu was unaware of these considerations. He had never seen a Summoned Beast of higher than Gold quality before and was extremely excited about the prospect of Zhang Wentao snagging one for him.

But as the Cloud Piercing Golden Eagle drew closer to the sea area, Lu Wu began to slowly sense the contract with that second Summoned Beast that Zhao Kai Ming had mentioned earlier.

At the same time, Lu Wu noticed that his spiritual power was still slowly increasing.

This left Lu Wu somewhat confused.

An audacious thought surfaced in his mind: could the Summoned Beast that Zhang Wentao was talking about be the second one he had contracted without knowing when?

And as Lu Wu was contemplating this possibility, the expressions on Zhang Wentao and Zhao Kai Ming’s faces suddenly changed as they turned to look behind them.

With this surge of realization, their expressions grew grim.

"How did the news spread so quickly?"

Following their gaze, Lu Wu saw one after another Summoned Beasts racing towards them from behind.

Each Summoned Beast had riders on its back.

And just like their own group, the riders were older individuals with young people in tow.

The faces of those young people were also filled with excitement and anticipation.

At this sight, how could Lu Wu not understand? This group of individuals was definitely there to compete for his beloved cub.