My starting summon is a small skeleton-Chapter 181 - 179 Little Skeleton three stars

Because this was battle 042 versus 044, deciding who would be the champion.

It determined whether Jiangnan could lift its head in pride from this fight.

So the atmosphere at the start of the battle became tense and electric, making everyone incredibly nervous.

Zhao Kai Ming and Zhang Wentao stopped their chattering, fixing their eyes intently on the arena.

The Hengheng Monster tightened its grip on the cat it was holding.

Even in section 002, Fang Bai clenched his fists.

The calmest ones in the arena were probably Jiang Yuexing and Team 003, whose emotions were inscrutable.

However, this tense atmosphere was somewhat dispelled as soon as Wang Jun’s Summoned Beast entered the stage.

On the arena side, a tiny, fire-red rooster hopped up and onto the stage.

The appearance of this little fellow left the audience dumbfounded.

The little creature was less than twenty centimeters tall and looked silly and adorable, not at all like a contender for the arena.

This is the Summoned Beast of Team 044’s captain?

It looked like it would be easy to bully, didn’t it?

Of course, that was what the ordinary spectators were thinking. The ones with slightly better sense all knew that the person who could become the captain of Team 044 was no simple character; hence, his Summoned Beast was definitely extraordinary.

As for Lu Wu, who had seen its attributes, he knew clearly that this little thing was not just extraordinary, but freakishly so.

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Name: Fire Chick (Once Evolved) (Growth Stage)

Power: 3 Stars (Elite)

Quality: Bronze (Questionable) (Elevating)

Attribute: Fire

Weakness: Water

State: Confused ("Master made me fight, but what is a competition? Can I eat it? Is it tastier than chicken stew with mushrooms?")

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Basic Magic Skills: Fireball (Mastered), Beaded Curtain Fireball (Mastered), Fire Wall (Mastered)…

Advanced Magic Skills: Fire Sea (Mastered), Fire Rain (Mastered), ??? (Possibly Exists)

Advanced Close Combat Skills: Giantification (Fire Chick Version) (Mastered), ??? (Possibly Exists)

Talent: Bathed in Fire (Active) (When not activated, can heal own wounds and recover stamina amidst flames. Once activated, can significantly enhance own power, at least by one star, and up to two stars maximum.)

Fire Attribute Enhancement (Basic) (Strengthens fire attribute attacks and defense)

??? (Possibly Exists)

Description: It’s a fire player; don’t expect pigs to defend against its attacks.

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This was the information that Lu Wu had seen before; this chicken’s power was formidable, and it was indeed one of the few elite-level Summoned Beasts Lu Wu had seen noted with ’Questionable’ and ’?’ in its attribute panel.

Without a doubt, this was a formidable chicken. Whether Little Skeleton could defeat it, Lu Wu really didn’t have much confidence.

Now there was no other way; they could only proceed with the original tactics.

After the arrival of the Fire Chick, Little Skeleton also released the pig from his phone.

This time, though, Little Skeleton didn’t let them all out, just one.

The fact was, its pigs were afraid of fire; releasing them all wouldn’t be able to hold off the opponent, so it wasn’t very meaningful. Only one was needed as a mount.

With the pig released, Little Skeleton swiftly climbed onto its back.

The referee gave the signal, and the ultimate battle of the high school league was officially declared started.

It was only at this moment that Wang Jun told his own chicken what it should do.

"Little Fire, defeat the Little Skeleton in front of you, and when you come back, I’ll give you a chicken and mushroom stew!"

Are you the devil?

Letting a chicken eat a chicken mushroom stew?

Lu Wuyi shook his head and then proceeded to give Little Skeleton a pre-battle pep talk: "If you win, you can play with the phone and ride on Tuantuan. If you lose, you’ll be stewed for Tuantuan to drink!"

Different masters, different Summoned Beasts, different pre-battle pep talks, but the effects were the same.

The eyes of the little chicken lit up on the spot; it opened its mouth and spewed out a fireball towards Little Skeleton.

Little Skeleton was not to be outdone, raising its hand to meet it with Bone Teeth, but it was unable to stop the attack or have much effect. Little Skeleton quickly added a Bone Spear.

This time, there was an effect; the Bone Spear dimmed the fireball considerably, but it still failed to completely stop it. In the end, Little Skeleton set up a Bone Shield to block it.

It took three skills to block one, and the disparity in firepower between the two sides was immediately evident.

Little Skeleton became unhappy then and there, casting a resentful glance at Lu Wu, its Pupil Fire flickering.

Though the distance was too great for Lu Wu to see Little Skeleton’s state clearly, having raised it for half a year, he could still understand what it probably meant.

Little Skeleton was outmatched, so Lu Wu should quickly cheat on its behalf, like he had for Tuantuan!

Little Skeleton, fearing Lu Wu might misunderstand, even pointed towards the resting room.

Lu Wu couldn’t help but laugh; what, you really thought I could cheat by just entering the resting room, huh?

"I can’t, there’s no cheat available. Fight properly!"

Lu Wu flatly refused, leaving Little Skeleton feeling quite resentful. It had clearly seen how Lu Wu had enabled a cheat for Tuantuan.

After enhancing Tuantuan, it had become very mighty. Why not do it for Little Skeleton too?

Lu Wu must not like Little Skeleton anymore!

Lu Wu already had the little goldfish; Little Skeleton was no longer his favorite baby.

At this very moment, the Fire Chick opposite them went all out. Fireballs were flung, and a series of Beaded Curtain Fireballs came flying.

The little beak opened up, and it launched a chain of fireballs at Little Skeleton like a Charge rifle.

Little Skeleton, having spent so much time with Lu Wu, had become much more broad-minded. Already displeased, it directed all its hatred onto the little chicken at this moment.

Instead of choosing to tough it out, it patted the pig beneath it.

The Iron Bone Wild Boar got the message and immediately started to Charge, dodging the little chicken’s Beaded Curtain Fireballs.

Meanwhile, Little Skeleton was charging up a Thunder Strike on the pig’s back.

As an advanced spell, Little Skeleton’s Thunder Strike required three to five seconds of charging, and even longer if in motion—at least eight to nine seconds.

This process was quite noticeable.

Wang Jun issued a command immediately.

"Use Fire Rain, interrupt it!"

Fire Chick spread its wings and after two seconds of charging, a sky-full of Fire Rain cascaded down from above the arena.

The arena for Summoned Beast competitions was not small, but neither was it very large, and with Fire Chick’s widespread AOE unleashing, there was nowhere for Little Skeleton to hide.

Little Skeleton simply didn’t dodge, it decisively let the pig stop in its tracks, and hid beneath it, continuing to charge.

Meanwhile, Iron Bone Wild Boar went straight into Iron Bone State to defend.

Paying the price with the pig’s severe injury, Little Skeleton toughed it out through the round of Fire Rain and completed the charging of Thunder Strike.

And struck the first chance it got.

The thunderbolt brought joy to the faces of the audience.

They knew the power of this thunder; Little Skeleton had relied on it to win battles before.

But before their smiles could fully bloom, they were frozen in place.

For at the very moment the Thunder Strike hit, Fire Chick activated Giant Evolution, growing from possibly less than twenty centimeters tall to two meters in an instant, its whole body enshrouded in flames, somehow withstanding the blast.

And while standing up to Thunder Strike, it shot out a blast of flames towards Little Skeleton.

This was its second advanced skill, Fire Sea.

Little Skeleton’s response was equally swift, immediately withdrawing the pig, already gravely injured from enduring a bout of Fire Rain.

At the same time, its skeleton flashed with electrical light, suddenly bursting in speed and dodging the descending Fire Sea.

At this point, Little Skeleton’s long-concealed Charging skill was also revealed.

And all this happened less than two minutes into their battle. In just two minutes, Little Skeleton had nearly revealed all its cards.

However, this was within Lu Wu’s expectations.

It was fairly normal for such a scenario to occur given the significant gap in power between the two sides.

At this point, he issued what seemed a devil-may-care command.

"Little Skeleton, do as you please!"

Upon this command, Little Skeleton’s Pupil Fire lit up instantly; the phone brightened, and once again a pig was summoned. Little Skeleton mounted it, clutching the Bone Staff tightly in both hands as electrical light flickered and spread from its own skeleton to the pig it was riding.

Simultaneously, Little Skeleton’s phone rang again.

"Stubbornly holding on to one’s convictions

Draped in a cloak of arrogance, harboring laughable pride

Swearing fierce and loud at the right time

The sad shame once shelved away high above

In truth has long soaked the self in the mirror..."

This was a song Little Skeleton had found while browsing ’pipilapalapala’, a tune dubbed as a nuclear blast hit song.

Little Skeleton liked it very much and had saved it for playing while riding Tuantuan into battle.

Regrettably, this wasn’t Tuantuan’s first battle.

Even so, as this BGM played, Little Skeleton’s Pupil Fire couldn’t help but pulse animatedly, and upon close observation, one could even see flashes of electricity within it.

With the BGM accompanying, Little Skeleton initiated a Charge.

Fire Chick, of course, wouldn’t just watch Little Skeleton charge at it. Opening its beak, it shot out Fireballs one after another.

Facing the Fireballs, the pig under Little Skeleton, boosted by the electric light, dodged nimbly, avoiding most of them. And for those it couldn’t dodge, Little Skeleton simply swung its Bone Staff to smash them apart.

Watching Fireballs shatter before its Bone Staff, Little Skeleton was overjoyed.

Something was stirring within its skeleton, even sensing movement within the Bone Staff itself.

Indeed, compared to being a Mage, Little Skeleton preferred melee combat by far.

This behavior stunned the audience. Wasn’t Little Skeleton a Mage? Why was it charging forward now? Using the Bone Staff as a melee weapon, it looked particularly ferocious.

While they watched in bewilderment, Little Skeleton had already charged up to Fire Chick.

At that moment, on team 044’s side, Wang Jun curled his lips.

"A mage fighting melee? What a capricious Summoner, and such a stubborn Little Skeleton!

But, my little chick is quite willful too!"

Before his words fell silent, Fire Chick stretched its neck and squawked, flames bursting around its feet and enveloping the bird as it initiated its Bathed in Fire Talent.

Its power surged instantly, escalating from its original Elite 3 Stars to Boss 2 Star in a moment.

And with flames circling it, it charged directly at Little Skeleton.

Facing the oncoming little chick, Little Skeleton’s Pupil Fire shone with electric flashes, not moving aside or dodging.

Just as the BGM reached its most rousing part.

"Love is still weeping, consolation rescues lies

Sacred vows forge Hell."

To the accompaniment of the BGM, the electric light in Little Skeleton’s Pupil Fire became gradually clearer. It began to distinctly feel the pulse of the Bone Staff, the entire skeleton getting excited, it swung its now-transforming Bone Staff at Fire Chick.

The moment the Bone Staff was swung, all the electric light on Little Skeleton’s body surged towards it. The once white Bone Staff began to change, starting from Little Skeleton’s bony hand, inch by inch it transformed.

The previously white Bone Staff started turning into a silver-white texture, and bit by bit morphed in shape.

At this moment, Fire Chick obviously sensed danger.

Yet it did not retreat an inch, and after a squawk, it surged forward in a resolute charge.

Right at that instant, a mystic flame phantom coalesced around it.

The moment this phantom formed was the exact moment Little Skeleton’s Bone Staff completed its transformation, changing fully from a staff to a silver-white Long Spear, smashing into Fire Chick.

Also, at that very moment, Lu Wu felt a chill run up his forehead.

Little Skeleton had evolved.

The thought had scarcely crossed Lu Wu’s mind when the arena above was engulfed by electric and flame lights, drowning out the figures of Little Skeleton and Fire Chick...