Douluo Dalu: Awakening as a Bulbasaur!
Chapter 17

Bulbasaur Evolves into Ivysaur!

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"Mom, I understand."

Hearing the seriousness in Xu Yao's tone, Qing Mu nodded solemnly.

Seeing Qing Mu agree, a faint smile appeared on Xu Yao's face. She then said to him, "In that case, I won't disturb you and Bulbasaur's training."

After saying that, Xu Yao quickly fled the scene as though she were running away.

At the same time, Qing Tianfeng emerged from the castle. When he saw Xu Yao's expression, he froze for a moment and hurriedly asked, "What happened?"

The moment Xu Yao saw Qing Tianfeng, she threw herself into his arms and said, "This is bad. The Wood Spirit Seed has affected Mu'er."

"What? What happened to Mu'er?"

Upon hearing Xu Yao's words, Qing Tianfeng immediately panicked and pressed for details.

"It went like this, and then like that..."

Xu Yao immediately recounted everything that had happened earlier.

After hearing this, Qing Tianfeng wore a strange expression as he asked, "Are you sure Mu'er's aura affects all Spirit Masters, rather than only you?"

"I can't say for other Spirit Masters, but it definitely works on Wood Attribute Spirit Masters. And compared to me, its attraction to them would only be greater!"

Xu Yao said firmly.

Seeing how certain Xu Yao was, Qing Tianfeng lowered his head in thought. Stroking his chin, he said, "In that case, we need to act quickly. At the very least, we need to determine whether Mu'er's current condition is good or bad.

But I don't know much about the Wood Spirit Seed. I'll have to rely on you for this."

"I'll do my best."

Xu Yao clenched her fists and said resolutely.

It would naturally be best if she could figure it out herself. If she truly could not, she could only pay a visit to the senior who had told her this information back then.

Time passed, and another half year went by. Although Xu Yao consulted many books, she still failed to understand what was happening to Qing Mu, which left her extremely frustrated.

Fortunately, Qing Mu showed no adverse symptoms during those six months. His physical strength had even improved considerably, to the point where it was no weaker than that of Assault System Beast Martial Soul Spirit Masters of the same level. This finally eased her mind.

At least judging from the current situation, the fusion of the Wood Spirit Seed with her son brought only benefits and no harm.

The lawn outside Qing Mu's home.

"Phew... I've finally more or less figured out this Wood Spirit Seed. I never expected it to possess so many abilities. That truly surprised me."

Qing Mu let out a long breath, and a smile involuntarily appeared at the corners of his mouth.

After half a year of experimentation, Qing Mu discovered that the Wood Spirit Seed had the following functions.

The first was that it could amplify the power of Wood Attribute moves.

The principle behind this ability was that the Wood Spirit Seed continuously purified Qing Mu's Soul Power. The same move would naturally have different power depending on the purity of the Soul Power used. That was obvious.

However, the effect was not particularly significant yet. Even after half a year of purification, Qing Mu's Soul Power had only become less than ten percent purer.

Moreover, Qing Mu could clearly sense that this purification effect had a limit. The final result was similar to the Miracle Seed in Pokémon, increasing power by around twenty percent.

Compared to the first ability, the second was what Qing Mu valued more.

He could directly draw energy from the Wood Spirit Seed, condensing it into Energy Balls for attack or a Defense Barrier for protection. This undoubtedly gave the frail Qing Mu some ability to protect himself. Even if Bulbasaur's protection was broken through, he would not be cut down so easily.

However, doing so greatly consumed the Wood Spirit Seed's energy. Unless he truly encountered a life-threatening situation, Qing Mu would not use it lightly.

Aside from those two abilities, the Wood Spirit Seed could also heal plants and temper the body.

As for the Martial Soul Evolution of Wood Attribute Spirit Masters that his mother Xu Yao had initially mentioned, Qing Mu had not felt any sign of it.

Perhaps the change was too subtle, or perhaps the Bulbasaur Martial Soul was already quite exceptional, so the Wood Spirit Seed had failed to produce its intended effect.

What surprised Qing Mu the most, however, was that after fusing with the Wood Spirit Seed, he had gained an ability to communicate with plants through his mind to a certain extent. This ability also worked on Bulbasaur.

Although he could not communicate directly through words, he could sense the other party's emotions and intentions.

Thanks to this ability, he could now command Bulbasaur in battle without speaking, relying solely on this ability similar to Mind Link.

Qing Mu was naturally delighted by this.

Although this Mind Link ability did not show much of an advantage at his current low level, once his level became high enough, it would inevitably grow more and more important as the speed of both sides in battle increased.

For example, Titled Douluo could fight at speeds close to the speed of sound. Under such circumstances, voices clearly could no longer meet the demands of battle, and a more advanced means of communication would be necessary.

Originally, Qing Mu had believed that practice made perfect. As long as his coordination with Bulbasaur became high enough, they could achieve the same results as training even without any verbal communication.

But now that they had this Mind Link-like ability, that was naturally even better.

The only thing Qing Mu found somewhat regrettable was that this Mind Link-like ability consumed quite a bit of Spiritual Power. With his current Spiritual Power, he could not use it as freely as he wished, so he generally only used it in battle.

Just as Qing Mu was thinking this, something unusual happened to Bulbasaur across from him.

Qing Mu naturally noticed it as well. He hurriedly rushed forward and asked Bulbasaur, "Bulbasaur, what's wrong?"

"Bulba, Bulba~"

Bulbasaur shook his head, indicating that this was not a bad thing.

Then, a dazzling white light suddenly shone from Bulbasaur's body.

Seeing this scene, Qing Mu's eyes widened. Could this be...

The vast majority of Pokémon possessed evolved forms. Generally speaking, once they reached the corresponding level, Pokémon would evolve into a higher form.

Bulbasaur evolved at level sixteen, and after half a year of training, Qing Mu's Soul Power Level had already reached level sixteen.

When Bulbasaur had not evolved before, Qing Mu had thought that evolution levels might differ in Douluo Continent and Pokémon. But now, it seemed he had been too quick to assume.

Bulbasaur was not data in a game that evolved the moment it reached level sixteen. In reality, evolution required an opportunity.

And clearly, that opportunity had arrived.

A moment later, the white light faded, and an Ivysaur slightly larger than Bulbasaur, with a pink flower bud on its back, appeared before Qing Mu.

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