[Bai Mu (Level 10)] [Spirit Skill: None] [Martial Soul: Zygarde (10% Form) (Core 1, 9 Cells)] [Attributes: Dragon, Ground] [Ability: Aura Break (Can destroy and reverse an opponent's aura/domain for its own use)] [Abilities: Invisibility, Photosynthesis, Telepathy, Power Construct (Can gather cells located throughout the world to fuse and transform into other forms)] [Moves: Bite, Dragon Breath, Stomp, Glare, Safeguard]
"So strong?"
After glancing over the information, Bai Mu felt that he had still underestimated Zygarde.
He had never expected that after arriving in the Douluo World, Zygarde's Aura Break ability would undergo such an enormous change—as long as an opponent unleashed a domain, it could destroy it and turn it to its own use!
Although he would not be encountering opponents at that level anytime soon, this was undoubtedly a terrifying trump card.
Furthermore, he had thought he would need to train Zygarde from scratch to learn moves. Yet the moment it fused together, it already possessed five moves!
"Look at you! How is Grandmaster supposed to live when his Luo Sanpao can only let out three loud farts a day after eating carrots?!"
Bai Mu vigorously rubbed Zygarde's dog head, and the grin at the corners of his lips was harder to suppress than an AK's recoil.
Bite and Dragon Breath were relatively ordinary moves. One was a close-range bite, while the other was a long-range blast. One had a chance to make the opponent flinch, while the other had a chance to paralyze them.
Stomp, meanwhile, was a large-scale AOE move. It could indiscriminately attack every being standing on the surrounding ground and slightly reduce their speed.
Its drawback was that it could not distinguish friend from foe. If he participated in a group battle, Zygarde might knock down its teammates before the opponents even fell.
"Wait! I won't be within your attack range too, will I?!"
Bai Mu suddenly realized this and immediately turned a questioning gaze toward Zygarde.
If he did not clear this up, it would be awkward if, at a critical moment, his own Martial Soul crippled him first!
"Woof~"
Zygarde gently shook its head. The two of them seemed to possess an innate telepathic bond; unless absolutely necessary, they could not truly harm one another.
At worst, it could fine-tune the main direction of its attacks in actual combat.
"That's good!"
Bai Mu let out a sigh of relief and turned his burning gaze toward the last two godly moves—
Glare: Causes the opponent to enter a paralyzed state. (Speed halved, with a chance of being unable to move.)
Safeguard: Protected by mysterious power for a period of time, preventing abnormal conditions. (Paralysis, poisoning, sleep, burns, freezing, confusion, and so on.)
"Many seemingly ordinary moves and status conditions in the Pokemon World are really absurdly overpowered when placed in Douluo!"
Bai Mu could not help sighing.
Glare's paralysis effect looked somewhat terrifying, but in reality, it was extremely terrifying!
After all, even the acceleration Spirit Skill used by Ning Fengzhi, the sect master of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the continent's strongest support, only increased a target's speed by 80%, bringing it to 180%.
But as long as Zygarde's Glare could paralyze a buffed target, it could instantly reduce their speed from 180% to 90%, and the effect would last an entire battle!
"If Tang San got paralyzed, he probably wouldn't even be able to use Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track properly."
Bai Mu thought maliciously.
Safeguard appeared ordinary, but in some aspects, it was even more broken.
When abnormal conditions were mentioned, the first person who came to mind in the Douluo World was Poison Douluo, Dugu Bo.
"With Safeguard, even someone as powerful as Dugu Bo probably can't poison Zygarde or me, right?"
"Wait! Something's wrong!"
Bai Mu had been smugly thinking when he suddenly froze on the spot.
"Dugu Bo can't poison me?"
"Dugu Bo can't poison me!"
His eyes gradually lit up, as if he had found a new goal!
Douluo Continent was filled with beauties, but the top spot on the must-have list was not Zhu Zhuqing, Qian Renxue, Bibi Dong, Xiao Wu, Ah Yin, or any of them...
It was Dugu Bo's granddaughter—Dugu Yan!
In theory, as long as he could truly win Dugu Yan's favor, it would be equivalent to gaining Dugu Bo, a Titled Douluo thug, as well as the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and countless Immortal Herbs.
As for other ways to obtain Immortal Herbs early on, they either involved joining a major power and using one's backing to "negotiate amicably," or playing a game with Dugu Bo and taking the old route of curing his poison.
If you were lucky, you succeeded. If you were unlucky, you died.
But now, he had a new option—
"As long as I can find the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and learn Dugu Bo's whereabouts, I can completely find an opportunity to use Safeguard to sneak inside and steal Immortal Herbs!"
"Once my level is high enough, I'll openly defeat Dugu Bo and seize the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well by force. Heh heh~"
Thinking of this, Bai Mu could no longer sit still.
Xiao Wu and Ah Yin were wonderful, but there was no way he could obtain them anytime soon.
Immortal Herbs were different. As long as he found an opportunity, it seemed he really had a chance to obtain them early!
"All right, I need to start planning for my first Spirit Ring and graduating early."
There were still three years until Tang San graduated from the academy at age twelve. It was time for Bai Mu to consider his future.
Especially...
"I need to choose my first Spirit Ring carefully."
Bai Mu sat on the ground and began to ponder. Zygarde lay beside him like a loyal dog, guarding him.
Spirit Rings mainly served three purposes: breaking bottlenecks to level up, granting Spirit Skills, and modifying or enhancing the Martial Soul while indirectly strengthening the Spirit Master as well.
Low-level Spirit Rings had little effect on one's level, and Zygarde's innate rank was simply too high. It was unlikely to be affected by a Spirit Ring.
Therefore, there was no need to limit his Spirit Ring selection based on whether the Spirit Beast was a plant or animal, or whether it possessed dragon blood. He only needed to consider whether the Spirit Skill it provided was suitable.
"As everyone knows, if the first few hundred-year or thousand-year Spirit Skills are offensive, they'll basically be phased out later on unless something unexpected happens."
"And Zygarde itself has an enormous move pool. It already possesses as many as five Signature Moves, so there is absolutely no need to choose offensive Spirit Skills."
"Uh... just in case, let's test their power first."
Bai Mu instantly snapped back to his senses. He raised his hand and pointed at a stone roughly half a meter tall several dozen meters away.
"Xiao Ruan, use Dragon Breath!"
"Woof~"
Zygarde instantly rose to its feet. Energy gathered in its mouth, and a green dragon breath shot forth.
The beam struck with precision. The next instant...
Boom!
The stone exploded, turning into a shower of fragments that shot in every direction.
"That powerful?"
Before Bai Mu could marvel for long, Zygarde shot forward like a green arrow of light.
Evil power coated its fangs, and with one bite, it easily crushed a stone!
Bai Mu had no doubt that a full-force bite could snap a person's bones.
But Zygarde did not stop. It lifted a foot and stomped down fiercely.
Hum~
In an instant, a visible shockwave surged outward in every direction with it at the center.
In a single exchange, all the surrounding stones shattered.
"The power is terrifying, but..."
Bai Mu glanced at the tree beside him, which had directly endured Stomp's shockwave without breaking, and came to a conclusion—
"It seems the attribute matchups from the Pokemon World still apply."
Ground countered Rock, so the stones exploded. Grass resisted Ground, so the tree barely survived.
Fortunately, Ground-and-Dragon-type Zygarde was only weak to Ice, Fairy, and Dragon.
Fairy did not exist, and Dragon-type moves were extremely rare on Douluo Continent. Only Ice was somewhat common, but there was no need to worry too much about it.
"I'm going to be invincible below the Soul Grandmaster rank before I've even officially become a Spirit Master?"
After the test ended, Bai Mu felt that he was terrifyingly strong now!
So...
"From now on, all Spirit Skills should be buffs and support types whenever possible."
"Zygarde can learn Dragon Dance in the future, and it would be difficult to obtain buff-type Spirit Skills by hunting ordinary low-level Spirit Beasts."
"For my first Spirit Skill, the best choice at the moment is a healing-type Spirit Skill!"
A glint flashed through Bai Mu's eyes as he made his decision.
As an External Martial Soul, if Zygarde was scattered during battle, not only would Bai Mu be injured, but he would also be unable to summon it a second time for a short period.
Moreover, Zygarde's Photosynthesis was merely a racial ability rather than a move. Its recovery efficiency was too low, and actual battles might only last a few minutes or even seconds, making it useless.
If he had a healing-type Spirit Skill, it would be of great help whether in daily training, traveling outside, or arena battles...
And it would be even better if it could heal not only himself, but others as well!
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