Huohuo's Satisfying Attribute Grinding (Seeking Collection! Seeking Reads!)

"Damn it! You little brat! Don't run!"

Above the D0153 grassland Secret Realm, a purple mouse darted through the waist-high grass, pursued at full speed by a Gale Wolf.

Behind the Gale Wolf, a man, panting heavily, knelt with his hands on his knees, shouting with all his might.

He was utterly bewildered. He thought he'd snagged a great quest – just clearing out some second-tier mice in the grassland. His Gale Wolf, though only first-tier, should have made short work of second-tier Striped Chipmunks, right?

Who the hell was the little punk who released an Electric Mouse into the grassland Secret Realm?!

Didn't they know that abandoning Spirit Beasts was illegal?!

He was almost certain this Electric Mouse was a pet abandoned by some dorm resident.

Although Electric Mice were second-tier Spirit Beasts, they were generally useless except for their speed and cute appearance due to their weak attributes and dim wits. They were usually kept only as pets and rarely considered as Spirit Pets.

But such a mouse, placed in the grassland Secret Realm, was like a dimensional attack.

According to the quest data, this Electric Mouse had become the overlord of the grassland mice, gathering all the chipmunks in the Secret Realm and causing immense damage to the safe zone's grasslands.

The man waited in place for a while. His Spirit Pet, the Gale Wolf, trotted back dejectedly, carrying a few dead chipmunks in its mouth.

Clearly, it hadn't managed to catch the Electric Mouse, so it could only kill a few chipmunks to prove it hadn't slacked off.

"Damn it... In this environment, ordinary Spirit Pets can't possibly catch up to an Electric Mouse!"

The man grumbled inwardly, feeling helpless.

Higher-tier speed-type Spirit Pets might be able to catch the Electric Mouse, but those Spirit Pets were already high-tier and wouldn't bother with such a worthless quest in a low-level Secret Realm.

Having escaped the Gale Wolf's pursuit, the Electric Mouse, with its short legs, triumphantly scurried through the grass.

Ever since its careless owner had abandoned it in this grassland, its once seemingly paradisiacal pet life had become a tasteless memory.

Here, it had an endless supply of delicious food and countless consorts to enjoy.

In this grassland, it was the undisputed king!

"My beloved consorts! Your emperor has returned!"

The Electric Mouse strode into its kingdom with its head held high.

However, the mouse kingdom was now eerily empty.

"What the hell? Where are my wives?"

The Electric Mouse instinctively looked around. It seemed to sense something and looked up, finally finding the location of its harem...

They were all flying in the sky!

Green vines wrapped around their bodies, yanking them one by one off the ground and from underground, pulling them towards a single direction.

Seeing the swarm of mice rushing towards him, Li Yi exclaimed in admiration, "Even after seeing it so many times these past few days, this scene is still incredibly shocking. Is your Spirit Pet really a plant-type Spirit Pet? How can a first-tier plant-type Spirit Pet be this strong?"

"My Huohuo is quite talented," Zhou Lu replied with a smile.

His gaze was fixed on the card in his hand. A string of numbers was continuously flickering on the card – it was the skill card [Body Feed], and the numbers represented the countdown for Huohuo's luck bonus.

After activating [Body Feed], Zhou Lu felt his entire body go weak, unable to muster any strength, and his head felt groggy.

But fortunately, the rewards from [Body Feed] were astonishing.

With a 100% luck bonus, Huohuo's [Absorption] was rapidly drawing attributes from the captured chipmunks.

In previous days' tests, Zhou Lu had estimated that Huohuo's chance of absorbing permanent attributes was about 30%, and the chance of absorbing permanent skills was very low. He still hadn't managed to get Huohuo to learn a chipmunk's racial skill.

However, after activating the [Body Feed] bonus, Huohuo's probability of absorbing permanent attributes had doubled based on current statistics, showing the incredible impact of the luck bonus.

Moreover, compared to the strength attribute, which only lasted for 30 seconds, and the speed attribute, which lasted for 45 seconds, luck, an attribute that seemed to have little impact on combat, could be boosted for a full five minutes.

After several days of training, Huohuo had thoroughly grown into a qualified mouse hunter. Before activating [Body Feed], Zhou Lu had made thorough preparations, having Huohuo set up numerous traps in advance.

Thus, within the five minutes of [Body Feed] activation, Huohuo began its most efficient hunt.

Vines precisely stuffed the captured chipmunks into the cages behind Zhou Lu.

Perhaps having witnessed Huohuo's hunting speed, the merchant Li Yi had contacted specifically brought a large number of cages, piling them up into a small mountain behind them.

"Here it comes!"

Zhou Lu, who was closely monitoring Huohuo's Beast Taming Card, narrowed his eyes.

A brand new skill suddenly appeared on it: [Earth Escape].

[Earth Escape]: Chipmunk racial skill. Your body or a part of your body can enter the ground and move.

In fact, many Spirit Beasts had the ability to burrow, but these were mostly inherent abilities of their species, and only a few, like chipmunks, formed racial skills.

Precisely because many Spirit Beasts had similar characteristics, chipmunks with the racial skill [Earth Escape] had no cultivation value.

But seeing this skill, Zhou Lu was ecstatic.

With the [Earth Escape] skill, it meant Huohuo could anchor its roots into the soil and still move, or extend its vines underground for stealthy sneak attacks.

The probability of scoring high in the combat practical exam had increased.

However...

Thinking of this, Zhou Lu hesitated again.

After this test, the skill [Body Feed] was undoubtedly very suitable for Huohuo, allowing it to quickly stack attributes within five minutes.

However, based on the system's previous performance, if Zhou Lu wanted to obtain the permanent [Body Feed] skill, he would have to fail the exam at the very least.

For a moment, Zhou Lu hesitated.

Just then, Huohuo seemed to sense something through its vines and nudged Zhou Lu with the vines wrapped around him.

Zhou Lu snapped back to attention and looked in the direction Huohuo indicated.

A rat, crackling with electricity, was darting rapidly through the grass.

"Electric Mouse?! Why would there be an Electric Mouse in the Grassland Secret Realm?!" Xu Wuhu, who had also noticed this, exclaimed in surprise, "This is definitely an invasive species!"

Capturing an invasive Spirit Pet would earn academic credits based on its level.

The Electric Mouse was Rank 2. If he caught it, he could get 5 academic credits!

This might not be much for students in their third or fourth year, but for them, it was a fortune!

"Capture it!" Zhou Lu decisively gave the order.

Huohuo, whose thoughts were connected to Zhou Lu's, had already begun its action.

However, the Electric Mouse was too fast. Huohuo's vines couldn't keep up with its escape speed. All ten-plus attempts at Entangling Vines missed.

Squeak squeak.

The Sticky Baby, perched on Li Yi's bald head, let out a mocking chirp at Huohuo.

Ever since Huohuo had thrown it onto its owner's head last time, the two had been at odds.

Unexpectedly, the Sticky Baby's chirp caught Huohuo's attention.

Huohuo suddenly had a flash of inspiration.

Before the Sticky Baby could react, it felt its body lift off the ground.

With immense acceleration, it was flung by Huohuo.

The sudden shock caused the Sticky Baby to secrete mucus rapidly.

Seeing the Sticky Baby in the air, Li Yi quickly understood Huohuo's intention and shouted at the airborne Sticky Baby, "Sticky Baby! Use [Quadruple Fragmentation]!"

Splat!

The Sticky Baby activated its recently learned skill, splitting itself into four in mid-air.

Countless drops of mucus rained down, landing on the sprinting Electric Mouse and the large patch of grass around it.

The Electric Mouse, which had been running at full speed, stepped on the Sticky Baby's mucus and, just like stepping on a sticky trap, was firmly stuck to the ground after a few rolls.

Huohuo seized the opportunity and wrapped the Electric Mouse with its vines.

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