Chapter 304: Instant Marks

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“Alright alright! Let Spicy have a good rest.”

On the shore, Shen Qian gazed at the duo in the water-bearing pool with a mix of annoyance and amusement, “Let’s have dinner. We can have Spicy test later.”

“Sounds reasonable.” Qin Lang nodded in agreement eagerly.

A mealtime would suffice for Spicy to recover to its peak state.

“I’ll cook tonight and we shall feast to celebrate Spicy mastering the combined battle skills!”

Upon hearing that, the faces of both Zhou Tianhao and Shen Qian gleamed with anticipation.

Shortly, wafts of smoke began to curl up by the pool.

Zhou Tianhao, aided by Lark, managed to catch a bigger roe deer than the previous one. Paired with several wild rabbits, mountain sparrows caught from the forest and fish caught from downstream, all were turned into a savoury meal by Qin Lang.

“Now that Spicy has control over the combined battle skills, your power must have increased considerably,” Zhou Tianhao took a large bite of the deer meat with his knife, swallowing and continuing, “So, it is time to head to Lanqiu City tomorrow.”

“Yeah,” Qin Lang nodded slightly.

He originally planned to stay an extra day in Lanqiu Forest for more combat training with Zhou Tianhao, but was surprised by how much they had accomplished in just one day.

Now that Spicy has mastered the combined battle skills, what it needed next was practice.

So the original plan required some adjustment.

After resting in the forest tonight, they’d set off the next day to visit the local Spirit Executors in Lanqiu City, acquire a First-Class Spirit Executor Insignia, and register for the youth training competition there.

As he gnawed on a grilled sparrow leg, Qin Lang’s thoughts wandered back to the time of the Bai Lu Mountain City’s youth training competition.

At that time, he was a novice, ending up third in the competition with the help of Dan Bao’s spontaneously awakened combined battle skills.

Compared to that, he felt stronger now.

Not only had he familiarised himself with Danbao’s Psychomagnetic Flame Explosion, making it even more powerful than before, but Spicy too has awakened a second combat skill and mastered combined battle skills.

Even grappling with stronger opponents, Qin Lang wouldn’t fear.

This time, the goal was to do better than before!

At the thought of this, he couldn’t help but chuckle watching his two little companions feasting beside him.

After dinner, Qin Lang stepped back into the pool.

Spicy’s face took on a serious look.

Next, it was to explore the newly acquired combined battle skills.

“Let’s start by testing its range,” started Zhou Tianhao, picking his teeth with a grass stalk and looking at Qin Lang, “Get your food spirit to control Sharp Teeth and release it as far as possible.”

“Spicy, give it a go,” Qin Lang nodded and gently encouraged.

“Croc!”

Inhaling deeply, Spicy felt the swell of power within. Following which a white glint flashed in its eyes.

The next moment, a giant shadow of Sharp Teeth appeared seemingly from nowhere, a significant distance from Spicy, biting the water surface, splashing water.

“Fifteen meters, can it go further?” Zhou Tianhao estimated Spicy’s attack distance, glancing from the side.

“Croc…”

I can’t.

Spicy shook its head hesitantly.

It felt that even after locking on a further location, it couldn’t trigger the newly formed combined battle skills.

The distance just now was already at its limit.

In that case, let’s test the damage of this combined battle skill next,” Zhou Tianhao nodded slightly, looking at Qin Lang.

“Based on the way Lark took the hit earlier, this combined battle skill does inflict some damage. But it’s a bit weaker than other combined battle skills of the same level.”

“In the two battle skills that combine with Spicy to form a combo move, I have a hunch.” Zhou Tianhao’s words trailed off, “This new combo move, may also have the chance to incapacitate the opponent.”

“I was thinking the same.” Qin Lang nodded in agreement.

A combo move is the result of understanding the essence of different battle skills and blending them together.

In other words, this newly created combo move is sure to have the core effect of the previous Lucky Bite Mark.

The core effect of the Lucky Bite Mark is that it has a probability of forcing the opponent to lose its combat capability.

Therefore…

“Dan Bao, would you like to give it a try?”

Qin Lang looked at the bystander Dan Bao.

Dan Bao:”???”

Looking at the few Food Spirits beside Zhou Tianhao, it heaved a sigh and obediently flew in front of Spicy.

The probability of triggering Lucky Bite Mark has to do with the power discrepancy between the two parties. Spicy’s power, when used against Zhou Tianhao’s four and five-star Food Spirits, makes it hard to discern anything. Thus, only Dan Bao, whose power is similar, would be able to test it.

“Click!”

I’ll be gentle!

Seeing the nervous expression on Dan Bao’s face, Spicy gave a comforting look.

The next moment, a huge shadow of sharp teeth swallowed Dan Bao.

As the shadow disappeared, Dan Bao shook his head to indicate that he was fine.

“Grumble!”

Let’s do it again!

The shadow of sharp teeth appeared a second time.

This time, as the shadow cleared, a colorful light filled Dan Bao, who then fell into the water.

It worked!

“So the combo move does have a similar effect.” Zhou Tianhao laughed, “I just don’t know if the probability is higher or lower than before.”

“It should be higher.” Qin Lang immediately rescued Dan Bao from the water as he put on a soothing ointment to speed his recovery. “But one trial may not prove much. It’s possible that we just got lucky.”

“Then let’s try it again.” Shen Qian, leaning on her hands, spoke reflexively, only to find herself being stared at by Zhou Tianhao and Qin Lang, “What… ’ What are you looking at?”

“Cough cough.” Qin Lang coughed awkwardly, “Hey, Shen Qian, how about having your Piggie Squad and Shrimp Ball give it a try?”

“What?!” Shen Qian’s eyes widened as she took off with her trembling pair of Food Spirits, “Don’t even think about it!”

“Hahaha!”

Zhou Tianhao and Qin Lang’s laughter echoed behind her.

In the end, Qin Lang decided to give up on further testing the probability of Spicy’s combo move taking effect.

There would be plenty of opportunities to familiarize themselves with it later, and there was no need to rush.

However, what was sure was the name for Spicy’s combo move: after discussions with Qin Lang and the two little ones, they decided on Flashing Bite Mark.

In the laughter, the three of them packed up and left the waterfall before sunset, heading toward Lanqiu City. They then set up camp in a suitable place within the forest near the city.

When the sun rose again and the dawn light filled the lush forest, Qin Lang and his companions successfully stepped out of the Lan Qiu Forest and followed the mountain trail, catching sight of the towering city up ahead.

Lanqiu City, they had arrived.

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