Astral Pet Store (WN)
chapter-307

Chapter 307 Legendary Skill: Gate of the Dead

Emitting a hazy glow, the book seemed to be full of the luster and the surging vigor of life.

However, as the glow faded away, and the name of the skill came forward, a breath of the dead assaulted his senses, suffocating him.

Su Ping took a closer look. Gate of the Dead?

Judging by the name… the skill appeared to be suitable for beings of the undead family.

Su Ping was gladly surprised. At first, when he saw the green glow, he had thought that this skill was for plant family pets or healing. As it turned out, the skill was just for pets like the Little Skeleton. He extended his consciousness to the book and a piece of information came surging into his mind.

(Skill: Gate of the Dead (Legendary Level)]

(Score: 85]

[Note: legendary skills are rated from 10 to 99]

[Explanation: With the power of the dead, open the Gate of the Dead and summon the deceased to assist you in a battle…]

This was interesting.

For the first time, he came to understand that legendary skills had a rating system. The skills he had come across never had such a rating system.

Also, the rating sure had a wide range, from 10 to 99. The gap between the lower and upper limits was huge.

Of course, according to the score, the legendary skill he had picked should be one of the advanced ones, since it had a score of 85.

This skill is somewhat like the ‘Undead Enslaving’ the Little Skeleton masters. Both skills are to summon the deceased to help out in a fight. But ‘Undead Enslaving’ is a middle-rank pet skill and the Little Skeleton can only enslave corpses lying around, which would drain its mental and physical energy.

Without any corpses available, ‘Undead Enslaving’ would be ineffective. Also, the corpses that are enslaved cannot be stored in the contract space together with the Little Skeleton. I would have to find corpses every time for that skill to work.

On the other hand, the Gate of the Dead can open up at any time. As long as the Little Skeleton has enough energy, it can summon countless deceased beings to be its warriors. But I wonder how strong the summoned deceased can be… Su Ping asked himself. The images of his pets moved back and forth on his mind. After much deliberation, he decided that he would let the Little Skeleton have this skill.

At the current moment, the Little Skeleton was still Su Ping’s strongest card, and his major and most powerful pet.

How the Little Skeleton did would decide the upper limit of his combat strength.

With the Inferno Dragon, the Purple Python, and the Dark Dragon Hound, he could ensure that he could have diversified advantages.

By leveraging the strengths of his pets of various species, he was able to tackle challenges that might occur in different environments and places.

Although the (Gate of the Dead) was somewhat similar to the Little Skeleton’s “Undead Enslaving,” the effects would be utterly different considering that the first was a legendary skill, and the latter was a middle-rank pet skill. When Su Ping was drawing the skill, his original intention was also for the skill to be proper for the Little Skeleton. Whoosh!

Without further hesitation, Su Ping summoned the Little Skeleton in the storage room.

The Little Skeleton hopped out and looked up at Su Ping in confusion.

Su Ping turned the skill over to the Little Skeleton and told it to absorb it with its consciousness, just as it did when absorbing energy.

The Little Skeleton was quite obedient and followed Su Ping’s instructions. Soon, the skill book turned into a mist and seeped into the Little Skeleton’s skull, into the depths of its consciousness.

The skill was not engraved in the Little Skeleton’s soul. The Little Skeleton had learned the skill instantly and would never forget it unless the Little Skeleton chose to wipe it out voluntarily.

Su Ping smiled happily since the Little Skeleton was able to absorb the skill. He immediately cast an identification skill on the Little Skeleton.

Little Skeleton

Property: Pet of the demon family

Rank: Intermediate position of the seventh-rank

Combat strength: 16.5

Aptitude: Average

Abilities Mastered: Regeneration, Undead Enslaving, Puppetry, Fire Blaster, Dark Tornado, Deadly Roar, Darkness Blinding, Gate of the Dead

(Including 24 more various skills.)

As Su Ping read the number behind the combat strength, he could not believe what he was seeing.

A combat strength of 16.5?

But the Little Skeleton had just reached 10 recently!

Later on, the Little Skeleton did accumulate some divine energy but it wasn’t that helpful to the growth of combat strength.

Su Ping trained the Little Skeleton while he was training other customers’ pets and the Moonfrost Dragon. That being said, he only managed to increase the Little Skeleton’s combat strength to 13.2.

Surprisingly, after absorbing this (Gate of the Dead), Little Skeleton’s combat strength increased by more than three points!!

After the Little Skeleton’s combat strength reached a 10 score, every time Su Ping took it to a cultivation site, the Little Skeleton’s combat strength would only grow by zero point something. Even an increase of 0.2 would be considered stunning. But this one skill book was equal to more than 10 trips to a cultivation site!

The combat strength growth because of the skill is stunning. That is an increase of more than three-points. For any ‘average’ legendary battle pet warriors, they would have to cultivate for over a dozen years to have such progress.

While shocked, Su Ping was interested to know the exact strength of the skill which could drive up combat strength by three points directly.

I need to find a cultivation site and test it when I have time. I have to find out the details of the skill or else I wouldn know how to use it in actual battles. Su Ping thought.

He patted the Little Skeleton which was still a bit in a daze and sent it back to the contract space.

Unfortunately, the storage room was too small for the Inferno Dragon. Otherwise, Su Ping would have the urge to find out the score of the legendary skill (Inferno Dragonfire) that the Inferno Dragon had pushed itself to learn.

“Ding!”

“The host’s Identification Spell is too inferior to check the rating of the pet’s skills,” the system cautioned Su Ping in goodwill.

Su Ping pulled a long face. Now, this would cost energy points as well? “Tell me a number.”

“One hundred thousand energy points.”

II

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What an unethical system.

Although furious, Su Ping did choose to upgrade the spell considering that he would use it many times in the future. Besides, given the current income level of his store, he could afford the one hundred thousand energy points.

“Legendary skills can be upgraded. So, can the Gate of the Dead be upgraded? If so, will the score go up?” Su Ping asked all of a sudden.

The (Inferno Dragonfire] that the Inferno Dragon learned was at the first level and could move up further.

The system answered, “[Gate of the Dead) can be upgraded but it will be rather difficult. If you want to upgrade it, the quality of the skill will be far superior to the legendary level.”

Su Ping raised his eyebrows. That was to say, it was a valuable skill.

This fact made him even more curious, making him want to find out more about the skill.

Su Ping went out of the storage room. Having found no one in the store, Su Ping went to the test room. There, Su Lingyue was learning with Tang Ruyan. He gave a peek through the cracks of the door and then left without alerting them.