Online Game: Super Beast Tamer

Chapter 267 The Abandoned Golden City (Subscribe~)

Su Ming adjusted his position in the air and glided away, feeling a wave of heat behind him.

A long, thin purple flame spurted out from the pit. The flame first rose very high and then fell back to a height of 4 or 5 meters.

The corpse of the multi-winged bone worm was burned by the flames, emitting a foul smell.

Su Ming landed on the ground and smelled the smell. He was skeptical about whether the flame could strengthen the hammer... However, seeing that the hammer was drooling, Su Ming released the restrictions on the hammer and said:

"Do whatever you want to do."

Hammer nodded excitedly, jumped into the pit with a big hammer, and blocked the flame-spewing hole.

"Roar!"

The hammer was burned by the flames and roared. Its health dropped and it put on a shield for itself. Su Ming was worried and used the "Guard" skill on the hammer. If the situation was not right, there was still "Live and Die Together", which meant that the hammer had two lives.

The purpose of this purple flame is still unknown, but from the moment it was sprayed out, Su Ming's mission was completed and he was rewarded.

System: You have completed "Hammer's Dream" and gained 1 exclusive skill point, which can be used to improve one of Hammer's skills.

The reward is pet skill points, which is a decent enough penalty for failure.

Upgrading pet skills has always been a very difficult task. There are very few pets like Xiao Hei, whose skills improve along with the player's level.

Pet skills cannot be easily upgraded, which is also one of the important factors limiting the strength of ordinary animal trainers.

Su Ming continued to observe the hammer and used the "Live and Die Together" to help it for a while. If it still didn't work... Su Ming still had the "Mirror of Peering into Laws" to help the hammer for a while. If it still didn't work...

The only thing I could do was to use the owner's protection to pull the hammer away.

Fortunately, the system sent a reminder before the second life was about to be used up.

System: Your pet hammer is growing...

Open the hammer's attribute panel, you can see that the hammer's maximum health and magic points are increasing at a rate of 10 points per second, armor and magic resistance are increasing at a rate of 1 point per second, and magic attack power is increasing at a rate of 1~2 points per second.

Finally, the total maximum health and magic points increased by 200 points, armor and magic resistance increased by 20 points, and magic attack power increased by 20~40 points.

The hammer's health grows by 270 points per level, armor grows by 14 points per level, magic resistance grows by 17 points per level, and magic attack power grows by 25~35 points per level.

After going through so much effort and only getting a benefit similar to leveling up, Su Ming felt that... the improvement was a little too little.

"Roar!"

After the purple flames dissipated, the hammer swam out of the pit aggressively, and the orange-red flames on its body had a hint of cold purple.

"Fire." Hammer pointed into the distance, his pronunciation becoming clearer, as if he had become smarter.

Seeing the hammer's movements, Su Ming speculated and asked:

"Is there a Hellfire eruption point?"

Hammer nodded vigorously.

If it can be improved repeatedly, then the improvement is acceptable, and perhaps the quantitative change can lead to a qualitative change.

Originally, Su Ming wanted to invest his skill points into Molten Sweep, but now that Hammer still has the possibility to be further improved, Su Ming decided to keep these skill points for the time being and see if Hammer can learn more powerful skills before leaving Sand Abyss.

Su Ming first followed Hammer for a while. The next Netherfire eruption point was beyond the 620-yard range, so Su Ming first returned to the boulder where Uniko was.

Uniko heard a loud noise just now, but she couldn't contact Zuoemon and the others directly like Xiaohei to ask about the situation, so she was very worried. Now that she saw Su Ming coming back, she immediately started asking in detail.

Su Ming told Uniko what had just happened.

"The eruption point of the netherworld fire?" Uniko saw a wisp of purple flame floating on the hammer and said, "The Sand Abyss is originally the middle area between the human world and the abyss, so it is not surprising to have netherworld fire.

It’s just that ordinary fire elements can’t withstand the nether fire, but I didn’t expect your fire element could.”

Su Ming thought that it might be because the hammer came from the cave where the Fire Demon King was.

Now the cave is flooded by magma. After the magma cools down, others will not be able to enter, and it will be impossible to catch a pet similar to the hammer.

After Su Ming became famous, many animal trainers imitated Su Ming's pet configuration, but they could not catch a powerful slime, nor could they train a scarred pig that could use a sword. The best thing to imitate was a hammer.

The animal trainers have visited various places where fire elements are refreshed, and there are a few powerful pets that have appeared, but I have never seen one that is exactly the same.

Unicole heard Su Ming say that he wanted to take the hammer to find a new Netherfire eruption point and needed to move to another location. She smiled and said:

"Sure, the compass is almost done. I'll assemble it and it should be able to point out the general direction. We can fix it as we go, which will save some time."

So, Su Ming took out the soul crystal from his body, repaired a few parts, and the two set off.

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Boom boom.

In the usually calm Shayuan, there have been some small ripples in the past two days.

Violent explosions occurred from time to time, disturbing the monsters nearby.

If a slightly stronger monster comes to check, it will be shot by a red line and serve Su Ming for 5 minutes.

As the exploration scope expanded, Su Ming also saw many strange-looking bone monsters in the Sand Abyss. They were all like the pseudo-bone dragons. They looked powerful, but in fact they were only elite in strength.

With these monsters, Su Ming no longer has to take risks himself every time to blast the Hellfire Fountain for Hammer.

In the past day and a half, Unico, with the help of Su Ming, repaired the compass. Now the compass can accurately point out the location of the gem.

When moving forward, the hammer would sense the nearby Netherfire eruption point. Su Ming would take some time to deviate from the route and help it blast the flame fountain. This kind of thing was easy to do after a few times.

When the 11th Netherfire eruption point exploded and Hammer entered it, its attributes no longer increased. Hammer roared in disappointment and accepted this reality.

After undergoing the baptism of Hellfire 10 times in total, the hammer gained a total of 2000 health points, magic points, 200 points of armor and magic resistance, and 200 to 400 points of magic attack power, which is equivalent to wearing two pieces of gold equipment of more than level 20, which is considered pretty good.

His panel is not as good as Xiao Hei, but he can compete with Zaemon, but his skill set is not as strong as Zaemon's.

The "quantitative change leading to qualitative change" that Su Ming expected did not happen, but he still kept the skill points for now, intending to give them after leaving Shayuan.

Although there was no need to repair the compass, Su Ming did not stop hunting for bone worms.

While Uniko was sleeping and eating on the road, Su Ming brushed out 100 soul crystals.

"The process of snatching gems may be dangerous, 100 should be enough."

Carrying 100 soul crystals, Su Ming and Uniko advanced at full speed in the Sand Abyss. At noon, they saw a deserted city.

Unico stood on a high place, looking down at the deserted city. When she saw the tall pyramid in the center of the city, she opened her mouth in surprise and muttered to herself:
"It's actually the Golden City! The gems we are looking for are in the Golden City! Why is the Golden City in the Sand Abyss?"

The Golden City is the most famous city in the Espine region. Legend has it that it uses gold as tiles, silver as walls, and bright gems as street lamps. At night, it is more dazzling than the bright moon in the sky, and its brilliance can be seen from thousands of miles away.

Moreover, under the rule of Miu Miu, people in the entire city indulged in pleasure without any worries. They ate and slept, slept and played, and slept again when they were tired of playing... It was a dream city that everyone in the Espine region yearned for.

But now the Golden City is covered with a layer of white sand. The prosperity is gone and the golden light can no longer be seen.

Su Ming also observed the city. His focus was different from Unique's. Seeing the sharp decrease in the number of monsters around the city, Su Ming reminded Unique:

"Monsters don't dare approach the Golden City. We have to be more careful when entering the city."

Uniko nodded and followed Su Ming down the sand slope towards the Golden City.

(End of this chapter)