Chosen Evolution: I can load the protagonist template

Chapter 782 Has anyone ever tasted what goldfish tastes like?

You have successfully defeated the "Goldfish Spirit (King of Inspiration)" born in the Haiyin Pond directly in front of the gate of Puji Temple on Mount Putuo.

Your personal reputation with the forces associated with "Guanyin Bodhisattva" and "Mount Putuo" has dropped to "Neutral".

At this level of reputation, while the relevant forces in Mount Putuo will not formally oppose you, they will be extremely hostile to your presence.

...He's quite petty.

Cheng, who had looked away from the pop-up notification, curled his lip, his expression noncommittal.

It can only be said that as expected of a pet fish that has been indulged in the mortal realm for nine years, its status is indeed different. Even though it is the ringleader of the evil, it directly blames the law enforcers after the incident.

But it didn't matter. Even without the Erlang Shen template, Cheng Tian didn't have a good impression of those guys with their heads full of grime from Mount Ling anyway.

Although he was no match for the Monkey King in terms of strength, Cheng Tian was not bound by the identity of a pilgrim, and thus had more freedom of action.

With the complete death of the goldfish spirit and the ejection of the treasure chest, the corpse, which had originally retained some human-like features, was completely restored to its original form as a goldfish. Compared to a goldfish in the conventional sense, the corpse that Cheng Tian had split in two was obviously quite large.

It's almost the size of a great white shark.

Cheng Tian stared at the goldfish spirit's corpse for a short while, then smacked his lips twice, looking regretful.

Cheng Tian did indeed have a strong appetite for the river fish soldiers he had killed before, and it wasn't just a desire; he was also prepared to put it into action. But goldfish... just looking at them gave him the feeling that they didn't taste good, and the bigger they were, the less appetizing they looked.

Almost at the same time that Cheng Tian had this thought, a powerful suction force came from the sky, a special suction force that only targeted the goldfish spirit's corpse.

Cheng Tian looked up and saw a magnified phantom in the sky that looked like an unfinished bamboo basket. The goldfish spirit's corpse was sucked into it.

Clearly, Guanyin Bodhisattva has arrived to collect the remains of her beloved pet fish.

In the original work, the Bodhisattva was able to subdue the goldfish spirit because, on the one hand, he used a Master Ball temporarily woven from bamboo from the Purple Bamboo Forest, and on the other hand, the goldfish spirit dared not struggle in the face of its master. Now that there is only a corpse, the unfinished basket is of course sufficient.

However, from the moment the body was collected until the end, Guanyin Bodhisattva did not look at Cheng Tian even once, or perhaps she was suppressing some kind of emotion.

According to the normal strategy, the goldfish spirit will most likely still attract the master to save it when it is on the verge of death. At that time, just like a certain Xiao Fang, you can use the method of making a wish, that is, specifying the dropped item, instead of killing the treasure chest.

The items that a Bodhisattva personally uses to save a pet fish are naturally of good quality, but they have nothing to do with Cheng Tian, ​​a master fish butcher.

Not a single willow twig was pulled down, which is considered an amazing display of the Bodhisattva's self-cultivation.

Ignoring the fading phantom of the fish basket on the horizon, Cheng Tian, ​​having scooped up the goldfish spirit treasure chest, leaped and headed towards Eileen and the others.

The death of the goldfish spirit did not directly trigger the settlement screen, because the matter was not completely over, and the remnants of the goldfish spirit were still there.

Under humanity's despicable tactics, the flightless sea monster landed on the spiky sea urchin king, both of them severely injured but still maintaining their vigorous vitality.

Anyone who's ever caught a fish knows just how powerful a fish can be when it struggles. Many anglers have probably proudly pulled up a ten-pound fish, only to have it slapped across the face by a powerful tail swing and sent flying back into the water. The struggle of a giant sea monster, driven by an extremely strong will to survive, is even more astonishing… but the problem is, it's covered in the spines of a sea urchin king!

The sea urchin spines, which are already barbed and difficult to remove by normal means, were further pierced into the body by the giant sea monster's frantic struggle. The sea urchin king, whose yellow reproductive glands had already been smashed out by the giant sea monster's crushing weight, immediately abandoned the idea of ​​severing its own spines and began to heal and curl up with all its might, trying to wear down the giant sea monster forever.

The two monsters, who usually appear in their true forms, are less rational than other monsters whose bodies are closer to human form. Now that they are both injured, their bestial nature has been further stimulated. They have completely lost their already weak friendship and have entered a bloody battle.

The clever leader, who knew how to control his aggro and was also very sensitive to the direction of his opponent's aggro, abandoned his plan to continue using Loyal Guard and completely handed the battlefield over to the two monsters.

In theory, only the king of the goldfish spirits could forcefully separate the two sides and end the conflict by personally intervening with absolute force.

Unfortunately, their king had already passed away before them. Even though the "Tongtian River was without a master" aura caused by the death of the goldfish spirit had already been released, they were still fighting each other to the death, trapped in pain and hatred. On the contrary, the lesser demons were terrified and began to flee.

As the saying goes, when the tree falls, the monkeys scatter. Without the Golden Fish Demon as their leader, all these miscellaneous fish monsters can do is pray that the next Lord of the Tongtian River will forgive them, these opportunists.

Rumble…

Before anyone arrives, the sound comes first.

Returning with Cheng Tian were a large number of heavenly soldiers and grass gods summoned using the Sword Sweep Mountains and Rivers technique, numbering nearly a thousand. The sheer number of them was quite frightening.

If it weren't for the fact that the team contract still recognized teammates, the smart guy and his team would probably have already tried to escape.

However, upon seeing such a massive group of friendly summoned units, even Eileen, who had followed Cheng Tian the longest, couldn't help but give him a wise look reminiscent of Marushir.

Are we playing the same instance?

However, what Eileen and the others didn't know was that the current number of summoned creatures in the battle group was controlled by Cheng Tian using a bug.

In addition to affecting interactions with NPC characters and the expansion of quest routes, the Charm attribute also affects the number of summoned creatures a player can control.

With 50 points of charm that haven't yet broken through the limit, you can usually only control a maximum of 50 units, and the templates can only be ordinary. The stronger the template and the greater the strength, the fewer units you can accurately control.

It's not that you can't have more, but you'll lack the control to manage it.

Just like Sasori's Crimson Technique "Hundred Man Maneuver" in Naruto, it can theoretically control hundreds of puppet units. However, as the number of puppets decreases, the energy required to control each individual puppet also increases.

Cheng Tian had taken a shortcut. Each time the Prince's Sword was triggered, it summoned a group of 20 people. However, these units were all strongly associated with the Erlang Shen template. The faith of these heavenly soldiers and spirits in Erlang Shen was enough to drive them.

Based on 20 people per group, 50 groups would be the maximum that Cheng Tian can currently control.

When the thousand-strong force surged toward the sea urchin king and the giant sea monster, who were still fighting each other, their fate was already sealed...

(End of this chapter)