The Evil Adorable Rabbit's strength and size are large enough to serve as a mount, but when it runs with four paws on the ground, it hops and bounces violently, making it difficult to sit steadily, let alone ride it to fight with weapons.
Normally, even sitting on it is bumpy and uncomfortable, making it unsuitable as a mount; at most, it can be used as a makeshift ride when escaping.
Strangely, when the Evil Adorable Rabbit walks upright, it's very steady. Its two hind legs are incredibly strong and powerful, and it runs fast, fierce, and stable. However, it still likes to jump, leaping several meters high, with surprising agility.
Chen Guan didn't rush to enhance the Evil Adorable Rabbit with the Spirit of the Cheerleaders because he discovered that the motivating effect of the Spirit of the Cheerleaders is not permanent; it naturally dissipates after a while and needs to be re-applied for effectiveness next time.
He wanted to first test the Evil Adorable Rabbit's real combat abilities and then enhance it with the Spirit of the Cheerleaders. With a comparison, he would have a better understanding, and at the same time, gain more insight into the Spirit of the Cheerleaders.
Inside the valley, there's only one Secret Spirit, the Evil Adorable Rabbit. Chen Guan let the Evil Adorable Rabbit lead the way, slowly heading out of the valley.
It's unclear what's going on with this valley, but it has so many skeletons inside. Looking out from the entrance, there are hardly any skeletons, yet on the stone wall at the entrance, there are several huge blood-red carvings.
"Meridian Yin Yang Valley..." Chen Guan didn't expect such a not-so-large valley to have a name.
While pondering, he observed outside the valley, where several Evil Adorable Rabbits were munching on plants. Their size was about the same as an adult husky, far inferior to Chen Guan's "Rouge."
Rouge is the Bloody Evil Adorable Rabbit; this is the name Chen Guan gave it.
The Evil Adorable Rabbits outside the valley are what Chen Guan knew as normal Evil Adorable Rabbits, and their quality is likely ordinary.
Rouge received Chen Guan's order and galloped toward the Evil Adorable Rabbits, leaping forward when seven or eight meters away, and as it charged, the Bloodsucking Saber in its claw slashed down furiously, beheading one Evil Adorable Rabbit directly.
Rouge wreaked havoc. In just moments, it slaughtered six Evil Adorable Rabbits without leaving any complete corpses.
"Fierce... truly too fierce..." Chen Guan couldn't help but sigh; a solitary specimen is indeed unique, with combat power at the same level far surpassing ordinary Secret Spirits.
The Bloodsucking Saber was thrust into the heart of an Evil Adorable Rabbit, and visibly, the corpse shriveled, its blood drawn into the Bloodsucking Saber, giving the black saber a red tinge, while Rouge's snowy white body also faintly emitted a blood aura.
In a short time, the Evil Adorable Rabbit's corpse turned into a husk, and Rouge leaped to another corpse, again thrusting the Bloodsucking Saber into its heart.
Blood-colored mist rose from both the Evil Adorable Rabbit and the Bloodsucking Saber; this was the phenomenon of blood being refined and evaporated, leaving the Primordial Energy to be absorbed, a capability only the Blood-sucking Technique possesses.
Even after absorbing the blood and Primordial Energy of six Evil Adorable Rabbits, Rouge didn't advance to level 2.
Such a large amount of Primordial Energy should have allowed an ordinary Secret Spirit to advance to level 2, indicating the quality of a high-grade Secret Spirit also brings higher upgrade difficulty compared to ordinary ones.
Fortunately, there are quite a few Evil Adorable Rabbits nearby; after absorbing the blood and Primordial Energy of ten Evil Adorable Rabbits, Rouge successfully advanced to level 2, with its fur noticeably becoming more lustrous, resembling Ice and Snow Jade Silk, exuding a kind of crystalline sheen.
The level 2 Rouge's Primordial Energy cap increased to 2.91, confirming the impressive growth rate of 1.91.
Its power, speed, and other aspects also saw considerable improvement, but those are hidden attributes, not visible from direct data.
Bloody Evil Adorable Rabbit (Solitary Specimen): Level 2 Spirit Pet.
Primordial Energy: 2.91.
Growth Rate: 1.91.
Lifebound Talent: Bloody Resurgence (Solitary Specimen).
Secret Technique: Level 2 Blood-sucking Technique (Solitary Specimen).
Secret Skill: Level 2 Blood-sucking Saber Technique (Solitary Specimen).
Secret Treasure: Level 2 Bloodsucking Saber (Solitary Specimen).
After the Secret Spirit upgrades, the Secret Technique, Secret Skill, and Secret Treasure also correspondingly upgrade, unlike humans.
Ding!
Level 2 Rouge slaughtered the Evil Adorable Rabbits like chopping vegetables. After hacking another Evil Adorable Rabbit, white light bloomed from its body.
Chen Guan originally thought it was Pet Transformation, but unexpectedly, the white light gradually condensed into a white crystal core the size of a ping-pong ball, and like a meteor, flew toward Chen Guan, landing in his hand.
"Secret Core..." Chen Guan felt a surge of joy; Secret Cores are the source of cultivators' Secret Techniques and Skills, whether it's a Secret Technique or a Skill depends on luck.
Chen Guan hoped for a Skill, as ordinary Evil Adorable Rabbits would likely produce ordinary Secret Techniques, which were useless to him, but a Skill could immediately be put to use, adding some battle strength.
Picked up the Secret Core, squeezed it in his hand, and operated Longevity Skill to observe, suddenly receiving strange information in his mind.
Secret Technique: Vegetarian Health Cultivation Skill (Ordinary).
Chen Guan was slightly disappointed; this thing was useless, couldn't fetch much if sold.
Continuing forward with Rouge, besides needing a high-quality technique, Chen Guan also had to find the teleportation station in the Pingdu Mountain Blessed Land. Only through the teleportation station could he leave the Pingdu Mountain Blessed Land; next time he enters, he will be teleported directly to that station, rather than randomly tossed in.
Stopping and starting, he killed many Evil Adorable Rabbits. It seemed this area only had Evil Adorable Rabbits as Secret Spirits, and of ordinary quality, with an extremely low drop rate. Apart from the earlier Vegetarian Health Cultivation Skill, he hadn't gotten anything else.
Blood-sucking Technique requires time to digest the大量的元气 into the body. Rouge was no longer blood-sucking, wanting further leveling up requires waiting for Rouge to roughly digest the blood and元气 within before blood-sucking again for upgrading, as killing more Evil Adorable Rabbits was almost meaningless.
"This place doesn't seem as dangerous as I first thought." Surrounded by continuous mountain ranges, Chen Guan plans to leave this grass-filled basin with Rouge to explore the forest, to see if there are other Secret Spirits.
With no traces of human activity nearby, Chen Guan had just entered the forest when he suddenly heard shouting and fighting in the woods ahead.
Gathering Rouge, he stealthily approached and discovered the sounds were coming from beside the creek at the foot of the mountain. Hiding and observing revealed a human male battling with a Secret Spirit.
The Secret Spirit looked skeletal, but upon closer inspection, it had a membrane of skin wrapping around it, the skin as white as jade, except for its left hand, which was crimson as blood, and much larger than the right hand.
From afar, Chen Guan couldn't see the man's face clearly, only feeling he was young, holding a wooden bow, with a quiver and arrows on his back. But due to being too close, he couldn't draw the arrows in time and could only flee hurriedly.
His speed was much faster than Chen Guan's but was still lacking compared to the weird, skin-and-bone Secret Spirit, only able to dash into the forest and dodge among tall ancient trees with the Secret Spirit.
The blood hand of the Secret Spirit seemed like an indestructible weapon, striking tree trunks and causing the tough old trees to split, as if tofu, crumbling in its grasp.
"Old Bird!" Seeing the man's face clearly, Chen Guan felt a slight jolt in his heart.