Xiao Ruan could grow stronger by collecting taxes, while Li Cunxu primarily allocated resources for White Spider.
"The Poison Mist Orb, this serves both as a tool and a resource, we should get one."
"With the poison-type resource secured, let's pick an insect-type resource."
"The Adamantine Spider Silk Pouch, consuming it can enhance the silk production of spider-type Pet Beasts, we should get one."
Li Cunxu pondered for a while. The championship reward was earned by Xiao Ruan, so it couldn't be left out.
But many resources were of no use to it.
Headache!
After searching for a long time, the car arrived at the breeding garden, and Li Cunxu still hadn't made his selection.
"You guys go ahead and pick first, I'll join you once I've made my choice."
Li Cunxu said to the two of them.
When it came to selecting Pet Beasts, Li Cunxu wasn't particularly enthusiastic, mainly because his next Pet Beast was already decided—a curse-type Pet Beast with the Heaven Forsaken Talent, preferably a Mutated Pet Beast.
He wasn't worried about them picking the Pet Beast he wanted, as they didn't dabble in the curse-type.
After selecting for a while, by the time Zhang Shuihuo came out holding a Pet Beast egg.
Li Cunxu had finally chosen the resources Xiao Ruan needed.
Brightness Light Source.
A light source ball that could emit sunlight for thirty years.
Placing this beside Xiao Ruan, its Constant Light Armor could absorb sunlight and harden twenty-four hours a day.
Looking up and seeing the plaque 'Central Breeding Garden,' Li Cunxu realized he had come to Pupil City's largest breeding garden center to select a Pet Beast egg.
The Pet Beast eggs in the incubation room were all unclaimed, and Li Cunxu could see their panels.
Li Cunxu glanced at them a few times and then stopped.
It was truly heartbreaking.
The quality of the Pet Beast eggs here was very high, with excellent talent potential, but his Contract Slots were limited, so he had to miss out.
The more he looked, the sadder he became, so it was better not to look.
Li Cunxu said to the Director of the breeding garden, "Can you take me to the incubation room for curse-type Pet Beast eggs?"
The Director was surprised, "You want to select a curse-type Pet Beast?"
"Yes."
Yang Meixin, who was in the midst of selecting Pet Beast eggs, turned her head in surprise to look at Li Cunxu. Curse-type, an attribute even dogs wouldn't play with, and he wanted to select it.
She suddenly couldn't understand this Li Cunxu who had defeated her with a Slime.
The Director softly reminded, "The curse-type is not a strong attribute! Moreover, the curse-type has an unavoidable flaw—casting curses comes with a price."
"I know, but I have the confidence to develop the curse-type to its full potential."
Li Cunxu said confidently. In his previous life, he was the one who had annoyed the world's top-ranked player with the curse-type.
"Kid, you're very confident, but I hope you understand the weakness of curse-type Pet Beasts in the future and don't scold them casually."
"I won't."
Li Cunxu vowed.
The Director gave him a deep look and then took him to the incubation room where curse-type Pet Beast eggs were stored.
There were very few in this incubation room, only fifteen.
Li Cunxu scanned the room and was disappointed; none of the curse-type Pet Beasts had the Heaven Forsaken Talent.
"Sigh, curse-type Pet Beasts with the Heaven Forsaken Talent are too rare."
How could they not be? The Heaven Forsaken Talent, luck plummeting to rock bottom, as if abandoned by heaven, incredibly unlucky, with the risk of sudden death at any moment.
Li Cunxu wanted a curse-type Pet Beast with the Heaven Forsaken Talent because he knew who could drop the Skill Seed for Talent Exchange.
Talent Exchange, swapping the Heaven Forsaken Talent with the opponent's Pet Beast's talent, then applying a curse, the opponent's Pet Beast with the exchanged Heaven Forsaken Talent would be extremely unlucky, triggering all curses.
Especially applying the extremely low-probability instant death curse, it could almost instantly kill an opponent of the same level.
Without the Heaven Forsaken Talent, Li Cunxu patiently reviewed the panels of all the Pet Beast eggs.
"Huh! This Pet Beast egg actually has this talent."
Backlash Curse Body (Blue Rare)
This talent enhances the effect of curses by 50%, but at the same time, the cost of casting curses is doubled.
Pet Beasts with this talent are highly susceptible to dying from the backlash of the curse's cost.
Li Cunxu paid attention to the Backlash Curse Body because he knew the method to evolve this talent.
As long as the Pet Beast survives ten instances of backlash without dying, the talent will evolve into [Devour Curse Body (Purple Epic)].
Devour Curse Body allows the Pet Beast to devour various curses, increasing its own Spirit Energy limit and enhancing the effect of curses by 200%.
Although Devour Curse Body is excellent, Li Cunxu didn't believe it could survive ten instances of backlash.
The backlash from curse-based abilities is extremely fierce, no less than surviving a life-and-death calamity.
Li Cunxu continued to read on.
This Pet Beast inherited three skills: Curse Nail Kill, Curse Eater, and Self Curse.
Curse Nail Kill, a Silver skill, is a balanced skill that deals damage to both the enemy and the user, similar to the Seven Injuries Fist, where you harm the enemy while also harming yourself.
Curse Eater, a Gold skill, is Li Cunxu's favorite skill. It allows the Pet Beast to devour curses within the enemy, dealing massive damage while healing its own injuries.
[Self Curse, a Black Iron skill, curses oneself, causing the user to feel excruciating pain and inflicting a small amount of damage to oneself.]
Seeing this seemingly ordinary skill, Li Cunxu was momentarily stunned and began to ponder whether he should choose this Pet Beast.
Self Curse appears to be a useless Black Iron skill.
Cursing oneself only harms oneself, so what's the point?
In reality, there is a profound mystery within this skill.
This skill greatly aids in comprehending the power of curses and has a chance to allow the Pet Beast to grasp its own [Exclusive Curse].
What is the strongest curse-based Pet Beast? The answer is a curse-based Pet Beast that has comprehended its own Exclusive Curse.
Exclusive Curses are characterized by their high power, low cost, and fast casting speed.
To make a direct comparison, the gap between an Exclusive Curse and a regular curse is like the difference between a spell and a divine ability.
"Should I choose it?"
Li Cunxu was deeply conflicted.
Should he choose a curse-based Pet Beast with the [Heaven Forsaken] talent, or this curse-based Pet Beast with the [Self Curse] skill?
Conflict!
Extreme conflict!
"If only I could have both."
Let the curse-based Pet Beast with the [Heaven Forsaken] talent use the [Self Curse] Skill Seed to learn the skill.
This seems like a feasible plan, but it is extremely difficult to execute.
Don't be fooled by the fact that Self Curse is a Black Iron skill; its Skill Seed is even rarer than that of a King-tier skill.
Skill Seeds only drop when the skill's proficiency reaches the Limit Break level.
And Self Curse, with its effect of harming oneself and causing pain—who would bother to train this skill to the Limit Break level? Therefore, Skill Seeds for Self Curse are extremely rare, countable on one hand.
As for teaching it?
This skill is very special; it cannot be taught, only comprehended through self-realization, inheritance, or Skill Seeds.
Adopt this Pet Beast egg, wait for it to hatch, train its Self Curse proficiency to the Limit Break level, then kill it to obtain the Skill Seed, and finally give it to the curse-based Pet Beast with the Heaven Forsaken talent to learn.
This method is feasible, but it's too inhumane.
Li Cunxu couldn't do it unless he removed his conscience.
"I want to choose it, but its Heaven Forsaken Talent, the Backlash Curse Body, makes it too prone to an early death."
After much consideration, Li Cunxu finally picked up this Pet Beast egg.
The reason was: If a Pet Beast with the Backlash Curse Body talent is prone to an early death, isn't a Pet Beast with the Heaven Forsaken Talent equally likely to die young?
A Pet Beast with the Heaven Forsaken Talent is also difficult to raise; with such bad luck, it might even choke to death while drinking water without a luck-enhancing item.
Since both are equally prone to an early death, it's a tie. After further deep and though
tful analysis.
The scales finally tipped in favor of this Pet Beast egg.
Damn it, the novels written by the great authors are too captivating. I got so absorbed that I forgot about my own novel. They're too wicked, messing with my focus.
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