Beast Taming: I'm Really Just a Forest Ranger - Chapter 244 - 165: Duck Advances! Iron Head Advances!
Run Run Duck and Steel-headed Ground Rat’s advancement ritual went surprisingly smoothly.
After consuming the advancement resources, they began to advance on the spot.
A few hours later, two powerful auras erupted almost simultaneously.
“Quack quack~”
Run Run Duck’s body became even more slender, its tail feathers extended like a fan, edges adorned with a watery blue glow.
It gently flapped its wings, causing ripples on the surface of the nearby pond, each ripple carrying healing power.
Water Skills, Clear Wave.
When Run Run Duck flaps its wings, it can create healing water waves, and any creature caught in the waves can slowly and continuously recover from injuries.
Chen Yuan flickered: “The petals of Twin Flower Concubine can only be used individually, while this skill of Run Run Duck is a group skill.”
Though the healing effect is slow, it has great use during battle.
Chen Yuan made a move and called up Run Run Duck’s data panel:
[Race: Run Run Duck (Collected)
Attribute: Water
Level: 10 (Tier Two)
Favorability: 82
Skills: Water Surge (Proficient 1.3/7) + Water Arrow (Skilled 2.9/5) + Water Binding (Skilled 1.3/5) + Clear Wave (Basic 0.1/3) +
Quality: Commander
Conditions to advance to Morning Star Quality: Source Point Insufficient (3.6/20)]
With its strength breaking through to Tier Two and quality rising to Commander, Run Run Duck’s overall combat power is now vastly transformed.
In the vast farm, it is enough to sit and command from three corners.
Iron Head also successfully advanced.
Its physique grew larger, its iron skull gradually reshaping, the edges sprouting sharp serrations, and a shallow row of steel spikes rose on its back.
Iron Head’s orange eyes became more intense, seemingly transforming from orange to gold, with metal’s cold light reflected in its pupils.
Bang!
With a flash in its eyes full of metallic texture, Iron Head dashed forward suddenly, crossing several meters in a short moment and striking its raised foreclaw on a nearby large rock.
Instantly, the rock cracked with fissures.
Chen Yuan’s eyes shone: “Blade of Assault.”
In a past battle with the Silver Armored Mantis, he had seen this skill create considerable trouble for Spark.
Unexpectedly, upon upgrading its quality, Iron Head awakened this skill autonomously.
What a double blessing.
[Race: Steel-headed Ground Rat (Collected)
Attribute: Steel
Level: 10 (Tier Two)
Favorability: 84
Skills: Steel Blade (Proficient 3.6/7) + Iron Arm (Skilled 4.6/5) + Steel Spike Rolling Barrel (Skilled 3.5/5) + Blade of Assault (Basic 0.1/3) +
Quality: Commander
Conditions to advance to Morning Star Quality: Source Point Insufficient (3.6/20)]
“It seems that Run Run Duck should take the remote output plus semi-support route, while Iron Head should take the speed attack route,” Chen Yuan mused, rubbing his chin.
Lately, he studied various Pet Beast knowledge, realizing that determining their combat style is crucial.
Combat style should be determined based on the Pet Beast’s racial traits and its own skills.
For example, Spark, possessing aerial dominance, need not master too many melee skills; instead, focusing on remote output would suffice.
Among the four skills Run Run Duck currently masters, two are remote skills, one is a control skill, and one is a healing skill. Given Run Run Duck’s character, it’s more suitable as an assistant rather than the main attacker.
As for Iron Head’s four skills, excluding [Iron Arm], the rest are melee attack skills.
Being quite agile and having awakened the [Blade of Assault], Iron Head is clearly suited for speed attack strategy.
A direct Blade of Assault to the opponent’s face, followed by a Steel Blade strike on their skull—battle over.
However, one thing puzzled Chen Yuan: despite Run Run Duck and Iron Head awakening skills upon advancement, why couldn’t Spark and Cola?
Thinking it over, he guessed that Spark and Cola have deeper foundations, making skill awakening more challenging.
Regardless, Run Run Duck and Iron Head successfully advanced, and the little ones celebrated joyfully. Cola even coaxed Duck Duck to hunt Spirit Fish at Mingyu Lake tomorrow.
“Roar roar~”
The Fallen Meteor Horned Beast sincerely felt happy for its senior Duck Duck, moving back and forth on its four hooves.
As for the Fallen Meteor Horned Beast’s combat style, it was undoubtedly a tank.
There are enough attackers on the farm; a sturdy tank is needed for other Pet Beasts to have space for output.
“Dian Dian…”
Only the Electric Flying Cat seemed dejected, seemingly out of tune with the joyful atmosphere in the yard.
Chen Yuan keenly sensed this. Squatting down, he rubbed the Electric Flying Cat’s fluffy head and smiled, saying, “Don’t worry, you’re next.”
“Dian Dian?”
The Electric Flying Cat raised its head sharply, its round eyes shimmering in the twilight glow.
“Not lying to you,” Chen Yuan’s smile broadened.
The next goal was to advance the Electric Flying Cat and Bean Chicken, directly using Contribution Value to buy advancement conditions.
The eggs from the Commander Quality Bean Chicken should be even tastier, right?
“Dian Dian!”
Upon hearing Chen Yuan’s repeated assurances, the Electric Flying Cat’s face lit up, its slender tail coiling around his wrist, lovingly rubbing its head against his thigh.
After comforting the Electric Flying Cat, Chen Yuan stood up, looking at Run Run Duck and Iron Head: “How about you have a Pet Beast battle with each other?”
“Duck Duck?”
Upon hearing this, Run Run Duck widened its eyes, pointing its wings towards itself.
Huh?
Me, battle Iron Head?
Duck Duck tilted its head slightly, glimpsing the Iron Head shining with metallic luster, its golden gaze emitting a dangerous aura, quietly staring at it, shivering immediately, shaking its head like a drumbeat.
But Chen Yuan’s persuasive voice sounded in its ears: “Don’t you want to try how powerful you are now?”
