Chapter 684: “Merry Christmas Eve” Venus
Flowering and bearing fruit, it only took a moment.
As the petals fell and the fruit formed, the mature bliss aura emitted from it.
Dak carefully examined and discovered that this “Bliss Fruit” was faintly illuminated by moonlight, containing more lunar power than his own cultivated “Bliss Fruit.”
But in exchange, it lacked some other elements.
“Using this fruit to refine a mana spirit with lunar power should be twice as effective.”
Dak had an epiphany and plucked the fruit, cutting off the flower stem, then handed the Draconic Grass to the mana spirits to take care of.
Afterward, he returned to the experimental table, conducting a certain degree of analysis on the fruit, and summoned “Huhu,” instructing it to juice the “Bliss Fruit.”
During this process, he began selecting materials for the refinement from the material storage.
First was the “Rainbow Dragon Blood.”
The “Rainbow Dragon,” also known as the “Fairy Dragon,” was an extremely rare dragon species even rarer than the light attribute White Dragon.
The small bottle of “Rainbow Dragon Blood” given by Senior Pandora was certainly of high quality.
With the “Rainbow Dragon Blood” as the core, supplemented by the “Bliss Fruit (Dragon),” it could guarantee the lower limit of this refinement.
The ultimate goal remained the third-tier mana spirit!
Imitating the refinement of “Draconic Ballet,” to increase the probability of obtaining a third-tier mana spirit, he needed to choose another high-quality material as a secondary core.
Or perhaps, demote the “Rainbow Dragon Blood” to a secondary role.
He had a vast array of materials available, providing numerous combinations.
The most classic combination was “Rainbow Dragon Blood” with “Water Elemental Orb,” which could further stimulate the water attribute of the Draconic Grass, making it a water-attribute mana spirit.
In the Pokémon world, there was exactly such a water-type Pokémon that possessed both “Bliss” and “Dragon” attributes—”Mewtwo!”
…
Among the Pokémon that possess both “Bliss” and “Dragon” attributes, “Mewtwo” and “Celebi” were Dak’s current choices.
If it were “Mewtwo,” he could add “Water Elemental Orb” and auxiliary material “Water Dragon Scale,” narrowing the range and increasing the lower limit.
If it were “Celebi,” he might need to add some flying-type bird materials.
However, the flying bird materials he had were not of high grade, only serving as auxiliary ingredients, offering no help to improving the lower limit.
Thus, after careful consideration, he chose the more conservative option—”Mewtwo.”
“Mewtwo” is the evolved form of “Eevee,” possessing a beautiful appearance and high racial values.
Like how “Magikarp” evolves into “Gyarados,” “Eevee” evolves into “Mewtwo,” using the concept of a carp transforming into a dragon.
However, “Eevee” is not a carp, so he cannot use “Carp Grass” to locate it.
In fact, if he just accumulated enough “Wrath” points, he could already start the refinement of “Magikarp.”
The materials he had were sufficient to narrow down the range to “Magikarp.”
As long as luck was not too bad, it would basically succeed.
If possible, he would attempt the refinement in December.
…
Ten minutes later, all materials were ready.
On Dak’s experimental table, there was neatly placed a bottle of “Rainbow Dragon Blood,” three “Water Dragon Scales,” a bottle of “Bliss Juice (Dragon),” and a large amount of other auxiliary materials.
Relying on the insights gained from directed refinement, he chose auxiliary materials much more precisely, further narrowing the scope of random refinement.
In short, he was determined to succeed!
“The refinement method is ‘Dragon-Water.'”
“The core material is ‘Rainbow Dragon Blood.'”
“The secondary core is ‘Water Elemental Orb.'”
“The auxiliary materials are ‘Bliss Juice (Dragon)’ and ‘Water Dragon Scales’…”
“The base material…”
Dak slightly frowned. Without “Soul Residue,” he could only buy high-quality mana honey and brain leaf essence water to create the mana spirit card’s life base, which might bring some variables to the experiment.
“I must quickly master the creation of higher-grade bases.”
He pondered briefly and looked at the other materials.
“Mewtwo’s attribute is water, but he still chose ‘Rainbow Dragon Blood’ as the core material, then demoted the ‘Water Elemental Orb’ to a secondary core.”
This was based on Mewtwo’s race.
After confirming his approach, Dak decisively began the refinement.
Since he started using “Capital Sin” as an auxiliary material, such refinement experiments have never failed.
Therefore, he was very confident.
Compared to the refinement of “Draconic Ballet,” this experiment seemed easier.
“Rainbow Dragon Blood” as a liquid material was far less difficult to melt than “Black Dragon Fang,” and “Water Elemental Orb” was easier to integrate into the refinement array.
He patiently spent a whole hour and finally succeeded.
Once the emptiness caused by mana exhaustion gradually subsided, he carefully cut open the light cocoon enclosing the mana spirit card and used tweezers to pick up the card, washing it clean.
The mana spirit card in his hand emitted a faint warmth, inconsistent with its icy water attribute.
Around the edges of the mana spirit card, there was the usual golden glow.
Using the Capital Sin fruit significantly increased the chance of producing a gold card.
Dak was not surprised by this.
What truly surprised him was that this refinement directly hit the target!
Inside the mana spirit card, there was clearly the “Mewtwo” he had been looking forward to!
“Mewtwo’s creamy skin makes one want to treat it like cream.”
After confirming that the refined mana spirit matched what he had envisioned, Dak immediately looked at the star rating of the mana spirit card and suddenly broke into a smile.
“Very good, seven stars!”
Like “Draconic Ballet,” this “Mewtwo” was also a seven-star mana spirit card!
Unfortunately, like “Draconic Ballet,” in the original Pokémon series, “Mewtwo” has not yet developed a Super Evolution form, or else there would be more possibilities.
Dak gently touched the card surface, and the “Mewtwo” inside seemed to sense something, slightly moving.
But it still had its eyes closed, as if in deep sleep.
…
Rather than being called a “dragon,” “Mewtwo” is more like a sea snake.
It has creamy, smooth skin, with a head adorned with horn-like protrusions, unblemished; its eyes are ruby red, with long, curly eyebrows extending from above the eyes to the fur outside, resembling dragon whiskers, while the hair-like fins covering the sides of its head resemble red ribbons.
Its tail is covered in blue and pink scales, with black stripes.
Overlapping at the end of the tail are four large blue scales with red spots in the center, like fans.
From any angle, it is breathtakingly beautiful.
Evolved from the extremely ugly “Eevee” into the “Venus” with its beauty akin to that of the goddess Venus, just like a carp transforming into a dragon!
“Plunk!”
The imp beast flew back, landing at the corner of the table, peering at the “Mewtwo” in Dak’s hand with glowing eyes.
“Mewtwo” eggs are water and dragon.
…
Dak thought for a moment, injecting mana into the mana spirit card to check the specific values.
[Card Name: Mewtwo]
[Type: Elemental Card]
[Level: ????]
[Race: Dragon]
[Attribute: Water/Fairy]
[Mana: 3500]
[Attack: 2900]
[Defense: 3100]
[Ultimate Skills: Goddess of Beauty, Life Stream, Mysterious Guard, Canon Water Blast.]
Mewtwo’s stats among seven-star mana spirits were not particularly outstanding; its attack and defense were around 3000, and its only notable mana value did not break through the seven-star barrier.
But overall, it was not inferior to “Draconic Ballet” with 3000 mana, 3800 attack, and 2700 defense.
Its race was Dragon rather than Reptile, confirming it as a dragon, not a snake!
However, its attributes slightly differed from the original Pokémon—no longer purely “Water” but “Water” + “Fairy”!
Although it still lacks “Dragon,” this undoubtedly highlights “Mewtwo’s” embodiment of “Bliss.”
Moreover, its first ultimate skill is a special skill with the “Divine” prefix—”Goddess of Beauty!”
“What is this?”
Dak slightly frowned. In the Pokémon world, there is no “Goddess of Beauty” skill.
But with examples like “Nightmare Space,” he had expected variations from the original skills, so he wasn’t too surprised.
“Let’s see.”
Dak focused and injected more mana to receive feedback.
[Goddess of Beauty: Mewtwo’s stunning charm can sometimes mesmerize creatures that come into contact with it, even just by sight, triggering a low probability of (Goddess of Beauty). Rank +0.5.]
“I understand, a double-strength version of ‘Attractive Body’!”
Dak couldn’t help but look at “Eevee” lying on the bed pretending to read.
Seeing “Eevee’s” last advantage being overtaken, he couldn’t help but lament the cruelty of survival of the fittest.
Fortunately, he had already figured out how to change skins. Once he mastered directional refinement and secondary refinement, he would give it a better skin.
Of course, “Eevee” held an irreplaceable position in his heart.
“Hmm, rank +0.5?”
“I didn’t expect another attribute after ‘Green-Eyed Tyrant Wyvern.'”
“This means Mewtwo’s stunning charm can even influence fourth-tier mana spirits?”
“Judging from this, the potential of ‘charming tactics’ is becoming increasingly broad.”
Dak pondered briefly and continued to look at Mewtwo’s second ultimate skill—”Life Stream”!
This was also a skill not found in the Pokémon move list.
From its name, Dak could guess that it might be related to “Life Drop.”
[Life Stream: Mewtwo creates a stream rich with Life Force, wrapping it around itself and allies, restoring their maximum HP (Mana) by 1/4 and then every 30 seconds by 1/16 of their maximum HP (Mana).]
“Indeed, the fusion of ‘Life Drop’ and ‘Water Ring’ has given Mewtwo stronger healing abilities.”
“And like ‘Water Ring,’ it restores 1/16 of maximum HP each round, continuously.”
“Of course, in reality, it’s impossible to be so perfect.”
“Although the feedback information does not explicitly state, it is clear that when the Life Force in ‘Life Stream’ is depleted, ‘Life Stream’ will dissipate.”
“This is clearly related to the total amount of life force it can restore.”
“But this suggests that this Mewtwo might be a support-type healing mana spirit?”
“However, my lineup indeed lacks such a mana spirit with wide-range healing capabilities.”
“If Mewtwo is equipped with items or equipment that produce Life Force, it will become a mobile spring!”
“Hold on, isn’t this like a portable version of ‘Paradise’?”
Dak suddenly realized, his eyes shining.
With Mewtwo’s “Life Stream,” the mana spirits could travel together without worry.
He was very satisfied with this and continued to look at Mewtwo’s third ultimate skill.
In these two adjusted ultimate skills, this third ultimate skill… was still an adjusted skill!
[Moon’s Protection: Enters the Moon’s Protection state on the field, protecting itself and allies from confusion, sleep, burn, freeze, and most other abnormal statuses for five rounds (two and a half minutes). Under moonlight, the duration doubles, and it gains purification power.]
“A perfect group enhancement ultimate skill!”
“‘Moon’s Protection’ is likely the moonlight version of ‘Mysterious Guard.'”
“Life Stream” + “Moon’s Protection,” the existence of these two ultimate skills clearly defined Mewtwo’s role.
But this was not its entirety.
Dak turned to look at Mewtwo’s final ultimate skill—”Canon Water Blast!”
The existence of “Canon Water Blast” transformed Mewtwo from a group support to a cannon!
[Canon Water Blast: Mewtwo controls water elements, shooting a highly compressed water blast at the opponent, rendering itself immobile in the next round.]
As Mewtwo’s sole innate ultimate skill, “Canon Water Blast” is extremely powerful, considered the pinnacle of water-type attacks!
…
[Merry Christmas Eve, tonight during dinner, I suddenly heard that tomorrow is my lunar birthday, coinciding with Christmas Day—]
[Opening a year-end bounty until the end of December, I’ve already tied my hair to the beam, prepared the awl for piercing my thigh, just missing the knife at my neck.]
[December is still eight thousand words away from the baseline, thirteen thousand words away from the minor goal, aiming for eight thousand while striving for thirteen thousand.]
