CHAPTER 150: CHAPTER 139: THE IMPACT OF PERSONALITY ON PETS (4,000 WORDS, BONUS UPDATE DUE TO REWARDS)_2

With this thought, Li Zheng felt relieved again.

"Hmm."

Li Chun nodded slightly: "However, little spider doesn’t seem to reject the changes brought by this evolution. On the contrary... I think it’s always been looking forward to becoming stronger."

"Hiss～"

The Five-Colored Xuan Poison Spider raised its head slightly, enjoying the touch of its owner. The appearance which once looked somewhat sinister and terrifying now seemed gentle and soft.

Li Zheng asked her, "What’s the personality of your little spider?"

"Loyal."

Li Chun glanced at her pet’s attribute panel: "A pet with a loyal personality will protect its owner at all costs when faced with danger.

The effect is an enhancement in auxiliary and defensive abilities to a certain extent."

"So that’s how it is."

Li Zheng nodded with understanding.

Last night, when facing Lin Feng, the little spider knew it wasn’t a match, yet it didn’t retreat a single step. It seems the loyal personality was at play.

"What about you, Phoenix Mountain?"

Li Zheng turned and asked, "What kind of personality does your Pipi have?"

"... Can we not talk about this topic?"

Phoenix Mountain’s face turned a bit ugly, not wanting to discuss further.

Li Chun was also a bit curious: "Come on, tell us. I also want to know about different pet personalities. It might be useful for raising more pets in the future with more data."

Phoenix Mountain was silent for a moment, then hesitantly asked, "Do you think there might be any items in the Matrix that can change a pet’s personality?"

"Probably not." Li Zheng shook his head. He had never heard of such a thing.

Li Chun also didn’t know: "I’ve never seen any such item."

"Damn!"

Phoenix Mountain cursed before saying, "Then it’s over; this freeloader is going to be tough to raise."

"What kind of personality is it?"

Li Zheng and Li Chun were both curious.

With a face full of sorrow, Phoenix Mountain said: "Timid! The instinct is to avoid combat, so when faced with an opponent it can’t defeat, it will proactively show its belly.

The effect is... increased success rate of begging..."

Li Zheng: "..."

Li Chun: "..."

Little Ying: "..."

Little Spider: "..."

Others: "...Moment of silence."

"Then, what about yours?"

Li Chun’s interest was piqued, and asked Little Ying, "The pet that Li Zheng trains, surely it has a great personality, right?"

Phoenix Mountain sneered from the side: "Look at your brother Li Zheng’s own combat power, you can guess his pets aren’t that great."

The combat power ranking takes into account both the player’s own strength and the pets they train, reflecting the combined combat potential.

This means, the stronger the player, the weaker the pet.

The stronger the pet, the weaker the player.

The most obvious example is Li Zheng and Li Chun, who are the complete opposites.

However, stating a fact is one thing, saying it out loud like that is another.

So Little Ying perched on Li Zheng’s shoulder, chirping in protest.

"I’m speaking facts, not trying to retaliate privately!" Phoenix Mountain immediately shrank under Li Zheng’s dangerous gaze.

Knowing that Li Zheng basically raises Little Ying like a daughter, in battles, he tries not to let her partake in fights if possible.

In fear of her getting hurt.

If someone speaks ill of his "daughter" in front of him, it would be strange if Li Zheng showed a kind face.

"Heh, no matter how weak Little Ying is, her personality is better than your Pipi’s." Li Zheng sneered, roughly describing Little Ying’s personality and effects.

"Oh hurray!"

Xiao Siyuan laughed from the side: "Seems like among these three pets, Little Ying’s personality is the strongest."

"Damn it!"

Phoenix Mountain was severely hit, asking everyone: "Is there anyone who likes kittens? I’ll gift you Pipi!"

"Ha, today’s weather is great, perfect for setting sh... trees on fire."

The topic shifted, and Yan Guang raised his left arm. Segments of silvery metal plates opened, revealing a muzzle.

In the next second.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh～

A round of cannon fire launched, the projectiles dragging fiery tails as they streaked towards the forest.

When these projectiles entered the domain of those strange trees, a large number of branches formed a giant net, attempting to intercept them.

Boom boom boom～

The projectiles made contact with the branches and exploded, creating a shower of sparks.

"Awo～～" × N

The human face patterns on the monster trees distorted, each opening up eye-representing sockets, revealing two void holes, lacking eyeballs.

Muffled, creepy roars seemed to resonate from within the monster trees, creating echoes.

An enormous number of branches extended, covering the sky, trying to attack several players, but stopped three meters away from the "Moat," unable to advance any further.

"These tree spirits can’t move, their weakness is too obvious, no wonder they need some disguise."

The overwhelming blaze failed to ignite the monster trees. Li Zheng assessed the strength, judging these tree spirits to be at the bottom of the Silver strength category.

Just slightly stronger than the vine monsters before.

But because they lack the stealth of the vines, they pose less of a threat to players.

"A Silver-level creature, expecting Yan Guang’s cannon fire to ignite it is unrealistic."

Li Zheng quickly made a judgment, realizing he had to act himself.

After all, the micro bombs created by Yan Guang weren’t specialized incendiaries, relying more on the blast impact and shrapnel of various materials.

"If we want to use Ice and Fire Attachment to ignite those tree spirits..."

For the first time in a while, Li Zheng took out the Desert Eagle, habitually switching to the special shooting mode.

After pondering, he switched it back.

"Snake Grass Needle explodes on impact as long as it remains intact during flight. Once it attaches to the Fire Element, the Snake Grass Needle itself burns faster than those monster trees; wouldn’t that be a waste?"

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

No need to aim, Li Zheng just had to point the gun and pull the trigger repeatedly.

Li Zheng rarely used the normal shooting mode because he couldn’t stand the deafening gunshots, it was too annoying.

Whoever designed this gun clearly missed the point—it fires energy bombs and could have been as silent as the Salted Fish Spear, yet it came with the authentic Desert Eagle gunshot sound.

"Once the energy in the gun is used up, it’ll just end up collecting dust at home."

As Li Zheng fired off each Magma Bullet, he had already decided the future of the Desert Eagle.

As expected, the Bronze-level Desert Eagle’s inherent power couldn’t cause much damage to these tree spirits, but the flames it carried were beyond their ability to withstand.

Every Magma Bullet, after hitting the target, would burst into sparks, landing on the tree spirits’ branches or the ground.

Soon, by the time Li Zheng fired his tenth shot, the dead leaves on the ground caught fire, and the blaze gradually became stronger.

"Awo～"

A tree spirit roared, seemingly aware that fire was its natural enemy. It stopped defending and instead swayed its branches, attempting to extinguish the growing flames on the ground.

Under its leadership, a few other tree spirits joined the firefighting effort.

The branches swept repeatedly, pushing the nascent fire back, threatening to put it out completely.

How could that be tolerated?

Li Zheng switched directly to the special shooting mode, accelerating his firing speed, releasing a barrage of magma shells.

With conscious control, he scattered twenty magma shells widely, igniting more than ten fires.

Xiao Siyuan realized relying solely on Li Zheng wouldn’t be enough to escalate the fire and quickly took out his M4 to assist in shooting.

Old Xiao’s aim wasn’t to ignite fires but to deal damage to the tree spirits fighting the fire, forcing them to retreat and defend.

Li Zheng quickly handed out two Salted Fish Spears, tossing one each to Phoenix Mountain and Li Chun, asking them to help out.

Soon, the cooperation among the five people yielded more obvious results.

By the time Li Zheng had only fifteen points of Genetic Force left, the fire had completely surged and was now unstoppable.

Intense flames shot up into the sky, and the scorching heat twisted the air as if the temperature could tear a hole through space itself.

As time passed, some of the tree spirits still attempting to extinguish the flames had their branches dried out and ignited, the high temperatures quickly dehydrating the branches and leaves, allowing the fire to spread to the tree spirits themselves.

Just when Li Zheng confirmed that unless a massive storm hit, the blaze was essentially inextinguishable, sealing the battle’s outcome.

Suddenly, the ground beneath team members shook.

"Is it an earthquake?" Phoenix Mountain was shocked. "Can natural disasters like these even occur in the Matrix?"

Li Zheng’s ears twitched as he turned and looked, his face drastically changing.