Chapter 78: Main Tank: Amu
As Amu swallowed the Phantom Light Ore one by one, cold air spread within the exclusive room. Lide glanced at the situation in the room and roughly guessed what was happening. After greeting Su Xiao, Lide went back to continue drinking. He had no interest in knowing others' secrets, nor did he want to know.
Not long after Lide left the exclusive room, Amu had already eaten most of the Phantom Light Ore on the floor. In less than ten minutes, only a small pile remained.
Amu let out a burp, looked at the small pile of Phantom Light Ore on the ground, and finally swallowed the rest in a few gulps.
Nearly 800,000 Paradise Coins worth of ice-attribute equipment plus Phantom Light Ore valued at 20 Legendary Medals—all devoured by Amu. This glutton exhaled a large mouthful of cold air, causing the temperature in the exclusive room to plummet. Beini, who was originally from a tropical rainforest, shivered, but for Su Xiao and Bubu Wang, who had just left the Dark Crow Continent, this chill was nothing more than a drizzle.
Amu tilted his head, thudded to the ground, and continued sleeping soundly.
Seeing this, Su Xiao felt a headache coming on. After instructing Bubu Wang and Beini to use the remaining Paradise Coins to purchase new furniture, he dragged Amu toward the Alchemy Laboratory.
Just as they reached the entrance of the Alchemy Laboratory, Amu's eyes suddenly snapped open. He tried to get up and flee, but Su Xiao stuffed him into the lab with a few shoves.
"Moo~"
Amu let out a 'desperate' low growl. Bubu Wang and Beini pretended not to see it and turned to run out of the exclusive room.
Inside the Alchemy Laboratory, Amu trembled for a while before drowsiness overtook him, and he fell unconscious again.
Su Xiao checked Amu's status and found that Amu no longer needed to absorb ice energy. His status was actually 'Ascending...'
Ascension was undoubtedly good news. Just as Su Xiao was about to probe the alchemical formation diagram inside Amu's body, ice crystals surged within Amu, gradually encasing him.
An hour later, the exclusive room had returned to its previous state—carpet, furniture, bed—all complete. Bubu Wang lay lazily on the carpet. Amu's transformation had indeed kept him quite busy.
"Meow."
Beini called out to Bubu Wang, meaning: "Is that honest ox about to evolve, like you did before?"
"Woof~"
Bubu Wang indicated he wasn't sure either, but Beini's heart was filled with mixed emotions. Although she didn't have an urgent desire to become stronger, being able to grow stronger was ultimately a good thing. This made Beini hesitate—should she follow the main group on their next trip into a derivative world?
Bubu Wang said nothing. Beini still didn't know how thrilling it was to fight alongside Su Xiao. Even he himself had a chance of dying.
Just as Bubu Wang and Beini were chatting, sounds came from the Alchemy Laboratory. One cat and one dog quickly ran toward it.
Amu had already awakened. His appearance hadn't changed at all, but a mass of cold air gathered in his hand.
Crack, crack, crack...
Ice froze, and a war hammer appeared in Amu's hand. Bubu Wang was stunned—he understood what this meant.
Su Xiao grabbed the ice crystal war hammer in Amu's hand with one hand and exerted force. With a crisp snap, the hammer shattered. The item's durability was considerable; he needed full strength to crush it.
Su Xiao checked Amu's data.
**Amu (Attached Follower · Fierce Winter War Bull)**
- Health: 100%
- Ice Energy: 5000 points (Recovers 63 points per minute, based on Intelligence attribute)
- Strength: 80
- Agility: 73
- True Stamina: 97 (Increased by 9 points)
- True Intelligence: 90 (Increased by 60 points, gained from absorbing some unknown incomplete consciousness)
- Charm: 19 (Increased by 4 points)
- Skill 1: Fierce Winter War Bull (Active Lv.50): Can control internal ice energy for external release and shaping.
- Skill 2: Winter Bloodline (Passive Lv.30): Reduces damage taken by 25%, Slow Resistance +80%, Physical Defense +36, Health +1000 points.
- Skill 3: Ice Energy Conversion (Passive Lv.48): Each point of Intelligence attribute provides an additional 20 Health + 0.5 Physical Defense bonus (Currently gained: 1800 Health bonus, 45 Physical Defense bonus).
- Skill 4: Stikass's Call (Lv.60): Fierce Winter War Bull rapidly generates an ice shield with 170 Defense points.
- Note: This skill consumes 2000 Ice Energy + 1000 Health.
- Note: Cooldown for this skill is 24 hours.
- Skill 5: Ice Armor (Ultimate Ability Lv.17 · Passive): Due to the pseudo-biological circulatory system formed by ice energy within the Fierce Winter War Bull, 50% of Health lost when taking any damage will be replaced by Ice Energy (e.g., if Amu takes 10 damage, 5 Health + 5 Ice Energy are deducted).
- Skill 6: Fierce Winter's Wrath (Ultimate Skill Lv.10 · Passive): Instantly releases all internal Ice Energy (at least 3000 points), freezing all units (allies/enemies) within a 300-meter radius, and dealing Ice damage equal to consumed Ice Energy × 0.19.
- Note: This skill has no cooldown.
After reviewing Amu's data, Su Xiao was somewhat surprised, as Amu's abilities had fundamentally changed. Originally, Amu's abilities were somewhat of a mishmash—weak offensive power, mediocre control capabilities, with the only strong point being a continuous slowing effect. He was neither a warrior nor a true tank.
Now, Amu had become a full-fledged tank, and at the main tank level. Or rather, it was more fitting to call him a magic tank. Although he didn't have even 1 point of mana, his abilities were very similar to those of a magic tank.
Amu actually only had three active abilities: releasing ice energy to create weapons, the ice shield, and finally releasing all internal ice energy for indiscriminate freezing.
In the end, Amu had completely abandoned offensive capabilities. All his abilities prioritized defense. If he were to face Zang Ge now, he definitely wouldn't have his skull cracked in one round; instead, he could hold Zang Ge at bay for a long time.
Now, Amu couldn't be flattened or crushed. What was even more annoying was that he could generate and manipulate ice, which was far more effective than a slowing effect—it was a hard crowd control with no cooldown.
"Amu, follow me."
Su Xiao walked out of the Alchemy Laboratory and entered the adjacent sword practice room. Amu looked visibly confused.
"Generate the ice shield."
As soon as Su Xiao spoke, although Amu didn't understand why, a door-sized ice shield appeared in his hand. This ice shield was extremely thick, with dazzling blood patterns inside.
Amu stood still holding the shield, his body slightly hunched, center of gravity forward.
"Block this strike."
Su Xiao drew the Dragon-Slaying Flash from his waist and rolled his neck. At that moment, Amu felt a shudder—not from the master-servant pressure, but from an instinctive warning of an unbeatable enemy. The honest ox Amu now realized how terrifying it felt to fight his master.
Su Xiao certainly didn't intend to kill Amu; he just wanted to test how strong Amu's defense was.
Boom!
A loud explosion rang out. Su Xiao vanished from his spot and reappeared right in front of Amu.
I'm going to die!
This strange thought inexplicably flashed through Amu's mind. The next moment, the blade chimed crisply in front of him. The strike was so fast that he didn't even see the blade's gleam.
Crack.
The long sword cut through the ice shield, sending ice shards flying. The blade stopped right before Amu's throat—not because it couldn't go further, but because the Dragon-Slaying Flash was stuck in the ice shield.
Amu had actually blocked a strike from the Dragon-Slaying Flash! Keep in mind, the Dragon-Slaying Flash was now Epic quality, enhanced to +10, and combined with Su Xiao's swordsmanship. The defense of this ice shield was truly remarkable.
Su Xiao released the sword hilt and tapped the ice shield in Amu's hand.
"Unexpectedly sturdy. I'll be counting on you to block the front from now on."
"Moo."
Amu puffed out his chest, extremely happy to receive encouragement.