Chen Guan remained completely still, allowing the red and white particles to seep into his body. Instead of fear, his face showed a look of pleasant surprise.
When a Mystic Spirit dies, there is only one possibility for this phenomenon to occur: the Mystic Spirit transforms into a pet.
Just like a guard dog turning into a Mystic Spirit pet after death, some Mystic Spirits undergo petrification upon death. Their bodies disintegrate into particles that merge with the cultivator's body, becoming the cultivator's pet.
Not all Mystic Spirits petrify after death; only a small portion do. The probability is unknown, and it all depends on fate.
A petrified Mystic Spirit retains its state from when it was alive, but it must rely on the cultivator to survive since it no longer has its own life force and needs to share the host's vitality.
A Mystic Spirit will only choose the cultivator who killed it to complete the petrification process. This stems from the belief of Mystic Spirits that the strong are supreme. The one who can kill it is naturally stronger and thus the one it recognizes as a superior.
If a Mystic Spirit pet kills another Mystic Spirit, the slain Mystic Spirit will choose to petrify by attaching itself to the body of the Mystic Spirit pet's owner.
As the last red and white particle entered Chen Guan's body, the corpse of the Evil Cute Rabbit, along with the butcher knife, vanished without a trace. Even the blood that had been splattered on the ground disappeared completely. Meanwhile, some information appeared in Chen Guan's mind.
Bloody Evil Cute Rabbit (Unique): Level 1 Spirit Pet.
Primal Energy: 1.
Growth Rate: 1.91.
Innate Talent: Bloody Revival (Unique).
Mystic Technique: Level 1 Bloodsucking Great Technique (Unique).
Mystic Skill: Level 1 Bloodsucking Blade Technique (Unique).
Mystic Treasure: Level 1 Bloodsucking Blade (Unique).
"No wonder this Evil Cute Rabbit was so terrifying. It's actually of unique quality. I've never heard of an Evil Cute Rabbit of such high quality before," Chen Guan thought, somewhat surprised. He had initially assumed that this Evil Cute Rabbit was just of a higher level, but it turned out to be only Level 1. Its sheer quality was what made it so formidable.
Moreover, this Evil Cute Rabbit's Innate Talent, Mystic Technique, Mystic Skill, and Mystic Treasure were all of unique quality, making it even more extraordinary.
It's not that if a Mystic Spirit is of unique quality, all its talents and abilities will also be unique. In fact, most Mystic Spirits' talents and abilities are often of lower quality than the Mystic Spirit itself. Only a few exceptional ones share the same quality, and the chances of having talents and abilities of higher quality than the Mystic Spirit itself are even rarer than winning the lottery.
Many pets don't even have talents, Mystic Techniques, Mystic Skills, or Mystic Treasures, with Mystic Treasures being the rarest of all. The vast majority of Mystic Spirits don't possess Mystic Treasures; only a small fraction do.
Ordinary Evil Cute Rabbits don't even have Mystic Treasures, let alone Mystic Skills. Some Evil Cute Rabbits might have talents or Mystic Techniques, but they are different from this one's, and their quality is incomparable.
The term "unique" likely means that there is only one of its kind. The Bloody Evil Cute Rabbit is probably one of a kind.
Quality represents talent, while the growth rate represents potential. The higher the growth rate, the faster the pet levels up, and the stronger the enhancement effects after leveling up.
The growth rate of the Evil Cute Rabbit is 1.91, which is already very high. Generally, if a spirit pet's growth rate exceeds 1.5, it is considered quite good.
For example, the Five Red Hound, Warring States, has a growth rate of only 1.14. It has no Mystic Treasure, no Mystic Skill, and the Mystic Technique it learned from Chen Guan is the ordinary-quality Longevity Art. Its only talent is loyalty, which has no combat effect, making it one of the lowest-tier spirit pets.
When the Evil Cute Rabbit levels up, its Primal Energy cap increases by 1.91 points, while Warring States can only increase by 1.14. The improvements in other hidden attributes like strength, speed, constitution, and intelligence also show a gap, though these attributes are filled with uncertainty and cannot be accurately calculated. The Cheerleading Soul can enhance these hidden attributes, which are essentially potential.
Mystic Techniques are methods to absorb Primal Energy and level up. For instance, the Longevity Art involves movements and breathing to absorb Primal Energy, but the absorption rate is slow, so leveling up is also slow. At higher levels, it requires a large amount of Primal Energy to level up, and the Longevity Art becomes less effective, making it difficult to progress further, as it is only an ordinary-quality Mystic Technique.
The Evil Cute Rabbit's Bloodsucking Technique, on the other hand, can directly absorb Primal Energy from blood. The higher the level of the Mystic Spirit, the more Primal Energy its blood contains, making it much faster than absorbing free Primal Energy from the environment, and its potential is also higher.
The Longevity Art may struggle to help the cultivator level up in the later stages, but the Bloodsucking Technique has almost no limitations as long as there is high-level Mystic Spirit blood available.
Fortunately, Mystic Techniques are just methods, and human cultivators can practice various different Mystic Techniques, unlike Mystic Spirits, which find it difficult to change their innate Mystic Techniques.
However, Mystic Techniques have a greater impact on humans, as they determine the increase in Primal Energy cap and the enhancement effects after leveling up, which is equivalent to the growth rate of Mystic Spirits.
The higher the quality of the Mystic Technique, the greater the increase in Primal Energy cap after leveling up. Therefore, Chen Guan now needs a high-quality Mystic Technique; otherwise, continuing to practice the Longevity Art will make it difficult to achieve significant progress.
The way to obtain Mystic Techniques is simple: kill Mystic Spirits, and there is a certain chance to inherit their Mystic Techniques. All human Mystic Techniques originate from Mystic Spirits.
What Chen Guan needs to do now is to stay alive and then hunt Mystic Spirits to obtain a high-quality Mystic Technique.
Previously, Chen Guan's goal was to acquire a rare-quality Mystic Technique to level up first, and then hunt for even higher-quality Mystic Techniques.
Although this approach might result in some losses in the early stages, it is relatively safer, as the likelihood of low-level Mystic Spirits possessing high-quality Mystic Techniques is too low, and hunting high-level Mystic Spirits without sufficient levels is not safe.
But now, with the Evil Cute Rabbit and the Cheerleading Soul, everything is different.
Under the influence of the Cheerleading Soul, Warring States was able to fight evenly with the unique Evil Cute Rabbit. If the Evil Cute Rabbit were to receive the Cheerleading Soul's boost, wouldn't it become even more powerful?
First, level up the Evil Cute Rabbit, and then obtaining a high-quality Mystic Technique will be no challenge at all.
Chen Guan felt that his future was bright, and all he needed now was to obtain a peerless Mystic Technique. However, such techniques were rare and hard to come by, as only a few Mystic Spirits of the highest quality possessed them. Finding such a Mystic Spirit was no easy task, and even if he did, there was no guarantee it would yield the Mystic Technique.
He recalled the injured Warring States Yao back into his body to let it heal, then summoned the Bloodthirsty Evil Bunny, which had become his pet.
Standing upright before Chen Guan, the Evil Bunny had the size of a polar bear but resembled a cute anime creature. Its left paw gripped a blood-sucking knife shaped like a butcher's blade, revealing it was left-handed. The creature looked both bizarre and adorable.
"This appearance is way too conspicuous. If anyone sees it, it's bound to attract attention. It would be great if the blood-sucking knife could be hidden," Chen Guan muttered as he examined the Evil Bunny.
The Evil Bunny seemed to understand his words. With a flick of its paw, the knife spun a few times before disappearing from sight, though it was unclear where it had been stashed.
"It even has the ability to conceal treasures! What a great pet," Chen Guan exclaimed with delight. Now, the Evil Bunny looked almost identical to a rare-quality Evil Bunny, except for its slightly larger size. While it was still somewhat eye-catching, it was far less exaggerated than before.