Qi Xu's heart was utterly melted. He didn't know what he had experienced through all these years and countless cycles of reincarnation, nor what the little dragon had gone through, or why it had returned to its shell. The words almost burst from his lips, "Ni Jiu Jiu, my Ni Jiu Jiu!"
"Jiu Jiu!" The little dragon responded with enthusiasm, wriggling left and right, hopping up and down, and even took a moment to observe Little Seven and Sweet Girl.
The two little ones had been sparring earlier—after all, with their master working so hard, the pets couldn't just laze around. Sparring inevitably led to a few minor injuries.
The two bite marks on Little Seven's forehead and the claw marks on Sweet Girl's body were all restored to their original state under the white light emanating from Ni Jiu Jiu...
Only then did Qi Xu snap out of his daze and check Ni Jiu Jiu's status panel.
[Support Pet: Rainbow-Scale Soaring Dragon, Level 1 Mutant Beast]
Nickname: Ni Jiu Jiu
Health Points: 2398
Status: Normal
Attack Power: 689
Defense Power: 9228
Mental Power: 1385
Skill One [Rainbow Light Healing]: Uses its own rainbow light energy as a medium to simultaneously repair mental power depletion and physical wounds. The higher the mental power, the stronger the recovery ability.
Skill Two [Retrograde Rainbow Protection]: Can actively activate this skill to erect a rainbow-colored barrier around the master. If the barrier shatters, it can forcibly reverse time by 10 seconds, transferring the damage to its past self. If the damage value exceeds its own health points, it will die.
Seeing Ni Jiu Jiu's second skill, Qi Xu immediately spoke up, "Don't use the second skill lightly. I'm very tough, I can take the hits, understand?"
Ni Jiu Jiu tilted its head in confusion, then rushed forward to hug Qi Xu's neck tightly, refusing to let go. It just didn't want to let go.
Qi Xu felt that with Ni Jiu Jiu by his side, he had become more well-rounded, his weaknesses completely compensated for. Because his damage resistance was relatively weak, countless past battles had left him in sorry states, countless times trading injury for injury, dancing on the line between life and death.
Now... was this even a problem? He probably wouldn't even be able to trigger [Undying Battle God] easily anymore...
And as expected of a top-tier pet egg, not only was it born as a Level 1 Mutant Beast, but even though its attack power wasn't eye-catching, it was a support pet after all. Its defense power was over 9000, and its mental power was even higher than Qi Xu's.
The trio of little ones also formed a very balanced team. Little Seven charged into battle, Sweet Girl attacked from the flanks, and Ni Jiu Jiu ensured their safety, providing healing and recovery at all times. When it grew a bit bigger, it could even help tank damage, given its defense and health points.
This was very important. It meant that although Ni Jiu Jiu was a healer-type, its defense was extremely strong and its health was high, allowing it to boldly charge to the front lines instead of always staying in the rear.
The more Qi Xu thought about it, the more excited he became. Although he felt particularly heartache for Ni Jiu Jiu and had an inexplicable fondness for it, his resolve to let the child experience combat would not change.
Only in this way could they successfully survive on the Road of Survival and become the best team.
Little Seven and Sweet Girl each brought over an energy stone in their mouths and offered it to Ni Jiu Jiu. Ni Jiu Jiu crunched them down in one bite, then cleverly licked its lips in a circle, looking excitedly at the two little ones.
With just that one look, the two little ones were completely won over, wishing they could present all their stockpiled treasures with both paws.
Qi Xu was both amused and exasperated, but he didn't stop them. After the three little ones had shared their treasures and gotten familiar with each other, Qi Xu prepared a primary spatial stone for Ni Jiu Jiu as well.
Inside, he placed a sufficient amount of energy stones and delicious food—he absolutely couldn't let the child's mouth suffer. He originally wanted to hang the spatial stone around its neck, but the child refused, not wanting anything hanging there.
Ni Jiu Jiu simply put the spatial stone in its mouth and embedded it onto one of its teeth. A row of white teeth suddenly had one black one, which looked rather unsightly... but as long as the child was happy.
Little Seven and Sweet Girl thought it looked cool and learned from it, embedding their own spatial stones onto their teeth as well. Sigh, this team spirit came out of nowhere. Qi Xu was so impressed he could hardly bear to look...
After spending a long time together, even taking the three little ones out to find a monster to fight, Qi Xu finally calmed down his somewhat excited and agitated mood.
He pulled out a monster summoning card from his backpack... He was already itching to get into a fight.
He immediately started calling for people in the group chat.
"Friends in the Cross-District Challenge preparation group, are you all out of your instances? Come find me and gather up quickly!"
Dongfang Yuan had been out long ago, so bored he had already fought his snow lion twice. Seeing Qi Xu's summons, he instantly teleported over using a golden group chat card.
He had wanted to come over earlier but heard the server-wide announcement and thought Qi Xu might be busy, so he didn't come to disturb him right away.
The moment they met, the first thing he saw was the white little dragon on Qi Xu's shoulder.
"Whoa, so cool! A new pet! It's a dragon!"
"Jiu Jiu..."
Ni Jiu Jiu wasn't shy either. It flew a circle around Dongfang Yuan as a greeting, then flew back to Qi Xu's shoulder.
Dongfang Yuan suddenly felt that the shoulder which had been heavily slammed by his snow lion earlier... didn't hurt at all anymore. Impressive.
"Ni Jiu Jiu, a little dragon."
"Figured. The server-wide broadcast was so cool! Qiuqiu's standards are rising!" Dongfang Yuan praised sincerely.
Qiuqiu felt an instant surge of joy, as if meeting a kindred spirit. Who said your sister Qiuqiu doesn't know how to talk? This is a hundred times better than that stinky money-grubber. In its excitement, it directly sent Dongfang Yuan a golden supply crate.
Dongfang Yuan was stunned. Did I just curse? I don't think so?
"Holy cow, when did Qiuqiu change its style? Didn't it used to like being scolded? Now it likes hearing praise?"
Qi Xu was somewhat puzzled, "There was a server-wide announcement? How come I didn't hear it? Shouldn't there be rewards for a server-wide announcement? Where are my rewards? Qiuqiu!?"
Qiuqiu roared loudly, "I shouted so loudly, and you still say you didn't hear! Your eyes only had that little dragon of yours, there's no room for me anymore! The reward supply crate for the server-wide announcement was sent to you long ago, but you didn't even glance at it! Hmph, hmph, Qiuqiu is very angry."
"Forget it. I was just going to reward you with fifteen Survival Coins anyway." Qi Xu knew exactly how to handle this little money-grubber. It only took one sentence.
"Boss, boss, Qiuqiu is always ready for your summons. You didn't hear it, right? Come on, let me give you another shout, complete with special effects animation."
Qi Xu hurriedly stopped it, "No, I heard it. I can see the record here. Qiuqiu can even compose poems now? That's too amazing. Truly the most impressive Qiuqiu I've ever seen. You're much better than the S1 Qiuqiu. I think you're the most suitable candidate to be the S1 Qiuqiu!"
Qiuqiu secretly let out an "Mhm" of agreement but didn't dare to reply further, in case it got detected and caused trouble... But inwardly, it was delighted. So, I'm this amazing in the boss's heart.
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