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Chapter 1080 - Chapter 1080 Chapter 1082 Devour_1

Chapter 1080: Chapter 1082 Devour_1 Chapter 1080: Chapter 1082 Devour_1 Song Jian glanced at it and immediately recognized that what the robot Nafiboja was holding was a pet egg. Dozens of Level 65 Elite BOSSes and three Sovereign Level BOSSes had dropped over a dozen pieces of gold quality equipment for Song Jian, but this pet egg appeared inconspicuous, looking like a palm-sized oval gemstone, and Song Jian hadn’t noticed it at first.

“A gold quality pet egg?” Song Jian’s eyebrows raised, and a surprised smile appeared on his face. He had picked up quite a few gold quality pieces of equipment before, but their attributes were mediocre at best. Now, seeing this gold quality pet egg, he was suddenly very happy.

After all, a gold quality pet egg is worth much more than gold quality equipment because they are rarer.

Not to mention gold quality pet eggs, even a silver quality pet egg could easily be exchanged for a piece of gold equipment of the same level. Pets can sometimes accompany a player for a lifetime, on par with those pieces of equipment that possess growth attributes.

“Is this the pet egg of a Desert Lurker? Is it a battle companion or a mount?” Song Jian quickly asked.

“Of course, it’s a mount. Battle companions aren’t much help to you!” Nafiboja, the robot, said.

Song Jian nodded. Although the Black Dragon had always been guarding the Poison Marsh, Song Jian still had an Elemental Stonelord named Gulu in his Pet Space. In the previous battle, Song Jian had also released it to assist in combat, and Nafiboja was aware of its existence.

“Let’s hatch it and see. This was dropped by a Sovereign Level Desert Lurker; it should hatch into a decent mount!” Nafiboja, the robot, said.

Song Jian nodded. Generally speaking, hatching a pet egg requires a visit to a specialized pet shop to increase the success rate and the chance of mutation.

However, in the wilderness, hatching a pet egg isn’t impossible. Song Jian cut his finger and dropped a drop of fresh blood onto the gold quality pet egg. Soon, a dazzling light burst forth from the egg.

The sound of cracking quickly followed, and the surface of the pet egg split open with cracks, from which a translucent little spider emerged. It devoured the eggshell as if it were a silkworm chewing through mulberry leaves, continuously nibbling at the eggshell.

The spider was only the size of a thumb pad when it was born, but after eating the eggshell, its size quickly swelled at a visible rate, soon becoming as large as a fist.

Its originally translucent body also changed, its outer layer turning into a hard carapace, while a thin layer of dark brown fuzzy hair sprouted.

The little spider struggled in Song Jian’s palm, making “squeaking” noises, and conveyed a sense of “very hungry” to Song Jian’s heart.

Song Jian placed it on the ground and then took out a pile of food from his inventory, patted its head, then turned and walked toward the other spoils of battle.

“It’s too small; raising it will probably take so long, I’ll have completed the escort mission and left the Scorching Gorge by then…” Song Jian shook his head, a wry smile on his face: “Had I known, I should have stored it away. A gold quality pet egg can sell for a good price!”

A gold quality mount could at least be exchanged for an epic piece of equipment with mediocre attributes, and even if he didn’t use it himself, it could be kept in the clan’s warehouse as a foundation. Currently, in the clan, many people had not even acquired a white quality mount.

The dozens of Level 65 Desert Lurkers had provided Song Jian with a lot of combat experience, and he might even gain another level by the time he left the Scorching Gorge.

“The loot from this fight isn’t bad at all, it’s just a pity that we’re too far from Doomsday City, otherwise this would be a great spot for leveling up!” Song Jian said with a laugh.

It didn’t take long for Song Jian to gather all the spoils dropped by the Desert Prowlers. He picked up over a dozen gold-quality pieces of equipment, more than twenty silver-quality ones, and a lot of high-grade materials. Unfortunately, the three Dominator-level bosses had a chance of dropping epic equipment, but luck wasn’t on his side this time, as not a single piece of epic equipment dropped.

Just then, Song Jian suddenly felt some movement behind him. He turned his head and was startled to see a huge spider, over a meter in diameter, right behind him. He thought it was one that had slipped through the net.

But soon, Song Jian felt a wave of joy emanating from the Desert Prowler. It was the mount he had just hatched, which was originally the size of a palm, but it had now grown so big he could hardly believe his eyes.

The spider mount had already finished eating the food Song Jian provided and was now lying on the corpse of an Elite Level Desert Prowler, continuously nibbling on it.

“It can actually devour the bodies of its kind to level up?” Song Jian couldn’t believe his eyes. The “Devour” skill wasn’t something all pets could obtain. Moreover, common “Devour” skills only allowed one to restore Vitality Points or other energy values by eating. However, only high-level “Devour” skills enabled a pet to increase its level and strength through consumption.

Even high-tier creatures like Black Dragons might not be able to obtain such a skill, which all pets receive randomly upon birth.

If they don’t obtain this skill upon hatching, they will never be able to gain it in their lifetime.

A pet with only the common Devour skill, capable of regenerating only Vitality Points and energy levels, could already fetch a sky-high price. Song Jian’s spider mount, with its high-level Devour skill, would be worth far more. Not just one piece of epic equipment, but two or three pieces – there would surely be people willing to trade for it.

“What a pity, its value would be even greater if it were a combat pet!” the robot Nafiboja said, slightly shaking its head.

Hum~

Another flash of golden light, and the spider mount gained another level, its eight legs growing even thicker.

Now, the spider mount was almost indistinguishable from the Elite Level Desert Prowlers it had been fighting against, except for a depression on the carapace on its back and a raised area behind it. It looked like a natural seat, perfectly sized for a person to sit on.

The spider mount had now reached level thirty-two. It continued to devour the Desert Prowler corpses, non-stop sucking the essence from their bodies.

Suddenly, one by one, the Desert Prowler corpses dried up and cracked, as if all moisture had been drained from them, leaving behind nothing but a weathered husk.

After devouring the corpses of over a dozen Elite Level Desert Prowlers, the spider mount then turned its attention to the three Dominator-level Desert Prowler bosses, and slowly made its way toward them.

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PS: Thanks to “Little Demon Lin” for the 500 Qidian coins tip~