[Seven Sins of Greed Triggered]

[Plunder Skill: Blood Manipulation Level 2]

[Plunder Skill: Demon Universal Language Level 1]

[Plunder Skill: Nightmare Incarnation Level 1]

[Plunder Skill: Bite Level 6→Level 7]

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On the fungal ground lay a stone-skinned wild boar, its gray-brown belly side laced with several wounds, clearly Norris's handiwork—if it were Xiao Hai's doing, it would be a lump of rotten meat.

This kid, after lying around for two days, plunged back into fighting with demons.

This time, Lin Jun conveniently asked him to bring a prey, and he was watching at the side.

The boar's skin clung tightly to its skeleton, revealing jagged outlines, each rib's indentation clear, even the eye sockets collapsed into two deep pits.

A Puki stood in front of the boar, with a red ball hovering overhead, emitting a faint bloody smell.

Lin Jun manipulated Puki to control the blood ball, attempting to morph it like a half-vampire would use, but after several tries, it didn't work.

In the end, he could only throw the whole blood ball out like a bomb, exploding on the ground with power similar to a Mushroom Cannon.

Lin Jun's assessment was: the level is too low, for now, it only has entertainment value.

Not to mention, it looked quite intimidating.

"Do you want this skill?" Lin Jun asked Norris, who was stunned watching the mushroom play with blood.

Norris quickly shook his head; being regarded as a monster and being seen as a vampire are quite different!

Lin Jun didn't insist; his second round of enhancements wasn't decided yet, so he could consider personal opinions to some extent.

"By the way, here, this is for you."

A Cow and Horse Puki pulled out something from its belly and threw it over.

Norris caught it, looking at the small iron piece in his hand, asked, "What is this?"

Lin Jun explained, "It's for filing nails, after filing, they won't grow back for a few days. Didn't you say your claws were too long and inconvenient? This is perfect for you!"

Norris was overjoyed to have such a treasure!

To be honest, this thing was just right for Norris; Xiao Hai would never consider dulling his weapon.

After testing [Blood Manipulation], next was [Nightmare Incarnation].

The skill name looked impressive, but it essentially turned into a bat, yet it still had its appeal—Lin Jun was just one step away from flight capability.

Under the skill's effect, Puki... transformed into a Bat Puki—a Puki with bat wings.

No... this visual seems wrong?

Lin Jun recalled how a half-vampire transformed into a bat with swirling blood morphing into a real bat.

How did Puki end up looking like this?

What's the difference from the wings he crafted?

Soon, Lin Jun realized there was indeed a difference!

Without Lin Jun's control, this Puki actually flew using bat wings!

It could even hang upside down with its chubby little feet clutching onto stones?!

Is this the power of skills!

The wings he painstakingly crafted were merely poor imitations of a skill, not even a fraction of a true skill's capability!

The only downside, whether the skill level was low, or Puki was too large for bat wings, it flew very slowly and with difficulty.

The small wings desperately flapped just to fly slowly, and a short pause would result in a rapid free-fall, with natural energy consumed rapidly.

Lin Jun tried equipping it with a Mushroom Cannon; unsurprisingly, it couldn't handle the recoil, lacking aim and spiraling wildly after one shot.

This flying ability seemed useless for melee, but thankfully it still had the ever-useful self-destruction!

Seeing the leader immersing himself in the "game" of making Puki self-destruct, Norris sensibly backed away.

He was somewhat afraid the leader would get excited and try self-destruction on him too...

Back at the Mushroom Forest, he took out the new iron piece, cautiously trying to file down his claws—ten centimeters indeed was too inconvenient.

He couldn't make a fist or hold things properly, among other inconveniences.

Though they were certainly useful in battle, he decided at least one hand should return to normal.

The claws were long, and when he finally concentrated on finishing one, he looked up to find a Big Black Mushroom squatting nearby... who knows how long...

"Senior... Senior?"

Being here for so many days, he knew this Big Black Mushroom was actually a Dragon Man.

He'd seen the power of her fists, so he dared not neglect her, but having not interacted much before, Norris didn't know how to get along with this senior.

Xiao Hai didn't respond to Norris's words, strictly speaking, she didn't know what "senior" meant.

She only stared quietly at Norris... at his bright crystal-like silver scales.

Xiao Hai was quite envious of Norris; his bright crystal-like scales were so beautiful. Sadly, her own scales were dark and unattractive.

Unconsciously, Xiao Hai leaned closer, her chubby Puki hands even pressed onto Norris's body.

This touch made Norris a bit embarrassed; though unaware of the senior's gender, regardless of gender, he couldn't stand being randomly touched!

"Senior, what are you doing?"

Norris scooted backward, but Xiao Hai leaned closer with a relentless look.

The Puki hands were moving across Norris's body faster and more roughly!

"Senior, senior! What are you... Ahhhh!!!!"

With a scream, a silver scale with some skin still attached appeared in Xiao Hai's hands, while Norris clutched his shoulder, curled up in pain.

Seemingly realizing her mistake, Xiao Hai hurriedly scooped some fungal threads, slapped them onto Norris's wound, then ran off...

Norris: ???

Norris's screams even startled Lin Jun, who was still experiencing flight.

The situation quickly became clear, a Puki delivered a bottle of Basic Healing Potion and poured it over Norris's shoulder, while also cleaning the dirt and fungal threads from the wound.

The wound, not particularly severe to begin with, quickly healed with the potion; however, it would take more time for the scale to regrow.

Deeply sympathetic to Norris, Lin Jun thoughtfully added [Mimicry] for changing color and [Regeneration] for recovery to his next enhancement list.

Lin Jun decided to scold Xiao Hai; how could one just take bright crystals like that?

On another note, even if she took them from outsiders, Norris still counted as family; some rules were needed.

Not long after, while Norris was still checking his wound, he saw the Big Black Mushroom holding a pile of stuff, slowly approaching, reluctant.

This startled him so much he quickly stood up, ready to run; he was truly afraid, that feeling of being overpowered, unable to resist, brought back many unpleasant memories.

"Don't be scared, don't be scared, Xiao Hai is here to apologize to you." The leader's words stopped Norris in his tracks.

Apologize?

Watching the approaching Big Black Mushroom, Norris barely resisted the urge to turn and run.

The Big Black Mushroom extended her hands, dumping a heap of glass shards into Norris's arms; then, heartbroken, she didn't look back at the precious things she gave away, turning to run back to the Mushroom House.

Lin Jun also timely stepped out to explain, "Alright, alright, Xiao Hai gave you her third... fourth favorite things, just forgive her this time."

Norris looked at the glass shards in his hands that tore his clothes.

Huh?

In the end, Lin Jun kindly suggested, "By the way, next time you go hunting, if your scales are knocked off, you can collect them; Xiao Hai will thank you!"

Norris nodded somewhat blankly.

Perhaps he should indeed collect some fallen scales.

At least next time, when the senior wants to peel his skin, he could trade for a life...

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