Chapter 20 Skill Prototype: Amaterasu
“In my imagination, your new skill should still be contained within the illusion system.”
“However, unlike ‘Tsukuyomi,’ your new skill, ‘Amaterasu,’ can deal actual damage to enemies.”
“It’s a fire seed born from the gap between imagination and illusion, yet it manifests into reality.”
“As long as the target is touched by even a little, it will burn forever until the opponent is completely reduced to ashes.”
“Like an unquenchable curse.”
“Such a skill sounds awesome just thinking about it.”
In the icy expanse of the Northern Ice Field, Shaya casually grabbed a handful of snow from beside him, formed it into a snowball, and weighed it.
Then, he snapped his fingers.
Suddenly, amidst the howling cold wind of the northern lands, a tiny flame took shape out of thin air.
At first, the flame was extremely blurred, as if existing between illusion and reality.
But soon, the wisp of flame quickly became clear and intense, incinerating the snowball in an instant.
On Shaya’s shoulder, the Little Mink watched the illusory flame, its eyes shining.
Its fluffy white tail unconsciously wrapped around Shaya’s neck, tickling his cheek.
“Ying ying ying~ (Coach! Coach! I want to learn this!)”
“Ying, ying ying~ (My damage skill! My damage skill!)”
It was no use, Yin had long been suffering from its lack of offensive capabilities.
No matter how magical ‘Tsukuyomi’ was, it was ultimately a control skill primarily for suppression and confusion, and could not compare to the exhilaration of defeating an opponent head-on.
As for the beginner-level ‘Rending Claw’ and the proficient-level ‘Ice Blade,’ they were not even worth mentioning.
When fighting enemies of the same level, they barely served as harassment.
Sometimes, when encountering tough, high-defense, and regenerative beast types, even if Yin put the opponent into a daze with ‘Tsukuyomi,’ it still had to put in a lot of effort to break through the defenses of a defenseless target.
If it were in the past, it would have been fine. After all, Yin knew that as Shaya’s Main Familiar, it would eventually have its shortcomings in this area compensated by its Master’s power.
However, not long ago, that previously foolish big rock broke free.
As a Golden Monkey, Shanya was not only as adept at acting cute as it was, but its attributes were also the rarer time and space dual elements.
This immediately gave Yin a sense of crisis; if time passed, its status as Shaya’s number one sister might soon be in jeopardy.
Because of this, Yin had long been eagerly anticipating the great promise called ‘Amaterasu’ that its Beast Tamer had described.
If it could truly master this skill, who would have thought that a Snow Mink born in the ice fields could unleash a fire-element ultimate skill in battle?
A surefire killing move, cool and stylish.
At that time, it could also solidify its position as Shaya’s premier Main Familiar.
“That’s why I’m teaching you now, don’t rush.”
Shaya moved the large tail wrapped around his neck to his other shoulder.
“Yin, you’ve also learned ‘Tsukuyomi,’ so you should know the process.”
“First, through practice and simulated deduction, based on the precursor skill, ‘Tsukuyomi,’ you need to construct the prototype of this new skill.”
“Ying ying~ (Mhm!)”
The Little Mink nodded impatiently and quickly closed its eyes to imagine.
However, soon, Yin opened its eyes in bewilderment.
As a native species of the Northern Ice Field, it naturally found it difficult to imagine the scene of “scorching flames consuming the plains.”
“Watch carefully.”
Next Moment, Yin heard Shaya’s words, which he had expected.
Following that, its ruby-like eyes suddenly widened.
Before the Little Mink’s eyes, a vast, barren mountain range stretching for thousands of miles suddenly appeared, with molten lava flowing from the cracked earth.
“This is Mount Huoyan, where legend says an unquenchable mountain fire can only be extinguished by borrowing the Banana Leaf Fan.”
“Oh, right, this is also the territory of the Bull Demon King, or perhaps a powerful bull-type Familiar, at least Emperor-tier or above.”
The scene shifted, and the burning giant peak disappeared.
In its place, a colossal Golden Crow soared across the Sky, leaving behind a trail of fire that seemed to scorch everything in sight.
“Yes, this is the Golden Crow, also a legendary symbol of the Sun. If nine Golden Crows traveled together, they would turn the earth into scorched land.”
…
Illusory screens of light appeared before Yin, causing its mental power to fluctuate as it learned everything within.
And as time ticked by,
Deep within Yin’s soul, a tiny seed was slowly gestating.
After an unknown amount of time,
Just as Shaya and Yin’s mental power were nearing exhaustion, causing Shaya to consider temporarily halting the deduction.
He finally heard the long-awaited prompt.
[Detected uncatalogued skill model]
[Confirm whether to consume three Skill Seeds to manifest this skill prototype]
Last time, creating ‘Tsukuyomi’ only cost one Skill Seed, but this time it was triple?
It seemed the skill tier of ‘Amaterasu’ was significantly higher than ‘Tsukuyomi.’
That was understandable. A skill that ignored the opponent’s physical defense and dealt true damage, just thinking about its Status indicated it couldn’t be low.
Shaya did not hesitate and directly chose to confirm.
[Three Skill Seeds deducted, current remaining Skill Seeds: 0]
[Your Familiar Yin has learned “Skill Prototype: Unnamed”]
Almost as soon as this information flashed, Shaya saw a new slot appear on Yin’s status panel, right after skills like “Hunting Rhythm,” “Rending Claw,” and “Charm.”
[Skill Prototype: Unnamed]
[Attribute: Spirit, Fire]
[Status: Unknown]
[Proficiency: None]
[Description: A prototype of a certain dual-attribute skill of Spirit and Fire, requiring a Source of Fire to be completed]
[Prompt: The quality of the Source of Fire used will directly determine the skill’s effect and power. Please choose Extraordinary Materials cautiously.]
“I knew it.”
Shaya looked at the skill panel before him, feeling both joy and sorrow.
The joy was that ‘Amaterasu,’ which he and Yin had longed for, had finally been born.
And judging by the number of Skill Seeds consumed, the potential of this skill should not be low.
The sorrow was that to complete this skill prototype, the “Source of Fire” mentioned in the description, he would have to spend money again.
The underlying principle was also easy to understand. As a fire-attribute Familiar, Yin undoubtedly lacked the ability to generate fire on its own.
Therefore, when activating Amaterasu, an external Source of Fire would be needed.
And the ultimate power displayed by Amaterasu would undoubtedly be closely related to the origin of the fire itself.
After all, even if it was fire, the small flame ignited by striking a match and the dragon’s breath exhaled by a pure-blooded Red Dragon were undoubtedly on different dimensions.
“To match Amaterasu’s tier, the fire-attribute extraordinary material used as the Source of Fire must be at least Tier Four.”
“If I want to pursue perfection, it’s best to reach Tier Five…”
“The price of a Tier Five fire-attribute extraordinary material…”
Just thinking about it made Shaya feel that his pockets, already depleted by political donations and archaeological activities, had become even flatter.
“How much Rhine currency do I need to earn to be enough?”
