My starting summon is a small skeleton

December 20th.

Nearly a month had passed since the disruption of the Feng Xiu ceremony.

During this time, Lu Wu had been relatively busy.

Every day, from the moment he opened his eyes, he was busy until he closed them.

He could only rest for an hour or two each day.

Fortunately, Lu Wu's power had already reached the peak King-level standard; his body was both resilient and tough. Otherwise, given the extent of his exertions, he probably would have died suddenly without any need for others to intervene.

However, nearly a month of hard work had yielded good results for Lu Wu.

The "Dark Organization" had already formed a certain scale.

The organization's base had been preliminarily completed.

Lu Wu had also finished setting up the portal for the organization's higher-ups to enter the base.

He had basically finished with all the tasks he had to busy himself with.

Next, Lu Wu could temporarily let go of the "Dark Organization" and leave it to Number 72 to handle.

Over the past month, Number 72 had displayed talents that really put Lu Wu at ease.

In him, Lu Wu saw a caution that ran deep to the bone.

With the organization in his hands, Lu Wu didn't need to worry about the risk of exposure.

The guy was hundreds of times more cautious than Lu Wu.

Now that the organization could operate normally without Lu Wu worrying, he could shift his focus onto himself.

To be precise, he would focus on enhancing his own power.

Over the past nearly a month.

While busy with organizational matters, Lu Wu had not forgotten to strengthen himself.

Although he hadn't been able to fully commit due to the various affairs of the organization, he had used the month to collect a large number of skills.

This wasn't difficult for the current Lu Wu.

He had simply added a screening process when recruiting for the "Dark Organization" and, once "All Things" was activated, asked new members to display their skills.

Using this procedure, Lu Wu had nearly copied all the skills of everyone in the "Dark Organization."

Lu Wu had tallied them up.

Currently, he had several hundred skills that he hadn't digested.

Digesting all these skills could push his control of the "All Things" Domain directly to 100 percent, which wasn't impossible.

"Okay, next, I need to focus on absorbing these skills."

Lu Wu patted his face, regathered his spirits, and began to digest these skills.

This wasn't difficult for Lu Wu.

Since he had already gained a certain proficiency in the skills copied by "All Things," he could digest them quickly.

"Advanced Level" skills could be transformed into "Lu Family Swordsmanship" sword styles in just a few minutes.

"Must Kill Level" took only about a dozen minutes.

"Ultimate Move Level" was slower, but it was still a matter of one or two hours.

Moreover, if Lu Wu was harsh on himself and gave himself a few slaps to trigger the "Unyielding" skill, his efficiency could be further increased.

Getting hit sometimes could really become addictive.

Especially since getting hit could enhance his power and speed up skill digestion—compared to the gains, the pain was truly negligible.

With accelerated digestion through being hit, in just 7 days, Lu Wu had digested several hundred skills and successfully pushed his control of the "All Things" Domain to 100 percent.

100 percent control of the "All Things" Domain further enhanced Lu Wu's strength, taking him to the peak of King-level 3 stars.

He was at the same realm as the Ninth Apostle, which was a Pseudo-Epic Level.

Although both were at the Pseudo-Epic Level, the difference in combat power between Lu Wu and the Ninth Apostle was vast.

Not to mention the Ninth Apostle, even the Third Apostle couldn't compare to Lu Wu now.

If Lu Wu were to face the Third Apostle again at this time, he was confident that he could swiftly slay the Third Apostle using only his own strength.

Even if the Third Apostle used Fusion, Lu Wu was confident he could easily handle him.

Even against an entity at Epic 1 Star, Lu Wu was confident that he could hold his own for a few moves.

This was the extent of Lu Wu's current power, making him an absolute powerhouse in the entire Alliance.

However, Lu Wu had also nearly maxed out his potential for self-improvement.

It was hard for him to enhance his power further in a short period.

It wasn't a personal issue, but rather an issue with his Summoned Beasts.

As Lu Wu's own power improved, he often forgot that he was a Summoner who relied on his Summoned Beasts for his output.

But it was a fact.

An unchangeable fact.

Despite Lu Wu's current combat power being strong enough to face his own Summoned Beasts straightforwardly, it still couldn't change the fact that he was a Summoner.

This led to a very frustrating result.

That was, if his Summoned Beasts didn't increase in strength, he couldn't enhance his own power further.

Simply put, if he wanted to advance to Epic Level, he first needed to cultivate one of his Summoned Beasts to Epic.

Looking around at his Summoned Beasts, Lu Wu saw that Silly was growing rather quickly.

Although Silly had played the role of Lu Wu's accessory for a long time, it had, after all, accompanied Lu Wu through many fights and consumed plenty of supplements.

As Lu Wu's strength increased, Silly's power steadily improved, making it the only Summoned Beast closely following Lu Wu's pace.

Lu Wu was at King-level 3 stars, and Silly's power had also reached King-level Three Stars.

It was the Summoned Beast closest to Epic under Lu Wu's command.

But the closest step was also the hardest to take.

Even if getting hit could strengthen Silly, it would still require a significant amount of resources.

At the very least, one or two pieces of Ice Attribute Epic Level materials were necessary.

If it was hard for Silly, it was even harder for the others.

The "Heavenly Cluster Cloud Sword" had no nutrients recently, and its strength hadn't improved much in the past month, remaining at King Level 2 Star.

Little Skeleton had recruited many subordinates recently, and its power had improved a bit, but it was still at the level of King Level 2 Star.

They were both far from Epic Level, and it would likely take a couple of years to reach it.

"It seems I can only rely on Silly now. I need to find a way to get it one or two Epic Ice Attribute materials and take a solid beating with it.

Wait a minute, am I forgetting something?

Oh right, I still have another Summoned Beast!"

Hmm, after nearly half a year, Lu Wu finally remembered the little Flood Dragon he had neglected when taking stock of his followers.

Thinking about it, Little Skeleton had been by his side for a month or two already, and he felt somewhat embarrassed for neglecting the little Flood Dragon for such a long time.

"Does it have some kind of Talent like an innate absence of presence?

Otherwise, with my never-forgetting eyes, how could I have completely forgotten about it?"

As Lu Wu lamely made excuses for himself, he casually found his Contract with the little Flood Dragon and reestablished the connection that had been severed for nearly half a year.

The moment the Contract between Lu Wu and the little Flood Dragon was renewed,

A hysterical, heart-wrenching cry came through from the other side of the Contract.

A power transmitted from afar, along with a surge of strength from the contract, arrived.

This surge of power was so unprecedentedly overwhelming that it almost sent Lu Wu straight to Epic Level when it bolstered him.

However, as this power arrived, the contract between Lu Wu and the Little Flood Dragon had been severed by a mysterious force.

Just like that, Lu Wu's chance to advance to the Epic had been cut off.

At this moment, Lu Wu's eyes bulged round with shock.

Hmm, he suddenly missed his family's Little Flood Dragon.

Missed it terribly.

How could he let Little Flood Dragon wander alone? He, Lu Wu, needed to bring Little Flood Dragon back home.

At the same time.

Beneath the Mysterious Sea Domain.

On a giant pillar, the Little Flood Dragon was miserably bound.

It had been tied there for some time now.

After it was separated from Little Skeleton, it got washed into this sea domain.

The Little Flood Dragon, although it appeared mighty and valiant, was actually the most timid among all of Lu Wu's summoned beasts, and particularly afraid of pain. Compared to the silly Han Han, they were at two extremes.

After being washed here, it huddled trembling in a corner for some time.

Back then, it had hoped for Lu Wu to descend like a divine soldier and rescue it from this pitch-dark place.

But after waiting for several days, it never saw Lu Wu appear.

So, it had to muster the courage to leave the corner, venturing out on its own to find a way out.

It had barely stepped out when it was scared witless.

Because after coming out, it discovered it was at the darkest seabed.

This seabed was filled with countless stone pillars, each with a massive Jiao Long tangled upon it.

As the Little Flood Dragon stepped into that area, all the Jiao Long on the pillars woke up, with pairs of eyes staring at it, their dragon chants merged into one sentence.

Leave!

Leave quickly!

The Little Flood Dragon had never seen such a scene, its mind went blank for a moment, and it instinctively ran backward, only to slam into a giant pillar. And that's how the poor creature ended up bound to it.

And it had been bound there for a full two months.

No one knew how the Little Flood Dragon had endured those two months.

Being tied up, it was passively receIVing the wails coming from all the Jiao Long in the area every day.

Their desperate and anguished howls constantly battered the Little Flood Dragon's mind, tormenting it greatly.

Although during this process, the Little Flood Dragon had become much stronger, it could not feel happy about it.

Because no matter how much it grew, it couldn't break free from this binding.

There was even a vague sense that the stronger it became, the more it struggled, the more firm the bindings became.

This drove the Little Flood Dragon to complete despair.

It felt it might never leave this place in its life.

Extremely fearful, it began to pin its hopes on the contract with Lu Wu.

Desperately trying to reconnect the contract with Lu Wu, to have Lu Wu come to its rescue.

But as Lu Wu's power increased, the contract between them was locked tightly, and no matter how hard Little Flood Dragon tried, it couldn't break through.

This thoroughly infuriated Little Flood Dragon.

Its resentment towards Lu Wu escalated endlessly.

In just a mere two months, Little Flood Dragon's skill "Slap Lu Wu" had continuously improved.

Originally a "Must Kill" level skill, in two months it had broken through to the "Ultimate Skill" level, and its proficiency reached the Grandmaster Level.

At the current level of "Slap Lu Wu," as long as Lu Wu dared to show up in front of it, it could definitely smack Lu Wu's head crooked with a flick of its tail.

But what of it?

It still couldn't make contact with Lu Wu.

It might even never get to slap Lu Wu again.

Thinking of this, the little dragon would burst into uncontrollable sobs.

And just when it was about to completely give up hope, it suddenly sensed that its contract with Lu Wu was reconnected.

At that moment, an immense surprise pierced through Little Flood Dragon's heart, so much that it couldn't help but bawl its eyes out, crying its heart out.

It thought it was finally saved, that Lu Wu was finally going to rescue it.

However, it had only gotten halfway through its crying and hadn't even had the chance to rejoice when, with a 'crack,' the contractual relationship with Lu Wu was severed.

The connection between Little Flood Dragon and Lu Wu disappeared once again.

This sudden plummet from elation to despair left Little Flood Dragon completely dumbfounded.

What was going on here?

Could it be that Lu Wu no longer wanted it?

Thinking about it, that seemed very likely to Little Flood Dragon.

So, in that instant, Little Flood Dragon's skill "Slap Lu Wu" skyrocketed once again, soaring to the "Secret Skill" level in a flash.

It vowed that it must escape this place, find Lu Wu, and beat the crap out of that bastard.

...

On Lu Wu's side.

After sensing the situation of Little Flood Dragon, he immediately took action.

Using "Gate of the Undead" as a transfer station, he arrived at the place where Little Skeleton and Little Flood Dragon had been separated.

(It was that one, that one that summoned a particularly large fish. The fish swished through the water with a 'splash,' creating a huge wave, and then Little Flood Dragon disappeared.

They're so mean.)

Little Skeleton, bringing Lu Wu to the group of sharks that had scattered them, pointed to the biggest shark in the group and told Lu Wu about their grievances.

While complaining, Little Skeleton rushed into the midst of the sharks and caught the leader, giving it a thorough beating.

(Call out that big fish of yours, I, Little Skeleton, am going to cook it today!)

Hmm, with its own strength increased and having Lu Wu as a backing, Little Skeleton was acting very societal, grabbing the Lord Level shark leader and giving it a good thrashing.

Despite being beaten, the Lord Level shark leader wasn't scared at all.

It stubbornly taunted Little Skeleton, boasting that its grandfather was extremely formidable, and threatened to avenge it soon, swearing to send both Little Skeleton and Lu Wu flying with a flick of its tail.

Lu Wu found its unsophisticated demeanor amusing.

How formidable could the grandfather of a Lord Level shark be?

At most, it would be a King Level 2 Star or 3 Stars standard; Lu Wu could easily suppress it with one hand.

"Just a Lord Level shark, it's not like its grandfather could be Epic Level..."

"Splash"

Before Lu Wu could finish speaking, a huge wave parted the sea, and from beneath, a massive figure emerged. Catching sight of it, Lu Wu's words caught in his throat and he broke into a cold sweat on the spot...

In the next moment, a terror-inducing giant wave surged, sweeping Lu Wu and Little Skeleton away in an instant...