Worthless Profession: Dragon Tamer

Chapter 452, The Propagation Effect

Translator: Silavin

The improvement in Poison Rating Level was within Lu Fan’s expectations.

After all, Propagation was extremely powerful, combining Damage and Crowd Control in one.

However, Ji Ji suddenly becoming Level 25 left Lu Fan a bit confused.

After all, before the battle with the Myriad Poison Demonic Vine, she had only just entered her Growth Phase. Even after killing such a High Level Boss, gaining five or six Levels would have been about right, so how did she suddenly nearly double that number?

When Lu Fan saw that the carcass of the Myriad Poison Demonic Vine had completely disappeared from the entire Dragon Domain, he realised that it must be because there was so much poison in it that after Ji Ji absorbed it, it provided her a massive amount of Experience Points.

Therefore, Ji Ji’s Level was able to rapidly skyrocket.

Looking at it this way, this trip to Dragon Fall Valley not only allowed them to collect more types of poison for Ji Ji but it also allowed her to quickly Level Up.

As Lu Fan was happily thinking about this, his heart suddenly sank as he thought of a serious problem.

He beckoned to a Fallen Corpse Holy Dragon King and said, “Use your Fallen Corpse Control. See if you can turn the Myriad Poison Demonic Vine into a Fallen Corpse Puppet…”

The Fallen Corpse Holy Dragon King responded with an “Ang” and began to cast the Skill.

However, as purplish-black gas came out of his body, no Monster got turned into a Fallen Corpse Puppet.

Lu Fan’s face immediately fell.

He had compared the Attributes of the Myriad Poison Demonic Vine and the Fallen Corpse Holy Dragon King. He knew that the Fallen Corpse Holy Dragon King had enough Attributes to turn the Myriad Poison Demonic Vine into a Fallen Corpse Puppet.

However, the Fallen Corpse Holy Dragon King had failed to turn the Myriad Poison Demonic Vine into a Fallen Corpse Puppet. It was not because his Attributes were too low, but rather, because the Skill simply could no longer find its target!

Generally speaking, as long as a single piece of the carcass was left, even if burned to ashes, Fallen Corpse Control would work, and a new body would re-emerge from the ashes.

But now, the Myriad Poison Demonic Vine has been completely dissolved by Ji Ji’s poison, leaving not even dust! Naturally, it could no longer be brought back using Fallen Corpse Control.

Lu Fan’s face fell. He could have gained a Level 100 Epic Grade Boss Fallen Corpse Puppet. Yet, such dreams were dashed, right in front of his eyes.

Lu Fan really wanted to scold Ji Ji, but seeing her so happy, cheering and jumping around like a cute fool, the darkness in his heart cleared up.

[It’s fine. That wasn’t Ji Ji’s fault. In fact, if we couldn’t destroy every single vine, it would not be killed. Since we could not even leave a single vine, from the very start, there was no way we could have used Fallen Corpse Control on it.]

This was inherently a paradox.

The Myriad Poison Demonic Vine would likely be difficult to resurrect even with a Skill like Fallen Corpse Control.

Moreover, for Lu Fan, although the Myriad Poison Demonic Vine was a Level 100 Epic Grade Boss, truthfully, its strength lay mainly in being difficult to kill and having various Poison Effects.

These two factors were not that important to him.

After all, Lu Fan had his own Jade Mirror Image Projections to serve as meat shields. He also had Ji Ji, who was able to make use of the same type of poison after absorption. Even if he turned the Myriad Poison Demonic Vine as a Fallen Corpse Puppet, it would not significantly enhance his team’s overall strength.

[Yeah, no need to get so upset about such minor losses.] Lu Fan convinced himself.

After Xiao Cui withdrew the Dragon Domain, Lu Fan and his Pet Dragons returned to the huge space where the Myriad Poison Demonic Vine had been.

Now, there was nothing here, only a beam of sunlight shining down, illuminating the surroundings.

With this beam of sunlight, and the narrow sky opening above, Lu Fan quickly found the path to continue forward. He soon led his Pet Dragons deeper, searching for the Devouring Dragon King – Maw of the Abyss.

Moving forward, there were still some Monsters, but these Monsters were far less powerful than the Myriad Poison Demonic Vine. They were merely Level 95 Platinum and Diamond Grade Bosses.

Lu Fan had killed countless Bosses of this Level. So, he simply led his Pet Dragons to kill them.

After the battle with the Myriad Poison Demonic Vine, Ji Ji was noticeably braver. She could now position herself in the second line, using Hell’s Fatal Poison from a distance to apply Poison Debuffs to the enemies, weakening their Combat Power.

Although Ji Ji’s Level was still low, she could nevertheless play a significant role.

Her ability to poison and weaken enemies was obvious. Monsters in her Poisonous Mist all suffered massive Attribute Decreases and various Debuffs, making even basic combat problematic.

At the same time, the Corrosion Effect in her poison was made more apparent, and combined with the simultaneous Effect of Decay, Ji Ji’s poison dealt considerable Damage.

More terrifying was that after she had obtained Propagation Poison, it became a catastrophe for the poisoned Monsters.

Monster with parts Corroded by poison not only suffered further torment from Decay, but Imprison from Propagation, whereby finger-thick entities appeared that looked like vines or small snakes and entangled them. These things seem to have come alive, propagating from where the poison touched, not only absorbing Life Force from the Monsters but also continuously twisting and entangling around them.

In fact, possibly because the Propagation Effect was being used by Ji Ji, the Effect had undergone some changes.

Those vine tips that originally could only entangle enemies and cause Imprison now developed snake-like mouths full of sharp teeth. These mouths started to gnaw on the poisoned Monsters, causing further Damage.

The Damage might not be high, not as much as Decay, but it would undoubtedly make those poisoned extremely miserable.

After all, if a Player was poisoned by this – not only would they have various Debuffs, but they would also have many snake-like objects growing out of their bodies, gnawing at their flesh. Anyone would probably feel like personally ending their suffering.

In the future, Lu Fan could use Ji Ji’s poison to torture his enemies.

The deeper into Dragon Fall Valley, the more complex the terrain became, sometimes even presenting forks in the road.

Lu Fan had no Map to detail the path forward so he could only explore himself, sometimes inevitably reaching dead ends and having to return back from the way he came.

Although he took many wrong turns, Lu Fan made discoveries after every short advance, killing Monsters he had not seen or heard before. There, he had also collected more Poison Effects for Ji Ji.

In the blink of an eye, Lu Fan had been exploring this maze-like area for two days.

During these two days, apart from simple rest, Lu Fan had been almost constantly killing Monsters and collecting poison.

Under the dual nourishment of killing and absorbing poison, the amount of Experience Point Ji Ji had received was amazing. Her Level increased rapidly, reaching 30 in the blink of an eye.

Not only was her Poison Rating Level now at Level 5, but she had also gained two more powerful Skills.