On the last vacation day, I did nothing serious—just lounged on the sofa cuddling TuTu watching series. Pikachu sprawled on a pillow nearby, lazily gnawing a Spiritual Lightning Seed shard.
Such weak magic sources barely helped him anymore, but he liked the element's "taste." Why not spoil the pet when I have cash to burn—toss it in the fireplace instead of logs?
Bul preferred his summon space, lazily swimming. I didn't skimp on treats for him either, so no complaints. I'd like him more active, but whatever.
I scrolled my post feed reading comments. I still occasionally posted cute pics of my summons in outfits, though less often than before. No signal in the wilds.
Some folks recently figured out who owns Bul from the summon faculty battle, and my followers jumped to nearly fifty million, still surging. Fine by me—let them envy my pets; they don't have any.
An email pinged from a marked brand account. Big brands mark theirs so creators don't miss offers; they pay in special coins—exact amounts unknown.
It was from TV Tokyo. They wanted short cartoons featuring my pets' images, figuring they'd be hits. As I pondered, kid Pokemon anime images flooded my mind... Anyway, half an hour later, I sent a concept: a series about people in a summon dimension where culture has kids training first monsters young, all summon mages due to location. Mutation caps them at Initial-level; they rely fully on monsters, shaping their life and culture.
Fired up, I sketched Pokemon from memory, but my crappy art made me ask TuTu for help. Hours later, colored Pokemon drawings followed the concept. Maybe something comes of it.
I specified 10% franchise revenue share. Low for writers/creators, so they'll bite. I don't need the cash, but giving it free chokes the frog.
"Well, Pikachu, ready to be Japan's mascot?" I grinned at the yellow rat thoughtfully eyeing the Pokemon sketches.
"Pika! (Let destiny be fulfilled!)" He nodded solemnly; TuTu beside him just giggled and rushed to squeeze him. Glad she gets along with my summons.
Watching Pikachu's blissful face mashed into TuTu's ample chest, I got a tad jealous. No worries—I'll make up for it tonight.
Next day, TuTu, Jiao Jiao, and I hit the Three-Step Tower. Three months gone—time to boost cultivation. Gotta spend the pass somewhere?
The same guard duo's envious glares from last time intensified. This time with two beauties, not one. Hate to imagine how they mentally execute me.
On the first floor, I debated taking Mu Nujiao to the third? It'd help her cultivation but expose my spirit element. I trusted her less than TuTu for such secrets.
After inner debate, second floor suffices. Don't look a gift horse in the mouth. I already hook her up with pricey artifacts and tower time. If she gripes after, I'll rethink keeping her around.
"Jiao Jiao, TuTu and I are heading to the third floor—don't get bored," I winked, scooped up my girl, and dashed up the stairs, vanishing from sight. Now for the spirit element barrier on TuTu.
"Mu Bai...sometimes you're such a...blockhead," TuTu sighed wearily in my arms, facepalming. Did she want me to bring Mu Nujiao too?
"TuTu, I get she's your bestie, but the extra element secret isn't super critical, yet I'd rather hold it as an ace. I don't fully trust Mu Nujiao like you." I fibbed a bit—even my girl doesn't know everything. She just rubbed her face harder.
Settling TuTu to cultivate in a corner, I took the opposite one so my boosted cultivation wouldn't steal her magic flows. My appetites could hog them.
Starting cultivation, I layered fifth-step Initial-level time element—Sixfold Acceleration. A week's cultivation now takes just over a real day—handy. I can handle business while the girls grind.
Directing swift magic flows to my Inner World, I first broke through in time element. I spend lots of time in parallel worlds lately; boosting it more via time and space breakthroughs would help. Bigger reserves mean longer stays.
Second-step Mid-level breakthrough in time, then space, didn't take long. I don't slack daily and cultivate when I can. The pendant multiplies my efforts several times.
Love my totem vessel—time to upgrade it; I could kill a junior Warlord without strain.
Key: find one dropping a soul, then resume star upgrades. Servant and Pack Chieftain souls are maxed— all elements' stars boosted, pendant stuffed. Now only quality upgrades.
With accelerated cultivation time left, I shifted flows to healing element. Might need it soon—who knows how the Warlord fight goes?
By the time the efficiency of accelerated Cultivation dropped to the level of normal, I had almost broken through to the second step of the Intermediate Tier in the heal element. Well, nothing, I'll cultivate for another month outside and break through myself. Can't rely on the tower forever?
Looking at TuTu cultivating nearby, I still decided to engage in the genocide of Commanders. Well, at least find a suitable opponent from whom a soul drops. Otherwise, the battle would be meaningless, and I'm not much of a fan of fighting just for the sake of fighting—I need profit.
At first, I wanted to settle the score with that Brute that wounded me when I was harvesting my Spiritual Seed, but I changed my mind. Its specialization is Frost, and my main element is almost useless against it, while I'm looking for an easy fight for soul farming right now. So I'll get revenge later—time is money.
Next, I started recalling the weakest monsters at the Commander level, and I remembered the junior Commander near Bird City, who the national team fought at the start of their journey.
I don't remember exactly, but it seems he went down either from the fourth step Enhanced Fire Fist or from the first step High level—Heavenly Flame Burial. In either case, I could neutralize and kill him quickly. The main thing is to act fast before he calls his pack for help.
Thoughhh, I have Pikachu and Bul—they'll have work to do. Can't have them just chewing treats all the time.