Volume 1, Chapter 43: Energy Projectile Qualitative Change, Rocket Launcher Upgraded to Howitzer!

"Husband, why is your energy bomb skill so powerful?"

Xia Yumeng had always been genuinely curious about how Lin Yao managed to train such a mediocre, useless skill like the energy bomb into something so formidable.

A quiet smile played in Lin Yao's heart.

That was just how Xia Yumeng was—whenever she wanted something from him, she would start calling him husband.

Intending to tease her a little, he casually replied, "Kiss me once, and I'll tell you."

Without a second thought this time, Xia Yumeng pressed her lips lightly against Lin Yao's cheek like a dragonfly skimming the water.

Lin Yao shook his head. "That kind of kiss doesn't count."

Xia Yumeng puffed out her adorable cheeks and complained with mild dissatisfaction, "Just tell me already!"

How could Lin Yao let her off so easily?

He pulled her directly into his arms and planted a fierce, passionate kiss straight onto her soft, moist, crimson lips.

Xia Yumeng tried to resist, but the vast disparity in their strength meant she couldn't break free at all.

She could only yield to him, letting him take whatever he wanted as he plundered her at will.

Not far away, Xia Mengying watched this scene, shook her head, and sighed, "Asking for trouble!"

Xia Mengying wasn't feeling jealous of her younger sister; she simply thought that Xia Yumeng running over to provoke Lin Yao right now was completely looking for trouble for no reason.

When there was danger, Lin Yao's side was the safest place to be.

Yet when there was no danger, Lin Yao's side became the most dangerous place of all.

Pity that Xia Yumeng was all body and no brain, failing to grasp such a simple logic.

Watching Lin Yao hold Xia Yumeng in a deep, passionate kiss, Zhu Zhihan muttered inwardly to herself: *I'll go find Big Brother for a kiss later too!*

After a moment of thought, Zhu Zhihan made up her mind: from now on, she would dress herself up in that style just like Sister Han Yanran!

Because she felt that Big Brother Lin Yao seemed to particularly like that kind of clothing style and makeup.

Though Zhu Zhihan herself didn't quite understand why she had suddenly started pondering such things, she simply wanted Big Brother Lin Yao to like her just a little bit more.

At that moment, Lin Yao wasn't paying attention to Zhu Zhihan and Xia Mengying.

With Xia Yumeng gathered in his arms, his entire focus was fixed squarely on her.

Until Zhu Zhihan grew up to the SSSR-rank, he wouldn't do anything to her.

As for Xia Mengying and Xia Yumeng, however, he was entirely free to "do a few things."

Especially Xia Yumeng, who was exceptionally easy to bully.

This time inside this miniature different dimension, it wouldn't even be a problem if Lin Yao decided to forcefully take Xia Yumeng right here and now.

Still, the thought merely flashed through his mind; he wasn't actually going to do that.

For quite a while, Lin Yao held Xia Yumeng and kissed her, then seamlessly reached out to give her soft, marshmallow-like mounds a squeeze before finally releasing her with a look of satisfaction.

Xia Yumeng's face instantly flushed bright red, and her large, watery eyes gazed up at him with an expression of pure innocence.

Lin Yao said with a mock-annoyed tone, "As your future husband and current boyfriend, surely I have at least that much of a right?"

Xia Yumeng muttered as she nodded, whispering softly, "Is that it? You're such a coward!"

The moment the words left her mouth, she made a move to slip away.

In truth, she hadn't really wanted Lin Yao to do anything excessively bold to her; she was just teasing him verbally.

However, the second Xia Yumeng took a step forward, she was hauled right back into Lin Yao's embrace.

Given her earlier display of reckless provocation, Lin Yao showed no restraint this time.

To any onlookers, it would simply look like Lin Yao was pulling Xia Yumeng back into a normal hug.

Yet for Xia Yumeng, the reality was entirely different.

Earlier, Lin Yao had merely scratched the surface, but this time, taking advantage of the fact that no one else was paying attention, his rough, calloused hand unhesitatingly found its way directly onto that towering peak without any obstruction.

Instead of stopping him, Xia Yumeng adopted a serious expression and said, "You really have to take responsibility for me this time. Don't go turning your back on me after a while!"

While holding the skill reinforcement crystal in his left hand, Lin Yao casually replied, "I won't. I'm not that kind of irresponsible person."

As for his right hand, naturally, it was currently quite busy attending to important business.

Xia Yumeng actually wanted to ask a burning question.

Yet remembering that her older sister would undoubtedly beat her black and blue afterward, she never dared to speak it aloud.

What she wanted to ask was: How did she compare to her older sister?

After all, back when her sister had been surrounded by a group of beast tamers earlier, Lin Yao had done some rather wicked things to her sister as well.

At present, Lin Yao felt an incomparable sense of comfort—a comprehensive joy spanning both body and mind.

He was experiencing for the very first time all the various perks and benefits that came with wielding immense power and possessing mighty strength.

The skill reinforcement crystal, which had originally shone as brilliantly as a golden diamond, had now lost its initial dazzling radiance.

The special energy contained within the crystal had been mostly absorbed by him.

Once he finished absorbing all the special energy contained within it, the normal-state power of his energy bomb skill would undoubtedly increase from its initial 100% to 200%.

Since the energy bomb was inherently a mediocre and useless skill, boosting its power to 200% wouldn't make it particularly impactful for anyone else.

Yet while it might be of little use to other beast tamers, it was immensely useful to Lin Yao.

Under the effect of his [Attribute Multiplication] talent, the power of his energy bomb skill would first jump from 100% to 200%, and then surge violently to 2,000%—amounting to 20 times its normal-state power!

Furthermore, Lin Yao's own baseline numerical stats were already exceptionally high.

Even in its normal state, the energy bombs he cast were already far from weak.

Once multiplied by 20 times, the lethality of his energy bombs would naturally become terrifyingly formidable.

Lin Yao felt that his energy bomb had evolved from its initial hunting rifle phase into an RPG rocket launcher, and now, it had transformed once again into a heavy artillery grenade launcher.

Thinking of this, Lin Yao couldn't help feeling somewhat smug, and his hands grew a bit too bold.

"Hiss—"

Xia Yumeng sucked in a sharp breath of pain, raised her hand to deliver a sharp smack to Lin Yao's arm, and rolled her eyes at him.

"Sorry, got a little carried away."

Lin Yao immediately admitted his fault; otherwise, if Xia Yumeng really started avoiding him in the future, his losses would be enormous.

Having finished using the skill reinforcement crystal, Lin Yao promptly proceeded to use the skill qualitative change crystal and the skill evolution crystal back-to-back.

The skill qualitative change crystal transformed his energy bomb from a deep azure blue into a pristine snow-white.

Though the transformed energy bomb appeared completely harmless on the surface, both its energy purity and compression density had reached terrifying new extremes.

As a result, the maximum limit of the energy bomb's power could now reach 40 times its normal state!

However, while its destructive power surged dramatically, the energy consumption also increased proportionally.

During actual combat, it had to be used with great caution.

Otherwise, if he tossed out a few casually, the energy inside Lin Yao's body would be entirely drained away.

As for the changes brought by the skill evolution crystal, they were even greater and far more practical!