"A rare secret spirit, Evil Adorable Rabbit?" Chen Guan immediately recognized what it was.
Before entering the Pingdu Mountain Blessed Land, he had done his homework and knew that the Evil Adorable Rabbit was one of the most common secret spirits in Pingdu Mountain Blessed Land. However, the typical Evil Adorable Rabbit wasn't this large, usually about the size of an adult wolf dog, with just ordinary quality.
Only a very few Evil Adorable Rabbits with rare quality could surpass size limitations, growing as large as a bear.
This Evil Adorable Rabbit's size, even among the rare ones, should be considered quite large. Moreover, for some reason, it had a weapon resembling a pig-killing saber, which made Chen Guan wonder if its quality could be even higher than rare.
However, based on the information he found, the highest quality of Evil Adorable Rabbits discovered was rare—there were no records of any uncommon or unique Evil Adorable Rabbits.
If such existed, wouldn't someone have already seen it over the hundreds of years the Pingdu Mountain Blessed Land has been explored?
Many thoughts flashed through his mind as he saw the Evil Adorable Rabbit drop the bone club it was holding and fully turned to face him. Without hesitation, Chen Guan summoned his secret spirit, the Five Red Dogs.
Outside the Secret Realm, there are very few secret spirit creatures, and even if there were, ordinary people without primordial energy wouldn't be able to tame or control them.
There is only one type of semi-secret spirit creature that ordinary people can tame and control before absorbing primordial energy to become cultivators, and that is the guardian dog.
There are many breeds of guardian dogs: white-faced yellow dogs, tiger-striped dogs, five black dogs, five red dogs, four-eyed gold-wrapped iron dogs, etc. These highly spiritual guardian dogs are raised from a young age by cultivators.
Real guardian dogs are extremely intelligent and, during a cultivator's training, they mimic the cultivator's movements and train alongside the cultivator.
Although they cannot truly perceive and absorb primordial energy, this enables them to awaken their semi-secret spirit bloodline.
After such a guardian dog's physique perishes, it remains by its owner's side as a secret spirit, continuing in the form of a secret spirit.
The first secret spirit of most cultivators is typically a guardian dog, as it's one of the few secret spirits they can control before awakening in the Secret Realm.
Chen Guan raised a Five Red Dogs since childhood, and once the Five Red Dogs' body perished, it became his first secret spirit.
With Chen Guan's summoning, a fully dark red adult Five Red Dogs appeared in front of him, its fur fluffy, looking somewhat silly yet cute, baring its teeth with a low growl to warn the Evil Adorable Rabbit.
Chen Guan also assumed a combat stance. If it was just an ordinary Evil Adorable Rabbit, he and the Five Red Dogs could handle it together, and even facing two or three wouldn't be daunting.
But this Evil Adorable Rabbit was too large, with power far beyond that of a typical Evil Adorable Rabbit. He and the Five Red Dogs might struggle to confront it head-on.
Besides, both he and the Five Red Dogs were at level one, and he didn't know at what level the Evil Adorable Rabbit was.
Adding to that, the Evil Adorable Rabbit held a weapon shaped like a saber. Whether they could defeat it, Chen Guan had no confidence, sensing more danger than hope.
If not for the terrain's restriction, with the valley's exit behind the Evil Adorable Rabbit, Chen Guan wouldn't have wanted to fight it; he would've slipped away long ago.
The Five Red Dogs had just been summoned when suddenly the Evil Adorable Rabbit leaped forward several meters, landing right in front of the Five Red Dogs, a sinister smile on its face, its eyes glowing red, as it swung the large pig-killing saber at the head of the Five Red Dogs.
Its speed was too fast; Chen Guan hadn't even had time to assist. The seemingly silly Five Red Dogs was actually very smart—it twisted its body and leapt sideways, evading the Evil Adorable Rabbit's strike.
Just as it leaped away, its hoof still in mid-air not yet landing, the Evil Adorable Rabbit swatted it with a claw, sending it flying with scratches appearing on its side, blood pearls splattering out.
Bang!
The Five Red Dogs fell into a pile of bones, struggled a few times before getting up, bleeding from deep wounds showing bone, its leg limping, but still rushed to stand in front of Chen Guan, barking madly at the Evil Adorable Rabbit that was licking the blood off its paw.
Chen Guan's face was grim. Seeing the Evil Adorable Rabbit's power and speed, he knew he and the Five Red Dogs were not a match; the gap was truly too great.
He suspected the Evil Adorable Rabbit might be a level 2 or 3 secret spirit, with abilities in all aspects beyond their coping capability, making the battle unwinnable.
Generally, when cultivators first enter a Blessed Land, they shouldn't randomly end up in such a dangerous place. Chen Guan only felt that his luck was truly bad.
Almost without hesitation, Chen Guan charged toward the Evil Adorable Rabbit from the other side, shouting to the Five Red Dogs, "Warring States, in this world of billions of secret spirits, you stand out as unique, an unmatched existence for eternity, destined to stand with me atop the Secret Realm in the future. Warring States, come on, we cannot fall here!"
Chen Guan racked his brains to think up words of praise and boast, knowing the Spirit of the Cheerleaders worked better the more fervent the praise. However, what effect it would have, Chen Guan didn't know now. He could only hope it would have some effect, allowing him and Five Red Dogs, Warring States, to defeat the Evil Adorable Rabbit, even just to drive it away, or create a bloody path to escape.
Chen Guan had barely rushed two steps when he suddenly heard a fierce growl in his ear. Before he could react, he saw a red figure flash past like lightning from beside him, charging at the Evil Adorable Rabbit.
An incredible scene unfolded; initially no match for the Evil Adorable Rabbit and nearly taken out by a slap, the Warring States now seemed like a ghostly dog with high intelligence and mysterious body techniques, its eyes burning like fire, filled with incomparable intensity and determination.
Moving at high speed around the Evil Adorable Rabbit, its speed was nearly equal to the Evil Adorable Rabbit, its form resembling a fast-moving red mist. Even stranger, it seemed able to predict the Evil Adorable Rabbit's thoughts and behavior, using speed changes to evade the Evil Adorable Rabbit's attacks and seizing opportunities to bite the Evil Adorable Rabbit's tail.
The dog and rabbit seemed evenly matched, and for a time, Chen Guan found himself unable to intervene.
"Does the effect of the Spirit of the Cheerleaders work this well?" Chen Guan was overjoyed. Although it was just a support-type talent, with such enhancement effects, it meant Chen Guan's use of any secret spirit would be far superior to others.
Under the effects of the Spirit of the Cheerleaders, a regular secret spirit could compare with rare, or even uncommon quality secret spirits of the same level. That was terrifying.
Moreover, the Spirit of the Cheerleaders' talent wasn't solely for use on secret spirits; it could also be used on other creatures or even humans.
The more Chen Guan thought about it, the more excited he became. But his first thought wasn't to gain fame with the Spirit of the Cheerleaders but to find ways to hide his talent, ensuring others would never find out.