Chapter 501 - 303: Settling Complete
Chapter 501: Chapter 303: Settling Complete
However, it wasn’t as simple as just training new Skills to get Points—not unless they were compatible with existing ones.
It was like dating—settling for someone incompatible wouldn’t bring satisfaction and might even backfire.
Besides, Yu Bao had already reached the Energy Value of a Quasi-Three-star, and Wu Bao wasn’t far behind.
Beast Taming was like rowing against the current; the further one went, the harder it was to advance. At this stage, most Pet Beasts had to pay a steep price for even the slightest improvement.
In comparison, his pets, who could improve just by adding Points, were on the fast track.
’So, it seems a Pet Beast’s rate of improvement is related to how well its training aligns with its affinity? And adding Points gives me a way to manually adjust that affinity,’ Su Zhi mused thoughtfully.
Seeing the little guys’ eager expressions, Su Zhi smiled and patted their heads.
"Easy now. Once we’re at the national competition, I’ll let you go on a rampage and rack up all the Points!"
"WOOF!" "AWOO!" "CHIRP!"
The three Pet Beasts excitedly raised their paws.
"Oh? Giving a pep talk before the battle?" A crisp voice came from the doorway.
Su Zhi looked toward the voice. A white-haired girl was grinning and waving at him as she skipped into the private room.
It wasn’t just Shao Ya; the other members of the squad had arrived too.
Over the past month of special training, the others had also made significant progress.
Having awakened a Tier Four Beast Taming Space, Shao Ya was now the one closest to Su Zhi in power.
Under Shao Ya’s training, Xiaoyue had long since broken through to Two-star and was now advancing toward Quasi-Three-star. Xiaolan had also crossed the Two-star threshold and was improving steadily.
It could be said that she and Su Zhi were the team’s Stabilizing Needles, giving the squad a solid sense of security.
And ranked below the two of them, but above everyone else, was a certain Beast Tamer who ’followed his heart’—Cao Mingyu.
Even if Su Zhi wanted to keep his distance from him, he had to admit that Old Cao’s skills were always on point.
His Beast Taming Space had been at Tier Three for a long time, and he was likely just a hair’s breadth away from Tier Four. Although breaking through before the competition was impossible, doing so afterward was practically a sure thing.
Cotton had also long since reached the Energy Value of a Two-star.
For a Pet Beast, the Beast Taming Space itself never truly hindered their progress. It was just that when the Space’s Tier was insufficient, the Pet Beast could only express a limited amount of its power.
For example, if a Pet Beast’s Energy Value reached 6,000, but its Beast Tamer had not yet awakened a Tier Six Beast Taming Space, it could only perform at a maximum level of 5,000 in actual combat.
Cotton was in a similar situation.
Don’t be fooled by its current Energy Value of 4,999; once Cao Mingyu broke through, Cotton’s seal would be released, and its power would skyrocket!
Cao Mingyu’s Sub-Pet, Loulou, was close to One-star when they formed their contract. After a month of training, it had steadily reached the level of a Quasi-Two-star and was starting to become a force to be reckoned with.
Due to both having the Fire Attribute and sharing similar appearances and habits, Loulou and Diya got along well, with Diya often giving it extra help.
Although it was still getting handled by Yu Bao...
But having learned its ultimate techniques from Senior Diya, it believed that one day it would be the one handling Yu Bao!
Oh, what’s that? Senior Diya gets handled by Yu Bao too? Never mind then...
Besides them, Katie and Liu Yuhang had also improved rapidly.
Katie’s Iron Birch Mantis and Turbulent Duck were both at the Quasi-Two-star level, but that was a far cry from Cao Mingyu’s situation. The former were truly only Quasi-Two-star, whereas the latter was merely displayed as such due to the limitations of his Beast Taming Space.
Liu Yuhang and Xue Li, on the other hand, were rather intimidating. Although their Energy Value was temporarily stuck at Quasi-Two-star, no one dared to underestimate them.
That was because the Wave-Riding Duck was a Pet Beast whose strength could never be judged by its Energy Value alone...
Furthermore, Liu Yuhang’s talent was Ocean Affinity, which created a double enhancement when stacked with the Wave-Riding Duck. In actual combat, Xue Li could often unleash an offense that even many True Two-star Pet Beasts would struggle to parry. Even Yu Bao wouldn’t dare to take its attacks head-on with Thick Earth Golden Might active.
More importantly, Liu Yuhang frequently used the Pet Synchronization combat technique.
This method of briefly merging one’s Spirit with their Pet Beast was originally used to perceive the pet’s condition or to find details about an opponent by switching perspectives.
But Liu Yuhang always used it as an Enhancement Skill, leveraging the unified combat state with his Pet Beast to deliver a more powerful impact to his opponents.
Liu Yuhang might not be the strongest, but he was definitely the one opponents dared not take lightly!
Compared to everyone else who was advancing by leaps and bounds, Fang Yuan’s presence had been somewhat low-key during this period.
But just a few days ago, Su Zhi learned from Shao Ya that Fang Yuan had silently broken through to a Tier Three Beast Taming Space, and Lilith had steadily reached the level of a Quasi-Two-star.
This guy was the type to get rich in silence...
As his gaze swept over every face before him, Su Zhi was filled with emotion.
Over the past month, everyone had made tremendous progress.
Su Zhi nudged Shao Ya with his elbow. "Do you remember what Old Zhou said when we first enrolled? That it’s good for an average student to reach Tier One by high school graduation, and only a few can awaken a Tier Three Beast Taming Space or higher. Now, all of us are at Tier Three, and some are even pushing for Tier Four."
Shao Ya raised an eyebrow. "When the people around you change, it naturally gives you a skewed perception. The truth is, we’ve been part of that ’few’ for a long time."
"Shao Ya is right. Even among those of the same age, the gap between the strongest and weakest Beast Tamers is enormous."
Just then, their class advisor, Zhou Shengfa, walked into the private room with a smile. This time, however, he was here in his capacity as the head coach for the team competition.
For once, Old Zhou wasn’t wearing the same short-sleeved shirt he’d worn for years. He was dressed in an all-black coach’s uniform, the gold trim on the shoulders reminiscent of armor, giving him the imposing air of a general commanding his troops.