29: I want to be a salted fish

Under the bright sunlight, the agile figure of the Snow Civet Cat, with its white fur shining in the sunlight, was accompanied by Qiuqiu's fast speed. Almost all the students on the field subconsciously locked their gaze on Qiuqiu.

"Wow! This Snow Civet Cat is so fast! Isn't the Snow Civet Cat a low-grade bloodline beast? There hasn't been a Snow Civet Cat that has advanced to Tier 4 in thousands of years. How can its speed be higher than the nearby Feixue Yan? After all, Feixue Yan is a medium-grade bloodline beast!" someone exclaimed, murmuring on the spot.

Some people scorned, immediately retorting, "Bloodline level is bloodline level, but there is also a big difference in bloodline among individuals. What if this Snow Civet Cat's direct lineage parents have a bloodline of Tier 3, while the parents of this Feixue Yan only have a bloodline of Tier 2?"

This is like humans, all being higher primates.

But some parents have higher intelligence, and their children tend to have higher intelligence. Some parents have naturally good health, never getting sick from childhood to adulthood, so their children are relatively healthy.

So even among the same kind of beasts, there are various differences between individuals.

"But this Snow Civet Cat is too powerful, cultivated so well!"

However, where there are praises for Qiuqiu's prowess, there are naturally people who look down on it.

They sneered with a disdainful expression.

"Tsk! What's so great about being fast? Look at its body size and tail length. With this fur density, this Snow Civet Cat has definitely entered the growth period! Compared to beasts in the growth period and the juvenile period, it should be stronger."

"Hehe, although this Snow Civet Cat has entered the growth period, I see that its body size is still a 0th-tier contracted beast. With such a low-level contracted beast, the contractor will probably never become a professional Beast Tamer in his life!"

"An 0th-tier contracted beast that can't advance, with such low potential. I don't know what this contractor is thinking, spending a large amount of money to buy rare treasures, allowing this Snow Civet Cat to enter the growth period in just over a month. Isn't this extravagant behavior?"

Song Yu blinked her eyes, staring seriously at Qiuqiu, who was darting and dodging leaves on the grass.

The bustling discussions around her were treated as if they were nothing.

Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish! —

Five leaves, green and red, were flung by the branches of the Giant Spirit Tree, shooting out like flying knives or arrows, attacking Qiuqiu's limbs and body.

Song Yu's eyes widened.

Previously, the Giant Spirit Tree's attacks were always with three green leaves, at most two green and one yellow.

Unexpectedly, this time the Giant Spirit Tree adjusted to an onslaught of five leaves!

The red leaves were faster than the yellow and green leaves, almost turning into three colorful streaks of light, rushing towards Qiuqiu.

Song Yu held her breath, her long eyelashes trembling slightly. She was worried that if she saw Qiuqiu being injured, she would be unable to resist rushing into the field. At the same time, she feared that if she closed her eyes, she would miss the sight of Qiuqiu running and dodging.

However...

Just when Song Yu thought these five leaves would hit Qiuqiu...

A golden light flashed in Qiuqiu's eyes, and an invisible psychic fluctuation surged out instantly. It controlled the fastest red leaf, fiercely colliding with the other four leaves!

"Bang! —"

The five leaves collided into a ball, and the red leaf exploded instantly, igniting the other leaves. After being ignited, the leaves lost their momentum, becoming like five ordinary leaves gently falling and dropping on the grass, creating a light smoke. Finally, they turned into a pile of black charcoal ash, which dissipated lightly on the sports field grass with the gentle breeze created by Qiuqiu's running.

"Hmm?"

As a 3rd-tier Beast Tamer, Zhang Guoping, with sharp eyes, immediately noticed the eye-catching Qiuqiu among these contracted beasts.

Although there were contracted beasts that used skills before, they could only deal with one or two leaves' attacks, and the remaining leaves could only be dodged using their bodies...

Among these contracted beasts, the Snow Civet Cat in front of him only controlled one leaf with psychic power.

But if the psychic control operation wasn't delicate and accurate, it wouldn't be able to instantly seize control of the red leaf, use the red leaf to simultaneously hit the remaining four leaves, and seize the opportunity to detonate the energy group within the red leaf.

"With this psychic control ability and level, this Snow Civet Cat has at least advanced to the intermediate level of Tier 1!" As a teacher, Zhang Guoping hoped that his students could surpass the previous generation.

Especially when he saw such a promising seedling among this group of students, his interest grew even stronger!

He lightly pressed the Giant Spirit Tree trunk beneath his feet, a Giant Spirit Tree that had been cooperating harmoniously in the wild forest for years. Immediately, he attacked Qiuqiu again!

To be fair, the Giant Spirit Tree also increased the attack frequency on the other 27 contracted beasts to avoid favoritism.

So...

All the students and teachers on the entire sports field, at the same time, saw the Giant Spirit Tree leaves rustling, and more leaves shot out, like bullets and arrows flying in a war movie, densely packed, making people's scalps numb.

The number of leaves attacking each group of contracted beasts increased from one to two, then to three...

These leaves were just thrown by the Giant Spirit Tree, and new leaves grew again, repeating this process!

"Hiss! —"

"Oh my god! —"

The number of flying leaves was already challenging for many contracted beasts to withstand, and now this number had tripled.

Immediately, many students showed panic, especially those who were commanding their contracted beasts to dodge. They looked terrified, and several even made mistakes in their commands. The already chaotic contracted beasts, upon hearing the words, made even more mistakes.

In just a few seconds, several contracted beasts were hit by leaves! They fell to the ground, instantly losing their combat capabilities!

"Hmm?"

"Huh?"

Zhou Tao and several other teachers from the neighboring class stood at the forefront of the queue, raising their eyebrows slowly and jokingly.

"It seems that Teacher Zhou thinks there were too many people passing the previous test, and he's a bit dissatisfied."

"With such a great force, I wonder if these students can withstand it this year."

"If they can't, they'll just take a beating. What's the big deal? After being beaten, they'll learn their lesson and the next test will definitely be much better than the current situation." One of the teachers even smiled and winked at their class: "Right?"

Students: "..."

Are you guys devils? This kind of teacher is simply unbearable!

Faced with the heart-piercing words of the surrounding teachers, Song Yu stared at the sports field, with words going in one ear and out the other. At this moment, she doubted whether her eyes were playing tricks on her.

"...No, why is Qiuqiu so powerful?" Song Yu supported her forehead, her throat dry.

Originally, the frequency of attacks by the Giant Spirit Tree wasn't this high, and the difference wasn't significant. At most, it looked like the Snow Civet Cat ran a bit faster, with a more agile and graceful posture.

But with the increase in the density of the Giant Spirit Tree's attacks, Qiuqiu's distance from other beasts became farther and farther! And it left the original second-place far behind!

Other beasts were either fleeing in embarrassment or being hit by leaves and falling with serious injuries.

Only Qiuqiu ran with an unstoppable momentum! No matter how many leaves attacked it, it could run straight ahead!

Every leaf that flew close to it was used by Qiuqiu's psychic control to deflect or, like before, use psychic control to detonate the red leaf, sweeping away the surrounding leaves!

"Swish! Swish! Swish! —"

Three red leaves were once again controlled by Qiuqiu's psychic power, plunging into the midst of other leaves. Using the energy within the red leaves, it burned the other leaves!

In the blink of an eye, orange-red flames splattered everywhere, and black smoke filled the air.

Qiuqiu, in an instant, burned dozens of consecutive attacking targets. Carefully counting, there were actually thirty or forty leaves!

"Damn! This is too amazing!"

"That's right! It's awesome!"

"Wasn't it just contracted a little over a month ago? How can this contracted beast be so powerful? I remember the Snow Civet Cat, although it is a psychic-type beast, has a low potential value in bloodline level? It's really amazing!"

Someone in the crowd exclaimed again for Qiuqiu.

Several watching teachers were even more pleased, especially Zhou Tao... As the homeroom teacher of Class 5, Zhou Tao remembered the basic information of every student in his class. He was amazed, opening his mouth wide and almost unable to speak.

"Song Yu's Beast Space level is F, and the Snow Civet Cat's juvenile period is around 20 to 30 years... If there were no rare treasures, the Snow Civet Cat cub raised by Song Yu would take at least 20 years to enter the growth period!" Zhou Tao was secretly surprised in his heart. "But now, this Snow Civet Cat cub has only been trained for a little over a month and has become so powerful?"

"Even if Song Yu is a member of the Song family and has relatively more financial resources than ordinary students... and can buy some rare treasures to allow the Snow Civet Cat cub to enter the growth period ahead of time."

"But this Snow Civet Cat cub has a solid foundation, obviously not as simple as taking genius treasures!"

Zhou Tao held his breath, watching Qiuqiu once again use psychic power to clear the leaves that attacked from all sides. He couldn't help but whisper, "But it doesn't make sense... Speaking of which, the potential rating of this Snow Civet Cat cub was 3 at the time, and the possibility of the Snow Civet Cat advancing to Tier 1 was almost less than one percent..."

"Could it be that the bond power is really so powerful?"

"Hmm?... One, two, three, four, five... eight, nine? Tier 1 psychic-type beast control, at most simultaneously controlling 9 items to attack from different directions... Is this Snow Civet Cat's psychic control so clever and accurate that it's about to break through to Tier 2?" Zhou Tao was shocked in his heart and subconsciously looked at Song Yu next to him.

Unlike fire-type and water-type beasts that judge their levels based on the magnitude of their skill powers, psychic-type beasts are different.

In addition to the strength of psychic power, the splitting of psychic threads is also an important indicator of the level division of psychic-type beasts!

Each psychic thread split requires the beast to attach its consciousness to it.

The more psychic threads there are, the more items can be controlled, and the consciousness naturally needs to be divided into halves, quarters...

Without the strength, beasts cannot do such control at all!

Don't be fooled by the fact that the Giant Spirit Tree can shoot out so many leaves at the same time. The opponent's leaves can only attack in a straight line, and this is due to inertia! It is impossible to maneuver freely like psychic control, turning and dancing up and down!

"Splatter! Splatter! —"

"Bang! Boom! —"

The falling leaves of the Giant Spirit Tree, like flying knives, hit several contracted beasts in succession.

The impact and lethality made these contracted beasts scream and fall to the ground!

"Bang! Bang! Bang! —"

The Snow Civet Cat, using psychic power, made countless leaves collide with each other, and the graceful white figure once again broke through the blockade of leaves...

This time, only Qiuqiu, a cat, was still running forward on the entire sports field.

Watching the remaining distance in front, there were only the last 10 meters.

Zhang Guoping, standing on the crown of the Giant Spirit Tree, had a slight movement in his thoughts!

Boom! Boom! Boom! —

Five vines, each several dozen meters long and one meter thick, suddenly drilled out of the ground like a terrifying python, rushing towards Qiuqiu! The speed was so fast, almost like brown lightning, almost hitting Qiuqiu on the first swing!

Song Yu: "????"

Song Yu widened her eyes, full of shock, and her heart was raised to her throat.

Oh my god! This Beast Combat teacher is shameless! How can he summon a second contracted beast?!

Her Qiuqiu has only been a little kitten for just over a month!

"What's wrong with you? Why are you still standing here stupidly not commanding?!"

Faced with the imminent danger, Zhou Ting couldn't stand it anymore. She took a deep breath, quickly pinched Song Yu's arm, urging her to quickly support the Snow Civet Cat.

In battle, there's nothing more comforting and invigorating to contracted beasts than the voice of their summoner. The commands of the summoner sometimes make the contracted beasts unleash 120% of their strength!

But...

Song Yu's throat was dry, and her eyelids were twitching frantically. "..."

It's not that she doesn't want to command, she simply doesn't know how! Not to mention giving commands, she doesn't even know what skill Qiuqiu just used. Would she not be adding chaos if she tried to command?

As the five vines closed in on Qiuqiu from both sides, two of them narrowly missed Qiuqiu, and the other three passed close to Qiuqiu's body. The situation became extremely perilous...

Song Yu couldn't hold back any longer. She shivered all over, and with a sudden burst of courage, she shouted at Qiuqiu:

"Qiuqiu! Lie down! We're not taking the test! Winning or losing doesn't matter! I won't participate in the Wilderness Zone combat training... Come back quickly! Come back!!"

Song Yu's voice was loud, fearing that if she shouted even a little slower, she might not get a hairball in return, but a cat turned into minced meat that couldn't be pieced together!

However...

Song Yu revealed her lazy and indifferent inner self.

At this moment, she didn't even consider what kind of expression others would make when they heard that she didn't want to participate in the Wilderness Zone combat training...

But this voice reached Qiuqiu's ears in the distance like thunder, suddenly crashing on the little cat's head!

During these days at the Song family, Qiuqiu had heard the nanny and Zhou Fangmei talk countless times. 

How much Song Yu had wanted to become a professional Beast Tamer from childhood to adulthood. 

How hard Song Yu had worked to become a professional Beast Tamer.

Even at home, every day, Qiuqiu saw Song Yu, who, for the sake of becoming a professional Beast Tamer, locked herself in the room upon returning home, holding her computer and phone, watching movies and learning how to become a professional Beast Tamer.

Even if it was one or two in the morning, enduring red eyes, she refused to give up.

Thinking of Song Yu's efforts, thinking of Song Yu sacrificing her chance to take the assessment for its safety...

"Meow! —!!!"

Qiuqiu got angry. Its summoner had worked so hard.

How could these guys stop her from becoming a professional Beast Tamer?

How could they prevent her and her summoner from participating in the Wilderness Zone combat training?!

Even if it was just an beast, Qiuqiu knew that contracted beasters who didn't participate in the Wilderness Zone combat training were not qualified to participate in the assessment for professional Beast Tamer University.

Little Yu was so good to it. It didn't want Little Yu to be sad because she couldn't get into Beast Tamer University.

"Meow! — Get out of here! Get out of here now!"

Qiuqiu's entire body of white fur exploded, and nine threads of psychic power attached to those five vines. It wanted to resist the attacks from the vines with its own psychic power. 

However, these five vines were quite powerful, and Qiuqiu's psychic threads were only nine. 

So, when one psychic thread resisted the vines, it was forcefully shattered, breaking through the psychic power blockade and directly lashing towards Qiuqiu!

"No!" Song Yu's heart raced, almost rushing forward.

But she was grabbed by Zhou Tao.

Zhou Tao sternly shouted, "In the battle of contracted beasts, the summoner must absolutely not go forward! This will not only distract the contracted beast but also cause serious injuries to the summoner! Once the summoner dies in the course of battle, the contracted beast will immediately suffer from the backlash of the contract, and it will be seriously injured!"

Unlike beasts, unless they have innate abilities to protect themselves, humans are just ordinary humans.

Even if they undergo physical training every day, they will never be opponents of powerful beasts.

What they can do is command contracted beasts to fight from a distance, not dragging them down in the wilderness forest and mysteries!

Learn a series of outdoor survival common sense, such as cooking and healing, to help the contracted beasts recover their combat power quickly after a battle!

Boom! —

Suddenly.

The ground in front shook.

The Snow Civet Cat, which had been completely surrounded by huge vines and was almost invisible, about to be hit by the huge vines, suddenly burst into dazzling white light! The white light was exceptionally conspicuous in the midst of the brown vines!

All the teachers and students present looked towards the front!

"Meow! —"

A long cat cry, accompanied by invisible psychic threads. The originally wildly swinging brown vines seemed to be twisted into twists by an invisible hand and were suddenly thrown into the sky! The fierceness was gone!

The white cat, which had grown a circle larger, shook its ear tips, raised two beautiful cat tails, and walked elegantly over the last 10 meters.

Song Yu was dumbfounded: "??!"

The surrounding people were shocked: "??!!"

"It evolved to Tier 2?!"

"Two tails?!"

Suddenly, someone in the crowd reacted, took a deep breath, and shouted loudly, "Why does the Snow Civet Cat have two tails after evolving?!"

It's not that they are uneducated; from childhood to adulthood, the "Beast Encyclopedia" they studied never mentioned that the Snow Civet Cat could evolve into a creature with two tails!

Even in newspapers, that seven-tier master Beast Tamer who spent billions couldn't make her Snow Civet Cat undergo such a transformation!

 

*****

 

"Variant! This is a variant that appears only once in a million evolved creatures!" Song Qi stood by the window, looking down at the changes outside the playground from a high vantage point, and everyone was dumbfounded.

Just after the bell rang for the end of the class, their class happened to see the Beast Combat class on the playground.

Song Qi had excellent eyesight, and for the sake of watching the show, they even brought a telescope, making everything crystal clear!

"Damn! Song Qi, is your sister really this awesome?" A thin young man, holding a telescope, was also filled with shock.

He looked at Song Qi, "I remember your sister awakened an F-level Beast Space, right? The Snow Civet Cat cub she contracted also had a low potential rating of only 3 points..."

"But, but..."

The thin young man swallowed his saliva and stuttered, "Our school's Beast Combat class teachers are at least Intermediate Tier 3 Beast Tamers, right? ... Looking at your sister's Snow Civet Cat, it seems to have evolved to Tier 2?"

An beast with an F-level Beast Space and a potential rating of only 3 points evolved into Tier 2 in just over a month? This was too unbelievable!

The thin young man looked at Song Qi, "How did your sister achieve this?"

Thinking of what his sister said on the day of the initial beast distribution.

Song Qi's eyes were vacant, and he stammered, "Pr...probably it's a bond, maybe?"

Otherwise...

He really didn't know how to explain this!

But thinking about it...

This bond seemed quite powerful!

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