"Practice Partner?"

At that moment, upon hearing Shi Yu say he wanted his pets to be its practice partners, the Void Mantis paused, then revealed an expression that said, "You're quite astute."

"It's not entirely out of the question."

Honing the proficiency of super-tier skills in battle was indeed faster than figuring it out alone.

"That's right," Shi Yu said with a gentle smile.

Practice partners were good.

Shi Yu judged that within the current team, apart from Eleven, none of the other pets could defeat this Void Mantis.

Even if Eleven fought again, the chances of winning against the Void Mantis weren't high.

After all, the opponent already knew Eleven's fighting style, and Shi Yu couldn't let Eleven use the power of the Demon God again.

The Void Mantis's agility far surpassed that of any of Shi Yu's pets, making it practically unbeatable.

Therefore, having such a pet, virtually invincible among its peers, as a practice partner for Eleven, Buggy, Ginseng Baby, Chi Tong, and Su Su, would undoubtedly lead to a significant increase in their combat experience over time.

In short, as long as they thoroughly understood this Void Mantis, Shi Yu and his team wouldn't fear similar space-type enemies in the future.

"Well, let me create an independent training space for you first."

After the Void Mantis nodded, it directly waved its hand in mid-air, and a space portal appeared.

Inside the Emperor Kong's Ruins, it was empty, resembling a void starry sky.

Both here and in the training room that the Void Mantis had newly created for Shi Yu, it was the same.

"Um…" Seeing this, Shi Yu interjected, saying, "Senior, can I bring in some things, like flowers and plants, and build a house with a bed and chairs?"

How could he train in this emptiness? Even if the training efficiency was high, the environment was too poor.

Without Ginseng Baby creating some sweet-smelling flowers and plants, without Su Su creating a purifying stream, and without Buggy conjuring a soft bed, Shi Yu really doubted whether he could stay here. It was no different from being locked in a small dark room.

"Do as you please. Humans are such a hassle," the Void Mantis muttered.

Unlike it, which thought this place was quite good, the void energy permeating the space could be eaten, drunk, used for cultivation, and used for battle. The darkness was also very comforting.

Even the nutrient fruit that Ginseng Baby offered was less appealing to the Void Mantis than the void power here.

After all, it was Emperor Kong's pet. It had seen the world and was more stable than some overlords and totems.

"Then I'll go fix it up first," Shi Yu said, his heart pounding with excitement.

Alliance Calendar Year 179, January 10th.

After Shi Yu ascended to fifth place in the sequence and was hailed as the number one person under the Dong Huang legends, he had already decided to settle down in Kongdu's Myriad Aspect Mountain.

Emperor Kong's Ruins was indeed a good place.

Shi Yu felt that meditating here was several times more efficient than meditating in his own ruins space.

This ruins space wasn't modified using some Beast Taming Space.

According to the Void Mantis, it was purely an alternate dimension created by Emperor Kong using his transcendent-level super-tier space skills after strengthening his top totem battle pet with his talent.

Then, after a long period of modification, it was transformed into a special space suitable for space cultivation.

It was not only suitable for human Beast Tamers to cultivate but also for space-type pets. It was a reward that Emperor Kong gave to the Void Mantis.

It could also be said to be the Void Mantis's salary.

Shi Yu couldn't help but sigh. Such a space was not inferior to a legendary-level space-type resource, and its value even exceeded it.

Emperor Kong just casually gave it to a secondary pet. If contemporary netizens knew about this, they would definitely flood the comments with "I want to be Emperor Kong's pet…"

Meditating in his newly renovated personal cultivation spot, Shi Yu had never felt that his cultivation speed was so fast.

Plus, he also had a void crystal stone, a cultivation resource, in his hand…

Shi Yu judged that he had a very good chance of reaching Level Six before the Mechanical Assembly.

His heart was pounding with excitement once again.

The improvement of one's Beast Taming Level was the most exciting moment for every Beast Tamer.

In addition to affecting the number and strength of contractable pets, it also affected the Beast Tamer's own physique, lifespan, and Beast Taming talent.

It could be said that in the hands of a Level Six strengthening-type Beast Tamer, even a Commander-level pet could defeat a wild Monarch-level fierce beast.

Although Shi Yu's talent was Mind Induction, the upgrade of his Beast Taming talent would at most increase the range of Mind Induction, but at the same time, the increase in the number of Mind Induction targets wouldn't greatly enhance his combat strength.

However, Shi Yu wasn't expecting this. He was looking forward to his physique breaking through the limit. At that time, he could more easily add points to super-tier skills. At the same time, with the help of adding points, his physique could also reach a new limit.

At that time, Chi Tong's possession of him in the All-Member Combination tactic would also be more effective. Now they could unleash a sword strike that threatened ordinary overlords. When he broke through, the All-Member Combination sword strike might even make top overlords like the Sky Whale wary.

And most importantly, Shi Yu had dual talents. Although Shi Yu knew what each level of change in Mind Induction would bring based on the experiences of his predecessors, he didn't know about the changes in the Skill Index.

Shi Yu discovered that the Skill Index would also upgrade with his Beast Taming Level, just like other Beast Taming talents.

When he broke through to Level Four, the Skill Index unlocked general teaching methods for low-level skills. When he broke through to Level Five, the Beast Taming Index unlocked the teaching of super-tier skills and warnings about teaching risks.

So, what would happen to the Skill Index when he reached Beast Taming Level Six?

With a bunch of expectations, even Shi Yu, who couldn't sit still, decided to forcibly stay in for two more months to break through his level.

…

Shi Yu began his cultivation.

Eleven, Buggy, Chi Tong, Ginseng Baby, and Su Su were also occasionally released by Shi Yu.

As for Rin, forget it. It still had to prepare for the Mechanical Assembly.

Thus, the Void Mantis also met the bunch of practice partners that Shi Yu had mentioned.

Apart from Eleven, Buggy and the others clashed with the Void Mantis one by one.

As a result, it was very tragic.

They all suffered miserable defeats. Su Su, needless to say, was instantly killed. Even after converting the power of time stored within the Infinite Devouring Space, it was still no match for the agile Void Mantis.

Chi Tong's All Swords Return to One, with its full power, could exchange a few blows with the Void Mantis, but Chi Tong's speed, which it prided itself on as the fastest in the team, had no advantage in front of the Void Mantis and was quickly defeated.

Ginseng Baby was even more miserable. Its speed was too slow, and its defense was too weak. The Void Mantis restrained Ginseng Baby even more than Eleven did. If Ginseng Baby had a Time Imprint, it would have been confident that it could defeat the Void Mantis in a limited space, just like Eleven.

But unfortunately, it didn't have any Time Imprints to use.

So, like Su Su, it was quickly defeated. Even if it used the Time Fruit to temporarily step into the Overlord level, its speed and defense were still suppressed by the Void Mantis. Only its destructive power was slightly better, but the problem was that its Anti-Buggy Energy Fruit had little effect on the Void Mantis.

Another reason was that there was no ground in this ruin. Everywhere was filled with void power, which was the Void Mantis's home turf. This restricted Ginseng Baby's Earth Burrow. Otherwise, the two sides might have been able to last longer.

Buggy, on the other hand, didn't get any advantages either. Its Imaginary Domain was directly covered by the Mana Prohibition Domain. The phantoms it imagined, such as the Imaginary Dragon's body, could be cleverly disassembled from a "skill level" under the Void Mantis's near-perfect Space Control. There was no way around it. It was a matter of skill restraint.

After fighting the Void Mantis, Buggy and the others understood how powerful the opponent that Eleven had defeated was and how strong their leader had become.

However, the Void Mantis also affirmed Buggy and the others. Although Shi Yu's pets were not as good as it in terms of individual strength, they could all rank among the top in terms of strength among the opponents it had encountered these days.

The Void Mantis felt that it was outrageous that Shi Yu, a Level Five Beast Tamer, could contract so many strong pets. It felt that Emperor Kong's princes and princesses were trash in front of Shi Yu.

This was something that Shi Yu was happy to see.

He was worried about where to put his pets when he was meditating, and the Void Mantis, this excellent practice partner, appeared.

It didn't matter that they couldn't win now. After all, Eleven and the others had lower basic energy values than the opponent and were less skilled in their skills. It would be strange if they could win.

Even Eleven had barely won by relying on extremely excellent skill combinations and attribute restraint.

At this time, the Void Mantis's situation could be roughly seen as:

[Racial Skills]:

Super-Tier: Space Control (Proficient +11), Mana Prohibition Domain (Proficient +11), Space Cut (Proficient +11)…

As for Eleven and the others, their super-tier skills were all at the Entry or Skilled level. The highest was only just reaching the Proficient level. It was normal that they couldn't win.

But it was precisely this kind of opponent that they couldn't beat that could better train some of these pets' abilities.

For example, teamwork ability.

If Su Su couldn't win alone, then Chi Tong would possess Su Su and fight together.

If Buggy couldn't win alone, then Buggy and Ginseng Baby would fight together.

Or all four of them could go together. In this way, the Void Mantis would be under more pressure and could train its skills better…

"Aww… (You, you don't have martial ethics!)" The Void Mantis was exasperated.

…

Unlike the complete confinement of the Martial Emperor Ruins, Shi Yu could go out for some fresh air while cultivating in Emperor Kong's Ruins.

However, generally speaking, when he went out for fresh air, it was nothing more than a few things.

He would get mechanical materials from the Mechanical Department of the Ancient Capital University for Rin to use for experiments, and he would get various ancient fossils from Grandma Li for Rin to use for experiments.

Besides that, he would often buy food and nutritional products for Eleven and the others, and of course, for himself.

Of course, the most enjoyable thing Shi Yu experienced in the process of constantly coming out was that Eleven's legendary resource application was approved.

This was the legendary resource that Shi Yu had applied for by becoming a member of the First Bureau and helping Gem Cat break through to the Totem level.

At the time, Shi Yu's request was for a gold-type strengthening legendary resource, preferably one that could increase the pet's vitality and energy value.

He planned to use it as a reward for Eleven for winning first place in the team competition, and now it had finally arrived.

"This is Aurora Magnetic Gold." Principal Feng handed the well-sealed Ninth-Level legendary metal resource to Shi Yu.

"Aurora Magnetic Gold?" Shi Yu asked, "Does it sound like it's gold and lightning dual-type?"

"Yes, after searching for pure gold-type legendary resources that strengthen life and energy, we couldn't find them. However, we found this one. If it's for the Iron-Eating Beast, this metal might be more suitable for your Eleven."

"Aurora Magnetic Gold is a metal that is born from a special magnetic stone being affected by the solar wind and the Blue Planet's magnetic field. It contains strong lightning power."

"Its effect is to allow the gold-type or lightning-type pet that carries it to be affected by a special magnetic field, strengthening its physique, similar to lightning tempering. With the improvement of the physique, the vitality and energy value will naturally be improved, which can be considered as meeting your requirements."

Shi Yu smiled wryly upon hearing this.

"Looking at your expression, you're not very satisfied??" Principal Feng was stunned.

"It's not that," Shi Yu said. "This… is very good."

Eleven's physique was already strong enough, so his idea was to find a gold-type legendary resource that specifically strengthened either vitality or energy value to improve Eleven's shortcomings. In this way, the strengthening effect would be more obvious. As a result, another one that strengthened the physique had arrived…

An increase in physique would indeed drive the increase in vitality and energy value, but relatively speaking, the effect would definitely not be as good as a single strengthening. However, when Shi Yu heard this, he felt that it was not bad. After all, being able to improve physique, life, and energy was indeed more precious than a legendary resource that only improved life and energy.

The association had not fooled him. They had specially found the most suitable and rare resource for him.

Sigh~ It seemed that Eleven was going to continue to strengthen its physique. It was already strong enough… If it was strengthened again with the legendary resource, would it be able to tear apart fierce beasts of the same level with its bare hands without using skills when it broke through to the Overlord level?

"This is not bad." Principal Feng smiled and said, "The place where the Aurora Magnetic Gold was born did not only have one piece of Aurora Magnetic Gold. There were eight pieces. This is just one piece that Dong Huang obtained. Other forces have also obtained Aurora Magnetic Gold. Among them, some lucky pets have also awakened new skills after using the Aurora Magnetic Gold."

"This can be considered a legendary resource that has been studied more thoroughly and is extremely cost-effective."

"What skill?" Shi Yu asked curiously.

"Super-tier lightning skill, special lightning, White Lightning."

"Uh." Shi Yu felt that this skill sounded a bit familiar.

Back then, wasn't the Rongguang kid who came to the Ancient Capital University to challenge the White Lightning talent?

"Haha, of course, that's just a random mention. Your Eleven doesn't have much affinity with the light element, but it has an affinity with the dark element. The chance of awakening White Lightning is not high."

White Lightning has the properties of being inclusive, friendly, and compatible with the light element… It can be said to be the lightning of light, while Eleven's lightning should be the lightning of darkness.

However, Shi Yu didn't care. It didn't matter if he didn't awaken it. If he awakened it, he could barely accept it. He was fine with it.

"Got it," Shi Yu said. "Then let's go with this piece."

Principal Feng's mouth twitched. What did he mean by "then let's go with this piece"? It sounded a little reluctant, damn it.

Old Feng even felt that he had never touched as many legendary resources in his entire life as Shi Yu had touched in a year.

"By the way, Principal Feng, can the Sequence Ranking and the legendary resources of Emperor Kong's Ruins… be applied for?" Shi Yu was still thinking about Ginseng Baby's legendary resources.

"What do you think?" Principal Feng continued to twitch his mouth and said, "Cough cough, you have to let the association calm down. But it's for Ginseng Baby, right? I'll remember it."

"Don't worry. In the next year, Dong Huang will start trade with other countries. At that time, we'll use the legendary resources that we don't need to exchange for the legendary resources that we can use from other countries. By then, there will be a wider range of choices."

"Got it. Thank you." Shi Yu laughed.

"Stop being so smug… Hurry up and cultivate. Don't waste your time!"

…

After Principal Feng left, Shi Yu immediately entered Emperor Kong's Ruins to cultivate.

Although the Aurora Magnetic Gold was the legendary resource promised to Eleven, Shi Yu still didn't give it to it immediately.

Just like the Bone Sword and the Azure Sky Divine Azure Dragon Dragon Ball that hadn't been given to Chi Tong and Buggy.

It wasn't to make Eleven win first place in the team competition again, but if he gave it to Eleven now, with the suppression of the space, most of the effects would be wasted. That was already good. If he made a mistake and Eleven broke through, it would cause Shi Yu's Beast Taming Space to collapse and the Beast Tamer to become crippled.

Lu Qingyi dared to give it to the Court Origin Elf because Senior Lu's space level was one level higher than Shi Yu's, and the Court Origin Elf's foundation was much worse than Eleven's. It was still far from the Overlord level, but Eleven, based on its current foundation, even if the proficiency of its super-tier racial skills was not up to standard, it was not far from the standard of the Overlord level.

Therefore, Shi Yu's plan was to give it to Eleven after he broke through to Level Six space.

At that time, it wouldn't matter even if Eleven broke through to the Overlord level.

Normally speaking, only a Level Seven space and the physique of a Level Seven Beast Tamer could withstand contracting an Overlord-level pet.

However, Shi Yu was a special case. He had a precedent of contracting pets beyond his level.

In terms of physique, he had reached the limit at every level, which other Beast Tamers couldn't compare to.

In terms of recovery, he had contracted a quasi-mythical race, the Ginseng Baby, so other Beast Tamers couldn't compare to him either. Contracting beyond his level wouldn't be too draining.

In terms of space stability, Shi Yu's previous spaces at each level were perfect spaces, with area, strength, and environment. His foundation was very good.

In addition, he had also contracted the space-type Buggy. Contracting a space-type pet could also increase the stability of the Beast Taming Space.

If he was even more ruthless, Chi Tong's full-level possession could even turn Shi Yu into a mixed-blood, but Shi Yu didn't have that idea for the time being.

Overall, it was not impossible for Shi Yu to contract beyond his level.

Normally, only a Level Four Beast Tamer could contract a Commander-level pet, but when he was Level Three, he had contracted a quasi-Overlord race, the Commander-level Nine Li Battle Beast.

Therefore, Shi Yu was sometimes thinking, could he try contracting beyond his level again this time!

It was said that the difficulty of breaking through from Level Six to Level Seven was ten times that of Level Five to Level Six. Under normal circumstances, even with opportunities like Emperor Kong's Ruins, Shi Yu estimated that he wouldn't reach Level Seven in a few years.

However, if the pets could reach the Overlord level ahead of their space level, then what was the difference between him and a legendary Beast Tamer.

Although the pets could break free from the contract and backfire on the Beast Tamer with a single thought at that time, Shi Yu believed that Eleven and the others would not do that. If they had that idea, Eleven and the others would have broken free the first time he contracted beyond his level.

Now, with Level Five space and Level Five physique, Shi Yu didn't dare to let his pets use legendary resources to break through to the Overlord level, but when he had Level Six space and the peak Level Six physique, he could completely try to cultivate a pet to the Overlord level first.

He couldn't wait for the level of the Beast Taming Space. It was too slow.

At that time, he would let Rin use top-level intelligence to analyze the success rate. As long as it was feasible, he would try.

This time, contracting beyond his level would definitely be more difficult than the last time, but for the sake of the World Tree's blessing, he would go all out. As long as he didn't die, it didn't matter if he was weak every day.

As long as he got the World Tree's blessing, he would have hope of becoming a legend within three years, not to mention the legendary level. At that time, he could go anywhere in the world and play with excitement.

With this determined thought, Shi Yu entered a period of crazy cultivation again…

…

In the blink of an eye.

A month and a half later.

The color of Shi Yu's Beast Taming Space crystal wall had completely turned purple.

Colorless, gray, white, green, blue, purple… The purple crystal wall and summoning array corresponded to the sixth level of the Beast Tamer.

In this level, the weaker Beast Tamers were still ordinary masters, but the stronger ones, with the help of their Beast Taming talents, could already be called top Beast Taming masters.

Of course, Shi Yu didn't care about this at all, because he had obtained the top Beast Taming master's license when he was in the Level Five space.

"Phew…" Inside Emperor Kong's Ruins, Shi Yu let out a vicissitude sigh.

With the blessing of the Ruins Meditation Method, Emperor Kong's Cultivation Ruins, the calming and focusing incense plants, the Purifying Lake, the void crystal stone, the super-strong physique, and the fact that all of his pets had broken through to the Monarch level, he had finally become a Level Six Beast Tamer.

At this moment, Shi Yu's physical strength, mental strength, and soul strength all soared. The powerful physique made Shi Yu, who exhaled, a little dizzy.

"What a strong power…" Shi Yu clenched his fists and shook his hands casually. With a "boom", the air suddenly rumbled. The sound was like thunder, and a wave of air instantly uprooted the surrounding plants and raised dust.

"Damn, am I still human?"

Shi Yu was shocked and felt more and more that he was not human.

He, he, he, he could already wave his fist to create an air cannon?

Race, Shi Yu Beast, low-level wind-type skill, Fist Wind!

Shi Yu clenched his fist and fell into deep thought. Was this the benefit of breaking through to the limit of his physique every time?

He felt that when he reached the limit of this physique again, maybe he could compete with the beast-eared girl, Senior Bai Xi, in her combined state without stacking any buffs!

Too abnormal, too abnormal. When he reached the current limit again, Chi Tong would possess him. In his ultimate state, he might be able to wrestle with ordinary overlords.

The World Competition was nothing more than this!

At the same time, in Emperor Kong's Ruins, in Shi Yu's relic ring's relic space, Eleven and the others also felt the Beast Tamer's breakthrough and clamored to come out.

Shi Yu smiled and summoned them. He hadn't paid much attention to the pets' point additions in the past month and a half. They had been training on their own. Their daily routine was to fight with the Void Mantis and accompany Rin in research. However, next, in order to improve their physique and strengthen the pets, it seemed that a new round of point additions could begin…

With the addition of points to super-tier skills, he shouldn't be as miserable as before this time, right?

However, he should still buy more or less some tonics later. It was okay to teach Su Su, but when teaching other pets with intermediate-level will, Shi Yu was really afraid that he still wouldn't be able to withstand it. After all, the lower the will, the greater the consumption.

"Ying!!" "Ugh!!" "Yi!!" "Meow!" "Ning!" "Hooray!"

Mixed in with the cries of the six pets was something strange. Eleven and the others looked at Shi Yu with excitement and surprise.

He broke through!

Shi Yu, can you add points!

And Shi Yu, after smiling slightly again, suddenly froze.

"Damn it."

His heart shook. Looking at the Skill Index in his mind, he suddenly discovered an extremely incredible update.

In addition to the basic increase in the number of pages, the Skill Index had indeed undergone a huge change again!

Shi Yu had basically ignored the number of pages, because he could delete low-level skills after they were full. With not many super-tier skills, he couldn't use up the number of pages.

Therefore, updates in other areas had completely become Shi Yu's expectations.

The last time Shi Yu broke through, the Skill Index updated general teaching methods for low-level, intermediate-level, and high-level skills.

And this time, it updated general teaching methods for super-tier skills!

[Skill]: Undying Golden Body

[Skill Level]: Super-Tier

[Introduction]: …

[Status]: …

[General Teaching Method]: Use earth fire to combine Undying Divine Gold, Living Stone powder, gold-type overlord-level Dragon Race blood essence, and gold-type overlord-level Phoenix Race blood essence into one thing and eat it. There is a chance to awaken the Undying Golden Body skill. The chance of awakening depends on the pet's talent, pet race, and the pet's compatibility with the skill.

Shi Yu took a look, was excited at first, and then his face darkened.

MMP.

It was like updating for nothing. It would be better to update a method to increase skill proficiency quickly.

A long time ago, Shi Yu felt that the general teaching methods updated by the Skill Index were useless.

Because many of the resources were things that Shi Yu had never heard of.

What was Undying Divine Gold, what was Living Stone?

Bug skills like Memory Water Drop and Time Fruit also had general teaching methods. The general teaching method for Memory Water Drop was to let the pet absorb Dew of Time.

Shi Yu directly ignored it, because what the hell was Dew of Time, he had never even heard of it. The top Breeding Index of the Third Bureau's breeding bureau didn't record such a thing, not even similar things. The teaching material taught nothing.

And Undying Divine Gold and Living Stone were obviously the same.

He could only understand the teaching methods of relatively common skills, such as Intimidation, High-Speed Healing, and Absolute Sleep.

However, Shi Yu soon didn't care about this anymore.

Because another function updated by the Skill Index made Shi Yu even more excited.

A huge black and white vortex furnace image appeared on the last page of the Skill Index.

[Skill Fusion] (Not Unlocked)

[Introduction]: Two or more skills that have reached perfect-level proficiency can be fused into a new skill. The higher the skill proficiency and the higher the compatibility between the skills, the higher the success rate of fusion. The success rate of fusion will also depend on the Beast Tamer's physique and the pet's will.

Shi Yu: !!!!!!

At first glance, Shi Yu thought it was a ability to help develop combination techniques, but suddenly, he noticed something wrong. This was not a combination, but… fusion!!

Completely, fusing two different skills into a new skill!

This ability was clearly only possessed after the biological totem level.

Totem-level creatures had the ability to develop new skills, develop new racial skills, and customize racial skills for their descendants. They had the ability to optimize skills and optimize the race.

However, Shi Yu didn't expect the Skill Index to update it to him in advance.

What did this represent?

Shi Yu knew too well.

First, he could fuse skills with extremely low upper limits into stronger skills.

For example, Steel Tendons and Iron Bones + Hundred Refinements Become Steel + Tyrant Body Armor + High-Speed Healing + Super Vision + Absolute Sleep + Multiplication could be fused into a super-tier physique skill comparable to a divine skill. At that time, he could continue to improve it to Transcendent or Approaching the Dao through adding points.

In addition, if he could fuse two super-tier skills into one, wouldn't that mean that he would save half the effort of adding points while the skill became stronger?

At the same time, this was equivalent to walking his own path.

Back then, Chong Xuan said that maxing out super-tier racial skills was not a prerequisite for advancing to mythology. The prerequisite for advancing to mythology was to combine races and develop exclusive divine skills that belonged to him and were suitable for his own race. Perhaps this skill fusion could more efficiently help pets develop them?

"This is invincible, really invincible…"

"I'll fuse a bunch of maxed-out low-level skills into stronger super-tier skills, and then max them out… Dragon Gods and Meteorite Wolves will cry when they see it."

"Wait, why is it not unlocked????? Damn it, what do you mean!!!"

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The *Unscientific Beast Taming* themed card is finally here! The card drawing event time is from 0:00 on February 15th to 0:00 on March 18th. The event time lasts for one month. There is a matching event posted by Wei La in the book review area. Collecting a set of cards can win big prizes. Of course, everyone should act according to their ability…