There are two ways to register for the professional assessment.

One is to register at the local Beast Tamer Association, and the other is to register online.

Shi Yu had obviously registered online, so now he just needed to wait for the assessment to begin.

"One more day..."

Shi Yu stretched after getting up in the morning.

At the same time, he wondered if he should give Eleven and Buggy a crash course in doubles tactics.

The basic test, the first hurdle of the professional assessment, was fine; it just verified the Beast Tamer's Beast Taming level and the pets' levels, similar to an interview. Beast Tamers who met the threshold could pass.

After the panda senior's reminder, Shi Yu knew that the most important hurdle was the final assessment.

At that time, all the examinees who had been screened through the first three assessments would participate in a ranking battle.

There were no rules restricting this assessment.

For example, if a Beast Tamer had only trained one pet, but the opponent had trained two, you would have to fight two against one.

To be precise, it was two against three, because the Beast Tamer could also participate in the battle in this duel. This was to give some Beast Tamers with special talents a chance to show their strength.

So this time, it tested the Beast Tamer's comprehensive combat power.

That 12-year-old prodigy that Zheng Yingjie mentioned might be able to summon three or four pets relying entirely on his talent.

There were even examinees whose Beast Taming space had reached level three in advance, who might be able to summon three pets.

In this way, teamwork became particularly important. Beast Tamers who had not undergone this kind of training would definitely suffer.

"Panda, Bug..."

"Doesn't match."

Shi Yu pondered after washing up.

In fact, he had also trained Eleven and Buggy's tacit understanding. Eleven and Buggy often trained and fought together, and the two pets knew each other very well.

However, due to race and skill limitations, if they wanted to cooperate, Buggy would just use silk to control, and then Eleven would output.

Although it could barely be considered cooperation, it didn't feel like a qualitative leap and wasn't a perfect fit.

It was far less direct than the improvement brought by the dragon soul possessing the bone dragon.

"Forget it, forget it, we'll talk about it later." With the Illusory Phantom skill, Buggy could cooperate well with any pet if needed, but it would all require a lot of time to practice.

Shi Yu obviously didn't have much time now.

Moreover, Eleven and Buggy hadn't even figured out their own skills yet, so how could they have time to study doubles tactics.

Shi Yu was counting on Eleven and Buggy to rely on their outstanding individual qualities to fight two against one or three against one.

This was also a viable method. In general, as long as the pet's individual strength was strong enough, the number was irrelevant.

Besides, Eleven also had the Intimidation skill.

"Huh, is no one here?" After Shi Yu came out of his room, he found the research institute deserted, with only the panda senior there.

It was only nine o'clock, and he didn't get up late.

"They went to buy experimental equipment." The panda senior was preparing infant formula for the little iron-eating beasts in the backyard.

"Oh, oh." Shi Yu nodded.

"Is there any breakfast?"

"Fresh milk prepared for the iron-eating beasts, do you want to drink it?"

"Never mind." Shi Yu waved his hand.

The milk that the iron-eating beasts drank contained too much metal, and he was afraid of exceeding the heavy metal limit.

The panda senior said with a smile:

"You can go to the school cafeteria to take a look. Also, there seems to be instant noodles in the cabinet."

"Then I'll go out and take a look." Shi Yu didn't really want to eat instant noodles.

"If you're going out, would you like to stop by your exam venue for tomorrow?" the panda senior asked.

"Gu Du is quite big. Do you know where your exam venue is?"

It would be too embarrassing if you missed the assessment because you went to the wrong exam venue and were late.

Although it seemed silly, it really happened to Beast Tamers every year.

When Lin Xiuzhu took the assessment that year, he saw someone crying outside the exam venue because he was late... These unlucky kids.

There are all kinds of birds in the forest.

Shi Yu gave a "huh." Which exam venue was he assigned to?

Shi pondered.

He really didn't pay attention!

He was originally thinking of confirming the location today anyway, so the panda senior's reminder came just in time.

Shi Yu took out his new mobile phone and checked.

"It seems to be Lotus Lake Arena... I'll go take a look later." Shi Yu said.

"It's quite far from here." the panda senior said.

"Then, how about... you give me a ride?" Shi Yu was addicted to riding in cars.

The panda senior refused, saying, "Go yourself. I still have to take care of the iron-eating beasts."

"Also, the car was driven away by Lin Yuer junior sister."

"Understood." Shi Yu was sad. Such a big event as the professional assessment, didn't he have the treatment of being picked up and dropped off by a car?

Maybe he would become this year's champion.

...

Shi Yu went out alone.

But thinking about it carefully, it seemed normal.

This assessment was like the college entrance examination. Those who were constantly pondering about it were the candidates, parents, and official institutions. Others would also pay attention to it a little, but it was purely to watch the excitement.

Shi Yu had no relatives and was definitely treated like an orphan.

"Taxis, the eternal gods."

Buying a car wasn't as convenient as taking a taxi.

Next, Shi Yu chose to listen to the panda senior's advice and went to check out the exam venue in advance.

Lotus Lake Arena was a very large venue in Gu Du City, with a maximum capacity of 50,000 people, so it was definitely no problem to use it as an exam venue.

Shi Yu took a taxi and arrived here from the research institute in about an hour.

Under the condition that there was no traffic jam.

Judging from this situation, it seemed that he had to get up early tomorrow... Otherwise, a traffic jam would directly end it.

"Or, should I just not go back?"

Shi Yu stood outside the arena, remained silent for a long time, and finally picked up his phone and called the panda senior.

"Have you arrived?" she asked on the other end.

"Yes, it's a little farther than I thought, so I won't be going back today."

Panda senior: ???

Is that how you check out the venue?

"Is there any place to stay? At this time, the surrounding hotels should all be fully booked, right?"

"Don't worry." Shi Yu said.

He had the Relic Bead. He could just go to the bead and sleep on the panda bed. What did he need a hotel for?

In order to avoid having to get up early tomorrow and having to consider the risk of traffic jams, Shi Yu felt that it was safer to sleep near the exam venue.

As expected of you, Shi Yu, you directly eliminated the risk of being late. You will definitely not be the next Xiao Zhi.

"Well, okay then."

The panda senior was speechless.

However, when she took the professional assessment, she seemed to have rented a room near the exam venue in order to avoid some unnecessary trouble.

This was indeed the easiest way to do it.

After talking to the panda senior, Shi Yu hung up the phone.

He looked at the arena, which was currently sealed off, with crowds of people gathered around it.

Judging from the age distribution of the crowd, they should all be here to check out the venue in advance, just like him.

In other words, they were all competitors...

"Forget it, don't think too much about it. Let's find a place to eat first."

Grumble...

Now that the exam location had been determined, Shi Yu began to pay attention to his stomach.

He definitely hadn't had time to eat breakfast, so he might as well just eat lunch now.

He took out his phone and started looking for restaurants nearby using food reviews. And sure enough, Shi Yu found a restaurant that looked awesome.

Food Garden.

Just looking at the name, Shi Yu felt that this place couldn't be bad, and might even tear clothes.

This was a national chain restaurant specializing in using extraordinary creatures as ingredients to make fantasy-level dishes, spread across the nine first-tier cities.

The chefs were all food Beast Tamers with professional strength, big shots in the culinary world.

This restaurant was currently the most popular. Shi Yu opened the comments and immediately knew why.

This was also an advanced battle restaurant. The restaurant was running a promotion. Any Beast Tamer participating in the professional assessment could get a free meal if they passed the restaurant's battle test.

"Fancy promotion." Shi Yu thought to himself after reading the rules. "You guys have figured it all out!"

He understood the rules.

Basically, the restaurant welcomed Beast Tamers participating in the professional assessment to dine.

After the meal, the restaurant would arrange a battle between two guests.

The winner of the battle would get a free meal.

The loser of the battle would only need to pay for their own expenses and would not need to pay extra.

On the surface, it seemed like the restaurant was losing money, not only waiving a bill but also providing a venue. It was a beneficial activity for the guests.

However, after seeing the price of the food, Shi Yu didn't believe that the restaurant would lose money.

As long as enough people went, even if only half of them spent money, the restaurant would make a lot of money, and it would also gain fame. This marketing method was worth learning from other restaurants, because in this way...

"If every restaurant was like this, wouldn't I be able to freeload every meal?"

Shi Yu obviously had a lot of confidence in his own strength and went straight to this restaurant.

Even though he knew that the restaurant was fishing, who would think that they were the fish?

Moreover... Shi Yu wasn't just trying to freeload.

"Eating is secondary. Why not take this opportunity to let Buggy battle?"

Shi Yu pondered to himself. The professional assessment was coming up soon. Buggy seemed to have only battled Eleven and hadn't battled any other pets. Should he let it experience it in advance? So as to avoid Buggy from dropping the ball at a critical moment.