Light Spring Murmur
Chapter 40: Temporarily First
Iron-eating Beasts were not known for their love of training, so their skill proficiency was generally low. In battle, they mostly relied on their superior physique rather than technique to defeat opponents.
Even if this Iron-eating Beast had started training in the womb, it was still outrageous. It would be one thing if it was an adult, but it was just a cub.
"Shi...Yu..."
"Sounds like that name. Do you know him? I remember you studied at the Bamboo Stone Martial Arts Center, right? Is he from your center?"
A person holding a list asked the security guard who had inquired about Shi Yu.
"Don't know... I haven't heard of him. He shouldn't be a Beast Tamer from the Bamboo Stone Martial Arts Center," the security guard said.
The others exchanged glances. So, what was the deal with this Shi Yu and the little Iron-eating Beast?
"Silkworm?"
Just then, the screen showed another scene that made them feel a headache.
On Shi Yu's side, Eleven had successfully taken down all four Long-Spined Wild Boars.
Now it was the Silkworm's turn. It crawled out of Shi Yu's backpack and began to spin silk with all its might to tie up the Long-Spined Wild Boars.
"Isn't he a trainee Beast Tamer? How does he have a second pet?"
Seeing the Silkworm, they were even more surprised.
"Maybe it's not contracted and just raised as an extra pet?"
It wasn't unheard of for Beast Tamers to do this, but it was generally too difficult.
Raising it as a pet like a pet cat or dog was fine, but if you wanted to train it into a battle pet that understood commands and was willing to fight without a contract, it was very difficult, about the same difference as between a pet dog and a police dog.
It was only because Shi Yu had the talent of telepathy that the Silkworm could understand his meaning a little, otherwise this Silkworm would never be as obedient as it was now.
"This examinee is awesome! Not only does he have such a strong Iron-eating Beast cub, but he also raises an extra Silkworm."
"I think this Silkworm's silk level is also not low. Evolving into a Wind Crystal Butterfly is inevitable."
"Brothers, I bet a pack of cigarettes that they can rank in the top three of this exam."
The security personnel in the security zone monitoring room started chattering.
"Alright, alright."
"Stop talking about him for now. Someone's been injured."
However, the discussion soon stopped, and they were reprimanded by a diligent security guard.
It was work time, and they couldn't focus all their attention on Shi Yu. It was good to know that Shi Yu wasn't trying to die, but other Beast Tamers also needed some attention.
Sure enough... although the training had just begun, some Beast Tamers and pets had already been injured, and they had to deal with it quickly.
Wild Boar Forest.
"A great harvest."
Shi Yu and the others didn't know that their achievements had already been noticed by some security personnel.
At this time, he was happily looking at the Long-Spined Wild Boars tied up in a string, feeling happy. Good, 1750 points obtained.
These points didn't seem that hard to get after all.
More than the points, Shi Yu was more interested in the meat of the Long-Spined Wild Boar.
He had the good fortune to eat stir-fried wild boar with chili at the cafeteria of the breeding base in Icefield City. He wondered what it would taste like if he processed it himself...
"Speaking of which, the spoils should be edible, right?" Shi Yu looked at Eleven, who shook its head.
"Awu!" Don't know, don't ask it.
It was only responsible for fighting and had no interest in wild boar meat.
Compared to wild boar meat, it was more concerned about the bamboo shoots in Shi Yu's backpack.
"Gulu gulu..."
After the battle, Eleven's stomach rumbled.
Don't be fooled by how fierce it looked, it was still just a cub after all, and such a battle was very energy-consuming.
"Alright, alright." Shi Yu took out two sections of cut iron bamboo shoots and threw them to Eleven.
At the same time, Shi Yu also placed the Silkworm on a tree trunk and said, "Go find some leaves to solve it first. I don't seem to see any spiritual plants in this wild boar forest..."
The Silkworm must have used up a lot of energy like Eleven after spitting out so much silk.
Silkworm: "..."
Shi Yu and the others rested in place for about 20 minutes before continuing to go deeper.
This time, dragging five Long-Spined Wild Boars was a bit difficult even for Eleven.
Shi Yu happily helped the bear out, treating it as his own physical exercise.
Next, they had to continue to traverse the Wild Boar Forest to reach the nearest safety zone.
Then, after passing through that safety zone, they could go to the Magnetic Mountain area with Electric Slimes.
Up ahead, Shi Yu and Eleven pulled two ropes woven from silkworm silk, while the Silkworm lay in the backpack behind them, replenishing its strength, because there might be more wild boars that needed to be tied up later.
After about five more minutes, Eleven suddenly stopped.
"Wild boar?" Shi Yu asked.
Eleven nodded.
Afterward, Shi Yu heard a noisy sound coming from not far away.
However, hearing this sound, Shi Yu's expression was strange.
The sound was similar to the screams of wild boars, but not exactly.
Instead, it sounded more like human screams!
"Ahhh, run, there's a tree ahead, quickly run up the tree."
"Damn it, how did ten Long-Spined Wild Boars suddenly run out, how can we fight this?"
Before long, Shi Yu saw clearly that a group of wild boars was chasing two people.
Next to the two people, there was also an Icefield Hound with a growth level of six and a Snow-striped Sable with a growth level of seven running together.
Using the terrain and skills, the Icefield Hound and the Snow-striped Sable occasionally interfered with the speed of the wild boar herd, creating opportunities for their side to retreat.
As for the Long-Spined Wild Boars behind them, the average level was above growth level six. 2 vs 10 was estimated to be very difficult. After all, these two pets were not Eleven, and it was no wonder the two Beast Tamers were running frantically.
They didn't dare to face such a large group of Long-Spined Wild Boars head-on, but they didn't want to give up the exam and choose to call for help, so they could only run and see.
The big trees nearby were very thick, and the Long-Spined Wild Boars couldn't knock them down for a while. As long as they climbed up the trees, the wild boars would be helpless.
"Wait, there seems to be someone ahead." One of the Beast Tamers running suddenly saw Shi Yu in front of him.
"Oink oink oink!!!"
"Oink! Oink! Oink!!!"
Not only them, but the group of Long-Spined Wild Boars also smelled the scent of their companions.
"Ten at once?" Shi Yu and Eleven stood there, Shi Yu calculating Eleven's chances of winning against ten Long-Spined Wild Boars...
Generally, Long-Spined Wild Boars couldn't break Eleven's defense in the full-body hardening state. Even if they did, there was still high-speed healing, so it was entirely a test of Eleven's stamina.
"Forget it, what am I calculating?" Shi Yu quickly shook his head, because this group of realistic wild boars, after seeing their companions in the distance fall and be strung together in a pile, directly scattered and ran away without a word, with no intention of fighting at all.
"Oink oink oink!!!"
"Oink! Oink! Oink!!!"
Slipped away, slipped away.
Behind them, a group of wild boars scattered and ran away, directly leaving the two trainee Beast Tamers and the Icefield Hound and Snow-striped Sable dumbfounded in place.
"Ran away? Not chasing?"
Immediately afterward, they saw Shi Yu and the little Iron-eating Beast slowly walking over, dragging five Long-Spined Wild Boar trophies.
The scene was extremely spectacular.
"Holy crap."
The Beast Tamer of the Icefield Hound exclaimed in disbelief as he looked at the trophies dragged by Shi Yu.
He had some impression of Shi Yu. They had entered Tianmang Mountain together from the same entrance. Only so little time had passed, what was going on with the pile of Long-Spined Wild Boars behind Shi Yu???
At this time, the Beast Tamer of the Snow-striped Sable also knew why the group of Long-Spined Wild Boars had run away, because at this time, Shi Yu and the others dragging a pile of Long-Spined Wild Boars exuded a particularly strong aura. Not to mention the wild boars, even he was taken aback.
"Go to the periphery to find solitary Long-Spined Wild Boars, don't go deep into the forest."
After Shi Yu passed them, he casually reminded them and continued to drag a pile of Long-Spined Wild Boars on the road with Eleven.
"Got it, thank you, big boss."
The two thanked them quickly, but after being chased by wild boars, they temporarily had no intention of hunting. They planned to go to the safety zone to rest before talking about it.
After taking a breath in place, they chose to follow Shi Yu from a distance, because the road Shi Yu was taking was the road in the Wild Boar Forest that could cross the forest and reach the safety zone.
Next, because of dragging five Long-Spined Wild Boar trophies, the wild Long-Spined Wild Boars completely regarded Shi Yu and the others as top hunters. Even if Shi Yu and Eleven looked easy to bully, no wild boar dared to approach them.
And dragging so many Long-Spined Wild Boars, Shi Yu temporarily had no intention of actively looking for Long-Spined Wild Boar trouble. It was almost afternoon, and he hadn't had time to eat lunch yet, so let's just go to the safety zone to place the wild boars.
After spending some more time, Shi Yu and the others finally arrived at a small safety zone that looked like a small village, surrounded by wood and thorns.
When Shi Yu arrived here, there were already five or six people here, and it was not known whether they had crossed the Wild Boar Forest or had taken other safer roads.
The safety zone did not have extra houses, only a monitoring room and a medical room, so the examinees could only sit and rest briefly under the grass shed outside.
At this time, half of the examinees sitting outside resting looked quite normal, but the other half were all covered in dirt.
Shi Yu also saw a young man whose clothes were stained red and whose arm was wrapped in a white bandage. Was he gored by a wild boar?
There was also a Beast Tamer with scabs on his face. The scabs looked quite like scars. Holy crap, was he disfigured by a Great Blade Mantis and then healed?
Because of the existence of healing-type pets, as long as the examinee did not die on the spot, the chance of being rescued was still quite high... That being said, Shi Yu subconsciously swallowed after seeing the two or three Beast Tamers with bandages.
So miserable... don't scare him.
Shi Yu felt that this group of injured people was dispelling his enthusiasm for continuing to hunt level 10 Bosses.
"This..." When Shi Yu entered here and his eyes swept to this group of examinees who had already arrived at this safety zone, the examinees were also paying attention to Shi Yu who had just entered.
When the six people saw Shi Yu and the little Iron-eating Beast dragging five Long-Spined Wild Boars in, their eyes immediately widened as if they had seen something unbelievable.
One, two, three, four, five... they didn't count wrong, right? Five?
After taking a closer look, they were sure that only Shi Yu had come in at this time, that is to say, Shi Yu had hunted five Long-Spined Wild Boars alone?
Where did this big shot come from...!
Although Long-Spined Wild Boars were not the most powerful beasts in Tianmang Mountain, it was not easy for anyone to hunt five in a row, after all, the pet's stamina was limited, and not much time had passed.
"You've finally come."
At this time, a security guard in a blue uniform walked out of the monitoring room and said, "We've been paying attention to you in the monitoring room for a long time. Your Iron-eating Beast is very strong."
"Do you want to register points? I'll help you register."
Shi Yu looked over and nodded, "Yes, please register for me. By the way, can I eat these wild boars?"
The security guard was stunned, "How do you want to eat them?"
"Roasted wild boar?"
"I advise you not to eat them. Long-Spined Wild Boar meat is delicious, but it has to be processed through multiple processes."
"This..." Shi Yu was very disappointed. Could he only eat braised beef instant noodles in his backpack?
He originally wanted to eat well and copy the Multiplication skill in the afternoon...
...
Tianmang Mountain Training Base.
General Monitoring Room.
Different from the situation where each safety zone in Tianmang Mountain only needs to monitor a fixed area, here, they have to pay attention to the situation of the entire Tianmang Mountain, so the control of individual examinees is not very in place.
However, by watching the points uploaded in real-time from the safety zone, the five professional Beast Tamers here can quickly know which players are performing well.
Currently, the person with the highest score displayed on the big screen is a trainee Beast Tamer named Xie Fei, with a score of 1500 points. He successfully hunted a Rock-backed Lizard with a growth level of nine not long after entering Tianmang Mountain and has maintained the top score for a long time.
At this time, the score finally changed again, and Shi Yu's name suddenly jumped to first place with 1750 points.