Light Spring Murmur
Chapter 117: End of the Survival Trial Assessment
The Rock Mane Behemoth has quite a few racial skills, and among them, the three highest-level skills are all powerful attack skills.
This is a typical brute.
It looks impressive, and it is indeed powerful in a fight, but it has little value for replication, and there is not much surprise.
After all, "ironclad support, flowing output," Shi Yu believes that stacking enhancement skills and auxiliary skills is the key.
For example, Eleven has Hardening, which is an enhancement skill, and Size Enlargement is also an enhancement skill. Latent Sharpness is still an enhancement skill. When three enhancement skills are stacked, won't a normal attack be like a ultimate skill?
In comparison, you can't let your Eleven learn Lava Burst, right?
That also doesn't fit Eleven's current skill set.
However, even though he says that, Shi Yu still has a smile on his face when he sees them.
There are three key elements to a Beast Tamer's strength: Beast Level, Beast Taming Talent, and Knowledge.
One's own knowledge includes the skill manuals they have mastered, including special and efficient training methods for skills, and special cultivation methods for pets, including evolution methods.
There are so many pets of low-level Monarch races, but Yin Zhengfan specifically chose a big, silly guy, mostly because he has mastered some cultivation methods suitable for Rock Mane Behemoths.
Maybe, there are super rare universal skills outside of the species.
This is a treasure boy, and can't be looked at in a conventional way.
"You guys are here."
Seeing Shi Yu and the others arrive, Yin Zhengfan was a little surprised and jumped down from the Rock Mane Behemoth's rocky hand.
"Sorry for the wait…"
"Is this the Rock Mane Behemoth? Amazing…"
Shi Yu looked at the tall Rock Mane Behemoth and compared it to his own Iron-eating Beast. He felt that his was better. After all, this thing looks like it can't do anything other than fight, but maybe it would be extremely efficient if sent to mine?
"It's okay." Yin Zhengfan also glanced at his Rock Mane Behemoth, which was resting with its eyes closed, smiled, and ignored it.
"Are you ready?"
"Do you want to rest for a bit?"
He looked at the Iron-eating Beast, which Shi Yu was exploiting as a mount, and asked Shi Yu and the others.
Although Yin Zhengfan had been looking forward to this battle for a long time, he didn't mind waiting a little longer.
"No need." Shi Yu glanced at the time. It wasn't long before the assessment ended, so it was better to start as soon as possible.
"I think it can't wait to fight a space-type opponent." Shi Yu patted Eleven next to him.
"Ying." Eleven smiled naively, revealing its fighting spirit!
Because it hadn't fought a space-type opponent before, Eleven was really a little curious about how well it had trained!
…
As the assessment approached its end, the nine Master Examiners reunited.
In addition, a huge mechanical airship in the sky above Trial Island welcomed an unexpected guest.
A middle-aged man who looked as steady as a mountain and seemed to possess a kingly aura came here.
"Legend Yin…" Master Qu Jie and the others looked at this man and revealed helpless smiles.
Why did this one come here?
"Don't mind me." Yin Zhongrong was expressionless.
How could they not mind?
The nine Master Examiners muttered in their hearts.
However, even if this was against the rules, no one dared to say anything.
After all, everyone knew Yin Zhongrong's character. He wouldn't care about the rules. This Legend Yin, who was one of the strongest even among Legend Beast Tamers, only pursued the pinnacle of the Beast Taming field, which was the most important thing to him.
Other than that, he cared most about his son. Yin Zhongrong didn't have a child until he was fifty years old, and he valued Yin Zhengfan, who inherited his Beast Taming talent, very much. He also had a strong controlling desire, so coming here now was mostly for Yin Zhengfan.
He sat in the airship, made himself a cup of tea, and then said, "Sky Eye, I want to see what Yin Zhengfan is doing right now."
The Celestial Curtain Eye paused.
Even the nine Master Examiners couldn't command the Celestial Curtain Eye. They could only wait for it to update its data and upload the examinee's situation.
But at this moment, as Yin Zhongrong spoke, the Celestial Curtain Eye immediately and obediently captured the scene according to his command.
There was no way. Who told him to be such a big shot? Even its Beast Tamer respected Yin Legend very much. To be precise, it had been beaten by Yin Legend, so it was also afraid of this stern-faced uncle.
"The assessment is about to end. He should be collecting his spoils now," one of the Masters said.
"How has he performed these past few days?" Yin Zhongrong asked.
Master Qu Jie said, "He has perfectly completed the three assessment tasks and is ranked fourth in points, mainly because he has been training the Space Crystal Butterfly from beginning to end and hasn't sent out the Rock Mane Behemoth to fight."
After completing the assessment tasks, these top examinees naturally wouldn't care about how many Transcendent-level ferocious beasts they had hunted.
What they should care about are those examinees who haven't completed the assessment tasks and can only rely on their ranking by points to determine whether they can become Professional Beast Tamers.
What these top examinees really care about is the final ranking battle.
"I understand." Yin Zhongrong closed his eyes slightly and then opened them. At this moment, the Celestial Curtain Eye had already pulled up Yin Zhengfan's current state.
As a new scene appeared on the central screen in the airship, Yin Zhongrong and all the Examiners looked over together.
At this glance, the Examiners were immediately surprised and stunned.
Because, in the scene, Yin Zhengfan was commanding the Space Crystal Butterfly to confront Shi Yu's Iron-eating Beast! As if preparing to fight!
Damn it!
The Masters were shocked. What was going on? How did these two run into each other?
"Yin Zhengfan and Shi Yu are competing for resources…? No, there aren't any resource points nearby," one of the Examiners said in a daze.
"Who is this person?" Yin Zhongrong asked, looking at the scene.
He knew his son's character. Like him, he basically wouldn't fight opponents he wasn't interested in.
Master Qu Jie said, "His name is Shi Yu. He was ranked fourth in the Basic Test for this year's assessment. He is a genius archaeologist."
Archaeologist…
Yin Zhongrong looked quietly at the screen.
"Then his strength should be good, right?"
Faced with this question, the Masters looked at each other, not knowing how to answer.
It was more than just good. If Yin Zhengfan only planned to use the Space Crystal Butterfly to fight that Iron-eating Beast, he would definitely fail!!!
He should use the Rock Mane Behemoth!
Or maybe, they shouldn't watch…
"Yes…yes, it's good, and it's very Unscientific Beast Taming. It's that Iron-eating Beast that got fourth place in the test…"
Iron-eating Beast?
Yin Zhongrong was extremely surprised, but he still didn't think Yin Zhengfan would lose. After all, the species difference between the Space Crystal Butterfly and the Iron-eating Beast was too great.
…
In the scene, Yin Zhengfan and Shi Yu had already begun to battle.
Space Crystal Butterfly vs. Iron-eating Beast!
"Mi~~"
The Space Crystal Butterfly, with its pure white body and huge transparent wings like flowing water, slowly flew to an open area.
Yin Zhengfan walked to not far from it, his eyes shining.
His Space Crystal Butterfly had just evolved not long ago and needed training. He hoped that the Shi Yu and the Iron-eating Beast in front of him would be good opponents.
"Their strength won't be weak. I have to be serious!"
Yin Zhengfan thought.
After all, Shi Yu and the others were ranked fourth in the test.
Opposite Yin Zhengfan, Eleven stretched its body after a long absence, looking serious and solemnly at the Space Crystal Butterfly opposite.
Shi Yu was not far from Eleven, carefully observing.
In addition to this pair of pets and this pair of Beast Tamers, the Rock Mane Behemoth lying not far away and the Green Silkworm on Shi Yu's shoulder were also spectators, sizing up the battlefield. Among them, the Green Silkworm was very curious about how much pressure the butterfly elder sister who mastered space-type moves could put on the leader.
"Ji…"
Under the Green Silkworm's low cry, a trace of sharpness flowed out of Yin Zhengfan's calm expression. In battle, he was completely like a different person compared to his usual self.
"Then we won't be polite and will attack first."
Yin Zhengfan waved his hand, and the Space Crystal Butterfly "Mi~" sounded, its flying height slightly increasing. During this period, its wings swung, "Shua shua shua!" Three crescent-shaped cyan lights flew out!
Low-level wind-type skill, Wind Blade!
In addition to the three space-type racial skills, it also learned the wind crystal butterfly's racial skill through other methods!
Skill instant, cyan light condensed, is proficient Wind Blade!
Right now, Yin Zhengfan obviously wanted to use this move to test the Iron-eating Beast.
"Aooo!!" Opposite, Eleven was full of fighting spirit.
The Wind Blade came, causing the surrounding airflow to surge wildly. The sound of the Wind Blade breaking through the air was strong, as if it could cut off metal and stone. Under the strong wind pressure, Eleven's black and white fur trembled rapidly, but Eleven's expression was very firm.
Especially its eyes, under mental concentration, were particularly bright, as if it saw another world.
Mid-level mental skill, Perfect-level Extrasensory Vision!
With Extrasensory Vision activated, Eleven instantly understood the destructive power of the Wind Blade, and its speed was also infinitely slowed down in its eyes.
Bang!!
Eleven hardened its palm and slammed it against an incoming Wind Blade. Immediately, a burst of wind surged. The seemingly unremarkable move was countered by Eleven, and its body cleverly dodged the other two Wind Blades that were also attacking it, allowing the Wind Blades to miss, almost brushing past Eleven's body.
"Is it a coincidence, or—"
At this moment, Yin Zhengfan's pupils shrank.
Not only did he discover that this Iron-eating Beast had shattered a Proficient-level Wind Blade with its bare hands, unharmed.
He also discovered that it had precisely dodged the two flanking attacks, almost neutralizing their probing with minimal consumption!
This Hardening proficiency is at least at the Perfect-level!
At this moment, Shi Yu's expression was calm. Yin Zhengfan wanted to train the Space Crystal Butterfly, so it would be meaningless to let Eleven go all out. He was also holding the mentality of training Eleven, not letting it waste its strength, but planning to win with skill.
This way, this battle would not be meaningless, and it could have a training effect for both pets!!
"Good battle awareness."
At the same time, one round of confrontation allowed Legend Yin to see the extraordinaryness of the Iron-eating Beast.
He nodded. Perfect-level racial skill?
And that exaggerated reaction speed. For the Iron-eating Beast race, it was indeed, as those Examiners said, a bit Unscientific Beast Taming.
Seeing Legend Yin's calm nod, the Masters smiled wryly. This was just the beginning of Unscientific Beast Taming!
In the scene, Yin Zhengfan and the Space Crystal Butterfly quickly launched a second round of attacks!
"Spatial Shackles!"
The Wind Blade failed to affect Eleven, and Yin Zhengfan was not in a hurry.
After all, his intention was to use the speed of the Wind Blade to interfere with the Iron-eating Beast.
The instant attribute of the Wind Blade, coupled with its extremely fast speed, was very suitable for harassing the opponent before the Space Crystal Butterfly chanted high-level skills.
Sure enough, while Eleven was fighting the Wind Blade, the Space Crystal Butterfly created a spatial domain after three seconds of charging, locking Eleven inside.
Buzz!
At this moment, Eleven suddenly felt the air flow faster and the surrounding area extremely oppressive.
Itself, as if it was in another space.
Eleven could still vaguely see the energy flow of the surrounding spatial domain through Perfect-level Extrasensory Vision. This move was very strange. As a space-type move, it couldn't be sure whether it could forcefully break the shackles through a combination skill of Hardening + Thunder Palm.
However, there was actually no need to break it at all, because Spatial Shackles could not directly cause damage. If the Space Crystal Butterfly wanted to cause damage through this move, it had to cause vibrations in the spatial domain and then rely on the air shock waves from the shattered space to damage the enemy!!
"Mi!!"
As the Space Crystal Butterfly's wings flapped, the space shackling Eleven began to shake, and transparent, web-like cracks began to appear around it. The next moment, shock waves like transparent waves spread towards Eleven!
"Even if Perfect-level Hardening can block it, it should still be greatly affected."
Yin Zhengfan's expression was serious. His Rock Mane Behemoth would also be injured if it took this move head-on with Proficient-level Rockification and the physical quality of a Monarch race.
As for this Iron-eating Beast…
Just as Yin Zhengfan made a judgment, a scene that made him very silent happened on Eleven.
"Aooo!!"
After the shock wave formed, Eleven looked serious. The ground under its feet immediately seemed to turn metallic, quickly turning black. Then, the black hardened substance, like liquid metal, instantly formed a hemispherical hardened shield, completely isolating it from the outside world!
Mastery-level Hardening, hardened substance release!
The huge hardened substance instantly did not come into contact with Eleven. It formed layers of hardened barriers outside its body. The shock wave came crashing down, and the hardened barriers quickly developed cracks, and the solid hemisphere almost shattered. But before the shock wave could continue to transmit inward, a constant stream of hardened substance quickly repaired the hemispherical shield, completely neutralizing the shock wave. At this moment, Yin Zhengfan's face changed drastically.
"How could this be…"
Not Perfect-level Hardening, but…Mastery-level!
In the scene, Yin Zhengfan's immature face showed an incomprehensible expression.
He never expected that Shi Yu and the others had such a trump card hidden.
Watching this round of confrontation, Legend Yin also showed a solemn expression and said, "Mastery-level Hardening…is he just a rookie?"
Mastery-level represented the peak of skill. Even with special training methods and cultivation methods, even if it was a low-level skill, there was no reason for it to appear in the Professional Assessment, on such a young person.
"Yes." The Masters actually felt it was okay, because the twelve-year-old Yin Zhengfan was clearly more outrageous.
When Yin Zhengfan reached eighteen years old, who knew if he would already be a Young Master.
Crack!!!
In the scene, the Spatial Shackles shattered, and the hardened substance re-flowed and disappeared. The figure of the little Iron-eating Beast reappeared.
At this time, the hardened substance flowed and condensed on Eleven's palm, forming a metal ball the size of a ping-pong ball. Eleven pinched it hard, Extrasensory Vision locked onto the somewhat dazed Space Crystal Butterfly not far away, and directly threw it!!!
Boom!!!
The hardened ball, like a cannonball, crashed towards the Space Crystal Butterfly. With Eleven's strength added, although it was not as fast as the previous Wind Blade, it was not slow at all.
"Mi!"
The black meteor came crashing down, scaring the Space Crystal Butterfly to immediately use Spatial Concealment. The hardened ball directly passed through the Space Crystal Butterfly's body and crashed into the mountain behind it. With a "bang," the mountain was directly smashed into a cracked hollow, and countless shattered rocks fell down.
The huge sound entered Yin Zhengfan's heart, causing him to suddenly look up and look at Shi Yu opposite him.
At this moment, Shi Yu had actually already delivered a checkmate.
Yin Zhengfan also realized this.
"I underestimated them…" He understood this, and his heart was extremely heavy, but he didn't intend to give up just like that.
Legend Yin and the Examiners watching behind the scenes also realized this.
The Space Crystal Butterfly's Spatial Shackles could not break through the absolute defense of Mastery-level Hardening.
This meant that the Space Crystal Butterfly could not cause damage to the Iron-eating Beast.
And although the Iron-eating Beast seemingly could not cause damage to the Space Crystal Butterfly, which possessed Spatial Concealment and Teleportation.
However, these two skills had a very big drawback.
In Spatial Concealment, the Space Crystal Butterfly could not use other skills, and Teleportation consumed too much energy.
Was it going to evolve into a war of attrition between the Space Crystal Butterfly and the Iron-eating Beast?
A war of attrition was definitely not a good choice for the Space Crystal Butterfly.
Sweat suddenly dripped down Yin Zhengfan's forehead, and he felt the extreme pressure from his opponent.
"Is he going to lose?" Legend Yin gripped his cup tightly, continuing to stare at the scene.
At this time, other than the Celestial Curtain Eye that possessed the Sky Eye, everyone was unaware that the Space Crystal Butterfly was facing a combination of Mastery-level Hardening and Perfect-level Extrasensory Vision!
In a sense, this could also be considered a profundity!
In the scene, the battle between the two continued.
Under the lock of Perfect-level Extrasensory Vision, the Space Crystal Butterfly had barely exited Spatial Concealment for 0.5 seconds…
Bang!
Eleven threw the hardened substance condensed into a ball with its hand, forcing the Space Crystal Butterfly to teleport in a hurry—
The next second, the Space Crystal Butterfly's figure had just appeared after teleporting, and another black meteor attacked, forcing the Space Crystal Butterfly to enter Spatial Concealment again to dodge!
On the field, Eleven, facing the Space Crystal Butterfly, appeared slightly at ease, suppressing its opponent the entire time.
The Space Crystal Butterfly needed three seconds to cast Spatial Shackles, its only slightly threatening move, and during this time, it was enough for Eleven to counter.
It was relying on only Hardening and Extrasensory Vision, two skills.
Shi Yu's expression remained unchanged. So, could the Space Crystal Butterfly force out Eleven's third skill?
"Ji…" The Green Silkworm shed tears, as if it saw its future.
Opposite, Yin Zhengfan stared intently at the changing situation, constantly seeking a way to break the deadlock.
However, he could only feel the pressure from Shi Yu and the little Iron-eating Beast growing stronger and stronger.
Under the scouting and locking of Perfect-level Extrasensory Vision, even with its space-type powers, the Space Crystal Butterfly seemed to fall into an endless abyss.
The more it struggled, the deeper it sank, unable to escape the big hand from above.
This was not attribute suppression, not power suppression, but skill suppression, relying on the high proficiency of skills to look down on its opponent.
Having just evolved, and its skills not yet proficient, the Space Crystal Butterfly was like a child compared to the little Iron-eating Beast, which had trained its skills to the peak.
"This examinee…"
Seeing this, Legend Yin already felt there was no need to continue watching.
He said, "Sky Eye, that Iron-eating Beast must have used a skill to lock onto the enemy besides Hardening, right."
The Celestial Curtain Eye answered Legend Yin through subtitles.
Mid-level mental skill, Extrasensory Vision.
Although it was not as good as his Sky Eye, it was still a decent skill.
The main thing was that the degree of development of this Iron-eating Beast's Extrasensory Vision was ridiculously high.
…
A few minutes later.
The Space Crystal Butterfly finally couldn't hold on any longer and couldn't bear the pressure, its stamina exhausted.
Shi Yu and Eleven did not continue to attack, because Eleven had been in control of how much stamina the Space Crystal Butterfly had left.
"I lost."
After the Space Crystal Butterfly conveyed its inability to fight, Yin Zhengfan conceded defeat immediately.
His expression was blank, unwilling.
Suffocating, tormenting.
This was the feeling this battle gave him.
Other than the first time it attacked the Iron-eating Beast, the Space Crystal Butterfly was suppressed by the Iron-eating Beast the entire time.
This feeling made Yin Zhengfan almost unable to breathe.
The battle ended, and he was already drenched in sweat.
"Acknowledgement." Shi Yu said, "Perhaps if the Space Crystal Butterfly's skill proficiency was higher, the situation would be different."
He was telling the truth.
However, it made Yin Zhengfan seem to recognize Shi Yu, who had been joking with him before, for the first time.
Yin Zhengfan no longer had his previous smile.
He could joke with his peers who were weaker than him.
But when faced with peers who were stronger than him, his heart immediately became extremely heavy.
He was a person with unparalleled self-esteem, and his goal was to be the first in this assessment. Although this was not a formal battle, at this moment, Yin Zhengfan still had to admit that the Shi Yu and the little Iron-eating Beast in front of him were so strong.
"Hou--" At this time, the Rock Mane Behemoth looked at the tired Space Crystal Butterfly and the lost Beast Tamer, and rose slightly. The four-meter-high body stood tall, like a small mountain.
It was asking if it should fight.
It looked at the tiny Eleven. If it was it, it wouldn't dodge those skills at all. Its defense was dozens of times greater than the Space Crystal Butterfly's. Even if it took those Hardening attacks head-on, it wouldn't suffer serious injuries. It could use brute force to defeat all opponents.
"Ying?" Eleven also looked up at the big guy.
Was it going to continue fighting?
"Ji!" Looking at the big Rock Mane Behemoth getting up, the Green Silkworm lamented that even the Space Crystal Butterfly elder sister couldn't force out the leader's full strength, and advised the Rock Mane Behemoth not to make a fool of itself.
Did you think this was all the leader's strength?
"No need." Yin Zhengfan waved his hand to signal that the Rock Mane Behemoth the battle was over.
After saying that, he showed a determined expression and looked at Shi Yu and the others.
"Although I lost this time, I will definitely win during the ranking battle."
"Then, it will be 2v2." Shi Yu looked at the Rock Mane Behemoth and the Space Crystal Butterfly, wondering what kind of sparks these two pets would bring in cooperation.
"Yes, I will definitely not lose then." Yin Zhengfan clenched his fists and said affirmatively.
He did not regret challenging Shi Yu, but only regretted why he had underestimated his opponent and had not been able to make all his pets go all out in the first battle.
Lost…
"Okay, then let's fight again then." At this time, Shi Yu sensed Yin Zhengfan's tone, looked at his expression, and panicked a little.
Damn.
He was smiling kindly just now, but why was he so serious now?
It couldn't be because he was too young and couldn't handle the psychological pressure, right? Yin Zhengfan was giving Shi Yu the feeling that he was about to cry at any moment, making Shi Yu a little regretful for having this battle.
"The assessment is about to end. We can finally leave this damn place." Shi Yu glanced at the time and quickly changed the subject.
…
Yin Zhengfan lost.
In the sky mechanical airship, the Examiners and the Celestial Curtain Eye never expected that Legend Yin would encounter such an explosive scene when he came to see his son.
They secretly stared at Legend Yin, who was silently watching the scene, without saying a word.
Until Legend Yin spoke himself.
"Can I see this Shi Yu's trial performance?"
Legend Yin did not seem to have much emotional fluctuation. Although Yin Zhengfan lost, he did not care, because it was only a 1v1, and it was also good for the young Yin Zhengfan to have some setbacks.
Under his protection, Yin Zhengfan was destined not to have the same growth experience as he did in the past, and the era was different. The domestic and foreign turmoil and factional disputes had temporarily calmed down. In his opinion, this competition between peers within ten years of age was very suitable for Yin Zhengfan's growth.
"Ah, this." At this time, as Legend Yin spoke, the Examiners were a little at a loss again.
Legend Yin, ah, Legend Yin, it's best not to watch.
However, this was not up to the Examiners to decide. Hearing Legend Yin's words, the Celestial Curtain Eye immediately played out its carefully edited Shi Yu trial episode, covering the current scene.
With a serious expression, Legend Yin looked at the scene again, wanting to see the hidden skills of this examinee who had caused his son to suffer a setback.
Then, in the scene, a young man riding a panda, holding a wooden sword, and wearing a happy expression slowly appeared, a fiery scene all the way from the forest to the lake, from the lake to the valley.
Legend Yin could not calm down for a long time.
"It seems that the training tasks arranged for Zhengfan are still too few."
…………
Not long after, the three-day wilderness survival trial assessment finally ended.
When the time arrived, the Celestial Curtain Eye began its old work.
It transported the examinees on Trial Island back to the airship in the sky one by one.
At this moment, thousands of small black dots wrapped in blue light began to ascend.
Under the Mind Power, some examinees were laughing wildly, and some examinees were as if they had lost their parents.
Shi Yu's mood was quite good, after all, this time he had gained a lot.
Three space-type skills! Three Dragon Soul Grasses! The Green Silkworm had also awakened Intimidation!
And a bunch of broken resources could also be exchanged for a lot of Godly Beans!
Of course, Shi Yu was in a good mood, and relatively, some people were in a bad mood because of Shi Yu.
For example, Yu Shu, who had missed the Dragon Soul Grass, did not look happy at all after the assessment ended, feeling that this assessment was extremely unlucky, encountering a pervert.
There was also Yin Zhengfan, who was more competitive. It was okay before the battle with Shi Yu, and the two could still communicate happily. After the battle, oh, it was over. Shi Yu felt that he had directly lost his friendship with Yin Zhengfan.
Mmp, fighting was really boring, Shi Yu couldn't help but sigh.
How could he copy skills in the future—
"Forget it, forget it, don't think so much, I can finally have a good night's sleep!"
Not long after, Shi Yu was transported to an airship, but what made Shi Yu relatively dazed was that it didn't seem to be the one he had taken at the beginning?
In addition to Shi Yu, there were fifteen other people, Yu Shu and Yin Zhengfan, all of whom were the sixteen key examinees selected this time!
At this time, after meeting Shi Yu again, Yu Shu's expression turned dark…