Didu University's battle arena.

At this moment, the entire arena was in an uproar.

100,000 energy points for a Ginseng Baby...

Energy is like the mana bar for casting skills in a game.

It determines the power of a single skill and the number of times it can be cast.

Usually, it is tied to the race level and growth level.

It's scientific for a creature at a certain level to have a certain amount of energy.

Generally speaking, a Overlord race pet, at the Commander level, averages only eighty to one hundred thousand energy points.

Less than that indicates the pet wasn't nurtured well, and its growth and skill training aren't good.

More than that indicates the pet was nurtured excellently.

The high achievers at Didu University understand this.

But they can't understand why a Ginseng Baby, which is clearly an Extraordinary race, can have more energy than a Overlord race at the Commander level.

Although, by training oneself, by improving skills, one can strengthen energy points, and energy isn't without channels for increase, isn't a fixed value, and it's not impossible to break racial limits, but...

But precisely because of this, everyone is shocked at what kind of nurturing and cruel training this Ginseng Baby had to go through to have such energy points.

Were all its racial skills trained to the point of perfection?

Did it get precious treasures for every meal, three times a day?

Even so, it's still unscientific.

"Is this the point?"

"The point is, the Ginseng Baby's race doesn't seem to have any attack skills."

"Moreover, the difficulty for supplement-type pets to learn attack skills is a hundred times that of battle pets, making it almost impossible to master..."

"Under such circumstances, Yin Zhengfan's opponent still chose to send out this Ginseng Baby. Don't tell me the Ginseng Baby also has combat power."

After being shocked by the Ginseng Baby's energy situation, suddenly, many Didu University students discovered the blind spot.

Ginseng Baby is a supplement-type pet.

No matter how much energy it has, it can't be converted into combat power, but only into nourishing and restorative effects!

However, Shi Yu still sent out the Ginseng Baby, and they suddenly felt things were starting to develop in a strange direction.

"Heh."

Listening to the crowd's discussion, the members of Gudu University cast "you guys know a lot" glances.

That's right, the even more unscientific stuff is still coming!

On the field, Yin Zhengfan's expression was extremely solemn, his heart pounding.

He had thought of everything else that everyone else had thought of.

However, before seeing the facts, everyone has a僥倖 mentalitity.

"I don't believe it," he stubbornly said.

Even though he had realized something, he still chose to fight.

"Roar!!"

Under Yin Zhengfan's command, the Rock Mane Beast condensed a brown rocky glow in its mouth, its ultimate move brewing!!

With a "buzz," a thick brown beam of light shot out, with countless flying rocks swirling inside, sweeping towards the opposite Ginseng Baby!

High-level Earth-type skill, Rock Howl Cannon!

This strike was mighty, and judging from its scale, it seemed like the aftermath alone could devour the Ginseng Baby.

"Ee." But the Ginseng Baby on the opposite side didn't take it seriously when it saw this move.

It didn't even think about dodging.

Boom!

For a moment, rocks flew and winds surged!

The Rock Howl Cannon directly hit the Ginseng Baby head-on. In an instant, the terrifying energy explosion left everyone dumbfounded.

Although the arena didn't have any problems due to its high-level materials, the violent storm and rocks still swallowed the Ginseng Baby's tiny figure in an instant.

"Damn."

This scene left everyone somewhat bewildered.

The members of Gudu University were actually just as bewildered.

In their minds, this Ginseng Baby had mastered the explosive nutrient "Energy Fruit" and the Light-type ultimate move "Ginseng Beam Light Killing Cannon," which were all powerful skills.

However, why didn't the Ginseng Baby choose to counterattack, but instead took the opponent's skill head-on!

Only Yin Zhengfan and the Rock Mane Beast felt a thud in their hearts.

Yin Zhengfan knew Shi Yu very well, and he believed... things were definitely not that simple.

"With so much smoke, it can't be unharmed, right..." a nerdy student with glasses said, "After all... there's the law of no damage with smoke..."

At this moment, everyone stared blankly at the field, and then their eyes almost popped out.

Because after the smoke from the Rock Howl Cannon dissipated, the Ginseng Baby was still standing there, as if nothing had happened.

It really wasn't injured at all!

At this time, Yin Zhengfan's face was almost as black as could be, and the Rock Mane Beast also couldn't believe it.

"Roar!!!"

"Eeya."

The Ginseng Baby rooted itself in the earth, and a brown hardening power covered its entire body, as if wearing earth armor, with a calm expression.

Hardening, a skill that combines the power of vegetation and the power of the earth, can harden plant bodies like a rock.

Shi Yu had long trained this move to the Ginseng Baby to the point of perfection. When activated, it was equivalent to temporarily turning the Ginseng Baby into an Earth-type, giving it extremely strong defense.

If that were all, then so be it. On top of that, the Ginseng Baby's racial skill, Earth Chain, was at the "Technique Approaching Dao" level, and it could instantly mobilize the earth power tens of meters deep beneath the entire battle arena for its own use...

This already involved the use of the power of nature.

Its hardened armor was even more resistant to beating than Eleven's hardening armor.

Right now, it was impossible for the Rock Mane Beast's Rock Howl Cannon to break the defense of a Ginseng Baby whose energy value was twice as high as its own and had also borrowed the natural power of the earth.

And what was most despairing was that even if the Rock Mane Beast broke through its defense, it would only be a scratch for the Ginseng Baby.

Because after its Slow Healing and High-Speed Healing were maxed out, coupled with the Super-level skill Source of Life, the Ginseng Baby almost had the ability to instantly regenerate severed limbs.

The Ginseng Baby usually researches anti-Eleven energy bomb fruits and anti-Worm energy bomb fruits, and if it accidentally blows off an arm or a leg, it can recover by shaking its body.

With this unparalleled defense and unparalleled recovery, it had become a little monster in Shi Yu's team.

After taking a move, the Ginseng Baby looked at the Rock Mane Beast.

It was time for it to counterattack.

Next, the Ginseng Baby simply stretched out its palm.

In the next moment, a brown seed condensed on its palm.

Nutrient!

After integrating its own Earth-type and Wood-type power into the nutrient, the Ginseng Baby rooted itself in the earth and activated "Luxuriant" and "Hardening."

In an instant, the Ginseng Baby's palm holding the seed directly burst into light, growing countless thick tree branches!

The tree branches seemed to form a sea of trees, instantly devouring the huge Rock Mane Beast.

"What is this!!!"

Yin Zhengfan was shocked, everyone's expression changed, and they couldn't understand this skill at all. The skill even scared the Rock Mane Beast into making a quick resistance.

"Roar!!!"

In an instant, the Rock Mane Beast's whole body erupted with scorching magma, turning into countless fireballs and smashing towards the sea of trees.

Boom!!!

The sea of trees came, but unfortunately, the lava eruption, which should have been extremely powerful, was like water from a faucet hitting a stone surface after touching the sea of trees, leaving no major impact at all.

The sea of trees directly withstood the magma and bound the huge Rock Mane Beast. There was still rolling magma flowing on it, but it couldn't burn these hardened tree branches.

Nutrient + Earth Chain + Hardening + Luxuriant, all four skills were above the level of perfection, and two of them were approaching the Dao. The mysteries formed by these skills were completely incomparable to the Rock Mane Beast's entry-level Lava Eruption.

"Mystic Art, Tree Sea Burial Explosion."

Shi Yu spoke. It wasn't a Mystic Art composed of four skills, but five. At the moment the Rock Mane Beast's whole body was bound by indestructible tree branches, small energy fruits began to be born on the piles of tree branches. These energy fruits, which absorbed the power of the tree sea, were the ultimate move.

After they exploded, they would bury everything.

"Roar!!!!"

At this moment, the Rock Mane Beast frantically struggled against the tree branches on its body, feeling like it was being bound by steel bars. It even watched helplessly as fruits with intense threats grew on the tree branches.

The energy emitted by these fruits made the Rock Mane Beast extremely panicked.

In the blink of an eye, the grape-sized energy fruits shone brightly, as if they were about to bloom.

At this moment, the Rock Mane Beast's eyes exploded to the extreme, and Yin Zhengfan's expression also changed drastically, until he heard Shi Yu's voice.

"Recall your pet."

Hearing Shi Yu's voice, Yin Zhengfan suddenly woke up and quickly recalled the Rock Mane Beast.

At the same time, the Mystic Art that bloomed from the Ginseng Baby's palm, Tree Sea Burial Explosion, completely erupted at this moment—

In an instant, terrifying energy directly swept the entire arena.

The entire arena floor instantly began to crack like broken glass.

The arena roared for a while. The energy shield protecting the arena also appeared like waves on a rolling sea. Countless dazzling white lights shone throughout the arena, and the violent air currents intensely stimulated Yin Zhengfan's nerves, causing his heart to beat "bang, bang, bang."

"Boom!"

After a moment, everyone's ears were filled with buzzing vibrations.

The power of the Tree Sea Burial Explosion directly made Zhang Yiming, the senior who served as the referee, stand up and look at the situation in the arena, his heart bleeding.

The wind swept past. In the arena, there was no longer any sign of the Rock Mane Beast. Only the Ginseng Baby still stood there.

At this time, Yin Zhengfan's expression was completely dazed.

"How could this be..."

In an instant, he understood the insurmountable gap between himself and Shi Yu.

His expression was confused, unable to understand why, after working hard for four months, the gap between himself and Shi Yu was getting bigger and bigger.

That attack just now...

Yin Zhengfan's body trembled.

If it had all hit the Rock Mane Beast, the Rock Mane Beast would undoubtedly have been severely injured in an instant, suffering even greater damage than the Desert Monarch... Therefore, Shi Yu had reminded him to recall his pet.

And his keen intuition also made Yin Zhengfan choose to heed the advice.

Next, there was still a remaining Space Crystal Butterfly... However, at this time, Yin Zhengfan completely lost confidence that he could defeat this Ginseng Baby with the Space Crystal Butterfly.

The strength of this Ginseng Baby directly pierced through his cognition.

Including Didu University and Gudu University, all the students were gaping, watching all of this.

They couldn't understand, they couldn't understand at all.

This was a Ginseng Baby???

What was all that just now!

Outrageous!! A large forest directly grew out of the Ginseng Baby's palm. The trees could ignore the magma and even bear explosive fruits??

"What do you mean by this, Gudu University?"

At this time, Zhang Yiming, the senior from the Didu University Battle Club on the referee's seat, was completely dumbfounded by everything that had happened. This Shi Yu's strength was too outrageous, and even he wasn't an opponent.

Now, seeing the Gudu University exchange team led by Bai Xi appear here, Zhang Yiming immediately felt that they were up to no good.

Could it be that starting today, from now on, Gudu University was going to start a challenge?

How dare they?

"What do you mean by what? We registered. We're just here to visit the school today."

Bai Xi looked over. Because she was the White Tiger Girl, her voice was particularly deterrent, with the deterrent effect of the king of beasts, immediately leaving Zhang Yiming speechless.

From Gudu University?

At the same time, the surrounding Didu University students completely recognized the identities of this group of people who had suddenly arrived.

In an instant, everyone's expressions became unfriendly.

On the field.

Shi Yu and Yin Zhengfan looked at each other.

Yin Zhengfan's arm and clenched fist trembled slightly. Looking at Shi Yu, he was silent for a long time before reluctantly saying, "I, I admit defeat."

He didn't know how to continue fighting. Just now, if Shi Yu hadn't reminded him, the Rock Mane Beast would definitely have been seriously injured. He had completely lost.

"Don't be so serious. Victory and defeat are common occurrences in war," Shi Yu said, seeing Yin Zhengfan's face collapse again.

"Losing is losing." Yin Zhengfan couldn't accept it. He had clearly come to Didu University to broaden his horizons and had seen many geniuses who should have been even more powerful than Shi Yu. Why was it still... He didn't understand where he was lacking.

So, Shi Yu was right when he said that he couldn't beat him now.

"Thank you for battling me. I won't be so reckless next time. Well, I'll leave first." Yin Zhengfan bowed to Shi Yu. The initial eagerness to battle Shi Yu had completely cooled down at this moment.

Because he hadn't had lunch yet, Yin Zhengfan was a little dizzy. After saying that, he turned around weakly and wanted to leave.

This scene made Zhang Yiming, the senior on the referee's seat, silently stunned. It also made Bai Xi and the others below secretly shake their heads. Alas, that's why they told him not to fight Shi Yu. Damn it, they, Shi Yu's alumni, didn't know how this university student who often went to class was so strong.

Damn it, could it be that Overlord Cat had given the Ginseng Baby special training?!

The Gudu University students were suddenly shocked. After all, someone often saw the Ginseng Baby and Gudu University's guardian, Overlord Cat, together.

"Alright," Shi Yu said after thinking for a moment. Seeing Yin Zhengfan leave, he also shook his head and recalled the extremely excited Ginseng Baby. Helpless, he stepped down from the stage and came to Bai Xi and the others.

He had a feeling... that Yin Zhengfan wouldn't give up so easily. After knowing his strength, the salty eyes of Yu Shu and the others didn't appear on him. Shi Yu felt that Yin Zhengfan didn't seem to have admitted defeat yet.

"Is it over? I haven't announced the results yet. Can you please respect the referee?" At this time, the most confused person was Senior Zhang Yiming. He stood dazedly on the referee's seat, then suddenly looked at Shi Yu.

Seeing Shi Yu reunite with Bai Xi and the others, Zhang Yiming was at a loss. His mouth twitched as he took out his phone, intending to ask for help. He felt that he couldn't handle this alone.

Gudu University definitely came with ill intentions.

On the other side, Yin Zhengfan pushed through the crowd, wanting to go to the lounge to lie down for a while. Just then, his phone rang.

Yin Zhengfan looked at the name of Senior Tang Yun on it with dim eyes and chose to answer the call.

"Senior, what's the matter?"

"Zhengfan, where are you? Have you eaten? Why don't we have lunch together?"

"I... I don't have an appetite," Yin Zhengfan said in silence.

"But I have some very important news to tell you in person."

Yin Zhengfan: "..."

"Why aren't you talking?? Alright, alright, I'll just tell you over the phone. It seems that Shi Yu has really come to Didu University."

"I... I already know," Yin Zhengfan said.

"What, you know?"

Tang Yun, who was at the entrance of Didu University, was stunned and said, "That's good, but, well, there's one more thing I need to tell you."

"That Shi Yu is much stronger than he was during the professional assessment. I saw his pet. I feel..." Tang Yun didn't know how to describe it.

She was thinking of a way to let Yin Zhengfan understand that he might not be able to beat Shi Yu right now.

"Senior, there's no need to say anything."

"...Well, I've already battled Shi Yu," Yin Zhengfan said in a low voice. "I'm sorry, I was reckless this time. I challenged him blindly without recognizing the gap. I... lost, and I lost badly."

Just after entering Didu University, Tang Yun was dumbfounded when she heard the weak voice on the other end of the phone. She opened her mouth wide.

"Wh, when did this happen?"

"Just now."

Tang Yun's heart skipped a beat. She looked at the direction of the Breeder Conference in disbelief. Shi Yu wasn't there???

Why, why did he suddenly come to Didu University and even battle Yin Zhengfan??

This wasn't scientific.

Wasn't the exchange activity in two days? She had clearly come right after the morning competition.

What exactly happened...

"Senior, you don't have to worry. I can take the blow."

Although Yin Zhengfan's expression was a bit dim, he wasn't desperate. Because at Didu University, he had indeed seen many more monstrous geniuses.

Like the current captain of the Didu University team, he was a complete monster.

Due to family influences, he was able to write online game cheats at the age of 12.

After awakening his Beast Taming talent at the age of 13, he directly created a virtual life and used it to invade the school's network, the network of nearby companies, and the network system of the Beast Tamer Association... alarming the entire association.

Because he had an "awakened" talent like the ancestor of mechanics, he was able to upgrade network data programs into virtual lives and create mechanical creatures.

Unsurprisingly, this person was secretly cultivated by the association until he reappeared a few years later and began his university life.

Yin Zhengfan had great respect for this captain of the Didu University team, because even his father, Yin Chuanqi, admired this genius very much.

Although he only had one pet, it was created, assembled, and upgraded by himself. It was a mechanical life composed of virtual data from a Overlord race.

Facing this super genius who was hailed as having the ability to participate in the development process of Overlord-level mechanical lives, the future legendary mechanic, and also the senior who was the current national champion, Yin Zhengfan had long understood the vastness of the outside world.

After seeing such a genius at Didu University, Yin Zhengfan felt that his horizons had broadened a lot. He even set this captain as a more distant goal, the next goal to surpass after defeating Shi Yu.

So at this time, even after seeing the extremely disparate gap between himself and Shi Yu, Yin Zhengfan didn't lose heart.

In the end, it was still because he wasn't working hard enough. He clearly still had more cruel training grounds. Yin Zhengfan clenched his fists, wanting to enter Didu University's Time Mystic Realm for training...

If he could overcome the environment there, perhaps, no, he would definitely be able to narrow the gap between himself and Shi Yu and the others.

"Zhengfan..." Tang Yun didn't know what to say.

Although Yin Zhengfan had lost, he didn't seem to be too affected. Instead, he had turned his failure into motivation?

Tang Yun suddenly felt relieved and added, "Alas, there's no way. That Shi Yu's Illusion Butterfly is a medium Overlord race, so the advantages are too great. It's normal that you can't beat him now, but Senior believes that you'll be able to surpass him soon..."

"..."

"Zhengfan? Say something."

At Didu University, Yin Zhengfan held the phone dazedly, his expression gradually becoming confused.

"Wh, what Butterfly?" he asked.

At that moment, both sides of the phone felt a thud in their hearts.

Good news, Yin Zhengfan didn't encounter the perverted Illusion Butterfly.

Bad news, Yin Zhengfan lost without encountering the Illusion Butterfly.

...

Didu University Battle Arena.

Because the atmosphere inside was too heavy, Bai Xi was afraid of getting into a fight with the students of Didu University, so she immediately took Shi Yu and the others away.

At this time, everyone looked at Shi Yu as if they were looking at a monster.

"I feel like Didu University won't let us off. The arena is cracked."

"Cough." Shi Yu looked at the sky and said, "The weather is nice."

"Are we going to visit Didu University next?"

"I heard from Senior Lu that Didu University has a Time-type facility. Is it true?"

"I'm not sure..." Many Gudu University seniors shook their heads.

Bai Xi glanced at Shi Yu and said, "It's true."

"The Time Mystic Realm was left behind by the first principal of Didu University. Ten days inside are equivalent to one day outside. It can quickly increase combat power."

"However, don't even think about visiting this place. The environment inside is very harsh. You need to wear many high-level equipment to offset the erosion of the power of time. Didu University doesn't even let its own students enter casually, let alone let us visit."

The first principal of Didu University rose during the last Totem War. Like Emperor Shi, he also had a Time Enhancement talent, but his growth experience wasn't as mythical as Emperor Shi's. In the end, he only became a Legendary Beast Tamer and didn't even contract a few Time-type pets.

This Time Mystic Realm was a place where he used his Beast Taming Space to create a place for humans to quickly cultivate combat power before he died.

But unfortunately, although the idea was good, the final result had many drawbacks. Because the time erosion effect was too serious, few people had pets that could adapt to the environment inside.

In addition, only Beast Tamers and pets below the Legendary and Overlord levels could enter, so the Time Mystic Realm was actually very useless at Didu University.

"Ah, they won't let us visit?" Shi Yu was stunned.

"There's such a mystic realm??!" The other members of the Battle Club were immediately envious.

Damn.

Looking at it this way... Gudu University was so bad.

"Of course they won't let us," Bai Xi said. "However, the guardian of the Time Mystic Realm, a Time-type pet left behind by the first principal of Didu University, really likes to interact with people. We can go take a look."

"Is it the rumored owl that likes to tell people's fortunes and predict the future?" Vice President Xu Ze said.

"That's the one. The Time-type, Monarch Race, Prediction Owl. That owl has mastered the Super-level skill Predict Future, but because it's too difficult to train, its Prediction Future effect is very poor... Not only can it not predict things beyond its own strength, but it can only guess correctly once in about 10 predictions. It's said that it likes to tell the fortunes of passing Didu University students the most."

"Fortune-telling?? Predict Future??" Shi Yu was slightly stunned when he heard the Beast Ear Girl senior's words.

Good heavens, a Prediction Owl? What kind of race is that? The race name is too simple and clear. Who was the naming genius?

"Are you interested?" Bai Xi looked at everyone, especially Shi Yu.

"Although it may not be very accurate, it's quite interesting."

"Of course, before predicting, it will charge a hefty fee based on the prediction target..." Bai Xi said with a chuckle. "So if you don't have money, don't even think about it."

Many people's faces darkened. Sure enough, fortune tellers are all black-hearted.

"Let's go take a look." Shi Yu's eyes lit up. It didn't matter if it told fortunes or not. Could it even predict which ruins he would be hanging out in in the future? He just wanted to be friends with the Prediction Owl!