Light Spring Murmur
Chapter 261: When Shi Yu Stopped Being Human
Relying on the Time Fruit could indeed temporarily turn Eleven and the others into babies.
Unfortunately, with its usage, Shi Yu understood more and more why the Time Fruit was only High-level.
Even with the skill fully charged, the limitations were still great.
For example, a Time Fruit condensed with all of Baby Ginseng's strength couldn't revert Eleven and the others back to their baby forms for too long. As long as Eleven and the others were determined to break free, they could recover in a few seconds.
It was estimated that the time of influence would be even shorter for opponents stronger than Baby Ginseng!
Although this instant could decide the outcome of a battle, it was not quite as useful for training.
However, there were always more solutions than difficulties.
Baby Ginseng swallowed a Time Fruit itself, directly gaining Monarch-level power temporarily!
Then, it quickly used millions of energy points to condense four Time Fruits with even stronger effects, successfully exploiting a bug!
This time, the fruits were something that Eleven and the others couldn't withstand...
Using it as a negative buff was, after all, just an extra use of the Time Fruit. Shi Yu and the others studied it for a long time and discovered that the most powerful effect of the Time Fruit was still enhancing combat power.
Through the power of time, allow a certain pet to obtain the power of adulthood!
Of course, this usage did not solely depend on the quality and level of the Time Fruit.
It also depended on the pet's own potential.
Simply put, the same Time Fruit, if eaten by a pet with weak potential, might not have any effect at all. It would be no different from eating a fruit, with no changes on the body.
But if eaten by a pet with great potential, then the peak power of adulthood obtained after the power of time stimulates the potential would definitely be unimaginable.
It could be said that this Time Fruit was a talent potential detector!
The higher the race level and the lower the growth level of the pet, the better the effect.
It was a reagent that temporarily converted racial potential into strength!
Like Lin Hongnian's Iron-eating Beast, before that Iron-eating Beast evolved, when it was at the Commander level, even if it ate a Time Fruit, there would be no change, because its potential had reached its limit. Its current state was its peak state.
However, if Eleven ate it, it would be completely different.
Although Eleven was currently at the peak of the Commander level, it was clearly at a stage where it could break through to the Monarch level at any time. Moreover, it was a High-level Overlord race, meaning that if it grew smoothly, it would definitely reach the Overlord level.
Its potential, of course, was beyond doubt. If Eleven ate the Time Fruit, the effect after the Time Fruit stimulated its potential would definitely be incomparable to ordinary pets.
Although limited by the quality level of the Time Fruit, Eleven could not obtain too exaggerated strength, and it was impossible to directly reach the Mythical level, but a 100% Monarch level was still possible.
Including Eleven, Buggy, and Baby Ginseng, they all had ridiculously high potential, and the Time Fruit perfectly matched them!
A moment later, Baby Ginseng neatly arranged the new Time Fruits.
Eleven and Buggy glanced at each other.
"Eat!!"
"Ying!" "Woo!"
Eleven and Buggy ate it with determined expressions.
This new Time Fruit, because it was condensed by a Monarch-level Baby Ginseng, had a much better reversing effect on Commander-level Eleven and the others.
In an instant, Eleven and Buggy had a reaction after eating the fruit.
Their expressions changed in unison.
Under the effect of the Time Fruit, their energy was quickly sealed, and various skills and skill experience also disappeared from their bodies as if they were sealed.
In a short while, Eleven's aura plummeted, and it was reverted to the Awakening level, with an energy value of only a hundred, and only Hardening left as a skill, and the skill proficiency was not high.
Little Eleven looked at its hands blankly. Although it had always been in the form of a panda baby, now… it felt that its strength was also at the baby level.
And Buggy was also outrageous. Its whole body flashed with white light, and the light of regression filled the air. From the Imaginary Butterfly form, it was reverted to the Green Silkworm form, and only Silk Spit and Psychic remained as skills.
"Ji!!" Buggy was shocked.
This time, even if they tried hard to break free, they couldn't recover immediately.
"Heh…"
Seeing this, Shi Yu instantly knew that the baby competition was still feasible.
"Perhaps, I can directly let all four pets break through to the Monarch level? Anyway, I have the Time Fruit to suppress their strength…" Shi Yu pondered slightly, but soon, he shook his head.
"Yi…" Because beside him, Baby Ginseng instantly became extremely weak.
With a look of exhaustion, it shrunk down while leaking air, rooted itself, sucked up the energy, and went to sleep in one go. Its body also became wilted, obviously exhausted.
Shi Yu weighed the consumption and directly gave up. Raising high-level pets was too expensive. There was no environment to let Monarch-level Baby Ginseng freeload on natural power. It should stay at the Commander level for now. At least the energy of the relic space was temporarily enough for Baby Ginseng to circulate. Any higher, and the relic would become a desert.
"Let's leave it like this for now."
Shi Yu stared at the panda baby and the worm baby, then looked at the little Red Pupil beside him and smiled.
A moment later, a touching scene unfolded in the relic space.
The shrunken Baby Ginseng was rooted in the ground like a dead corpse, basking in the sun and resting, while Red Pupil temporarily served as an instructor, borrowing from the Aura Suppression Platform, using its superb Phoenix Might, controlling its power well, and suppressing Eleven, who had an energy value of only a hundred and was currently only at the Awakening level, and a fragile Awakening-level Green Silkworm.
"Ji!!!"
Shi Yu still remembered that when Buggy first faced Eleven's deterrence, it was almost knocked unconscious at the first meeting.
But now, it had indeed grown. Although it was still in the Green Silkworm state, it actually withstood Red Pupil's deterrence, which could cause physical, mental, and soul triple pressure, for a few seconds before fainting.
Not bad.
"Roar!!!"
As expected of Eleven, the team's strongest hardworking member with the highest success rate in learning Super skills.
Even after losing all its power and being in baby form, it still held up the deterrence with both hands, resisting the pressure with great willpower, but it looked like it would be difficult to hold on for long.
Seeing this, Shi Yu nodded in satisfaction. If it were before, it would be very difficult to find a place where Eleven and Buggy could have such pressure to temper their willpower. At least it would have to be at the level of the Martial Emperor's relic. Now, it could be done anytime, anywhere.
And it was also very difficult to let them experience various dangerous environments. They needed to search all over the world, go to the Ice Dragon Snow Mountain, go to the Undead Battlefield, but now, it was readily available, and they could achieve similar training effects at any time and in any place!
"I have a bold idea. First, let Buggy create a phantom of itself, and then let the phantom imagine phantom environments of magma, deep sea, blizzard, lightning, and ultra-gravity, manifest this environment, and temporarily fix it in the relic space. The intensity doesn't need to be too high, just Transcendental-level power. Then let Baby Ginseng revert you, including Buggy's main body, back to the Awakening level, and let the phantom be the coach. Anyway, the phantom can exist even after separating from the main body. This way, there will be controllable and brutal natural environments everywhere."
"Experience despair by jumping from a height of ten thousand meters in an ultra-gravity environment to temper your willpower."
"Enter magma with an Awakening level, fall into the deep sea to experience pain and temper your willpower."
"Traverse through blizzards in baby form, consuming all your physical strength to experience hardship and fatigue, and temper your willpower."
"Face the lightning in the sky, face the deterrence that exceeds your own strength countless times to experience the fear brought by nature and powerful enemies, and temper your willpower."
"A small relic space has everything. How about it? I am awesome."
"Your goal is to be able to face fatigue, despair, fear, and pain with a calm mind and without being perturbed!"
"And, life and death. As for life and death, when the time comes, let Buggy's phantom pull you into the Tyrannosaurus Rex dream to train, go to that ancient dream world of survival of the fittest to temper life and death. This way, it will be safer. As long as you are in baby form, as long as the dream level is high enough, you won't realize that you are dreaming. With Buggy's illusions and reality Profound meaning, the final perception will be as real!"
"Feel the pain, experience the pain, accept the pain, understand the pain... Overlord's Will, I think it's just around the corner!"
After Shi Yu finished speaking, Eleven finally couldn't hold on and fainted.
And Buggy, who woke up, had a glint in its eyes. Being pulled into a dream was good. Taking advantage of this opportunity, it could copy the perfect phantoms of Eleven, Baby Ginseng, and Red Pupil. Then, it would let these babies see who was the internal strife Illusion God. Baby Ginseng couldn't self-destruct, but it could let Baby Ginseng's phantom self-destruct! Although the power would definitely not be as good as the real one... but, something was better than nothing. On the other side, the little Red Pupil was also moved. Can you guys be human!
…
Not long after, Shi Yu left the Imperial Capital.
The Gem Cat also left with him.
After freeloading in the Imperial Capital with the Foresight Owl for a few days, the Gem Cat seemed to have gained weight.
But Shi Yu didn't dare to say anything, didn't dare to ask anything.
This time, coming to the Imperial Capital, he had achieved his goal. There was nothing worth lingering here anymore. As for when he would come again, he didn't know.
"What are your plans next?"
After taking a plane back to Icefield City and then instantly moving back to Ping City, the Gem Cat asked.
"Eat, sleep, and play with Bean, waiting for the Dragon Palace banquet to begin."
Shi Yu stretched.
"Who is Bean?"
"The Bean Bear made by Eleven. It's currently my combat training partner. To be honest, the Bean Bear can't beat me without using skills."
Eleven and the others were working hard to train. Shi Yu himself couldn't be idle. Sparring combat skills with Bean Bear, and occasionally experiencing the extreme environment imagined by Buggy were Shi Yu's small life.
"As expected of me, drinking tea in the crater, meditating under lightning, doing calisthenics in a blizzard, who else?"
Gem Cat: "…"
"Forget it, I won't go back to Gudu University either. I'll wait to travel to Dragon Palace City with you." The Gem Cat yawned. The next instant, it teleported Shi Yu back home.
Compared to working at Gudu University, it felt that going to Dragon Palace City with Shi Yu next was more interesting.
During the Dragon Palace City banquet, there were many, many delicious things, which were much better than the delicacies that the Foresight Owl freeloaded on at the Imperial Capital University.
After all, it was food that the Dragon Palace City royal family used to entertain other Overlord forces and even Totems, so it naturally couldn't be bad.
As for why the Gem Cat knew so clearly, it was because it had already gone with Lu Qingyi to freeload once five years ago. That time, it was Lu Qingyi's bodyguard. Even earlier, it had gone with other Gudu University students.
In short, it was an old freeloading cat.
And this time, it seemed that it was going to be Shi Yu's bodyguard.
The steadfast Gem Cat, the fleeting Gudu University students.
"Then what gifts do you want to bring?" Shi Yu asked.
The Gem Cat continued to yawn and said, "I'll follow you, you just send the gifts. Anyway, besides eating a meal, I don't want any treasures from Dragon Palace City."
Shi Yu: ???
Isn't your purpose clear enough?
These few days, Shi Yu was also tired enough. After coming back, he took a shower and went straight to bed.
During the few days he went to the Imperial Capital, Legendary Bai, Principal Feng, and others had already left Ping City.
So the initial group only had Shi Yu left.
However, it was said that after the Ice Dragon completely left the snow mountain, Senior Lu and others would come again. At that time, a Fourth Bureau bigshot would also come to completely kill the Glacier Totem and cut off the possibility of its resurrection in the future.
While waiting for this major event and the start of the Dragon Palace banquet, Shi Yu had nothing to do except supervise the four pets' training, temper their willpower, and meditate himself.
After reaching the Master level, the difficulty of meditation increased again. If it was said that from Apprentice to Master, anyone could achieve it by accumulating time and resources, then the help that time and resources provided was not so great from Master to Legendary.
It was time to rely on talent and pet feedback.
Lin Hongnian, the richest man in Ping City, had been stuck at the Master level for decades. This showed how difficult it was after the Master level.
Of course, it was also related to the fact that Lin Hongnian was a spendthrift who didn't know how to spend money and poured all his money into the Iron-eating Beast, which had no future.
In short, after the Master level, the Beast Tamer's own talent was even more important. For example, Shi Yu's physique was different from other Beast Tamers, so his meditation efficiency was good. This was talent. In addition, the pet's strengthening, evolution, and breakthroughs were also particularly important for improving the Beast Tamer's realm.
If a Master-level Beast Tamer had five pets that were all Commander level, then it would be as difficult as ascending to heaven for him to break through to the Top Master level.
But if its five pets gradually broke through to the Monarch level and gave the Beast Tamer huge positive feedback, then the Beast Tamer's chances of breaking through to the Top Master level would be even greater.
This was also one of the reasons why high-race pets were expensive. In the later stages, if a Beast Tamer wanted to become stronger faster, they had to rely on their pets to be promising. Neither side could hold the other back.
Contracting an Overlord race pet often had a chance to create a new Legendary Beast Tamer, which was not just a casual saying.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
At this time, Shi Yu was meditating in the relic space, but was suddenly shaken out by the Gem Cat.
"What's wrong, what's wrong, is Senior Panda here?" Shi Yu asked. Recently, Senior Panda had to come every day to massage Eleven to awaken the royal bloodline!
"It's not your sister, it's that old man." The Gem Cat was also uninterested and said, "Phone."
Shi Yu: "…"
Shi Yu answered the phone, and it turned out to be Principal Feng.
"The time to go to Dragon Palace City has been determined. One month later, Legendary Ba Ha will take you there together, departing from Binhai City next to your Icefield City."
Shi Yu nodded.
Binhai City was also a Tier 2 city, a city near the sea. In fact, Icefield City was also a city near the sea, but unfortunately, the adjacent part was directly isolated and frozen by the Ice Dragon Snow Mountain.
A snow mountain not only caused the people of Icefield City to not be able to see the sea, but also prevented the creatures of the sea from crossing the cold area to enter the land.
"Okay, I understand. The Ice Dragon should also be in time. We'll go together then. However, besides me, who else is going together?" Shi Yu asked curiously.
There must be more than just him going to Dragon Palace City... Shi Yu had known this for a long time.
Principal Feng laughed and said, "The final list hasn't been determined yet, but there are currently 10 people confirmed. In this list, someone really benefited from you."
"Oh??"
The geniuses who could go to Dragon Palace City were all elites of Dong Huang. The Dong Huang Association was embarrassed to bring Beast Tamers who were too terrible to visit Dragon Palace City, so the Dong Huang Association controlled the visit list for the Dragon Palace banquet every five years particularly strictly.
The accompanying younger generation not only had to be Beast Tamers under 30 years old with extraordinary growth potential, but also had to be Beast Tamers with sufficient connections to the Dragon race. Only in this way could both parties be satisfied and have a good result.
For example, Shi Yu, the spot was actually obtained through the channels of the Third Bureau and the Eleventh Bureau.
"Xiao Xi will also follow you this time. With the great discovery of the Martial Emperor's relic this time, the Bai family is not far from rising. Such a good thing as going to Dragon Palace City can naturally be easily fought for. Although she wanted to contract an Iron-eating Beast, after all, the Iron-eating Beast's evolution hasn't been confirmed yet. It's not bad to go to Dragon Palace City to take a look first. What if there's a suitable target? The Iron-eating Beast can be cultivated outside first. It's not too late to contract it after becoming a Top Master." Principal Feng said.
"Senior Bai!" Shi Yu was stunned. Did he have acquaintances going with him? That was good.
"There's also Dr. Zuo's daughter, Xia Qingwei. Because of the Green Worm Cocoon exhibition, coupled with the support of her Legendary father and her doctor mother, and because she herself has growth talent, which helps the slow-growing Dragon race grow quickly, she also obtained this opportunity to go to Dragon Palace City."
Principal Feng could be sure that these two people could actually stably obtain spots, and it was really thanks to Shi Yu. The Iron-eating Beast's second-stage evolution and the Green Worm Cocoon really had too much influence.
"Then there are quite a few acquaintances…" Shi Yu said.
"More than that. Yu Shu, who was in the same class as you, her mother also put in a lot of effort to get her a spot. This is also your acquaintance. If I'm not mistaken, Legendary Yin should also get a spot for Yin Zhengfan."
Shi Yu: ???
Yin Zhengfan was fine. That kid was indeed a genius. What was Yu Shu? Although his mother was a Top Dragon Tamer, second only to Legendary Dragon Tamers, wasn't Yu Shu inheriting his father's soul enhancement talent? Was there any chance of going to Dragon Palace City???
"These should be the ones you know. You shouldn't be familiar with the other five people. However, there are a few powerful people among them, such as Little Zou from the Demon Capital Dark Club. His strength is no worse than Qingyi."
Little Zou… Shi Yu was stunned. Was that Zou the Heavenly King?
"Besides that, there are others from the Elemental families, Dragon Taming families, Mechanical families, and also Half-Dragon. You'll know when you meet them. You are all geniuses of Dong Huang. It's not bad to get to know each other."
Principal Feng said a lot to Shi Yu. In the end, Shi Yu vaguely hung up the phone. There were quite a few people, but how did it feel like there was no pressure competing with these people for the Dragon Palace City Overlord cubs…