Beast Taming Starts with Ground Mushrooms

Chapter 38: Group 1

At that moment, the claw was only 0.01 centimeters away from Lin Yi's throat, but in 0.001 seconds, the claw's "owner" would be completely smashed away...

Just as Lin Yi thought he was about to die here, a loud bang suddenly rang in his ears, and another huge figure came flying through the air and collided with the [Dark Night Wolf] in front of Lin Yi.

The latter was knocked away, and the claws that were reaching for Lin Yi's throat suddenly froze and retreated instantly.

At that moment, Lin Yi seemed to see his great-grandmother turn around with an unhappy expression and disappear into a cloud of white mist.

He looked closely and saw that the Dark Night Wolf was covered in sword wounds and blood. After knocking away the Dark Night Wolf that was attacking him, it fell into a pool of blood.

The Dark Wolf was convulsing, clearly on its way to meet its great-grandmother.

Lin Yi then noticed that the little guy had once again perched on his shoulder, glaring angrily at the other [Dark Night Wolf] that was slowly rising.

The Dark Wolf first glanced at its fallen companion, then stared intently at the tiny creature perched on the human's shoulder.

"Roar~"... The roar echoed through the mountains and forests. The Dark Night Wolf leaped forward and pounced on the man and the beast once again.

Mushroom cub: "Pfft pfft"

The little creature leaped away again, its small sword falling with a flash of azure light, splitting the enormous creature in two, which fell to the ground.

At the same time this scene was unfolding, at a high vantage point unknown to Lin Yi and Gu Zai, inside the wall of the blocked area, there was actually a small monitoring room.

At this moment, two figures are quietly watching this scene on the monitor in the monitoring room.

They were a man and a woman in work clothes, and at that moment, both of them had an expression of disbelief and astonishment on their faces.

The woman blinked, somewhat incredulously, and said, "In less than a minute, two early-stage Level 7 Dark Night Wolves are gone just like that?"

The man swallowed hard, instinctively asking, "What kind of free-range mushroom is this? How can it even perform sword techniques?"

The two exchanged a glance, seeing a ripple of emotion in each other's eyes. They were staff members of each special training area, a husband-and-wife team who only worked this one day a year. Their job was to release the [Dark Night Wolf] or control the difficulty of the training based on the abilities of the beast tamers.

In their more than 20 years of working in this field, the couple had never encountered a Beast Tamer who could handle the first wave of combat so easily. They had only heard of such a case once from their colleagues, but that was not within their jurisdiction.

"Open the floodgates, keep releasing them." The man's mouth suddenly went dry; it seemed a beast-taming genius had arrived in his jurisdiction.

While this may not bring any substantial benefits to the couple, it will give them something to talk about with their colleagues during their leisure time. More importantly, seeing a statistic surge is also a kind of enjoyment.

The woman couldn't help but look at the man: "How many?"

"Three."

In the monitoring room, as the man finished speaking, the woman also regained her composure and pressed one of the red buttons in front of her.

In a secluded corner, the wall slowly rotated, opening up a dark opening. But the next moment, three pairs of eyes glowing with an eerie green light slowly emerged from the darkness. Then, as if they had smelled something, three hungry Dark Night Wolves suddenly rushed out and disappeared into the night.

In the jungle, Lin Yi was panting heavily, still shaken. He subconsciously touched his throat.

Thankfully... my throat is still there.

However, that feeling of being shrouded in death took deep root in Lin Yi's heart.

The man and the beast looked at the Dark Night Wolves lying in a pool of blood and realized that although they were not exactly emaciated, their bellies were obviously sunken, which was a sign of extreme hunger. No wonder they attacked on their own initiative.

"That's really ruthless."

These beasts are starved to the limit and then released for special training. The special training instructors at Tiannan Beast Taming University are practically killing people.

Just as Lin Yi thought he could finally catch his breath, suddenly, a series of heavy running sounds rang out from the mountains and forests. Three Dark Night Wolves charged at high speed, as if they had come at the first sign of trouble.

"Again?"

Even Lin Yi was a little annoyed. At least let people rest for a while. Are they treating me like a Japanese?

However, having gained experience in battle, Lin Yi quickly calmed down. "How could I, a genius beast tamer, be fooled by such a small trick?"

Immediately, Lin Yi shouted, "Little mushroom, heal me!"

Mushroom: (◉ω◉？) What are you talking about?

Where does a mushroom get milk?

Lin Yi glanced at the bewildered little guy and quickly corrected himself, saying, "Repaying kindness, repaying kindness."

The little guy understood this time, and his extraordinary power surged within him. Lin Yi immediately felt a symbiotic power being injected into his body, and his five senses became more acute than ever before.

This is the "reverse feeding" of beast pets that the three of them talked about when they were in Chen Shiqi's shop. This reverse feeding is based on a symbiotic relationship. It can not only slowly improve the physical and mental strength of the beast tamer, but also share the extraordinary power within the beast pet when necessary.

Of course, this "feedback" mechanism cannot reach 100%; the peak is 50%. Beastmasters can receive 50% of the same level of power from their pets in a short period of time, turning them into Super Saiyans. The only difference is that the beastmaster cannot use those skills.

But that's enough to deal with it; at least we won't be passively beaten.

The result of using the "feedback" ability is that the rate at which the extraordinary power in the pet's body is lost will increase exponentially. However, this is not a big problem for the Mushroom Cub, which has six times the absorption capacity.

"Hey mushroom, catch!"

Feeling the extraordinary power surging within him, Lin Yi threw a lot of extraordinary evolution ingredients at the little guy. He then walked into the moonlight, uprooted a small tree about the thickness of his wrist, broke off the trunk with one hand, and then, with a quick stroke, a handy weapon was naturally formed.

Lin Yi, holding a tree branch, smiled and said, "Since they want to play, let's play along."

Now that Lin Yi has received the "return of favor", he feels incredibly strong. He faces one of the Dark Night Wolves and, as the wolf leaps high to pounce, he swings his stick and smashes it down.

Crack... The wooden stick broke instantly, but the Dark Night Wolf was also knocked off course and fell to the side. It shook its head, seemingly a little dizzy, but quickly looked at Lin Yi, roared angrily, and pounced on him again.

Clan Skill: [Azure Wolf Claw]

"Holy crap!" Lin Yi exclaimed in shock upon seeing this, "Little mushroom, save me!"

Boom... A sky-blue sword light slashed out from behind Lin Yi, directly sending the [Dark Night Wolf] flying, leaving a bloody sword wound on its body.

Lin Yi felt confident again and immediately leaped up. With the help of his extraordinary power, he raised the broken staff high with both hands, and the irregular broken ends formed sharp wooden spikes, which he then plunged into the head of the Dark Night Wolf.

Hot blood splattered, splashing all over Lin Yi's face, carrying a strange warmth.

At this moment, the other two Dark Night Wolves also leaped up and pounced on Lin Yi at the same time. They were not stupid and obviously knew that attacking the Beastmaster was the weakest link.

Seeing this scene, Lin Yi's eyes were no longer filled with fear. He immediately snorted coldly, "What can a few beasts do to me?"

"Little mushroom, go!"

Time flew by, and as the man and the beast worked together more and more seamlessly, their teamwork improved. The beast pet was responsible for taking the first blows, while the beast tamer was responsible for finishing them off. Two hours later, the forest was littered with corpses, and the couple in the area monitoring room were dumbfounded.

……

At midnight that night, atop the endless forest.

A Azure-footed Roc hovered quietly and unscientifically above the forest. Wang Jianghe and Li Lan stood on the back of the Azure-footed Roc, gazing at the mountains and forests below while recording something.

"How is it? How many heads?" Li Lan asked.

Wang Jianghe sighed and shook his head: "Five beasts are not enough to sustain it. The beast pets consume too much energy, but the combat experience has improved a bit."

"Only five?" A hint of disappointment flashed in Li Lan's eyes. This year's Beast Tamers seemed to be worse than the previous year as a whole. At least her team and Wang Jianghe's team performed very poorly.

Wang Jianghe didn't care about these things. Instead, he looked at the recorded data and said calmly, "This guy named Wen Tao is not bad. In the middle of the night, he has already killed thirty-one [Dark Night Wolves] in the early stage of the seventh-level evolution form. He has exceeded the target for the first day's special training mission. Tomorrow night, we can increase the intensity and release the mid-stage of the seventh-level evolution form."

Upon hearing this, a hint of appreciation flashed in Li Lan's eyes: "It's still late at night, the data might even double or triple. That child is carrying quite a few extraordinary evolution ingredients, and they're all of high level."

Wang Jianghe nodded, a hint of approval flashing in his eyes. As if remembering something, he couldn't help but look at Li Lan: "By the way, how are those plant-type beast tamers on your side?"

Li Lan shook her head upon hearing this, her eyes filled with helplessness. So far, even the best spirit plant-type beast tamer on her side had only managed to defeat two or three beasts. Some of them were even fighting fiercely against the two Dark Night Wolves in the first round of practical training, basically proving hopeless.

"This is a flaw in the spirit plant system; there's nothing we can do about it," Wang Jianghe sighed.

Li Lan nodded, then looked at the records and said, "It seems that Wen Tao is the clear winner of this year's special training for our group. His performance is very close to that of the person from back then."

"It's still a long way off, but these results are quite impressive for this year's class. They should at least be in the top ten of the entire grade. Of course, we'll have to see how they perform in the future."

As Wang Jianghe spoke, a smile appeared on his lips, as if he had just remembered something. "I wonder how that kid named Lin Yi is doing. I hope he's doing a little better."

"Lin Yi? Who?"

"A fledgling who has made a contract with a ground mushroom, and he's quite an interesting person."

Wang Jianghe recalled Lin Yi's reply on [Qingzu Peng], and the smile on his lips deepened.

Li Lan was slightly taken aback, then chuckled wryly in a low voice, "A free-range mushroom?"

As they spoke, the two immediately commanded the Azure-Footed Roc, gliding silently toward the area where the boy was.

There was no other way; even if the boy's kill record was abysmal, they still had to go and record it.