Beast Taming Starts with Ground Mushrooms

Chapter 31: Su Wanting Cried

The originally quiet exchange venue for the freshman Beast Taming Class 26 was completely packed with Beast Tamers in less than a quarter of an hour.

Outside the arena, there were several layers upon layers of Arhats stacked on top of each other. The beast tamers were prying at the iron netting, their eyes wide open, as if they were deeply shocked by something.

Some of the girls even opened their mouths into an "O" shape, as if they had something stuffed in their mouths.

Inside the arena, everyone fell silent the moment the battle began.

Jiang Xiaoran and Cheng Jiaqi finally managed to squeeze into the crowd, and were stunned by what they saw inside.

Within the arena, on the stage, the power of extraordinary evolution surged and raged. A two-meter-tall Snow Tree Beast stood in the void, frantically shaking its branches, exerting all its strength. A fierce wind and snowstorm raged on the stage, with ice blades flying and densely slashing in a certain direction, covering most of the arena.

Following the direction in which the ice blades rained down, the first thing to appear was a series of azure sword lights, each about two meters long. When they collided with the ice blades, the extraordinary evolutionary power exploded outwards, forming dazzling ice flowers.

It's so small that it's hard to even spot it without looking closely.

"Mushroom... little mushroom?"

Jiang Xiaoran immediately recognized the little guy as Lin Yi's ground mushroom. However, the fluctuations on the mushroom at this moment clearly indicated that it had reached the fifth level of evolution. She had been contracting the ground mushroom for two years and had only just reached this level.

The information Cheng Jiaqi gleaned differed somewhat from Jiang Xiaoran's. When she looked at the azure sword light, her first thought was of the [Grass Sword Technique].

"Was the skill that Mushroom Boy used the [Grass Sword Technique]?"

Hearing the sound, Jiang Xiaoran realized what was happening and asked uncertainly, "What level of the [Grass Sword Technique] is this?"

Neither of them had a contracted beast pet, the Sword Spirit Grass, so they weren't very familiar with the level of this skill.

A senior student standing next to him took over the conversation and spoke slowly.

"The sword light is about two meters long, and the damage coverage area is about thirteen square meters. The destructive power is estimated to be at the third stage. It is currently in the fifth stage of evolution, so it is not difficult to deduce that this ground mushroom's [Grass Sword Technique] should have reached the 'Mastery Level'."

He seemed to be answering Jiang Xiaoran and the others' questions, or perhaps he was analyzing himself, his eyes filled with disbelief.

Sensing the questioning looks from the two beautiful girls, the senior student added:

"Among my contracted beast pets is the Sword Spirit Grass. No one understands the details of the [Grass Sword Technique] better than me. This is definitely a 'Masterful' level. But I can't understand why it would appear on a ground mushroom?"

"Moreover, its beast tamer is a freshman in college. This is illogical, so illogical."

The senior student shook his head repeatedly, his eyes filled with confusion and self-doubt.

Looking at this senior who might go astray and have his Dao heart collapse, Cheng Jiaqi and Jiang Xiaoran exchanged a glance. The former couldn't bear it and said, "Senior, you're wrong. This is precisely the power of science, because its beast tamer is a top student who studies cross-species skill education, and his mentor is Elder Liu Bochuan."

"Research on cross-species skills education?"

The senior muttered to himself, seemingly finding a sliver of solace... But this is still unscientific. He spent two years mastering the [Grass Sword Technique] to perfection, yet he still couldn't reach this level. Could it be that his beast-taming talent is really too poor?

Cheng Jiaqi and Jiang Xiaoran witnessed the change in each other's emotions, exchanged a glance, and both gently shook their heads.

The senior is beyond saving; let fate decide.

Inside the arena, although the area outside was crowded with beast tamers, everyone was surprisingly quiet. This was true both outside and inside the arena, with only Su Wanting's voice echoing. She looked at her Tree White and then at the battle situation, her forehead already covered in a layer of sweat.

"Shu Bai, don't hold back, you can be a bit harsher on this one."

Tree White: Master, I feel I've reached my peak!

In fact, Su Wanting knew that the Snow Tree Beast had given it its all, but she couldn't accept it. She was clearly the undisputed number one in Beast Taming Class 26, and she had worked exceptionally hard in training the Snow Tree Beast, so why did this situation occur?

What's even more awkward is that, as time went on, the expressions on the faces of Wang Haoran, Zhang Siyao, Song Jianing, Jiang Feng, and the 'nanny' beast tamer girl gradually changed from shock and disbelief to strangeness.

Because they discovered that the little guy wasn't fighting at all, but rather treating the Snow Tree Beast's attacks as a training exercise. Not only did the Beast Tamers of Class 26 notice something was wrong, but the Beast Tamers outside the arena also gradually realized what was happening.

"It...it doesn't seem like it intends to make a move."

"Am I imagining things? Why do I have this feeling that Lin Yi's pet is using Wan Ting's [Snow Tree Beast] as a sparring partner?"

"I feel the same way. The Snow Tree Beast clearly can't hurt it, but the little guy doesn't seem to want to win either."

Hearing those words, Su Wanting's pretty face turned bright red. Her proud Snow Tree Beast in Beast Taming Class 26 had actually been reduced to a sparring partner for a Ground Mushroom. Su Wanting felt her lungs swell.

Lin Yi also sensed that damned sense of familiarity, and a headache began to run into him.

The situation seemed to be out of his control.

However, the Snow Tree Beast's ice blades were indeed much more effective than his throwing stones. Mushroom Boy's Grass Sword Technique was clearly improving. Although the progress was still slow, it was at least twice as fast as before.

Lin Yi, who had a symbiotic relationship with the mushroom, could clearly sense this.

Mushroom probably realized this too. The little guy's clever mind was very clear, but he just wouldn't make a move. This was much more fun than the stone.

However, when Lin Yi saw the resentful look Su Wanting was giving him from time to time, he knew that if he didn't stop her, the little guy might mess things up in this real battle.

Due to their symbiotic relationship, beast tamers and their contracted beast pets can communicate with each other through mental energy. Although this requires the expenditure of mental energy, he couldn't care less about that at the moment and immediately activated information resonance.

"Hey kid, stop playing around and let's finish this quickly."

If you keep playing like this, something bad will happen.

In the arena... Mushroom received Lin Yi's mental energy transmission. Although it didn't understand why he would give up such a good training opportunity, the little guy still shot up and charged straight in, delivering a sword strike to the Snow Tree Beast.

The azure sword light fell, and the Snow Tree Beast trembled. Everyone gasped.

"Little mushroom, all done."

Lin Yi spoke up immediately, quickly stopping him: "You've already won."

With this sword strike, the Snow Tree Beast would likely be severely injured, if not seriously wounded. After all, this was an exchange meeting, not a real life-or-death struggle. In fact, Lin Yi was also quite surprised; he had seriously underestimated the little guy's combat power.

As the sword light hovered above the Snow Tree Beast's head and slowly dissipated, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

The little guy sheathed his Cold String Sword, landed on the ground, and pounced towards Lin Yi on his short little legs.

Mushroom: Extra meal! Extra meal!

For a moment, a long silence fell both inside and outside the venue.

until a certain moment.

"Lin Yi".

A somewhat exasperated female voice rang out.

Lin Yi subconsciously looked in the direction of the sound, only to see Su Wanting sobbing, a tear welling up in the corner of her eye, her voice trembling with tears as she said, "I want to challenge you. I mean, I want to challenge you in the grade-level assessment."

Lin Yi was taken aback when he saw the single tear in Su Wanting's eye. "Seriously? She can cry like that?"

Although Su Wanting held back her tears, everyone else thought she was crying.

Lin Yi was completely confused. Was this girl too fragile, or was there another reason?

Although he couldn't understand why she was crying, Lin Yi knew that he probably couldn't ask for the inter-guild communication card at this moment, so he would have to make plans with her another day.

An awkward silence fell over the room...

Half an hour later.

Tang Xinyi's office.

Standing beside Tang Xinyi was the quiet girl with the healing abilities of spiritual plants, but Tang Xinyi was no longer quiet.

"You mean, Lin Yi is a level 5 Beast Tamer? His ground mushroom evolved to a level 5 form? And it just defeated Su Wanting's [Snow Tree Beast] at the exchange event?"

How is that possible?

Tang Xinyi could hardly believe her ears; this was simply unbelievable.

It took her a full three minutes to process this shocking news. After calming down, she remembered something and couldn't help but look at the quiet girl.

"Wait, what did you just say?"

"What's wrong with Su Wanting? Is she crying?"