Chapter 14: The Beast Taming Competition

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

The next day, Ye Haoran hummed a little tune as he walked into the classroom. Everyone in the school looked at him with strange expressions.

Some of them might not know the principal of Beitong No.2 High School, but they definitely knew Ye Haoran.

Using a rope to tie more than a dozen people and hang them up was truly a sight that would make anyone who saw it feel disgusted.

Su Chen didn’t have any reaction. As Ye Haoran’s deskmate, there were many more things that he knew that were even more ridiculous.

Ye Haoran was bored, so he opened the goldfish’s attribute panel.

Yesterday, he was too busy tying up people and didn’t even have time to see what attributes he gained after breaking through.

[Goldfish (Evolution 4/100)]

[Star: 1]

[Level: Level 5 spirit]

[Skill: Dragon’s Roar (Level 3): Let out an angry roar to shock the enemy, has a high chance of interrupting the enemy’s skill release (final damage +8%).]

[Skill: Divine Dragon Swinging Tail (Level 2): Swinging the dragon’s tail will cause AoE damage to nearby enemies, and there is a high chance of stunning them (final damage +8%).]

Ye Haoran’s face lit up with joy. The Dragon’s Roar skill had also been upgraded by one level, and the probability of the silence effect became higher.

These two skills of his were a chain of controls. Imagine if he met someone with a Dragon’s Roar and a Divine Dragon Swinging Tail. He could completely freeze people on the spot for four to five seconds and they could not escape.

“Class starts now!”

Zhou Jianghai walked into the classroom and knocked on the table, saying, “The mid-term exam rewards have been distributed. Everyone, make good use of them.”

“Also, the Beitong City’s beast taming competition is about to begin. We need to select someone in the second year to participate.”

As he spoke, Zhou Jianghai looked at the disinterested crowd and slowly said, “I heard that the top 10 will be rewarded with a one-week use of the cultivation dojo.”

“What?”

The students’ eyes widened and they were instantly interested.

The cultivation dojo was different from ordinary cultivation rooms. It was specially used for cultivation in the official spirit gathering array, and the concentration of spiritual Qi was very high.

Not only could one quickly increase their strength by cultivating there, but there was also a chance of learning new skills. It was extremely tempting.

Only Ye Haoran was yawning behind him, looking disinterested.

The speed of spiritual Qi absorption was related to the innate talent of the contract spirit.

As for his little goldfish with 1-star talent, ten days of absorption could not match up to a 3-star talent in a day.

Besides, what was cultivation when he had a cheat?

Zhou Jianghai automatically ignored Ye Haoran, who was sitting in the back row. Looking at the fighting spirit on everyone’s faces, he nodded in satisfaction, “Good! The registration will be held at the City spirit Hall today. Those who are interested can go.”

“Jiang Xue, Zhou Xiaoyu, Ye Haoran, the three of you come out for a moment,” Zhou Jianghai called the three of them and brought them to his office.

There were other teachers in the office who were also admonishing the top students in their class.

“The three of you are the strongest in our class, so all three of you have to go to the registration tomorrow.”

Zhou Jianghai took a sip of water and slowly said, “If you can get a good ranking, you’ll get extra points when you enter the top class in the third year.”

Ye Haoran was unmoved. As long as he had a cheat, he didn’t need any extra points.

Zhou Jianghai seemed to have read his mind and said, “I think the top three will be rewarded with some attribute potions, right?”

Ye Haoran suddenly raised his head and asked seriously, “What time do you want to register tomorrow?”

Attribute potions could permanently increase one’s attributes, so it was definitely a rare item.

The evolution system could help Ye Haoran’s spiritualist level increase quickly, but he still had to fight for additional attribute increases in the outside world.

Zhou Jianghai raised his eyebrows and asked, “What, you’re confident?”

“It’s not much, it’s not much. I’ll just get the first place,” Ye Haoran patted his chest and boasted.

His voice was so loud that everyone in the office could hear him.

The other teachers and students in the office had strange expressions on their faces as if Ye Haoran were treating them as invisible.

“Ha, what a vulgar man.”

A mocking voice sounded from the side. Zhao Hui stood there and looked at Ye Haoran with his head held high.

Just as Ye Haoran was about to speak, the system’s options suddenly appeared.

[Option 1: Bear with it for the time being and hang him on a tree when he’s unprepared. Reward: Increase the chance of sneak attack by 10%.]

[Option 2: Directly challenge him to a battle and kill him with a heavy punch. Reward: Goldfish-exclusive skill book +1. (Note: The more injured the other party’s contract spirit is, the higher the probability of learning a skill from the skill book).]

[Option 3: Ignore him and pretend you didn’t hear it. Reward: Hearing reduction of 50%.]

Ye Haoran’s expression changed slightly. He was quite pleased with the probability bonus of the sneak attack in the first option. It was very suitable for his needs.

However, the exclusive skill book of the second option was obviously more tempting. Generally speaking, the probability of such an exclusive reward appearing was very small.

After making his choice, Ye Haoran turned around and walked toward Zhao Hui.

“What?”

Zhao Hui was on guard as he looked at his hands, trying to see if he had any weapons.

“Zhao Hui, I beat you up so badly last time. Why? Are you still not convinced?” Ye Haoran’s teasing smile deeply pierced Zhao Hui’s heart.

Zhao Hui let out a long breath and said with a determined look, “Ye Haoran, do you dare to have another match with me? It’s the same bet as before.”

Zhao Hui was afraid that Ye Haoran would not agree, so he even specially added the bet.

Ye Haoran had a strange expression. He hadn’t even said anything, and the other party was giving himself away? Furthermore, he was also giving away money?

How could he not accept this?!

“Alright,” Ye Haoran immediately agreed. He would be an idiot if he didn’t take advantage of him!

Seeing that Ye Haoran had agreed, Zhao Hui’s eyes immediately revealed a trace of excitement.

Only Zhou Jianghai, who was standing at the side, saw the excitement in Ye Haoran’s eyes and knew that this fellow was going to cheat people again.

A moment later, in spirit Hall No. 1, Ye Haoran came to his battle position and silently looked at the excited Zhao Hui.

“Begin!”

Following the referee’s order, Zhao Hui immediately summoned his Aurora Wolf and took off his coat to reveal a gem on his neck.

“Ye Haoran, this is a mental defense gem that I’ve prepared for you. It’s designed to counter your skills.”

Zhao Hui smiled maliciously with an expression that said, “I’ve got you.”

The form teacher of Class 4 was speechless. Why did he have to inform the enemy what he had prepared? Wouldn’t it be better to keep it to catch the opponent off guard?

Ye Haoran narrowed his eyes and made a gesture of international friendship.

Zhao Hui coldly snorted. His left hand moved slightly, but he did not turn the Aurora Wolf into a weapon.

“Howl—!”

The Aurora Wolf had already broken through to Level 5 and its body began to gather power.

“Aurora Assault!”

Under Zhao Hui’s command, the Aurora Wolf’s body emitted a silver light. After letting out a roar, it suddenly charged out.

Zhou Jianghai, who was outside the arena, was stunned. This was clearly Zhao Hui’s contract spirit’s second skill.

Generally speaking, for spiritualists, every ten levels counted as one stage, and the contract spirit could only learn two skills, one of which was self-learned, and the other was learned.

The difficulty of understanding it would decrease as one’s level increased. Most spiritualists would have to be around Level 7 or 8 to understand it.

He didn’t expect Zhao Hui to learn a second skill when he was only at Level 5. His talent was indeed not bad.

On the spirit battle stage, Ye Haoran looked at the charging Aurora Wolf. The corner of his mouth twitched, and the goldfish in the fish tank in his hand suddenly flicked its tail.

It was the activation of ‘Divine Dragon Swinging Tail’!

“Bang!”

A shadow suddenly streaked across, and the Aurora Wolf, which was charging at high speed, was directly sent flying before it could react.

“Ah…”

The students of Class 4 who had come to watch were dumbfounded. His wolf looked good but was useless!

The huge dragon’s tail slowly dissipated in the air. Zhao Hui’s eyes widened in disbelief.

It’s only been a few days since they last met, and he had already comprehended a second skill, and he was so freaking strong!

Thinking of the terrifying fact that he was going to lose money again, Zhao Hui steeled his heart and directly recalled the injured Aurora Wolf, preparing to personally take the field.

Ye Haoran had a smile on his face. The reason why his skill was so strong was naturally related to his higher skill level. Everyone else was Level 1, but he was Level 3.

On the other hand, Zhao Hui had already grabbed the long sword formed by the Aurora Wolf and pounced toward Ye Haoran.

But when he sensed the goldfish’s Level 5 spiritual aura, he couldn’t even hold the knife in his hand steadily.

He had jumped three levels in two days? Had he been possessed?

As he fiercely stabbed forward, a ruthless expression appeared on Zhao Hui’s face.

“Roar!”

Ye Haoran roared and instantly activated ‘Dragon’s Roar’.

The gem on Zhao Hui’s neck emitted a green light and blocked all mental attacks.

However, the special silence effect of the Dragon’s Roar was still effective and the long sword in Zhao Hui’s hand instantly became unstable.

Zhao Hui immediately increased the amount of spiritual energy he injected into the sword and forcefully stabilized it.

At this moment, the cooldown time for ‘Divine Dragon Swinging Tail’ had also improved. Ye Haoran took advantage of the time when Zhao Hui was stabilizing his long sword and directly release the skill.

A huge dragon tail appeared out of thin air and Zhao Hui had no choice but to raise his sword to meet it.

“Clang–!”

The sound of metal clashing resounded, and the long sword scratched the scales of the dragon’s tail, producing sparks. The dragon had forcibly withstood the entire skill.

However, the high damage from the ‘Divine Dragon Swinging Tail’ caused cracks to appear on the long sword.

Zhao Hui was also stunned on the spot.

“Sigh, we’re finished!”

The form teacher of Class 4 sighed, his eyes filled with disappointment.

Why did he have to take on such a powerful skill? Wasn’t it good to avoid it?

At this moment, Ye Haoran had already rushed forward and snatched the long sword from the dazed Zhao Hui.

“Bye Bye!”

Ye Haoran kicked Zhao Hui’s stomach and Zhao Hui’s body arched like a shrimp as he was sent flying, crashing outside the spirit battle stage.

The entire place was silent. Other than Zhou Jianghai, no one had expected that Zhao Hui, who had just broken through, would end up in such a miserable defeat.

Ye Haoran clutched the long sword in his hand tightly. There was an illusory wolf head on the hilt of the sword that was madly attacking his palm, trying to get the sword away from his control.

“Hey, you think I can’t control you?”

Ye Haoran frowned and exerted some spiritual power to grip the handle of the sword.

Then, he placed the sword on the ground and stepped on it. He used both hands to pull it up…

“Creak, Creak, Creak!”

The sword made a series of sounds and the crack continued to expand.

The wolf head on the hilt of the sword was already frightened. If this continued, its head and tail would be separated.

Zhao Hui, who had flown out of the spirit battle stage, was stunned for a moment before he quickly recalled his contract spirit. If he was too late, there would be another pitiful person without a contract spirit in this world.

Sensing that the Aurora Wolf was on its last breath, Zhao Hui really wanted to spit out a mouthful of blood.

Not only would he have to pay a high medical fee to treat his contract spirit, but he also wouldn’t be able to participate in tomorrow’s beast taming competition. It was a huge loss.

Furthermore, he had to compensate Ye Haoran with five low-level vicious beast inner cores!

Zhao Hui looked up at the ceiling with a look of despair.

[Reward acquired: Exclusive talent book +1 (success rate of comprehension is 98%).]

Ye Haoran’s face lit up. He had tortured Zhao Hui’s contract spirit for this success rate.

If he still couldn’t succeed with a 98% success rate, then he would really be blacklisted.

“I’ll use ten years of Zhao Hui’s life in exchange for my success in comprehending…”

Ye Haoran mumbled in a low voice, attracting everyone’s attention.

Ye Haoran found the exclusive skill book in the system backpack and clicked to use it.

The little goldfish in the fish tank suddenly jumped up and kept spinning.

Zhou Jianghai looked at him in confusion and asked, “Is this little goldfish sick?”

Suddenly, the goldfish’s body emitted a golden light, and a strange feeling spread out.

“Buzz…”

The light suddenly dispersed, as if it had never appeared.

Ye Haoran opened the attribute panel at the side, and joy appeared on his face.

[Goldfish (Evolution 4/100)]

[Star: 1]

[Level: Level 5 spirit]

[Innate talent: Onslaught, the resistance of the attacked enemy is reduced by 3% in all aspects, lasts for five minutes, stackable, maximum 50%.

Ye Haoran touched his chin. Although the effect of this talent wasn’t obvious now, it was definitely the kind that was worth anticipating in the future.

Just think about it, if he had more skills in the future, he could reduce the opponent’s contract spirit’s resistance by 50% within a few minutes.

Any defense-type contract spirit would crack.

Moreover, this talent seemed to be able to be upgraded. In the future, he might be able to achieve the point where every hit would cause real damage!