Chapter 18: Promoted to Black Iron High-Grade! Why are you flying?

"Ding~ Your pet beast, Storm Eagle, has killed a Black Iron Low-Grade Gray-Toothed Rabbit. Experience +3!"

"Ding~ Your pet beast, Storm Eagle, has killed a Black Iron Mid-Grade Gray-Toothed Rabbit. Experience +10!"

"Ding~ Congratulations to the Host, your pet beast, Storm Eagle, has successfully evolved to Black Iron High-Grade!"

Five days later, Su Yang heard the system notification. The Storm Eagle had finally gathered enough experience to upgrade to Black Iron High-Grade!

The fierce beasts in this wasteland had all been swept through by beast tamers; there were only Black Iron-level beasts left.

Su Yang hadn't encountered a single Black Iron Peak-Grade beast. Black Iron High-Grade beasts were also extremely rare. If the Storm Eagle weren't a flying-type pet with vision far exceeding ordinary beasts, it would have been extremely difficult for Su Yang to even encounter one!

On this wasteland, Black Iron Low-Grade beasts were still the most common!

Therefore, it took Su Yang five days to earn three hundred experience points.

But was the Storm Eagle's upgrade slow?

Of course not!

As it stood, the vast majority of the pets belonging to the students in Class One were only Black Iron Low-Grade.

The growth of a beast tamer is actually very slow.

The graduation standard for students at Seven Stars City First High School is essentially to raise their pet's strength to Black Iron High-Grade within three years.

Yet even so, every year there are still beast tamers who fail to graduate!

This shows just how difficult it is to improve a pet's strength!

The fact that Su Yang's strength could grow so quickly was largely due to the experience-based upgrade method of the Pet Cultivation System!

"Screech!"

The Storm Eagle seemed to sense the increase in its strength as well; it soared through the air with delight.

At times it dove into the clouds, at others it skimmed across the earth...

Once it calmed down, it landed in front of Su Yang and affectionately rubbed its head against his face.

Aside from Su Yang, the Storm Eagle did not allow anyone else to get close.

After eating a Gray-Toothed Rat, the sun was about to set.

"It's getting late, we should head back!"

Just as Su Yang was about to leave, the Storm Eagle tapped him with its wing.

Su Yang asked in confusion, "You want to take me for a try?"

The Storm Eagle nodded and rubbed its head against Su Yang's face again, acting somewhat spoiled.

"Alright! But don't hurt me with your claws!" Su Yang warned, "Also, don't fly too high. If you really can't carry me, I can still land safely."

The Storm Eagle flapped its wings and took to the sky again.

Su Yang stood where he was, opened his arms, and shouted, "Come on!"

The Storm Eagle dove, extended its talons, grabbed Su Yang by the shoulders, and carried him into the sky!

Su Yang opened his eyes, watching the earth gradually recede and the clouds draw near...

"Is this what flying feels like?"

The gale hitting his face made it hard for Su Yang to breathe.

"Screech!"

"Hey! You silly bird! Silly bird! Don't fly so high! Don't fly so high!"

Only after the Storm Eagle descended slightly while carrying him did Su Yang let out a sigh of relief.

Generally speaking, for a pet to carry a beast tamer in flight, its strength must be at least Silver or Gold-level, and it must be a large flying pet.

Su Yang's flight, aside from being a bit of a trick, was primarily due to the Storm Eagle's uniqueness!

Su Yang's Storm Eagle was far larger in size than other bird-type beasts of the same level!

Furthermore, there was the Storm Eagle's control over wind-type energy!

After coming to the wasteland and fighting many Black Iron Mid-Grade Demonized Sparrows, Su Yang discovered that the wind blade damage of a Black Iron Mid-Grade Storm Eagle was ten times that of an ordinary Black Iron Mid-Grade Demonized Sparrow!

And the wind blades fired by ordinary Black Iron Mid-Grade Demonized Sparrows could hardly cause any substantial damage to the Storm Eagle, even if they hit!

Greatly enhancing the effects of wind-type skills, and greatly immunizing against wind-type skill damage!

This was the true power of the Mythical-level talent "Child of the Storm"!

It could be said that the Storm Eagle was the nemesis of the vast majority of wind-type beasts!

Just then, Su Yang saw what appeared to be a battle happening in the distance.

"Let's go, let's take a look!"

From far away in the air, Su Yang saw a group of fiery-red Diamond Ants frantically chasing a group of young beast tamers.

After exploring for so many days, Su Yang already knew there was a Diamond Ant nest in the wasteland, and every day Diamond Ants were sent out to search for food.

Naturally cautious, Su Yang had never approached the Diamond Ant nest, because every Diamond Ant nest had flying ant guards.

If there were few flying ant guards, Su Yang wouldn't be afraid.

But the problem was that flying ant guards were the elite force of the nest, possessing considerable strength, and once they appeared, there were generally hundreds or thousands of them, thick as a swarm!

Su Yang glanced at that squad of Diamond Ants; there were twenty-one in total.

The strongest one was just one, at Black Iron High-Grade; the other twenty were a mix of Black Iron Mid-Grade and Low-Grade.

Those classmates being hunted by the Diamond Ants were truly pitiful!

"Run! They're catching up!" ===== CHAPTER 35 =====

"Damn it! How did we run into a group of Diamond Ants?"

"Why is no one saving us?"

"Help!"

"..."

Su Yang took a look and saw that the one running at the very front was someone he knew!

He hadn't expected her to be such a good runner!

"I say, Class Monitor, do you need help?"

"At a time like this, who can help us? Don't talk, keep your rhythm, run as far as you can, maybe those Diamond Ants will stop chasing halfway..."

After Zhang Zhang Ruolin finished speaking, she ran a few more steps, then she suddenly realized!

Why is Su Yang here?

When did he arrive?

She turned her head and looked at Su Yang, who was hovering in mid-air with his feet off the ground, moving alongside her, with an expression like she'd seen a ghost...

"Su Yang... how are you flying?" ===== CHAPTER 36 =====