Chapter 26: Defeating an Opponent in Seconds During a Practical Test—This Is a Useless Contracted Beast?

Feeling the vibrations and swaying coming from beside him, Jiang Che slowly opened his eyes.

"Have we arrived at the hotel?"

Once Jiang Che opened his eyes, he realized he was still in Luo Shuiyan's arms.

The reason he felt the vibrations and swaying in his sleep was because he was being held in Luo Shuiyan's embrace, occasionally being pressed against that towering softness.

Gazing at the softness swaying continuously before him, Jiang Che couldn't help but swallow his saliva; this "brain-cushioning" effect was indeed a bit dizzying after a while.

At the same time, the system's voice sounded once again.

"Congratulations to the host. You were able to remain calm and composed while lying flat amidst countless taunts and scorn, and in the arms of the Empress no less, gaining a critical boost of 16,000 experience points!"

"Ding, congratulations to the host for leveling up. Current level: 17!"

"We haven't reached the hotel yet, we..."

Luo Shuiyan was just about to answer upon hearing Jiang Che's words, but halfway through, she suddenly felt the feedback power brought about by Jiang Che's breakthrough! As she walked, Luo Shuiyan was momentarily stunned.

"You... you really are a monster. Just by sleeping for a while, you actually broke through again..."

Luo Shuiyan felt the strengthened spiritual power within her body and didn't know whether to cry or laugh.

The Spirit Beast she had contracted was truly monstrous to the extreme.

Compared to Jiang Che, she, a reborn Empress, really didn't amount to much.

Forget it, she would just honestly hug his thigh; perhaps this was heaven's compensation for her after her rebirth.

Luo Shuiyan shook her head and couldn't help but offer a bitter smile, while at the same time, there was a trace of joy in her eyes.

Because of Jiang Che's breakthrough, Luo Shuiyan felt that she, who had only just broken through to the two-star realm, now showed signs of breaking through to three stars! This feeling of rapid improvement... was simply too exhilarating! "Huh? We're not back yet? Then I'll sleep a bit more."

Having said that, Jiang Che leaned his head back against the softness.

It had to be said, the swaying was simply too hypnotic.

"Stop sleeping! Wait a moment!"

Seeing that Jiang Che was about to sleep again, Luo Shuiyan hurriedly spoke up to stop him.

"We have to enter the guild interior in a moment to conduct the upcoming practical test, don't you fall asleep!"

Luo Shuiyan spoke very quickly, yet Jiang Che fell asleep even faster.

Giving Luo Shuiyan no chance to stop him, Jiang Che simply closed his eyes and lay flat to sleep.

Lying flat earned him rewards, and Luo Shuiyan had a ten-fold return on her own cultivation.

Why wouldn't he sleep? Luo Shuiyan:...

After a while, Luo Shuiyan and her group entered the ancient castle they had seen upon arrival.

This was the interior of the Xi'an Beast Master Guild.

After walking through a long corridor, Luo Shuiyan and the others arrived in an extremely spacious room.

"Everyone, the upcoming practical test requires you to cooperate with your Spirit Beasts to deal with Magic Beasts of the same level."

Jiang Ping stepped forward and pointed to the front of the group.

As his voice fell, the mirror-like wall in front suddenly became transparent.

Immediately following, under the gaze of everyone, more than a dozen separate testing grounds appeared.

"Those whose names are called, enter the test with your Spirit Beasts and find your corresponding testing ground."

"Once you reach the testing ground, Magic Beasts will enter to engage you in combat."

Luo Shuiyan had long known about these details, and she raised her head to look forward.

She saw that inside the testing grounds, most were level 11 Magic Beasts, which was similar to the levels of the people present.

Magic Beasts and Spirit Beasts are two completely different existences. Compared to Spirit Beasts, which can understand human nature, are more intelligent, and can sign contracts with humans, Magic Beasts are usually extremely fierce and brutal.

Even if someone contracts a Magic Beast, these beasts will still randomly harm people after the contract.

Therefore, gradually, no one chose to contract Magic Beasts, instead using them as whetstones to improve their own strength and combat experience.

In her past life, Luo Shuiyan had seen many Magic Beasts, and their strength was not to be underestimated.

The people taking the test walked into the grounds one after another.

However, since many present were newcomers, they could only manage difficult defenses when paired with their Spirit Beasts.

Although most were eventually able to barely defeat the Magic Beasts, about twenty percent failed.

Not long after, it was finally Luo Shuiyan's turn.

Carrying Jiang Che to her own testing ground, Luo Shuiyan had just stepped inside when the Magic Beast was released.

She saw that on the opposite side was a wolf-type Magic Beast, level 12, corresponding exactly to Luo Shuiyan, a two-star intermediate Beast Tamer.

The black-purple body of the Demon Wolf was very tall, and its blood-red pupils held not a shred of intelligence, only endless violence and slaughter.

This level 12 Demon Wolf was similar in size to Chen Zijie's Flame Tiger, perhaps even a circle larger.

"Xiaobai, stop sleeping, it's time to fight."

Luo Shuiyan hurriedly shook Jiang Che in her arms.

"Haha, what a freak, he can still sleep at a time like this?"

This scene made the spectators outside the transparent wall laugh uncontrollably.

No one expected that even though the battle had begun, Luo Shuiyan's Spirit Beast was still sleeping.

"Although this Spirit Beast has a low bloodline rank, its heart is quite big. To be able to sleep in this situation, he's really not afraid of that Demon Wolf tearing him apart!"

"Who knows? Although my Spirit Beast isn't this high-level, it's still very obedient; at the very least, it fights alongside me."

"I really don't know how to evaluate this Spirit Beast. Sleeping on the battlefield—this is simply treating the Beast Tamer's life as a joke!"

"Tsk tsk tsk, without the help of a Spirit Beast, a Beast Tamer fighting a Magic Beast with that frail body is very dangerous. Magic Beasts don't know anything about showing mercy to the fair sex."

Many people outside the arena were watching the battle, and especially because of Jiang Che, Luo Shuiyan's side attracted quite a lot of attention.

And just as everyone was commenting, the Demon Wolf had already lunged directly toward Luo Shuiyan.

Its massive body brought a tremendous sense of oppression, and its four claws touched the ground with extreme speed, like a purple phantom, rapidly approaching Luo Shuiyan.

At such close range, because Luo Shuiyan had just been waking Jiang Che, she had no time at all to unleash her secret technique.

However, her rich combat experience allowed her body to instinctively roll to the left, narrowly dodging this assault from the Demon Wolf.

"What the hell, what is this situation?"

"Where did this stupid wolf come from?"

Jiang Che, having been shaken awake, was a bit dazed; as he looked up, he happened to see the giant purple wolf baring its fangs at him, with saliva even dripping from the corners of its mouth.

"So you're the brat howling non-stop, keeping me from lying flat, huh?"

As the Fear Eye was released, the Demon Wolf froze directly in place, its pupils filled with terror.

Jiang Che flicked his hand, and the Kirin Seal flew straight out.

Everyone only saw a flash of golden light, and the level twelve Demon Wolf collapsed right where it stood, its hard skull even caving in slightly.

"What is this situation?! What just happened?!"

"One move? It killed a level twelve Demon Wolf in one move?!"

"Wasn't it said to be just a trash Spirit Beast with Black Iron-grade bloodline?!"

(End of chapter)