[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-striker-independent-beast-tamer":3,"chapter-striker-independent-beast-tamer-striker-independent-beast-tamer-chapter-172":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","STRIKER: Independent Beast Tamer",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1315861,1747,"Chapter 172: Tier 1, 5th-Rank- Early Stage","striker-independent-beast-tamer-chapter-172",172,"\u003Cp>Jeremy realizes that the old man has come here with a purpose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He replied, \"I'm doing fine.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good, how confident are you about tomorrow's duel?\" Derek asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing that, Jeremy wasn't surprised. He obviously felt the seriousness of the duel. He didn't want to lie.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So he said, \"It's going to be a tough duel.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Derek was taken aback. He didn't expect him to accept the difficulty of the duel right away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Okay, I can help you. I have natural fruits with me. This treasure can help you raise your power by one rank. But I won't be giving it for free,\" Derek said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jeremy's heart raced. This was an unexpected surprise. Why would he want to help me? He is Head of all the first years. Shouldn't he be more neutral?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since he didn't plan on handing it out for free, he decided to ask about it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What do I have to do?\" he asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A smile appeared on old man Derek's face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I have not thought about it yet. But it's going to be a mission,\" Derek said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jeremy sighed inwardly. Since it's going to be a mission, he can do it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright, I'll do it,\" he replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good, take these 5 natural fruits. It can help you to cross one rank.\" After saying that, he took the fruits out and gave them to the kid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jeremy Night accepted them. He placed them inside his storage ring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he spoke to the old man before leaving. The old man, Derek Gibson, was satisfied with the response. He is looking forward to tomorrow's duel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>About 10 minutes later,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After returning to his room, he went to take a bath. The bath lasted for half an hour. Then he wore casual clothes before sitting on the sofa.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked at the 5 natural fruits in his storage ring. He didn't know if consuming this fruit would help him reach the 5th rank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His current power is Tier-1, Rank 4-Early Stage. He thought it was best to consume it the next morning. Then he began to search for the Ice Elemental Beast Tamers. Many Ice-elemental Beast Tamers appeared in history.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But not all of them have S-Grade Talent. He wanted to view their battle footage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shortly afterward,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He began to play one video. In that video, he saw a classic duel between a Flame Elemental Beast Tamer and an Ice Elemental Beast Tamer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was mentioned that their talent was A-Grade. So he became more interested in watching the duel. In this fight, Jeremy saw both beast tamers launching great attacks against each other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What was more surprising was that no one was engaging in close combat. They were attacking each other from a distance. But the elemental attacks were enough to raze the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The flame attack was burning down the ground, turning the weeds and other vegetation to ashes, while the ice elemental was freezing the surface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jeremy's eyes turned solemn. The range of the elemental attacks was no joke. It could easily cover a large distance. Even if Jeremy wanted to defend against the ice attacks from a distance, it wouldn't be easy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the duel video played, at some point, he noticed them bringing out the lifeline beasts. Both lifeline beasts were bird-type beasts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ice and flame elemental auras were coming from their bodies. No other beast tamers could reach their lifeline beasts. If anyone dared to go near them, they would become ashes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jeremy continued to watch the duel footage. He saw how the two lifeline beasts began to clash with each other. Their clash was further destroying the terrain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He again noticed that these Beast Tamers were experienced. The land on which they were fighting was extremely vast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were fighting against each other without worrying about their surroundings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>About 10 minutes later,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The duel footage came to an end without revealing the result. Both elemental beast tamers were strong. No one was able to overwhelm the other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jeremy understood why people were obsessed with having a suitable lifeline beast. Both could provide high output damage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Similarly,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>May Lindsey was resting so that she could get back to the Peak Stage tomorrow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The following day:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jeremy woke up early to consume the natural fruits. After getting out of bed, he started doing his morning routine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>About 20 minutes later,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He sat cross-legged on the ground and took the natural fruits out to consume. He ate one of them completely before running the breathing method.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A warm current coursed through his body. The special natural energy of the fruit was being absorbed by the cells greedily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, the strength of his body began to increase. Even though it was subtle, there was a clear change.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jeremy continued to run the Inner Healing Method. When the special fruit energy dried up, he ate another one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Similarly, the warm current entered his body again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jeremy continued to repeat the process.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As time passed, the special fruit energy ended up drying as well. Jeremy continued to take another fruit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two hours later,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Click!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jeremy clearly felt the changes in his body. After consuming the 5 natural energy fruits, his body evolved to the 5th Rank-Early Stage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tier-1, 5th rank- early stage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A hint of ecstasy appeared in his eyes. Though there was not much difference in strength, he thought even a small improvement in strength was important.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sooner or later, he would touch the 9th Rank. Normally, with his A-Grade Talent, he could reach Tier-2 before the end of the year.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he wanted to achieve it in a few months. Then only could he compete with S-Graders. He knew that both May Lindsey and Victor Scott were Tier-1 Beast Tamers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he didn't know about their Rank. He wouldn't be surprised if their ranks were higher than his. Jeremy then collected his thoughts before absorbing the changes in his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though it was a small breakthrough, he felt that his bones and inner organs were stronger than before. Clearly, getting the fruits was worth it.\u003C\u002Fp>",1012,"2026-06-05T18:52:42.483Z",1,"novelbin.me","645581ee6a9e07a33ead5411c71ef8e986395a5184df5445dff61170c6b252bc","striker-independent-beast-tamer-chapter-173","striker-independent-beast-tamer-chapter-171",881,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fstriker-independent-beast-tamer-cover.jpg"]