Chapter 357: One Month! Preheating for the Professional Assessment!

Chapter 357: One Month! Preheating for the Professional Assessment!

The scorching weather proved that Jianghai had fully entered the height of summer.

Indeed, it was true.

Today was an extremely special day.

June 20th.

A year ago on this day, Su Ping also awakened his Wan Ling Tu Lu and became a true Beastmaster, setting foot on the path of a Beastmaster.

Although he had stayed in Linzhou for a while due to certain circumstances and didn't immediately return to Wan Ling Xin to inherit his family's business, this day still held great significance for many.

This year's graduating Beastmasters, with the help of the awakening stone, awakened their spiritual talent and Beastmaster Space, becoming true Beastmasters full of expectations for the future.

However, aside from this graduation season, the most important thing was undoubtedly another matter.

This could be seen in all the major cities across Long Guo, where discussions and enthusiasm for the professional assessment were rising at an unimaginable rate. All young Beastmasters who met the age and requirements were eagerly preparing for this reformed national Beastmaster competition, aiming for a good ranking to make a name for themselves.

Despite all this, Su Ping remained calm and not overly concerned.

Whoosh! A terrifying sound of tearing through the air, like a sharp sword, pierced through a strange green, demonic wolf.

Terrifying energy spread out, and in an instant, the sharp sword aura shattered the wolf's body.

The Biyu Body, which could ignore much damage, had no chance of survival against this sword.

Gradually, it turned into a green flame and dissipated in the air.

Heaven and Man As One!

Qian Yi's body glowed with white light, forming a giant sword shadow that enveloped the surroundings.

Even the true extra body of Xiao Qing, with her Biyu Body, couldn't withstand a single strike under the Heaven and Man As One state.

In this state, Qian Yi's sword intent was so powerful that he could see the weaknesses of all living beings. Even though the Biyu Body didn't have a universally fatal spot, the energy junction was sealed by his sword, causing discomfort.

"Ow!"

A crisp wolf howl echoed, and countless similar wolves quickly surrounded him, their bodies burning with a green, demonic light like ghosts under the blue sky and daylight.

They encircled the figure holding the longsword.

Each time the figure struck with the sword, it shattered the phantom of a wolf spirit, but there seemed to be an endless supply of these phantoms.

Like a tidal wave, they continued to engulf the figure at the center.

Su Ping lay on the grass nearby, a wolf-smoke grass stem hanging from his mouth. The bitter taste kept him from falling asleep, and he watched the scene before him with a faint smile and helplessness.

Beside him lay two figures—Lao Sha and Xiao Qing.

Indeed, Xiao Qing was also the one fighting Qian Yi at this moment, but it was just one of her numerous clones.

It had been exactly one month since Qian Yi comprehended the Super Rank Skill of the Sword Dao Incarnation.

During this month, Su Ping had a relatively peaceful time.

Although the Water Sovereign's clone had said it would arrive soon, there had been no news.

Su Ping already knew the Water Sovereign's true purpose, and its arrival could solve the issue of explaining his extra body to others. Still, he wasn't eager to interact with such a being beyond his understanding until he had the strength to protect himself.

As the professional assessment drew near, it was already a blessing to have a peaceful period beforehand.

As time passed, the entire Long Guo seemed to be heating up with anticipation for the assessment.

During this month, Su Ping also focused on nurturing and training his Companion Beast.

The results were indeed outstanding.

Aside from the fact that Qian Yi and Xiao Qing's cultivation had improved, Su Ping's own cultivation had also advanced.

Xiao Qing directly reached the borderline for the professional assessment, matching the cultivation level of Beast Companions of Beastmasters who had been preparing for years. They all reached the highest level of the Overlord Rank, Overlord Tenth Rank.

As for Qian Yi, after comprehending the Sword Dao Incarnation, he broke through to the Overlord Seventh Rank. During this month, he further advanced to the Overlord Eighth Rank! Su Ping also made similar progress.

In the lower ranks, the status of a nurturer is naturally higher, but once they reach a higher level, like that of the Holy Spirit rank, such as Cold Grandpa or Ray Saint, unless they are of the same caliber as Charles of the Eagle Nation, the combat strength of a Beastmaster is undoubtedly more important.

After all, at any time, individual exceptional strength is always more crucial.

Therefore, during this period, aside from paying attention to Old Liu's nurturing of the Ice Fang Snow Wolf's Water Core skill and the experimentation and nurturing of Origami Beasts in simulated evolution, Su Ping no longer focused on nurturing.

Of course, it's not that he completely neglected everything else. Not to mention the new evolution of the Forest Wolf, the Thorn Wolf, inside the Heart of Wood, Su Ping still needed to keep an eye on its nurturing.

Guan Lili's talent was indeed remarkable, and her progress over the past year had been swift. The evolution of the Thorn Wolf was also remarkably smooth.

It was a close call.

At the same time, this also granted Su Ping two thousand Forest Wolf Codex experience.

As for the Water Core of the Ice Fang White Wolf, this was something that couldn't be rushed.

Firstly, according to the agreement between the two, to reach the level of manipulating weather on a large scale, one must at least reach the Perfected rank'. Even with the cheat effect of the Ten Thousand Spirit Codex, it was impossible to nurture from the entry level to perfection in just one short month.

Not to mention attracting attention, even if they weren't afraid of being noticed, Su Ping couldn't do it!

He wasn't just responsible for the Water Core of the Snow Wolf; he also had to focus on the more important nurturing of the Origami Beast's Paper Body Folding and Paper Body Compression!

The Ice Fang White Wolf was important, but wasn't the nurturing of the Sky Tomb even more crucial?

Fortunately, Liu Fu Hai understood this, or perhaps he didn't know about some of Su Ping's thoughts, and naturally believed that Su Ping had done his best.

Or, in the eyes of anyone, Su Ping had indeed given his all.

In such a short period, the skill level of the Water Core of his Ice Fang White Wolf, Bai Ye, had already surpassed the Proficient rank, reaching Mastery, even though it had just been promoted the day before. This speed was absolutely unattainable, even if Liu Fu Hai had nurtured it personally.

Therefore, Liu Fu Hai was indeed very satisfied during this period. Although the Water Core had reached Mastery the day before, the Ice Fang White Wolf's Ice Super Rank skill still hadn't shown any signs of appearing, leaving Old Liu somewhat disappointed and even wavering in his determination.

It was Su Ping's persuasion that calmed the mindset of this soon-to-be-obsessed President Liu.

This wasn't Su Ping fooling Old Liu; a month ago, when the Water Venerable arrived, Su Ping had carefully observed some of the combat techniques of the Naga, Jiao Ji.

Although it was just a test, the Naga couldn't possibly use all her strength.

However, among her peculiar abilities to gather water and form beasts, Su Ping could sense a similarity in effect to the ice-type skill that Old Liu wanted to nurture.

However, Old Liu's skill, as an ice-type condensation, was seemingly much stronger than the Water Venerable's simple gathering of water to form beasts, based on the deduction of its ability's performance.

Nevertheless, Su Ping surmised that both of their cores were related to the Water Core.

The Elemental Cores were indeed worthy of being among the Hall-level skills, as their effects were almost always a core component of the skills of many Elemental Beast companions.

This was also the reason for Su Ping's confidence.

But as the saying goes, one must wait!

Just like when Lao Sha's Sun Core evolved, it also required the Heart of Wood to reach the Perfected rank.

Otherwise, with the Heart of Wood and the other formula skills at the same rank, at most, it could only unleash a burst of power like the Ten Thousand Trees Wolf in that legion martial arts competition.

Now that Su Ping had mastered the evolution method of the Ice Fang White Wolf, Old Liu had taught him everything at once last time.

If successful, the future Heart of Ten Thousand Spirits would naturally include the nurturing of the Ice Fang White Wolf and its corresponding Super Rank skill as an ace. And now, his primary focus was naturally on the upcoming professional assessment!

During this month, improving his realm was one aspect, but the two little guys' combat sparring had been countless.

However, the outcome of the battles was never in doubt.

If Qian Yi used the fusion of the Five Elements Paper Figure, she would crush Xiao Qing with an overwhelming advantage, leaving her no room to fight back.

Especially after comprehending the Sword Dao Incarnation and entering the state of 'Heaven and Man As One' and 'Five Elements Rotation', it was almost like slaying the divine with divine power.

Xiao Qing's extra bodies, unless one was used as a life-saving medium, would inevitably be annihilated by the terrifying and limitless Five Elements Sword Qi, with no other outcome.

Of course, it was just a friendly spar, so it was impossible for it to be a life-or-death situation.

If Qian Yi didn't have the Five Elements Rotation state and the fusion of the Five Elements Paper Figures to borrow strength, the result would be obvious.

Su Ping held a wolf cigarette in his mouth and watched as Qian Yi's Heaven and Man As One state disappeared, completely overwhelmed by the endless army of Xiao Qing's clones. Even after activating Heaven and Man As One, Qian Yi only managed to eliminate one true Extra Body of Xiao Qing.

The other two Extra Bodies remained intact, and the vast array of split shadows seemed infinite. Unless the clones were eliminated within a short time, a legion of dozens of split shadows would be formed in less than a minute.

In the end, the little paper figure would be overwhelmed.

It had to be said that apart from the first few times when Su Ping watched with great interest and considered improvements for his two Companion Beasts in battle, he didn't want to think about the mess of it all for the rest of the time.

There was no other way; it was just too damn predictable.

And it was the kind of predictability that was all-encompassing, with no room for suspense.

Qian Yi's combat strength had become incredibly strong, especially during this time when Su Ping evolved some of the paper figures from the Spirit Hall into various Paper Swords, and Qian Yi learned several new sword techniques.

There was even a large-scale sword technique skill specifically created to counter Xiao Qing,

but even then, it wasn't enough. Xiao Qing's Extra Body was truly worthy of being a Super Rank Skill that even the Legendary Holy Dragon was concerned about.

Combined with the Blue Demon Ginseng's Blue Demon Body, unless the clones were eliminated within a short time or their energy was depleted, and the energy recovery was faster than that granted by the Super Rank Skill, Blue Demon Body, Xiao Qing was nearly invincible in such a battle.

Of course, if Qian Yi activated the Five Elements Rotation of the Five Elements Paper Figures, it wouldn't be as simple as being invincible.

This doesn't mean that the Heavenly Cycle Five Elements Body is much stronger than the Extra Body.

In fact, during this testing period, Su Ping also gained a realization that as the rank of the paper figure increases, the limit of the Five Elements Rotation of the Five Elements Paper Body will also decrease.

At the Overlord Rank level, a paper figure with a fully developed Five Elements Rotation Body naturally has a huge advantage.

However, if the future realm is elevated, and Qian Yi and Xiao Qing both reach the Emperor Rank, or even the Holy Spirit Rank, then who will win and who will lose is uncertain.

Moreover, the effect of the Extra Body is not limited to combat! It also has advantages in strategy implementation, survival ability, and even self-improvement.

Not to mention, during this period, the improvement in Xiao Qing's other combat skills was a testament to this!

Su Ping watched the scene that had been repeated countless times, and couldn't help but shake his head in exasperation.

However, just then, his phone rang, and he was surprised to see it was Qin Er Long, whom he hadn't heard from in a long time.

"Su Ping, where are you?"

"I'm at the newly opened Heart of Wood's vast grassland. What's up?"

Soon, Qin Er Long arrived in front of Su Ping.

Looking at Su Ping lying on the lawn, Qin Er Long said, "You're quite leisurely, aren't you? Even at this time, Xiao Xue and the others are busy preparing for this vocational assessment! Only you can be so relaxed!"

"Hehe, Qin Lao, I'm just taking a break."

It was clear that Old Qin had come with a purpose. After a pause, his expression turned slightly serious.

"I came this time because I have something to discuss with you!"

Seeing Old Qin's expression, Su Ping raised an eyebrow. During this time, Old Qin had indeed been very busy.

After the Ray Saint appeared and the Eastern Sea Flood was resolved, for over two months, Su Ping hadn't seen or heard from Qin Er Long.

But this was normal. Educational reforms, the establishment of the Jianghai Linzhou Advanced Beastmaster Academy, and the promotion and preparation of vocational assessments in various places were all matters that Qin Er Long, as the president of the Beastmaster Association, personally oversaw.

On the contrary, at a time when he should be busier, he sought out Su Ping, leaving Su Ping puzzled as to the reason.

However, Su Ping also restrained his smile and looked at Qin Er Long, "Just say what it is, Qin Lao!"

Hearing Su Ping's words, Qin Er Long didn't beat around the bush. He sat down next to Su Ping and took an interested glance at Xiao Qing beside Su Ping. "It's about your Companion Beast's participation in the vocational assessment is their choice."

(End of Chapter)

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