5: First stage evolution! Black Water Turtle!

[Your Blastoise has evolved into a Xuan Water Turtle!]

[Your Xuan Water Turtle has learned the new skill "Tidal Surge"!]

[Your Xuan Water Turtle has learned the new skill "Disguise"!]

As the evolution finished, a series of notifications appeared before Su Yuan.

"Man, what a huge change."

"Good thing it stopped now. Otherwise, in another ten seconds or so, this guy would have poked through the roof."

Su Yuan only let out a silent sigh of relief once the changes to the Blastoise had ceased.

If it had burst through the roof of the house, there would definitely be no end of trouble.

During the first minute, as Su Yuan watched the Blastoise grow continuously and its size expand, his heart was filled with both excitement and trepidation.

After calming his anxious heart, Su Yuan finally checked the attribute information of the evolved Blastoise.

[Xuan Water Turtle (Contracted)]

Species: Spirit Beast

Genus: Turtle/Water Type

Quality: Excellence 9-Star

Rank: Common Rank 3

Status: Excited

Talent Skills: Water Gun, Tidal Surge, Disguise

Evolution Count: 1

Evolution Path 3: Materials required for the next stage of evolution: Water Elemental Essence, Obsidian Crystal, Bone-Washing Grass... "The Blastoise has evolved! And its Rank has jumped up by two levels!"

"The Xuan Water Turtle's quality has reached Excellence 9-Star. This is quite a bit stronger than the Water King Turtle that a normal Blastoise evolves into!"

"If I remember correctly, the quality of a Water King Turtle is only around Excellence 3-Star."

"The Heavenly Revelation Divine Eye is indeed powerful. With this talent, I can completely build an army of Divine Beasts!"

After looking at the Xuan Water Turtle's attributes, Su Yuan was overjoyed. Scenes of himself surrounded by a group of Mythical-quality tamed beasts surfaced in his mind.

Amidst his joy, Su Yuan suddenly reacted. He looked at the Xuan Water Turtle in front of him, then at his own front door, and couldn't help but palm his forehead.

"Crap, I'm screwed. I don't have a beast taming bracelet yet. How am I supposed to take such a large Xuan Water Turtle out of the house?"

The current Xuan Water Turtle was four to five meters long, and even when lying on the ground, its highest point was two meters tall.

Such a behemoth could not pass through the two-meter-high, one-meter-wide door of Su Yuan's house.

"Hoo, hoo~~"

Hearing Su Yuan's words, the Xuan Water Turtle suddenly let out two snorting sounds toward him.

Then, under Su Yuan's astonished gaze, the Xuan Water Turtle's massive body shrank rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.

In the blink of an eye, the originally formidable Xuan Water Turtle had actually transformed back into the football-sized Blastoise that Su Yuan had initially contracted.

This scene left Su Yuan clicking his tongue in wonder.

"It's said that tamed beasts can only freely control their size after reaching the King Rank."

"The Xuan Water Turtle is only at Common Rank 3 right now, so it obviously shouldn't have this ability."

"Then there's only one possibility: the Xuan Water Turtle's ability to change its size is related to the two new skills it just acquired."

"If I'm not mistaken, it should be the Disguise skill."

Su Yuan soon realized this. Looking at the Xuan Water Turtle that had come to his feet and was affectionately rubbing its head against his pant leg, a smile appeared on his face.

Bending down to pick up the miniature Xuan Water Turtle, Su Yuan smiled with satisfaction.

"I'll call you Xiao Xuan from now on, okay? I hope that one day you can become a powerful existence like the Divine Beast Xuanwu!"

"If this Disguise ability doesn't affect your strength, try to maintain your current appearance as much as possible in the future."

"That way, we can mislead our enemies. When they let their guard down, you can give them a big surprise—ideally a one-hit kill, hahaha."

Listening to Su Yuan's words, the Xuan Water Turtle seemed to understand his meaning. A hint of craftiness appeared in its large, dark eyes, and it immediately nodded.

Just like that, for the next month, Su Yuan went to school with a disguised Xuan Water Turtle, and it didn't attract anyone's attention.

At the same time, Su Yuan used the remaining three million in funds to purchase a batch of Advanced beast food for raising Water Type tamed beasts and Water Type beast crystal cores for Xiao Xuan's daily use.

With the supply of Advanced beast food and Water Type crystal cores, Su Yuan raised Xiao Xuan from Common Rank 3 to Common Rank 7 in just one month, jumping four Ranks.

Increasing four Ranks in a month basically reached the limit of growth speed for an Excellence-quality tamed beast.

Not only that, Su Yuan also mastered an offensive technique taught by the school to all Beastmaster students called "Soul Arrow."

Simply put, it involved using Mental Energy to condense a spiritual arrow to attack the enemy.

Just as Su Yuan raised Xiao Xuan's strength to Common Rank 7, the school's first organized wilderness trial arrived.

On this day, all Beastmasters from Tianyang No. 1 High School who had contracted beasts were gathered on the playground. There were about five hundred people, reaching half of the school's senior students.

Every student wore a beast taming bracelet with a crystalline luster on their wrist and had a red signal gun clipped to their waist, with no beasts beside them.

Clearly, everyone had already stored their beasts inside their beast taming bracelets.

"Students, it has been a month since you all became Beastmasters."

"The initial growth speed of a tamed beast is the fastest. I believe everyone's beasts have improved significantly during this time."

"However, if a Beastmaster only stays at home and raises their beast without change, they cannot become a truly powerful Beastmaster."

"Every powerful Beastmaster must go through the trial of blood and fire."

"Actual combat against Vicious Beasts in the wild is an inevitable part of your career as a Beastmaster!"

"Next, the school will organize for everyone to leave Tianyang City and head to the outskirts of the Misty Forest for practical combat training, allowing you to face off against Vicious Beasts in the wild."

"To protect your safety, besides arranging for teachers to set up a warning line around the trial area, the school has also specifically sought out the Thunderbolt Security Group to hire a group of powerful Beastmasters to ensure your safety."

"These Beastmasters from the Pili Huo Security Company will clear out Vicious Beasts that are too powerful for the trial area based on your strength, leaving only those that match your level so that you can receive the maximum amount of training."

"You also don't need to worry about being besieged by groups of Vicious Beasts. Security personnel will be hidden near you to prevent you from being swarmed."

"The signal flares just distributed to you are for you to call for help when you encounter a Vicious Beast you cannot defeat."

"As long as you fire a signal flare, nearby security will arrive to rescue you immediately. Is that clear?"

Before setting off, the principal of Tianyang City, Wang Gang, spoke passionately to the crowd.

"Crystal clear!"

As soon as the principal finished speaking, all the students present responded loudly.

"Good! Everyone, board the buses and depart!"

At Wang Gang's command, the massive group boarded buses in batches and began heading toward the Misty Forest north of Tianyang City.