171: The shock brought by the Silver Spirit

At this moment, inside an underground building in Bin Province.

This was the main base of the spiritual domain forces.

However, it was already deserted, and there were no people in the cramped, dark space.

Apparently, the Fifth Lord noticed the moment Shen Tu Wu Hong died.

And he also guessed some of the words Shen Tu Wu Hong had forcibly uttered before his death.

To prevent the Great Xia from wiping them out, this old lair could only be abandoned.

All traces inside were cleaned up, leaving no clues whatsoever.

They began evacuating Bin Province overnight, directly fleeing to other regions thousands of miles away to find another hidden place to hole up.

In a deserted area, within a secret, dark chamber.

The Fifth Lord still sat calmly on the solemn throne as usual.

His knuckles tapped rhythmically, clearly deep in thought.

He began to ponder about Lin Shu; this entire commotion was caused by him.

He never expected that a character he considered insignificant would push the situation to such a point, truly exceeding his expectations.

“Truly remarkable. The data shows that Lin Shu has only been a Beastmaster for half a year.”

“He was actually able to kill Shen Tu Wu Hong and even block the contingency plan I left.”

“Interesting, truly interesting.”

Apparently, after suffering a loss against Lin Shu, the spiritual domain immediately investigated all his information.

The news they received was enough to shock over ninety-nine percent of Beastmasters.

He had rarely seen such terrifying growth speed, even for the Fifth Lord.

And before, it wasn't a Saint Son of some large force, or a family member of a Domain Lord, or a disciple of a peerless Beastmaster—these were all well-known figures.

Not to mention that Lin Shu came from an ordinary family, likely struggling to even gather Beastmaster resources, which further highlighted the terrifying nature of his abilities.

Furthermore, they had never seen or heard of his Beastmaster form; it was clearly a Beastmaster that had never appeared before.

This made the spiritual domain realize that he must have a huge secret or possess some peerless treasure. Otherwise, how could a teenager achieve all this?

“After I capture you, I hope this secret won't disappoint me.”

The Fifth Lord extended a fair, slender hand from his black robe.

He clenched his hand in the air, as if already grasping something, holding it tightly.

However, given his current potential, he was clearly noticed by the Great Xia forces, and his security level was extremely high.

This matter required careful planning; they absolutely could not underestimate him… Time quickly arrived at the next day, which was March 3rd.

Yesterday, Lin Shu and Gu Li rushed back to Central State University overnight.

There was still one day until the ranking competition began.

This period was when everyone was fully striving to climb the Tower of Rewards.

After a period of training, it was a good opportunity to showcase one's strength.

Currently, Lin Shu only had a score of 25 layers, which was not secure.

Lin Shu woke up very early today. He had agreed with Mentor Yue Jiyun last night to customize food for Silver Spirit in the morning.

She was clearly knowledgeable and was also somewhat shocked when she saw the Silver Spirit Phantom Dragon.

She even canceled her morning teaching class to focus on customizing Silver Spirit's food.

This made Lin Shu feel a bit embarrassed.

It had just finished, and Lin Shu returned to the villa.

He prepared to start spending. The Blood Child evolution method obtained a while ago was finally bought by Old Song, costing 2100 academic credits, averaging 700 per person. Plus the 150 academic credits from clearing the beast tide, Lin Shu now had a total of 2593 academic credits, which was quite ample.

He then opened the Central Province APP and began purchasing some items for the food.

All purchases were completed within ten minutes.

He had spent a thousand academic credits when he only had three Beastmasters. Now that Silver Spirit had joined, the cost naturally increased. This time, he spent a total of 1400 academic credits.

He then processed the flesh and spiritual objects delivered to the villa, turning them into food.

This finally allowed Silver Spirit to experience a different taste of food.

Just then, a series of doorbell rings sounded.

It was clearly Chu Yu and Li Wen. After all, they had said before leaving that they wanted to see the dragon-type Beastmaster Lin Shu had contracted.

They were a bit impatient when they returned yesterday.

Lin Shu naturally wouldn't refuse; there was no harm in letting them see.

He walked out of the room and led the two in.

At this moment, Hei Ye and the others had just finished eating and were lying on the ground resting.

Chu Yu and Li Wen's originally cheerful faces suddenly froze.

Their eyes stared intently at Hei Ye; they could feel a sense of oppression and surging aura from him.

It far surpassed their own Beastmasters.

Could it be?

The two exchanged glances, with expressions of disbelief.

No, it hadn't even been a week, and Lin Shu's Beastmaster had already surpassed theirs?

Li Wen's expression showed a hint of bitterness. He had originally thought it would take several months for the other party's strength to surpass his, but he didn't expect it to be over in less than a week.

Chu Yu felt the same way. Where did Lin Shu come from? He was so exaggerated.

Hei Ye's aura was surging, clearly not just a little bit stronger than theirs, but a generational gap.

Li Wen asked Lin Shu somewhat nervously.

“What level is Hei Ye now?”

He saw the changes in both of them; the effect of such rapid improvement was naturally extremely astonishing.

“Just reached Sixth Rank.”

Lin Shu still held back some information, otherwise, the two would probably be even more shocked.

“Hiss, hiss, hiss.”

Li Wen and Chu Yu gasped in cold air. Although they were somewhat mentally prepared, they were still startled by this speed.

This speed was like riding a rocket.

Seeing this, Lin Shu could only smile slightly and explain.

“I had some opportunities in the Land of Dragons, which is why the improvement was a bit faster.”

“Never mind that, didn't you want to see the dragon-type Beastmaster?”

“Silver Spirit, come here.”

Hearing this, the expressions on their faces faded a bit.

Right, they had originally come to see the dragon-type cub.

Immediately, Silver Spirit's figure appeared before them.

“So handsome, look at these small dragon horns.”

“And the silver dragon scales.”

“I can't even imagine how awesome it would be if I also had a dragon-type Beastmaster!”

Li Wen said excitedly, looking all over Silver Spirit. He clearly really liked dragon-type Beastmasters.

He even stroked it a few times with his palm. Silver Spirit was not shy, knowing that this was its master's friend, and appeared very calm, allowing Li Wen to stroke it.

Seeing this, Chu Yu also couldn't help but touch it a few times, his eyes full of admiration.

One can imagine how deep the Great Xia Beastmasters' affection for dragon-type Beastmasters was.

Then Chu Yu asked:

“What species is this? It looks quite rare.”

Such as the Crimson Flame Fire Dragon, Thunder Ray Dragon, Azure Sea Dragon, and so on.

These were some of the commonly known types.

“It's a Silver Spirit Phantom Dragon.”

Lin Shu explained, and the two clearly drew a blank, having no impression of it.

But this was not a big deal; they could find out by searching online.

Then Chu Yu began to search.

He didn't know until he searched, and when he did, he was shocked.

What did it say? A dragon with two special attributes!

“Oh my god, is it really that exaggerated?!”

Li Wen blurted out after reading the search results.

Two special attributes: Mental and Dragon-type.

It was hard to imagine how heaven-defying the combat power of a fully grown Silver Spirit Phantom Dragon would be.

Chu Yu also had a look of shock on his face. Lin Shu not only had heaven-defying Talent but also luck far beyond ordinary people.

What's the point of ordinary people even trying!

He could even find such a rare dragon-type Beastmaster.

This made the two shed tears of envy.

It was better not to see it; seeing it just made them depressed.

The scene suddenly fell silent, so quiet that a pin could be heard dropping.

“Let's go, didn't we say we were going to the Tower of Rewards to check the rankings?”

Lin Shu didn't say anything more about this.

Seeing the Beastmasters today was just a side matter; the main thing was to see if everyone's rankings met the standard.

After all, there were only one hundred and sixty spots in the ranking competition.

This was something none of the three wanted to miss.

Li Wen and Chu Yu immediately reacted when they heard this.

Right, they had been so shocked just now that they almost forgot about this.

“It's about time, let's go.”

“Okay.” * 2

Lin Shu then put Hei Ye and the others into his Beastmaster space and pushed the door open… At this moment, the area below the Tower of Rewards was bustling with students from various grades entering or leaving.

The atmosphere was noisy, and most people were discussing matters related to the ranking competition.

The ranking competition was divided into four days, with one day for each grade, starting from the first year.

At this moment, the three pushed through the crowded people and arrived below four electronic screens.

These screens detailed the ranking status of students from each grade.

Lin Shu's gaze fell on the first screen on the left, which represented the first year.

Two rows of rankings were clearly displayed.

First Place: Zhang Hongyi — 30th floor, time 39 minutes 26 seconds

The floors for the first to fifteenth places were exactly the same, with only differences in time.

One can imagine how difficult the thirtieth floor was.

Compared to the top rankings of the first year, the last ten positions were a fierce competition.

People were constantly moving up, and people were constantly being replaced.

It was almost visibly changing.

The last twenty positions all had 25 floors, clearly, this checkpoint blocked most people.

Therefore, the faster one cleared the previous levels, the higher one's ranking on the list…