7: Lao Jin, the meal is ready!

The Golden Toad Divine Beast suddenly took a big bite and swallowed all the equipment on the ground!

Its passive skill was Infinite Devour, which could consume inanimate objects, so naturally, it could swallow equipment too!

Seeing this, Qin Yun's face lit up with joy, his eyes shining as he looked at the Golden Toad Divine Beast with anticipation.

The Golden Toad Divine Beast chewed a few times with a smacking sound, then gulped it down with a "gurgle," and stopped moving.

One minute passed.

Five minutes passed...

The Golden Toad Divine Beast's eyes finally moved. It cast a sidelong glance at Qin Yun, as if asking: "Excuse me, what are you expecting?"

"Damn it, you only swallow and don't spit it back out?"

Qin Yun cursed in disappointment.

If the Golden Toad Divine Beast could spit out gold coins after swallowing this equipment, he could have exploited a bug. What a pity...

However, Qin Yun noticed that after consuming the equipment, the Golden Toad Divine Beast's skin gained a metallic sheen and felt hard to the touch.

Although its defense stat hadn't changed, Qin Yun could confirm that the Golden Toad Divine Beast's skin defense had improved significantly; this was the beast's own Physical Body defense.

Afterward, Qin Yun set off with the Golden Toad Divine Beast, heading toward the area outside the Trial Grounds to find higher-level dire beasts to practice on, farm coins, and level up!

On the other side.

"Howling Moon Slash!"

Splat!

After Liu Xiaoran's Howling Moon Wolf activated its Heavenly Wolf Possession talent, its attack power surged, and it easily killed an 8th-Rank Poison Wolf dire beast!

Of course.

This Poison Wolf was already at half health, otherwise, it wouldn't have been so easy.

"Great! At this rate, in three days, I will definitely Breakthrough to Rank 10 and become the top-ranked student in this newcomer trial!"

Liu Xiaoran's confidence soared.

Her life seemed to be advancing rapidly toward a glorious path.

"I wonder what Rank Qin Yun is? Probably Rank 2 by now? Wait, why do I care about his Rank? He and I are no longer on the same level."

With that thought, Liu Xiaoran continued searching for dire beasts to hunt.

Back on this side.

Qin Yun stepped out of the forested area and passed through a barrier.

This barrier had been set up in advance by an Advanced Beast Tamer from the Great Xia to block the detection of high-level dire beasts and increase the safety of the new students.

As long as they didn't step outside this barrier, high-level dire beasts couldn't accidentally break in, ensuring the safety of the new students.

However, the new students could walk out of this barrier, which was a drawback.

What met Qin Yun's eyes was a swampy area, with quite a few dire beasts inhabiting the swamp and foraging for food.

They were suddenly stunned to see a Human Race teenager appear, but immediately let out joyful roars.

They had heard that the flesh and blood of the Human Race were delicious, a delicacy, and they had long wanted to have a taste.

These dire beasts were not very high-ranked; most were around Rank 10+. It seemed the ranking system in the dire beast world was stricter, with different levels of dire beasts having specific habitats, maintaining their territorial habits.

"Old Jin, time to eat!"

Qin Yun called out, and the Golden Toad Divine Beast let out a "croak" before charging in like a tiger into a flock of sheep, madly devouring the swamp dire beasts that rushed toward it.

A large number of coin-drop notifications floated up.

Qin Yun happily collected the gold coins, while also hoping that Old Jin would spit out other types of currency.

"Old Jin, killing them one by one is too slow. As soon as your innate Beast Skill refreshes, activate it. Let's reach Rank 30 as soon as possible, put on some equipment, and sweep through this swamp with me!"

"Croak!"

The Golden Toad Divine Beast responded happily. When it came to eating, it liked it the most—the more, the better!

Hum!

A massive Abyss Vortex appeared above the swamp. Dire beasts below Rank 20 were directly swallowed by the Abyss Vortex, while those above Rank 20 that were covered by the vortex instantly lost half their health!

"Roar!"

For a moment.

The dire beasts in the swamp area wailed in unison. They fled in terror, as if facing a natural predator. This was the first time they had encountered such a terrifying situation.

"Notify the Beast King immediately!"

A Rank 25 dire beast BOSS saw a young Beast Tamer leading a Toad on a rampage and realized the severity of the situation. It didn't have the guts to face that terrifying Toad.

The terrifying Abyss Beast Skill from just a moment ago, along with the fearsome aura emanating from the Toad, had already sent it into a panic!

It had to escape the range of the opponent's skill as quickly as possible, or if the opponent unleashed it again, it would be dead.

The only one who could stand against this human and Toad duo was probably the Beast King who ruled this swamp area.

"What the hell? That's clearly just a Toad, why is its strength so terrifying?"

The BOSS couldn't figure it out no matter how hard it tried.

Just as Qin Yun was sweeping through the swamp area, important figures began arriving outside Longhu High School one after another.

They had all received news that Liu Xiaoran was an Epic-level Genius and had come early to curry favor with her parents, hoping that when Liu Xiaoran grew up, she would be their protective tree.

Therefore, without exception, they all gathered around Liu Xiaoran's parents, presenting generous gifts one after another, which left her parents flattered and overwhelmed.

"Honey, why are there so many big shots from TV coming over? It seems like they're trying to curry favor with us!"

Liu Xiaoran's mother, Pan Tielian, said in a panic.

Her father, Liu Qing, was also completely bewildered.

Where had he ever seen such a scene before? Could it be that his precious daughter had taken off?

At this moment, a dignitary from Jinghai City stepped forward to congratulate them: "Congratulations to you both! You really have raised a good daughter. Your daughter contracted an SS-Rank Beast and drew an SS-Rank Beast Tamer talent. She is truly an Epic-level Genius and has already been specially recruited by the Nine-Star Guild, the Chilin Guild. Please look out for us in the future!"

"Indeed! The country is strongly supporting newcomers this time. I heard that as long as you make it into the top ten, you get a set of equipment as a reward, and the first place can even get a full set of purple-grade equipment. Liu Xiaoran has a high chance of taking first place; after all, there are only two Epic-level Geniuses in this batch!"

another dignitary added.

Upon learning the details, Liu Qing and Pan Tielian were stunned for a long time, then threw caution to the wind and burst into crazy laughter: "We've taken off! The Liu family is going to take off!"

They had already imagined a wonderful life: living in a big house, eating the most high-end food, traveling the world, and enjoying the most generous benefits from the country!

"Brother Liu, congratulations!"

Qin Yun's parents were also at the school gate. Today was the important day for their precious son to contract his Beast, and no matter how big the matter was, they had to come.

Hearing that Xiao Ran had become an Epic-level Genius, they were sincerely happy for her. After all, Liu Xiaoran and their son were childhood sweethearts who grew up together, and barring any accidents, it was very likely that the two would end up together in the future.

Liu Qing didn't respond immediately but asked the dignitaries: "Do you know what Rank of Beast Qin Yun contracted?"

"Qin Yun? I heard about it. He contracted a combat-type F-Rank Toad, but he got lucky and drew a Mythic-level talent. Still, he's just a piece of trash!"

a dignitary said coldly.

"What?"

Everyone was shocked.

Qin Yun's parents were also dumbfounded. Their son had actually drawn a Mythic-level talent that had never appeared before? But his contracted Beast was only F-Rank?

"Qin Ming, is 'Brother Liu' something you can call me? Are we that close?"

Liu Qing's tone suddenly turned cold, completely forgetting the friendship of the Qin family who had helped their family for many years.

In his view, when one person achieves success, their associates also rise. His precious daughter was now a dragon among men, and their status would naturally skyrocket; they were no longer on the same level as Qin Ming.

He wanted to cut ties, preferably to make sure the other party's son would stop pestering his daughter. The current Qin Yun was simply unworthy of his daughter!

Qin Xue, who was standing to the side, couldn't hold back anymore and scolded angrily: "Pah! Like parents, like daughter. I've long seen that your Liu Xiaoran is a green tea bitch; she's not worthy of my brother at all!"