14: True ethereal shield

"So you know Beast Spirit Weaponization?" Su Ze asked Xu Yao expectantly.

But Xu Yao shook her head somewhat awkwardly. "This... although my father taught me, this technique has very high requirements for Spiritual Power. Besides, it hasn't been long since I formed a contract with the Azure Phoenix Butterfly, so I haven't succeeded yet..."

Then she immediately added, "But after I refine two quenching thought beads and break through to Level 13, my Spiritual Power should be enough... I think..."

Xu Yao didn't have much confidence herself.

But Su Ze gritted his teeth and said, "Forget it, sharpening your spear right before the battle is better than not sharpening it at all! Tell me the method. Whether I live or die, I have to give it a try!"

Xu Yao quickly told Su Ze the method for Beast Spirit Weaponization.

The method wasn't complicated; it could even be explained in just a few sentences.

Simply put, one needed to use Spiritual Power to communicate with their beast through the beast taming contract. Once a connection was established, they would control it to transform and regroup into armor or a weapon.

But the difficulty lay in this process of transformation and regrouping. Even a slight mistake would make it an extremely painful process for the beast, causing it to resist fiercely and lead to failure.

"My father said that even in the Beast Taming University, students have to go through a long period of practice and many attempts before they can skillfully control the techniques of Beast Spirit Weaponization and Armorization. In this situation, time is still too tight. While he's looking after Lin He, let's run... away..."

Before Xu Yao could finish her sentence, she saw the Void Spirit Turtle in Su Ze's hand flickering with golden light. A moment later, it turned into a golden shield.

"You... succeeded just like that?" Xu Yao said in disbelief.

She had trained her Spiritual Power since she was a child, but after becoming a Beast Tamer, her Beast Spirit Weaponization had never been successful.

Su Ze scratched his head and said, "It seems... it's not as hard as you said..."

Hearing this, Xu Yao appeared quite discouraged.

To successfully perform Beast Spirit Weaponization, the two most important factors were strong Spiritual Power and the level of intimacy with the monster.

Su Ze naturally possessed a spiritual talent that surpassed ordinary people. After crossing over, his souls from two lifetimes merged into one, making his talent even greater than before.

Moreover, perhaps because the contract between him and the Void Spirit Turtle was established through the system, their intimacy was also extremely high.

Because he met both of these requirements simultaneously, Su Ze successfully performed Beast Spirit Weaponization in just one attempt.

On the other side, Lin Jiang breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that his younger brother Lin He was not in mortal danger.

As soon as he turned around, he happened to see the moment Su Ze completed the Beast Spirit Weaponization.

"Learning Beast Spirit Weaponization so quickly? That's impossible... Back when I was at the Beast Taming University, it took me a full six months of study to master it, and that speed was already considered above average in the school."

"He's just a candidate who hasn't even passed the Beast Taming College Entrance Examination yet. How could he..."

If before he had targeted Su Ze simply because he had injured his brother and broken his finger,

then now, his heart was filled with surprise, envy, jealousy, fear... and other emotions.

"Fortunately, his Beast Spirit Weaponization is a defense specialization, not an attack specialization. And since he just learned weaponization, it will take some time for him to master it. I must take this opportunity to finish him off!"

When facing a genius of Su Ze's level, the most correct choice was to befriend them at the first opportunity.

But it was clearly too late now, and Lin He's feelings toward Su Ze were a matter of life and death.

Therefore, to prevent future retaliation, the best choice was to cripple him right here!

Lin Jiang gripped the short rod in his hand tightly, and the phantom of a Thunder Bull appeared behind him once again.

The Frenzied Thunder Galloping Bull, a Silver grade monster, was currently stuck at Level 19, just like his own level.

The appearance of the phantom meant that he had pushed the power of the Thunder-Running Rod, which his beast had transformed into, to its limit, intending to finish Su Ze in one blow.

"Frenzied Thunder Flash!"

The short rod in Lin Jiang's hand, barely half a meter long, suddenly extended for over ten meters. He remained where he stood, but the Thunder-Running Rod in his hand was already positioned above Su Ze's head.

It was a long staff composed entirely of lightning, swinging down violently as Lin Jiang's arm moved!

Su Ze hurriedly raised the turtle-shell-like shield in his hand above his head. The shield formed from the weaponization of the Void Spirit Turtle was the true void spirit shield, far more durable than using the skill!

The long staff crashed down heavily. Su Ze barely managed to block it, one knee already hitting the ground. The violent lightning even made his hair stand on end.

But after just a moment, he forced himself to stand up.

Lin Jiang's full-strength strike was ultimately blocked by the void spirit shield.

The phantom of the staff formed by lightning quickly vanished after being blocked. Lin Jiang stared blankly at the short rod in his hand, which was now only half a meter long again.

He kept muttering, "Impossible... it doesn't make sense..."

He couldn't believe that his full-strength blow had been blocked by Su Ze without a scratch.

At this moment, Su Ze twisted his shoulders, recovering his body from the numbness of the electric shock, and said, "Your attack is over. Now, is it my turn?"

Lin Jiang looked up at Su Ze and said through gritted teeth, "Even if my attacks can't do anything to you, your Beast Spirit Weaponization is a defensive type. Your attacks will be like an itch to me!"

Su Ze laughed. "Indeed. That's why I plan to use your own power to attack you!"

Before Lin Jiang could understand what Su Ze meant, he saw the shield in Su Ze's hand begin to flicker with lightning.

"Full Return!"

This was a brand-new ability of the weaponized void spirit shield: any attack it blocked would be absorbed and stored.

The master could choose the appropriate time to release it and return the attack in full, but it could only store one attack at a time.

After being released, it also required a period of cooldown before it could continue to absorb attacks.

Su Ze had just absorbed Lin Jiang's attack and was now returning it in full while he was weak.

Lightning shot out from the shield, striking straight at Lin Jiang like a lightning snake.

At the critical moment, he hurriedly deactivated the Beast Spirit Weaponization of the Frenzied Thunder Galloping Bull, letting it stand in front of him.

Just as the Frenzied Thunder Galloping Bull regained its form and let out a "moo" to show affection to its master, it was struck squarely by the lightning.

Fortunately, as a lightning-attribute monster, it naturally had a very high resistance to lightning.

Although painful, it wasn't fatal, and the same was true for Lin Jiang, who was hiding behind it.

"You've shocked me for so long, it's time for me to shock you back!" Su Ze said excitedly upon seeing this.

Since the start of the fight against Lin Jiang, he had been passively taking hits and being electrocuted. Now, he had finally turned the tables completely.

By the time the shield had released all the stored power, the Frenzied Thunder Galloping Bull's body collapsed directly, and the smell of roasted steak wafted through the air.

Lin Jiang decisively recalled the Frenzied Thunder Galloping Bull into his beast taming space, then went to Lin He's side, hoisted him up, and said, "Let's go!"

The two fled quickly, disappearing into the jungle after a few leaps.

"How could you let them run away? Aren't we chasing them? Especially that Lin Jiang—as a Great Xia Spirit Guard, he actually dared to practice favoritism and malpractice. Even if he's just in the reserve team, it's unacceptable!" Wang Zi said with righteous indignation.

However, he saw Su Ze sit on the ground, looking extremely exhausted. The Void Spirit Turtle in his hand had already deactivated its Beast Spirit Weaponization state, but all its limbs were retracted into its shell, becoming a literal turtle in a shell.

"If you want to chase, go ahead. His beast still has combat power, but my Void Spirit Turtle just overloaded from absorbing the attack and needs some time to sleep and recover. If you catch up, you can fight him."

Wang Zi immediately shrank back. "Then I'll let them off this time..."

Su Ze also breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, Lin Jiang had gotten scared at the end and chose to flee; otherwise, the outcome really would have been hard to say.