89: Combat style

With several "kind souls" working tirelessly and diligently, the reconstruction of the Thirteenth Detachment's camp progressed very smoothly.

Xiao Sheng had already been gone for a few days. Perhaps wary of the recent phenomenon involving the stone statue, the Jiang Family hadn't caused any more trouble, which Su Ze was more than happy about.

However, the Spirit Guards led by Jiang Sheng had become so quiet that they ignored all matters in the city, large and small, nearly causing a riot.

Fortunately, by this time, everyone knew about Su Ze's Thirteenth Detachment, and the simple tents erected on the ruins were suddenly stuffed with a backlog of official documents.

Looking at these things left Su Ze confused and lightheaded.

After all, both before and after his transmigration, he was just a student with little social experience; he had never dealt with such things.

Luckily, the other Great Xia Spirit Guards around him were battle-hardened and highly experienced.

Because Sun Hao had lost an arm, aside from serving as Su Ze's bodyguard, he could only handle this kind of work, so he understood it in great detail.

"Captain Su, major events like the Fusang invasion are actually things we wouldn't encounter once in several years; this year is just an exception."

"Usually, we handle trivial matters between Beast Tamers, like whose beast forced another's to get pregnant during its mating season."

"Or two Beast Tamers agreed to breed their beasts, but only one demon beast was born, and both sides are fighting over ownership."

"...It's mostly small things like that. Occasionally, there are troublemaking Beast Tamers, and that's when we need to use force to subdue them."

Speaking of force, after receiving the Contract Feedback from the Shadow Moon Wolf King, Su Ze's Spiritual Level had reached Level 30.

The Shadow Moon Wolf King was a Level 45 Lord-rank demon beast, with strength comparable to a diamond-rank demon beast of the same level.

The problem was that Diamond-rank Demonic Beasts were generally above Level 50 upon hatching, so whether it could truly compete remained questionable.

Even so, Su Ze remained the strongest in the Thirteenth Detachment; he could maintain his position as captain based on strength alone.

"Big Brother Sun, since you're so proficient at handling these affairs, I'll leave them all to you. I really can't do this stuff. If I tried to force it, I'd probably just make a fool of myself..."

Sun Hao said with a smile, "Captain Su, I could shamelessly let you call me 'Big Brother' before, but now that you're our captain, I can't accept that anymore."

Seeing that he didn't seem to be joking, Su Ze could only nod, feeling the weight on his shoulders increase a bit more.

Sun Hao took the various documents from Su Ze and said, "I'll go find a few colleagues who were in charge of clerical work before. Leave all of this to us."

"Captain Su, you can go attend to your own business. We all remember Old Guo's orders; you don't need to participate in the tedious tasks of the Great Xia Spirit Guards until you graduate."

"Besides, we've heard that the decennial Beast Taming Grand Competition is starting soon. With your talent, Captain Su, you'll definitely get a spot. You should use this time to prepare well."

"The Beast Taming Grand Competition is a major event. Even if you don't win, just being qualified to participate will bring fame and rewards. The brothers are looking forward to sharing in your glory, Captain!" Sun Hao said with a laugh.

The others chimed in, "Exactly! With the Captain's talent, he'll definitely take the championship in the Beast Taming Grand Competition!"

"When the time comes, Captain, you've got to give the brothers some perks!"

"Alright, no problem!" Su Ze responded loudly.

He was originally only interested in the wutong fruit prize for the champion, so he was definitely aiming for the title.

However, Su Ze still felt a bit bad about being a hands-off boss, so he said to Sun Hao, "Big Brother Sun, I'm truly clueless about other matters, but I'm good at fighting. If you encounter any dangerous people you can't handle, leave them to me!"

Sun Hao nodded. "Don't worry, Captain, I'll keep that in mind!"

Seeing everyone enter work mode and begin collaborating to handle various affairs normally...

Su Ze realized his presence was indeed dispensable and left the camp with peace of mind... After returning to Azure Dragon Beast Taming University, he didn't go looking for his teacher, Lin Xi, but instead headed to a closed training ground on the other side of the campus.

If it hadn't been for the De Gea issue with the Great Xia Spirit Guards, he would have come here to train right after seizing Zhu Zhi's competition spot.

Today was his first time here. As soon as he stepped through the door, he heard the sound of whistling wind.

Li Heng, ranked second, and Liu Yiyi, ranked third, were sparring on the stage. Li Heng was lean and agile, and he wasn't wearing beast taming armor during the fight.

He only wore a pair of combat boots formed through Beast Spirit Weaponization, which further increased his speed.

On his right arm was an Arm Blade that covered his entire forearm and extended about half a meter.

By giving up the heavy beast taming armor and sacrificing defense, he pushed his speed to the limit. His attack speed was so fast that Su Ze's eyes could barely keep up.

However, Liu Yiyi, who was fighting him, parried every single attack.

She hadn't chosen Beast Spirit Armorization either. An exquisite mask covering the upper half of her face helped her track Li Heng's movements while also emitting spiritual attacks to interfere with him.

Her hands were covered by a pair of thin silk gloves, which cast rings of water to control and slow down Li Heng's movements, supplemented by water currents for attacks.

Both of their fighting styles were very ingenious, completely different from the brute-force crushing that Su Ze typically employed.

At that moment, Kuang Yi, ranked first, walked up to Su Ze and asked, "How does it feel?"

Su Ze scratched his head and said, "Very impressive. Although my beast might be stronger, I wouldn't be able to win..."

The beasts the two were currently displaying were both around Level 40, but their quality was significantly lower than that of the Shadow Moon Wolf King.

Yet, Su Ze didn't feel he could beat them.

He lacked the confidence to overcome either Li Heng's speed or Liu Yiyi's long-range attrition.

Kuang Yi said from the side, "Generally speaking, a Beast Tamer can only contract five to six demon beasts at most, so they need to choose carefully."

"You have to consider your own characteristics when pairing them. For example, Li Heng chose to specialize in speed, using a combination of Beast Spirit Weaponization to make himself unbeatable through sheer speed."

Su Ze nodded in understanding but didn't take the words too much to heart.

Because he discovered that perhaps due to the system's effect, as his Spiritual Level grew higher, his beast capacity also increased.

Having just contracted the Shadow Moon Wolf King not long ago, he already had enough Spiritual Power to contract the next demon beast.

It was just that the system wasn't being very helpful; in the past few days, aside from a gold egg, there hadn't been any other satisfying gains.

And Su Ze was now starting to look down on Gold-rank demon beast eggs.

To him, when it came to contracting demon beasts, it wasn't about suitability, only whether they were strong enough!

Su Ze then asked curiously, "Why do they only use Weaponization during combat instead of choosing Beast Spirit Armorization?"

Kuang Yi replied with a smile, "High-level Beast Tamers use multiple beasts, weaponizing them to assemble their own unique beast taming armor."

"Although it's difficult for such armor to cover the entire body, it's far stronger than the armor from a single Beast Spirit Armorization."

"After all, while beast taming armor has balanced capabilities, none of them are particularly outstanding."

This gave Su Ze a lot of inspiration; the number of beasts he would have in the future would surely far exceed others.

Others might not be able to use Beast Spirit Weaponization to assemble a complete set of beast taming armor, but he could!

Perhaps this was the right fighting style for him!