119: Beast Tamer
Akun descended to the ground, and Su Yuan, with his Older Sister and the two little ones, jumped down.
... I found Akun right here back then!
Su Yuan pointed to the small river not far from the cave.
"Akun, Akun, all day long. She's a girl, can't you give her a nicer name?" Su Yu said, speechless.
"How do you know she's a girl?"
Su Yuan bent down to look at the little one's underside, but saw nothing.
"Pfft!"
Little Flying Fish spat out a stream of water with a 'pfft' sound.
But Su Yuan was no longer who he used to be.
In an instant, both Danger Alert and Strike First reacted.
He merely tilted his head slightly and dodged the water stream.
"Then how about calling her 'Jini Taimai'?" Su Yuan suggested.
"Pfft!"
Little Fish spat another mouthful of salty water, clearly dissatisfied.
"Serves you right,"
Su Yu rolled her eyes, stroked her chin, and thought for a moment: "I think we should name her Yu Youwei!"
"Hmm??? Are you serious?"
Su Yuan had a face full of black question marks.
"Pfft pfft!"
The little one sprayed two small fountains upwards, wagging her tail happily.
"See! She clearly loves it!" Su Yu said happily.
... Yu Youwei,
The more Su Yuan said Yu Youwei, the more awkward it felt. He thought of the scene where Little Fish had once swallowed a Minotaur whole with her Golden talent 'Devouring Evolution'.
Su Yuan said: "Yu Youwei is too much of a mouthful. Let's make that her formal name, and give her a nickname for everyday use. How about... Tun Tun?"
"Tun Tun? That doesn't sound bad."
Su Yu looked at Little Fish, "She doesn't seem to object either, so she must be quite satisfied with this name."
"Of course! Look whose name it is!"
Su Yuan reached out to pat the little one's head.
"Pfft!"
The little one haughtily shook her head and ran towards her old home by the river.
When she was in the Base City, she could only bathe in the sink when she wanted a soak.
Now that she was out,
she naturally wanted to have a good long soak.
"Alright, then you take your bath outside. We'll go check out the Goblin Lair first."
Su Yuan walked towards the cave.
Su Yu had never been to a Secret Realm, nor had she ever seen a Vicious Beast.
At this moment, she was quite curious, yet also a little scared: "There won't be any danger inside, will there?"
"Don't worry, this Secret Realm is just the lowest-level Goblin Lair. The Goblins inside are very weak."
As they spoke,
Su Yuan and Su Yu, with Huahua and Laicai, had already reached the cave entrance.
Without lingering,
the group stepped directly into the Secret Realm.
"It feels like passing through a barrier." Su Yu found it quite novel.
"Waa-la!"
Su Yu was still adapting to the Secret Realm environment when a strange cry already sounded from ahead.
Su Yu was startled. She looked up and saw several green-skinned monsters.
"It seems new Vicious Beasts have spawned in the Goblin Lair again!" Su Yuan said with a smile.
"Huahua, Laicai, go!"
He wasn't planning to act himself this time.
Instead, he wanted to test the combat prowess of these two little ones.
"Ah! Huahua is so cute, how can you make her fight and kill!" Su Yu hugged Huahua's big, chubby body, immediately reluctant.
Su Yuan said, speechless: "... There are so many dangers in this world. What if one day you stop raising her? If Huahua doesn't have some combat ability, how will she survive in the wild?"
"I would never stop raising Huahua!"
Su Yu retorted, but still let go of Huahua, allowing her to join the fight.
The four or five Goblins were already charging towards them.
And the bewildered Huahua, and the timid Treasure-Hunting Metal-Eating Rat,
finally reluctantly went to meet them.
"Clap!"
Huahua ran with a 'DuangDuang' sound. When a Goblin approached,
she stood up on her hind legs, and her bear paw swung out fiercely.
A powerful bear paw collided with the stone axe the Goblin was wielding.
Huahua knocked the Goblin down with one paw.
Then she waited. When the Goblin got back up, she charged forward with a barbaric tackle,
knocking the Goblin to the ground,
and then fell into waiting again!
"Sigh, she's playing cat and mouse. Her moves look fierce, but her damage is minimal."
Su Yuan sighed.
As a Iron-Eating Beast, even though Huahua only had two red talents, 'Universally Beloved' and 'Soul Soothing',
and didn't even have the most common 'Iron-Eating Enhancement' for Iron-Eating Beast,
her performance was still decent.
Iron-Eating Beast truly lived up to its bear nature, having a significant advantage in strength.
But her combat experience was still too little; knocking down and tackling didn't cause much substantial damage.
Su Yuan's gaze shifted.
He looked at Laicai, the Treasure-Hunting Metal-Eating Rat!
The little one was extremely timid; its round body was still trembling before the fight.
This was also why Su Yuan had not yet confirmed a bond with it!
However, to Su Yuan's surprise,
although the little one was very timid before the fight, when the Goblin approached,
it darted out incredibly fast, almost a blur.
"Swish swish!"
The Gold-Devouring Rat swung its claws, quickly tearing two gashes on the Goblin's leg.
The Gold-Devouring Rat possessed the Golden talent 'Gold Devouring Enhancement'.
During this time, Su Yu had fed the little one plenty of metal; who knows how many iron spoons from their home it had consumed.
The Gold-Devouring Rat's sharp claws, enhanced by metal,
were now as hard as steel and incredibly sharp!
"Whoosh!"
After delivering two claw attacks, the Gold-Devouring Rat quickly moved, its figure darting out swiftly.
It circled behind the Goblin and then raked its claws across its backside twice more.
"Waa-la!"
The Goblin shrieked, and several deep wounds appeared on its backside.
"Good! Attack its throat!"
Su Yuan commanded.
Beasts are not born knowing how to fight; Vicious Beasts in the wild accumulate combat experience over many years.
As for Beast Taming, it relies on the Beast Tamer's guidance!
Why can Beast Taming, like Alchemy and Artifact Refining, be a discipline among the Hundred Arts of Martial Dao?
It's because there's a lot to learn,
including contract bonds, and combat instruction, among other things.
"Swish!"
The Gold-Devouring Rat heard Su Yuan's command, and its round body immediately pushed off a nearby rock.
Then it leaped up, and in mid-air, instantly swung its claws.
The cold glint of the rat's claws slashed across the Goblin's throat!
"Pfft!"
Immediately, blood gushed from the Goblin's throat. It stumbled, fell to the ground, and dissipated.
"Good!"
Su Yuan praised.
He looked at Huahua again, who was 'DuangDuang'ing and knocking the Goblin to the ground again.
"Sigh, I can't even watch!"
"Huahua is great! Huahua is amazing!" Su Yu watched from the side, her eyes sparkling.
Su Yuan was speechless.
He asked: "Older Sister, why don't you try too?"
"Are you trying to get your Older Sister killed!" Su Yu rolled her eyes.
Because she had been constantly patching up and leaking, her body had always been poor, barely maintaining vital signs.
She couldn't even defeat the weakest Goblin!
"You don't have to do it yourself, I'll catch one and let you kill it to try!"
"Then... that's fine too."
Su Yu was quite interested.
Hearing this, Su Yuan immediately acted. His wrist flipped, and the As-You-Wish Iron Rod, which was in his spatial storage, instantly appeared in his hand.
Its original halberd form instantly transformed into an iron chain.
"Whoosh!"
The iron chain whipped out, wrapped around an approaching Goblin, and quickly pulled it in front of him.
The Goblin fell to the ground.
Su Yuan stepped on it with his foot, and the iron chain transformed back into a greatsword.
Su Yuan handed it to Su Yu: "Use this to kill it!"
"Ah!"
As Su Yu was about to take it, the greatsword instantly slipped from her grasp, plunging straight into the ground, burying itself up to the hilt!
"Why is it so heavy!" Su Yu exclaimed.
Su Yuan was also a bit stunned. He knew the Iron Rod now had the 'Thousand Jun Weight' talent,
but didn't it also have 'Effortless Lifting'?
Logically, for everyone who held it, it should be a suitable weight.
"Oh, I know. Divine weapons have spirits; this weapon is now bound to me. For others, it weighs thirty thousand jun, but for me, it feels very handy!"
Su Yuan pulled the Iron Rod out of the ground.
He thought for a moment and took out a knife from his spatial storage.
This knife was a trophy collected from a group that had robbed him previously, possessing a 'Heavy and Powerful' talent.
Because it was stolen goods, Su Yuan had never dealt with it.
Now, it was perfect to give to Su Yu to use.
"Use this!"
Su Yuan handed the knife to Su Yu. Su Yu took it with effort.
This knife was also a bit heavy for her, but she could barely manage it.
"Pfft!"
Su Yu plunged the knife into the Goblin's throat!