49: Start training

"A Savage Beast at the Limit-Breaking Realm, yet still daring to attack?"

The Fire Man watched the palm above his head, his entire body suddenly exploded, then reassembled. A fiery lotus, no less magnificent than the giant hand, bloomed in the air.

The entire lotus was crimson, and the high temperature it emitted distorted the surrounding air.

"Boom!"

The fiery lotus and the giant hand collided. The shockwave from their impact traveled far, clearing the sky and earth.

Then, the giant hand crumbled into pieces, turning into gray mist and dissipating into the world.

The fiery lotus did not fare well either; its outermost petals vanished.

The flames between the lotus petals slowly turned a ghostly blue, and a chilling, eerie aura emanated from the lotus. Its power also became more formidable.

It was constantly prepared to counterattack the palm extending from the light gate.

The palm extending from the Han Hai Secret Realm's light gate reached out a bit further, revealing a scaled, greenish-blue forearm.

However, before it could make any other moves, a crack began to spread from its fingertips up its arm.

As if encountering some terrifying danger, the forearm's owner immediately retracted its arm from outside the light gate.

A suppressed, pained sound came from within the gate,

"Human, it won't... *gasp*... be long. I, we will be able to get out."

Tang Zhao stood tall, a gentle breeze ruffling a few strands of his hair, revealing his deep-set eyes. He declared to the owner of the voice, as if issuing a challenge:

"I await you anytime."

"Hmph, human... you will regret this."

After uttering this threat, the voice fell silent.

Now, the Space-Rending Bird's tail feather phantom finally landed on the gate, imprinting the pattern of a tail feather.

The moment the imprint formed, transparent chains grew from it, connecting directly to the Space-Rending Bird's tail feather.

The light gate, which had remained unmoving during the two previous clashes, now swayed left and right with the gentle movement of the Space-Rending Bird's platinum tail feather.

It was like a hydrogen balloon dangling from a child's arm.

After the battle ended, the large contingent formed by the three families arrived late.

Tang Zhao turned to look at the three families behind him and casually said,

"The mission to guard the Han Hai Secret Realm has been completed. Your three families' mission is also complete. If you wish to return to Liuguang City with me now, you may depart."

Without waiting for the three families' response, the space in front of the Space-Rending Bird was torn open by an invisible force, creating a space rift as wide as the one at the city gate earlier.

With a flap of its wings, the Space-Rending Bird, carrying Tang Zhao and the Fire Man, and with the light gate hanging from its tail like a floating balloon, entered the space rift.

But after they entered, the space rift did not immediately close; it remained open, its meaning clear.

Almost all Beast Masters in the Feng Family had a flying bird Beast, so at Feng Manwu's side, at Feng Lixiao's command, they flew into the space rift one by one.

A willow tree appeared beside He Song, its dozens of branches tying themselves around all the He Family disciples, preventing them from being scattered by the turbulent currents in the space rift.

At the Qin Family, a pure white feather bird cast a Skill. White feathers fell from its body, and each Qin Family disciple received one.

Immediately, these white feathers formed identical white wings on their backs, which then led them to fly into the space rift.

It was only when everyone from the three families had vanished into the space rift that Feng Qingyang, who had been watching from the city wall, withdrew his gaze.

Now Qingyang City was finally safe and quiet again—this was the thought of the dark-faced man beside him.

The disturbance outside the city had little impact on the residents within Qingyang City.

Even when the sky suddenly darkened in the morning, followed by a high-pitched bird cry, they probably thought it was just some Beast fighting outside the city.

As long as the fighting didn't reach inside the city, everything was fine. Even if it did, at worst, they would just flee for their lives, not like the last time the sea beasts attacked the city.

After all, in a world of Beasts, being a bit thick-skinned was the best way to survive.

Chenyang Pet Store.

Luo Chen sent the required material information to the three families who had previously wanted to purchase a Fragrant Spirit Affinity Rabbit, then went back to the Secret Realm to cultivate.

Seeing that the three families were quite powerful, these materials should not be difficult for them to find. He expected good news soon.

Today, the store was still closed. The system had not issued any new tasks, and Luo Chen was still stunned by yesterday's explosive situation.

He decided to lie low for a few days. He also needed to use this time to improve his own strength and teach Little Furball a few Skills.

Currently, having only one Skill looked a bit pitiful.

Once the evolution task was completed and a new Secret Realm was acquired, there might be some surprises within it.

In the morning, Luo Chen tempered his mental power in the Secret Realm and felt a significant improvement. This feeling of gaining rewards for effort made Luo Chen unable to stop.

In the afternoon, he went to Qingfeng Breeding Center and bought over a dozen Fragrant Rabbits.

Luo Chen planned to free-range these Fragrant Rabbits in the Qingyou Secret Realm. As long as all these Fragrant Rabbits evolved into Fragrant Spirit Affinity Rabbits, he would essentially never lack plant-type materials in the future.

After settling the purchased Fragrant Rabbits in the Qingyou Secret Realm, Luo Chen specifically asked the Light Spirit Cat King to watch over them.

He didn't want them to be too attracted by the water in the Spirit Spring and accidentally fall in and drown while drinking.

Looking at the rabbits' foolish eyes, Luo Chen thought this was highly possible.

After an uneasy reminder to the Light Spirit Cat King, Luo Chen left the Secret Realm amidst its impatient gaze.

Upstairs in the breeding room.

"Go in," Luo Chen said gently to Little Furball.

Little Furball first looked at Luo Chen, then turned to look at the Beast Skill Simulation Room behind it, and walked in without suspicion.

Luo Chen wore a strange smile. After Little Furball entered, he quickly locked the door from the outside.

Hearing the sound of the door closing behind it, Little Furball looked at Luo Chen through the floor-to-ceiling glass, as if asking why he wasn't coming in.

Luo Chen gave Little Furball an innocent smile, then kindly reminded it, "Little Furball, be careful to dodge the Skills that attack you later."

The Beast Skill Simulation Room's control method was very advanced; it was a panel that stored all Skills ever recorded in that simulation room.

Luo Chen looked through them: Ice Fire Blazing Plains, Blazing Flame, Flowing Flame Bullet, Ice Flame True Body. Good heavens, they were all Skills of the Ice Flame Lion King.

"It's about to start, okay?"

Little Furball immediately heightened its vigilance, ready for any unknown attacks that might appear around it.

Luo Chen tapped on the Flowing Flame Bullet Skill, and two options appeared:

1. Set a reasonable Skill intensity based on the star rating of the Beast in the simulation room.

2. Manually set Skill intensity.

Luo Chen naturally chose option 1.

A small, bullet-sized flowing flame, formed of ice and fire, fell straight down from above Little Furball's head.

Little Furball's vigilance paid off. The moment the flowing flame appeared, it sensed it keenly and easily dodged it.

But the real simulation had just begun.

The next moment, a flowing flame attacked from above, in front of, and to the right of Little Furball.

However, there was still enough time to dodge this time, so it successfully avoided them without incident.

The next moment, Flowing Flame Bullets came from all directions.

"Meow!"

Little Furball cried out in alarm. There wasn't enough space for it to dodge, so it could only condense a layer of aura film on its side. It endured the damage from the Flowing Flame Bullets and broke out of the encirclement.

The Flowing Flame Bullets struck its aura film but did not ignite its clean white fur. However, the sheer impact force hit its body, which was quite painful for Little Furball, who had not experienced combat before.

In the time that followed, the Flowing Flame Bullets became faster and faster, forcing Little Furball to also speed up.

Moreover, the intensity of the flames attached to the Flowing Flame Bullets also increased, forcing Little Furball to consciously strengthen the thickness of its aura film to block the increasingly terrifying low temperatures of the Flowing Flame Bullets.

After many such waves, Little Furball showed signs of fatigue, and Luo Chen voluntarily stopped this training session.

The first thing Little Furball did after coming out of the simulation room was to punch and kick Luo Chen's pant leg, as if complaining that he had left it, a cat, alone in the simulation room.

After venting for a while, when Luo Chen took out an energy stone, Little Furball completely forgot about attacking Luo Chen's pant leg.

Instead, it rubbed against him ingratiatingly. Luo Chen looked at its cheap-looking demeanor, finding it both funny and exasperating, and picked it up from his pant leg with a feigned look of disdain.

"Here, stop rubbing."

Little Furball didn't care about anything else. It swallowed the energy stone in one gulp and quickly ran to its little nest to sleep soundly.

Luo Chen's eyes lit up. Judging by this speed, today's training was quite effective. He would continue tomorrow.