23: The combination of counter-damage and taunting is enough to drive anyone crazy.

"[Matching skill found... Imprint successful]"

"Imprint, imprint, quickly imprint."

Before the notification finished, Lin Chuan eagerly imprinted.

He didn't want any other skills; he just wanted that [Single Target Taunt]!!!

My goodness, with Counterattack already there, how could he not have a Taunt skill?

Sinking into his consciousness space, Lin Chuan only felt satisfied and got up after seeing that [Single Target Taunt] had truly been imprinted successfully.

"Old Qin, where did you catch this thing?"

"Recently, many new Yao Beast lairs have appeared outside the city, and this is just one of them. These things are numerous; hundreds of them gather together whenever they move, and there are even Advanced commanders, making them extremely troublesome. There was no other way; I had to go in person."

"Then did you know this thing wasn't completely dead, that it was still alive?"

"What are you talking about?"

Qin Yan's face was full of disbelief.

Even the giant Eagle lowered its head and looked at its claws.

The Iron Stone Golem had been carried by the giant Eagle the whole way, its body was full of holes, and it had no Qi, clearly dead beyond dead.

"Since you've eradicated many of these things, you must have collected some energy crystal cores, right? Just put one on it and you'll know."

"Alright, then let's try it." After saying that, he took out a crystal core dropped by an Iron Stone Golem and threw it onto the 'corpse'.

Qin Yan had never encountered such a bizarre thing before. Recalling the vast numbers of them covering the mountains, if they couldn't be killed in one go and spread, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Sure enough, the crystal core dissolved at a visible speed and was absorbed by the 'corpse'.

This crystal core became the Iron Stone Golem's new energy core.

Subsequently, a layer of stone on the Iron Stone Golem's surface began to fall off, and its entire body became smooth.

The holes originally clawed out by the giant Eagle also healed unknowingly.

"Holy crap!"

Even with Qin Yan's composure, he couldn't help but curse.

These days, the Beast Tamer Association had been constantly issuing missions to go out of the city and deal with these things. Besides Qin Yan, many Gold and Silver Rank Beast Tamers had teamed up to eradicate the Yao Beasts.

The completion standard for the missions was calculated by the energy crystal cores.

Therefore, almost everyone only dug out the core, leaving the Iron Stone Golem's corpse in the wilderness.

After all, these things were all made of stone and had no value.

Now, they discovered that this thing wasn't completely dead; it would absorb energy on its own and then revive!

Wasn't this just utterly unbelievable?

What did this mean? It meant that he, Qin Yan, might have to work overtime and redo things!!!

"No, I have to go back quickly and tell those lads, otherwise, I'll have to bother with this again next month!!!"

After saying that, Qin Yan intended to leave.

"Oh right, this thing can't be left behind."

As he spoke, the giant Eagle plunged a claw into the Black Stone Golem again, piercing it through, and the newly formed energy crystal core rolled to Lin Chuan's feet.

"It's all this bad thing's fault for not letting me rest peacefully. I'll transfer the money for repairing the courtyard to you after I'm done."

Qin Yan jumped onto the Eagle's back and flew away.

From the looks of it, he really intended to leave the city directly.

Originally, he had planned to visit Lan Lan, but now he was not in the mood.

Lin Chuan rubbed his nose, feeling that Old Qin was indirectly scolding him. However, who could blame him when he was the sugar daddy?

Afterward, Lin Chuan picked up the energy core from the ground and trotted over to the Black Stone Golem.

He sensed it with his hand.

"Holy crap, it's still not completely dead."

Lin Chuan estimated that only by completely tearing this thing into pieces could it be truly killed.

He sent this information to Qin Yan on his phone, and the other party only replied with one word.

Lin Chuan didn't even bother to open it and just deleted it directly.

"It's a bit of a waste to just kill this thing."

Lin Chuan looked at the Iron Stone Golem on the ground, ideas constantly popping into his mind.

After thinking for a while, Lin Chuan had a plan in mind.

Then, he dragged the Iron Stone Golem and threw it into the corner before entering the house.

Without a large supply of energy, this thing would need at least two or three months to absorb enough energy to revive on its own.

He opened the box Old Qin gave him; inside were three bottles each of two types of potions, two Elementary Spirit Stones, and a complete Yao Beast crystal core.

The potions and Spirit Stones were promised to Lin Chuan, as for the crystal core, it was said at the time that it might not be included.

Counting the one just used on the Iron Stone Golem, it meant that Lin Chuan received two Yao Beast crystal cores this time, far exceeding the original promise.

An Elite Rank Yao Beast crystal core alone was worth no less than the total value of the potions and Spirit Stones.

Thinking of this, Lin Chuan couldn't help but shake his head.

This debt of gratitude was growing larger and larger.

If it were just a simple transaction, Lin Chuan would not have any emotional fluctuations.

What he feared was this kind of unrestrained giving that went beyond the transaction itself; no matter how much, it was a favor.

Favors must be remembered... The potions and Spirit Stones were absorbed, providing Lin Chuan with 10 [energy fruit] and 3 [skill fruit].

Currently, Lin Chuan still had nearly fifty [energy fruit], which he estimated would be just enough to raise Old Hei to Black Iron Eight Star.

He still had quite a few red [skill fruit] left, mainly because there wasn't much 'wool' left to 'shear' from the class.

What he lacked most, however, was always the yellow [enhancement fruit]; this thing could only be matured by itself once a day or by using Yao Beast flesh, there was no other way.

This led to Lin Chuan only being able to stare at a dozen skills, living a tight and difficult life, only able to level up one skill a day. Who understood this kind of 'hard' life?

The 3 skill fruit he had painstakingly saved were directly given to Old Hei to strengthen the newly acquired skill:

[Single Target Taunt] Lv4 (Active, forces a single target within a five-meter radius, no more than one major rank higher than oneself, to perform a normal attack on oneself, lasting 5 seconds, cooldown 1 minute.)

This skill made up for a shortcoming of Old Hei. As a thick-skinned tank, he must wear the thickest armor and take the most brutal hits.

What if others didn't attack?

Lin Chuan had thought about this problem and naturally had a solution.

That would have to mention the legendary ultimate technique of the Jianghu — "Come here!" Once these four words were uttered, no one could resist.

Originally, Lin Chuan was already prepared for a Physical Body initiation, but then the pillow came just as he was dozing off.

With the Taunt skill, getting first place in the class was even more certain.

Lin Chuan could already imagine the ecstatic look of the Beast Tamer fighting Old Hei.

"Hehehe..."

Inside the villa, an eerie laugh occasionally emanated... Meanwhile, in the Ye Family villa.

Wang Meng, the bodyguard captain, led a group of bodyguards, nervously staring at the opposite side.

The Eagle King's cry, even without them summoning their respective Beast Tamers, made their Beast Tamers in the Beast Taming Space tremble.

"This is Monarch Rank..."

Wang Meng murmured. He was almost forty and only Gold Two Star; this life, he probably had no chance with Diamond Rank.

"Boss, who was that person just now? He looked a bit familiar... The aura of that Beast Tamer was too terrifying."

After Qin Yan left, the younger brother beside him dared to ask.

"The branch president of the Beast Tamer Association's District 81, Old Qin, Diamond Seven Star."

Wang Meng replied in a low voice, having occasionally seen him a few times while following the Ye Family Clan Chief.

"Diamond, Seven Star..."

The younger brothers behind him all swallowed hard.

"Boss, were you planning to make a move earlier? He brought reinforcements!"

"Nonsense, don't talk rubbish, do you want me dead? Besides, Old Qin has already left, it definitely wasn't because of this matter."

Wang Meng wiped the fine sweat from his forehead, feeling a wave of relief, then roared: "All of you, continue patrolling! Until the courtyard is repaired, double the patrol staff, two shifts, 24 hours."

"Huh?"

The younger brothers groaned, but dared not object, nor did they dare to complain about Lin Chuan, the one who caused the damage to the courtyard.