Accidentally revealing your strength

The Young life stage 6 beast generated by the beast combat simulator was an Earth Armor Elephant.

Only then did Gu Xiaoyue discover her fatal weakness.

If she encountered a beast with a higher level than Xiao Qi and the others, and it had high defense that could not be instantly killed or heavily controlled, then she would be the one in danger!

Practicing Xiao Hei's stealth skill was urgent!

Seeing the Earth Armor Elephant charging at her, Gu Xiaoyue used her mind to command Qingqing to use Luan Song, causing the Earth Armor Elephant to freeze in place for two seconds.

Xiao Jiu spat a pillar of fire, which slammed into the Earth Armor Elephant.

The Earth Armor Elephant, having regained its senses, used its defense-boosting skill—Thick Earth Armor. Its skin thickened, and a shield formed, looking like cracked clods of earth stuck to its skin.

Gu Xiaoyue put away Qingqing and summoned Xiao Qi.

Xiao Qi's Thunderbolt Spell could paralyze the enemy for 1.3 seconds.

The Thunderbolt Spell hit the Earth Armor Elephant, and Xiao Qi immediately followed up with a Lightning Strike.

The Earth Armor Elephant let out an enraged roar and wanted to continue charging at Gu Xiaoyue!

If it managed to ram her, Gu Xiaoyue feared she would be knocked straight out of the mini-secret realm!

No sooner said than done, Xiao Qi unleashed another set of Thunderbolt Spell and Lightning Strike, while Xiao Jiu also combined water and fire skills to attack the Earth Armor Elephant.

They attacked in coordination, striking several times until they shattered the Earth Armor Elephant's shield, finally eliminating it.

Beasts with high defense are truly troublesome.

They might not have high attack power and do little damage to pets, but if they attack the Beastmaster directly, it is also very difficult to deal with.

Especially since Xiao Qi and the others were challenging higher-level opponents, their attacks also suffered damage reduction.

Compared to the Young life stage 6 Earth Armor Elephant, the Young life stage 7 beast was easier to handle—a Three-legged Golden Crow.

Gu Xiaoyue withdrew Xiao Jiu and swapped in Qingqing.

The Three-legged Golden Crow fired a Light Blade at Qingqing, which Qingqing nimbly dodged, then cast Luan Song, and while the Three-legged Golden Crow was under control, released Ice Flame to envelop it.

The Three-legged Golden Crow flapped its wings, trying to extinguish the Ice Flame on its body.

While flapping, it released a Light Blade at both Qingqing and Xiao Qi. Xiao Qi also rode the wind to dodge, its speed no less than a Green Bird's.

After dodging the Three-legged Golden Crow's Light Blade, Xiao Qi released Thunderbolt Spell and Lightning Strike.

The Three-legged Golden Crow was scorched by the lightning, and struggled to unleash one more Light Blade at Gu Xiaoyue.

Gu Xiaoyue hurriedly dodged, and the Light Blade grazed her ear and struck behind her.

Fortunately, her experience fighting zombies in her past life kept her reflexes sharp.

It was also thanks to the Three-legged Golden Crow being at the end of its rope under the combined siege of Xiao Qi and Qingqing.

Otherwise, if that Light Blade had been even a bit more accurate, it might have injured Gu Xiaoyue.

The heavily injured Three-legged Golden Crow was eliminated by Xiao Qi and Qingqing, and Gu Xiaoyue put them away and was teleported out of the mini-secret realm.

Gu Xiaoyue checked the data on the beast combat simulator.

The total time she spent killing these beasts was 36 minutes and 27 seconds.

She deleted the record without hesitation.

There was no one in the beast combat simulation training ground, so she found a dim corner to sit down and began to claim her mission rewards.

The reward for Mission 1 was one piece of lanzhi grass.

The reward for Mission 2 was two pieces of lanzhi grass.

The reward for Mission 3 was three pieces of lanzhi grass.

Not bad at all.

For Gu Xiaoyue, at this stage, lanzhi grass was the best mission reward.

Spirit herbs like this were mostly priceless and held by a few large families.

If someone happened to obtain one, they would either use it themselves or send it to an auction house.

At millions per piece, ordinary Beastmasters could not afford them.

Gu Xiaoyue fed one piece of lanzhi grass to Xiao Qi and the others, and rewarded each pet with three bags of snacks, letting them rest well.

After this simulation battle, Gu Xiaoyue sorted things out.

Xiao Qi and the others had very high attack power, so they might be able to fight even against a Young life stage 8 beast.

The drawback was that their control skills were insufficient, and their defense was somewhat weak.

Gu Xiaoyue developed a training plan for each pet.

Xiao Qi would focus on Thunderbolt Spell.

Although upgrading Lightning Strike to high level could attack three to five beasts, upgrading Thunderbolt Spell to high level could paralyze enemies for 1.8 seconds, and the damage was also very considerable.

Xiao Jiu would focus on Water Wave and Fire Sea.

Against a single beast of the same level, Xiao Qi could basically kill it instantly.

So Gu Xiaoyue hoped Xiao Jiu would focus its energy on group attacks.

Qingqing would first practice Luan Song; a high-level Luan Song could make enemies of the same level lose focus for 3 seconds.

Even if encountering a mature first-stage beast, 2 seconds would be enough.

With those 2 seconds, Gu Xiaoyue would have already run far away.

Xiao Hei would practice stealth to prevent any unexpected situations.

After assigning tasks to her pets, Gu Xiaoyue returned to the classroom.

Chu Li eagerly approached her, "Xiao Yue, what did you go do just now?"

"I just went to simulate beast combat. I thought it was quite fun during the monthly exam, so I specially asked Teacher Han to open it for me for a while today."

"The beasts in the simulator are stronger than real beasts, but they aren't as flexible as real ones and are more rigid," Chu Li analyzed objectively.

"You're right, but with my current strength, the teacher wouldn't approve of me going into the wild," Gu Xiaoyue did not have a better solution either.

Chu Li touched his nose and said somewhat embarrassedly, "My family ordered the latest model of combat simulator. It's closer to real beasts and can also set intensity increases."

Gu Xiaoyue was a bit shocked inside; just how rich was Chu Li's family?

Huanan Middle School was already one of the top schools in Huanan Province, and it only had 4 beast combat simulators in total.

Since Chu Li said he ordered the latest model, there must have been older models before.

It seemed Chu Li also used combat simulators to train at home quite often.

"If you want to simulate combat, you can come to my house," Chu Li invited Gu Xiaoyue, his eyes filled with infinite doting.

Gu Xiaoyue thought for a moment; with her current strength, completing the mission to kill 60 Young life stage 6 beasts would not be easy.

According to Chu Li, even if the new beast combat simulator was closer to a real Earth Armor Elephant, it was best to wait until Xiao Qi and the others reached Young life stage 6.

That way, there would be no level suppression, and it would be easier to fight.

The effect of the lanzhi grass only lasted a month; she hoped to complete Mission 4 within a month.

Gu Xiaoyue made up her mind, "Thanks, I don't need it for now."

Seeing Chu Li show a trace of disappointment, she added, "When I need it, can I bring Ye Wanrou along?"

"Yes!" Chu Li looked like a big dog with its ears perked up, his eyes shining with excitement, "You set the date and notify me a day in advance; I'll send someone to pick you up."

Meanwhile, Teacher Han knocked on the door of the principal's office.

"Principal, I have something to report to you."

Principal Liu closed the document he was processing and signaled for Teacher Han to speak.

"Today, a student applied to use the beast combat simulator."

Principal Liu nodded, "The current Elite Class is quite good; they know how to use the simulator for combat so early."

"Yes, she set it to 30 Young life stage 3, 40 Young life stage 4, and 50 Young life stage 5—"

At this moment, Principal Liu had already straightened up, listening intently.

"And 1 Young life stage 6, 1 Young life stage 7. The amazing thing is, she only used 36 minutes and 27 seconds!"

"What!" Principal Liu stood up excitedly, "Could it be Chu Li?"

Teacher Han shook her head, "It's Gu Xiaoyue! And after she finished using the combat simulator, she deleted the data."