43: Chapter 43 Comprehensive Improvement

Thirteenth day since defeating Zhou Ming.

The training room.

The sunlight was filtered by heavy curtains, becoming soft and evenly scattered across the pristine floor of the training ground.

"Gagu—!"

Accompanied by a suppressed low growl, the figure of the Flame Claw Beast suddenly transformed into a stream of light wrapped in flames, charging at an extremely fast speed toward the specially made buffer target in front.

The vigorous flames erupted instantly upon impact, forcing the heavy target to tilt violently backward, leaving a clear charred indentation on its surface as a wave of heat rushed forward.

The Flame Claw Beast used the momentum to retreat, landing steadily. Its chest heaved violently, and it exhaled white mist mixed with sparks from its nose and mouth, yet its eyes remained bright.

Lin Chen stood on the sidelines, observing every detail with a focused expression.

The Songsong Dog lay quietly at his feet, its soft body rising and falling slightly with its breathing. While Lin Chen was focused on the Flame Claw Beast, it looked at him with its pitch-black eyes and then stealthily stretched out one paw.

Lin Chen did not react.

The Songsong Dog continued by stretching out its second paw.

Lin Chen remained motionless.

So, the Songsong Dog moved closer to Lin Chen, until it could tilt its head and rub against his pant leg.

"Alright, that's enough," Lin Chen said at the right moment.

The Flame Claw Beast returned to Lin Chen's side, swallowed an energy cube, and felt the pure energy dissolve within its body, alleviating the exhaustion from training.

Ever since receiving the ten-thousand-yuan reward and becoming Zhou Ming's private sparring partner, Lin Chen's financial situation had improved slightly. Although he was far from being able to buy training resources at will, he no longer needed to worry too much when purchasing energy cubes.

Moreover, when buying skewers for the Flame Claw Beast, he no longer had to fill his own stomach by drinking water.

[Training for two hours, the Flame Claw Beast gained 2 exp]

From one day on, it was as if the system had completed a self-evolution; it would automatically pop up the specific exp gained by the pet beast through training.

In this way, Lin Chen could more intuitively judge the training effect of the Flame Claw Beast.

With a slight movement of his mind, he pulled up the data panel:

[Pet Beast: Agumon (Local Name: Flame Claw Beast)]

[Level: First Order (286 / 300)]

[Attribute: Fire]

[Race Level: Medium Transcendent]

[Moves: Flame Breath Bullet (Proficient), Sharp Claws (Proficient), Small Explosion (Beginner), Fiery Charge (Beginner)]

[Intimacy: 84]

[Evolution Method: evolution exp (280 / 500), tyrant dragon heart x1]

During this period, under the relatively regular training conditions at the Beast Control Bureau and high-intensity combat missions, coupled with the help of the double exp card, the growth speed of the Flame Claw Beast was astonishing.

[Sharp Claws] successfully broke through to the Proficient level, keeping pace with [Flame Breath Bullet]. The proficiency of [Fiery Charge] was also increasing rapidly, and it was estimated that it would break through to the Proficient level in a few days.

He was only half a step away from the knowledge badge.

Once he obtained the knowledge badge, the Flame Claw Beast's progress speed would be further improved.

In addition, through day after day of arduous training and the exp contributed by each pet beast, the Flame Claw Beast was only one step away from breaking through to the Second Order.

Under ideal conditions, it would be able to successfully break through to the Second Order in at most two days.

According to reports from an unknown media outlet, a pet beast with above-average aptitude of the Transcendent level usually takes about two months to advance from the First Order to the Second Order, provided that resources are sufficient and training is effective.

And it had been exactly one month since the Flame Claw Beast was officially contracted.

"It's almost time," Lin Chen thought to himself, full of anticipation for the upcoming breakthrough.

In addition, the Flame Claw Beast's intimacy was also rising rapidly, but Lin Chen had not yet discovered its use.

As for the evolution slot, it was already more than half full; Lin Chen had used all the exp gained from various tasks for this.

After all, the race level was the most important factor affecting a pet beast's strength and potential, so its priority was extremely high.

Collecting his churning thoughts, Lin Chen glanced at the time and stepped out of the training room.

Returning to the office area, as soon as he entered the door, he saw Zhang Zhi waving vigorously at him: "Chen, come quickly, come quickly! The match is about to start!"

In this world where Beast Tamer culture was deeply ingrained, watching Beast Tamer battles was a common form of entertainment.

As long as it didn't affect work, the leaders usually turned a blind eye to it.

When high-level Beast Tamer competitions were held, the unit would even organize employees to watch together and cheer.

Lin Chen walked quickly to his workstation and sat down, looking up at the large LCD TV hanging on the wall.

The screen was already lit, playing the warm-up footage for the Young Eagle Cup finals.

After days of fierce competition, the Young Eagle Cup schedule had progressed to the final stage.

On the TV screen was a grand, circular indoor arena.

The surrounding stands were packed with spectators, the noise was deafening, and colorful cheering sticks and fluorescent signs flickered like a sea of stars.

In the center of the venue was a standard square battle field. At the four corners of the field, there were huge floating screens, synchronously playing close-up shots of the field and player information.

On the screens, two young girls were standing at either end of the field.

Su Qingyuan was dressed in an off-white slim-fit sportswear, her long hair tied into a neat high ponytail at the back of her head, revealing her smooth forehead and the graceful lines of her neck.

She stood tall and straight, her face calm and unruffled. Standing quietly in the center of the noisy arena, she possessed an aura of cold detachment that was nonetheless eye-catching.

Su Qingyuan's gaze fell on the opposite side, as if the mountain-shaking, tsunami-like roar of the crowd around her had nothing to do with her.

Her opponent, Shu Han, formed a sharp contrast with Su Qingyuan's calmness. She kept shifting her feet slightly in place, her hands unconsciously clasped, and the smile she was barely maintaining on her face looked somewhat stiff.

All the spectators understood Shu Han's reaction; after all, the person she was facing was the strongest contestant in the history of the Young Eagle Cup—Su Qingyuan.

Since the start of the tournament, every one of her matches had been a crushing victory. No opponent had put her in a difficult position; no, they hadn't even forced her to use her full strength.

She was too relaxed, so relaxed that it was as if a master had stumbled into a rookie tournament, a pure dimensionality reduction strike.

She didn't even need to command personally; that aura of complete mastery and control was enough to defeat all opponents.

All the spectators said they had never seen such a stunning rookie Beast Tamer.

Su Qingyuan was like a storm ravaging the arena, completely shattering the thoughts of every contestant and every spectator, forcing everyone to rebuild their perceptions.

If one were to rank all the participating contestants, Su Qingyuan would belong in a league of her own, without any dispute.

As expected, as soon as the battle started, Su Qingyuan displayed an extremely intense sense of oppression.

She barely even gave commands; her pet beast, the Green Feather Wind Bird, maintained a terrifying level of suppression throughout. Strike after strike, the offensive was swift and efficient, and within a mere minute, the opponent's pet beast was in a desperate situation.

Accompanied by the final blow, the opponent's pet beast collapsed to the ground, eyes tightly shut, falling into a coma.

The referee seemed to be stunned for a moment, and the whistle was noticeably delayed.

"The match is over! The winner is Su Qingyuan!" The host's excited voice was even slightly off-key.

After a brief silence, the whole arena erupted into even more enthusiastic cheers and exclamations.

"It's too exaggerated. Is this person really a rookie Beast Tamer?"

"This aura, this suppression... I feel like I'm facing a professional-level Beast Tamer."

"Here's a terrifying thing: all of Su Qingyuan's matches so far haven't exceeded two minutes."

"Terrifying indeed."

Lin Chen watched Su Qingyuan calmly turn and leave, lost in thought.

Is this person really a peer Beast Tamer who graduated in the same year as them?

But before he could feel sorry for Shu Han, who had lost the match, the next people to arrive at the venue were Lin Chen's employer, Zhou Ming, and his friend, Li Heng.