You Can't Even Beat a Plant Spirit Pet? (Please Keep Reading!)

There were a great many little mountain sparrows on this cliff.

When their numbers piled up to a certain extent, naturally, many gifted individuals emerged.

They did not need human cultivation or training before independently mastering certain skills.

The little mountain sparrows here were like that.

After Huohuo activated capture mode, the little mountain sparrows launched their own counterattack.

Some of the little mountain sparrows had even mastered the Wind Blade skill.

They tried to use Wind Blades to sever Huohuo's vine-woven net.

But Huohuo was no longer what it used to be. Not only had its vines become stronger than they had been during the initial combat assessment, it had also developed an awareness of how to defend against Wind Blades.

A spirit pet's experience and techniques were honed and improved through battle.

That was especially evident in Huohuo.

Huohuo simply would not give the Wind Blades a chance to touch its main vines.

After discovering that some little mountain sparrows could use Wind Blade, it added many vines that swayed through the air to its woven net.

Like the tentacles of jellyfish, those vines constantly swung whenever Wind Blades approached, knocking them off course.

For a time, Wind Blades flew wildly all across the cliff face.

Pinned against the cliff wall, Zhou Lu keenly experienced what it felt like to stand amid a hail of bullets and a forest of guns.

If Huohuo had not set up the same defenses around Zhou Lu, he would have been struck by the wildly flying Wind Blades several times already.

At that moment, Zhou Lu could not help recalling what his high school teacher had once said to the original owner of this body: In a secret realm, your spirit pet is your only support. You must trust your spirit pet unconditionally, just as your spirit pet trusts you unconditionally.

Wasn't that the true essence of Body Feed?

When Beast Tamers faced a desperate situation, the only ones they could trust were their own spirit pets.

They placed everything on their spirit pets, searching for that sliver of hope that could break through the dead end.

The instant he comprehended this, Zhou Lu seemed to feel that something had appeared within him.

He knew that this was the Body Feed skill.

Unlike a Skill Card, this Body Feed was a permanent skill Zhou Lu had comprehended himself. It did not exist in card form.

Only when he was willing could he, under the guidance of the Knowledge Fairy, extract such comprehended skills and turn them into Skill Cards.

The process was similar to the universal Skill Cards of spirit beasts.

In other words, possessing Body Feed himself did not prevent him from continuing to use Body Feed through Skill Cards.

It was just...

Feeling the exhaustion in his body, Zhou Lu gave a bitter smile.

Using Body Feed twice in a row had already left him with the hollow weakness of someone on the verge of death. Who could withstand that?

"Zhou Lu!"

Just then, Xu Wuhu's voice came from above.

Zhou Lu looked up and saw the Class Monitor clutching a Sticky Baby in each hand like suction cups as he climbed down toward him.

"Over here." Seeing someone come looking for him, Zhou Lu raised a hand and called out.

After confirming Zhou Lu's position, Xu Wuhu sped up several notches.

"What on earth happened to you?!" Seeing Zhou Lu safe and sound, Xu Wuhu finally let out a breath of relief. "You scared us half to death. We thought you'd done something stupid."

Zhou Lu coughed twice and pointed at Huohuo, which was catching birds in the distance. "Didn't I come down here to do the mission?"

"You can't just jump off a cliff to do a mission!" Xu Wuhu said helplessly. "Teacher An is probably jumping up and down in fury at the bottom of the mountain right now."

An Xin was Zhou Lu's safety instructor for this trip.

"Teacher An already went down? That fast?"

"He jumped down with you. Didn't you see him?"

Who would pay attention to that while jumping off a cliff?

"Is Teacher An okay?"

"His spirit pet is a third-tier giant mountain sparrow. He'll definitely be fine." As he spoke, Xu Wuhu glanced at Zhou Lu. "But he's probably furious. You scared so many safety instructors into coming out."

Making such a huge fuss was not what Zhou Lu had wanted. "Sorry..."

"It's good that you're okay." Xu Wuhu turned to look at Huohuo in the distance. "Once it's caught enough, come back up with me. The teachers and students are worried about your safety."

Seeing that the duration of Body Feed was nearly up, Zhou Lu nodded. "Okay. I'll head up right away."

When he called Huohuo back, it was still a little unwilling.

It had been having a great time playing with those little birds.

But judging by the little mountain sparrows struggling in its net, whether they were having fun was another matter entirely.

Zhou Lu had come down quickly, and he went back up just as quickly.

He hugged Huohuo and had Little Grass retract Vine Step. In the blink of an eye, the two of them were launched back onto the cliff top.

With Xu Wuhu's help, Zhou Lu and Huohuo landed steadily.

"You brat!"

The moment he came up, An Xin rushed over with a roar and grabbed Zhou Lu by the shoulders. "Do you know how dangerous what you just did was?!"

"I'm sorry, Teacher. I acted on impulse..." Zhou Lu immediately admitted his mistake.

An Xin was only angry because Zhou Lu did not value his own life. Seeing him admit his mistake so quickly, he did not know what else to say.

He had always been clumsy with words.

"Forget it, forget it. When we get back, go see the school counselor for some guidance." An Xin waved a hand.

As they spoke, a commotion suddenly broke out among the students of Linzhou Beast Taming Academy in the distance.

"They're here! They're here! Song Shao and the others are here!"

It seemed that their opponents for this arranged battle had arrived.

"Young Master Song... What kind of ancient urban novel title is that?" Zhou Lu could not help mocking.

Xu Wuhu said helplessly, "That's just his name. Song Shao."

"..."

"But calling him that at their academy isn't exactly wrong. After all, he's the son of a Linzhou Beast Taming Academy board member."

"A board member? Beast Taming Academies have board members too?" Zhou Lu asked in confusion.

"They didn't used to." Xu Wuhu shrugged. "But Linzhou Beast Taming Academy's competition results were consistently poor before, so at some people's suggestion, they brought in shares from major companies to attract investment. Then they used the investment money to raise the academy's beast-taming standards. Apparently, the results have been pretty good."

"Since they handed out shares, there naturally had to be a board of directors." Li Yi revealed a mocking smile. "This guy is the son of the boss of one of those big companies. He got into Linzhou Beast Taming Academy through that connection."

Although Li Yi had a similar background, he had entered Xin'an Beast Taming Academy properly through the entrance exams.

Cold sweat immediately ran down Zhou Lu's back.

In a sense, he too had gotten into the academy through connections.

But his second authorship did not count as cheating, did it? After all, as Huohuo's owner, he could be considered research material for that paper.

"Captain! It's that guy!"

Just as Zhou Lu was chatting idly with Xu Wuhu and Li Yi, a familiar voice suddenly rang out from ahead.

Looking up, he saw the tall, thin man he had beaten up in the Linxi Secret Realm standing bent over beside a handsome man and pointing at him.

"You're the Beast Tamer who robbed one of our team members in the Linxi Secret Realm?" The man who was clearly Song Shao looked at Zhou Lu with an unfriendly expression.

As he spoke, his gaze fell upon Huohuo.

"A Plant Spirit Pet? This is your spirit pet?"

Sensing the ill intent of the newcomer, Zhou Lu looked at him warily.

Song Shao's expression turned even uglier.

Slap!

The loud slap instantly silenced everyone present.

Song Shao smacked the tall, thin man so hard that he staggered sideways. Shaking out his hand, Song Shao snarled, "You got robbed by a guy using a Plant Spirit Pet, and you still have the nerve to ask me to stand up for you? My dad's money raised two pieces of trash like you! You can't even beat a Plant Spirit Pet?!"

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OTZ