Once everyone's beasts had appeared, their life levels were revealed as well.
Li Wanqiu's Two-Headed White Moon Ice Phoenix, for example.
This exotic beast with phoenix blood, almost like a divine beast, had been at the Black Iron Grade from birth.
Now, it was still only at the four-star black iron grade.
That growth rate was not fast!
Yet it had still raised Li Wanqiu's life level to the nine-star gray rock rank.
The life feedback from an SS Grade talent was at least 70%, with some variation between different people and different beasts.
Such high life feedback had given Li Wanqiu nine-star gray rock rank strength.
This little creature might only have been at four-star black iron, but its combat strength could even rival that of some ordinary Bronze Rank exotic beasts.
Coupled with the pressure of its high-grade bloodline, it could defeat ordinary exotic beasts without even fighting.
Most of the others' beasts were also around the entry level of the Black Iron Grade.
A small number had higher-grade beasts. Jiang Xiaoli's Shadow Night Fox, for instance, was at the five-star black iron grade.
That was why she refused to accept Li Wanqiu's superiority.
Her own strength was also at the eight-star gray rock grade, placing her among the top three in the class in individual strength.
Now, seeing her Shadow Night Fox bow its head under the Two-Headed White Moon Ice Phoenix's pressure, she was so angry she wanted to switch beasts.
Li Chengqi, the other student with an S Grade talent, was also powerful.
His Frost Five-Stripe Sparrow had three-star black iron grade strength, and he was the second student in the class publicly known to have an individual life level at the eight-star gray rock grade.
The two with S Grade talents and the one with an SS Grade talent were indeed the strongest in the class on the surface.
That was excluding Jiang Ziliu, who was already at Black Iron.
If they fought at full strength, Jiang Ziliu was not confident he could defeat the three of them, but he was confident he could kill them.
That was because he had the special, super-powerful attack ability, Electromagnetic Cannon.
Unless the remaining students were hiding their strength, most of their beasts were at the Gray Rock Grade.
Among the beast tamers themselves, Chen Zheng had the highest life level at the six-star gray rock grade.
There were no seven-star limestone rank students in the class.
Jiang Ziliu's Azurite Rock Man displayed only eight-star gray rock grade strength, while his own three-star gray rock grade life level still placed him at the bottom of the class.
Just as he had discovered at the start, there really was no one in the entire class whose life level was below the three-star gray rock grade.
"It seems everyone has been working hard in private. Your strength as beast tamers is at least at the three-star gray rock grade, and your beasts' strength is at least at the six-star gray rock grade! You've done very well. I'm extremely satisfied!"
When Li Qingcheng spoke, the entire class instinctively shuddered, unsure what sort of ordeal awaited them next!
"Next, you'll begin genuine practical combat training with your beasts!"
"But I don't think going straight into practical beast combat training is a good idea. To keep improving your survival abilities and give you another chance of staying alive in your future lives as beast tamers, I've made some special preparations."
Hearing this, the students felt their suspicions were about to come true.
"Follow me!"
With a large group of beasts of all shapes in tow, the beast tamers followed their teacher, Li Qingcheng, toward a relatively outlying area of the training camp that had never been opened.
The farther they walked, the more uneasy they felt, and even an indescribable sense of oppression grew increasingly intense.
Their beasts, meanwhile, became more and more restless and increasingly reluctant to advance.
They soon reached a larger clearing, with a stone pillar at its center and a glass case resting on top.
Inside the glass case lay a bone.
Jiang Ziliu immediately understood what sort of setup this was.
As it turned out, this bone actually belonged to a high-level Silver Rank exotic beast, and it still retained the life pressure of a Silver Rank exotic beast.
Even a single bone produced a sense of oppression equivalent to facing a high-level Bronze Rank exotic beast.
Most of the class were low- to mid-level Gray Rock Grade lifeforms, and their beasts were also at the middle levels of the Gray Rock Grade. Facing the pressure of a Bronze Rank exotic beast two major grades above them, both their survival instincts and their minds and wills would be severely suppressed.
Jiang Ziliu understood that their teacher, Li Qingcheng, intended to have everyone conduct practical beast combat training under the pressure of a high-level exotic beast.
And that was indeed the case!
"You'll go by school. Each of you will demonstrate the attack and defense skills your beasts have mastered. I'll evaluate them, then guide you on how to adjust your skill training and use these beast skills in combination."
Their teacher, Li Qingcheng, had every student's beast demonstrate its skills.
"A Silver Rank exotic beast's bone has been prepared here. Its life pressure will let you and your beasts experience in advance what it feels like to face a higher-grade exotic beast, training both you and your beasts."
"Li Wanqiu, Li Chengqi, Jiang Xiaoli... you few will follow me later. You'll need to train under the life pressure of a Gold Rank exotic beast's bone. Only then will the training be effective for you."
She would not let a single person off.
The pressure from this Silver Rank exotic beast's bone was nothing at all to those few whose beasts had relatively high-grade bloodlines.
But she had prepared something of an even higher grade especially for them.
Their teacher, Li Qingcheng, did not have anyone demonstrate the feedback skills they received from their beasts, because those skills were lifesaving measures and absolutely private.
The school would not require them to disclose those.
The students in the class stepped forward one by one to demonstrate their beasts' various skills: wind, water, fire, lightning...
Powers of different attributes bloomed across the clearing without pause.
As expected, most of the students preferred attack-oriented exotic beasts, and they had trained their beasts' attack skills relatively well.
But they were much worse at other types of skills, such as defensive skills and movement skills.
Their teacher, Li Qingcheng, truly was formidable as a practical combat instructor. Every piece of advice she gave hit the mark.
She held nothing back, teaching everyone many combat techniques.
Of course, most listened attentively, while a few brainless ones thought nothing of it. Judging by Teacher Li's gaze, they would probably be among those she went easy on when teaching.
If you did not take it seriously yourself, could you expect someone else to drive you forward?
There was never any shortage of fools and idiots among humanity.
Jiang Ziliu stepped forward and likewise held nothing back as he demonstrated the Azurite Rock Man's Saber Mastery, Rock and Earth Stealth, Rock and Earth Thrust, Rock and Earth Concealment, and other skills.
After watching, Li Qingcheng's eyes showed a hint of surprise, though not all that much.
She quickly offered guidance, helping Jiang Ziliu understand how he should train and improve its use of skills next.
She had long known that Jiang Ziliu was no ordinary student, so her guidance was more detailed. Jiang Ziliu also took out a small notebook and recorded all of it in great detail.
Li Qingcheng was very pleased when she saw what Jiang Ziliu was doing.
She also gave Jiang Ziliu a saber technique manual suitable for the Azurite Rock Man, so it could study it.
This teacher had already noticed that Jiang Ziliu's Azurite Rock Man possessed an intelligence ordinary exotic beasts lacked. Clearly, he had encountered a special opportunity.
Otherwise, the Azurite Rock Man could never have wielded a saber so proficiently.
The Azurite Rock Man handled a saber far better than even some human beast tamers who practiced with one. This suitable saber technique manual was also her reward and investment.
From Teacher Li's guidance, he had already understood how to further raise the Azurite Rock Man's skill levels.
Once she finished guiding the ordinary students, she had everyone train on their own here.
Their homeroom teacher would watch over them here to prevent any accidents.
She, meanwhile, took the few students whose beasts had higher-grade bloodlines to another training ground.
Only after spending nearly twice as long as she had on the guidance here did their teacher, Li Qingcheng, return to check the situation and see whether anyone had any new questions.
Clearly, in terms of teaching time, both Teacher Li and the school devoted more attention to those few.
The others felt unhappy about this, but Jiang Ziliu did not care at all.
A lone traveler was how he defined his own growth. He had never particularly coveted the school's guidance or resources.
It was best if he could get them, but he did not mind if he could not.
The subsequent training involved beast battles between students, and the school also brought in a teacher with a healing-type beast to provide on-site care.
Every day was the same cycle of study and training.
These days continued for nearly two months, until another long holiday arrived!