"Lady Han Ling, what brings you here today...?"
"Lord Han Ling..."
"Han..."
"..."
The sound kept coming from the side.
It seems that because of Han Ling's two instances of protecting them, the Stone-Armored Beast now truly trusts humans!
Although I had always followed them around, I was just following them around; I was always worried that they would kill me someday!
Now, barring special circumstances, most humans can say they trust the Stone-Armored Beast!
Of course, this belief also has different levels.
The highest currently...
Shen Heng glanced to the side.
The Stone-Armored Beast's enormous head drooped beside Han Ling, a smile spreading across its slightly ferocious face—not particularly handsome, but undeniably sincere.
When other people interact with the Stone-Armored Beast and talk about something interesting, the Stone-Armored Beast will laugh.
But when it's next to Han Ling, even if it doesn't do anything, the Stone-Armored Beast will just stand there grinning like an idiot dog seeing its master!
Shen Heng didn't care about this.
Whether you follow him or Han Ling, it at least proves that the Calamity Beast of the Ruins Realm can indeed be trusted!
Yes, since the last incident, the Stone-Armored Beast has basically gained their trust!
While it's not quite the same as how it treats its other companions, at least the Stone-Armored Beast no longer needs someone to watch over it wherever it goes, like before!
It could even be directly involved in the war against the Calamity Beast!
However, the problem is...
Shen Heng glanced at the national flag engraved on the back of the Stone-Armored Beast.
This is to prevent soldiers from accidentally mistaking it for another during wartime!
besides...
"With this size, if it gets any bigger, there won't be much room for it to stay..." Shen Heng's gaze swept over the Stone-Armored Beast's more than ten-meter-long body with a scrutinizing look.
After a moment, the Stone-Armored Beast stopped.
It trembled slightly as it looked at the open-air training area in front of it, its face completely devoid of the joy it had shown moments before.
"Lord Shen Heng, shall we go in?"
The Stone-Armored Beast looked at the figure leading the way with a slight tremor.
"Hmm, what's wrong? Is there a problem?" Shen Heng asked, looking at the Stone-Armored Beast.
"No, no!" the Stone-Armored Beast replied stiffly, reluctantly walking inside.
"How's your training of those combat techniques going?" Shen Heng stopped on one side of the training ground and started stretching his arms and legs.
"It's alright!" the Stone-Armored Beast replied somewhat awkwardly.
"Not bad?" Shen Heng paused in his movements, his gaze fixed on the Stone-Armored Beast.
"I've already learned Mountain-Collapsing Strike and Earth-Shaking Stomp, but I still need a little more time to learn Armor-Shattering Claw!" the Stone-Armored Beast replied somewhat stiffly.
Sure enough, there was no immediate response after she spoke, only a seemingly fainter gaze.
"If I remember correctly, these moves have been taught for half a month now, right?" Shen Heng looked at the Stone-Armored Beast with scrutiny.
In order to slightly improve the Stone-Armored Beast's combat power, he even went out of his way to exchange for a few combat skills, and then, with the help of Ringing Sound, adjusted them to be suitable for the Stone-Armored Beast to use.
Among them, the Mountain-Collapsing Strike simulates the Origin Power of vibration in the beast's claws and body, and then quickly releases the Origin Power in the claws and body during the attack to create a shock wave effect, thereby causing deep damage!
Earth-Shaking Stomp is similar to Mountain-Collapsing Strike, except the target has changed from the enemy to the ground, and the goal has changed from injuring the enemy to forcibly disrupting the enemy's posture through ground vibration and shockwaves released in all directions along the ground!
As for the Armor-Shattering Claw, it simply covers the claw tip with extremely sharp Origin Power, capable of breaking through highly defensive armor or shields!
All three are B-Class combat skills, and Mountain-Collapsing Strike and Earth-Shaking Stomp share some commonalities. Doesn't this mean you've only learned one and a half?
Half a month, B-Class, one and a half months, and I've only just learned it; I'm not very proficient yet...
"This, I..."
The Stone-Armored Beast stood opposite, mouth agape, unsure how to respond.
The enormous figure appeared somewhat small at this moment.
What about the Threefold Force?
"This isn't fully mastered yet; it should take several more days!"
"What about the rank?"
"Looks like the Mid Fourth Tier!"
Shen Heng nodded and slowly stood up straight.
It's been almost half a year, and the Stone-Armored Beast really doesn't have any talent in combat skills!
Fortunately, at least in terms of cultivation, the speed is still quite considerable!
He raised his gaze and calmly looked at the Stone-Armored Beast.
"So, are you coming over here, or am I going over there?"
"I... Lord Shen Heng, could we not practice like this?" the Stone-Armored Beast asked with some concern.
The response was a simple statement and a raised smile.
What do you think?
Feeling somewhat aggrieved, the Stone-Armored Beast opened and closed its mouth several times.
"Damn it! I've been communicating with other people, and many of them are at the same progress as me, or even slower!" the Stone-Armored Beast thought to itself, but dared not say it aloud.
A soft laugh came from the side.
The Stone-Armored Beast turned its head and looked at Lord Han Ling with a somewhat aggrieved expression, before turning its gaze back to Lord Shen Heng opposite it.
Indeed, Lady Han Ling is the best!
"Choose, you come over here, or I'll go over there?"
The question came again.
The Stone-Armored Beast looked at the adult opposite it, "I'll attack instead!"
There was no reply; the other person simply nodded.
Gazing at the tiny figure opposite him, the Stone-Armored Beast took a deep breath.
There's nothing to be afraid of! There's nothing to be afraid of! Lord Shen Heng will limit his strength to this stage. As long as I'm serious, I can definitely hit him a few times!
Yes, be serious! Be serious!
"Bang!"
With a heavy thud, the massive figure moved straight forward.
Origin Power enveloped its beastly claws, then struck towards the figure in front of it.
The beast's claws drew ever closer, ever closer, and then...
"Bang!"
View flipped.
The Stone-Armored Beast looked up and saw the gray sky.
He couldn't help but think back to when he was still in the Ruins Realm.
Back then, there weren't so many things to do. There was no need for deliberate training, no combat skills, and no one forced you to fight. You just needed to find food when you were hungry.
Now...
It no longer needs to search for food, but it has a ton of things to do every day. To be honest, it doesn't feel as happy as it used to be!
But if it could do it all over again, would it want to go back?!
The Stone-Armored Beast stared blankly upwards, as if the 'clear blue' sky it had once seen in the Ruins Realm had reappeared before its eyes.
That's probably because they didn't want to, right?
After all, there was no food, no medical care, no Lord Shen Heng who taught him how to cultivate and placed the breakthrough Origin Crystal in front of him, and no Lord Han Ling either!
so...
"Mom, I guess I really can't go back..."