Yan Yan was slightly stunned. He had planned to use this brilliant display to leave a deep impression on the students, letting these children understand that their instructor was no mere figurehead!
"Mmm..."
"Then please, this student, try again," Yan Yan said, forcing a smile.
Under everyone's gaze, a young man with slicked-back hair, far taller than his peers, and a handsome face that belied his age, walked out. Beside him was a contracted beast, wearing a worn helmet, its large eyes like smashed fried eggs. Strapped to its back was a broken sword. It was aloof and stiff.
It was Lu Fei who had just spoken, having secretly vowed to lie low from now on, but unfortunately, he had failed again.
"What is this student's name? Please introduce yourself first," Yan Yan said, looking at Lu Fei, whose face appeared more mature than his own. He secretly wondered if this was truly a first-year student.
Lu Fei obediently introduced himself.
When Lu Fei finished, Yan Yan exclaimed:
"You are Lu Fei?"
Lu Fei nodded inexplicably.
Yan Yan, the intern instructor, was dumbfounded. He had only arrived at Cang Town Beast Taming Academy for an internship this semester, but he had heard of the previous year's inter-grade beast taming competition champion.
But why would such a student be in the regular class?
Suddenly, Instructor Yan Yan noticed the contracted beast beside Lu Fei, and his expression changed drastically.
"Student Lu Fei, is this your second contracted beast? Have you reached Beginner Beast Master?"
Hearing Instructor Yan Yan's words, the other students couldn't help but pay attention. At this moment, someone noticed that it seemed to be true; he hadn't contracted this beast just now.
A student who recognized Lu Fei exclaimed in surprise.
"That's not right!"
Everyone looked.
"It's his third contracted beast!"
"He has another contracted beast, a very strange-looking chicken!"
Inside the spatial ring, Brother Chicken cursed.
"You're the strange one! Brother Chicken is handsome and magnificent, valiant and domineering!" It was under Brother Chicken's request that Ironhead Wa had readily agreed to come out of the spatial ring. Brother Chicken's reason was, "Disciple, I now have a task for you: smash that rock!"
Ironhead Wa agreed without a second thought, and was very happy. He bowed deeply because this was his master's acknowledgment of him.
Facing everyone's heated gazes, Lu Fei simply smiled and did not answer, letting them guess. How could such a thing be explained clearly?
A contracted beast that he hadn't even truly subdued fighting for him was even more astonishing than subduing three contracted beasts.
"Instructor Yan Yan, may I begin?"
Lu Fei did not intend to dwell on the admiration. He wanted to start and finish as soon as possible, as his contracted beasts would not cooperate with him in such classes.
Furthermore, he had heard that as long as the class was completed early, he could apply to go out for training and then take an exam at the end of the semester.
This was what Lu Fei wanted. He had already planned to go to Forget Worry Grassland again to find the drunkard, ask him to teach him, and also inquire if he had met the conditions to become a Beginner Beast Master.
"Of course, you can," Instructor Yan Yan replied, then moved aside, signaling Lu Fei to begin.
Everything was in place.
Ironhead Wa retreated several steps, then pushed off with his toes, leaping up violently.
In mid-air, it extended its arm, and the next moment, its palm turned dark black.
[Hardening]!
The skill was used with increasing proficiency.
Instructor Yan Yan narrowed his eyes.
"This [Sword Guard] has actually mastered [Hardening]!"
To everyone's surprise, Ironhead Wa drew its broken sword.
"Ironhead Wa! Use [Blade]!"
A flash of sword light streaked across as the broken sword struck the steel stone. Sparks flew, and the steel stone began to show fine cracks at a visible speed, yet there was no sign of it collapsing.
Just then, Ironhead Wa's legs kicked out violently in the air!
As if the [Dual Saber Mantis] flapped its wings, Ironhead Wa gained a secondary leverage in mid-air! This was something it learned from the [Dual Saber Mantis], a cross-species learning.
Its talent was almost demonic!
"Bang!"
The intensified force from Ironhead Wa made the steel stone unable to withstand it any longer. With a loud crash, steel fragments flew everywhere, and it completely disintegrated!
Ironhead Wa sheathed its broken sword, spun gracefully in mid-air, and landed steadily on the ground.
"So cool, Brother Tie!"
All the students were mesmerized.
"This is so cool! This is the contracted beast they've always dreamed of!!!"
After a long moment, Instructor Yan Yan came back to his senses.
"Student Lu Fei, have you reached Beginner Beast Master? But why didn't you go to the elite class?"
He finally asked the question. As an intern instructor, he knew very well that the class he led was the worst. To put it bluntly, the students in this class were the worst among all the second-year students at the Beast Taming Academy.
The other regular classes had students who, more or less, possessed the conditions to become Beginner Beast Masters, but the class he led was an anomaly. Either their mental power reached the standard but their control and action abilities were lacking, or other conditions were met but their mental power was insufficient.
Take the little fatty from earlier, for example. His mental power had met the standard, but his control and action abilities were at the very bottom!
Lu Fei scratched his head.
"Instructor, I don't know my mental power level. When I tested my mental power, I blew up the testing gem."
Instructor Yan Yan was dumbfounded.
With this stunning performance in class, Lu Fei naturally gained the opportunity to skip classes and go out for training.
The next day, he took a unique mode of transportation on the Beast Taming Continent to Sanglan Town, located on the border of Forget Worry Grassland.
This small town was narrow and built along a mountain. However, crossing the town led to Forget Worry Grassland.
Upon arriving in town, Lu Fei entered a noodle shop.
"Boss, one bowl of beef noodles!"
"Coming right up!"
Not long after, a steaming bowl of beef noodles was served.
Lu Fei's eyes lit up, and he slurped them down quickly, finishing them in no time.
He beckoned the owner over and asked:
"Boss, are there any convoys heading into Forget Worry Grassland now?"
Forget Worry Grassland was vast. Walking alone would take several hours, but there were many special modes of transportation on the grassland, such as [Divine Speed Lizard], [Wind Leg Rabbit], and so on.
Upon hearing that Lu Fei wanted to enter Forget Worry Grassland, the shop owner's expression immediately changed.
"You want to enter Forget Worry Grassland?"
Lu Fei was startled and nodded.
"Oh, don't you know? There haven't been any convoys entering Forget Worry Grassland lately. Even if there were, they would bring mercenary beast masters, but that's too costly!"
Lu Fei was puzzled.
"Why?"
The shop owner sighed.
"It seems you don't follow the news much. Recently, there have been a large number of berserk contracted beasts appearing in Forget Worry Grassland!"