For a pet, there are essentially three ways to grow.

Food, training, and combat!

Obtaining nutrients through food to convert into substances needed for growth is the easiest.

Training is a bit more arduous, but it allows you to hone your racial abilities to a higher level, thereby promoting growth.

Combat is the most dangerous, especially in life-or-death battles where the mind, will, and spirit are highly focused. It provides the greatest tempering for pets. The growth experience gained from using abilities in high-intensity battles cannot be compared to some basic training.

To cultivate a powerful pet, sufficient and nutritious food, reasonable training, and appropriate combat tempering are indispensable.

Currently, Shi Yu plans to take Eleven to a battle with evenly matched opponents. Of course, not a life-or-death battle, but a beast-taming battle conducted in a formal setting with rules and regulations.

For him and Eleven at this stage, they are not yet exposed to battles of that level, and there are no such venues in the city for them to undergo life-or-death training.

Even if there were, Shi Yu wouldn't be foolish enough to seek death. He is a normal person. With the Skill Encyclopedia in hand, wouldn't it be better to develop steadily?

Places with life-threatening dangers… he would definitely not go there.

That afternoon, Shi Yu recalled the Little Iron-eating Beast into his Beast Taming Space and went out again.

For a well-developed city, there are several key places that are essential.

For example, the administrative unit for Beast Tamers, the Beast Taming Association.

For example, the Beast Taming Corps stationed at the edge of the city, protecting it.

And places like schools, breeding bases, dojos, and martial arts halls, which every city has.

In addition to these, an indispensable facility is the battle arena for Beast Tamers to train and hone their skills.

Battle arenas are basically managed by the government. Within the city, this is the only place where Beast Tamers can engage in combat. If Shi Yu wants to find opponents for practical battles, this is one option.

He could also go to wild areas to find creatures with combat power, but that would be a bit dangerous. Considering that he and Eleven are not yet at max level, Shi Yu temporarily gave up this option.

However, it seems that wilderness survival skills are a must-have for becoming a professional Beast Tamer.

As far as Shi Yu knows, the examination for professional Beast Tamers includes a wilderness survival assessment in addition to basic and practical assessments.

If he wants to obtain that certificate, this seems difficult to avoid… In the end, they are just too weak at the moment. If they could overcome any danger, they wouldn't have to be so cautious.

If Shi Yu remembers correctly, the Beast Taming Association seems to regularly organize wilderness training for apprentice Beast Tamers, and apprentice Beast Tamers can sign up voluntarily.

During such activities, high-level transcendent creatures within the training area are basically cleared out, and there are also high-level Beast Tamers and rescue teams stationed behind to deal with emergencies.

If he decides to go on a wilderness training, Shi Yu thinks joining a group is a good choice, at least it's safer than wandering alone.

Although it's a self-funded sign-up that costs money, if he can harvest some rare materials in the wild and copy some rare skills, it might not be a loss.

Next, after spending some time, Shi Yu arrived at a battle arena located relatively far from his home.

Pingcheng District has a resident population of 130,000, and Beast Tamers account for a significant proportion, with apprentice Beast Tamers accounting for an even larger proportion of Beast Tamers.

Each city may have few professional Beast Tamers, but there are definitely many apprentice Beast Tamers, so there are also many battle arenas.

…

Pingcheng Battle Arena, Yuyang Road Branch.

"Hello, welcome."

After Shi Yu entered the arena, a young female receptionist at the front desk on the side greeted him with a smile.

Following the voice, Shi Yu looked around. There were a total of four front desks, and only the receptionist who had just greeted him was not currently handling any business.

The other front desks were all dealing with Beast Tamers of varying ages, registering information. There were more people here than Shi Yu had imagined.

"Hello."

Shi Yu immediately replied and walked up to her.

The receptionist looked at Shi Yu and said, "Is there anything I can help you with?"

Shi Yu said, "I would like to engage in a battle, but this is my first time here. Can you briefly introduce it to me?"

The receptionist nodded with a smile and said, "Our battle arena provides battle venues for those below the Transcendent level. Here, you can choose to arrange a battle or a random battle."

"An arranged battle is where you pre-arrange your opponent, and we only provide venue, referee, and medical services."

"A random battle requires you to fill out basic information, and we will randomly select an opponent for you and provide other services."

"Among them, random battles are divided into two groups based on the level of the Beast Tamer's pet, levels one to six and levels seven to ten. We will randomly match you with an opponent within the appropriate level range based on your pet's level."

"Regardless of the mode, the arena usage fee for each battle is 100 yuan per person."

100 yuan?

Shi Yu felt a pang of pain!

100 yuan per battle! So expensive! He could live for 3 days on 100 yuan.

However, considering the venue maintenance fee, referee fee, and even medical fees, this price seems normal. If this kind of arena wasn't supported by the government, the price might be even higher.

"Oh, right, there's also wager battles," the receptionist added.

"Before the battle, both sides can make a wager, with the loser paying the arena usage fee for both sides. That is, the person who loses the battle needs to pay 200 yuan, while the winner is free."

"I choose a random wager battle, with a pet level range below level six," Shi Yu immediately chose.

Currently, the Little Iron-eating Beast's growth level is five, it has mastered the Proficient level of Hardening ability, and even has unscientific High-Speed Healing. Even if the opponent is a level six high-race pet, they won't necessarily lose.

To save some money, he can only apologize to his opponent. As for the possibility of him losing… If he loses, Shi Yu can only accept it.

He hopes the opponent is weak, but not too weak.

"Okay, please fill out this form here…" The receptionist handed over a form.

Shi Yu took it and carefully looked at it before picking up the carbon pen next to him and quickly filling it out.

Name, ID number, pet species, pet growth level – these four are basically the key information that needs to be filled out.

The other information is just some options, such as checking random battle, confirming the choice of wager battle…

After filling everything out, Shi Yu handed the form back. At the same time, Shi Yu couldn't help but ask, "Excuse me, can the wager be increased in the wager battles here?"

Since he's already betting, let's make it bigger.

Pokemon trainers can earn money by winning battles. Beast Tamers should be able to too, right?

"Sorry, that's beyond our scope of service."

Shi Yu: "…"

Another way to make money is gone.

Next, according to the information Shi Yu filled out, the young receptionist began to enter the information on the large computer in front of her.

At the same time, she said, "This is your card number. Next, you can wait in the lobby. Once a suitable opponent is matched, the lobby screen will display your name and the battle arena number."

"Okay, thank you." Shi Yu nodded, took the number card, and walked to a chair in the lobby to sit down and wait for a match.

At the same time.

A boy wearing a blue and white school uniform and glasses was also registering information at the front desk.

Name: Chen Kai

Pet Species: Ice-Armored Beast

Pet Level: Awakening Level Six

Battle Mode: Random Wager Battle

After filling out the information, the schoolboy looked forward to it.

As the top student in his class, he felt that his classmates were too weak and couldn't give him any pressure. In that kind of growth environment, when could he become a professional Beast Tamer?

He needed pressure!

Therefore, he chose to come to the battle arena, which has no age restrictions, only level restrictions, hoping that some apprentice Beast Tamers in society could educate him.

That being said… Chen Kai felt that as a top student, it would be difficult for him to lose.