Chapter 203 — The Legion of the Time-Tassel Dragon
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"A professional four months ago; four months later, already possessing combat power that threatens a Monarch."
And this was still with the Dreaming Butterfly and the Jiuli Battle Beast not yet at full burst!
Throughout the entire battle, what had the Dreaming Butterfly done besides creating enough time-charged essence for Shi Jin and the others and temporarily controlling the Bull-headed Beast King? Nothing! And the Jiuli Battle Beast had never unleashed its full strength at all — it was still in its shrunken state!
Qu Lishi was utterly shaken.
Four months — from professional to master!
In an age that was not even one of chaos, such a rate of growth was simply unimaginable.
"This, this, this—" In the spectator seats, Senior Bai Xi was completely dumbstruck as well. Though she had repeatedly overestimated Shi Ying's strength, Shi Ying's performance now left her with nothing to say.
"That sword spirit — isn't it only transcendent tier?!"
Feng Jin looked at her. Though equally shocked, at least he knew the sword spirit's true potential. It was transcendent tier, yes, but it was the heroic spirit of a high-tier Overlord race... Even so, wasn't this power a bit too terrifying? That immense might was far more stunning than what Lu Heng had described to him.
After a single sword strike, the exam ground was left in ruins!
The only one who hadn't taken part in the battle the whole time, Can Bao, tearfully condensed a nutrient fruit and ran over to give it to Shi Jin. It had to get stronger, stronger, stronger!!!
It didn't want to be a medical ginseng anymore!
By now, Shi Jin had returned to his black-haired, black-eyed state. He took the nutrient fruit and ate it in one bite.
The reason Eleven had transmitted the lightning in the Jiuli Battle Beast's shrunken form was simple: if Eleven had grown to tens of meters and unleashed lightning to form a cross-slash sword with his own power, he wouldn't have been able to withstand it either.
He would have been unconscious for a day, just like at the Heroic Spirit ruins, and that wouldn't be worth it. So when Eleven transmitted the lightning, it knew when to stop — calibrating exactly to the limit of Shi Jin's body. Any more, and Shi Jin would have collapsed.
"Sorry, it was a bit stronger than I expected."
"Master Qu Lishi... can we continue..."
Shi Qi spoke timidly, looking at the Bull-headed Beast King still standing stubbornly on the earth ahead — smoke rising from its body, covered in wounds, eyes dazed, black qi spilling from its mouth.
Qu Lishi: ???
He was about to curse up a storm, to rail at how monstrously strong Shi Jin and the others were, but considering Feng Jin was right there beside them, he nearly burst into tears instead.
"How about I just prepare a master's license for you in advance? Once your beast space breaks through, come straight and collect your master's license — we'll skip the assessment."
Don't come looking for him!
Feng Jin, Bai Xi, Shi Liyan.
This... this isn't according to the rules, is it?
...
Next, Shi Jin smoothly obtained his advanced license.
Amid Qu Lishi's internally cursing send-off, they left the assessment office.
Yet though he cursed inwardly the whole way, watching Shi Jin and the others' departing backs, Qu Lishi sank into deep thought.
"An absurd little monster."
"An absurd Jiuli Battle Beast, an absurd Dreaming Butterfly, and most absurd of all... that sword spirit." Qu Lishi's gaze grew distant.
Was that the normal power a transcendent-tier sword spirit could unleash when possessing someone?
Absolutely impossible!
That sword spirit's race tier... Qu Lishi suspected it was no lower than the Dreaming Butterfly's!
...If nothing unexpected happened, another legend would emerge in the ancient capital before long.
Yin Chuanqi's son, in order to surpass a Shi Jin like this, had gone to the Imperial Capital University—whether that was right or wrong, who could say...
"I am absolutely not giving him another assessment next time. My heart can't take it." Master Qu Li grumbled and cursed.
Having assessed Shi Jin twice, the little boat of friendship between him and the Bull-Head Beast King had capsized just like that.
"ROAR!!!" From within Master Qu Li's beast-taming space, the Bull-Head Beast King's own cursing roar echoed as well.
Meanwhile.
On the road back to Ancient Capital University, silence reigned the entire way.
Shi Jin saw that Feng Jin and the beast-eared senior were both staring at him, and said, ill at ease, "What is it..."
"Nothing, haha." Feng Jin laughed.
Interesting. This newcomer Lu Heng had discovered was truly interesting. And now, he was growing more and more curious—just how far would Shi Jin be able to go in the future?
Was there any chance he could become the Eastern Radiance Ancient Kingdom's next titled legend?
Bureau Eleven's first titled legend?!
Although Bureau Eleven's members generally had very high combat power, and the bureau did have legend-tier beastmasters, a telepathy talent was, after all, still just a telepathy talent. To have a bunch of overlord-tier pet beasts fight totem-tier ones—without an enhancement-type talent, it was truly no easy feat. No matter how high those pet beasts' skill proficiency was, no matter how high their race tier, no matter how strong their bloodline... so what?
How many totems or guardian gods were not of overlord races? How many totems or guardian gods lacked super-strong bloodlines? And their skill proficiency went without saying—just their transcendent-tier super-tier skills alone were enough to look down upon the vast majority of overlord-tier beings.
"I'm looking forward to the exchange event with the Imperial Capital University more and more."
Bai Xi draped an arm over Shi Jin and said with a grin, "Your strength really caught me off guard. It'd be a waste not to go kick down their doors. You can't flake on this event, I'm telling you. Back then, the lead instructor of that Imperial Capital University beastmaster who defeated Lu Yan—he's still at the Imperial Capital University in charge of the clubs and the school team. With your current strength, you're completely invincible below master-tier. No matter what, you've got to go show them a thing or two."
Shi Jin: "I'll try..."
"It's only half a month away, don't forget!" Bai Xi suddenly thought of something. The Dreaming Butterfly was strong, sure, but its two super-tier skills—he didn't think he'd seen them yet. Master Qu Li was really letting him down...
Shi Huan chuckled. How could he forget? Just then, Shi Ying's phone suddenly rang.
Shi Shuo glanced at it and immediately froze.
After a look at Feng Jin, he said, "It's Senior Li. I'll take the call."
"That old hag Li Lianping?" Feng Jin nodded.
"Hurry and answer. If she's looking for you, it's definitely good news. She's the richest woman in all of Bureau Eleven."
Shi Jin: "..."
Shi Jin hurriedly answered the call. This was the first time he'd spoken with Senior Li since their last call.
He'd wanted to share the good news about Buggy's evolution with her earlier, but the call wouldn't go through, so he'd only sent a message.
"Shi Jin." From the other end of the line came Senior Li's laughter.
"Senior Li, I tried calling you before but couldn't get through. Did you see that message?"
"I saw it. Sure enough, it awakened the Dream Stealing skill."
"Yes." Shi Heng nodded. Several of Buggy's skills suited it quite well.
Senior Li said, "There's nothing major about this call back. It's mainly about this Dream Stealing, and your last experience."
"Since you had the fortune of entering the Tyrannosaurus fossil's dream before, would you be interested in researching it further? This old woman has a feeling—Void Phantasm, the Dream Domain, combined with Dream Stealing, researching fossils, might yield some wondrous results..."
Shi Shuo was stunned. "You mean..."