If there were still doubts about how Cheng Gong and Shi Yu managed to break records, those doubts were gradually dissipating now.
Although the Moon Flame Beast was completely overpowered in this battle, the strength and quality it displayed during the fight were undeniable.
Its powerful explosive flame skill completely overcame various ice-type creatures!
The speed brought by Flame Assault was unmatched by any creature within the ruins!
Combined with its agile Flame Claws, the Moon Flame Beast's combat style was versatile, both close and long-range. With all three skills at the proficient level, it had a good chance of defeating the higher-race Ice Armor Giant by leveraging its attribute advantage!
As for Shi Yu... his strength was beyond question.
The Moon Flame Beast's complete domination in the battle was the best proof of their strength.
It was the first time everyone had seen such an extraordinary Iron Eater.
Such an excellent pet beast breaking four levels was completely understandable!
Although some still wondered how a Level 7 Iron Eater could have the stamina to defeat 50 ferocious beasts in a row, since Shi Yu had passed, they could only dismiss their doubts.
Then, they all looked at Shi Yu and Shi Shi with eyes that saw them as monsters.
...
The insights gained from this battle varied depending on the level of the Beast Tamer.
Apprentice Beast Tamers couldn't understand why Shi Yu and his team were so strong, while Master Beast Tamers like President Feng had even greater hopes for solving the ruins.
Yes, I should withhold some resources from my nephew and give them to Shi Yu. At a time like this, solving the ruins is the most important... Gong will understand.
Fortunately, Cheng Gong didn't know what President Feng was thinking, or he would have thought he was a fake nephew.
As for now, he was deep in thought, wondering why Pingcheng had such a previously unheard-of monster of an Apprentice Beast Tamer.
Even the geniuses within Ice Plains City might not be able to match Shi Yu, right?
"Alright, the battle is over, everyone go back to what you were doing."
Captain He, who was serving as the referee, drove the group of apprentice soldiers away, angrily saying, "Today's training will be doubled!"
This immediately made the apprentice soldiers groan.
Captain He, who was frustrated by their lack of improvement, chose to push his new recruits harder.
President Feng, on the other hand, was secretly sweating, fearing that Captain He would come to him for more training funds.
After the battle, Cheng Gong and Shi Yu each recalled their pet beasts.
"Next time." Cheng Gong said to Shi Yu and then left from the other side, ignoring everyone, and went off to do something unknown.
Shi Yu, on the other hand, was helpless.
Blame Shi Shi!
It was Shi Shi who vented its frustration from the previous failed attempt in this battle, leading to a one-sided situation.
Shi Yu shook his head slightly and also planned to leave.
To be precise, he planned to leave the valley, go home, and prepare to retrain.
"President Feng."
As Shi Yu left the arena, Chen Kai and Qiao Liang wanted to approach, but seeing President Feng walking towards Shi Yu, they immediately stopped.
"Shi Yu, your strength... truly opened my eyes."
President Feng said with a squint, his mood quite pleasant.
With the potential Shi Yu and his team showed, they had a chance to become Master Beast Tamers in the future.
In ten years, Pingcheng might have another Master Beast Tamer!
"It's nothing, really." Shi Yu modestly replied.
This wasn't much; although Shi Yu wanted to be confident, he also knew he wasn't invincible, and even among his peers, he wasn't anything special.
Pingcheng was just a small third-tier city.
Ice Plains City was just an ordinary second-tier city among the hundreds in Donghuang Province.
The second-generation Beast Tamers in the first-tier cities probably started with initial pet beasts of the Commander level, and their pet beasts might be even younger.
Shi Yu was curious about their strength.
But he would find out soon enough.
Because Lu Qingyi had suggested he take the professional exam in a first-tier city, where the certification would be more valuable...
This woman really liked to increase the difficulty of the game for him.
"Hahaha, you don't need to be modest, you are indeed very excellent."
"Do you have any plans for the fifth level?" President Feng asked.
"I do, I plan to go back and prepare." Shi Yu replied.
"That's good." President Feng's eyes lit up.
"Going back to prepare is good. Wait a moment, I'll give you my private contact information. If you have any needs, just let me know."
"The resources allocated by the association will also be delivered to you in full."
"Your primary goal now is to become stronger and conquer the ruins!"
"I understand." Shi Yu nodded.
President Feng then quickly called his secretary to arrange for someone to escort Shi Yu home.
Although Shi Yu wanted to refuse, he couldn't resist the president's enthusiasm.
This treatment... in the eyes of the surrounding Beast Tamers, it was like eating a sour lemon.
This is the treatment of a genius, right? Even a Master Beast Tamer, even the president of the Beast Tamer Association, had to greet him with a smile.
"Damn it, I'll buy Ming Shen capsules in bulk!"
"Shi Yu's same supplements, I don't believe I can't reach one-tenth of his strength by eating them consistently!"
Behind, Chen Kai made a grand vow.
"What do you mean by 'Shi Yu's same supplements'? Hey, brother, what did you mean by that..."
After Shi Yu left, the crowd was filled with discussions and exclamations.
Doctor Qiao Liang felt he might know where the supplement craze in Pingcheng came from.
...
"Thank you..."
Shi Yu, who was escorted home in a military vehicle, felt a bit embarrassed. In his previous life, he hadn't even ridden in a police car, only an ambulance, and now he was in a military vehicle.
The pressure was immense... he needed to quickly figure out how to pass the fifth level.
Shi Yu almost sighed as he returned home.
Because he knew that to pass the fifth level, he might need to spend money on supplements again.
His small body... even with supplements, teaching high-level skills was too taxing on his body and mind.
If it weren't necessary, Shi Yu would have preferred to use low-level skills to improve his constitution first.
"Chirp!!!"
When Shi Yu pushed the door open, the Green Silk Worm on the persimmon tree in the courtyard immediately chirped.
Shi Yu understood through telepathy.
It meant "Welcome home."
"This worm's intelligence is getting higher and higher."
Shi Yu noticed that as the Green Silk Worm grew in level, its intelligence was also slowly improving.
At Level 1, it was still silly and dazed, but now it could communicate with him more normally, which was quite impressive.
"Do we still have food?"
Shi Yu glanced at the dragon whisker grass in the iron tray below the birdcage; there was still some left... so no problem.
It made sense, after all, he had just put it there in the morning. Even if the Green Silk Worm had a large appetite, it wouldn't be like Shi Shi, who could eat three or four meals in one sitting.
He added some more, then entered the house, threw his backpack down, and lay down.
The harvest this time was significant. Ignoring the energy crystals, the four pieces of Ethereal Stones were still very rare resources.
He asked President Feng, and these four Ethereal Stones, if used, could help him reach Level 2 in his Beast Tamer Space within three to four months, even without high-intensity meditation.
Moreover, it would be a Level 2 Beast Tamer Space that balanced space strength, range, and environment.
In other words, he could then contract a second pet beast.
Additionally, reaching Level 2 in the Beast Tamer Space would make it easier for Shi Shi to reach the Extraordinary level, as a Level 1 Beast Tamer Space could easily restrict a pet beast's growth.
In short, Ethereal Stones were highly cost-effective for Shi Yu, who started late and became a Beast Tamer much later than his peers...
"I wonder how compatible the spatial attribute is with the Green Silk Worm." Shi Yu thought.
The spatial attribute was undoubtedly very powerful, but Ethereal Stones were traditionally used for Beast Tamers, and Shi Yu wasn't sure how to use them for pet beasts, especially the Green Silk Worm.
Compared to that, a spatial skill would be more practical.
If he could obtain the spatial attribute, Shi Yu believed the Green Silk Worm's evolved race level might even reach the King level.
A King-level spatial butterfly, does it exist in nature? Ethereal Butterfly or Rift Butterfly.
...
Shi Yu didn't dwell on the Green Silk Worm for too long, as the most important thing at the moment was to conquer the ruins.
To pass the fifth level smoothly, there were two paths for Shi Yu.
1. Complete the Secret Technique "Thunder Armor."
This required upgrading Hardening and Thunder Palm to the Perfect level.
Currently, neither Shi Shi nor the Green Silk Worm had mastered any Perfect-level skills, and Shi Yu wasn't sure how many times it would take to teach them from Proficient to Perfect.
However, he had a feeling that the higher the proficiency, the harder it would be to improve.
A common belief was that for a relatively easy-to-train skill, as long as the pet beast had decent talent and a good training environment, about a year of hard practice would be enough to reach the Proficient level.
This is why professional Beast Tamers' pet beasts generally mastered multiple Proficient-level racial skills.
However, reaching the Perfect level wasn't just a matter of time.
Perfect represented the pinnacle of a skill, the peak of a technique, and many creatures struggled to achieve this throughout their lives.
Compared to the time-consuming hard work, this level was more dependent on talent and training methods.
Pet beasts with Perfect-level skills were generally the hallmark of Master Beast Tamers.
As for the Divine level, it represented transcending the skill itself, elevating it beyond its original level, and belonged to a more mystical realm.
Even among Master Beast Tamers, the most they could achieve might be to train their pet beasts' low-level skills to the Divine level, and that would take half a lifetime.
It was extremely difficult to reach the Divine level for mid- and high-level skills.
The higher the skill level, the more complex it was, the harder it was to master perfectly, let alone surpass perfection.
"Let's start with the high-level skills."
The second method to conquer the ruins was to improve the proficiency of high-level skills.
Shi Yu quickly assessed that mastering Thunder Armor was more challenging. To defeat 100 ferocious beasts, it might be possible with three high-level skills at the Proficient level.
The Proficient level was relatively easier to achieve.
The Proficient level of Intimidate could exert a wide-range mental pressure on a group of ferocious beasts, and with good luck, it could instantly kill 100 of them.
The Proficient level of Size Doubling... although Shi Yu wasn't sure how much it would enhance Shi Shi, it could likely increase its size and strength, making it possible to crush a group with one punch.
The Proficient level of Absolute Sleep could restore more stamina in a shorter time, making it a powerful recovery skill.
Which one to improve?
"I shouldn't have a choice paralysis, I'll just teach them all."
"Along with Super Vision and Rapid Healing, I'll also improve them to the Proficient level."
"Once all skills are Proficient, not just the fifth level, even the sixth level with an Extraordinary-level creature would be crushable!"
Shi Yu spoke confidently, but his body trembled, as this was a massive undertaking.