Beast Taming Ascension

Chapter 21: Outer Sect First
In the central square of the outer gate, while people were discussing, a smiling young man walked out from behind the mechanical bamboo dragon.

Lin Jing... recognized the man at a glance. He was none other than the senior brother who had guarded Lingzhu Forest before.

He took a step forward and said loudly, "Hello everyone, I am Fang Yonghao from the inner sect, I have reached the ninth level of Qi training, and I have been entrusted by Elder Yu to host the outer sect's Dragon Fighting and Beast Fighting event during the Shenglong Festival!"

"From now on, all outer disciples can challenge the mechanical bamboo dragon. Once the challenger is ready, I will activate the bamboo dragon. It will automatically sense and search for enemies within a certain range and engage in combat."

"Are there any junior brothers who want to challenge? Today and tomorrow, each person is limited to one challenge per day! Rewards will be given based on the best result."

“Of course, if you are not satisfied with your results, Elder Yu said that you can support it with 10 spirit stones and increase the number of challenges by one…” After Senior Brother Fang finished speaking, the scene was silent. No one wanted to be the first to challenge. The main reason was that they did not know the attack mode of the Mechanical Bamboo Dragon. If they challenged rashly, they would only fail. There were only so many challenges. Who would be willing to spend spirit stones to buy the number of challenges?

After more than ten seconds of silence, a voice saying "Let me do it" broke the silence.

Lin Jing, who wanted to go on stage, paused and looked at the pine leaf mouse.

The disciples made way for him, and saw a dark-skinned young man, and beside him followed an ape that was a head shorter than him.

The monkey has sharp eyes and a strong body, and most importantly... compared to the messy white hair on other parts of the body, its hands and feet seem to be covered with a strange metallic texture, which makes it look very domineering.

It is the Fighting Ape, one of the five basic spiritual beasts of the Beast Taming Sect!
It is worth mentioning that the fighting ape was carrying a long-handled weapon wrapped in white cloth, which showed his master's demeanor.

"It's actually Senior Brother He."

"The best in the outer sect, Senior Brother He Yiming!"

This person seemed to have considerable reputation in the outer sect, and his appearance immediately caused a huge ripple.

"Currently, Senior Brother He is ranked first in the Outer Sect Colosseum."

"After him, Senior Brother Ziran and Senior Sister Caixin will take over as the second."

"I didn't expect that Senior Brother He would lead the charge for us and test the strength of Bamboo Dragon!"

The other disciples were talking about it. Outside the crowd, a young man leaning against a tree reading "My Sword Spirit Wife" and a woman who looked a little weak and was surrounded by several female disciples, also looked at the number one outer sect disciple.

"Hello, Senior Brother Fang. I am He Yiming, I am at the sixth level of Qi training, my pet is Dou Yuan, I am at the seventh level of Qi training, and I am here to challenge the Mechanical Bamboo Dragon!"

Senior Brother Fang smiled back: "Hello, Junior Brother He. I have long heard of your fame in the outer sect. I think you will be among the next batch of disciples to enter the inner sect."

"Thank you, Senior Brother Fang, for the compliment." He Yiming clasped his fists, then followed his pet fighting ape forward and looked up slightly at the Mechanical Bamboo Dragon.

"In that case, I will activate the bamboo dragon mechanism. Junior brother, please be prepared." After Senior Brother Fang finished speaking, he took out a bell strung together with a bamboo rope.

As he shook the bell, a white light flashed in the eyes of the mechanical bamboo dragon in the air, and the next moment, the whirlwind around the mechanical bamboo dragon flowed even faster.

"Swish!" As the bell rang, the fighting ape beside He Yiming also took down his weapon and threw away the white cloth. As the cloth strips fluttered, inside was... a hoe for digging the ground!

Although it looked a bit ridiculous, not many outer disciples laughed.

"Spiritual weapon!"

This hoe is a spiritual weapon forged by a weapon refiner using spiritual ore!
"I heard that Senior Brother He Yiming was very lucky to dig out a piece of 'bright jade stone' hidden deep underground while performing a sect mission in the mining area. In order to commend him, the sect specially rewarded him with a spiritual weapon hoe. It seems to be true."

Seeing the extraordinary hoe, many disciples showed envious expressions. With this hoe, the mining efficiency is unimaginable, and the speed of accumulating resources... will increase exponentially. No wonder Senior Brother He can sit on the throne of the number one in the outer sect now!
Lin Jing and Songyeshu fell silent as they listened to the discussion. Is this okay?

"Hah!" After taking out the spiritual weapon hoe, the fighting ape seemed to be assisted by God and burst out with terrifying power. Accompanied by a cyclone of spiritual power, it jumped directly up, and in an instant with powerful explosive force, it jumped in front of the bamboo dragon's head, and smashed the mechanical bamboo dragon with the hoe...!
Speed, explosive power... are all very good, comparable to physical cultivators of the same level.

With a "bang", the hoe successfully hit the target. Seeing this scene, many outer disciples took a deep breath and showed admiration. The mechanical beast reacted slowly... In their opinion, it was obvious that the mechanical bamboo dragon could not keep up with the speed of the fighting ape!

He Yiming also smiled because of this.

Watching the bamboo dragon open its mouth, the dragon ball in its mouth quickly jumped from white to red, orange, yellow, and green!
Green? Only green?
The attack was quite powerful, but what was unexpected was that the Dragon Ball only jumped to the fourth level of reward... and the Bamboo Dragon took the blow without even tilting its head.

You know, Fighting Ape is also at the seventh level of Qi Refining. In a battle between people of the same level, Zhulong's reaction was really too calm.

The next moment, what made the outer disciples' faces change was that after the bamboo dragon withstood the attack, it seemed that some kind of power was revived, and the huge dragon tail swung rapidly, and in the blink of an eye, "bang!" It smashed towards the fighting ape above its head, and instantly knocked the fighting ape away dozens of meters!!!
Bang! Bang! The fighting apes and the spirit hoes fell to the ground one after another. The fighting ape fainted. The fighting ape, which was known for its "iron bones", could not withstand a single blow. This scene made many people's faces change again and again.

He Yiming himself had an expression of instant disbelief.
"Green Dragon Ball, He Junior Brother, keep up the good work tomorrow." Seeing this, Senior Brother Fang consoled him.

“Brother, is this Bamboo Dragon…really only at the seventh level of Qi training?” He Yiming didn’t believe it.

Senior Brother Fang said, "That's right, but the configuration of this bamboo dragon may be the same as what is recorded in the Jianghu novels, that is, it is the peak of the seventh level of Qi training and can compete with the eighth level of Qi training... Ahem... you should be content. As far as I know, the mechanical bamboo dragon provided for the inner sect's Shenglong Festival celebration... has even reached the initial stage of foundation building. This is the first time."

He was very glad to have received this task, otherwise, he would have to challenge the Foundation-Building Bamboo Dragon like other inner disciples. Just thinking about it made Fang Yonghao feel terrified, and all this... he was not sure if it was thanks to someone.

"No one left?" A few minutes later, after Senior Brother Fang replenished the spirit stones and made up for the consumption of the Mechanical Bamboo Dragon, there was still no new outer disciple who wanted to challenge. The realm in the novel had all appeared, so who would dare to challenge?

The challenge of being the number one in the outer sect not only failed to build confidence in the other outer sect disciples, but on the contrary, made them even more nervous.

"Come on, now you're here." Senior Brother Fang smiled. He found the looks of these fellow students very interesting.

"Have you recovered? Let's go."

Finally, another voice was heard.

Upon hearing this, another passage was cleared, revealing the people inside.

A handsome young man, and a pine tree rat standing on his shoulder.

Compared to He Yiming before, this young man doesn’t know many people, but of course, he does know some.

Seeing that it was Lin Jing, Senior Brother Ziran from the Mission Hall and Senior Brother Fang Yonghao from Guarding the Forest were all startled.

"Outer sect disciple Lin Jing, Qi training level 2, pet Songyeshu, Qi training level 5, comes to challenge the Mechanical Bamboo Dragon!"

After Lin Jing introduced himself, he walked towards the venue with the pine leaf mouse.

"Who?"

Qi training level 2? Qi training level 5?
Everyone was stunned. Although it was not impossible to challenge such a level of cultivation, even the lowest level would have rewards. However, after seeing the power of the Mechanical Bamboo Dragon, he still dared to take the field decisively. Many outer disciples had to admire Lin Jing's courage.

"You..." After Lin Jing entered, Senior Brother Fang Yonghao looked strange and asked, "Are you sure about the challenge?"

The culprit...appeared!

"Brother, nice to meet you again. Thank you for your 'care' last time!" Lin Jing greeted with a smile.

"Squeak, squeak, squeak!" The pine leaf mouse also looked at the other party.

If the other party hadn't gone to tell on them, they might have been able to cut spiritual bamboo for two more days.

"No." Senior Brother Fang didn't understand what he meant, and said, "In that case, I will activate the bamboo dragon mechanism again, junior brothers... please be careful!"

After saying that, he used the bamboo bell again to activate the mechanical beast.

At this moment, most people still thought that this unfamiliar outer disciple was just a formality.

Until the bamboo dragon started, Lin Jing slapped his pocket, and a red maple leaf flew out and was caught by the pine leaf mouse on Lin Jing's shoulder.

It swung its arm vigorously, and the red leaf instantly turned into a red meteor and flew towards the bamboo dragon, its speed far exceeding the burst of the fighting ape.

"Oh my god, so fast?!" A disciple who was also training pine leaf mice was stunned when he saw the terrifying speed of the Flying Leaf Technique.

Are you not cultivating the fields or practicing spiritual power these days, and just focusing on practicing the Flying Leaf Technique?

"No wonder they dare to challenge us. They are quite capable."

As everyone was surprised, their expressions changed again.

The Flying Leaf Technique accurately landed on the bamboo dragon... and it actually cut the bamboo dragon's body in half in an instant. The red leaves were embedded in the bamboo dragon's body, just like a dragon-slaying blade, inserted into the dragon's body!

"Roar!!!" Although the bamboo dragon felt no pain, as the red leaf cut into its body, it still opened its mouth and made a rumbling sound of mechanical vibration, as if it was roaring.

Red…orange…yellow…green…cyan…blue!

When the flying leaves hit the target, the color of the dragon ball suddenly jumped to blue. This showed that the destructive power of Matsuba Squirrel's flying leaf technique was at least two levels higher than the seventh level of Qi training fighting ape using spiritual weapons to attack!

Such a scene is beyond people's cognition. You have to know that compared with fighting monkeys, pine leaf mice are not good at combat spells.

"Blue?!" In the distance, He Yiming, who was squatting and feeding healing pills to the fighting ape, suddenly stood up and looked at the dragon ball in the bamboo dragon's mouth.

"Is it because of the red leaves?" Of course, some people guessed something and felt that the red leaves were not ordinary things.

"It must be a dangerous plant that is more valuable than the magic hoe! How could that pine leaf mouse control it so easily!"

However, what was more intense than these was the bamboo dragon's reaction. No one had expected that after being injured, emerald green spiritual flames would spread over the bamboo dragon's body, making it look nothing like a wood-type mechanical beast.

A emerald green spiritual flame appeared and the red maple leaf was instantly swallowed by the spiritual flame.

“…How come this mechanical dragon is engraved with a flame formation?” The outer disciples were all convinced. It would be fine if it could use the wind, but now it could even use fire. A bamboo dragon that could use two types of spells was simply hell for the beast-taming disciples who had just entered the world of cultivation. Elder Yu was not a human being. Did the outer disciples offend him?
"When they are hurt, they will open their mouths and reveal their dragon balls."

"The initial action is slow and the attack awareness is not high, giving the challenger a chance to attack, and then defend and counterattack."

"But it will be very difficult to rely on external sabotage."

"So we need to let Zhulong speak first, and then..."

"The weakness should be in the mouth."

"To defeat the mechanical beast, we must quickly destroy the complex mechanism." Elder Yu should not be so perverted as to make the Qi-training mechanical beast into an absolute defense.

Most of the disciples were still feeling tingling at the strength of the Bamboo Dragon... While Lin Jing was muttering to himself, he had already shaken out ten more red leaves from his pocket.

Everyone:? ? ?
No, you...

The pine leaf mouse held five leaves in one hand and separated them slightly.

Ten shots were thrown out in succession, and ten bright red lights flew straight to the bamboo dragon's head.

This technique seemed strange and bizarre to other pine leaf mouse beastmasters.

In addition, people discovered that Lin Jing wanted to destroy the internal mechanism of the bamboo dragon from its mouth, which was undoubtedly a good idea, but how could the Flying Leaf Technique, which was a diameter attack, be so smooth against a moving bamboo dragon...

The bamboo dragon tilted its head slightly, and the flying leaves would at most scratch the bamboo dragon's face.

But the next moment.

"The art of controlling objects!" Lin Jing stretched out his hand, made a hand gesture, and made a commanding gesture.

The red leaves make rapid turns one after another, and the pine leaf mice control the red leaves in coordination with the forest environment.

Controlled by this "object-controlling technique", it flew into the bamboo dragon's just-opened mouth.

Click, click, click!
The sounds of various mechanisms breaking were heard. The dragon ball in the mouth of the mechanical bamboo dragon first turned purple, and then... there was a click and a cracking sound. The wind and fire on the bamboo dragon flying in the sky went out, and soon it fell from the sky like scattered parts.

boom!
Fell to the ground.

There was silence.

Seeing this... the pine leaf mouse was ecstatic.

So fragile? Save the Lingdou bomb!
It ran forward quickly, trying to retrieve its flying leaves.

"Who is this person and what is his origin?" At this moment, many disciples only had this thought about Lin Jing and his companions. Lin Jing, who had joined the Beastmaster Sect for some time, finally appeared in the sight of all the outer disciples.

"Brother, does this... count as a successful challenge?" Lin Jing also looked at Senior Brother Shou Lin.

Fang Yonghao's mouth twitched. You cut down the materials to make the bamboo dragon, and you also dismantled the bamboo dragon. Junior brother, you have a grudge against bamboo! And your object control technique, why is there no fluctuation of true energy?

(End of this chapter)