Beast Taming Begins with the Inner Circle of Pets

Chapter 186 Lack of Martial Morality

Lin Manman: ……

I'm not entirely at ease...

Although Lin Manman was cursing in her heart, she didn't dare to reprimand the boss to his face.

Thanks to the recent guidance from their leader, Honey Badger, Ruyi, and Pipi have made remarkable progress in their understanding of earth-attribute skills.

The honey badger's defensive skill, Rock Armor, has been upgraded to Black Iron Armor, marking its formal mastery of the metal attribute and its entry into the realm of both earth and metal attributes.

They have also become more proficient in using gravity.

Under the guidance of their leader, Pipi and Ruyi also mastered basic earth-attribute skills such as Earth Escape, Earth Shield, and Earth Spike.

Pipi and Ruyi are inseparable now, even closer than the sisters Yinyue and Hupo. They even learned their skills at almost the same time.

Besides them, the other spirit pets have also received guidance from the boss to varying degrees.

Now all of Lin Manman's spirit pets have willingly acknowledged it as their leader. Even the honey badger, which usually considers itself the eldest brother, is willing to step down and submit to its leader.

While Lin Manman was talking to her boss, Yin Yue had already clashed with Wang Zitong. Yin Yue's shadow clone had detected Wang Zitong's energy fluctuations within the dark energy.

While using the Ice Arrow Formation to provide remote support to the Honey Badger, the main body of Silver Moon also focused on controlling the Shadow Clone to search for the missing Wang Zitong.

After the dark clone entangled Wang Zitong, who was lurking in the shadows, the array of ice arrows hovering above the silver moon immediately changed direction and shot towards Wang Zitong.

Forced to reveal herself, Wang Zitong, who was in stealth, was already close to Lin Manman.

She dodged all of Silver Moon's attacks with uncanny agility, and with her twin blades in hand, she flashed into Amber's encirclement several times, raising her curved blade to attack Lin Manman.

She was incredibly fast. From the moment Lin Manman discovered that she had been forced into stealth by Silver Moon to the moment she appeared in front of her, it was only a blink of an eye.

However, Lin Manman did not panic, and her body did not even make an instinctive dodge movement. She stood still and waited for her to cut.

Just as Wang Zitong's curved blades were about to touch Lin Manman, a powerful energy wave expanded outwards, and a faint glow spread from Lin Manman's body surface into a spherical defensive shield.

It turns out that Lin Manman, the sixth sister, hid the protective gear that Fu Mingyuan gave her under her clothes, showing that she had no sense of martial ethics.

Wang Zitong's eyes widened in disbelief.

How dare this guy use such high-level protective gear when sparring with other level 3 professionals? How can anyone fight like this?

Seizing the moment of surprise on the other person's face, Lin Manman shouted, "Pipi!"

Pipi leaped off the ground beneath Wang Zitong's feet, its dull, beady eyes meeting Wang Zitong's wide-open gaze—the hypnotic spell was activated!

While Wang Zitong was still shocked by how shameless Lin Manman could be, she was startled by Pipi suddenly jumping in front of her.

When she met Pipi's eyes, she felt a sudden dizziness, as if her consciousness and body were sinking into an endless dark quagmire.

"Amber!" Having landed a successful blow, Lin Manman had no intention of letting her go, and immediately had Amber follow up with a mental attack.

Pipi is still a level two spirit beast after all. Its hypnotic effect won't last long for Wang Zitong, who is a level higher and full of resistance. It might not be enough to hold her until she wins over Wang Zihan.

So after Wang Zitong was hypnotized, she also had Amber release a mental attack, causing Wang Zitong to fall into an even deeper sleep.

On the other hand, Wang Zihan faced the honey badger with amazing defense and strong attack power. Although she was able to deal with it with ease, it was not easy for her to get rid of the honey badger and reunite with Wang Zitong.

When Wang Zitong was knocked unconscious by Lin Manman in one move, Wang Zihan was also very surprised. She thought it might not be easy for the sisters to win, but she did not expect her younger sister Wang Zitong to lose so quickly.

However, upon realizing that Wang Zitong had only been stunned, she reacted quickly by using the skill Resistance Aura, which can reflect the opponent's attacks back to them for a certain period of time.

At that moment, the honey badger was attacking her with its powerful claws. The instant the claws struck, the honey badger was also blasted away by the force and power of the rebounding attack.

Ah-Dai reacted quickly, controlling the hurricane to catch the honey badger.

Little Qi, who was perched on Lin Manman's head, also hurriedly flew over and threw a healing skill at it.

If a minor injury is fatal, and the injuries accumulate to a certain extent, everyone will suffer as a result!

After releasing the resistance aura, Wang Zihan anticipated the current situation. Therefore, after releasing the skill, she ignored everything else, closed her eyes, gripped the longsword in her hand, and focused on gathering energy.

Countless light-attribute energies converged on the longsword's blade, then emanated from it, condensing into a hazy, illusory statue over three meters tall. The statue held the longsword, appearing holy and majestic.

The moment Wang Zihan opened her eyes, the statue seemed to come alive, raising its huge longsword and slashing towards Lin Manman.

"Holy crap?!"

When Lin Manman saw Wang Zihan gathering energy, she realized that he was about to unleash a powerful attack.

He quickly directed Silver Moon to launch a ranged attack, and also ordered Rainbow Jade, who was lurking nearby, to take action in an attempt to interrupt her skill.

However, Wang Zihan was surrounded by a resistance aura, and all attacks were reflected back onto the spirit pets themselves.

Seeing that the attack failed to break through Wang Zihan's resistance aura and instead injured both Hongyu and Yinyue, Lin Manman had no choice but to have her spirit pets retreat from the range of the ultimate move.

She herself, equipped with that high-level armor, was completely unafraid of Wang Zihan's attacks, but her spirit pets might not be able to withstand such attacks.

Based on her limited combat experience, Wang Zihan's attack power might even exceed that of the Honey Badger's full-force Meteor Shower.

Seeing that the spirit pet beside Lin Manman had retreated, leaving only Lin Manman herself, Wang Zihan remained unhurried as she slowly backed away, her expression unchanged.

He simply unleashed his skill again, and light-attribute energy condensed into ropes, pulling Wang Zitong back to his side.

Lin Manman raised an eyebrow. All this fuss just to get her sister back?

Wang Zitong was pulled back by Wang Zihan, who dispelled the abnormal state and woke her up from her slumber.

The first thing she did upon waking up was to angrily point at Lin Manman's nose and hurl insults at her.

"Have you no shame? Wearing such high-level armor like that, how are we supposed to fight you? What's the point of fighting?"

Lin Manman blinked innocently. "I'm a beast tamer, what's wrong with wearing armor? I don't have any other armor, and you didn't say it wasn't allowed before the fight started."

Seeing that she was still feigning innocence, Wang Zitong was furious. "A sparring match between level three professionals, and you're bringing a magic weapon? Why don't you use a divine weapon to kill people?"

Hearing a new term, Lin Manman blinked again and humbly asked, "What is a Noble Phantasm?"

Wang Zihan: ...

Wang Zitong: ……

She's being insulted; can't she at least give a normal response?

Furthermore, as Master Meng's disciple, she was able to offer such a valuable treasure as a bet, yet she didn't even know what a treasure was.

However, this really can't be blamed on Lin Manman.

From the time Meng Wenbin met her, it had been less than twenty days at most, and the time Meng Wenbin could spend teaching her was even more pitifully short.

Moreover, most of the lessons taught her about cultivation and spirit beast training, as well as various aspects to be aware of when going to the capital.

As for the others, I didn't encounter them, so I didn't have the chance to tell her.

Including this protective gear, too many things happened between Meng Wenbin's reappearance and her family moving from Nanjing to the capital.

Since Fu Mingyuan didn't show up, she didn't even think about it.

It was only at the apprenticeship banquet the day before yesterday, when she saw Fu Mingyuan again, that she remembered this precious treasure.

The Wang sisters, having grown up in such a family and with their grandfather being a level nine powerhouse, have a much broader perspective and greater knowledge base than Lin Manman.

(End of this chapter)