Beast Taming Begins with the Inner Circle of Pets

Chapter 66 Not a single one will be left alive!

After learning what had happened from Lin Manman, Xia Ming reassured her that she could focus on the competition and that he would investigate and let her know the results later.

While Xia Ming went to the hotel to retrieve the surveillance footage, Lin Manman decided to contact her second senior brother, Gao Zhixian.

"You're saying he personally admitted that he has the ability to cultivate mythical-level spirit beasts?" Gao Zhixian frowned, his expression more solemn than ever before.

"Yes, and judging from what he said, amber might be the key."

As the saying goes, it's not the thief you should fear, but the one who has designs on you. Now, she knows nothing about the other party's strength, so even if she wanted to take precautions, she didn't know where to begin.

Gao Zhixian looked at Lin Manman with a complicated expression, then sighed softly. "Originally, the teacher planned to tell you these things in person when he returned, but now that an unexpected situation has arisen, I'd better tell you some things in advance, so you won't feel uneasy if you don't know anything."

"You guessed right. My teacher and I have been studying spirit beasts for many years, so how could we not know the impact that the divine beast White Tiger can have? My teacher's idea is indeed to build up your reputation. Firstly, your reputation will greatly help you in establishing yourself in the capital in the future. Secondly, given the strange events that have occurred in the secret realms in the past two years, my teacher is worried that the alliance's future influence will be severely damaged. Therefore, he wants to cultivate some influential juniors to join the alliance to prepare for the future."

"We all thought that as long as you were in the main city, you would be relatively safe. In addition, with your outstanding performance in the Junior Professional Tournament and the exposure of the Mythical White Tiger, no one should have targeted you at this time."

"But if, as you say, the other party has the means to cultivate mythical-level spirit beasts, and you and Amber are key figures in that, then it makes sense..." At this point, Gao Zhixian couldn't help but sigh again, realizing that they had inadvertently made things worse.

"The techniques related to spirit beast training are rather complicated to explain. You just need to know that it is impossible to train a mythical spirit beast using conventional methods."

"After all the spirit beasts are taken away from the secret realm, their offspring, bred naturally, will continuously decline in rank. Currently, apart from your innate ability, I haven't heard of any method that can improve a spirit beast's rank. Unless he used unnatural methods..."

When the topic of unnatural methods came up, both Lin Manman and Gao Zhixian fell silent.

If it wasn't naturally cultivated, then it's highly likely that it was grown using technological means.

Using technological means means countless experiments and trials, and the spirit beasts used as experimental subjects may face inhumane experiments and unpredictable experimental results.

"We don't know whether this person is backed by a private or foreign force. The fact that he dared to come to your hotel without any fear means he must have something to rely on. I suspect that the alliance branch may have been infiltrated by them. Don't seek help from the branch unless absolutely necessary."

"It's my fault for being useless. I can't offer you any help at a time like this." Gao Zhixian smiled bitterly. His greatest pursuit was to quietly conduct research on spirit beasts under the protection of his teacher. But with his teacher and fellow disciples not around, he realized that the connections and resources he could utilize were really limited.

Lin Manman knew that her second senior brother was just an ordinary person engrossed in research, and she hadn't expected him to be able to help solve her problem. However, she still knew too little about the world of professionals, and getting relevant information and knowledge from him was already a great help.

"Second Senior Brother, don't overthink it. Teacher left me a treasure. He said that as long as I don't leave the main city, this treasure will keep me safe." Lin Manman took out a large Maltesers that Meng Wenbin had given her before he left.

Upon seeing the black sphere, Gao Zhixian's expression relaxed. "I didn't expect the teacher to be so thoughtful, even giving you this."

"Although the teacher gave this to me, I don't know what it is. Second Senior Brother, you seem to know? Can you tell me what it is?" Lin Manman became interested when she saw that Gao Zhixian recognized it, and wanted to get some information out of him.

Gao Zhixian smiled upon hearing this. "Didn't your teacher tell you to use it with caution, that it can only be used once?"

"Yes, yes, so senior brother... what is this? Just tell me." Even Meng Wenbin had guessed what he was going to say, so he definitely knew what it was!

Lin Manman's eyes gleamed with longing.

Gao Zhixian gave a mysterious smile. "There's a reason why the teacher won't tell you. Try to solve problems on your own as much as possible, and only use this method when it's truly a crisis."

"Alright, now that the teacher has given you this, you'll have the ability to protect yourself if you encounter danger. Focus on the competition, and leave the investigation to Xia Ming and me."

After saying that, he quickly hung up the phone, as if afraid of being pressed by Lin Manman for more information.

Lin Manman mentally complained that he was stingy, but knowing that her safety was guaranteed, she felt much more at ease.

Not long after Gao Zhixian hung up the phone, Xu Yuemei came to call Lin Manman for lunch. Afraid of worrying her, Lin Manman didn't mention a word about what had happened that day.

After having lunch with Xu Yuemei, we went to the competition venue together.

The competition venues for individual and team events are the same, and the knockout rounds are held simultaneously in four different venues.

Lin Manman came to Zone C for the competition. After watching a knockout match, she finally heard the referee call her name.

She greeted Xu Yuemei and then walked onto the competition stage alone.

By the time she stepped onto the ring, twenty or thirty people had already come up.

Some warriors show off by using skills to leap onto the stage, while some mages gracefully ascend the arena with their robes fluttering in the wind—in short, all sorts of cool moves.

Looking at these young men and women striking various poses, seemingly trying to get into some serious poses, Lin Manman felt she couldn't bear to watch. She summoned her honey badger and found a corner to quietly wait for the competition to begin.

Unbeknownst to her, the moment the honey badger appeared, all the other competitors around her fell silent.

"Is it her?"

"That should be correct."

"Hiss, how did we run into her this time?"

"What should we do? Should we team up and eliminate her first?"

"Even if we join forces, it's not enough for just the few of us."

"Then let's split up and find help. With her strength, she'll be a huge threat to everyone after she advances. If we don't take advantage of this opportunity to team up and eliminate her, do we expect to be able to beat her one-on-one later?"

Upon hearing this, the others nodded in agreement, and then tacitly dispersed into the crowd to begin their activities.

Lin Manman, who was huddled in the corner waiting for the match to start, was completely unaware of this.

Until the referee blows the whistle and announces the start of the game.

She was surprised to find that there was an open space around her, and the other contestants did not seem to be attacking each other, but were instead moving towards her in an orderly manner.

Seeing this, what else didn't she understand? She had become a target of a joint attack...

Lin Manman felt both angry and amused. Although the competition rules did not prohibit contestants from teaming up, wasn't it a bit too much for more than forty people to target her alone?

And they thought that this would be enough to get rid of her?

As the Honey Badger donned the Rock Armor, Lin Manman raised her hand again to summon Ah Dai, Rainbow Jade, and Silver Moon, who appeared on the arena one after another.

Originally, she just wanted to stay on stage until only ten people remained, and to advance successfully after the competition. But now... sorry, no one but her can stay in this competition!

(End of this chapter)