Genius Beast Taming: Starting from Awakening an S-Rank Talent

Zhou Heng, Liu Yao, and He Hongmei did not express their opinions.

Because Zhang Yunfeng posed no threat whatsoever to Zhou Heng and Liu Yao, they never took him seriously.

As for He Hongmei, she's been at the bottom for too long and doesn't care how many people are better than her.

Li Lang said in a deep voice, "As you all know, diamond-quality beast tamers can reach level 10 in their cub stage. So, although Zhang Yunfeng only has a C-level talent, with the support of various resources over the past month, the Black Water Serpent has also entered the second tier and reached level 11."

Zhou Heng raised an eyebrow: "It seems that one of the top students in this year's class will be a college student. That's a good thing for our No. 3 Middle School."

Liu Yao said arrogantly, "Zhang Yunfeng is ultimately only a C-level talent. It will be more and more difficult to improve as he progresses. Even if he contracts a lower-level diamond-quality Blackwater Serpent, it will slow down the Blackwater Serpent's growth rate. Whether he can go to university is still uncertain."

Gao Wenwu couldn't help but retort: ​​"Lack of stamina is a problem for the future. At least for now, only four students in our class can reliably defeat the Blackwater Serpent: Zhou Shao, Liu Shao, the class monitor, and Tang Tianci."

Chen Hui subtly changed the subject: "What exactly is Zhang Yunfeng's talent?"

Li Lang replied, "His talent is called Elementary Snake Affinity. Snake creatures are extremely likely to develop a favorable impression of him. The influence is greatest on snake creatures below the fourth rank, and gradually weakens on those above the fourth rank."

Zhou Heng sighed, "This talent can be very useful in the wild, but it's not very useful in the arena."

Li Lang nodded: "Actually, his talent might not be very useful in the wild. After all, it's only a C-level talent. If it were an S-level top-tier snake affinity, it could affect even seventh-tier snake creatures, which would be considered to have endless uses."

Liu Yao also said, "It only generates goodwill, not direct control, and it's limited to snake-like creatures. Even the S-level top-tier snake affinity is quite useless."

Zhou Heng toyed with the Ring of the God of Fire, his tone meaningful: "If it could be directly controlled without any restrictions on the type, that would be terrifying."

Gao Wenwu then asked, "Besides him, is there anyone else in the top class who could pose a threat to us?"

Li Lang shook his head: "No, among the top students, only Zhang Yunfeng comes from the best family background. He is also the only child of his parents, so he was able to contract a low-grade diamond-quality beast with a C-level talent."

Tang Tianci looked enlightened: "It seems that only this student in the honors class comes from a good family."

Li Lang explained diligently, "That's not entirely true. While there are a few students from well-off families among the other students in the top class, their talent is too poor, and they're not only children. Their parents won't pour their hearts and souls into them. At most, they might buy them a high-grade silver-quality beast. Coupled with their lackluster talent, after a month, most of them only reach level five, and very few even reach level six. As for the majority of students, they don't even have a silver-quality beast; they only have bronze-quality beasts under their contract, and the highest level they have is no more than level four."

Upon hearing this, Chen Hui concluded, "Anyway, apart from Zhang Yunfeng, the other students in the top class pose no threat. We don't need to pay much attention to the top class anymore; our focus should be on the sprint class."

Zhou Heng had learned about previous years' situations in advance: "The students in the sprint class are all B-level talents. According to past practice, our No. 3 Middle School usually has forty or fifty students who get into university each year. Apart from the rocket class, which has all its students going to university, the rest usually come from the sprint class. There should be a few good prospects in the sprint class this year, right?"

Li Lang nodded: "That's right. This year, the sprint class has eight students from particularly good families. Their families have spent a lot of money to buy them gold-quality beasts. There are also fifteen students whose families are of average means, but they have bought gold-quality beasts with their B-level talent loans. These twenty-three students have a very good chance of getting into university."

While B-rank talents can grant the ASEAN the opportunity to select a beast cub from the Beastmaster Guild, they can generally only select a silver-rank beast, and it's not free; they only receive a discount.

Therefore, a small number of these students choose not to go to the Beastmaster Guild to select a Beast Tamer cub, but instead take a big gamble and directly take out a loan to acquire a Gold-quality Beast Tamer cub.

With a B-grade talent and a gold-quality beast cub, becoming a third-tier elite beast tamer before the college entrance examination is not a pipe dream, as long as one follows the steps.

However, even the worst gold-quality tamed beast cub costs over 100 million Alliance Coins, and high school requires a lot of resources. If resources are insufficient, it will also affect the tamed beast's growth rate.

It will cost even more.

Although they can repay this debt after they finish university, it is not just a monetary debt, because many of the lenders are large corporations, and after graduating from university, they will have to work for these corporations.

With interest compounding and various favors taken out, many people can't repay their debts in their entire lives.

Therefore, only a minority of those with B-grade talents dare to take a gamble.

After all, a B-grade talent is not low. If one only contracts with silver-quality beasts, it will be difficult to become a third-tier elite beast tamer before the college entrance examination, but it is still easy to become a third-tier elite beast tamer before the age of twenty-five.

At this level, you can already live a very comfortable life.

There's no need to take on a mountain of debt and ruin most of your life with it.

Zhou Heng asked the question everyone was most concerned about: "Among the twenty-three people in the intensive training class, who has the highest level? What level have they reached?"

Facing Zhou Heng's question, Li Lang explained meticulously and patiently: "Ji Chao, Li Shiliang, and Zuo Yuqing have the highest beast-taming levels. Their parents are all fourth-tier Grandmaster Beast Tamers, and they all have elders who are fifth-tier Battle General Beast Tamers. Therefore, their beasts are all of high-grade gold quality, and they have now reached level ten! The other twenty or so students in the intensive training class who have contracted gold-quality beasts come from lower-tier families, and their beasts are mostly of mid-grade and low-grade gold quality. Therefore, their current levels are hovering around level nine and level eight."

Upon hearing this, everyone had different thoughts and expressions.

Zhou Heng pondered for a moment, then said to everyone, "I understand the general situation. Don't feel pressured this time. For us gifted students in the rocket class, the further we go, the greater our advantage will be!"

Li Lang chimed in, "Aheng is right! It's just the first month of the grade competition. Anyway, our Rocket Class will take the top three spots. Letting them have the rest of the rankings is no big deal. We can catch up next time."