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

The ten universities in ASEAN are divided into three tiers: two in the first tier, three in the second tier, and five in the third tier.

If a player's Beast Taming skill has just reached level three during the college entrance examination, they can only choose from the five universities in the third tier.

Getting into one of the three second-tier universities is not particularly easy.

As for the two top-tier universities, those who can get in are the cream of the crop.

Faced with Zhang Peng's praise, Li Lang proudly puffed out his chest: "Thank you for your encouragement, teacher. I will definitely work harder in the future."

Chen Hui, Gao Wenwu, and He Hongmei watched this scene with considerable envy.

After Li Lang, it was finally Liu Yao's turn.

Amidst the flashing purple light and the expectant gazes of the crowd, Liu Yao summoned the Thunderflame Flood Dragon.

His Thunderflame Flood Dragon was larger than before, reaching 28 meters, but its aura was still only level 16. At the same time, the Thunderflame Flood Dragon appeared very listless, and its eyelids were drooping after it was summoned.

Zhang Peng's face immediately turned ashen: "Liu Yao, what happened? Last week your Thunderflame Flood Dragon reached level seventeen and was about to break through to level eighteen. How come it hasn't broken through yet, and has even dropped a level?"

Liu Yao lowered his head: "Teacher, my father's Purple Lightning Python needs pure, high-quality dragon blood of the same attribute to evolve, so..."

Zhang Peng gritted his teeth: "So what? So you extracted the essence blood of the Thunderflame Flood Dragon and gave it to the Purple Lightning Thunder Python?! You've really disappointed me! Look at the Thunderflame Flood Dragon's current state, just how much of its essence blood did you extract?"

Liu Yao's voice was weak: "Thirteen drops."

Zhang Peng was instantly enraged: "Thirteen drops? You're insane! A second-tier Thunderflame Flood Dragon only has about twenty drops of essence blood, and your father drained more than half of it! Do you know that this will affect the Thunderflame Flood Dragon's potential?!"

Liu Yao clenched his fists, his expression bitter: "I know, but my dad has been stuck at the peak of the fifth tier for over ten years. The Purple Lightning Python has failed to evolve three times in a row. If it fails again, even with a potion to reduce the backlash, it will still cause irreversible damage to the Purple Lightning Python. But if the Purple Lightning Python doesn't continue to evolve, it will be impossible for it, as a low-level diamond-quality beast, to grow to the sixth tier!"

He tried hard to persuade Zhang Peng, and even more so to persuade himself: "Only if the Purple Lightning Python successfully evolves can my father have the hope of advancing to a sixth-level Commander Beastmaster before he turns one hundred and twenty. Once he becomes a sixth-level Commander Beastmaster, my status will rise accordingly, and he can also provide me with better resources. It's a win-win situation."

"You think becoming a sixth-tier commander beast tamer is that easy? Even if he successfully evolves the Purple Lightning Python, it will only evolve into a mid-level diamond Purple Lightning Flood Dragon. Advancing to the sixth tier is still a pipe dream! According to convention, only high-level diamond quality beast tamers have the potential to enter the sixth tier."

Zhang Peng sneered disdainfully: "Even if your father gets incredibly lucky and evolves the Purple Lightning Thunder Dragon again into a high-grade diamond quality, he'll probably still be stuck outside the sixth rank for decades! And right now, this is the most precious time of your life. Your Thunder Flame Dragon has lost too much essence blood in a short period of time, which will definitely affect its subsequent growth speed. You could have entered a top-tier university after the college entrance examination, but now that's questionable."

Liu Yao stammered, "Teacher, I..."

Zhang Peng gripped his tamed beast, the Silver Serpent of the Void, tightly: "Even if your father needed the essence blood of the Thunderflame Flood Dragon to evolve into the Purple Lightning Thunder Python, he shouldn't have extracted so much essence blood when it was only at the second tier. He should have waited until the Thunderflame Flood Dragon was at the fourth or even fifth tier before extracting its essence blood, so as not to affect your growth too much! I really don't know what he was thinking, that he would do this to harm you."

Liu Yao bit his lower lip tightly, looking very embarrassed.

Zhang Peng, however, was relentless, erupting in fury, his voice deafening: "I really don't know what to say to you! How could you..."

Li Lang leaned close to Zhou Heng's ear and whispered, "It's really strange. Liu Yao's father owns so many companies with a considerable annual income. While high-grade diamond-quality lightning dragon essence blood is precious, it's not unavailable. Why would he insist on extracting his own son's beast essence blood?"

Zhou Heng responded in a low voice, "I'm also completely baffled! When Liu Yao's father evolved into the Purple Lightning Python three times before, Liu Yao hadn't yet contracted the Thunderflame Flood Dragon. He must have used purchased dragon essence blood. He could have bought it before, so why did he choose to extract the Thunderflame Flood Dragon's essence blood this time?"

Li Lang had a sudden realization: "This is too strange. I remember Liu Yao is an only child! Unless..."

Zhou Heng raised an eyebrow: "Unless what?"

Li Lang's voice dropped even lower: "I suspect Liu Yao's father is having an affair and has a child out of wedlock!"

Zhou Heng remained calm: "It's hard to say about this kind of thing. Anyway, it has nothing to do with us. It's their family matter."

Zhang Peng spent a full ten minutes giving Liu Yao a stern lecture.

Liu Yao kept his head down and didn't say a word.

Zhang Peng sighed in frustration, not wanting to look at Liu Yao any longer.

Liu Yao dejectedly retreated back into the group and hid next to Tang Tianci.

After calming himself down, Zhang Peng smiled gently and said, "Zhou Heng, after the anniversary holiday, you took two more weeks off. A month has passed in the blink of an eye. I wonder how you've progressed."

"Of course I won't let my teacher down."

A purple light emanated from between Zhou Heng's brows, and a 28-meter-long azure phoenix suddenly appeared before everyone.

"Hey!"

The phoenix and the blue luan let out a long cry, spread their wings, and made no attempt to conceal their aura.

Everyone was shocked!

Liu Yao, Li Lang, Tang Tianci, Gao Wenwu, and He Hongmei all felt immense pressure when controlling their beasts.

Especially the Thunder Flame Flood Dragon, which used to be arrogant, now completely bowed its head in the face of the Phoenix Azure Luan, whose difference in strength was enormous.

"Level 24! I'm already level 24!"

Zhang Peng immediately shook off his gloom and beamed with joy: "Zhou Heng, you've given me a truly wonderful surprise!"

Zhou Heng replied calmly, "Thank you for the compliment, teacher. I'm glad I didn't disappoint you."

"How could I be disappointed? You are simply the best student I've ever taught!"

Zhang Peng looked pleased and said sincerely, "I started teaching at No. 3 Middle School when I was fifty years old. Fifty or sixty years have passed in the blink of an eye, and I have taught more than fifty graduating classes of college entrance examination candidates. You are the most promising and outstanding student I have ever seen! Without a doubt."

Zhou Heng, tall and handsome as a bamboo shoot, said, "Teacher, you're too kind. It's all thanks to your excellent teaching!"

Zhang Peng smiled slowly: "I taught all seven of you in the 'Rocket Class' together, and I never gave you any extra help, but you far surpassed the other six students. This proves that it's not because I taught you so well, but because you have exceptional abilities!"