Water World Beast Taming: My Pets Can Evolve Infinitely

Chapter 14 Little Nine Unleashes His Power

"Let's go, let's begin the hunt!"

In front of the underwater grassland of Nanhu, Jiang Chen used his spiritual power to cover his mouth, forming a spiritual membrane to prevent seawater from entering, and slowly spoke.

"Yes," Nangong Yan replied, also covering his mouth with his spiritual power.

This is an essential skill for beast tamers to navigate in water.

You can use your spiritual power to cover your eyes, nose, ears, and other organs to prevent seawater from getting in.

The stronger the spiritual power, the more resilient the spiritual membrane covering the beast tamer will be, thus resisting the water pressure of the deep sea.

Jiang Chen and Nangong Yan are currently only apprentice beast tamers, and the spiritual membranes covering their faces can only withstand the water pressure of seawater a hundred meters deep for the time being.

The deeper the seawater, the stronger the water pressure, and the more resilient and thicker the membrane that needs to be formed.

Therefore, given Jiang Chen and Nangong Yan's cultivation levels, even if they were asked to go into deeper waters, it would be completely impossible for them.

One hundred meters deep, this seawater depth is also the deepest depth of the Nanhu underwater grassland.

The two stood on the seabed and slowly walked towards the underwater grassland ahead, with Xiao Jiu and the tentacle shrimp on guard.

The seabed beneath their feet was initially a stretch of fine sand.

The sand was smooth, without any wrinkles, and without the marks left by the tides on the beach.

The two people's footprints were on the sand, but they disappeared under the pressure of the water very soon, and the fine sand returned to its flat state.

This carpet of fine sand, like a real mirror, stubbornly refracts the sunlight, making the seawater crystal clear.

However, after Jiang Chen and Nangong Yan had walked about a kilometer underwater, the fine sand in front of them turned into a sticky muddy mess.

Jiang Chen looked up and around. Above him was the calm sea, its surface like a mirror, and the sun was like a bright, shimmering ball of light with a mosaic effect, hazy and indistinct.

Jiang Chen looked behind him and saw the school ship floating on the sea, like a reef looming over the water, gradually disappearing.

Jiang Chen then looked at Nangong Yan beside him. He saw that the reserved man was cautiously observing his surroundings, but he didn't seem to be moved by the fantastical scene around him.

Nangong Yan's father is a professional beast tamer, so this must be his first time in the desolate sea.

Emotions are contagious. Seeing Nangong Yan's calm expression, Jiang Chen's rapidly beating heart also gradually calmed down.

The two continued forward, and clumps of seaweed and algae gradually grew from the sticky mud and sand in front of them, eventually forming a giant carpet spread out in front of them.

They officially stepped onto the border of the Nanhu underwater grassland.

Upon arriving here, Jiang Chen and Nangong Yan moved even lighter, their expressions becoming more cautious and vigilant!

Xiao Jiu's blue eyes darted around, taking each step carefully, and her spiritual energy began to circulate rapidly within her body.

Because these green plants in front of us, nourished by spiritual energy, each seaweed and algae plant is at least nearly a meter tall!

The dense, lush green plants not only stretched out beneath their feet but also swayed above their heads!

Before them lay a green corridor made of marine plants!

The scene before him was stunning to Jiang Chen, who was witnessing the underwater grassland for the first time, but it was also fraught with deadly danger!

These marine plants are so lush that even a small sea creature hiding inside would be hard to spot!

This is the desolate sea!

From a cultivation perspective, the spiritual energy contained in the desolate sea is two to three times that of the seawater near Ningshui Town.

Beast tamers and their pets can achieve twice the results with half the effort by training here.

If you're lucky enough to encounter some rare and precious treasures, your cultivation level might even skyrocket!

However, danger and opportunity always go hand in hand!

Just like the Nanhu Undersea Grassland in front of us, it is definitely not a place that an ordinary beast tamer can venture into!

The surroundings were quiet, with only the soft "swoosh" of footsteps on the dense grass.

Although the two people and two beasts were moving very carefully, the hissing sound was still quite loud and grating.

Jiang Chen understood that if the two of them were on land at this moment, they would not have this worry at all.

But they were at sea, where even the slightest sound would travel much faster than on land, making it difficult for the ears to adjust.

Water is a better conductor than air; sound travels four times faster in water than in air.

This makes it significantly more difficult for beast tamers to conceal themselves in the water.

"Let's go. Daddy's tentacle shrimp has already advanced to the mid-stage of awakening. Daddy will protect you." At this moment, Nangong Yan saw the tension on Jiang Chen's face and chuckled.

"As long as the school has truly eliminated all other sea beasts from the South Lake Undersea Grassland, leaving only those at the Awakening Realm, we should be fine!"

Sea beasts and pets have the same level, with the first four realms being Awakening, Elite, Extraordinary, and Commander.

Each level is further divided into early, middle, and late stages.

As Vice Principal Zhao Zhong mentioned earlier, there are currently only Awakened level cultivators in the Nanhu Undersea Grassland.

Nangong Yan's tentacle shrimp is at the mid-stage of awakening, a strength that places it in the middle layer of the South China Sea seabed grassland.

So as long as the two of them are careful and don't encounter any late-stage awakened sea beasts or gregarious sea beasts, they should be able to handle things in this dense underwater grassland.

Nangong Yan rolled his eyes and slowly said, "The rewards for the top ten in this combat training are quite generous. If we both work hard these few days, maybe we can try for tenth place."

"The tenth place winner will receive a Sea Spirit Pearl and a drop of Awakened-level Sea Beast Essence Blood, which is quite a bargain..."

Before Nangong Yan could finish speaking, a faint sound of water splashing suddenly came from behind and to the side of the two of them!

The usually unserious Nangong Yan suddenly turned around, his eyes fixed intently on that spot!

The tentacle shrimp that had been closely following Nangong Yan also shot out its two tentacle claws like springs the moment its master turned around, drawing two arc-shaped white waves in the seawater and whipping towards a patch of seaweed!

Beastmasters and their pets are of one mind, so the pet can launch an attack instantly with just a thought from its master!

"Splash!"

"Clang clang!"

The two tentacle-like claws were like two crescent-shaped blades with ropes. With a gentle swing, the seaweed that made the sound was immediately and silently cut into pieces, revealing the scene behind it!

Behind this patch of grass, a giant water rat, about a meter long, with long, thick fur, gray-black fur, and two fangs at the corners of its mouth, was eerily suspended in mid-air, squeaking and struggling.

Blood gushed from the giant water rat's neck like a fountain, quickly turning the surrounding seawater crimson!

As the seawater turned red, a huge beastly silhouette slowly emerged behind the giant water rat.

Nangong Yan and the tentacle shrimp stared in disbelief, only to find that the outline of the giant beast was actually a large white cat!

It's Xiao Jiu!

Both the man and the beast were terrified!

At this moment, Xiao Jiu had its jaws firmly locked around the neck of the giant water rat. The giant water rat struggled and thrashed about, but to no avail!

As more and more blood flowed from the water rat's neck, its struggles quickly weakened.

Finally, with a final push of his feet, he fell completely silent.

This giant water rat sea monster in its early awakening stage is dead!

Nangong Yan was stunned!

The tentacle shrimp was also stunned!

Both the man and the shrimp were a little dazed. They turned around and looked at Jiang Chen beside them, but sure enough, they didn't see Xiao Jiu.

This……

When exactly did Xiao Jiu disappear?

When exactly did Xiao Jiu sneak into that patch of seaweed and kill a giant water rat that was preparing to ambush them?

That was incredibly fast!

Having successfully slain his first sea monster, Jiang Chen let out a soft breath.

Then he raised his head, walked to Nangong Yan's side, and patted him on the shoulder: "Grandson, don't worry, although my pet beast, the One-Tailed Fishing Cat, is only in the early stage of awakening, I will still protect you!"

"Anyone who tries to bully my grandson must die!"

Nangong Yan: "..."

Nangong Yan's face darkened!

Isn't that what he just said?

Jiang Chen took it and used it, and even made it great!

From the grass, Xiao Jiu swam over carrying the carcass of a giant water rat and threw it at Jiang Chen's feet.

Jiang Chen looked closely at the giant water rat, whose appearance was very similar to that of an ordinary rat.

However, its fur is much thicker and longer, making it look as if it is wearing a heavy raincoat at first glance.

Water rats can close their nostrils as an adaptation to their semi-aquatic lifestyle. They rest during the day in burrows, under hollow logs, or other coverings, and come out at dusk to forage for mussels, snakes, fish, crabs, frogs, and crayfish.

Its external ears have degenerated, and its tail with stiff hairs is its distinguishing feature, which helps it control its direction of movement in water.

The giant water rat is a common marine mammal found in the seabed grasslands. Just by looking at its two fangs, each a full 10 centimeters long, and its sharp claws, you can tell that this marine mammal is no pushover.

However, cats are natural predators of mice. In front of them is a water rat, and Xiao Jiu is a fishing cat. The two natural enemies have met again.

Jiang Chen first took out a dagger from his pocket and stabbed the water rat in the head to finish it off, then stabbed it in the chest and cut open its heart.

As soon as the ventricle opened, several drops of blood, shimmering with golden light, flowed out.

Jiang Chen was overjoyed and quickly took out a glass bottle to put the few drops of giant water rat blood into it.

The school has a special course on marine mammal anatomy, so Jiang Chen's dissection was quite professional.

Jiang Chen took the essence blood from the giant water rat, but ignored the other ordinary blood, letting it be diluted and dispersed by the seawater.

Giant water rats are abundant and very common in the underwater grasslands.

In addition, this giant water rat is only at the lowest level of the early awakening stage, so its essence blood is valuable, but its ordinary blood is not.

After extracting the essence blood, Jiang Chen stood up and saw that Nangong Yan was still staring straight at him with a shocked and suspicious look in his eyes, wide-eyed and full of confusion, as if he did not recognize him.

Nangong Yan's lips moved slightly, and he asked in a low voice, "Jiang Chen, are you having an affair behind my back?"

"Get lost! You're the one who has someone else outside!"

Jiang Chen rolled his eyes in exasperation: "Even if I really have someone else, what's it to you?"

"Ahem, no," Nangong Yan scratched the back of his head, "What I mean is, Xiao Jiu, you've only been in a contract for a month, how did you suddenly become so strong?"

"Did you secretly find some kind of master behind my back? Is that why you've become so powerful?"

"If it's you, just say so. I... I also want to become an apprentice!"

"No!" Jiang Chen was speechless. What was this guy thinking all day?

"How did he suddenly become so strong without Xiao Jiu?" Nangong Yan scratched his head, looking puzzled.

That's right, he's not confused!

What just happened?

He had only just spotted the giant water rat hiding in the grass when Jiang Chen and Xiao Jiu had already discovered it and killed it instantly!

This is simply not scientific!

The tentacle shrimp's cultivation level is a level higher than Xiao Jiu's, being in the mid-stage of awakening, while Xiao Jiu is only in the early stage of awakening!

Moreover, this wasn't the first time its tentacle shrimp had entered the desolate sea. Because its father was a professional beast tamer, it had already trained in the desolate sea several times.

Jiang Chen knew very well that this was his first time entering the desolate sea!

Jiang Chen had only been contracting Xiao Jiu, his pet beast, for a month!

However, today, his tentacle shrimp was completely crushed by Xiao Jiu, which is unbelievable.

"The reason is simple," Jiang Chen said with a smile, seeing Nangong Yan's confused look. "Xiao Jiu has raised his Steel Crack Claw and Water Concealment skills to the proficiency level."

Yes, the reason why Xiao Jiu was able to silently kill the giant water rat was thanks to the Water Concealment skill!

Water Concealment: Allows Xiao Jiu to move silently in the water and partially submerge her body!

Skills are categorized by proficiency level from low to high: Beginner, Proficient, Expert, and Perfect.

When the Water Concealment skill is upgraded to [Mastery], Xiao Jiu's movement speed in the water will be faster, and her "semi-concealed" figure in the water will become a blurry afterimage.

When the Water Concealment skill is upgraded to [Perfect], the speed of movement in water is increased again, making it almost silent and leaving no sound, only a shallow trace in the water!

"kindness???"

Nangong Yan looked at Xiao Jiu in front of him with shock and sudden realization. No wonder Xiao Jiu was able to appear silently in front of this giant water rat. It turned out that she relied on her proficiency level in water concealment.

However, after realizing what had happened, Nangong Yan's face showed great shock once again!

"Xiao Jiu has only been your pet for a month, right? In just one month, it has already mastered the Steel Claw and Water Concealment skills to a high level?"

"Why, is that not allowed?" Jiang Chen blinked and asked back.

"Meow~" Xiao Jiu blinked its big blue eyes, raised its fluffy white cat head, and looked proud and smug.

That expression seemed to say: That's right, this cat is just that amazing!

Xiao Jiu: (ω)

Nangong Yan didn't want to talk anymore!

His tentacle shrimp has been under contract for three months, and he has only mastered the [Tentacle Whip] skill to a proficient level. His other skill, [Forehead Sword], is still at the beginner level!

Three months and one month...

Being a person is just too difficult!

"Gurgle..."

The tentacle shrimp spit out a long string of bubbles and gurgled pitifully.

Its pair of stalked compound eyes stared at Xiao Jiu with a mixture of surprise and awe, as if to say: Cooking shrimp is just too difficult!

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