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The speed of the shovel iron beetle swarm was so fast that human legs could not outrun it at all. The swarm of beetles, like a black cloud, violently submerged the location where the human girl was.
Mu Chuyue sank into the dark tide and felt countless black clouds passing through her body, her heart pounding with lingering fear.
At the critical moment, Ellen pulled her and White Fang into the shadow space.
The tall Pai Ya soldier protected the beastmaster with one hand, and the black mist surging around her enveloped her, covering all her aura.
Mu Huiyue held her breath, recalling that when she had just traveled to the Castle of the Dead, Ellen, who was still a little skeleton, did the same thing, using himself to cover up her breath and help her survive the crisis.
Her heartbeat gradually calmed down, and when the dark clouds dissipated, the Pai Ya soldier loosened his hand, and Mu Chuyue and Bai Ya returned to reality together. The cold and suffocating feeling immediately dissipated, and both the person and the pet were gasping for breath.
“Woof…”
White Fang rubbed the Beastmaster's calf with his tail. In fact, it would be faster if it ran on its own. Unfortunately, its current size meant it couldn't carry the Beastmaster with it, otherwise it would not have lost to the group of insects in speed.
However, Bai Ya was still very happy with the protective action taken by the Beastmaster at the first opportunity.
Mu Liuyue touched the little cloud dog's head, took a deep breath, and adjusted his state.
Just now, he grabbed White Fang and turned around to escape. It was a completely subconscious action.
After all, the sight of such a large black mass of giant insects flying over was too visually impactful, and she instinctively wanted to avoid them.
This is the biggest difference between the wild secrets and the urban environment.
Wild supernatural creatures will not abide by the 1v1 combat order. Even supernatural creatures of elite races can be very dangerous in large numbers.
No matter how familiar he is with combat, Mu Huoyue is just a human who grew up in the city and rarely comes to the wild environment.
Even if you have experience in the secret realm of the Castle of the Dead, it doesn't seem to be very applicable in a dense forest environment.
In fact, even when faced with a swarm of shovel beetles, there was no need for her to run away.
It is very difficult for the pets of the elite races and the warrior races to defeat large groups of wild extraordinary creatures one by one, but it is different for the monarch race.
The difference between them is the B-level skill: Deterrence.
Eren, who has entered his growth period, can completely use his deterrence skills to intimidate lower races in large numbers. This is commonly known as "frying fish" among human beastmasters, and it is also one of the reasons why the monarch race's value has soared and is sought after by all parties.
With the Deterrence skill, plus the B-level Fire skill, Netherfire, and the B-level Dark skill, Moonblast, she can handle any swarm of Shovelworms.
After planning the tactics in his mind, Mu Huiyue stood up and looked in the direction where the shovelworm swarm left.
...Get up where you fell!
Her shadow trembled slightly, and the tooth soldier fled in the shadow. After a while, he found the direction of the shovel beetle, returned to the beastmaster's shadow, and told her.
Mu Huiyue followed the direction in which Ellen fled, and soon discovered a group of shovelworms hiding in the shade of the trees.
Seeing that the enemy they had lost before actually came to provoke them, the angry shovel beetles quickly flew out from the shade of the trees, forming a large black cloud in the air. The buzzing sound of their wings was like a sudden rainstorm, which hurt people's eardrums.
This time, Mu Huoyue did not hide or evade. There was no one here and no other contestants, so she could also exert her strength to the fullest.
"Eren, use intimidation!"
The tall and straight figure of the card tooth soldier emerged from the shadows. The skeleton with blue flames burning in its right eye looked at the swarm of insects, and the black mist swirling around its body suddenly spread out.
Buzz——
The silent energy wave expanded into a ring shape, and after sweeping across the insect swarm, it exploded with a loud bang. The heavy flapping sound of wings stopped, and almost all the shovel beetles stopped moving, and then fell to the ground.
"Take advantage of now, Eren uses Netherfire and White Fang uses Moonblast!" Mu Huoyue's voice sounded again.
The card tooth soldier stretched out his slender finger bones and snapped his fingers. The blue nether fire ignited between his fingers, turning into flowing flames and rushing towards the insect swarm.
The little cloud dog jumped high into the air, and rich dark energy gathered in its mouth. The highly concentrated energy ball fell into the swarm of insects, bursting out with a bright light like moonlight.
boom--
The crystal on the shovel beetle's abdomen shattered into pieces, and a winged terminal flew over, indicating that Mu Huiyue's points were constantly rising.
Faced with such a large target, the effect of the deterrence skill could only last for a few seconds. Mu Huoyue used the skill a few more times and took all the points from this group of shovel bugs.
In the end she scored a total of 236 points.
Among this group of shovel beetles, only two are in the growth stage with 20 points, and the others are in the juvenile stage with 1 point.
It seems that the harvest is good, but the consumption is also not small.
Bai Fang had almost used up the number of times he could use the Moon Blast. He was now exhausted and returned to the rest hut in the Beast Taming Space.
Allen could still hold on, but his main attack skill, Netherfire, could not affect multiple targets at the same time like Moonblast. After a battle, he was almost reaching the limit of his skill release.
Pets use the hidden energy in their bodies to release skills. When the hidden energy is exhausted, they will feel tired. Even if there are no external injuries, they will still lose some combat capabilities.
Therefore, when and how often to use skills is also a question that the Beastmaster must consider.
Assuming the same points, it is more cost-effective to try to find high-level extraordinary creatures, or fight against higher-ranked contestants.
Of course, this is based on sufficient strength.
Mu Huoyue gave Allen some energy blocks that could replenish hidden energy, and the two of them worked together to continue exploring the secret realm.
With Ellen in the shadow, Mu Huiyue can hide in the shadow space in an emergency, ensuring her safety to the greatest extent.
The subsequent exploration went relatively smoothly. Mu Huoyue encountered some extraordinary creatures in the growth stage of the elite race and the warrior race. After defeating them, his points rose to 331.
Along the way, we also encountered a battle between contestants.
This was the first day of the preliminary round. Mu Huoyue originally wanted to focus on gathering intelligence, but the opponent immediately requested a duel, and then he was defeated in the eyes of disbelief.
This contestant is from another high school in Lizhou, ranked "52nd", and brings with him a young wood-type pet [Xun Xiangcao] of a high-level elite race. Under the suppression of the Moon Explosion skill, fighting and victory is just a matter of one round.
Thanks to this contestant, Mu Shuyue also had some understanding of his ranking.
By the time night fell, Mu Liuyue's score reached 385.
After all the battles today, she already had a good understanding of the strength of White Fang and Ellen, and what level they could reach in this secret realm of the Fusion Period.
At the end of each day, the subsystem terminal of the "Video System V" will broadcast the points and rankings of the contestants that day.
According to Mu Huoyue's estimation, her results today should be similar to her current ranking.
After it became completely dark, Mu Liuyue found a relatively safe area and set up his camping equipment.
Night is more dangerous than day for most beastmasters and pets, but beastmasters with dark talents and pets with dark attributes are exceptions.
When darkness and shadows completely enveloped the Secret Island, both Eren and White Fang were in a more alert state.
After recovering in the [Rest Hut], White Fang has returned to his best condition. He followed the Beastmaster around and watched her ponder for a long time before she figured out how to build a tent in the wild.
As night fell, Ellen was sent out by Mu Huoyue.
In the dark night, Eren can move quickly in the shadow space. Coupled with the stealth of [Shadow Stealth], it is very suitable for gathering intelligence and familiarizing himself with the terrain.
With the foundation during the day, Eren can move faster. As for when to come back, Mu Shuyue lets him decide on his own.
She believed that with Eren's current combat awareness and wisdom, he could move freely in the secret environment.
Taking this opportunity, Mu Liuyue also wanted to see how far the connection between the Beast Taming Space and the pet can cover.
Usually, the beast taming space of a level 3 beast tamer will grow to the size of a football field, which can provide space and energy for two pets to grow to the tenth level.
But Mu Huoyue's beast taming space is much more than that. The size of the [training ground] alone is almost the same as an ordinary level 3 beast taming space.
Feeling that Allen's breath was quickly moving away, Mu Huiyue calmed himself down, opened the dry food in his backpack, and prepared energy cubes and the special food for the little cloud dog that Bai Ya usually ate.
There won't be any feedback from Ellen for a while, and before that, she needs to carefully sort out what she has gained today.
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At the end of the first day of the wilderness survival competition, in the supervision office of the Capital Beast Tamer Association, President Kang Yao also received a summary video sent by the "Video System V".
The preliminary round of the qualifying competition will last for five days. No invigilator can stare at the live broadcast for five days without sleeping, so the main supervision work is still done by the "V-type video system".
At the end of the day, this artificial pet with self-awareness and intelligence will select the key segments from the subsystem and transmit them back to the supervision office.
"The battle on the first day was very intense..." said a master-level beastmaster.
"Who is ranked first now?" A-level investigator Guan Yu asked with interest.
"Lu Ai from Li Shang High School. Not only that, all four contestants from Li Shang High School made it into the top 20." Another beastmaster supervising the exam replied.
The video shows the current situation of Li Shang High School. On the first day of entering the secret realm, they successfully reunited and found a location of C-level wood resources.
The four of them all contracted the guava flower, and with the help of the guava flower's characteristics [sweet fruit] and wood resources [wood of the same root], they completed the assimilation of the surrounding environment.
With the [Tree of the Same Root] as the center, all tree species within a radius of about 500 meters will produce guava fruits, which will continue to emit a sweet scent and attract wild supernatural creatures to eat.
Once you eat the guava fruit, you will fall into the hallucination brought by the sweet fragrance and become a puppet controlled by the guava flower.
This is also the reason why the guava flower's strength has greatly increased in the wild environment. On the first day of the preliminary round, the guava flower tactics of Li Shang High School attracted more than 500 extraordinary creatures of various levels.
After being controlled by the guava flower, even if the points crystals at vital points were shattered, they were still in a puppet state and turned into the combat power of Li Shang High School.
By the evening, the Guava Puppet's territory had grown to a considerable size, and it had captured several contestants who had accidentally entered this area.
Lu Ai used a high-level guava puppet to fight continuously and won, becoming the points leader on the first day of the preliminaries.
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