Beastmaster: I'm really not a training master

Chapter 961: Controlling the Puppet
"Roar~!"

The translucent sword pierced the head of the Cold Water Thunder Lizard, causing it to let out an extremely painful roar.

After a terrifying roar, the Frostwater Thunder Lizard suddenly lost all its strength, its head drooping violently.

It slumped down, like a soulless shell.

Teacher Ling touched her forehead with her hand, then swayed and landed on the sand.

That move just now was extremely taxing on him.

Even now, his forehead is still throbbing from the pain of the attack.

Without further hesitation, he flashed and arrived in front of the Cold Water Thunder Lizard.

At this moment, the Cold Water Thunder Lizard had completely lost its ability to resist, and the entire beast was on the verge of death.

Teacher Zero leaped lightly and landed on top of the Cold Water Thunder Lizard's head.

He pointed his fingers into a sword shape, and with his left hand he made a light stroke on the palm of his right hand. Immediately afterward, bright red blood began to seep from the center of his right palm.

The blood didn't drip out directly; instead, it condensed into a rune in Teacher Zero's palm.

A crimson contract symbol.

Without the slightest hesitation, Teacher Zero reached out and placed his palm on the top of the Cold Water Thunder Lizard's head.

The moment Teacher Zero placed his right palm, which was covered with eerie crimson contract runes, on the head of the Cold Water Thunder Lizard, a sudden change occurred.

A crimson light, like blood, covered the entire body of the Cold Water Thunder Lizard in the blink of an eye.

A crimson light covered the body of the Cold Water Thunder Lizard. After a short while, as the crimson light contracted, the entire Cold Water Thunder Lizard shrank into a ball of light the size of a fist.

The ball of light gradually disappeared, and finally, it completely disappeared into Teacher Zero's palm.

With a thought, Teacher Ling's silver-white armor covering his right arm instantly melted away, revealing an arm with wheat-colored skin.

At this moment, a tattoo of a cold water thunder lizard slowly appeared on his arm.

This tattoo is so lifelike, it looks just like the real thing.

After doing all this, Teacher Ling closed her eyes and sensed it for a moment. Then, her gaze suddenly sharpened.

Without the slightest hesitation, he immediately took action.

With a wave of his hand, he pushed aside the surface sand and revealed the cave inside.

Inside the cave, Li Qian had already retrieved the Eight-Tailed Cat and the Tidal Sea Spirit into the Beast Taming Ball.

Together with the three girls, including Feiyue, he lightly leaped and landed beside Teacher Ling.

"Teacher Ling, how is it? Has that ferocious beast been driven away?" Li Qian looked around but didn't see any trace of the beast, so he asked.

Teacher Ling didn't offer much explanation. He said in a deep voice, "My battle with the Frostwater Thunder Lizard has alerted other ferocious beasts. They're heading this way, and we must leave immediately."

Upon hearing this, Li Qian did not hesitate at all. With a gentle wave of his hand, he took the three women, Fei Yue and her companions, into his beast-taming space.

The next moment, his figure soared into the air and flew away from the scene at an extremely fast speed.

Not long after they flew away, a strange, giant python with three heads slithered over, its tongue flicking.

……

A few days later, at the time of day and night transition.

Li Qian was led by Teacher Ling to a rather familiar place.

"Teacher Ling, what brings us here?" Li Qian asked, looking at the small oasis in the distance.

His face was full of confusion.

Teacher Ling stood beside him, atop the sand dune. "Do you still remember that vine monster?"

"Naturally remember."

Li Qian naturally remembered how much time had passed. He had assumed that Teacher Ling had returned because she had made some discovery and wanted to investigate further, but what the latter said completely blew his mind away.

"I'm here to hunt that vine monster."

With Li Qian looking completely bewildered, Teacher Ling rolled up the sleeve of his right hand, revealing his entire right arm.

As you can see, a giant lizard is tattooed on the right arm, looking very lifelike.

"What is this?" Li Qian stared at the giant lizard, his forehead covered in question marks.

Teacher Ling knew that Li Qian was completely confused at this moment, so she didn't try to be mysterious. Instead, she explained directly, "This is the Frostwater Thunder Lizard that I just defeated."

It turned out to be the ferocious beast that Teacher Zero had just defeated. He had been wondering if the beast had escaped.
Now, I finally understand... my ass!

At that moment, he felt as if his brain wasn't working properly.

The scene before him was completely beyond his comprehension.

"Teacher Zero, what's going on? Can ferocious beasts be contracted? Also, why is it on your arm?"

Teacher Ling stood on the sand dune and began to speak in detail, "This time, after transforming into a flesh and blood body, I gained a new ability, namely the talent of beast taming, called [Spirit Puppet].

“Other beast tamers cannot contract ferocious beasts, but I can. Not just ferocious beasts, but also calamity beasts, magical beasts, and even illusory beasts.”

Upon hearing this, Li Qian's eyes widened in disbelief.

Leaving aside calamity beasts, void beasts, and demonic beasts, even this ferocious beast is filled with negative factors in its soul. Ordinary beast tamers, not to mention whether they can unleash the ferocious beast's combat power, will have to collapse their own will first.

With a smile, Teacher Ling continued, "Don't overthink it. Actually, my beast-taming talent isn't anything special."

"What I have been given is less the ability to control beasts and more the ability to control puppets."

After hearing Teacher Ling's explanation, Li Qian subconsciously muttered to himself, "Puppet master, puppet?"

“Yes.” Teacher Zero nodded. “The reason I can control them is essentially because I am controlling puppets.”

"This Cold Water Thunder Lizard is actually dead. What I have now formed with it is a special kind of puppet contract."

"Through this special puppet contract, I can control the corpse of my pet beast, just like a puppet."

"Moreover, it can unleash all the strength a pet possesses in its previous form."

After hearing Teacher Ling's explanation, Li Qian couldn't help but exclaim, "That's so exaggerated!"

"Actually, it's not that exaggerated. There are quite a few limitations to this kind of puppet control."

"For example, if you want to control a pet beast, you must first kill it or bring it to the brink of death."

"Secondly, there is the issue of the beast-taming space. This method of puppet control does not actually have a beast-taming space."

"The special tattoo you see now is actually a special puppet space created using my own body as a medium."

"Whether it looks good or not, I don't care at all, but storing and releasing it is not as convenient as the Beast Taming Space."

Finally, Teacher Ling added, "Actually, in my opinion, these are all minor issues."

"The core issue is actually the constraint of strength."

"Because this method of controlling puppets essentially turns the pet into a puppet, and what is being controlled is the puppet, naturally, it loses the possibility of further improvement."

"In other words, the strength of this kind of puppet beast will not change after the contract is made, and it will remain at that level forever."

"There is only one way to improve your strength, and that is to change your puppet pet."

"Fortunately, this special puppet contract does not require any price to be paid when it is broken."

After listening to Teacher Ling's explanation, Li Qian fell silent.

To be honest, even with its many flaws, he still greatly admired this talent for controlling puppets.

It's simply the perfect shortcut to quickly increase combat power.

(End of this chapter)