Beastmaster: I'm really not a training master

Chapter 962 Entering the Ninth-Level Dimension
On a sand dune not far from the small oasis, two people stood quietly; they were Li Qian and Teacher Ling.

Li Qian hesitated for a moment, then finally asked, "Teacher Ling, what's wrong with your appearance?"

Li Qian was even more curious about this than about Teacher Ling's newly acquired beast-taming talent.

Teacher Ling glanced at Li Qian, making no attempt to hide her feelings, and said in a calm and unhurried voice, "This appearance is what I originally looked like, or more precisely, what I looked like before I transformed into a mechanical body."

Li Qian: "..."

Upon hearing this, Li Qian felt as if his brain was suddenly overwhelmed.

Taken aback, he still managed to ask, "What did you look like before?"

"It's just a mechanical entity, formed randomly," Teacher Zero replied.

After saying that, he—no, she—floated into the air and flew towards the small oasis.

Halfway there, her arm shone brightly.

The light flowed out from her right arm like a stream of lava.

In just a short while, a giant lizard covered in purple and blue scales materialized, which was the Frostwater Thunder Lizard.

As soon as the Cold Water Thunder Lizard appeared, it pounced towards the small oasis not far away.

Moments later, the battle began.

Rumble…

Wow…

bang bang bang...

The aftershocks of various battles continued to emanate.

Even from a distance, feeling the aftershocks of the violent battle, Li Qian still felt a chill run down his spine.

It was a two-on-one battle, and under Zero's conscious manipulation, the fight didn't last long.

The battle ended after about an hour.

With the powerful attack of the Cold Water Thunder Lizard, Teacher Zero successfully defeated the Vine Monster hiding in the small oasis puddle.

Watching the vine monster transform into a strange green light and pour into Teacher Zero's body like a torrential downpour, Li Qian felt a bit curious and quickly flew over.

"Teacher Ling, where is that vine monster?" Li Qian looked Teacher Ling up and down and asked.

Seeing the thirst for knowledge in Li Qian's eyes, Teacher Ling smiled. Behind her, at the shoulder blades, the armor dissipated, revealing a monster that resembled a mushroom, with a reddish fleshy growth on top and dark green vines all around.

The vine monster tattoo appeared on Teacher Zero's back. Li Qian stared at it for a little longer and felt a chill run down his spine. It was very strange and ominous.

"This ferocious beast is called Mushroom Vine, and it has both poison and wood attributes." Teacher Zero casually explained as the armor was put back on.

After saying that, she took off again and flew in one direction.

Li Qian naturally followed closely behind.

It's clear that since transforming into a flesh-and-blood body and taking the Frostwater Thunder Lizard and the Mushroom Vine under his command, Teacher Zero's courage has grown stronger and stronger.

She was no longer so cautious and conservative. Li Qian even suspected that she was deliberately flying through the air to set a trap for law enforcement.

After acquiring the [Spirit Puppet] talent, Teacher Zero urgently needs to replenish his high-level puppets.

They continued flying forward, and because they had fewer concerns, their speed was not slow. So, before long, they arrived at a rather familiar place.

They ended up in this tenth-level dimensional plane, at the place where they were first attacked.

That is, the territory of that minotaur.

Sure enough, women hold grudges; Teacher Ling is back to get revenge.

Perhaps sensing Li Qian's inner turmoil, Teacher Ling added, "This minotaur's abilities can unleash 120% of its combat power in this desert, which would be a great supplement to my puppet team. There's no reason for us to let it go."

With the help of the Mushroom Vine, this battle ended much faster.

The main advantage is that the Mushroom Vine's attributes are also effective against the Minotaur.

This will prevent the Minotaur from causing any trouble.

In less than an hour, the Minotaur became a tattoo on Teacher Zero's back and waist.

Its two bull horns bend to the sides and stand tall, like a tray, supporting the mushroom vine tattoo on top.

These two tattoos, which almost cover the entire back of Teacher Zero, look strangely harmonious.

Li Qian was very curious and wondered where the tattoo would appear if he subdued a new puppet.

He waited with such anticipation, and soon his expectations were met.

After subduing the Sandstorm Demon Bull, Teacher Zero did not leave. Instead, he stomped the ground and flew straight into the sky, his figure disappearing into a cloud.

The clouds were knocked down and tumbled down, revealing the silhouette of a giant peacock.

“That’s the King of Light Peacocks!” Li Qian recognized the giant white peacock and exclaimed immediately.

The Radiant Peacock King is a well-known creature among light-type pets. Li Qian had seen snippets of information about it in some breeding books.

As expected of the Light Peacock King, it is a top-tier pet in the Light element. Coupled with the high-level Light element skills, its single-target damage is already terrifying. Therefore, Teacher Zero's battle was not easy.

It was at least much harder than the battle against the Sandstorm Demon Bull.

However, no matter how strong the Bright Peacock King was, he still had little power to resist when facing four against one.

Not long after, it followed in the footsteps of the Sandstorm Demon Bull and became Teacher Zero's spoils of war.

The Radiant Peacock King became Zero's puppet. This time, the puppet space was opened up in a slightly different way, as it was actually carved on Zero's forehead.

In an instant, a white peacock feather pattern appeared on her forehead, and then, extending backward from her forehead, her long black hair was also dyed snow-white.

Even her skin changed from wheat-colored to snow-white.

With her snow-white skin, long snow-white hair, and a snow-white peacock feather on her forehead, coupled with the puppet tattoo on her body, Teacher Zero exuded an eerie beauty at this moment, like a witch who had walked out of hell.

Next, the two of them continued on their journey.

Teacher Zero no longer searches deliberately. If she encounters a suitable ferocious beast, she will not hesitate to subdue it and turn it into her puppet.

If it encounters an unsuitable ferocious beast, it will either stay far away, drive it away, or kill it on the spot.

In this way, a week passed in the blink of an eye.

After a week of searching, they finally found another clue to the dimensional rift.

It's a completely different dimensional rift from the one at sea; it's an entirely new one.

"Judging from the energy fluctuations, there is a high probability that a dimensional rift exists in the Black Mountain just ahead," said Teacher Zero.

After a week of exploration and hunting, she is now more confident.

Three more puppet tattoos appeared on her body.

They are the Flame Demon Lord on the right arm, the Golden Scale Beast on the left leg, and the Emerald King Butterfly on the chest.

Adding to her existing Radiant Peacock King, Frostwater Thunder Lizard, Mushroom Vine, and Sandstorm Demon Bull, Teacher Zero now possesses seven god-level puppets. It's safe to say that, barring any mid-level god-level ferocious beasts, she can practically roam freely within this tenth-level plane.

With such strength, and by deliberately using war to sustain war, Li Qian and Teacher Ling can now feel a little safer.

The two stood on the outskirts of Black Mountain. Teacher Zero stretched out his hand, and a mechanical beetle the size of a palm appeared in his palm.

Zero-sensei has quite a few of these small mechanical beasts in his storage equipment.

Instead of rushing into the Black Mountain, the two of them planned to send out mechanical beetles to explore first.

The mechanical beetle flew into the Black Mountain to begin its search, but soon lost contact.

Upon seeing this, Teacher Ling frowned slightly. "This Black Mountain is not simple. It may be hiding a ferocious beast at the level of a mid-level god."

After giving a brief explanation, peacock feathers began to spread from her forehead, and a moment later, a radiant peacock king soared into the sky.

The Radiant Peacock King flew into the air and then approached Black Mountain at a relatively cautious speed.

The Radiant Peacock King flew into the Black Mountain, and soon after, extremely terrifying beast roars came from within the Black Mountain.

About fifteen minutes later, the Radiant Peacock King returned, and visible bloodstains appeared on its body.

It was clear that it had suffered a serious injury from this probing.

"Now it's certain that there is at least one ferocious beast at the level of a mid-level god in this Black Mountain."

Teacher Ling frowned. "It seems we need to think of a solution."

Half a day later, a violent explosion suddenly rang out in the outer areas of Montenegro.

The explosions continued, disturbing the surrounding energy and causing it to become violent.

Such a huge commotion instantly attracted the attention of many ferocious beasts in the Black Mountain.

Before long, a terrifying behemoth, its body as large as a small mountain, emerged from the Black Mountain.

A moment later, another giant tiger emerged from the clouds. The tiger was entirely black and had three tails shaped like dragons.

As soon as the giant tiger appeared, Teacher Zero took action.

She shot out at an incredible speed, disappearing into the Black Mountain in just a moment.

About ten minutes later, Teacher Ling returned, her face beaming with undisguised joy.

She spoke to Li Qian, saying, "There is indeed a dimensional rift inside Black Mountain. On the other side of the dimensional rift is an underwater space. I sensed the energy intensity inside."

"If I'm not mistaken, the other side of this dimensional rift is most likely a ninth-level dimensional plane."

"That's great!" Li Qian couldn't help but exclaim upon hearing this.

Next, the two repeated the same trick, causing an even bigger commotion that attracted the giant black tiger out of the Black Mountain.

Then, they transformed into bolts of lightning, and escorted by a host of puppet beasts, rushed into the dimensional rift.

On the other side of the dimensional rift.

The dark underwater world.

Upon entering, Li Qian immediately felt a bone-chilling cold.

Damn, it's so cold. I wonder how deep the water is.

He muttered a curse to himself, but without delay, Li Qian quickly erected an energy shield to insulate himself from the cold.

"Watch out!" Just as Li Qian's energy shield was erected, Teacher Ling's voice suddenly rang in his ears.

Immediately afterwards, Li Qian felt an extremely violent current of water engulfing him and rising straight to the top of his head.

The speed was extremely fast; in fact, because of the excessive speed, he was shaken so much that he felt dizzy and disoriented.

Bang~!

With his head spinning, Li Qian didn't know how much time had passed before he crashed heavily to the ground like a falling object.

Li Qian swayed as he got up, rubbed his forehead, and couldn't help but grumble to himself.

What's wrong with Teacher Ling? She just helped her complete the transformation of her physical body, and now she's on her period. That's a bit too violent.

After rubbing his forehead, Li Qian began to scan his surroundings. Compared to the tenth-level dimensional plane, the light in this place was significantly dimmer.

It was around seven or eight o'clock in the evening; it was already dark, but there was still some light.

Upon seeing this, a look of joy appeared on Li Qian's face.

It seems they did not enter the wrong place; this place is indeed the ninth-level dimensional plane.

As for which ninth-level dimensional plane it is, it is no longer important.

All they need to do is confirm that they are constantly moving towards shallower dimensional planes.

bang bang bang...

Just as Li Qian was curiously looking around, huge waves suddenly burst open on the vast expanse of water not far away.

"This is a Dragon Horned Star Shark, and a Cloud Whale Beast!" Li Qian exclaimed in surprise.

At this moment, his face was filled with shock, because in the water not far away, there were at least a hundred dragon-horned star sharks and cloud whale beasts emerging densely.

Judging from the energy fluctuations alone, at least half of these ferocious beasts possessed legendary strength.

Seeing this, Li Qian felt his scalp tingle and instinctively took a few steps back. Just then, an even more terrifying wave suddenly burst open in the water.

Amidst the massive waves, a ferocious fish-shaped beast, resembling a ray, was entangled by the Mushroom Vine and torn apart by the Frostwater Thunder Lizard as it burst from the water.

bang bang bang...

As terrifying splashes of water continued to erupt, Zero-sensei's other puppet beasts also broke through the water.

Finally, it was Teacher Ling herself. She transformed into a stream of light, broke through the water, and landed beside Li Qian.

"Teacher Ling, what's going on? Why are you catching this strange fish?" Li Qian realized that Teacher Ling was hunting this ferocious beast that looked like a ray.

"This pet beast is called the Abyss Ghost Ray. It is a very special pet beast that possesses both ghost and water attributes. It can freely switch between physical and spiritual forms. In addition, it is born with the ability to fly, making it extremely valuable strategically."

"This Abyssal Ghost Ray has already reached the level of a god; I can't possibly miss it."

Teacher Ling offered an explanation.

He then focused intently on directing his puppet beast to begin hunting the Abyss Ghost Ray.

Yuan Guiyao was very strong, especially with the home advantage. Leading a group of underlings, he managed to fight Zero's puppet beasts to a standstill.

At one point, the Abyss Ghost Ray, facing an attack, suddenly began to transform into a spirit, its body turning into a ghostly form.

On the shore, Teacher Zero seized the opportunity and unleashed his divine skill, [Soul Sword], piercing into the spirit and interrupting its spiritual transformation.

Seizing the opportunity, the Mushroom Vine bound it and threw it onto the shore. Now, the Abyss Ghost Ray had no power to resist and became meat on the chopping block.

(End of this chapter)