Beast Tamer: My pet has a game panel.

Chapter 525 School Opening and the Frost Giant King

Yanhuang Beizhou, Bingdu Academy.

As one of the top ten beast tamer academies, although it has only ranked in the middle in recent years, its scale is in no way inferior to the top universities.

Now, as March approaches, the top-tier Beast Tamer Academy has officially begun its semester.

At the gates of the academy, students came and went in an endless stream. They wore all sorts of costumes, some incredibly gorgeous, with shimmering gems on their robes, exuding a hint of spiritual power. Others had unique patterns woven into their clothes, occasionally radiating a wisp of spiritual light.

Almost half of the students' clothing featured a small bear paw logo, which was the emblem of the Giant Bear Forging Company, the most popular super-equipment company in the Northern State recently.

As a newcomer who suddenly emerged from the battlefield of selling extraordinary equipment, Giant Bear Forging, a company that mainly sells low-level extraordinary equipment with extremely high cost performance, has already stirred up a storm throughout the entire Northern Continent in less than a year since its establishment.

Low-level extraordinary equipment is usually too low in cost-effectiveness due to the scarcity of blacksmiths in Yanhuang. Therefore, most beast tamers only equip their spirit pets with one set at most, and it is almost always those beast tamers whose spirit pets are difficult to break through that level who will buy it.

But things are different now. With the emergence of the Giant Bear Forging, the price of ordinary extraordinary equipment below the third tier in the entire Northern Continent has plummeted, while the equipment's capabilities are in no way inferior to those before.

In addition, the Giant Bear Forging production efficiency is extremely high, so there is no need to spend more money and wait a long time as before.

Of course, most importantly, unlike other companies selling extraordinary equipment that rely on customization due to a shortage of blacksmiths and low production efficiency, Giant Bear Forging focuses on standard equipment. Their specially crafted standard extraordinary equipment is very popular in the market, not only for its low price and comprehensive capabilities, but also for its immediate availability.

Of course, this does not mean that Giant Bear Forging does not make customized equipment. On the contrary, due to its outstanding efficiency and capabilities, Giant Bear Forging has also become a leader in the customized equipment industry, with its order volume consistently ranking first in recent months.

However, Giant Bear Forging is not without its flaws. For example, it has not yet ventured into the realm of high-level extraordinary equipment. The highest-level equipment that Giant Bear Forging has ever sold on the market is only Tier 3.

However, for the entire Yanhuang, beast tamers of the third rank or above are still a minority. Most of the real beast tamers are only at the third or second rank. Therefore, the reputation of Giant Bear Forging can spread further and wider.

As one of the top ten beast tamer academies, Ice Capital Academy ensures that its students will at least become peak third-tier beast tamers, with their strength being among the best in the third tier. Many more students have the potential to reach the fourth tier.

Even more exceptionally talented students in academies often break through to the fourth rank before graduation. If this were in a third-tier base city, they would be well-known figures.

Therefore, it is perfectly normal for them to wear several pieces of extraordinary equipment of the same level. Even if they are not very useful in combat, they are still much more useful than ordinary clothes.

Inside the university, in the freshmen's dormitories.

"How about it? This is the Lightwing Robe that I managed to snag with great difficulty. It was forged by a giant bear and cost me several hundred thousand."

A richly dressed young man spoke boastfully, while behind him, a semi-transparent short robe shone with a platinum-gold radiance, illuminating the entire room.

"Hundreds of thousands? That's too expensive. I remember that ordinary Tier 3 extraordinary equipment costs less than 100,000. What use is this to you? You should buy it for yourself." A thin boy shook his head, glanced at it, and then said.

"If you ask me, you should use that money to buy your spirit pet. That way, your spirit pet can improve its strength."

"What do you mean it's useless? My Light Wing Robe also has defensive capabilities; it can activate a spiritual light barrier at any time."

"So what? Why don't you let my spirit pet try? My spirit pet is only at the third level. If your barrier can withstand one attack from my spirit pet, then you win."

"...Your spirit pet is of the monarch race, so it's not the same. If it were a third-tier spirit pet of a high-elite race, my robe would definitely be able to block an attack...Besides, I can also fly."

As the two started arguing, the slightly chubby boy in the room quickly intervened, saying, "Alright, Lin Xiyang is back now, everyone's here, let's get together later and not talk about these irrelevant things."

"Yeah, winter break is over, how's everyone doing? Have you gotten any stronger?" another boy with glasses asked.

Seeing their expressions, Lin Xiyang shook his head inwardly, then said with a smile, "Yes, almost a month has passed. How has your cultivation been these past few days?"

The boy with glasses shook his head and said with a wry smile, "Sigh, don't even mention it. I should have stayed at school. My cultivation speed at home is nowhere near as fast as at the university."

"Haha, I've improved quite a bit these past few days. I guarantee you'll all be surprised during tomorrow's ranking battle." The elegantly dressed boy crossed his arms and smiled confidently.

"Really? My strength has improved quite a bit these past few days. How about we have a go at it on the battlefield later?" The thin boy glanced over and raised an eyebrow slightly.

"Lin Xiyang, how has your cultivation been these past few days?" The slightly chubby boy quietly approached Lin Xiyang and turned to ask in a low voice.

They were all members who had participated in the freshman competition. Although only two of them made it to the official competition, their talent was already considered outstanding among the current batch of students at Ice Capital Academy.

However, there was one person who stood out among them: Lin Xiyang, who had only awakened the Five-Star Chart.

Logically speaking, every student who can join the Ice Capital Academy and qualify for the freshman preliminary competition must be a genius among beast tamers.

For example, those genius students who awakened the Seven Star Chart, or those students with top-tier awakening talents.

However, Lin Xiyang possesses neither of these qualities. He has only awakened the Five-Star Diagram, and his awakened talent is merely ordinary mental communication. His ability to participate in the Freshman Competition is entirely due to his powerful spirit pet of the Monarch race.

Many of the freshmen disapproved of this. Especially as time went on, and Lin Xiyang's cultivation speed couldn't keep up with the top group due to his awakening of the Five-Star Diagram, even more people became unhappy with him.

"It's alright." Lin Xiyang turned his head and smiled at the fat man, Lü Changhui.

Seeing Lin Xiyang's expression, Lü Changhui nodded, thought for a while, and then whispered, "That's good. I heard that after the New Year, many people in the class have evolved their spirit pets. Judging from this, tomorrow's ranking battle will probably be difficult."

"But I remember your main battle pet is almost at the peak of the third tier. If it breaks through to the fourth tier later, it will still be able to fight back."

While Lü Changhui and Lin Xiyang were talking, the others, after some arguing, also reached a consensus. "Let's fight! I want to see how much you've changed in a month."

"I'm not the same person I was last year. I promise I'll beat you until you call me daddy."

"Heh, I wonder who was my defeated opponent last year."

"Last year is last year, this year is this year. I've already booked the battlefield, let's go."

The elegantly dressed boy gave a soft hum, turned around and walked out of the room. The thin boy opposite him smiled and walked out together.

"What's going on?" Fatty Lü Changhui asked the remaining bespectacled boy upon seeing the scene.

"It's nothing. Li Lang and the others wanted to test how much their strength had improved this month, so they opened a battle arena to prepare for a match," the bespectacled boy said, shaking his head helplessly.

“Let’s go together. Lin Xiyang, we can spar later, and I’ll show you the new skills my spirit pet has learned.” Lu Changhui, with his large belly, turned to Lin Xiyang and said.

"Alright, let's go take a look together then," Lin Xiyang replied with a light laugh. This time, he was different from before. With Ye Mo's help, his main battle pet, the Purple Frost Giant Lizard, had broken through to the fourth tier.

It should be noted that among this year's freshmen, only two have a fourth-tier spirit pet. If no one else's spirit pet breaks through to the fourth tier after the winter break, then he will be the third person to have a fourth-tier spirit pet.

With such power, how could he possibly worry about tomorrow's ranking battle? On the contrary, he should be saying he's even more looking forward to it.

With Lin Xiyang nodding, the three of them left the room to catch up with the two people from before.

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In another world, on the Green Island of the Black Stone Duchy on the Light Spirit Continent.

Suddenly, the teleportation array located not far from the central giant tree lit up with a silver light, and then a spatial channel was activated and opened, from which several tired figures emerged.

"Phew, finally back. I didn't expect the intelligence to be wrong. There were actually four fifth-tier Frost Giant Kings there." Ye Mo wiped the sweat from his forehead and said with a helpless expression.

Bai Ling and Bai You, who were standing beside them, nodded in agreement upon hearing this.

Their target this time was a group of frost giants in a mountain range on the Light Spirit Continent. According to the intelligence they had gathered, the lord there was a frost giant king, a high-ranking monarch race, and his strength was quite formidable.

Logically speaking, he would not normally choose such a powerful fifth-tier being with a clan as his target.

However, the Frost Giant King was already the most suitable target based on the available intelligence. Firstly, the Frost Giant race was relatively far from the human kingdoms on the continent, making it difficult to be discovered if a battle broke out.

Secondly, the Frost Giants have always been a small race. Even large groups with fifth-tier experts often have no more than a hundred members. In this case, it is difficult for the opponent to consolidate their dominance through their domain and exert the power of the group.

Finally, the Frost Giants are a race that is countered by them. Skills like Little Willow's [Life Drain] and White Spirit's [Natal Flying Sword] are very suitable for dealing with Frost Giants. Even the Corpse Lord and Skeleton King, who are undead, have an advantage in fighting against Frost Giants.

For various reasons, Ye Mo finally decided to take action against the Frost Giants. Upon arriving at the Frost Giants' territory, he specifically used Bai You's fifth-order invisible array to conceal his presence and carefully assess the strength of their race.

Finally, he determined that apart from the leader, the Frost Giant King, whose strength reached the peak of the fifth rank, the other Frost Giants were at most the fourth rank, and most of them were the third rank, which was within his control. Therefore, he decided to take action.

But who knew that just as he had revealed his spirit pets and the undead he brought, and was about to inform the Frost Giant race to submit, the Frost Giant King chose to fight head-on.

That's actually not too bad, since there wasn't even a fight yet, so how could the Frost Giants possibly surrender, especially given how powerful the Frost Giant King was?

But what happened next was beyond his expectations. He hadn't been fighting the peak fifth-tier Frost Giant King for long when four more Frost Giant Kings, each exuding a fifth-tier aura, came running from afar.

Although the four Frost Giant Kings that arrived later were only at the early stage of the fifth rank and it seemed that they had not been at the fifth rank for very long, together with the fifth-rank Frost Giant King leader, there were five fifth-rank extraordinary beings.

Moreover, given that they were of the same race, the five Frost Giant Kings cooperated extremely well, and the power they unleashed was probably greater than that of ten ordinary fifth-tier transcendents working together.

In this situation, he had no choice but to flee. However, thanks to the power of the teleportation array, everyone managed to escape safely, albeit in a rather disheveled state.

After reflecting on all this, Ye Mo sighed and turned to look at the Corpse Lord and the Skeleton King behind him. "This battle has indeed taken a toll. You should go back to the Burial Grounds and recover properly. I will call you when I need you later."

The Corpse Lord nodded slightly, and the Skeleton King, who had a broken arm, also nodded.

Immediately, as the teleportation array connecting to the burial ground was opened, the Corpse Lord and the other two entered the spatial passage and were teleported away from there with a flash of silver light.

"Youyou, Xiaobai, Isaac, and Xiaoliu'er, let's take a break too. We're really tired this time," Ye Mo said, looking at the somewhat disheveled spirit pets behind him.

Bai Ling yawned, rubbed her arm with her little claws, and nodded vigorously. Her right claw had been injured by the strongest Frost Giant King in the battle, and it was still trembling and weak. It would probably take some time to recover.

Xiao Liu'er and Bai You appeared relatively calm. Bai You wasn't a main combatant, and her frequent activation of the formation resulted in greater energy expenditure. Although Xiao Liu'er suffered considerable damage, she quickly recovered most of her strength thanks to her stored vitality against physical attacks.

Needless to say, Isaac was at the forefront of the battle and suffered a lot of injuries as a result, but after he released the pseudo-legendary skill [Reigniting Crystal Flame] before leaving, he is now in the best condition.

A short while later, after Isaac, Bai You, and the others left, Ye Mo sat on the recliner he had brought out with Xing Li. After drinking a dose of medicine, he closed his eyes slightly.

I wonder how Hanhan is doing these past few days. I'll go check on him later.

(End of this chapter)