Genius Beast Taming: Starting from Awakening an S-Rank Talent

Mr. and Mrs. Zhou greeted him unhurriedly, saying politely, "Brother Xu, you're too kind."

Zhou Heng also stepped forward, smiling broadly, and said, "Hello, Uncle Xu."

Commander Xu turned his gaze to Zhou Heng, his smile becoming even more genuine, and nodded, saying, "Greetings, my dear nephew. It's been a long time. You've grown even taller."

After exchanging pleasantries, Zhou's father got straight to the point: "Brother Xu never comes unless he has a reason. What brings you here today?"

Commander Xu didn't beat around the bush. With a wave of his hand, the storage ring on his hand flashed with a faint light, and two crystal cores, each about three meters in size, were made of emerald green like top-grade jade, with liquid life energy seemingly flowing slowly inside, and floated in front of Zhou Heng's family.

The surface of the crystal core naturally exudes a rich life force and powerful energy fluctuations, clearly indicating that it is a sixth-order top-grade crystal core with wood attributes.

"I had some free time the other day, so I went to an auction and happened to come across these two items, so I just bought them."

Commander Xu used his mental power to send the crystal cores forward: "I remember that my sister-in-law has a Hundred Flower Deer King with a high-level diamond quality beast tamer. These two crystal cores come from the Moon-Hidden Demon Willow and the Sun-Covering Demon Vine. Their life essence is extremely pure and abundant. After processing, they should be of some benefit to the Hundred Flower Deer King's subsequent advancement. This is also a small token of my appreciation."

Zhou's father's eyes remained expressionless: "Brother Xu, it's said that one shouldn't accept gifts without merit. How can we just accept your things?"

Commander Xu said calmly, "Brother Zhou, there's no need for such formality between us. To be honest, I've come here with a favor to ask."

Seeing this, Zhou's father remained calm and said, "Brother Xu, please speak. If I can help, I will certainly not refuse."

Commander Xu took a deep breath, his gaze sweeping over the Crimson Flame Lion King lying quietly to the side like a golden sculpture. A hint of solemnity flashed in his eyes: "Brother, you should know very well that my old buddy, the Crimson Flame Lion King, is now at the sixth rank, tenth level, reaching the limit that a high-grade diamond-quality lion can achieve. If it wants to advance further and glimpse a higher realm, it must evolve into a lower-grade overlord-quality lion."

Mr. Zhou neither confirmed nor denied this, only saying, "This is great news! Congratulations to Brother Xu on taking this crucial step."

"It's a good thing, but that's also where the problem lies."

Commander Xu sighed: "Based on the information I gathered from within the alliance after advancing to the sixth-tier Commander Beastmaster, I learned that the Crimson Flame Lion King only has two relatively mature evolutionary paths. One is to evolve into the Battle Soul Lion King, which is of lower-tier overlord quality, and the other is to evolve into the Blazing Sun Lion King, which is of lower-tier overlord quality."

He explained in detail: "Among them, the evolution of the War Soul Lion King is relatively simpler. It only requires collecting one thousand specific sixth-tier spiritual objects and forty seventh-tier spiritual objects, and then letting the Crimson Flame Lion King undergo a hundred evenly matched battles during the evolution process to temper its body with battle intent, and it can directly evolve successfully. Moreover, most importantly, the War Soul Lion King has greater potential in the future, and has a clear path to continue evolving upwards to the quality of a mid-level overlord, or even an upper-level overlord."

Commander Xu paused, his tone slightly heavy: "The evolution of the Blazing Sun Lion King is much more difficult, requiring a full 2,500 sixth-tier spiritual creatures and 120 seventh-tier spiritual creatures, as well as the absorption and refinement of 1,000 suns during the evolution process. Most importantly, the Blazing Sun Lion King is already the highest form of this evolutionary path, and there are no higher-quality evolutionary forms afterward; the path ahead has come to an end."

Mr. Zhou seemed thoughtful: "Brother Xu, you didn't come here today for me to choose between these two paths for you, did you? Or perhaps you're having trouble collecting the spiritual items needed for your evolution and need my help?"

"Brother Zhou, you're joking."

Commander Xu shook his head: "Brother, you should know my background. Although my Xu family is not a prominent family, my great-grandfather and grandfather were both sixth-level commander-level beast tamers when they were alive. Our family has accumulated some resources over the generations. Although it will drain most of our resources to gather the sixth-level and seventh-level spiritual items needed for evolution, we can barely manage. I have come here today for another more important matter."

His expression turned extremely serious, and he said in a deep voice, "Brother, as you know, due to the limitations of the universe's rules, there are restrictions on the number of contracted positions for Overlord Beasts. In the same era, only three Beast Tamers can contract with Overlord Beasts of the same race. If these three positions are already filled, then other Beast Tamers' unevolved beasts of the same origin will absolutely not be able to successfully evolve into such Overlord Beasts. If the evolution ritual is forcibly initiated, it will inevitably fail due to the conflict with the rules, resulting in the loss of all previous efforts!"

"I understand what Uncle Xu means."

Zhou Heng's eyes flashed: "Uncle Xu is worried that since the War Soul Lion King is an evolution path that has been announced by the Alliance and is relatively simple, the evolution ritual may be widely known. He is afraid that someone else may have already secretly contracted the War Soul Lion King and filled all three slots. Even if all the materials are gathered, it will all be for nothing in the end."

"Indeed! My nephew is truly wise; that was exactly what I intended!"

Commander Xu's face showed helplessness: "For top-tier families like your Shenlong Zhou family, there may be many vacant evolutionary paths. But for beast tamers outside of our families, the War Soul Lion King is almost the best choice."

Zhou's father stood with his hands behind his back: "Brother Xu, what exactly do you want to do?"

"The main reason I've come here is to ask Brother Zhou to use your connections and intelligence network among the major families to investigate carefully and see if the three contract positions of the War Soul Lion King are currently full."

Commander Xu bowed deeply to Zhou's parents, his tone extremely earnest: "If it's not fully evolved, I will immediately begin preparations to evolve the Crimson Flame Lion King into the Battle Soul Lion King, sparing no expense to try and achieve it. If it truly is fully evolved, I will give up on this idea and quickly seek another method to avoid wasting countless hours, effort, and resources. After all, evolving a diamond-quality beast into a lower-tier overlord-quality beast requires an astronomical amount of spiritual materials. For us beast tamers who are not from aristocratic families, even if we give it our all, we can only try once or twice; we simply cannot afford to lose! Whether you two are willing to help or not, please accept these two sixth-tier top-grade crystal cores. If you can give me definite news, I will reward you handsomely when I successfully evolve it."

Mr. and Mrs. Zhou remained silent, and the garden fell silent for a moment, with only the soft sound of the breeze rustling through the flowers and plants.

Commander Xu revealed the hardships and helplessness of a non-aristocratic beast tamer climbing to the top.

Zhou Heng listened from the side, feeling extremely fortunate.

Fortunately, he was born into a large and powerful family in this life, and soon after awakening his talent, he directly contracted two mid-level overlord-quality beasts.

You'll never have to be like Commander Xu, humbling yourself to beg for help in order to upgrade your beast to the Overlord level.