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

Zhou Heng stroked his chin, extremely puzzled: "Even if your Light Dragons and Dark Dragons evolve, and Radiant Light and Dark Erosion Light become more powerful new skills, they are still skills controlled by the Light Dragons and Dark Dragons. How come they can't be fused together directly?"

Marquis Tianyin truthfully replied, "To be honest, Junior Uncle, we don't know the specific reasons either. We are actually at the level of knowing what happened, but not why."

Zhou Heng then asked, "How powerful is your combined attack skill, the Devouring Light Annihilation Cannon?"

Although Marquis Tianyin spoke modestly, he couldn't help but reveal a slightly smug expression: "If other factors remain unchanged, we will be facing a seventh-tier feudal lord beast tamer who has contracted two lower-level overlord beasts. This will allow us to fight above our level to some extent, and it will be relatively easy to defeat the enemy by crossing two or three minor levels."

"You are all seventh-tier feudal lord beast tamers. At this stage, it is already quite impressive that you can fight against opponents of higher levels when you are of equal quality."

Zhou Heng casually praised his two junior disciples, then asked with concern, "Is this the only combined attack skill you've developed? Haven't you developed a few more?"

Marquis Tianyin shook his head: "Junior Uncle, you don't know this, but you can't just study a combination skill whenever you want. You have to find the right opportunity."

Zhou Heng immediately understood: "I think I get it."

As they were talking, two elderly men in their fifties came forward. They were none other than Marquis Longyuan and the head of the Ling family, whom they had met before.

Marquis Longyuan bowed first, saying, "Greetings, Junior Uncle."

The Ling family patriarch followed closely behind and also bowed, saying, "Greetings, Little Ancestor."

Zhou Heng raised his hand in a gesture of support: "No need for such formalities."

Marquis Tianyin and Marquis Qianren then bowed to Marquis Longyuan and greeted the head of the Ling family.

As the son of Zhou Heng's deceased third senior brother, and a potential king with SS-level talent, Marquis Longyuan, although nominally Zhou Heng's junior brother like Marquis Tianyin and Marquis Qianren, holds a higher status than Marquis Tianyin and Marquis Qianren.

Because the master of Tianyin Marquis and Qianren Marquis was only a nominal disciple of Xuanchen Supreme, and their talents were only S-level.

Zhou Heng cut to the chase: "Nephew Long Yuan, Clan Chief Ling, what business do you have with me?"

Marquis Longyuan smiled broadly: "It's nothing serious. I just heard that Junior Uncle came to pay his respects to Grandmaster today. It's been a long time since I've seen Junior Uncle, so I wanted to catch up with him."

The Ling family patriarch revealed a fawning expression: "That's right, we just wanted to catch up with you. I've had tea prepared, please come in, young patriarch."

Zhou Heng nodded and led everyone to the giant city where the Ling family patriarch and many of the Ling family's direct descendants lived. Then, led by the Ling family patriarch, they entered a quiet and elegant courtyard.

After everyone sat down as host and guest, Marquis Longyuan couldn't help but flatter him, saying, "Junior Uncle's strength has increased again, especially the beasts around him. Three of them are different from before."

Zhou Heng made no attempt to hide anything, and he introduced himself frankly: "My initial, second, and third tamed beasts all evolved in quality a few days ago, evolving from the Rainbow-Winged Azure Phoenix, the Overturning Sea Silver Dragon, and the Eternal Night Demon Dragon into the Three-Headed Azure Phoenix, the Returning Void Divine Dragon, and the Netherworld Demon Dragon, respectively. Naturally, they are different now."

Shrinking in size, the three-headed azure phoenix standing on Zhou Heng's left shoulder raised its head high, showing no fear whatsoever, as it faced the scrutiny of Marquis Longyuan and the Ling family patriarch.

The Netherworld Demon Dragon, perched on Zhou Heng's right shoulder, remained fast asleep, completely undisturbed by the outside world.

The Guixu Divine Dragon, which was wrapped around Zhou Heng's wrist, was secretly pleased to hear Zhou Heng introduce it to outsiders, though it remained outwardly calm.

"Congratulations, Junior Uncle! The Three-Headed Azure Phoenix and the Netherworld Demon Dragon are now both superior overlord-level beasts, and the Returning Void Divine Dragon is even more extraordinary, being a mythical-level beast."

Marquis Longyuan first praised the three beasts beside Zhou Heng that had just completed their evolution, then glanced at the other three beasts behind Zhou Heng: "Add to that the Fortune Qilin King, the Titan Lord, and the Star-Devouring Kunpeng, all of which are mythical-quality beasts. Any one of these six beasts that Junior Uncle has contracted would make others envious to the point of losing their appetite."

The Ling family patriarch looked on with admiration: "I don't know much about the difficulty of evolving the Netherworld Demon Dragon, but the Three-Headed Azure Phoenix is ​​quite difficult to evolve. As for the Returning Void Divine Dragon, I've heard that its evolution difficulty far exceeds that of ordinary mythical beasts. Yet, our young ancestor was able to successfully evolve all three beasts in just a few months. Truly, a hero emerges from among the young!"

Zhou Heng picked up his teacup, a calm and gentle smile always on his lips: "Thanks to my master's guidance and the support of my family, otherwise I would not have achieved what I have today."

Marquis Longyuan acted like a junior in front of Zhou Heng: "I often listen to my master's teachings, but unfortunately my talent is much inferior to that of my junior uncle. Although I am two hundred years older than my junior uncle, I am far from being able to match his achievements. I feel ashamed when I think about it."

Zhou Heng knew Longyuan Hou's background and naturally wouldn't underestimate him: "You are at least an SS-level talent, so don't underestimate yourself too much. Moreover, I heard from my master that you have already cultivated your main beast tamer to the peak of the seventh rank and quietly evolved it to the lower-level mythical quality. I think it won't be long before our Eastern Alliance has another eighth-rank monarch beast tamer."

Upon hearing this, Marquis Longyuan sighed deeply, his expression growing even more humble: "For me, becoming an eighth-tier Monarch Beast Tamer is probably the end of my life, but for Junior Uncle, it's merely a stage in his future journey. Even if I advance to an eighth-tier Monarch Beast Tamer in the future, I will still be completely outmatched by Junior Uncle. Moreover, I only have one beast tamed to the lower-level mythical quality, while Junior Uncle has four mythical beast tamed, and crucially, his main beast, the Star-Devouring Kunpeng, is an incomparably powerful upper-level mythical quality. From any perspective, I am far inferior to Junior Uncle. I only have a slight age advantage, which is why my level is slightly higher than his, but with Junior Uncle's talent, it probably won't be long before he catches up with me, or even surpasses me."

Zhou Heng could naturally see that Marquis Longyuan was no ordinary person, and immediately encouraged him, "Nephew Longyuan, you are too modest. Among all these nephews, you are the most outstanding and the most favored by our master. You will definitely not stop at the eighth-level Monarch Beast Tamer in the future. Although you may not become a tenth-level Supreme Beast Tamer, becoming a ninth-level Emperor Beast Tamer is still no problem."

Marquis Longyuan remained modest on the surface, but inwardly he was overjoyed: "Junior Uncle is too kind to me."

The Ling family patriarch, being an old and shrewd man, deliberately teased from the side, "Elder Longyuan is being hypocritical after getting a good deal. Although you are not as good as the little ancestor, at least you have a main beast of lower mythical quality. My main beast is still only of upper overlord quality. It's really infuriating to compare yourself to others."

Marquis Longyuan smiled but remained silent.

Marquis Tianyin picked up the thread, saying self-deprecatingly, "Clan leader, please stop. The main beasts we two brothers control are still only of lower-level overlord quality, so there's no reasoning with them."

The Ling family patriarch, possessing exceptional emotional intelligence, immediately addressed Marquis Tianyin and Marquis Qianren: "Your main beast tamers possess combined attack skills, their combat power far surpassing that of ordinary lower-level overlord-quality beast tamers. They are truly the envy of all!"