Beast Taming: Starting from Transmigration and Starting with a Cheat Code

"Keda, this angle is amazing! The composition is perfect! That side-turn and head-over pose is so cool! You're practically a walking, breathing textbook model, every gesture is stylish, you're practically glowing!"

Qin Ming held up the photo-taking stone, capturing Keda's carefully posed posture from various angles. The more he looked, the more amazed he became, and he couldn't help but sincerely admire her.

The more Qin Ming looked, the more convinced he was that it wasn't an illusion. "You don't just seem... you really are glowing! Look at the edges of those feathers, the energy flowing in your eyes... it's so sparkly!"

"Gah~" Keda maintained his most tense pose, and upon hearing this, he elegantly tilted his head, his eyes looking down with disdain, his posture noble and elegant, as if to say "Basic operation is not enough".

With the Spirit Master's generous and emotionally valuable support, Keda's state was brought to its peak, striving for perfection in every angle and detail.

This commotion naturally attracted the attention of the other "residents" in the dormitory.

Even Little Fatty and School Bully Cat, who refused to leave the shore, couldn't help but stretch their necks and cast curious glances.

However, when they heard Qin Ming's glowing praise, their expressions all changed.

Little Fatty and School Bully Cat widened their eyes almost simultaneously, their faces showing an extremely human-like "hesitation."

They looked at Keda, who was completely immersed in the performance and whose whole body was sparkling, then at Qin Ming, who was excited and oblivious, and finally their gaze fell on Cang Xuan, who seemed to want to say something to remind him.

The next second, the turtle and the cat moved in surprisingly perfect unison.

Little Fatty stretched out his paw and gently hooked the tip of Cangxuan's fluffy white tail; the school bully cat then nimbly flipped over and silently pressed down on Cangxuan's front paw with its soft paw pads.

Both spirit beasts simultaneously conveyed a clear message: "Don't go! Watch!"

Cang Xuan paused, his icy blue eyes sweeping over the two "troublemakers" before taking a look at the situation in the arena, and finally chose to... sit down on the spot.

Thus, a magical scene unfolded in a corner of the dormitory: three spirit beasts with distinct temperaments sat in a row, their eyes fixed intently on the "filming location" in the center, and a subtle atmosphere of anticipation filled the air as they awaited the start of a good show.

Qin Ming was completely unaware of this; his attention was entirely focused on Keda's "power-accumulating" demonstration.

Charge-up, a fundamental yet crucial combat skill, hinges on the precise control of energy gathering and the timing of its release.

Only those who can silently and effortlessly complete efficient energy compression and conversion in seemingly effortless movements can be considered to have truly mastered the art.

The demonstration that Keda was performing was exemplary in Qin Ming's eyes. Every movement was seamlessly connected, and the transitions in energy fluctuations were perfectly smooth.

The more Qin Ming looked at his son Keda, the more he realized how hard he had trained. Without going through countless trials and tribulations, he would never have reached such a level of effortless mastery!

This level of skill is almost on par with the exemplary cases in textbooks!

Hiss... In his moment of triumph, Qin Ming's intuition also stirred slightly.

Which of the mythical beasts used as model examples in textbooks isn't an experienced and older "veteran"?

How old is Keda? Even if he is exceptionally talented and hardworking, isn't this progress a bit too fast?

However, upon further reflection, he dismissed his doubts—Charging up is one of the few skills whose effects cannot be violently enhanced simply through "Power Amplification" or "Spiritual Energy Infusion".

During class, the instructor repeatedly emphasized that such delicate energy manipulation skills, if the input is blindly increased, can easily lead to an unstable energy structure or even a loss of control and backlash.

Otherwise, wouldn't it be possible to stack them infinitely, spiraling upwards by stepping on the right foot with the left?

The fact that he can do something so exquisitely is a testament to his real ability!

Thinking about it this way, Qin Ming felt even more gratified, and his gaze toward Keda was filled with the pride of "my bird has grown up."

"Quack! Duck, get ready!" Keda maintained the posture of compressing energy to the critical point, with a faint white light flickering in his throat, and his voice had a strange metallic quality due to the high concentration of energy.

"Roger! Location of the photo stone locked! Test module in place!"

Qin Ming responded quickly.

The test board is about half a person tall, forged from a variety of special spiritual materials, with a smooth surface and the academy emblem printed on it.

It has extremely high hardness and excellent toughness, and is specifically used to test the strength of offensive skills.

The college's general requirement for assignments in this course is that they leave a mark on the test board.

But Qin Ming's goal was not limited to that. He wanted Keda to leave the deepest mark, preferably to penetrate it directly, which would tie the record for single-target damage caused by the "charge" skill among the freshmen in recent years!

"Aim! Fire!"

With Qin Ming's command, the energy that had been accumulating for so long finally found an outlet, but it was also exquisitely restrained, forming an extremely condensed, blazing white light wave that shot out!

Light waves travel at extremely high speeds, and the sound of them cutting through the air is sharp and short.

Almost the instant Qin Ming heard the sound, the light wave slammed into the very center of the test panel!

"Thump!!!"

A much deeper, more muffled, and solid thud than expected rang out, and the base of the test board creaked under the strain.

Immediately afterwards, at the center of the impact point, a hole with smooth edges and about the size of a fist appeared!

The absence of cracks spreading around the hole indicates an extremely concentrated energy level.

At the very moment the hole was formed, a thin stream of white mist, heated to boiling point by the aftershocks of energy, sprayed out from behind the test panel.

Success! Achievement accomplished!

Qin Ming's eyes suddenly lit up, and a smile instantly appeared on his lips, but the curve of his lips hadn't fully opened yet...

The test board, which had been cleanly and decisively pierced, suddenly began to vibrate violently without any warning!

It wasn't a shaking caused by an impact, but rather a high-frequency, subtle vibration emanating from the internal structure, accompanied by bursts of strange buzzing.

Qin Ming's smile froze, and an ominous premonition rose in his heart.

next second.

"Snap... Boom!!!"

The seemingly intact test board suddenly shattered into pieces from the inside right in front of Qin Ming!

Instead of shattering into several large pieces, it disintegrated into countless fingernail-sized fragments with irregular edges, as if it had been burst open from the inside by an invisible force!

Even after it shattered, the vibrations seemed to continue, and Qin Ming didn't have time to confirm it further.

A gentle breeze, seemingly from nowhere, swept by...

These newly disintegrated fragments, as if weathered over millions of years, instantly lost all structural strength, turning into a handful of fine, grayish-white powder that fell softly to the ground...

The breeze has stopped.

In the center of the dormitory, only a small, inconspicuous pile of ashes remained on the floor, along with a bare, slightly smoking test board base.

The air was filled with a faint, strange smell, like a mixture of lime and metal oxides.

Qin Ming swallowed hard, his expression shifting from pleasure to blankness and emptiness.

He blinked, then blinked again, unable to comprehend what had happened in those few seconds.

The energy breakthrough was as expected, which is great.

The test board vibrates on its own? What's the principle behind it? Residual energy resonance?

And then... it shattered on its own? And shattered so evenly and completely?

And then... vanished into thin air?

What is all this nonsense?! It's just a test board, how can it possibly produce a hidden "Critical Strike Shatter" plus "Weathering Annihilation" double effect?

Is this testing board some kind of one-time use magical item?! Is someone really not playing a prank on him?

Also...shouldn't he...quickly grab a container and collect this pile of powder?

After all, this is also considered "homework" remnants...? If we don't collect it soon, even the remnants will be gone!

Qin Ming's mind was in a mess, but his body acted first. He squatted down and frantically tried to pull out a box.

"quack?!"

Even the skill's initiator, Keda, was dumbfounded. He tilted his head, unusually losing his composure and elegance, his wings flapping unconsciously twice, his round eyes filled with doubt.

At the same time, "Ururu~~"

A tired yet cheerful and light cry rang out.

A jet-black butterfly, struggling to flap its wings, wobbled and faltered as it approached. It was the black hole, exhausted and its form thin with every effort!

His eyes gleamed with excitement as they danced around the ashes—this was his victory!

The flapping of its wings naturally created a gentle breeze.

The last few stubborn grains of powder were gently blown away, no longer lingering...

Qin Ming's hand, which had just taken out the jade box, froze in mid-air. He hurried as fast as he could, but his hand was still a step too slow. In the end, he could only watch helplessly as the powder swirled and flew away in the direction of freedom, and there was nothing he could do to stop it.

Qin Ming: "..."

He remained silent for a good ten seconds, his mind blank from the series of shocks.

Thank goodness... thank goodness...

Qin Ming's gaze slowly shifted to the recording stone beside him, which had been in active recording mode.

At that moment, this warm, smooth stone seemed to radiate a savior-like light in his eyes.

Luckily, he recorded it!

From beginning to end, energy readings, the moment of penetration, the bizarre self-vibration, the strange shattering, the wind turning to ash... everything was recorded!

Otherwise, how could he explain it to his tutor?

Does it mean "I finished my homework, but the workbook was disintegrated by a mysterious force," or "My spirit beast's power was too great, causing the test board to defy the laws of physics and be reduced to ashes"?

This is an absolute dilemma: "Did I not do my homework, or did my homework just disappear?"

Thinking of the terrible situation he almost faced, Qin Ming breathed a long sigh of relief.