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

"Firemane Lion, based on your intuition, which direction do you think will yield results?"

Yan Kun, the captain of the Nan Yan team, stood at the edge of a forest clearing and entrusted the important task of deciding the direction of their advance to his tamed beast.

The fiery lion crouched in front of him, occasionally a few sparks flying from its mane.

Hearing his master's question, he shook his big head, the flames on his mane briefly leaping up from orange-red, and then gestured in the direction of northeast.

"Very good!" Yan Kun waved his hand.

A very soft mutter came from behind, "But hasn't the captain's luck always been... a bit bad?"

The speaker was a tall, thin man. He spoke in a low voice, but everyone present was standing close enough that they could all hear him.

Yan Kun glared at him, "I'm listening! I'm eliminating possibilities for you! Do you even know what the process of elimination is?"

"Besides, the strong never fear the challenge of luck!"

Yan Kun didn't give them time to think. He slapped the Flame-Maned Lion's back hard. "Flame-Maned Lion, make a few more choices!"

The Flamemane Lion's tail stiffened for a moment, a wisp of black smoke billowed from its nostrils, and then it roared a few times reluctantly, each time pointing in a different direction.

With each roar, Yan Kun crossed one off in his mind.

"Very well, not many left. Fiery Mane Lion, choose again!"

The Flamemane Lion's eyes became vacant, darting around restlessly...

Hundreds of meters away.

Qin Ming lay on Cang Xuan's back, observing the movements of the Nan Yan team through the gaps in the branches and leaves.

"Shouldn't the Nan Yan team seize the opportunity at the start of the game, taking advantage of the other teams' lack of preparation, and try to take as many as they can?"

Qin Ming stroked his chin, looking puzzled. He had reviewed the data compiled by Lu Wuyan last night. The core of the Nan Yan team's tactics was to win quickly, unleash their full firepower within the first three minutes, and use explosive power to break through the opponent's defense and accumulate an early advantage.

With the explosive power of the Flamemane Lion, it has a very high win rate against any team in the early stages of the game.

Once you've secured and accumulated resources, things will become increasingly smooth. The Nan Yan team used this strategy to dominate the early rounds.

But what are they doing now? Just wandering around in the jungle?

"Oh, they can't find their way, they're gambling on luck." Cang Xuan wiggled his ears.

Qin Ming fell silent. It seemed that the average sense of direction among the Nan Yan team members was even worse than described in the intelligence.

The intelligence report only stated that the Nan Yan team "focuses on explosive combat power, but is slightly lacking in other aspects," but it didn't specify what those "other aspects" included. Now Qin Ming knows.

"So hasty." He shook his head, temporarily putting yesterday's tactical analysis out of his mind.

"Contact Lu Wuyan and see if they have any location information for other squads. See if we can make something of it."

Cang Xuan closed his eyes slightly and exchanged information with his clone.

A moment later, Cang Xuan opened his eyes.

"The situation at the camp is progressing smoothly. Cloud Falcon has completed its first round of high-altitude reconnaissance. Cloud Dragon Squad is in the northeast direction, about seven kilometers from the camp, and is moving northeast, temporarily away from us. Northern Abyss Squad is due south, about four kilometers from the camp, and is setting up defensive positions, moving slowly."

The locations of both popular teams have been found. Qin Ming raised an eyebrow slightly. Lu Wuyan's aerial reconnaissance ability is indeed remarkable; he figured out the positions of the two biggest threats in less than fifteen minutes.

With the Nan Yan team right in front of him, Qin Ming now had a complete grasp of the real-time movements of the three championship favorites in the final round.

After a moment's thought, Qin Ming said, "Let's guide them to the Northern Abyss Team."

Cang Xuan nodded slightly, a faint blue light appearing in his pupils.

The power of wood silently spread outward from his body, seeping into the surrounding vegetation.

Some shrub branches showed signs of fresh breakage, and the moss on the ground had several unnatural indentations. The leaves of several broad-leaved plants were slightly tilted in one direction, as if someone or an animal had passed by there not long ago.

These traces are inconspicuous when viewed individually, but when connected in a line and spread out in front of the Nan Yan team, they form a faint path pointing towards the Bei Yuan team.

off the field.

This scene was clearly displayed on the proctor's screen.

"What a clever way to shift the blame." The old examiner stood with his hands behind his back, looking at the image on the screen with undisguised admiration.

"A source of trouble?" The instructor leading the Nan Yan team, who was standing to the side, turned around and raised an objection.

The old examiner coughed twice, somewhat deliberately. "For a magic-based team, drawing away nearby threats in the early game while simultaneously whittling down the opponent is naturally the right approach. Don't overthink it."

The team leader snorted and turned his gaze back to the screen.

On the screen, the Nan Yan team is moving along the false tracks set up by Cang Xuan. "That brat didn't even suspect anything."

The instructor's fist clenched and unclenched at his side. "They really need a lesson. Go back and practice more; take a separate course on direction recognition."

Didn't you offer orienteering courses before? But the experienced examiner thought about it and didn't ask any further questions.

Within the secret realm.

The Nan Yan team was not advancing quickly. Although Yan Kun had a poor sense of direction, his combat skills were not bad.

He would stop every now and then to let the Flamemane Lion sense the fluctuations in the surrounding atmosphere.

Although the Flame Mane Lion's perception range is not as wide as that of the Wind Falcon and Cloud Falcon, it is highly sensitive to fire attributes and life force. If other spirit beasts have released skills nearby, it can detect the residual energy traces from a certain distance.

It was this caution that made Yan Kun notice the abnormality in the plants.

"Captain, could this be a hoax?" someone whispered, pointing to several unnatural moss marks on the ground ahead.

Yan Kun squatted down to examine the marks, then stood up and looked around.

"Even if it's a ruse, there are concrete clues." He said decisively. "The Yunlong Squad wouldn't stoop to deception, and we're not afraid of the remaining teams. Advance cautiously."

He patted the Flamemane Lion's mane, signaling it to go ahead and scout the way. The Flamemane Lion growled, and the flames on its mane lowered by half an inch, entering a state of alert.

"Actually, this direction was already one of the last two directions we ruled out earlier," a young team member added from the back.

He spoke with a serious expression, genuinely supporting the captain's judgment in his own way.

"So it's highly credible!"

This assertion gained wider acceptance. Several team members nodded in agreement.

"The captain's process of elimination really worked!"

Although Yan Kun didn't turn around, his back looked a bit more upright.

The only one who didn't participate in the discussion was the Flame-Maned Lion. Walking at the front of the group, his eyes were downcast, and he didn't say a word; the flames in his mane had turned from orange to dark red.

The fiery-maned lion led the way, puffing out its cheeks. Its pace quickened, and the bushes it passed were scorched by the flames on its tail, turning to ashes before the smoke could even rise.

The remaining members of the Nan Yan team exchanged glances.

The Flamemane Lion's rage level has increased. As rage increases, its combat power will also increase.

This is one of the few auxiliary amplification methods used by the Nan Yan team. The effect is significant, but the side effect is that a lot of time needs to be spent on post-event reassurance. It's not a big problem though!

"We succeeded." The tall, thin man who had instigated the trouble silently gestured to his teammates behind him, and several team members quietly high-fived.