Beast Taming: I can even raise gods and demons!

Chapter 141 Breakthrough to the Second Grade Realm, System Upgrade, Can I Cultivate Myself Now? (9100 words)

Chen Fan knew that the City Lord's Mansion would definitely take some action after taking the ring.

But I never expected that Yun Canghai would use television to "announce it to the world"...

On the TV show, he held up the ring, as if he were saying to the people of Nightmare's Court... "The ring is in my hand, so what the hell are you going to do about it!"

That's really simple and straightforward.

On the other hand, Master Zhang Hai sent another message to Chen Fan, telling him some things...

The people of the Nightmare Court knew that the ring was on Chen Fan because the ring had a positioning array.

Therefore, he told Chen Fan not to worry too much.

Now Yun Canghai has obtained the ring.

Nightmare Court wants to snatch the ring from Yun Canghai, but it won't be that easy.

This one of the two youngest grandmasters in the Tang Dynasty was already famous throughout the world many years ago. How could an ordinary grandmaster compare to him?

Back when he was outside the First Secret Realm, a Grandmaster-level figure from the Nightmare Court was captured by him in just a few moves as soon as he appeared, which shows how powerful he was.

However, the origin of the ring and the strange things about it have not yet been discovered by the people of Donghai City.

But that's no longer important to Chen Fan.

Small fry, no need to get involved in the sharks' business.

Let me focus on getting stronger first.

……

late at night.

Chen Fan's training ground was still very lively.

Because Chu Xuan, Ye Hao, and Bai Rugo all sent their tamed beasts to Chen Fan for training.

Now, all the beast tamers are gathered together on the training ground, making quite a ruckus.

Worried about trouble, the Beast Tamer Association dispatched several Star Warriors of Rank 2 or above to guard the training ground.

After all, none of the owners of these beasts were present.

The Animal Breeders Association was also afraid that Chen Fan wouldn't be able to control the situation.

If a group of tamed beasts were to start fighting, it would be quite a headache.

But they were clearly overthinking it...

With the Savage and Frenzied Apes on the training ground, how could ordinary beast tamers dare to act recklessly?

Moreover, most of these beast tamers have witnessed the power of Xiaobai and Gangzi and have been beaten up by them. Who would dare to be arrogant here?

It was lively, but all the beasts behaved themselves and dared not act recklessly.

So soon, those Star Warriors withdrew again.

……

Shen Hongxiu's three tamed beasts were not among them.

Because she didn't actually move in with Chen Fan.

This girl speaks boldly and seems crazy, but her actions are actually quite meticulous despite her seemingly madness.

She rented a house outside the Animal Breeders Association...

According to her, although Chen Fan can help her and everyone else cultivate beasts, beasts still need to sleep... Wouldn't it be better to summon the beasts back to the beast space at night?

Beast tamers are willing to sign contracts with their master and become soul partners because the master has a beast taming space.

Beast tamers, who sleep and meditate in the Beast Taming Space, grow much faster than the monsters in the wilderness.

So Shen Hongxiu's meaning was very simple... She moved directly to the Beast Tamer Association and would come to summon the beasts back to the Beast Taming Space at night.

Although Chen Fan cultivates beasts through the system, he doesn't care about this slight improvement in the beast taming space.

However, Shen Hongxiu's suggestion was reasonable and well-founded.

This made him look at Shen Hongxiu with new respect.

……

Looking at the group of tamed beasts playing on the training ground, Chen Fan couldn't help but smile.

Making money like this is so satisfying...

Each beast that increases your combat power level earns you 40.

Chu Xuan, Ye Hao, Fang Qingqing, Bai Rugo, Li Fengxing, Shen Hongxiu, Shen Daodao... Seven top geniuses from the three academies, with a total of twenty-two tamed beasts.

In one fell swoop, I earned 880 million.

Chen Fan sat at the stone table, watching the beasts play while silently recording their data on the "computer" on his wrist.

If you've taken someone's money, you're obligated to do their bidding.

Although Chen Fan wasn't in a hurry to level up these beasts, considering that he was going to the second secret realm, D area, the day after tomorrow, it would definitely be beneficial to help a few of them level up if he had all the materials.

After all, this is an adventure team, not a sightseeing tour.

We can't rely on the Savage Berserker Ape for everything while everyone else and the beast tamers just watch from the sidelines, can we?

What's the point of bringing such a large group of people with me?

Life is unpredictable. Last time, even with a level 16 Golden Feather Sea Falcon, we still got trapped and almost wiped out.

This time, let them act as miners and mine the ore properly.

Chen Fan checked the attribute panels of each of the tamed beasts and then recorded all the materials needed to upgrade their levels.

Considering team combat, Chen Fan actually preferred to level up Xiaobai and Gangzi first.

Among this large group of tamed beasts, Xiaobai and Gangzi's strength has far surpassed that of the other tamed beasts.

The overall attack power gained from raising other beasts by one combat level is far less than that gained from raising Xiaobai and Gangzi's combat level by one.

Although Xiaobai and Gangzi are still at level 6, their true strength is already stronger than that of an ordinary level 8 beast tamer.

If their combat power level were increased by one level, they could fight against level 9 monsters single-handedly.

pity……

After checking, Chen Fan discovered that Xiao Bai and Gang Zi were missing more than half of the materials they needed for their breakthrough.

Many items require pre-ordering and will not be available for at least a week or two.

Another part is simply out of stock, and we don't know when it will be available again;

Some of these things you might have to find yourself in the secret realm.

The materials needed for Xiao Hei to break through from level 5 to level 6 are all there...

Perhaps because Xiao Hei swallowed a lot of Crying Demons in the hospital, the materials for its breakthrough to level 6 were just as easy as the materials for level 4 to level 5... Not only were they all available, but it didn't cost much money.

With no other option, Chen Fan could only focus his attention on Bai Rugo and Chu Xuan's beast taming.

After recording the materials needed for each beast, Chen Fan discovered that only the Dark Blood Stone Golem had all the materials needed for levels 5 to 6.

They are missing a lot of the other materials needed for taming beasts.

It seems that before entering the second secret realm, the only thing we can do is help Little Black and the Darkblood Stone Golem reach level 6.

These two guys... one is the strongest support, and the other is an extremely strong tank.

Xiao Hei's skill "Mental Spikes" is currently unmatched. Although it cannot severely injure or even kill an enemy in one hit, even a fifth-rank expert would have to clutch their head and howl in pain if hit.

The Darkblood Stone Golem has extremely strong attack and defense, making it suitable for charging into battle... If Chu Xuan were to equip it with a powerful hammer, it would become a fierce berserker.

Raising them both to level 6 will significantly improve the team's overall strength.

Besides Little Black and Darkblood Stone Golem, the "Heavenly Jade Fruit" that helped Jade break through to the low-level lord rank was also obtained this morning.

Let's see if there are any new changes after Emerald breaks through to the lower-level lord.

Chen Fan turned his gaze to the old ape.

After obtaining the Drunken Dragon Grass last night, he helped Old Ape raise his combat power level to level 6.

[Name of the beast]: Red-eyed ape. Old ape

[Combat Power Level]: 6

[Race Rank]: Low-ranking Lord

[Beast Taming Attribute]: Shadow

[Racial Skills]: Shadow Curtain, Shadow Poison Claw, Frog Transformation, Ghost Step, Life Steal (After damaging an enemy, absorb 15% of the enemy's Star Power into yourself for three minutes, then continue for about five minutes. Can only be used on enemies no more than 3 levels higher than yourself...including level 3)

[Racial Evolution Path]: Two

The first, normal evolutionary path: Crimson-Eyed Ghost Ape → Blood-Eyed Demon Ape → Shadow Mad Ape;

The second path is a hidden mutation evolution route: Crimson-Eyed Ghost Ape → Three-Eyed Assassin Ape → Nine Nether Demon Ape...

Old Ape first raised his racial level to low-level lord, and then last night, his combat power level broke through from level 5 to level 6.

At this level, it is still a red-eyed ghost ape and has not evolved into a three-eyed assassin ape.

But after breaking through to level 6, it awakened a new skill, "Life Steal".

After damaging an enemy, absorb 15% of the enemy's star power into yourself within three minutes, and then continue for about five minutes...

Weakening the enemy by 15% while simultaneously strengthening oneself by 15%—this move is incredibly powerful!

The skill description states that this move can only be used on enemies who are no more than 3 levels higher than the user (including level 3).

In other words, the level 6 Old Ape can only use this skill on monsters of level 9 and below.

Chen Fan had previously assessed Xiaobai and his group's current strength.

With a combat power level of 6 and a race level of low-ranking lord, this level of strength is enough to contend with a mid-level extraordinary level 8 beast tamer, even if the skill proficiency has not broken through to 100.

After raising the proficiency of all skills to over 100, they should be significantly stronger than a mid-level extraordinary level 8 Beast Tamer.

With the "Bloodsucking" skill, combined with Gangzi's "Bloodlust," the old ape could almost easily defeat a level 8 beast master of intermediate extraordinary level!

The only problem is encountering a beast with extremely strong defense like the Black Iron Dragon Turtle... If the Black Iron Dragon Turtle's combat power level and racial level are the same as the Old Ape's, the Old Ape will have a hard time breaking through its defense.

But that problem has now been solved...

The set of weapons that Chen Fan ordered for Old Ape at a high price will be delivered tomorrow morning.

At that time, the old ape's weakness in attack power will be completely changed!

With that set of weapons, even if Old Ape were to go and kill a level 9 monster all by himself, his success rate would be very high.

Chen Fan smiled and nodded secretly, then waved his hand: "Xiao Hei, go and call Jade over."

Perched atop a tree not far away, Little Black flapped its wings and shouted, "Little Green Hat, your owner is calling you!"

Emerald, who was playing around with Gangzi and the others, was furious when she heard this. She plopped and jumped as she rushed over.

Little Black let out a strange cackle and took to the air.

But the jade could also fly. Wings sprouted from its body, and it chased after the jade in a flash, then blew it away with a gust of wind.

"Snoring!"

The storm left Little Black feeling dizzy and disoriented.

One after another, sharp blades fell on Xiao Hei's body.

Feathers fluttered in the air...

"Aaaaaah!"

The little black cat cried out repeatedly, "My fur!"

"My fur!"

"..." Chen Fan waved helplessly, "Jade, stop fooling around, come down here."

Emerald chirped twice, flew down, and landed on the stone table in front of Chen Fan.

Little Black landed on the ground, picked up a few feathers, and looked like he was about to cry.

If you usually provoke Xiaobai and Gangzi, you'll at most get a beating.

Unexpectedly, the most adorable jadeite appeared as a storm right from the start...

……

Chen Fan ignored Xiao Hei and took out the prepared materials from the house.

The white icy python, which was not far away, suddenly darted over.

Now, whenever this guy sees Chen Fan gathering various materials, he knows what Chen Fan is up to.

The Darkblood Stone Golem and other tamed beasts also followed, forming a circle around it.

The Savage Berserker Ape was so large that it lay down on the grass, its head like a small mountain watching Chen Fan's movements.

"It's not for you to eat."

Chen Fan pushed away the giant head of the Savage Berserker Ape.

Ugh, so annoying...

The Frost White Python is starting to look more and more like a husky, always opening its mouth wide.

It's not that its gaping maw is scary...

The main problem is that it smells terrible.

Its breath can suffocate a person!

Chen Fan chopped up all the ingredients, prepared them, and cut the "Heavenly Jade Fruit" from the arena competition rewards into small pieces.

After everything was prepared, he picked up a pot and placed it on the induction cooker.

Once the water boils, add all the ingredients to the pot one by one in the order specified in the system instructions.

Soon, a fragrant aroma wafted from the pot.

A pot of water turned a vibrant green, just like jade.

The little black bird landed on my shoulder and said resentfully, "This thing is disgusting... Jade should eat disgusting things like this!"

Chen Fan tilted his head slightly: "Little Hei, are you addicted to getting beaten up? Don't you feel uncomfortable if you don't get beaten up seven times a day?"

Little Black nudged Chen Fan's head in a conciliatory manner and said, "Hehehe, just kidding, don't humans call this humor?"

Chen Fan shook his head: "That's not humor, that's just being sarcastic."

Xiao Hei stopped talking.

Chen Fan checked the time; he still had fifteen minutes to wait.

He got up and took out another pile of materials.

When Little Black saw the ingredients inside, which were some of his favorite foods, he flapped his wings excitedly, shouting, "It's my turn!"

"Finally, it's my turn!"

"Who is Master playing with!"

"I don't want to play with anyone." Chen Fan finished cutting up all of Xiao Hei's ingredients and placed them in another large pot.

After the pot of jade was cooked, Chen Fan picked it up and placed it on an open space not far away to let it cool.

Before long, Xiao Hei's pot was boiling.

Little Black was walking around the big pot on the stone table, extremely excited.

however……

The contents of this pot turned black and emitted an extremely foul odor.

Xiao Bai and the others almost threw up, and one by one they fled to a distance.

Even the Savage Berserk Ape covered its nose, got up, and ran to the edge of the training ground.

Little Black stared in disbelief: "Master, is this really for me to eat?"

"I feel like I'll die the moment I eat this!"

Chen Fan stirred it with a spoon and said, "I don't think so."

Little Black almost cried: "Even you, Master, can't be sure?"

Chen Fan raised an eyebrow and said, "Nonsense, I've never eaten it either."

Xiao Hei: "What you said makes so much sense, I'm speechless... What if I die after eating it?"

Chen Fan sighed, "Then I'll definitely hold a grand funeral for you, and burn ten or eight female birds for you. Don't worry."

Xiao Hei: "Then I'm relieved."

A group of tamed beasts around them: "..."

Just as Xiao Hei was staring blankly at the dark, gooey thing, Emerald had already run to the other side of the open space and slurped up the lump of goo that had turned dark green.

Immediately, Jade showed a look of pain, and her body trembled violently!

Seeing this, Xiaobai and the others disregarded the stench emanating from Xiaohei's pot and ran back.

"boom!"

The jade body trembled violently, and countless starlight points rained down from the sky.

The racial rank has been successfully broken through to "Low-level Lord"!

Meanwhile, star power surged within Chen Fan, and he immediately received the power of the jade's feedback!

"I feel like I'm almost at the limit of the fifth level of the first rank..."

Chen Fan shook his arms and then looked at the jade attribute panel.

[Racial Skills]: Storm - Wind Blade+, Wind Wings+, Water Dragon Bullet+, Wind Binding+ (Locks an enemy in a whirlwind, preventing them from moving and using skills.)

"Wind Binding Technique? A control skill!"

Chen Fan's eyes lit up.

Unexpectedly, the jade also awakened a skill.

Chen Fan narrowed his eyes, increased the proficiency of the Wind Binding Technique on Emerald to 100, and then looked at the Frost White Python.

The Frost White Python was startled and darted into the forest.

"..."

Chen Fan was speechless for a moment.

This guy is incredibly smart now; you can tell what he's up to just by looking at his eyes.

Chen Fan then looked at the Darkblood Stone Golem.

Darkblood Stone Golem: "..."

"Little Dark, stand over there." Chen Fan waved to the Darkblood Stone Golem and pointed to the open space in front of Emerald.

"My name isn't Xiao An..." The Darkblood Stone Golem walked over helplessly.

Chen Fan winked at Jade: "Jade, use the Wind Binding Technique."

Impatiently, Emerald immediately used the skill "Wind Binding Technique".

"call!"

A whirlwind suddenly rose up, engulfing the Darkblood Stone Golem and binding it less than a meter above the ground.

"roar!"

The Darkblood Stone Golem struggled violently, but it couldn't muster any strength at all!

Even skills cannot be used!

Six seconds later...

"Bang!"

The Darkblood Stone Golem landed on the ground.

Whether it was the Darkblood Stone Golem or any of the other tamed beasts, they all stared wide-eyed at Emerald.

The slime is getting stronger and stronger...

It has actually awakened this bizarre skill!

The white icy python swam up to the jadeite, looking at it with intense jealousy.

Chen Fan said calmly, "Qinglong, if you run away again next time I ask you to cooperate, I'll just throw you back to Qingqing and ignore you."

The Frost Python was startled and swam over, lying down at Chen Fan's feet and gently nudging his foot with its head.

By this time, Xiao Hei's pot of food had almost cooled down.

But Xiao Hei couldn't bring himself to eat the dark, foul-smelling "thing".

Why...?

Xiao Hei said, on the verge of tears, "Last time I wanted to drink Gangzi's saliva, and this time I have to eat this disgusting stuff?"

Why am I always the one who gets hurt?

Chen Fan was so angry he laughed: "You're a Soul-Devouring Bird, a demon-type beast tamer. The materials that helped you increase your strength are just that scent. What can I do about it?"

"Just tell me if you're going to eat it or not."

"Eat!" Little Black struck a pose as if facing execution: "As long as it helps me break through, even a pile of shit, I'll eat it clean!"

"..." Chen Fan was speechless: "Why do you have to describe the food you ate in such a disgusting way?"

Little Black let out a long sigh and took a slurp with its pointed snout...

"Huh!"

Little Black raised its head: "It smells awful, but it tastes delicious!"

Chen Fan: "..."

Xiao Hei ate a few more bites.

"Holy crap! This is fucking delicious!"

"Damn! It tastes even better than Heavenly Fire Ant meat!"

"This is fucking... really..."

"Shut up!" Chen Fan was furious. "Do you have to swear every time you take a bite? If you swear again, I'll throw this whole pot into the pigs' food!"

"I can't even praise it... but it's really delicious!" Xiao Hei said, feeling extremely aggrieved.

"If it's good, then eat it!" Chen Fan frowned and said, "Even eating can't shut your stinking mouth!"

Little Black glanced timidly at Chen Fan, then looked at Darkblood Stone Man and Holy Moon Morning Glory, before chuckling and saying, "What are you looking at? I have food to eat, but you guys don't!"

"Are you very jealous? Are you feeling terrible?"

Even Little White couldn't stand it anymore, so it ran over and slapped Little Black with its little paw, sending it spinning around.

Then, Little White looked at Little Black and gently tapped the pot with its little paw: "Meow...meow! (If you don't eat, I'll smash this pot!)"

"..."

This time, Xiao Hei became obedient, lowered its head, and silently began to "eat".

"This idiot..." Chen Fan couldn't help but roll his eyes.

After a long while, Xiao Hei finally finished eating, turned around, and was about to speak...

Lightning flashed on Little White's claws as a lightning blade was placed against its neck.

"belch!"

Little Black let out a burp.

Immediately, its body trembled violently, and a faint light emanated from each of its feathers.

As countless stars scattered down from the sky, Xiao Hei broke through to level 6!

[Racial Skills]: Devour Souls+, Mental Spikes+, Shadow Bolt+, Fear+

The skills remain unchanged.

However, the same skill is obviously much more powerful when used by a level 6 Xiao Hei than when used by a level 5 Xiao Hei.

"Hahahahaha!"

With a flap of its little black wings, it took to the air.

"I've finally reached level 6!"

"Hahahahaha!"

Below, a group of beast tamers all revealed expressions of envy, jealousy, and hatred in their eyes.

Many of the tamed beasts looked at Chen Fan with admiration.

At this moment, Chen Fan looked at the Savage Berserker Ape.

He planned to bring the Savage Berserker Ape with him when he went to the second secret realm the day after tomorrow.

According to Shen Daodao, there are many level 9 monsters in the second secret realm, D area.

Only the Savage Berserker Ape can handle large groups of level 9 monsters.

Just to be on the safe side, Chen Fan planned to help the Savage Berserker Ape break through to level 11 first.

Chen Fan remained silent for a moment, then beckoned to the Darkblood Stone Man and the Old Ape, and began moving things out of the house.

100 pounds of devil bananas, 100 pounds of blueberries, 500 pounds of milk tree leaves...

The materials needed to upgrade the Savage Berserker Ape are all quite common, but the quantity is enormous.

As for the originally required "three days of high-intensity training", it is no longer on the attribute panel... because Chen Fan has been training the Savage Berserker Ape for many days after it was sent here.

Chen Fan moved all his belongings to the Savage Berserker Ape.

The Savage Berserker Ape and a group of tamed beasts stared blankly at the mountain of fruit and leaves.

Chen Fan beckoned to the Savage Berserker Ape: "Big Savage, eat these things... Follow my instructions, in order."

"Let's eat these 100 pounds of devil bananas first."

Little Black flew down: "Master, may I eat it?"

Chen Fan: "Get lost."

Xiao Hei: "Okay!"

The Savage Berserker Ape obediently sat down, picked up the bunches of devil bananas, peeled them, and stuffed them into its mouth.

A body as massive as a Vajra...

It makes very little noise when you eat it.

[Monster's Preferences]: Likes quiet, listening to soft music, and enjoys being gently patted on the shoulder.

It's supposed to be a berserk ape, so why isn't it berserk at all?

As Chen Fan watched the Savage Berserker Ape eat, and then looked at the attribute panel, a series of question marks appeared in his mind.

Seeing the little white monkeys watching him eat with curiosity, the Savage Berserker Ape smiled憨厚ly and pushed a bunch of devil bananas toward them.

"No!"

Chen Fan immediately stopped him, saying, "This is for you to eat, you can't share it with others... Eating even a little too much or too little can easily cause problems."

The Savage Berserker Ape glanced apologetically at Chen Fan, then took the banana back.

Fortunately, although the Savage Berserker Ape ate quietly, it wasn't as slow and methodical as the Old Ape, so it quickly swallowed the food Chen Fan had prepared for it.

If we ate like the old ape, this mountain of food would take until late tomorrow.

"Alright, everyone, step back! Da Man, you stand over there in the forest!"

Chen Fan immediately told Xiaobai and the others to retreat quickly.

A frenzied aura was surging around the Savage Berserker Ape.

The surrounding stellar energy is rapidly converging towards it!

The Savage Berserker Ape hurriedly stood up and ran to the edge of the forest in a few quick steps.

"boom!"

A gust of wind emanated from its body, causing the forest to emit strange sounds.

Level 11...

I've finally reached level 11!

The Savage Berserker Ape pounded its chest, as if trying to roar to the sky.

But as soon as it pounded its chest, it immediately noticed Chen Fan walking over, and then it held back its cry!

[Racial Skills]: Raging Waves+, Water Cannon+, Azure Shield+, Deep Sea Vortex+

The skill "Deep Sea Vortex" has finally awakened.

Back when he was at the Guiding Plaza, Chen Fan saw the skill's hint on the Savage Berserker Ape's attribute panel.

The attribute panel says that after breaking through to level 11, there is a chance to awaken this skill.

It really did awaken...

Although Da Man only has four skills, all four skills are extremely powerful.

Even without these skills, with its enormous body and terrifying strength, it would be difficult for ordinary beasts or monsters of the same level to contend with it.

"Roar roar roar!"

The Savage Berserker Ape chuckled, crouched down, clenched its right paw into a fist, and slowly extended it toward Chen Fan.

"Congratulations, Great Barbarian!"

Chen Fan also clenched his fist and gently touched the Savage Berserk Ape's fist.

He then added 30 points to the Wild Rampaging Ape's "Deep Sea Vortex" skill proficiency.

"..."

The Savage Berserker Ape was clearly stunned for a moment.

Chen Fan helped it break through, and it felt it was unbelievable and was overjoyed.

Unexpectedly, the newly awakened skill has also changed!

Why have the skills undergone such a clear change?

The Savage Berserker Ape narrowed its eyes slightly, staring intently at Chen Fan.

Chen Fan smiled and said, "You've only just awakened the Deep Sea Vortex skill. Tomorrow I'll take you to the Beastmaster Association's larger training ground so you can practice this skill properly."

"Roar!" The Savage Berserker Ape nodded repeatedly.

At this moment, Chen Fan, who seemed insignificant in front of it, suddenly seemed to grow taller.

"Alright, it's getting late..."

Chen Fan waved his hand and said, "Everyone, stop making a fuss and go back to rest."

The training ground has a small forest, as well as many artificial hills and caves.

Chen Fan's house was quite large, with several empty rooms. Apart from the big beasts like the Savage Berserker Ape, which had to sleep on the grass, the other beasts had their own "nests" arranged by the old ape.

Upon hearing Chen Fan's words, the group of tamed beasts immediately dispersed obediently, each returning to their respective "homes".

……

Chen Fan returned to his room and immediately sat cross-legged.

This time, Jade broke through to the low-level lord level, and Little Black broke through to level 6, both of which received a large amount of star power in return.

Chen Fan vaguely sensed that his Star Power had now reached the peak of the fifth level of the first grade.

If you have plenty of star power, you can try to break through to the second rank.

To reach the highest level, one must open all eight meridians.

The second rank requires mastery of the nine orifices.

To break through from the first-grade realm to the second-grade realm, one must not only open all nine orifices, but also cultivate a qi vortex in each orifice and connect it with the star sea.

Once the nine orifices are formed, one reaches the fifth level of the first rank.

Only by opening the nine orifices can one truly and smoothly absorb the power of heaven and earth, and then use this power to continuously temper the body, strengthen the bones, and undergo a complete transformation, officially becoming a powerful Beastmaster (Star Warrior).

However, if one only opens the nine orifices, one is still within the first-grade realm.

Only when the nine orifices are connected to the sea of ​​stars, and a complete spirit array diagram is constructed, can one break through to the second rank in one fell swoop!

Chen Fan closed his eyes and began to practice the Foundation Building Technique of the War God Academy, circulating his star power and using it to connect his nine orifices.

The immense stellar power, once unleashed, surged forth like a mighty river.

One aperture after another, they were connected together, but Chen Fan's star power still surged like a tidal wave!

In his mind, the outline of a spirit array diagram vaguely appeared.

Slow down...

Don't go too fast!

One wrong step and you have to start all over again!

Chen Fan activated his star power and slowly operated according to the Foundation Building Technique.

Star power is like a series of spiritual threads, crisscrossing and constantly connecting various acupoints.

The spirit array diagram in my mind became clearer and clearer, but also more and more complex...

As time passed, Chen Fan, who possessed abundant star power, completed the complex spirit array diagram without even taking any pills!

"The time has come!"

In the depths of his mind, Chen Fan sensed that a strange bottleneck seemed to be loosening!

It's now!

Under Chen Fan's mental control, the last spiritual thread formed by the star power connected the last two acupoints together!

"boom!"

The spirit array diagram began to glow, and communication was unimpeded!

The surging star power, like a mighty river, instantly began to circulate rapidly between the nine acupoints at an incredible speed!

Chen Fan's body jolted violently!

Inside the room, countless stars were scattered down!

The stellar energy surrounding him, like a hundred rivers flowing into the sea, converged towards him, pouring in through the Baihui acupoint on the top of his head, and then merging into his sea of ​​stars!

Successfully broken through to the second rank!

Chen Fan suddenly opened his eyes.

In that instant, it seemed as if starlight was shimmering in his eyes!

"Is this the power of a second-grade cultivator...?"

Feeling the immense power within his body, Chen Fan was astonished.

No wonder the head of the teaching department said that a second-grade realm cultivator can be considered a level 7 beast tamer.

The fifth level of the first rank is merely a level 5 beast taming skill!

Even though Chen Fan's star power is quite strong, much stronger than that of other beast tamers or star warriors of the same level, it is still far behind that of a second-grade master!

During this time, I'm so grateful for the star power feedback from Xiaobai and Emerald...

If one were to cultivate solely on their own, even with the aid of elixirs, how could one possibly break through to the second rank in less than a month or two?

Chen Fan closed his eyes and silently felt the power within his body.

Just then...

A system notification appeared in my mind!

"Beast Taming System Upgrade in Progress!"

"Please wait a moment..."

A blue bar appeared in the very center of the system panel!

"upgrade?"

Chen Fan was stunned for a moment.

After I broke through to the second rank, the system also started to upgrade?

What changes will occur after the upgrade?

The room was eerily quiet.

All the surrounding sounds seemed to have disappeared.

After a long while...

"Ding!"

"Beast Taming System upgraded successfully!"

Succeeded?

Chen Fan was overjoyed and immediately began to observe the system.

Then, a new attribute panel appeared on the system panel...

[System Energy]: 48600

[Host]: Chen Fan

[Rank]: Second Grade

[Star Power]: 330 cards (480 cards) +

[Mental Strength]: 240 Hz+

[Bone Tempering 206 Pieces]: 0+

[206 Meridian Opening Techniques]: 0+

What's going on?

Chen Fan was stunned...

Before the system upgrade, there was only system energy, and no data such as star power and spiritual power.

After the upgrade, even this data is available?

Moreover, it seems that system energy can be used to add points?

So... I can nurture myself now?

and many more!

When the system was first started, a line of text like that did indeed appear...

"Beast Taming System: Monsters can be bred, demons can be bred, gods can be bred, demons can be bred... everything can be bred, everything can become a pet!"

Suppressing his overwhelming joy, Chen Fan stared at the "Bone Tempering" attribute panel.

This is something you only need to do after reaching the second rank.

First rank opens the eight meridians, second rank opens the nine orifices, third rank determines the ten directions...

To break through from the second rank to the third rank, one must temper 206 bones and open up 206 corresponding meridians!

The 206 bones are connected to 206 meridians, which in turn connect to the nine orifices and the star sea, thus "stabilizing the ten directions"!

Chen Fan glanced at the system energy.

It seems that Zhen Qing has been resting with the Golden Feather Sea Eagle these past few days...

By the end of the first day of the arena competition, the system energy had already reached over 11000.

More than a week has passed, and the system energy is now only 48600.

But Chen Fan was very satisfied that just one golden-feathered gyrfalcon had brought so much energy.

Let's try it out. First, use the system's energy to temper a piece of bone.

Chen Fan immediately focused his mind and clicked the "+" sign next to "Tempering Bones".

The 0 after the bone tempering immediately became 1.

Chen Fan glanced at the system's energy...

The system energy became 38600.

"what!"

Chen Fan grabbed his head with both hands, starting to panic.

Tempering a single bone costs me 10000 energy points?!

I haven't been splitting chapters lately; I've been releasing long chapters, so please don't overthink it. Fantasy novels are generally 3000 words per chapter, so for example, today's 9000 words could theoretically be released as 3 chapters. But to control the pace and force myself to update more, I've been trying to write around 10000 words a day—not enough today, tears!

(End of this chapter)