Starting with SSS-rank talent, I contracted the Forbidden Ferocity.

The day after the Zhao family fell, a giant blue-feathered eagle was perched outside the north gate of Jiangcheng.

The giant eagle has a wingspan of nearly twenty meters, its feathers are like blue iron, and its claws are gripping the ground, while the surrounding gravel is constantly being blown around by the wind pressure.

This is Lu Qingshan's contracted beast.

Fourth rank, Azure Eagle King.

Shen Ye walked out of the city gate carrying a black combat pack.

There wasn't much in the bag.

Several sets of clothes, several beast cores, resources supplied by the association after the Zhao family's purge, and that incomplete black stone core.

He lived in Jiangcheng for eighteen years.

When they left, they only had one bag.

Zhou Xuan stood in front of the city gate and said, "When you get to the provincial capital, don't trust others too much."

Shen Ye glanced at him.

Zhou Xuan smiled and said, "I know you didn't believe it to begin with, but the provincial capital is different from Jiangcheng. There are more geniuses, more families, and more rules there."

Shen Ye asked, "Are many rules a good thing or a bad thing?"

Zhou Xuan said, "It's bad for the weak, but a tool for the strong."

Shen Ye nodded.

"Understood."

Lu Qingshan, sitting on the eagle's back, heard this and laughed:

"You certainly know how to teach."

Zhou Xuan said calmly, "He doesn't need me to teach him."

Shen Ye leaped onto the eagle's back.

Night Feather landed on his shoulder, while Candle Nine transformed into a shadow and coiled into his Beast Taming Space.

After the Beast Taming Space was expanded, Zhu Jiu no longer had to stay outside all the time.

Lu Qingshan patted the Azure Eagle King on the back.

"Walk."

The Azure Eagle King flapped its wings.

A strong wind blew up.

Jiangcheng shrank rapidly in Shen Ye's field of vision.

High walls, streets, schools, rental houses.

Everything became distant outlines.

Shen Ye didn't look back for long.

He knew he would come back.

But when he comes back next time, he won't be a student who has just awakened.

In mid-air, Lu Qingshan tossed him a jade slip.

"This is information about the provincial capital's elite training camp."

"Take a look around on the way."

Shen Ye took it and probed it with his spiritual power.

A flood of information rushed into my mind.

Tianjiao Preparatory Camp.

The training sequence directly under the Provincial Capital Beast Taming Association.

Minimum requirements for joining the camp: A-level talent, second-tier combat strength, and age under 18.

The people inside are either the top talents in their respective cities or direct descendants of powerful families.

Three months later, in the Battle of the Nine Cities of Dongxia, the reserve camp will select ten people to represent Nanjiang Province in the battle.

The first-place winner can enter the national treasury and choose any mythical-level beast egg.

Shen Ye's eyes flickered slightly when he saw this.

Mythical-grade Beast Taming Egg.

He has to take this.

The system can unlock the mythical evolution path, but if the initial bloodline is already powerful, the upper limit after evolution will only be more terrifying.

Lu Qingshan suddenly said:

"Your current strength is unmatched among your peers in Jiangcheng."

"But even if you get into the reserve camp, that's not necessarily true."

Shen Ye asked, "What's the strongest realm?"

"Third tier".

Lu Qingshan said, "There's a little monster in Nanjiang City. He's seventeen years old, at the early stage of the third rank, and his contracted beast is also at the third rank."

There was no fear in Shen Ye's eyes; instead, his eyes lit up.

"very good."

Lu Qingshan smiled and said, "I like your reaction."

Shen Ye put away the jade slip and began to examine the system internally.

Evolution Point: 2820

[Random Ancient Beast Material Box: Unopened]

"Open the materials box."

[Startup successful.]

[Obtained Ancient Beast Material: 1 Fragment of a Nether Phoenix.]

[Obtained Ancient Beast Material: Nine Nether Serpent Sheath 1.]

[Obtained Ancient Beast Material: One Drop of Ancient Beast Blood.]

Shen Ye's eyes brightened slightly.

nice one.

In particular, the remnant feathers of the Netherworld Phoenix and the molted serpent of the Nine Netherworlds clearly correspond to the mythological routes of Ye Yu and Zhu Jiu.

He immediately activated the newly acquired "Myriad Phenomena Devouring Heaven Technique".

This cultivation method is not an ordinary meditation method.

It allows beast tamers to consume attribute materials, beast cores, and talent fragments, and gives back a portion of the benefits to the beast tamer.

Shen Ye first put the remnant of the Nether Phoenix and five hundred evolution points into Ye Yu's body.

The Netherfire silently ignited on Ye Yu's body.

A dark gold pattern appeared at the edge of its wings.

【Nightfire Raven: Night Feather】

[Level: Early Stage of Tier 2]

Bloodline Awakening Level: 7.9%

[New Skill: Nether Phoenix Feather Blade]

Immediately afterwards, Shen Ye invested the Nine Nether Serpent Sheath and five hundred evolution points into Zhu Jiu.

Inside the Beast Taming Space, the Zhujiu Serpent's body curled up, and its bone armor gradually became even more dark and sinister.

【Candlelight Bone Serpent: Candle Nine】

[Level: Mid-Tier 2]

Bloodline Awakening Level: 6.4%

[New Skill: Nine Netherworld Shadow]

The two instances of feeding back to the family fell through.

Shen Ye's Qi and Blood Qi broke through to 8.6.

His mental strength broke through to 52.

Second-order mid-stage.

Lu Qingshan suddenly turned his head and glanced at him.

"You've broken through again?"

Shen Ye nodded.

Lu Qingshan's lips twitched.

"Are all your SSS-level talents this unreasonable?"

Shen Ye thought about it seriously.

"Maybe I'm just more diligent."

Lu Qingshan remained silent for a moment.

"Don't say things like that when you get to the preparatory camp."

"Easily beaten up."

Just as Shen Ye was about to speak, Ye Yu suddenly looked up.

A streak of crimson flashed across the distant clouds.

Lu Qingshan's smile also disappeared.

"They're here."

Shen Ye asked, "Blood-Clad Tower?"

"Um."

Lu Qingshan said calmly, "They accepted the Zhao family's offerings but failed to kill you. They still need to give an explanation to their superiors."

The clouds exploded.

Three-headed bloodwing bats attacked from different directions.

On the back of each bat-like beast stood a blood-clad assassin.

They didn't waste words.

With a wave of his hand, three blood-red chains appeared.

The chains did not come from Chonglu Qingshan.

It was Chong Shenye.

"Blood Soul Lock".

Lu Qingshan's eyes turned cold.

The Azure Eagle King let out a cry, and azure wind blades swept out.

The two Blood Soul Locks shattered on the spot.

But the third one actually pierced through the wind blades and headed straight for Lin Jin's brow.

Lu Qingshan frowned: "Be careful, this is an evil artifact specifically designed to lock down the mind."

Shen Ye did not dodge.

He raised his hand.

"Night Feather".

The ghostly fire surged forth.

When the Blood Soul Lock touched the Netherfire, it emitted a shrill scream, and distorted human faces appeared inside.

Shen Ye's eyes turned cold.

This is something forged from the souls of living people.

"Burn it clean."

Night Feather spread his wings, and the Netherfire surged.

The Blood Soul Lock shattered inch by inch.

One of the assassins in blood-stained clothes grunted, a look of surprise in his eyes.

"His fire can counter the Blood Soul Lock!"

Lu Qingshan sneered.

"It's too late to find out now."

The Azure Eagle King swooped down.

The gale-force winds were like knives, tearing a Bloodwing Bat Beast to shreds.

The assassin in blood fell from mid-air.

Before it even landed, Ye Yu had already transformed into a black shadow and swept past.

Dark Phoenix Feather Blade!

More than a dozen dark feather blades shot out from the sky, pinning the assassin to the mountain wall.

[Slayed a late-stage Tier 2 enemy martial artist.]

[Gained Evolution Points: 160.]

[Extract Talent Fragment: Blood Aura Perception Fragment 1.]

The other two assassins' expressions changed drastically.

They didn't expect that Shen Ye would not only not be instantly killed, but would instead be able to kill a late-stage second-tier opponent.

One of them immediately crushed the jade talisman.

"Please summon the Blood Servant!"

boom!

Above the clouds, a blood-red figure plummeted.

That's not a living person.

Instead, it was a puppet covered in blood-red patterns.

Blood-Clad Servants of the Blood-Clad Pavilion

[Level: Early Stage of Tier 3]

[Status: Soulless Puppet]

[Weakness: Blood core in the chest]

Third order.

Shen Ye narrowed his eyes slightly.

Just as Lu Qingshan was about to make a move, Shen Ye said:

"Mr. Lu, let me try once."

Lu Qingshan glanced at him.

"If I can't hold on any longer, I'll take action."

The Blood Servant has already pounced.

It has no emotions, no pain, and moves as fast as a line of blood.

A shadow rolled up beneath Shen Ye's feet.

Zhu Jiu emerged from the Beast Taming Space and carried him into the shadows on the eagle's back.

Blood Servant's punch missed its mark, causing the wind barrier on Azure Eagle King's back to vibrate violently.

"Nine Netherworld Shadows".

The eyes of the nine snakes lit up.

Several shadowy figures wrapped around the Blood Servant's limbs from its feet.

It only lasted for a moment.

But that's enough.

Night Feather spread its wings in mid-air, and all the Netherfire converged into a thin line, piercing straight into Blood Servant's chest.

Blood servant's chest was covered in blood-red markings, which forcefully blocked the Netherfire.

Shen Ye activated his Netherfire Battle Body and rushed to the Blood Servant's side.

The short knife thrust out.

Blood Servant threw a punch backhand.

Lu Qingshan's eyes flickered, and he almost made a move.

But the next moment, Shen Ye's body suddenly sank.

He wasn't going to fight head-on.

He was just trying to trick the Blood Servant into throwing a punch.

The Blood Servant's chest opening was wide open.

"Gazing at the Candlelight".

The pale blue candlelight fell on the blood core.

Blood Servant froze.

Shen Ye plunged his short knife into the crack in the blood core.

"Night Feather!"

The ghost fire poured in along the blade.

boom!

The blood core exploded.

The Blood Servant's massive body disintegrated in mid-air, turning into a sky full of blood and ash.

Destroyed a Tier 3 Blood Servant.

[Gained Evolution Points: 500.]

[Extract Talent Fragment: Puppet Core Fragment 1.]

The two assassins in blood-stained clothes were completely panicked.

Lu Qingshan was too lazy to look any further and waved his hand.

The Azure Eagle King's wings were slashed down.

The bloodstains dissipated.

The sky returned to silence.

Shen Ye stood on the eagle's back, his face slightly pale.

That attack just now seemed swift and clean, but it actually consumed a great deal of energy.

A third-order is a third-order.

If Blood Servant hadn't lacked intelligence, he wouldn't have won so quickly.

Lu Qingshan looked at him, his eyes showing a hint of seriousness for the first time.

"Able to dismantle a Tier 3 Blood Servant with mid-Tier 2 combat power."

"Shen Ye, it's going to be quite lively after you join the preparatory camp."

Shen Ye sheathed his sword.

"It's better to have a lively atmosphere."

"Evolution points come quickly."

Lu Qingshan was taken aback, then burst into laughter.

The Azure Eagle King broke through the clouds.

In the distance, a colossal city more than ten times the size of Jiangcheng appeared on the horizon.

We've arrived in Nanjiang, the provincial capital.