Please be my partner.

In an instant, the spiritual power formed a tangible weight and loaded onto Spike.

Expand! Expand! Expand! Expand!

Get bigger! Get stronger!

Invisible aura gushed out from Spike's body, creating a huge sense of oppression.

The air began to vibrate and twist, burying Spike in it, and only some weird shadows could be vaguely seen.

This bizarre shadow continued to rise, like some kind of terrifying monster, and in a blink of an eye it formed a huge shadow that enveloped the old brown bear.

The gaze from the shadows was filled with indifference, as if looking at a tiny insect.

At this moment, even the huge arena seemed a little small and crowded.

"Roar!~"

The old brown bear roared angrily. Feeling the gaze from the shadows, it became angry. As a predator, how could it have ever felt such a gaze?

What made it even more angry was that it was actually a little... scared?!

Without any scruples anymore, the old brown bear rushed straight towards the shadow like a train at full speed.

When the old brown bear came in front of the shadow, the shadow moved.

It was like a claw drawn with the simplest lines in a stick figure waving past.

"Boom!~"

The old brown bear was blown away directly, and its huge body hit the wall at the edge of the arena. Three huge marks appeared on its body, as if they were torn by the claws of some giant monster, almost cutting it into several pieces.

When the old brown bear slid down from the wall, it collapsed directly to the ground. Obviously, all the bones in its body were broken by this blow.

"Huh!~"

Exhaling lightly, Melen released the [Soul Interaction] which had not yet been fully launched, and a happy smile appeared on his face.

As expected, the active application of [Soul Interaction] is indeed stronger than imagined.

The old brown bear's strength is basically at the peak of the first level. If he is not nearing the end of his life, he would never appear on the list of the academy arena.

Even such an opponent could not last a single round against Spike in the semi-[Soul Interaction] state!

This is enough to show that in this state, Spike definitely possesses the strength of the second level, and it is probably not just an ordinary second level.

Furthermore, Mellen could clearly sense that if he recklessly poured all his mental energy into Spike's body and fully launched the [Soul Interaction]...

Then Spike will enter a new state, and his strength will change dramatically!

Unfortunately, he had a premonition that if he really did this, it would not just be a simple matter of becoming weak, but he would also pay an unimaginable price!

Perhaps, this is because Spike's strength is far superior to Mellen's.

This was also the fundamental reason why he decisively stopped the spiritual infusion and only maintained the semi-[soul interaction] state.

Ignoring the shocked looks of the arena staff, Mellen, looking weak, carried the cage containing the little red lotus and took the equally weak Spike back to the lounge.

Now, he just wants to have a good sleep.

Time passed, and two days went by in a blink of an eye.

During this time, [Healing Touch] was fully charged, and Melen used it directly on Spike.

Mellen was still a little weak and tired mentally and physically, but Spike had fully recovered to his peak condition.

He looked at his remaining spiritual energy... 10.9!

After the bloodline exploration was completed, there were 3.3 remaining. The chimpanzee contributed 2.6, 0.4 was consumed in the two days before the job change, and after the job change and contract with Spike, I stayed in the training room for two and a half days and got 1.5. The old brown bear contributed 3.5, and 0.4 was obtained after resting for two days.

This is a huge sum of money!

but……

Melen looked at the spiritual energy required for Spike to evolve into [Fighting Dog]... 52!

Spike's increased strength has reduced the originally required 54 to the current 52.

Still a long way off.

Even though he accumulated 10.9 spiritual energy in such a short time, this was based on spending a large amount of gold coins.

Now, he had spent nearly half of the 6000 gold coins he had just received. Having completed his job change, he had no plans to go to the arena to spend money for the time being.

There will be no large source of spiritual energy.

Moreover, Melen also has certain ideas about the spiritual energy currently accumulated and will not leave it there.

If the idea succeeds, there probably won't be much of this spiritual energy left.

"Alas!" Mellen sighed and said to himself helplessly, "I'm so poor!"

Feeling her master's loss, Xiao Honglian's mood also became depressed, although she didn't understand why.

The little guy came to his owner, hugged his owner's thighs, and put his head close to him, trying to comfort his owner in this way.

Feeling the little guy's thoughts, Mellen couldn't help but be speechless.

morning.

Melen saluted and said, "Teacher Heb, long time no see."

Herb nodded slightly and said, "Have you completed your job transfer?"

Mellen nodded and said, "Yes, Mr. Herb."

Herb hummed lightly and didn't ask any more questions.

Next comes the routine questioning and instruction.

An hour later, when Mellen stopped asking questions, Herb said, "It seems like you've already figured it out."

Mellen said with a smile: "Yes, Mr. Herb."

"Okay then." Herb nodded and said, "In that case, let's get started. I'll be watching over you."

Mellen said gratefully, "Thank you, Mr. Herb."

That's right, Melen is preparing to transfer Spike's job to [Branded Knight].

As Herb said, he already had it all figured out and didn't need any special preparation.

Play with the concoction in your hands for a moment, then feed it to Spike.

Afterwards, Meren and Spike entered a mental link.

In fact, Mellen felt that Spike had a high probability of completing the job change on his own, but since he could help, there was no need to let the dog take risks.

Because Spike is already an orthodox [Knight] and has activated the [Life Force], the step of the [Branded Knight] using the completed [Brand] to guide the [Life Force] can be omitted, which can avoid many dangers.

But because of this, the first step of [Branding] will become more troublesome.

The first [Brand] that Spike engraved was [Earth Element Control], which was relatively more basic and simple.

As the engraving began, the [life force] in Spike's body, which was originally as docile as a sheep, suddenly began to surge uncontrollably.

Like wild beasts whose territory was invaded, they began to repel and even attack.

The original function of the concoction is to protect oneself when engraving the [Brand] and guiding the activation of the [Life Force], so it can also be effective in this situation.

Spike's body seemed to be coated with an invisible membrane, and no matter how much the [life force] in his body surged, it would not be damaged at all.

As for the [Brand] engraving, Meren and Spike need to suppress the disruption of [Life Force] while carrying it out.

But with their current strength, this is easy.

As the [Control of the Earth Element] was gradually completed, faint wailing came from the [Life Force], as if its essence was changed.

When the imprint of [Earth Element Control] was completely completed, all the strange phenomena disappeared, [Life Force] returned to its original docility, and under Spike's guidance, the two completed the connection.

When Mellen opened his eyes, Herb also withdrew his gaze from Spike and said with a smile: "It seems that the job change was completed smoothly. You are a very strong dog. Perhaps it won't be long before you can engrave [Earth Pulse] and [Earthquake]."

"However, unlike being able to engrave these [Brands] simply by meeting the physical fitness requirements, in order to combine them into [Heavy Mountain], they need to grow to a certain level. This cannot be achieved in a short period of time; it requires day after day of training and study!"

Melen looked as if he was learning something.

Chapter 48 Create happiness with heart

Mellen looked at Spike's current attributes...

【Name】：Spike (Fighting Dog)

[Class]: First Class (Branded Knight)

[Racial Level]: Elite (Dark Green)

[Racial Skills]: Strong Physique, Flesh and Blood Explosion, Iron Bones, Bone Armor

[Knight Skills]: Life Force, Earth Element Control

【Evolution Direction】：→Fighting Dog

……

……

The [Indestructible] that was awakened after becoming a knight through the [Armored Crocodile] breathing method also disappeared and turned into the current [Control of Earth Element].

The [Bone Armor] awakened by the [Armored Crocodile] breathing method is still there, but without the bonus of [Indestructible], it is probably impossible to maintain the level of being difficult to break at the same level in the future.

But this is a price that must be paid.

After leaving Instructor Herb, Mellen took Spike to the training area.

In the next few days, Mellen planned to engrave the two marks of [Earth Pulse] and [Earth Shock] on Spike one after another.

This time, he asked Mentor Heb to supervise the engraving only because it was his first time and he was unsure of the difficulty. However, it turned out that with his preparation, he could complete it easily.

Therefore, the subsequent engraving will naturally not be so troublesome.

Training area, independent training room.

Spike silently felt the mark of [Earth Element Control]. About five meters in front of it, there was a fist-sized stone.

Suddenly, a wave of earth element flashed by, and an earth thorn suddenly stretched out not far from the stone.

Mellen said helplessly, "Spike, what are you doing?! It takes nearly 10 seconds just to prepare, and you can't even hit the target five meters away?"

Spike looked innocent.

Boy, this thing is really hard to control!

Melen came to the earth spike, was silent for a moment, and then touched it lightly. The earth spike broke immediately and fell to the ground, scattering into a pile of loose sand.

Really 'earth' thorn!

Are you planning to tickle someone?!

Not to mention that you won’t be able to hit anyone, even if you do hit someone, the only effect you can probably get is... physical attack -1, mental attack -10, something like this!

Scary? ! !

And this is the result Spike got after an hour of serious training.

The innocence on Spike's face grew even stronger.

Mellen exhaled and said, "Forget it, I had too high expectations before."

In fact, normally, any basic skill of any profession has limited power when it is first mastered. It requires a little bit of development, deepening, and research before it can gradually become stronger.

It is indeed a bit too much to expect to achieve something after a short period of training.

So, next... it's cheat time!

Mellen opened Spike's attributes, looked at the [Earth Element Control] item in the knight's skill, and then injected 0.1 spiritual energy.

Suddenly, a bright light flashed on [Control of Earth Element].

Mellen was delighted. He had thought before that since spiritual energy could be injected into Spike's body to speed up his training progress, could the same method be used to speed up his mastery of certain skills?

Judging from the current situation, this idea is likely to be feasible, but whether it is worthwhile still needs further verification.

Next, under Mellen's instructions, Spike began to practice [Control of Earth Element] without stopping.

What made them happy was that Spike's progress was almost visible to the naked eye, much faster than his previous training.

However, this joy did not last long, and Melen's expression changed.