"Beat him to death. Hahaha."

A few young boys were surrounding something in the street.

Amid shrill yells, beams of striking blue light were gushing out constantly.

"Hurry, go on. Why are you in a daze? Continue to attack, Light Cone Fox!"

Surrounded by this group of boys was a fox that was releasing strange and mysterious blue light. It was having a one-sided victory in its fight with another animal.

Chen An happened to pass by the group, and he furrowed his brows.

If this situation were to occur on Earth—the place of his origins, and when he had previously been leading an ordinary life—he would have fished out his cell phone and captured the blue light fox for a web-search.

However, it was different in this world.

He had just recently transmigrated but was already stunned by the so-called "beast taming" in this place.

Beast taming was not as simple as rearing a pet at home.

Therefore, the situation before his eyes was not purely a case of bullying stray animals. It was not something that he could poke his nose into.

Chen An sighed and shook his head.

Forget it, he thought. He could not afford to offend these people.

"Wang Yi, you're such a flop! Your Light Cone Fox doesn't even obey you. How are you going to become a Beast Tamer in the future?"

"Forget it. I don't think the problem lies with Wang Yi. A beast such as the Light Cone Fox is inferior and low-grade. Wang Yi, you should dump it as soon as you can."

Exasperated, the boy called Wang Yi knelt down and slammed his fist on the ground. He ordered heinously, "Light Cone Fox, if you don't kill it, you're no longer qualified to be my Combat Beast!"

The Light Cone Fox originally did not intend to hurt the "enemy", but it forced itself to attack again for fear of being abandoned.

Dark blue light converged at the end of the Light Cone Fox's tail.

The fox looked down momentarily and seemed to have made up its mind. Then, it shot a beam of blue light toward the beast that was already covered in injuries.

The beast cried and was flung out by half a meter. It hit the corner of a wall by the street and was already at its last breath.

"Hahaha, you did a fairly good job. Light Cone Fox, I didn't waste the large sum of money used to buy you." Wang Yi laughed hysterically.

The people around him echoed.

"Not bad. It's a good beast."

"The other unwanted and inferior beast should go and die soon. It's useless!"

Chen An was preparing to leave when he heard those words. He paused in his tracks.

In this place, beast taming was part and parcel of one's daily life. There were Work Beasts that could work for people, Smart Beasts that could carry out complex tasks, and Combat Beasts that could fight.

Not everyone had the same share of talent in beast taming, though.

Some were born to be heaven's pride. They possessed a strong talent for beast taming and were destined for a smooth sailing life in this world.

On the other hand, some did not have the slightest bit of talent or affinity in beast taming, even if they were to be given the most inferior kind of beast to tame. In this world, they were labeled as scum and wastrels, and they faced oppression as the lower class. Nobody cared about their well-being, and they were left to sink into degradation.

Unfortunately, Chen An belonged to the latter group.

When he had initially transmigrated to this place, he had been filled with curiosity and also longed to tame a beast.

However, it was a pity that he did not possess the talent. Not long after he had transmigrated, he could already sense hostility from the people here.

A splendid and exciting world was clearly right before him, but he had to stand on the sideline idly.

Sorry, he could not bring himself to do that!

When Wang Yi instructed the Light Cone Fox to strike a fatal blow, Chen An hollered furiously, "Stop!"

Wang Yi was obviously shocked, and he quivered.

Shortly after, he came to his senses and felt embarrassed. "Who is that? How dare you intervene in my beast combat! Show yourself."

Chen An sneered. "With your standard, can this even be called a beast combat?"

In this world, beast combats occurred frequently, and they typically involved Combat Beasts. There were various kinds of combats and were not limited to single or group combats. Usually, the organizations would organize formal competitions. Over time, many large-scale private combats had also been recognized.

However, Chen An felt that bullying an abandoned, stray beast could not be associated with a beast combat.

"Hey, don't tell me you want to save this filthy and smelly thing!" As he spoke, Wang Yi trampled on the beast viciously. "Fine, I'll give you a chance. Summon your beast to compete with mine. If you win, I'll take it that I'm dumping this piece of trash to you."

"Wang Yi, isn't this Chen An? He's a well-known good-for-nothing here. He doesn't have any beast-taming talent. How is he going to compete with you?"

The rest of the group roared with laughter.

That was right. In this place, one's beast-taming ability determined their status. It was not only between humans and organizations but also between countries. Without any beast-taming skills, one could not even defend themselves with dignity.

"Chen An, please don't think that we're bullying you. We have secured spots in formal beast combat colleges. You may be our neighbor for now, but after a few years, you won't even be fit to talk to us."

"Weren't you very arrogant in the past? You said that you would definitely become the most powerful Beast Tamer. Dream on!"

Becoming a Beast Tamer was everyone's dream.

Unfortunately, a Beast Tamer's basic qualification could only be attained by those who had innate beast-taming talent and continuously worked hard. They had to go through beast combat colleges' formal training and many rounds of stringent assessments.

At Chen An's age, like these boys, he should have been enrolled in a beast combat college.

However, all of this was very far fetched to him.

"Today, I'll show you what I have learned from the beast combat college and make you realize how different we are from you!" Wang Yi grinned evilly as he waved and summoned the Light Cone Fox.

The Light Cone Fox seemed to have understood Wang Yi's words. It immediately stood in front of Wang Yi, looking all geared up to attack.

"Light Cone Fox!" bellowed Wang Yi.

Dark blue lights converged at the tail of the Light Cone Fox again.

"Oh no!" Chen An muttered inwardly. This group of people was unreasonable, and he had no means to fight them. In that case, he could only suffer the fate of being beaten up?

Ding—

[The Full Taming System has been launched. Launch progress: 1]

[The basic attributes of the host have been launched.]

Chen An heard the prompts, and he felt inexplicable.

Could this be the legendary system? Why is it talking about launching? Does it know that I'm almost beaten to a pulp here? he thought.

[Upcoming action: Remodeling of basic attributes.]

[Affinity +100]

Chen An watched on as the Light Cone Fox finished prepping its tail. At that moment, Wang Yi's palm had also landed, signaling to the Light Cone Fox to attack.

Chen An shut his eyes tightly.

To his surprise, he did not feel any severe pain. Time seemed to have crept by… and he did not sense further commotion.

Could the Light Cone Fox have killed him in one blow?

Baffled, Chen An opened his eyes. He saw Wang Yi in an awkward pose, while the Light Fox Cone in front of Wang Yi was not moving at all.

The surrounding people burst into laughter.

This time, they were laughing and mocking madly at Wang Yi, not Chen An.

Controlling and fighting alongside the Combat Beast were basic foundations, but Wang Yi had failed twice in these consecutively. It was such a joke.

The first occurrence was when the Light Cone Fox had been reluctant to kill another of its kind.

And now?

Chen An recollected something. The system seems to have increased my attributes a while ago?