"It's agreed then. The four of us will form a group." Liu Ran glanced at Chen An. "Fortunately, you stopped me. Otherwise, I would be the first person to knock on the door."
Smiling, Chen An questioned him back, "You don't want to be the first one?"
"Of course. It's always good to have a precedent for this kind of thing."
"No. We have to be the first to challenge the teacher this time." Chen An had a firm gaze in his eyes.
"Why?" Liu Ran did not understand.
"Have you forgotten about last night?"
Liu Ran suddenly realized something. "Is this your opening gambit? Do you mean that we should establish an advantageous position for ourselves?"
"Not entirely so." Chen An had some plans in mind.
"I'll go and knock on the door!" Liu Ran acted immediately. He knocked on that cold and icy huge door a few times in a row.
He deliberately knocked on it loudly to drown the surrounding people's discussions. He allowed them to turn their gazes to him.
A deep and hoarse voice sounded behind the door. "Good lad. You dare to challenge me that quickly. Not bad. You have courage. Come in."
Liu Ran turned around and lifted his chin at the group of people proudly before swaggering into the place. Chen An, Li Danming, and the red-haired man were right on his heels.
Just as they stepped into the place, Chen An could sense a strong and oppressive aura. The atmosphere in the entire house was very oppressive.
This house could be described as a battle stage.
In the middle of the house was their opponent—a fat old man with a long beard.
[The Taming System has been launched. Identifying…]
This teacher looked very ordinary and somewhat ugly. Nevertheless, he was quite powerful.
His beast was an Aqua Leopard, a high-grade beast. It was embedded with a medium-grade defense spirit core and medium-grade water attribute spirit core.
It had the talent skill, Aqua. When it encountered water attribute beasts, its defense power would multiply. In addition, each time it encountered a water attribute attack, its defense power would increase at a range of 1% to 50%.
It also carried a skills book, Extending Zone. The zone would extend, and the beast's defense power would increase by using the beast as the epicenter. The skill would then forcefully expel everything within the zone.
"There are only the four of you? That's just nice. Come on!" The teacher did not waste any breath. He summoned his beast immediately and began the battle.
As soon as the beast was summoned, Chen An noticed that this was not the leopard that he had in mind. It was, in fact, a… sea leopard. It looked quite adorable, and its appearance did not quite match that of the boorish-looking teacher.
"Dou Buxiang!" Chen An was the fastest to react. He summoned his beast before the rest could do so.
Dou Buxiang leaped down from the rose-colored petal and pounced on Aqua Leopard directly. This was because Aqua Leopard was already gathering its energy at this moment.
The teacher laughed loudly. "Not bad. You have a very fast reaction speed. However, your beast is not powerful enough."
Dou Buxiang charged toward the beast. It lowered its head and pressed its two horns on the Aqua Leopard's body when it was closing in.
As a result, the Aqua Leopard's skill was interrupted.
"Dou Buxiang, come back." Chen An immediately summoned Dou Buxiang back to him as soon as the situation turned advantageous.
Liu Ran heaved a sigh of relief. "Thanks, buddy. The three of us did not react in time just now. If we were hit before summoning our beasts, I don't know how far we would fly out from here."
The Evening Moon Vine was twisting and creeping around his arm.
Chen An turned around. Li Danming's Armor-Piercing Beast and a red, fiery wolf were already all geared up.
"I've underestimated you, fellas. You have quite a few good beasts." The teacher's enthusiasm was piqued, and he had an excited look in his eyes. "Aqua Leopard, Extending Zone!"
The Aqua Leopard straightened its back, and its whiskers moved slightly. One could see blue ripples spreading out from its body like waves. They were regular and linear lines spreading at lightning speed.
Nevertheless, these "ripples" were not weak. Chen An and the group felt as if they had been hit by raging waves.
This was Aqua Leopard's skills book. The more defense power the beast had, the greater the skill's effect.
Chen An and the group had been shoved to the point whereby they could no longer stand properly. They retreated continuously.
"You better think of a solution. You guys know my rules. Once you have been expelled from here, you can forget about coming in again." The teacher stood beside Aqua Leopard and sounded relaxed when he spoke.
Liu Ran immediately swung the Evening Moon Vine down his arm and allowed it to take root in the floor and cast its roots deep underground. "Growth."
The Evening Moon Vine's growth speed should not be underestimated. Before Liu Ran finished his words, the Evening Moon Vine had already grown into something as enormous as a thick tree trunk.
Liu Ran wrapped his hands around his Evening Moon Vine and could barely keep his body steady.
Following that, a few branches extended from the vine. Acting like extending arms, they secured the rest of the group and their beasts. It was fighting against the Aqua Leopard's Extending Zone.
"Why isn't this over?!" Li Danming wore a pained expression. He was the weakest and thus felt the worst when they were in the zone. In addition, his Armor-Piercing Beast was of no use in this kind of situation.
Chen An also felt that the skill had persisted for a longer time than expected. He had initially thought that he would have a chance to counterattack after overcoming the first hurdle.
Now, it seemed that they had to go against the tides by resisting the Extending Zone and attacking the Aqua Leopard at the same time. Otherwise, they would be hurled out sooner or later.
A fiery red figure leaped into the air. It was fast, although it was resisting the Extending Zone's pressure.
It was the red-haired man's combat beast. Chen An launched the Taming System immediately.
[Berserker Wolf, medium-grade beast. It is embedded with a fire-attribute attack spirit core, and it carries a passive spirit core. After every attack, its fire attribute will increase by one layer. With consecutive attacks, the fire attribute can be increased by up to 10 layers.]
'Talent skill: Berserk. This can tremendously increase the attack power and enhance the chemistry and collaboration with the Beast Tamer, multiplying its vigor. Joint Combo might be comprehended in such situations.]
It also carried a skills book Long Flames, which could release long-distance fire attribute attacks and cause damage in a straight line.
This was a fairly good beast, and it looked more powerful than many high-grade beasts. Yet, it was assessed as a medium-grade one. Chen An could not really understand the reason.
The Berserker Wolf continued to resist the Extending Zone and closed in on the Aqua Leopard. The teacher blocked in front of the Aqua Leopard and waved his fists at the Berserker Wolf.
The Berserker Wolf averted him urgently. Nonetheless, it was caught off guard, was expelled further by the Extending Zone, and was forced to use its skill. Unfortunately, he did not manage to hit the opponent.
The red-haired man caught up with his beast with the Evening Moon Vine's help.
Chen An's expression turned serious. The man had a strange look on his face.
His red, short hair looked like burning flames, and his eyes were emitting red light. His movements also seemed very odd. He looked like a berserk man that was wandering aimlessly.
Suddenly, the deafening roar of a wolf tore the house.
The Armor-Piercing Beast was frightened out of its wits and trembled by Li Danming's feet.
The red-haired man pounced on his opponent together with the Berserker Wolf. At that moment, both the Beast Tamer and the beast had fallen into madness.
Each of the wolf claws was as sharp as knives as they slashed forward aggressively, tearing the area formed by the Extending Zone. The thread-like blue ripples looked like they had been pulled apart.
Flaws had appeared in the zone. However, the red-haired man did not attack the Aqua Leopard. He chose to attack the teacher instead!
"Red-haired fella, are you mad?" Liu Ran's Evening Moon Vine crept to him hurriedly.