When Ji An recalled the past, the morning light on the wall seemed to have become dim and obscure, and his mood turned gloomy.
It wasn't until he summoned the winter bear cub from his soul domain and see the pure white fur of the winter bear cub glowing under the sun that it dispelled the gloominess in Ji An's eyes.
"Live in the present," Ji An's mood seemed to have improved a little as he looked at his familiar, the winter bear cub, who could now be considered to be sharing his life with him.
As usual, Ji An first checked on the winter bear cub's changes after half a day's rest.
The increase in the winter bear cub's stats was still gratifying.
Its energy level had increased by a record-breaking 0.6, reaching 23.
The skill mastery value of Hibernation had increased from 206 to 210, and the improvement was even higher than yesterday.
Perhaps it was because yesterday's training was more intense, so the winter bear cub had a better sleep quality due to being tired.
What surprised Ji An was that, after one night's sleep, the winter bear cub's mastery value of Hard Ice had also increased by 1, from 15 to 16.
"That's strange. Why can its combat skill be improved by sleeping?" After much thought, Ji An could only attribute it to the winter bear cub's natural talent, as well as the injuries it had sustained during the brick-splitting training yesterday.
For familiars, when the wound healed, it would also strengthen the injured part of the body, making it tougher.
Perhaps it was because of the injuries and the winter bear cub's talent, but the mastery of its combat skill had also been improved in its sleep.
"Winter bear cub, show me your paw."
The winter bear cub obediently extended its two paws.
Ji An bent down and picked up the bear cub's two paws, which were already as big as his palm. He parted the fur on the surface and carefully examined them.
As expected, the swelling and bruises caused by the winter bear cub's brick-splitting yesterday had already recovered.
It didn't even look like it had been injured.
Moreover, Ji An could feel that the winter bear cub's two paws seemed to have become slightly tougher than they had been yesterday.
He couldn't help but sigh with emotion. Even though it wasn't a true Transcendent creature yet since it was still in the Morphing realm, it was still somewhat mystical.
Its abnormal recovery speed was one of the mystical things.
"Not bad. Not only have you recovered from your injuries, but you've also become stronger," Ji An was quite satisfied with the winter bear cub's recovery and transformation.
Yesterday, after the bear cub had finished its training, he observed its injuries.
If it were the recovery speed of a normal familiar that had only completed its first Morphing, it would've been difficult for the wound to heal completely within a day. At most, it would form a scab.
It would take at least two to three days for it to heal naturally.
The winter bear cub's recovery speed was already two to three times faster than that of other cubs at the same growth stage as him.
"Roar!" The winter bear cub was quite happy to hear Ji An's praise.
Having been neglected in the breeding base, it was like a little nobody, so it really needed Ji An's encouragement.
Ji An, who understood the bear cub's emotions, stroked its furry head.
He could empathize with the winter bear cub's experience.
During the few years in the orphanage, he and the winter bear cub had similar experiences.
Even in the orphanage, children with talents or soul talents would undoubtedly receive more attention and might even be adopted.
Ji An, on the other hand, was without a doubt the one who had no talent, no soul talent, and no physical strength. He could only stay in the orphanage until he was sixteen and leave.
The only thing he had an advantage on was his looks.
This decent appearance was also one of the key reasons why he was recruited by that female beastmaster and became her retinue in his previous life.
Those who placed importance on appearance still existed even in the new era.
The winter bear cub was now much more awake.
Having figured out Ji An's methods of doing things over the past few days, it didn't need Ji An's urging, and began to climb the stairs leading to the roof.
Ji An pulled it back.
Thank God the winter bear cub wasn't using much strength. Otherwise, it would be hard to say who would pull the other.
"Winter bear cub, training this morning can wait. I'll show you something interesting," Ji An said with a mysterious expression.
"Roar?!" The winter bear cub was a little curious. What was it?
"Go sit on the sofa and wait for me. Be careful not to scratch the sofa with your claws," Ji An pointed at the old sofa behind him and warned.
Even though the broken sofa was not worth much, it was still a memento left behind by his parents.
The winter bear cub understood and climbed onto the sofa with its short legs.
Ji An took out the box that he had brought back yesterday.
Inside the box was an old videotape.
In this era where resources were scarce, many antiques from the old era had become treasures for people to relieve their boredom.
The videotape was one of them.
Ji An stuffed the videotape into the antique player, then turned on the television.
Soon, scenes began to play.
Ji An, on the other hand, held the remote control and sat side by side with the winter bear cub on the sofa.
Even though the television was an antique, the definition was quite high.
The scene was set in a dense primeval forest.
This was a videotape recording various powerful fierce beasts in the wilderness, equivalent to the documentaries of the old era.
However, the documentaries of the old era only recorded ordinary wild beasts while this videotape recorded powerful fierce beasts!
Today, Ji An's goal was to open the winter bear cub's eyes.
He had always believed in a sentence his father had taught him when he was young, "If a person wants to become strong, he must first recognize his weakness."
Ji An felt that this saying didn't only apply to humans, but also familiars.
Today, he would let the winter bear cub recognize its weakness first. Only then would it have the motivation to become stronger.
As the camera zoomed in, the scene was taken from the sky above into the primeval forest.
Boom!
Followed by a loud bang, thick smoke suddenly rose from the forest.
A towering ancient tree snapped in half.
On the screen, a giant ape that was almost as tall as the towering trees was slowly getting up from the ground.
It was this giant silver ape that was more than ten meters tall that had just broken the towering tree that was dozens of meters tall.
However, it was completely fine after crashing into the ancient tree.
After shaking off the grass and tree debris that covered its body, it roared angrily at the culprit who had just attacked it in the distance.
"This is a silver-armed king kong, an advanced Nirvana-level beast!" Ji An introduced the beast to the bear cub who was watching intently.
There were records of the silver-armed king kong in the three books he had borrowed.
It was a type of fearsome beast with shocking strength that could destroy cities and raze strongholds.
What kind of strength did the opponent have to be able to send such a beast flying?
In the video, the image of the beast that had sent the silver-armed king kong flying slowly emerged.
It was a giant bear with icy blue fur, several times smaller than the silver-armed king kong.
However, its aura was even stronger than that of the forest overlord, the silver-armed king kong.
"This is a great winter bear! It is an advanced Disaster level Transcendent creature that can change the weather and cause natural disasters! Winter bear cub, this is your senior. if you can continue to evolve, you will have the chance to evolve into a giant winter bear in the future," As Ji An explained, he used an extremely alluring tone to guide the winter bear cub.
The giant winter bear was indeed one of the possible evolutionary paths for the winter bear cub.
The winter bear cub had the potential to become an advanced Disaster level monster, so it did possess the possibility.
The winter bear cub's eyes were shining as it looked at the television, its expression excited.
Having grown up in the breeding base, it had never seen such a powerful familiar battle.
Although there was no lack of powerful familiars in the breeding base, those familiars did not live in the same area as the winter bear cub.
Moreover, the manager of the breeding base didn't allow the powerful familiars to fight each other for fear of destroying the artificial ecological environment of the base.
However, all familiars were tamed from fierce beasts, to begin with, and they had the bloodline of fierce beasts in their bodies, so their battle-craving nature still existed.
The winter bear cub naturally had this wild nature as well.
On the television, it showed that the silver-armed king kong, which had just been sent flying by the giant winter bear, now had the upper hand.
It used brute force as it swung its giant silver arms. Its two iron fists were like two heavy artillery shells that constantly bombarded the giant winter bear, forcing the latter to retreat.
Originally, as an advanced Disaster level beast, the giant winter bear should have been able to defeat the other party, which was an advanced Nirvana beast, easily.
However, one couldn't just decide on the outcome of a battle based on race levels here.
The silver-armed king kong, which was more than ten meters tall, should be considered a mature advanced Nirvana fierce beast.
In other words, its evolution level should also be at the advanced Nirvana level.
As for the giant winter bear, with the word "giant" in its name, it was naturally huge.
An adult giant winter bear's height should be more than fifty meters, almost as high as the walls of Encircle Town.
It was truly a behemoth.
Yet at this time, the giant winter bear on the screen was only ten meters tall. it was obvious that it was still far from the end of its race evolution.
Judging by this, its evolution level was at most at the lower Nirvana level.
This was the reason why the silver-armed king kong was able to gain the advantage in front of the giant winter bear.
This giant winter bear could only be considered a half-grown bear. According to human classification, it was probably equivalent to having just evolved into a teenager.
The difference in their evolution levels caused there to be a huge gap between the giant white bear's energy level and that of the silver-armed golden ape.
However, even though the winter bear seemed to be suppressed, the silver-armed king kong's punches only managed to break a few pieces of the dense ice shield before the giant winter bear.
The broken ice shields were quickly repaired by frost, firmly protecting the bear.
The silver-armed king kong could not hurt the bear at all.