Chapter 3 - Devouring

Under Lin Yu's gaze, the few people on the ground woke up one after another as if they had just woken up from a nightmare.

"There's danger!"

"Where are the pet beasts that attacked us?"

They quickly stood up and looked around.

"It's already been resolved," Lin Yu said with a smile.

Li Yong, who was about to summon his pet beast, also stopped because of Lin Yu's words.

They looked at the empty room, the unconscious Little Candle Spirits on the ground, and Lin Yu, who was standing alone.

"What happened? Didn't you just..."

"Lin Yu, you're already a junior Beastmaster?" Li Yong asked in surprise.

Everyone's eyes immediately focused on Lin Yu.

Lin Yu nodded. After the contract was successfully formed, he broke through from an apprentice Beastmaster to a junior Beastmaster.

"After you passed out, another powerful pet beast showed up, and they started fighting among themselves."

"I took advantage of the fact that both of them were injured and went forward to contract that pet beast."

Lin Yu had already prepared an excuse for this.

"You are really so lucky!"

Everyone's eyes widened.

"Why could you meet such a good thing!" someone said enviously.

"Maybe it's because I'm handsome." Lin Yu touched his chin.

Lin Yu's appearance was indeed quite handsome. In his memory, he had no lack of suitors in school.

However, due to his poor family background, he only wanted to become a powerful Beastmaster.

"Lin Yu..." One of his classmates looked at the Little Candle Spirits on the ground, wanting to say something but stopping.

"Do you want to contract the Little Candle Spirit?" Lin Yu understood tacitly.

"Yeah, but they were defeated by your pet beast. I..." He seemed to be a little embarrassed.

Lin Yu couldn't help but laugh. He waved his hand generously. "You can contract them. It's a good opportunity. Besides, I already have a pet beast, so I can't contract them anyway."

Only after becoming an intermediate Beastmaster would one be able to unlock the second contract slot.

"Thank you." He looked at Lin Yu gratefully and started the contract.

"What about you?" Lin Yu looked at the other classmate who did not have a pet beast.

He hesitated for a moment and turned his head to look outside the door.

"You're still thinking about the Fierce Crying Vine?" Lin Yu asked.

He nodded and said, "I think that one is more suitable for me..."

As the two of them conversed, a loud bird's cry suddenly came from outside.

A half-moon-shaped ray of light slashed down on the courtyard like a large blade. In an instant, it was as bright as day.

The roar was deafening. Lin Yu caught a glimpse of a huge bird-type pet beast, and there seemed to be a figure on it.

"It should be my dad." Li Yong grinned and ran out excitedly. "I just sent him a message."

After hesitating for a moment, Lin Yu followed him out of the door.

The entire courtyard was cut in half like a watermelon, with gravel everywhere.

The Fierce Crying Vine that they had just encountered had already broken into two pieces and was lying motionless on the ground.

A large black bird with a moon pattern on its wings stopped in front of them. Beside it was a middle-aged man with a serious expression.

Li Yong stood beside him with an ashamed expression.

Lin Yu recognized the man. He was Li Yong's father, whom he had seen a few times at school.

From what he remembered, he was a member of The Beastmaster Association.

"You guys are really bold. Fortunately, I came in time," the middle-aged man said helplessly.

"No, without the Fallen Angel, we would have been dead..." Lin Yu added in his heart.

"Hurry up and go home. I've cleaned up all the pet beasts outside. The college entrance examination is coming up. Don't mess around these days."

The group of people listened obediently and agreed.

After seeing everyone off, the middle-aged man shook his head and entered the room they had just been in.

"Such pure dark energy!" he said in surprise.

He felt the remaining aura in the room.

His main pet beast was of the dark attribute, so he was extremely familiar with dark energy.

However, his pet beast, the big bird, did not move forward as if it was unwilling to go in.

His expression froze.

As a senior Beastmaster, his pet beast was at the extreme transformation realm. What was it afraid of?

Just as he was about to investigate further, he received a voice message from his earpiece.

"Abnormal spatial fluctuations are detected. A new dimensional rift is suspected?"

He looked incredulous.

"Alright, I'll come over now."

Riding on his pet beast, he said to himself, "It seems that something big is going to happen."

"I wonder which unlucky b*stard's territory that's in."

...

In a small district in An City.

Lin Yu returned to his home, which was both familiar and strange.

After his parents passed away, they left him a pretty good house.

"Transmigration, Beastmaster, Fallen Angel... So many wonderful things have happened today."

Lin Yu took a deep breath and organized his thoughts.

Since he had come, he would take things as they were.

Now that he had such an opportunity, he naturally wanted to become a top-tier Beastmaster and admire the different world.

"So, the most important thing now is..."

"The college entrance exam!"

Everyone here started meditating and building their foundations from a young age. They could only contract their pet beasts after high school.

And the college entrance examination was the ladder to a higher institution.

There were more outstanding teachers and resources in higher education institutions.

The college entrance exam in this life was, of course, about the training and fighting of pet beasts.

"Although it's a little late to contract a pet beast now, with the potential of the Fallen Angel, I probably can get a good result." Lin Yu pinched the space between his eyebrows.

A summoning circle was drawn, and the beautiful figure of an angel appeared in front of him again.

She was dressed in purple and had a cold temperament.

"How about I call you Xiaozi from now on?" Lin Yu joked.

She blinked her eyes but did not have any other reaction.

However, Lin Yu knew through his spiritual perception that she did not dislike it.

"Can't you talk, or you don't want to talk?"

Lin Yu carefully observed her. The mysterious and cold young girl was like a piece of art carved by the heavens.

At this moment, her aura was completely restrained, and she looked like a lady from a noble family with a pure heart.

"Oh, right. Junior Beastmasters can awaken their beastmaster talents. My talent is..."

"Devouring?"

This talent could increase the pet beast's attributes and spiritual power by devouring everything. There was also a chance of learning new skills.

There was even a slim chance of evolution.

"Good talent!" Lin Yu's eyes lit up.

He wondered if there was a limit to the type of targets he could devour.

Right now, he was itching to find a target to try.

Lin Yu looked around. There seemed to be only some daily necessities and furniture in the house.

There were no cultivation-related resources at all.

He couldn't let Xiaozi swallow the furniture...

"Was that the flower from earlier?"

Lin Yu suddenly realized that Xiaozi was still holding the Illusionary Spirit Paramita Flower that she had broken. It had already been killed.

"That's it!" He had a bold idea.

"Devour!"

Lin Yu extended his hand and activated his talent.

First, a layer of white mist emerged from his hand and enveloped the flower.

Then, under his control, wisps of the white mist on the surface drilled into Xiaozi's mouth.

As the white mist was gradually absorbed, the flower became more and more illusionary and finally disappeared.

[Devouring completed. Life level increased. Skill "Lonely Fantasy Flower" acquired.]

The moment he received the notification, Lin Yu's heart beat wildly.

He thought, "It was that simple? Did I succeed?"

He could feel that Xiaozi's spiritual power had increased by a level and had reached stage three of the origin birth realm.

There were nine stages in the origin birth realm. At this rate, it would not be difficult to reach stage nine quickly.

"I've also obtained a new skill."

[Lonely Fantasy Flower: summon an illusory flower. When the flower blooms, the enemy will hallucinate. When it fully blooms, it will release a powerful destructive wave.]

"A dual-attribute intermediate skill of the spirit and necromancy attribute? This is a big harvest!"

Lin Yu was overjoyed, but he warned himself not to get carried away.

"The devouring talent will consume a lot of my physical strength, and the success this time is also because the Illusionary Spirit Paramita Flower and Xiaozi's attributes are compatible."

"The next goal is to improve Xiaozi's realm before the college entrance exam."

With the growth-type devouring talent and Xiaozi's potential, Lin Yu's fighting spirit was high.

"Bang, bang, bang!" At this moment, there was a rapid knock on the door.

Lin Yu's eyes narrowed.

He thought, "Who's knocking on the door at this late hour?"