Beast Taming: My System is Bugged-Chapter 127 - 126: Laser Skills

After a full day of assessments, Gu Ming had come to several conclusions.

His victory in today’s battle was mainly due to the Storm Ball condensed using the Breathing Technique.

Without the Storm Ball, he would have almost certainly lost against those two.

The Storm Ball was born from the Breathing Technique, but as far as Gu Ming was concerned, it had not yet become a formal, Entry Level Skill.

After collecting his rewards today, Gu Ming had five Achievement Points in hand from the grade ranking reward, the Green Treasure Breathing Technique’s fame reward, and the challenge letter reward.

The grade ranking reward alone accounted for three Achievement Points.

Five Achievement Points could be exchanged for fifty days of training time—fifty days without any need for sleep.

Unless Spiritual Power was required, the Dream Training could be maxed out.

Gu Ming needed to carefully plan Cyan Treasure’s future Cultivation path.

The original plan was to focus on poison damage, using its high-speed mobility to avoid the risk of being instantly defeated and slowly dealing damage over time.

But after the monthly exams, the Storm Ball, with its ranged damage advantage, had instead become its primary offensive tool.

A scientific approach to raising a Pet Beast naturally involved planning around its current most effective method of attack.

The old poison damage-focused style had been the Little Cyan Snake’s primary offensive method out of necessity.

After all, the Little Cyan Snake of the past couldn’t comprehend any Wind Element Skills, let alone a powerful endurance-boosting ability like the Breathing Technique that automatically restored Physical Strength and Mana.

Today’s Little Cyan Snake, now known as Cyan Treasure, had a completely different focus from its past self. This was a change of an era.

If he clung to the old ways of thinking, Cyan Treasure would surely fall behind in the international competitions.

Because of this, he contacted Teacher Zhang for a video call to discuss his thoughts.

Teacher Zhang faced the camera and said thoughtfully:

"You’re right.

"My previous training plan was too rigid. I didn’t flexibly adjust it based on Cyan Treasure’s situation."

The current situation was that Biting attacks were the least efficient, so they should try to avoid melee combat as much as possible.

Additionally, there was no need to specifically train Head Hammer-type Skills anymore.

With a powerful stamina-restoring ability like the Green Treasure Breathing Technique, you can instead use your Speed advantage to constantly kite opponents from a distance with the Storm Ball.

Moreover, Cyan Treasure’s Storm Ball is incredibly powerful. On a battlefield for Zero-star Level Pet Beasts, it’s a nearly invincible technique.

Once it reaches the One-star Level, it won’t be quite as impressive, so you’ll need to continue strengthening the Storm Ball’s power. 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮

Thinking of this, he added:

"In my opinion, if Cyan Treasure can actively control the Spiritual Qi it breathes in, making Water Spiritual Qi a larger component...

"...and then inject venom with its Poison Fang into the Water Ball, you could imbue your Storm Ball with a poison Attribute.

"That way, when your Storm Ball hits an enemy Pet Beast, it will be continuously poisoned. You could even avoid having to get close for a bite."

The teacher’s words made both Gu Ming’s and Cyan Treasure’s eyes light up.

It was true that brainstorming with others sparked great inspiration.

Thinking of this, Gu Ming decided he might as well pull Lu You into the chat to plan with them.

This wasn’t just about discussing Cyan Treasure’s future plans.

Objectively speaking, Mouse Treasure’s path could also be re-planned based on these ideas.

When Gu Ming pinged Lu You, she happened to have just finished her shower again.

Gu Ming didn’t intentionally pick this time to contact her.

But after chatting so many times at night, Lu You had started to notice a pattern.

Today, after her shower, she was squatting in front of her phone, staring blankly.

It was unclear if she was waiting for someone or thinking about Cultivation.

PING.

On her phone, Gu Ming’s profile picture was bouncing.

"Are you free? Let’s chat about future training directions."

The Sunflower Seed-eating Hamster heard the notification and came over, reaching out a paw to try and reply for its master.

But Lu You was a step faster, replying: "I am."

A moment later, Lu You was pulled into a group voice chat.

Only after joining the channel did she realize Teacher Zhang was also there.

"You’re here! Let me tell you, once the Breathing Technique reaches Master Level, the Pet Beast’s combat strategy has to change with it. For example..."

Although Lu You was very introverted and socially anxious in public, the two of them communicated frequently, so she was able to chime in from time to time, albeit very quietly.

Gu Ming didn’t mind. He would say his piece, then fall silent to listen to her response.

This unspoken understanding greatly reduced the pressure she felt when communicating.

When facing Gu Ming and Teacher Zhang, her introverted nature wasn’t as severe as it was in public, and she was at least able to say a few things.

After hearing Gu Ming’s new training ideas, she also opened up her mind and said softly:

"I was thinking recently... since the Earth Shifting Technique is so powerful and the Breathing Technique provides so much endurance, could we maybe... build an earth maze..."

Lu You didn’t have an offensive mindset like Cyan Treasure, but the idea of moving earth to form a maze to trap an enemy’s Pet Beast was something Gu Ming had never considered.

However, she thought the idea might be a bit too childish and didn’t dare to say it all, only mentioning the beginning.

"No, that’s a great idea. Keep going," Gu Ming encouraged her.

Lu You could only exchange a glance of inspiration with Mouse Treasure before explaining the rest of her idea.

Use the Earth Shifting Technique to move soil and form a small maze.

If they could incorporate some Array elements into this maze, turning it into a true maze Array...

...wouldn’t that save them the trouble of buying Array Tools, essentially creating their own portable Small Maze Array?

In truth, the main reason she thought of this was because she was short on money.

To save money, she had subconsciously thought of a way to avoid the expense of items like Array Flags.

This idea was a real eye-opener for Teacher Zhang, who exclaimed, "What a great idea! It’s highly feasible."

"But it also places high demands on both the Beastmaster and the Pet Beast," Gu Ming commented.

To build an Array using the Earth Shifting Technique would require genuine knowledge of the Array Dao. It wasn’t something a person of average intelligence could do.

Fortunately, Lu You wasn’t dumb; she was just socially anxious and focused on her inner world.

While others might get a splitting headache from studying Array knowledge, she likely wouldn’t have that problem. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have thought of delving into Arrays to integrate with the Earth Shifting Technique.

As for Gu Ming, he already had a plan for Mastery of Wood Escape, and the Earth Shifting Technique was also on Cyan Treasure’s learning path.

Following this train of thought, the three of them delved deeper and deeper into the maze Array concept, completely overthrowing their future training plans.

At this point, the Sunflower Seed-eating Hamster and the Little Cyan Snake were no longer following their previous paths; they were forging a brand new one.

By the time the three had exhausted their inspiration...

Cyan Treasure wagged its tail, reminding its master that they still hadn’t discussed its Light Spiritual Root.

During the monthly exam, its Light Spiritual Root hadn’t been used at all. Cyan Treasure felt it still had untapped potential.

"During the Evolution over the weekend, Ma Tianba implanted a Light Spiritual Root in Cyan Treasure.

"Teacher Zhang, can Cyan Treasure learn Light Techniques? Do you have any ideas about that?"

As it turned out, Teacher Zhang had indeed considered the potential of a Light Spiritual Root. However, there was zero data on a Light Element Little Cyan Snake, so he could only draw from the training methods of other Snake Pets.

The Light Attribute was considered a noble Attribute among most Pet Beasts.

This wasn’t to say it was extremely rare; in the decades of development in the Beast Taming Realm, many Light Attribute Pet Beasts had been bred.

However, in the context of lower-level exams like these, this Attribute was still considered quite noble, and most of its applications were related to healing.

But when the Light Attribute was used for combat, that was a different story.

Among known Snake Pets, cultivating Light Element Skills primarily focused on condensing Lasers. This involved using relevant Cultivation Techniques and medicinal herbs to develop a high-energy laser organ.

For example, growing a third snake eye and unleashing a powerful Laser from it to pierce through an opponent.

This technique consumed a considerable amount of Mana and was mostly used by High-Level Pet Beasts.

Why could only High-Level Pet Beasts use it?

The students might not understand, but Teacher Zhang did.

For a One-star Pet Beast, simply condensing a Laser would drain all its Mana, leaving no Power left to actually pierce an opponent.

However, based on his assessment of Cyan Treasure’s Magic Power Inner Core...

Cyan Treasure could barely support the cost of a single, low-level Laser Skill. The intensity wouldn’t be high enough to pierce an opponent, but it was more than enough to deal with students of the same year.

"Using a Laser Skill at the One-star Level is a real stretch, but once it evolves to Two-star, it could be used as a trump card. The problem is that the cultivation method is hard to find..." Teacher Zhang said, scratching his head.

Having a Light Spiritual Root was a good thing, but when the subject was a Little Cyan Snake, it was truly a headache.