Chapter 35 - Chapter 35: Chapter 35: Awakening the Second Skill

Chapter 35: Chapter 35: Awakening the Second Skill

The following week, Chen Xing settled into a fulfilling, routine life.

Attending classes, training with the school team after school, studying material at home, and grinding for daily Skill Point Fragments.

His sister stayed at home for two days before temporarily moving into a residential school, taking Little Wo along. Apparently, Wanhai High School had prepared the materials necessary for Beast Taming Evolution; she took Chi Yu for evolution, and her return time was uncertain.

Over the week, Taotie’s body size grew at an average rate of 9 centimeters a day.

His Energy Level also increased steadily at the pace of one level every three days.

That day, a faint blue light emerged on the surface of Taotie’s body.

“Has it broken through?” Kuang Shiyi, looking at Chen Xing’s beast, had not missed the fleeting glow.

“It seems that with resources provided, your Beast Taming Level has increased much faster than before,” Kuang Shiyi mused, having seen Chen Xing’s midterm grades.

It had only been two weeks since the midterms, and he had improved four Energy Levels. This pace was not slow for beast taming; it seemed that Chen Xing’s beast taming had previously lacked resources. After the resources were provided by the school following the midterms, the Energy Level growth rate had noticeably increased.

It looks like I need to apply for more resources from the higher-ups.

Actually, not all beast tamers absorb resources with the same efficiency.

Even for the same type of Beast Taming, digesting the same kind of generic nutrient reagent, the daily improvement in ability varies.

In academics, this phenomena is termed “Individual Energy Absorption Physiological Disparity.”

Simply put, the better the talent in this aspect, the faster the energy absorption efficiency.

“Let’s see what Skill your beast has awakened.” Kuang Shiyi didn’t hold much expectation, actually.

After all, Awakening Skills are random, and the odds of randomly getting a usable and suitable skill aren’t high.

Of course, it’s not that other skills aren’t usable, but over the years, Great Xia had conducted extensive research on different skill combinations for various series, according to the individual combat styles, species differences, and schools of Beast Taming, and had matched many different schools of skill sets.

Some skills cannot be awakened by the Beast Tamer’s own bloodline talent and must be learned using Skill Orbs.

Chen Xing glanced at the panel showing Taotie’s awakened skills, having already known what skill it had awakened.

He still issued the command, “Cast the newly awakened Skill towards the front.”

Taotie stamped his paw on the ground, the air around churned with mist, and the center of the swimming pool kicked up waves, as if an invisible hand was stirring the pool intensely. The swirling pool surface produced strands of white vapor, turning the whole pool into a churning washing machine, with large water masses being dragged ashore.

Kuang Shiyi was stunned for a moment at the sight of Taotie’s awakened skill, then smiled the next moment and said, “It really is fortuitous.”

“I didn’t expect it to awaken Great Vortex,” Kuang Shiyi remarked. “This skill combines damage with control, and it matches your Beast very well, although with its current internal energy, using this skill once must have depleted its energy.”

Chen Xing looked toward Taotie, and indeed, Taotie was now lying on the ground after using the skill.

In the status bar, an indicator of Magic Power exhaustion had also appeared next to its state.

“Actually, it’s best for the first skill in Beast Taming to be a Primary Skill because Primary Skills consume the least Magic Power, which facilitates skill training for the beast,”

“Intermediate Skills consume too much energy for the current stage of Beast Taming. Usually, using one will exhaust all the Magic Power inside the beast, and then you have to wait for it to naturally recover… That process is too long; you can’t train the skill many times in a day,” explained Kuang Shiyi. He paused, “Unless you can afford to continuously consume Magic Power restoration capsules, the cheapest ones on the market cost 2000 yuan.”

“The cheapest, low-grade Magic Power restoration capsules are aimed at a 20 Energy Level beast, allowing it to recover 70%—100% of its internal Magic Power.”

“So, if you want to train an Intermediate Skill quickly at the beginning, be mentally prepared to spend two thousand yuan per release…” Kuang Shiyi said, shaking his head, too extravagant. “Although the Department of Education does provide us with certain resource subsidies, they wouldn’t allow us to be so extravagant…”

Only those real wealthy families could afford such luxury, completely splurging money!

“Not only in the current stage of combat, but even in the battles around the 70-80 Energy Level, Primary Skills will be the most frequently used,” stated Kuang Shiyi.

Chen Xing pondered. He thought of his sister and several seniors in the school team; it seemed their beasts all possessed highly proficient Primary Skills.

He had been wondering why they didn’t learn Intermediate or even Advanced Skills, since surely Intermediate Skills would be more powerful than Primary Skills.

Kuang Shiyi said, “Actually, it’s quite coincidental; you might not know what skill the school has prepared for you.”

Chen Xing was curious, “Which skill?”

“Whirlpool Stream,” Kuang Shiyi said meaningfully.

“Whirlpool Stream?” Chen Xing’s expression turned odd, for Whirlpool Stream had another name online — Poor Man’s Great Vortex!

Great Vortex is an Intermediate Skill of the Water Element combining damage and control, whereas Whirlpool Stream is merely a Primary Skill with some control abilities.

A high-energy Water Element beast using Great Vortex can create a high-speed swirling large sea vortex that can even swallow small boats.

“You might not be aware, but some skills can actually be perfected; they are like simplified versions of more advanced skills. You start mastering the simplified versions first, and moving on to more complex, advanced skills becomes much easier later on because the techniques and methods of their release have many similarities,” Kuang Shiyi explained.

“Primary Skill Whirlpool Stream, Intermediate Skill Great Vortex, Advanced Skill Burial Abyss — these three skills are all connected,”

Chen Xing was astounded; this was the first time he had heard of such a secret.

Kuang Shiyi stated, “Not everything is written in textbooks.”

“Actually, what the school has prepared for you is a set of Skill Orbs for Whirlpool Stream and Great Vortex, allowing your beast to start training with Whirlpool Stream and once proficient, move on to Great Vortex. Although it’s a bit troublesome, it will enable your Beast to master the skill faster.”

“In fact, your first skill awakening a passive has already delayed your training speed. If the second skill is not quickly accessible to enhance proficiency, it will delay you too much in terms of time.”

Chen Xing pondered, looking at Kuang Shiyi, “Teacher Kuang, may I consider it?”

“Of course, it’s your right to do so. Take your time to think about it,”

Chen Xing nodded.

He had his considerations too; he had been saving Skill Points all this while, and there were still skills on the Skill Tree that hadn’t been activated. He wanted to see the effects of these skills once activated before making a decision.

Furthermore, there was also “Pet Skill Training,” which was specifically for skill training.