Beastmaster: I don’t want to be a breeder!

"Xiaoruan, eat it."

Xiaoruan ate the tiny fruit, its size gradually decreasing at a speed visible to the naked eye, eventually returning to its original size.

"One was enough to solve it, the effect is pretty good."

Of course, Xiaoruan's size problem couldn't be entirely solved by tiny fruits; that would be too extravagant.

Li Cunxu only used it to temporarily solve the size issue. He had already found a permanent solution to Xiaoruan's growth problem.

He planned to open an online toy store, selling pretty-looking winged slimes. Naturally, to understand toy pricing, Li Cunxu noticed a slime terrarium children's toy while browsing online toy stores.

The slime terrarium is like an ant farm. The terrarium is about the size of eight soccer balls, with artificial mountains and grass, and several miniature slimes the size of billiard balls jumping around and playing inside.

Li Cunxu noticed that the miniature slimes in the terrarium had a shrinking skill.

He would capture the miniature slimes, make them members of the Soul Kingdom, and then vigorously breed the miniature slime race. At the end of the month, he would collect skill experience taxes. Not only would Xiaoruan not need skill seeds, but it could also learn to shrink, and its skill proficiency would be quite high.

Li Cunxu hugged Xiaoruan, finding it somewhat difficult, as shrinking in size didn't mean the weight decreased as well.

"It seems I still need to learn the skill 'Lightness'."

Lightness, a Black Iron-level skill, makes the weight lighter.

It is generally used by pets that can fly in the sky, reducing weight, decreasing stamina consumption, and increasing speed.

The clear stream meandered quietly, like a jade ribbon, shimmering with silvery-white light under the sunlight.

The stream gently caressed the pebbles, making a gurgling sound. The sound of the stream was particularly clear and peaceful on the open pasture.

Li Cunxu, barefoot, held up a finger, a ball of water swirling above his fingertip. With a flick of his finger, the water ball smashed into the stream, briefly interrupting its flow.

Li Anle asked curiously, "Throwing water balls, how do you do that? I want to learn too."

"This is the power of the Beast Taming Contract. The Beast Tamer can solidify one skill of the contracted pet and share its use."

"I remember you saying that Beast Tamers can only cultivate mental power and not spiritual energy, right? Without spiritual energy, how can you release pet skills?" Li Anle tilted her head, asking in confusion.

"So, I'm using the pet's spiritual energy, which is Xiaoruan's spiritual energy."

"Oh, I see! Can you only solidify one? Can you solidify more?"

"You can't solidify more. Each contracted pet can only solidify one."

"Then why did you solidify Water Ball? That skill isn't powerful."

"Skill solidification doesn't necessarily mean choosing the most powerful skill; you have to choose the most practical skill."

"Watch carefully."

Li Cunxu threw a stone vertically into the sky. As the stone was about to hit Li Cunxu, a ball of water bounced it away.

"This is a Water Ball Shield."

Opening his five fingers, he condensed five water balls, which smashed the stone away. The remaining four water balls continued to knock the stone away in the air.

"This is a Water Ball Barrage."

A ball of water wrapped the stone, making it fly around in the sky.

"This is Water Ball Telekinesis. When you practice it to a high level, you can use water balls to control flying swords and fly on water balls."

"There are no useless skills, only useless people. As long as a skill is used to a high level, water balls may not be unable to slay gods."

Li Cunxu stood with his hands behind his back, surrounded by five water balls.

The application of water balls actually came from a 'One Hundred and Eight Practical Tips for Water Balls' developed by a player in his previous life.

The Tongdu's Strongest Newcomer Cup preliminary competition began.

The competition venue was held in an open arena. There were many arenas separated by iron nets, and the audience could only watch through the nets, a bit like a tennis training court.

As soon as a spiky-haired teenager entered, he said presumptuously to Li Cunxu, "Brother, you're unlucky to be matched against me."

"However, you're also lucky. You will be the first defeated opponent on my road to becoming a king. You will be proud for the rest of your life."

The teenager was extraordinarily confident.

Li Cunxu opened his mouth, not knowing how to respond to this confident teenager.

The referee said expressionlessly, "Contestants, please take your positions."

After Lin Fei walked to the opposite side.

"Why are slimes appearing in the arena now?"

"Beast Tamers are getting weaker and weaker, each generation worse than the last. This generation has even been reduced to contracting slimes."

"No, what is this teenager thinking? Contracting a trash slime like that, isn't that wasting a contract slot?"

Li Anle retorted, "Xiaoruan is not trash!"

The audience, hearing this, didn't argue with Li Anle. What was there to argue with a five- or six-year-old child?

Lin Fei showed a disappointed expression. "Brother, what are you doing? Contracting a slime, I don't even feel like fighting you anymore."

"The famous Lin the King's first defeated opponent in his competitive career is actually a slime. If word gets out, it will damage my prestige."

Li Cunxu smiled and said nothing. What was there to explain? If he said his slime was super powerful, the other side definitely wouldn't believe it, so why waste words? It was better to let the facts speak for themselves.

Fortunately, Xiaoruan could only understand his words and not what others were saying; otherwise, it would be sad and disappointed.

There was a bond between Beast Tamers and their contracted pets. Even without learning beast language, Beast Tamers could understand the meaning of their contracted pets, and vice versa. However, others couldn't understand them.

The referee was also very surprised to see the water slime appear, and even forgot to call the start of the battle.

He had seen many strange battles, but this one was the strangest. A slime had actually appeared in the competition arena.

Li Cunxu whispered a reminder, "Referee, referee."

"Oh, oh, the battle begins."

The referee came back to his senses and then patted the device on his arm. An invisible white light enveloped the arena.

The white light would break to block serious or fatal blows. This was the Alliance's protection measure for competition contestants and pets, to prevent deaths.

The white light came from the power of the old chairman's pet, the Undying Light Dragon. Its power could be projected onto every human territory.