Unserious Beast Tamer

"So, which skill are you planning to upgrade to the Fierce Sun level?"

After upgrading Xingchen's second talent skill to four stars, Xu Ran asked.

"Xilu~" (Prayer for the Starry Night.)

Xingchen didn't hesitate too much and quickly gave the answer.

Although the Star Oath that has just been upgraded to four stars is equally important, the proficiency of Starry Night Prayer is upgraded to the Fierce Sun level, which can bring more increases.

"Okay." Xu Ran nodded slightly.

After a while, on the star panel, the skill progress and points bonus signs behind Starry Night's Prayer disappeared, and only the words [★★★★Starry Night's Prayer (Fire Sun Level)] stood out.

At this point, Xingchen's resource digestion has come to an end.

Xu Ran's eyes turned to Cancan and Twelve who were waiting aside.

"Cha~" (I won't use it.)

Cancan shook his head.

In the resource allocation just now, it only stocked up some skill fragments. It witnessed Ziyun and Xingchen's skill fusion plans changing many times. It deeply understood what it meant to have a plan that couldn't keep up with the changes, so it simply stayed put.

"Chirp~" (My confusing mark!)

Twelve flapped his wings, with anticipation in his eyes.

When he saw this skill, he thought of the perfect combination of this skill and Liansi Zonghun, and immediately replaced this skill.

This is one of the few gains it has gained from this resource allocation.

"Okay." Xu Ran nodded with a smile and quickly taught it the skill reserved for it in advance.

The resource allocation for the four little ones is all over.

After counting the remaining unredeemed resources and the four remaining value points, Xu Ran put down the chalk in his hand.

However, his eyes were still fixed on the blackboard.

Because there is one resource on the blackboard that has not been exchanged.

That is a royal race evolution route.

None of the four little ones at this moment have any use for it.

But it was naturally not unfounded that the system drew it.

After a moment of silence, Xu Ran suddenly said, "What do you four think of Yinghuo?"

"Meow?" (Firefly?)

Ziyun blinked.

"Yes." Xu Ran nodded, "Counting the time, Yinghuo has been with us for half a month. What do you think of it? Is it suitable to be our new partner?"

After hearing Xu Ran's question, the four little ones looked at each other, their expressions a little more serious.

When it comes to their future partners, they must be more cautious.

After thinking for a moment, Xingchen spoke first.

"叏伦~" (I think it's pretty good, but sometimes I'm not confident enough.)

It quickly recalled something that happened a while ago and shared it with everyone.

The business of Xinghuo Nursing Home is now on the right track, and there are more and more residents in the foster care area. One of the residents happens to be a fire-tailed bear. The fire-tailed bear has reached the elite level. After seeing the firefly, he will not hesitate. He laughed at Yinghuo mercilessly.

Perhaps because of the psychological shadow of the past, Yinghuo was extremely silent when facing the fire-tailed bear. He did not refute despite the other party's ridicule. Later, he was sulky for several days before he recovered.

And this is why Xingchen feels that Yinghuo is not confident enough.

"Meow~" (I think it is quite confident, but a little reckless.)

Ziyun retorted, it seemed to have thought of something, and there was a bit of smile in its strange-colored eyes.

That time, a new king-level resident came to the foster care area. Ziyun needed to kill the king-level to complete his evolution in the future, so he wanted to compete with him.

Unexpectedly, the competition between the two caused a misunderstanding between Yinghuo. Yinghuo mistakenly thought that the other party was bullying Ziyun, so she rushed forward with a yell, completely forgetting that she was just a little Karami of the extraordinary level.

"Cha~" (The bird eggs roasted by fireflies are delicious!)

Cancan said with a serious face.

That day, it showed the eggs of unknown beasts and birds that everyone accidentally discovered while exploring the area outside the city the day before, and showed them to Yinghuo. As a result, Yinghuo roasted the eggs directly.

The baked bird eggs were extremely delicious, and Cancan still remembers them fresh.

Twelve glared at Cancan angrily, and then expressed his thoughts.

"Chirp~" (I think it's quite interesting.)

During the half month of getting along, Twelve often used illusions to tease Yinghuo. Yinghuo was repeatedly tricked, but she was not angry and pestered Twelve to continue playing.

The four little ones spoke to each other and quickly sketched out the image of fireflies.

And Xu Ran gradually had an answer in his heart.

"In this case, let's conduct a final inspection on it now." Xu Ran sat up and said, "If the inspection passes, this royal race evolution route will be used as a gift to it."

"Chirp?" (Inspection?)

Twelve tilted his head, showing a confused look.

Why doesn't it remember that there was such a procedure when it entered the team?

Twelve couldn't help turning his head to look at Cancan, hoping that Cancan could solve his doubts.

However, Cancan's confusion was not much less than that of Twelve.

After all, it was contracted immediately after it was hatched, so there was no way to assess it.

Xingchen thought for a moment, then looked at Ziyun.

It doesn't remember that it has ever gone through such a step.

"Meow~" (Look what I'm doing.)

Ziyun spread her paws.

It doesn’t know either…

"Don't look at each other. This is an idea I just had recently." Xu Ran smiled, "Now we have more and more friends, so the requirements for new friends must be stricter. .”

"First of all, and the most important thing when choosing a new partner, you still need to have a harmonious relationship with all the previous partners, and there are no irreconcilable conflicts with each other."

Xu Ran paused, "In addition, the second requirement is that the attributes do not conflict with each other, so that resources can be better utilized."

"The third point is positioning within the team."

"You don't need to consider this issue when making a contract with you, but you already have your own position in the team. When choosing the next partners, you need to consider whether the positioning will conflict."

"For example." Xu Ran pointed at Ziyun, "Ziyun is positioned as the strongest single-target output in the team. Although Ziyun also has group damage, single-target damage is obviously Ziyun's most prominent feature."

"Meow~" (Indeed.)

Ziyun nodded in agreement.

"Cha?" (What about me?)

Cancan couldn't help but ask herself.

"Cancan's position is of course the strongest shield in the team." Xu Ran smiled, "In terms of defensive power, you are unique."

"In addition, Cancan also shoulders the important responsibility of the deputy output position."

Hearing Xu Ran's words, Cancan couldn't help but puff out his chest.

"The position of Xingchen is to assist and cooperate with me." Xu Ran paused, "The existence of Xingchen binds you and me together. During the battle, you and I can work together to prevent the team from ordinary enemies. Beast masters have shortcomings."

"The many buffs and protective skills are the foundation for you to assist your teammates in fighting."

"Xilu~" (Understood!)

Star neighed in response.

It can be said that among the four little ones, its positioning is the clearest.

"As for Twelve..." Xu Ran glanced at Twelve, "Although illusions and mental methods are not direct offensive methods, when combined with the attacks of companions, they can often achieve the effect of one plus one greater than two."

"For the time being, I position you as the controller of the team."

"Chirp~" (Understood!)

Twelve nodded.

In the past half month, I have been exploring the outside of the city with the other three little ones, and their cooperation has become more and more tacit.

Many times, Twelve only needs an endless deep sleep, and it doesn't need to worry about the rest of the matter.

This coincides with the positioning of the control hand.

"Chirp?" (What about the fireflies?)

After knowing his position, Twelve couldn't help but become curious.

"Yinghuo..." Xu Ran touched his chin, "Based on its current ability, I positioned it as the strongest group output in the team, cooperating with Ziyun."

"But I'm not sure whether it can do this." Xu Ran paused, "So, it needs to be investigated."

"Not only examine the firefly's character, but also examine its potential."

——

"Luhou?" (Want to conduct new training?)

In the foster care area, Yinghuo looked at the one person and four pets who appeared neatly in front of her, with a look of surprise in her big red eyes.

"Yes." Xu Ran nodded with a smile on his face, "They were the ones who accompanied you in your training before. Today I plan to teach you some more efficient training methods."

"So, are you willing to train according to my arrangements?"

Yinghuo's eyes suddenly widened, and it nodded seriously, with a look of anticipation on its face.

Whether the training method is efficient or not is not that important to it at this moment. The most important thing is that this is the training that Xu Ran personally instructed it to conduct.

In the past half month, Xu Ran has never appeared during its training. According to the four little ones, Xu Ran is working hard to meditate and become stronger as soon as possible.

Although Yinghuo can understand this, she sometimes feels lonely.

Now, Xu Ran is training with it for the first time, and it will try its best to do whatever it wants!

With such a mood in mind, Yinghuo took big steps and followed Xu Ran closely.

Standing on Xu Ran's shoulder, Twelve seemed to feel something. He turned his head and glanced at Yinghuo, his sea-blue eyes flickering slightly.

The other three little ones also remained silent.

This was a matter of investigation, so naturally we couldn't tell Yinghuo.

Soon, Xu Ran and Wu Xiao only arrived at the fire training area.

In the past half month, Yinghuo has been here frequently accompanied by four other little ones, using the unique environment here to train her skills.

However, today's training is destined to be different.

Xu Ran quickly took out a blanket woven from a special material, spread it on the flat ground, and then motioned for Yinghuo to stand on it.

"Luhou?" (What is this?)

Firefly jumped curiously on the blanket, her face full of curiosity.

"This is a special fire-proof blanket." Xu Ran said slowly, "It can isolate the power of the fire system, and it is somewhat similar to your fire-proof skill."

"And now, you need to practice dancing on the fire carpet until you succeed."

"Luhou?" (Liaotianwu?)

Yinghuo looked down at the blanket at his feet.

Under Xu Ran's reminder, it suddenly discovered that after standing on this blanket, it could no longer sense the fire power hidden in the earth below.

In this case, is it necessary to actually fight the Liao Tian Wu?

It's a bit difficult.

After all, the Sky Dance requires ground coordination skills. It needs to penetrate the fire power into the earth in advance, and then burst out instantly.

How to do it while standing on the fire blanket?

Although there are some difficulties, this does not affect Yinghuo's execution.

On its raised palms, blazing flames quickly burned.

Immediately afterwards, with a slight scolding, Yinghuo slapped his palms heavily on the fire blanket.

"boom!"

Accompanied by a low explosion, Yinghuo's accumulated fire power did not spread to the earth at all. Instead, it seemed to be mounted on a hard wall and was swung away by the fire blanket, setting off a wave of fire on the fire blanket. A red heat wave.

"Luhou?" (This?)

Yinghuo blinked. Although it had already made some predictions about the difficulty of the training, it still felt a little helpless when it saw that it was completely unable to perform the Liao Tian Wu, which it had already mastered very skillfully.

"Come on! Try it a few more times and find the pattern."

Xu Ran's low drink instantly restored Yinghuo's energy.

"Luho!" (Okay!)

It nodded heavily towards Xu Ran, and then tried again.

Accompanied by another roar, its palms containing flames slapped heavily on the fire blanket, once again stirring up circles of red fire waves.

Obviously, it did not find the pattern from the first failure.

After the second time, it seemed to have some ideas.

Xu Ran didn't need any further encouragement, Yinghuo had already started for the third time.

Following another roar, waves of fire splashed in all directions.

But this time, one person and four pets could clearly see that the splashing fire wave seemed to be rising into the air as it swung away.

It swings open and rises, and its final silhouette is almost like a dish.

This is the firefly deliberately trying to control the splashing flames.

Although the strength of this control is still a bit weak, it can be seen that Yinghuo has found some methods.

Standing outside the fire blanket, Xu Ran nodded slightly.

And the four little ones look at me and I look at you, with a bit of a smile in their eyes.

Yinghuo's attempts are still continuing.

It tried again and again to control the sputtering flames, and the bright fire burning in the air also changed significantly under the control of the fireflies.

Its curved arc became clearer and clearer, and eventually it was like a large bowl, enveloping the firefly's small body.

"Bear~"

With a low scorching sound, the firelight dissipated again, and Yinghuo slumped down on the fire blanket, panting heavily.

Its power has been severely consumed, and there is not much left.

Xingchen couldn't help but wanted to take action, but was stopped by Xu Ran's slightly raised hand.

"Yinghuo, come on!" he shouted, "You have already made a lot of progress, just a little more is enough."

"Meow~" (Recover your strength and try again!)

"Xilu~" (Believe in yourself, you can do it!)

"Cha!" (I'll take you to pick out bird eggs after training!)

"Chirp~" (You are not allowed to take out bird eggs! Also, come on!)

After Xu Ran, the four little ones each encouraged Yinghuo from a distance in their own way.

"Luho~" (Okay!)

Firefly let out a slightly hoarse roar.

The feeling of weakness after using skills again and again made it very difficult for it to move at this moment, but the calls and encouragements of its companions continued to sound, as if new impetus had been injected into its slumped body.

It greedily sucked in the rich fire power contained in the air, tried its best to restore its own strength, and then struggled to get up from the ground again.

The firefly stood there for a long time, and as wisps of flames quickly gathered from all around, its red eyes became bright again.

full HP resurrection!

"Luhou!"

Yinghuo let out a childish roar, raised his palms high and slapped them heavily on the fire blanket at his feet, wrapped in burning flames.

Accompanied by a low explosion, the waves of fire splashing in all directions snaked upward under its control, wrapping up its small body like a bowl, and then like fire dragons, bypassing the fire. The edges of the blanket plunged toward the earth.

"boom!!!"

Accompanied by a more distant explosion, the firelight dissipated again.

However, Yinghuo's eyes became more and more bright.

Because it has found a way!

How to complete Xu Ran’s training requirements!

"Cha!" (Come on Firefly!)

Cancan excitedly waved his claws in the air, and golden light flowed in his big golden eyes.

"Luho~" (I will succeed!)

Yinghuo shouted loudly, and the flames around him burned more and more intensely, eventually enveloping it entirely.

Two-star skill, Star Level: Flame Body.

At this moment, this powerful melee skill is just the firefly's way of expressing its fighting spirit. It is bathed in firelight, accompanied by rolling heat waves, and slaps heavily on the earth.

again and again.

The flames sputtered out, drawing winding curves in the air, bypassing the wide fire blanket, and finally penetrated into the earth.

The next moment, two pillars of fire rose from the earth, spinning and twining towards the sky. The scorching firelight illuminated most of the sky, and also reflected the firefly flame-colored hair in a golden red.

Looking at his masterpiece, Yinghuo's eyes became brighter and brighter.

It froze for a while, until all the firelight in the sky dissipated, then it turned to Xu Ran and waved its arms excitedly.

"Luho!" (I succeeded!)

"Yes, you succeeded." Xu Ran nodded with a smile, and then said, "Let's train the next skill, Flame Body."

Firefly:

It turns out there is still...

——

"That's it for today's training."

Xu Ran's words made Yinghuo stop what she was doing.

After an afternoon of training, it has obviously improved greatly in spirit and energy, and its proficiency in each skill has made visible progress.

And this is not the focus of today's training.

After an afternoon of training, Xu Ran saw Yinghuo's tenacity and amazing plasticity, and his thoughts were confirmed.

"Yinghuo, come here." He waved to Yinghuo not far away, and at the same time squatted down so that he could be eye-level with Yinghuo.

"Luhou?"

Yinghuo walked forward step by step and suddenly became a little nervous.

It seemed to have vaguely guessed something, and while there was a bit of disbelief in its heart, there was also a strong sense of expectation.

When Xu Ran took it to the Xinghuo foster care shop, it subconsciously thought that Xu Ran chose it because he wanted to form a contract with it.

But during their subsequent interactions, Xu Ran did not mention this, and each of Xu Ran's pet beasts far surpassed him, which also made him feel a little inferior and did not dare to think about making a contract with Xu Ran again. things.

But now, everything seems to be turning around.

Is it going to make a contract with Xu Ran?

There is expectation in Yinghuo's eyes, but there is also worry. It is afraid that all this is just a dream, and there will be nothing after waking up from the dream.

With complicated emotions, Yinghuo finally walked in front of Xu Ran.

"Are you willing to make a contract with me as our new partner?"

Xu Ran's words were like the sound of nature at this moment, resounding in Yinghuo's mind.

It suddenly raised its head and looked at Xu Ran with a smile on his face.

The scene of its first meeting with Xu Ran is still clear in my mind at this moment.

That day, as usual, it tried hard to integrate into the group, but failed again.

On that day, Xu Ran took it away and placed it in the Xinghuo Nursing Home, giving it its own comfortable living environment and allowing it to see the outside world for the first time.

Then, Yinghuo saw the smiling faces behind Xu Ran.

Those are the new friends who have been by its side in the past half month.

They have different personalities. The only thing they have in common is that they are very nice to them. That was the first time that they felt such warmth.

At this moment, Xu Ran's questions kept echoing in Yinghuo's mind.

are you willing?

Of course it is...

"Luho!" (Yes!)

Yinghuo roared and waved his fluffy bear paws in the air, his red eyes full of excitement.

"In that case, let's make a contract when I break through the fifth-level contract power." Xu Ran nodded with a smile, and then paused, "Besides, I have a gift for you."

"Luhou?" (Gift?)

Yinghuo looked at Xu Ran's empty hands with a bit of confusion on her face.

What kind of gift is it?

"Meow~" (It's an evolution route!)

Ziyun came close to Yinghuo, touched Yinghuo's back with her big tail, and pushed it to the four little ones with a smile in her eyes.

Yinghuo didn't notice Ziyun's movements. At this moment, it was already enveloped in a huge surprise.

Evolution route!

This may not be a big deal to other pet beasts.

But it is really important to it.

Because it is a mutant race.

The biggest problem with mutant races is that they are too unique, resulting in a lack of evolutionary routes, and it is very likely that they will not be able to evolve smoothly in this life.

But now, Xu Ran can give it an evolutionary route?

Yinghuo knew exactly what this meant.

This means that it can become stronger normally like other pet beasts!

"Luho!" (Can I also have an evolutionary route?)

Yinghuo couldn't help but murmured in a low voice, her face still showing a bit of confusion.

"Of course." Xu Ran touched Yinghuo's head, with strong confidence in his voice, "It's just an evolutionary route, not worth mentioning."

As he spoke, Xu Ran used the king race evolution route without hesitation.

Lines of text appeared in front of Xu Ran's eyes.

[Evolution route: Fire-eared Bear (Fire) → Blazing Bear (Fire)

Evolution difficulty: ★★★☆☆

Evolution potential: ★★★★☆]

[Evolution route: Fire-eared Bear (Fire) → Refined Flame Bear (Fire)

Evolution difficulty: ★★★☆☆

Evolution potential: ★★★★☆]

[Evolution route:…]

After a series of glances, Xu Ran's face showed a hint of surprise.

Perhaps it is because the fireflies are a mutant race, and their evolutionary path is somewhat different from that of ordinary pet beasts.

First of all, it’s quantity.

There are easily hundreds of ways for a normal leader race to evolve into a king race.

But there are only more than twenty possible evolutionary routes for fireflies.

Secondly, this is evolutionary potential.

Although Firefly has few evolutionary routes, none of these evolutionary routes have an evolutionary potential lower than four stars.

Even five stars, there are two types.

The last time a similar situation occurred was when Cancan chose the evolutionary route.

Now, Xu Ran encountered a rather difficult multiple-choice question.

[Evolution route: Fire-eared Bear (Fire) → Explosive Bear (Fire)

Evolution difficulty: ★★★★★

Evolution potential: ★★★★★]

[Evolution route: Fire-eared Bear (Fire) → Poisonous Fire Bear (Fire)

Evolution difficulty: ★★★★★

Evolution potential: ★★★★★]

Looking at the two evolutionary routes with the same five-star evolutionary potential in front of him, Xu Ran couldn't help but touch his chin, showing a tangled expression.

"Yinghuo, there is a problem now."

"Luhou?" (Isn't there a suitable evolution route?)

Yinghuo looked at Xu Ran and couldn't help but ask.

A trace of disappointment flashed across its eyes, but the look of joy soon returned to its face, as if it was not affected by this.

"No." Xu Ran touched Yinghuo's head and said with a smile, "There are two evolutionary routes to choose from."

"Both of these two evolutionary routes have five-star evolutionary potential and can go very far in the future, but you may need to make your own decision on which one to choose."

Hearing this, the four little ones on the side all looked at Cancan.

Unexpectedly, after Cancan, something like this happened again.

"One of the evolutionary routes is to evolve into the king race, the Explosive Bear." Xu Ran paused slightly, "This race has very explosive output skills."

"The other evolutionary route is to evolve into the king race, the poisonous fire bear." Xu Ran paused again, "The output of the poisonous fire bear is not that powerful, but the flames have unusual characteristics."

"That kind of flame has stronger corrosive and burning properties and can cause continuous damage to the opponent."

Unlike when he gave it to Cancan, Xu Ran now has a deep understanding of the pet beast race. Even if he only sees the names of the two races, he can understand the difference between the two evolved types.

After listening to Xu Ran's introduction to the two evolved types, a look of thought appeared on Yinghuo's face.

I don’t know why, but it sounds like the Explosive Flame Bear is stronger, but it prefers the Poison Fire Bear.

Probably, it's because the Poison Fire Bear's characteristics are somewhat similar to its abilities.

Thinking of this, Yinghuo made the final decision without hesitation.

"Roar!" (Poison Fire Bear!)