Chapter 346 — Breaking Through to Level Six

"You tell me." Feng Jin's mouth kept twitching. "Ahem — you've got to let the Association calm down a bit. But it's for Ginseng Baby, right? I've made a note."

"Don't be impatient either. Over the coming year, Donghuang will open trade with various nations, and then we'll take legendary resources we can't use and exchange them with other countries for legendary resources we can use. By then, there'll be more options to choose from."

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"Understood. I'll leave it to you." Shi Jin laughed.

"Enough showing off... Hurry up and get to training, don't waste Shi Yun!"

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After Feng Jin left, Shi Jin immediately entered the Void Emperor Ruins to train.

Although Aurora Magnetic Gold was the legendary resource promised to Eleven, Shi Jin still didn't give it to it right away.

Just as he hadn't given the Bone Sword or the Azure Sky Divine Azure Dragon's dragon pearl to Crimson Pupil or Bug Bug.

It wasn't that he wanted Eleven to take first place within the team again — rather, if he gave it to Eleven now, with the space's suppression, using it would waste the vast majority of its effect. And that was the good outcome; if there was a slip-up and Eleven accidentally broke through, Shi Ying's beast-taming space would collapse and the beast tamer would become a cripple.

Lu Heng dared to give it to the Courtyard Sprite because Lu Yan's space level was one grade higher than Shi Jin's, and the Courtyard Sprite's foundation was far inferior to Eleven's, still a long way from Overlord tier. But Eleven — judging by its current foundation — even if its super-tier racial skill proficiency didn't meet the mark, it truly wasn't far off from the standard for Overlord tier.

So Shi Ying planned to wait until he broke through to a grade-six space before giving it to Eleven.

By then, even if Eleven broke through to Overlord tier, it wouldn't matter.

Normally, only a grade-seven space and the constitution of a grade-seven beast tamer could bear contracting an Overlord-tier beast.

But Shi Jin was a special case — he had a precedent of contracting above his level.

In terms of constitution, he had reached the limit at every grade — something other beast tamers couldn't match.

In terms of recovery, he had contracted the quasi-mythical Ginseng Baby, so he was also unmatched by other beast tamers, and contracting above his level wouldn't leave him too weakened.

In terms of spatial stability, every grade of Shi Jin's space had been a perfect space, with area, strength, and environment all in one — an excellent foundation.

Beyond that, he had also contracted the space-type Bug Bug. Contracting a space-type beast could likewise increase the stability of the beast-taming space.

To go even further, Crimson Pupil's max-level possession could even transform Shi Jin into a hybrid — only, for the time being, Shi Jin had no such intention.

All things considered, it truly was not impossible for Shi Jin to form a contract above his level.

An ordinary beast tamer could only contract a Commander-tier beast at level four, yet at level three he had already contracted a Commander-tier Jiuli Battle Beast of quasi-Overlord stock.

So Shi Jin sometimes wondered whether he might try it again this time — contracting above his level!

Word had it that breaking through from level six to level seven was ten times harder than going from five to six. Under normal circumstances, even with a stroke of fortune like the Void Emperor's ruins, Shi Jin figured he would need years before reaching level seven.

But if a beast could surpass its tamer's space level and reach Overlord tier ahead of time, then what difference would there be between him and a Legendary beast tamer?

True, at that point a single thought from the beast could break the contract and turn on its tamer — but Shi Jin trusted that Eleven and the others would never do such a thing. If they harbored that notion, they would have broken free the very first time he contracted above his level.

As things stood, with a level-five space and a level-five physique, Shi Jue would never dare push a beast to Overlord tier with legendary resources. But once he had a level-six space and a level-six peak physique, he could well try raising one beast to Overlord tier first.

He would not wait for the beast-taming space to catch up. That was far too slow.

When the time came, he would have Lin run a top-tier intelligence analysis of the success rate, and so long as it was feasible, he would go for it.

This leap would surely be harder than the last, but for the World Tree's blessing he was willing to gamble. So long as he did not die, a few daily void points hardly mattered.

Once he obtained the World Tree's blessing, within three years Legendary would not even be the ceiling — Transcendent was within reach. Then the whole vast world would be his to roam, and the thrill alone would be worth it.

Clutching this resolute resolve, Shi Jin once again plunged into a period of frenzied training...

...

In the blink of an eye.

A month and a half later.

The crystalline wall of Shi Ying's beast-taming space had fully turned purple.

Colorless, gray, white, green, blue, purple — a purple crystal wall and summoning array corresponded to a beast tamer's sixth level.

At this level, the weaker tamers were still ordinary masters, but the stronger ones, aided by their beast-taming talents, could already be called top-tier beast-taming masters.

Shi Jin, of course, did not care in the least, for he had already obtained a top-tier beast-taming master's license back when his space was level five.

"Phew..." Inside the Void Emperor's ruins, Shi Jin let out a weathered sigh.

With the ruins meditation method, the Void Emperor's cultivation ruins, the calming spirit incense plants, the lake of purification, void crystals, his super physique, and all his beasts having broken through to Monarch, stacked buffs upon buffs, he had finally become a level-six beast tamer.

In that instant, Shi Ying's physical power, spiritual power, and soul power all surged violently. The formidable physique left Shi Jin, having just exhaled, feeling a bit light-headed.

"What terrifying strength..." Shi Jin clenched his fist and gave it a casual flick. With a boom, the air thundered like a clap of lightning, and a blast of air instantly tore the surrounding plants up by the roots, sending dust billowing.

"Damn, am I even human?"

Shi Jin was shocked, and the more he thought, the more he felt he was no longer human.

This — this — he could already fire off air cannons with a casual swing?

Race: Shi Jin Beast. Low-tier wind skill: Fist Wind!

Shi Jin stared at his own fist and sank deep into thought. So this was the benefit of breaking through at peak physique every single time.

He felt that once he pushed this physique to its limit again, perhaps without stacking any buffs at all, relying purely on physical strength, he could spar with the beast-eared girl Senior Bai Xi in her fused state!

Too monstrous, far too monstrous. Once he reached his current limit again, with Scarlet Eye possessing him, in his peak state he might well be able to lock wrists with an ordinary Overlord.

The World Tournament? Nothing but that!

Meanwhile, within the ruins space of Shi Ying's ruins ring inside the Void Emperor's ruins, Eleven and the others had sensed their tamer's breakthrough and were clamoring to be let out.

Shi Yan summoned them out. For the past month and a half he had hardly bothered with allocating their points; they had trained on their own, their days spent sparring with Void Tan and helping Lin with research. But now, for one, to boost his physique, and for two, to strengthen his beasts, it seemed a new round of point allocation was in order...

As for allocating points to super-tier skills, surely this time it would not be as miserable as before?