Chapter 108 — The Professional Assessment Begins
The Beast-Taming Craftsman · Page 3 of 8
"Race name, Super Psy Flying Squirrel."
"Race tier, High Transcendent."
"Growth tier, Transcendent."
"Energy value, 599 points."
When the announcement finished, the girl He Yu flushed red and clenched her fists in excitement. Great, not bad at all!
Below, a small portion of the crowd looked blank, while most nodded privately to themselves; clearly, not everyone knew what this figure represented.
At that moment, the examiner at the computer also received the Super Psy Flying Squirrel's other, more detailed data and earnestly uploaded it, while the examiner who had called the names began recording the information on paper.
As for Chief Examiner Zhuang Ping, she added by way of explanation:
"Energy value represents the amount of energy within a beast. For a beast in the awakening stage, the energy value within its body is basically under 100. As for the transcendent standard for passing this time, it is 500 points. To a great extent, this figure determines whether a beast can use high-tier skills, and whether it can use skills repeatedly. You may use it as a reference to judge the strength of your own beasts."
Once a beast's growth tier enters the transcendent level, there are no longer the repeated awakening transformations of the awakening stage; its strength does not undergo a qualitative leap at some particular juncture, but must be accumulated slowly.
For beasts of this level have already passed the stage of rapid growth, and their racial skills have essentially all been awakened.
From here on, the entire transcendent level is a single great tier, with no subdivision into lesser tiers.
As for the beast's next growth transformation, that would have to wait until the commander level.
Only then would a beast's strength undergo a relatively major qualitative change; at that point, a beast could even project and solidify energy outward, condensing energy crystals of its own!!!
In the wild, certain commander-level creatures nurture their kindred by precisely such means. The gap in strength between a pack with a commander-level creature and one without is strikingly obvious!
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"Exam number 1440, Jin Fei."
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"Race name, Shadow Leopard."
"Race tier, High Transcendent."
"Growth tier, Transcendent."
"Energy value, 761 points."
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"Exam number 1441, Ji Yuan."
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"Race name, Wind-Gathering Vine."
"Race tier, Mid Transcendent."
"Growth level: transcendent."
"Energy value: 524 points."
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One after another, the examinees were called by name and took the stage for their tests.
The testing segment, however, was mostly bland, with nothing much to set it ablaze.
Until...
"Exam number 1461, Xiong Xing."
"Species name: Thunder Roar Lion."
"Species tier: low commander."
"Growth level: transcendent."
"Energy value: 1214 points."
In that instant, the flat mood of the basic testing segment was shattered outright.
"Holy shit, past a thousand???"
"Damn, that's double my Earth Crystal Butterfly..."
"That's just absurd. Commander-tier species really are something else..."
The crowd stared at the young man on the detection platform and the golden electric lion beside him, and every one of them was startled.
A low commander-tier species, the Thunder Roar Lion!
That energy value nearly doubled the beasts of the examinees before him!
"Roar—" On the platform, the Thunder Roar Lion let out a low growl, basking in the stares together with its beastmaster.
The beastmaster called Xiong Xing wore a calm expression, but inwardly he was profoundly satisfied.
He was the center of attention!
"Not bad." Facing the first examinee to break a thousand, the three examiners nodded silently, though they showed little else.
At the transcendent level, what actually decides a beast's combat power is its species, its skills, and its training.
Through daily training, a beast can slowly raise its energy ceiling and improve its skill proficiency; in battle, that is what is contested.