Chapter 393 — The Legend Lin Shuo and the Overlord Void Tan
The Beast-Taming Craftsman · Page 4 of 7
Beyond that, skills like Concealed Edge, Undying Golden Body, and Unstoppable — for Eleven, who possessed an Overlord's will, trained himself to the brink of death, and had Baby Ginseng to patch up his injuries — self-training yielded excellent gains as well. Combined with Shi Ying's point allocations, the whole team had reaped far more over two months than Shi Jin had imagined.
"Ying?" Shi Jin walked into Eleven's training room. The moment Eleven saw him, his eyes lit up.
Time to break through to Overlord.
"No rush. Let's put points into Super Alloy first." Shi Jin grinned.
Shi Jin had originally meant to push straight through and let Eleven complete his breakthrough and evolution.
But on Lin's advice, he decided to first bring the other pet beasts' skills up to par before letting Eleven break through.
Because once Eleven broke through and evolved, his strength would surely be terrifying. It might feed back into Shi Jin a stronger physique, yes, but the consumption would definitely outweigh the reinforcement. If Shi Ying's constitution could bear it, fine; but if it couldn't, breaking through too early would leave Shi Jin weakened and would undoubtedly delay the subsequent point allocation.
Shi Jin thought it made sense. The most fitting moment for Eleven to break through and evolve would be on the eve of the World Tournament. It was coming soon anyway; no need to rush.
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After completing another round of point allocation for Eleven, Shi Jin set off for the Ancient Capital, putting his bitter training on hold for a while.
Ancient Capital University was now utterly transformed. Ever since the last National Tournament, when it had secured ample education funding, it had begun renovating inside and out, with its training facilities comprehensively upgraded.
In a small private courtyard at Ancient Capital University, Lu Heng sat leisurely in a chair reading. With a ripple in space, Shi Jin appeared nearby.
"You're here. I just arrived too." As Shi Jin arrived, Lu Heng rose and said with a smile.
"Senior, long time no see." Shi Jin greeted his senior and recalled Chong Chong, letting it rest — it had been on the road the whole way, worked half to death.
Since that one meeting before he left for the Seven Isles, Shi Jin hadn't seen Lu Heng in nearly five months.
Having broken through to Legend, Lu Heng now carried an even more captivating air, like a spirit of nature itself — no doubt a feedback effect from the Overlord-level Tingxiang Spirit.
"Where's that mantis?" Shi Jin asked curiously once he was there.
"Ahem." Lu Heng gave a dry cough. Space rippled once more, and a Void Sandalwood clutching a chicken leg mid-bite looked over with unfriendly eyes. "Watch your tone, kid."
Earlier he'd been "Senior." Now it was "mantis." Getting a bit full of himself, was he?
"Senior Mantis, long time no see. Congratulations on your breakthrough." Shi Jin's eyes lit up.
[Name]: Void Sandalwood
[Attribute]: Space
[Race Grade]: High Overlord
[Growth Grade]: Overlord-level
[Energy Value]: 62.21 million
62.21 million... about the same as the Mountain-Bearing Turtle and the Ice-Eyed White Tiger!
Of course, it couldn't be measured so simply. Void Sandalwood was a space-type, after all, and had only broken through two months ago, with enormous growth potential — unlike those veteran Overlords whose potential was nearly spent.
Moreover, Senior Mantis had been able to borrow the power of the void even at Monarch level; at Overlord level he would surely be even more terrifying. The power of the void was far stronger than the dragon-vein power the Azure-Scaled Flood Dragon borrowed. His strength was probably no weaker than that flood dragon's.
"Not bad." Void Sandalwood spoke indifferently. Overlord level, that was all — what was so strange about breaking through?