Cyan Treasure clearly rembered its last battle with this Black and White Long-Ard Ape. It had circled behind its opponent, coiled around its neck, and bitten down hard, injecting venom into its main artery, causing the poison to spread through almost its entire body.
Because of that, the Black and White Long-Ard Ape had hastily shaken off Cyan Treasure and fled in disarray.
Teacher Zhang had also been there at the ti and said the opponent was only at the Zero-star Level. An unevolved beast, rely relying on its natural physical Talent to bully Cyan Treasure. It shouldn’t have been hard to defeat, and Cyan Treasure had thought so too.
But now, just looking at the Black and White Long-Ard Ape’s tough muscles and ferocious gaze, every cell in Cyan Treasure’s body involuntarily tensed up. It stood frozen on the spot, watching its opponent draw near.
THUMP, THUMP...
As Cyan Treasure listened to the heavy footsteps, the sound of its own heartbeat was so loud, filling its chest, that it beca deaf to everything else. Its eyes were fixed only on that terrifying gaze.
Cyan Treasure was completely petrified!
Gu Ming’s voice ca from behind:
"Get moving! What are you doing?!"
Gu Ming saw Cyan Treasure standing there like an idiot, paralyzed by the Black and White Long-Ard Ape’s stare.
Then, he watched as the Black and White Long-Ard Ape raised its hand and brought it down with a SMACK.
Like a fragile piece of glass, Cyan Treasure was instantly smashed to pieces. Its flesh was torn from its bones, and even its Snake Bone shattered.
Gu Ming stared at the incredibly realistic scene, completely stunned.
It wasn’t until the system restored Cyan Treasure’s body that he realized it had just lost—annihilated by that single slap.
The Power was irresistible, robbing both man and snake of even the courage to flee.
"This... Could this be the Black and White Long-Ard Ape’s true strength?" Gu Ming muttered to himself.
Gu Ming had found the Black and White Long-Ard Ape’s appearance near the Gu Family estate suspicious before.
And since he had obtained a legacy map from the future in the family’s ancestral hall, he had always suspected the Black and White Long-Ard Ape was his grandfather’s Pet Beast.
When Teacher Zhang had said it was a Zero-star Level Pet Beast, he had been skeptical.
Now, that one slap had served as a wake-up call not only for Cyan Treasure but for Gu Ming as well.
Neither of them underestimated the Black and White Long-Ard Ape anymore; instead, they treated it with much greater caution.
Gu Ming recalled Cyan Treasure and deactivated the simulation of the Black and White Long-Ard Ape, making it disappear from the system’s simulated battlefield Space.
Still shaken, Cyan Treasure slithered back into its master’s hand. It licked his hand with its tongue, letting out a pitiful "HISS HISS."
It was clearly terrified by the slap and that intimidating gaze.
’A sense of insurmountable fear toward the Black and White Long-Ard Ape had taken root in its heart. The gap in their Power was like the chasm between heaven and earth, extinguishing any thought of fighting.’
Gu Ming tried everything to coax Cyan Treasure and help it relieve so stress.
But Cyan Treasure couldn’t shake its fear. Helpless, Gu Ming had no choice but to let it rest first.
Just then, Gu Ming turned his gaze to the second training opponent on the field, one simulated in real-ti by the system—Ma Tianba.
This was the future Forbidden Area Dominator. It certainly didn’t have the strength to dominate the forbidden area yet.
Even so, in Gu Ming’s eyes, Ma Tianba was on a whole other level, completely out of reach.
’He was very curious. How would fighting Ma Tianba be different from fighting the Black and White Long-Ard Ape?’
’Seeing Cyan Treasure trembling like that, it probably wouldn’t dare to try again so soon.’
But Gu Ming was still curious, so he first had Cyan Treasure practice its Laser Skills.
After firing it more than ten tis and continuously replenishing its energy.
It was worth ntioning that Spirit dicine could be replicated infinitely in the dream, but it couldn’t increase one’s actual Cultivation. It could only simulate the feeling of replenishing energy.
Seeing that Cyan Treasure’s spirit was recovering, Gu Ming imdiately had it switch opponents to relax a bit.
Then, he pointed to Ma Tianba on the field.
The color drained from Cyan Treasure’s face.
Although it had never fought Ma Tianba, it knew how powerful its opponent was.
’Master wants to fight Ma Tianba? Isn’t that just asking for trouble?’
Gu Ming said:
"The best way to overco fear is to face it!
"You’re terrified of the Black and White Long-Ard Ape right now, but Ma Tianba doesn’t give off the sa level of pressure.
"Try to defeat it first. I’ll have Ma Tianba lower its strength to fight you."
With that, Gu Ming spoke to the system-simulated Ma Tianba, "Could you lower your strength to within the One-star Level and have a match with Cyan Treasure?"
Although the system displayed Ma Tianba’s tested strength as unknown.
However, the Power it had displayed and the techniques it had used were all recorded by the system.
The system showed its strength as unknown precisely because it had yet to reveal ninety percent of its Power.
The system-simulated Ma Tianba, while not having an intellect completely identical to its real-world counterpart, retained the intelligence of its Adult Stage. It could understand Gu Ming’s words.
Ma Tianba nodded and snorted.
’Fine. I’ll fight you with the strength of the One-star Realm.’
As soon as it agreed, the powerful aura around Ma Tianba rapidly receded. The Angel Ring above its head vanished, and the white wings on its back retracted into its body.
Its large body shrank, transforming into a small white pony only fifty centiters tall.
The small white pony charged toward Cyan Treasure and swept out with a hoof.
Cyan Treasure finally used its Master Level Z-shaped Shaking Body Technique, forcing its body into an S-Type curve to dodge the kick. It then nimbly circled behind Ma Tianba, opened its mouth, bit down, and injected its venom.
Ma Tianba violently twisted its neck, flinging Cyan Treasure into the distance.
Cyan Treasure sprang up from where it landed, drew in a mouthful of Spiritual Qi from the air, and ford a Storm Ball.
Seeing Cyan Treasure about to fire it imdiately, Gu Ming couldn’t help but interject:
"Inject the venom into the Storm Ball! Rember the improvent strategy Teacher Zhang ntioned?"
Cyan Treasure had been about to launch the Storm Ball.
Hearing its master’s words, it rembered its future plans.
’Close-quarters combat is too dangerous. My body is fragile, so I have to stick to a long-range poison-delivery strategy.’
And so, it resisted the urge to fire the Storm Ball imdiately and spent more ti filtering the Spiritual Qi it had inhaled.
It swallowed most of the Water and Ice Spiritual Qi, injected its venom into it, and then infused it into the Storm Ball.
By this ti, Ma Tianba was already poisoned but had not yet collapsed.
It dragged its toxin-paralyzed body forward, closing the distance to Cyan Treasure in a flash, and swept out with a hoof.
At that exact mont, Cyan Treasure’s Storm Ball collided with the hoof.
BOOM! The dust settled to reveal that both sides were injured. One had collapsed, and the other was half-crouching on the ground.
In the end, Ma Tianba survived, while Cyan Treasure’s body was too fragile and it was killed by the kick.
Fortunately, this was the system’s simulated training Space, and Cyan Treasure was instantly revived.
Although Ma Tianba was poisoned, it was still able to get back on its feet and move around for a long ti.
Gu Ming had Cyan Treasure rest on the side while he began his own Cultivation and observed Ma Tianba.
A dozen or so minutes later, Ma Tianba finally collapsed from the poison, its entire body paralyzed, but it was not yet dead.
Gu Ming shook his head and said:
"You need to fuse the Storm Ball and venom Skills as soon as possible. Delivering poison with a close-range bite is too dangerous."
Cyan Treasure nodded. At this mont, it had forgotten the fear the Black and White Long-Ard Ape had instilled in it. Its mind was consud by the timing of that final kick.
’Sotis, I feel like I have a chance to dodge, to twist my body in a Z-shape.’
’Unfortunately, my timing for releasing the Storm Ball was too slow. I could have reacted in ti.’
Completely focused on analyzing the battle, Cyan Treasure’s anxiety vanished.
Gu Ming chose this mont to stroke its head:
"Did you get so of your confidence back after that fight with Ma Tianba?"
Cyan Treasure first shook its head, but honestly, it had indeed regained a little confidence, so it nodded again.
After that, once Cyan Treasure had rested, it initiated one training session after another with Ma Tianba.
During the battles, it frequently used its Storm Ball in combination with its Body Technique to dodge the opponent’s attacks.
Ma Tianba’s advantage was its linear Speed, but it was helpless against Cyan Treasure’s twisting, squirming fighting style, which was as agile as a loach.
This way, Cyan Treasure no longer had to risk a close-range venomous bite to poison Ma Tianba.
As long as it could dodge one of Ma Tianba’s hoof attacks at close range, it could viciously strike any part of its opponent’s body with a Storm Ball.
Of course, one shot definitely wouldn’t be enough to take Ma Tianba down with poison.
It generally took several consecutive shots to slow its opponent down.
Once the opponent’s Speed dropped to a certain level, Cyan Treasure would toy with it effortlessly, using all sorts of tricks.
At this point, Cyan Treasure finally experienced an exhilarating sense of combat.
’So, Ma Tianba isn’t invincible after all.’
Once this thought gradually solidified in its mind, Cyan Treasure’s confidence was re-established.
The more it fought, the more confident it beca, much to the relief of Gu Ming, who was watching from the side.
It was ti to bring the Black and White Long-Ard Ape back.
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