Beast Taming: the More the Better

Black Blood's car window opened. The night wind dissipated the excitement and restlessness Su Ping had felt during the day. Experiencing the different scenery of the night, Su Ping couldn't help but smile. Finally, the evolution is complete.

The Paperman's evolution boosted Su Ping's confidence in preparing to evolve Xiao Qing as well, raising it to unprecedented levels. Once they both evolved, Su Ping would have sufficient confidence for tomorrow's professional aptitude test. He didn't understand what Qin Xiaoxue had meant at the time. However, if things continued to develop this way, his strength might reach an unimaginable level by the mid-year professional aptitude test next year.

Thinking of this, Su Ping grinned, instantly feeling completely satisfied and in high spirits.

"Feifei, how's my driving?!" he asked Black Blood's mechanical intelligence.

"So amazing! Master, your growth rate astounds Feifei! To think you could increase your speed from twenty kilometers per hour to forty in such a short time! Look, the last bus is already very close to you!"

Su Ping said proudly, then quickly eased up on the gas pedal, his heart still pounding a bit from the speed. It had been too fast, making his heart race.

"By the way, Feifei, why can't you merge with a mechanical body like other awakened Mechanical Cores?"

The car's screen displayed a cartoon image of a big-headed baby doll, Feifei's virtual avatar. It shook its head.

"Feifei doesn't know either. Perhaps my core material is a bit different from other Hearts of Gold Element! But it doesn't matter, Feifei can still serve Master from the car system! Plus, this is good too, since I don't have to fight. Feifei hates fighting the most!"

Su Ping smiled slightly. "Hehe, Feifei doesn't like fighting?"

"Yes, Feifei is afraid of pain."

Su Ping was taken aback. "Mechanical Cores can feel pain too?"

"Of course!" The virtual character on the car screen adopted a scared expression. "It's because merging with a mechanical body is so painful that Feifei can't merge!"

Merging with a mechanical body is painful? Su Ping scratched his head. Is it really that painful? He hadn't heard Dong Muyun mention this. He indeed knew very little about Mechanical Pet Beasts. When I have time, I should ask Dong Muyun if Mechanical Cores really fear the pain of merging with a mechanical body.

However, in this moment of distraction, Su Ping suddenly froze. At the same time, Feifei's voice resounded from inside the car, "EEK! Master, there's someone ahead! Hit the brakes, quickly!"

"Damn it!"

Instead, Su Ping slammed his foot on the accelerator.

Instantly, Black Blood shot forward, accelerating from 0 to 100 kilometers per hour in 0.9 seconds. Fortunately, this wasn't an ordinary sports car but an intelligent one. Feifei detected the car wasn't slowing but lunging forward, and instantly initiated an emergency brake through the intelligent system.

SCREECH...

The friction between the tires and the ground left a ten-meter drag mark on the road.

Su Ping blinked rapidly, still reeling from the shock, and looked rather speechlessly at the figure not far away. The figure seemed frozen in fear, just standing there.

Su Ping felt somewhat helpless. It's the dead of night, on this deserted suburban road, for someone to just pop out like that... who could handle that?

The person in front of him, however, seemed so frightened by the incident that they just stood there motionless. Su Ping felt a pang of remorse; after all, he knew he was usually a competent driver. Indeed, one shouldn't get too complacent. The moment you do, you lose your composure.

Su Ping reflected inwardly, then quickly got out of the car and approached the person. "Um, are you okay? Do you need to get checked out?"

However, the moment that figure turned to look at him, Su Ping felt a sensation he had never experienced before. It was like when he was in school and saw the peak Commander-level Pet Beast, an Iron Thorn Over the Mountain, which had been caught in the wild and kept behind a reinforced glass wall. When that Iron Thorn Over the Mountain had stared at him with its cold, triangular eyes, Su Ping had felt as if all his strength was being drained away. Because his biological instincts told him that if that thing pounced, he would undoubtedly die. Back then, there was the reinforced glass wall for protection. But this time, there was no barrier whatsoever between him and the being before his eyes!

In a split second, almost at that very instant, two beams of light flared simultaneously. The Paperman and another figure appeared almost instantly on the dark street.

Su Ping quickly backed away, finally seeing what had appeared before him. It was an Evolutionary Body of an Iron Arm Ape: a Steel Arm Ape.

Su Ping was quite familiar with the Iron Arm Ape. During the Legion tournaments, one Legion had a unit based on Iron Arm Ape Evolutionary Bodies. Their evolved individuals were even Great Strength Vajra Apes, powerful Monarch-level Pet Beasts.

Fortunately, the evolved Iron Arm Ape before him was 'just' a Steel Arm Ape. As a common Evolutionary Body of the Iron Arm Ape, the Steel Arm Ape had merely gained a further enhancement in strength. Nonetheless, even this Steel Arm Ape caused Su Ping's pupils to contract with wariness.