Beast Taming: My System is Bugged-Chapter 136 - 135: Something’s Wrong with This Ape

Chapter 136: Chapter 135: Something’s Wrong with This Ape

After unleashing the Laser Skill for the hundredth time.

[Plant Life Light Wave Experience +1]

Cyan Treasure gradually got the hang of unleashing this Skill. Its casting speed improved slightly; unlike before, the preparation alone no longer took more than ten seconds.

The Plant Life Light Wave Skill was a beam of light formed from the Life Power generated when its Light and Grass Spiritual Roots were planted in the "earth."

When it struck an enemy Pet Beast, it would cause a powerful impact of Life Force.

If the opponent was a beast that wasn’t weak to the Grass or Earth Attributes, the Plant Life Light Wave’s destructive power would be diminished.

Even so, the Laser Skill was still immensely powerful.

However, the Skill did have a drawback: its massive Mana consumption.

After all, this was Cyan Treasure’s ultimate move. Firing it just once would exhaust all of its Mana.

Fortunately, its Magic Power Inner Core continuously generated Mana, allowing it to keep fighting. It just meant it couldn’t use the Laser Skill again for a short while.

After Cyan Treasure’s one hundredth battle against the One-star Level Ma Tianba, Gu Ming summoned the Black and White Long-Armed Ape again.

"Cyan Treasure, you’ve beaten Ma Tianba. Time for a new opponent," Gu Ming said from the side.

Cyan Treasure lifted its head proudly and looked at the Black and White Long-Armed Ape that the system had simulated.

The moment it saw those vicious eyes again, it felt as if their gaze cut straight through the air, pinning Cyan Treasure down. A chill ran through its body, and it was frozen in place.

A deep-seated fear washed over it, bringing with it phantom-like visions of a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood.

Cyan Treasure didn’t know why, but a single glance was enough to make it feel as if its Spiritual Power was about to explode.

This terrifying pressure seemed to contain some kind of law of the Great Dao, forcibly suppressing it and making it impossible to fight back.

Just then, Gu Ming’s voice cut through. "Cyan Treasure, you still can’t move?"

As he spoke, Gu Ming reached out and touched Cyan Treasure’s head.

Feeling the warmth of its master’s palm, the incredibly tense Cyan Treasure suddenly relaxed, like a tightly wound string going slack. The feeling of paralysis that had bound its body eased slightly.

At that moment, Cyan Treasure immediately deployed its Grass and Light Element Dual Attribute Spiritual Roots, sinking them into the earth.

The Spiritual Roots began to glow, rapidly absorbing Life Energy from the soil and forming a wave of light that gathered in its mouth.

Then, it unleashed the Plant Life Light Wave, blasting it toward the Black and White Long-Armed Ape. 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂

The Black and White Long-Armed Ape let out a roar, its movements incredibly swift.

It crouched, then sprang, shooting into the sky like a rocket. Its white arms seemed to unfurl across the heavens, blotting out the sun and paralyzing Cyan Treasure with fear once more.

Then, like Mount Tai crashing down from above, it descended with irresistible pressure and brought a single palm strike down hard.

Paralyzed for the entire duration, Cyan Treasure was defeated once again.

This time, however, Gu Ming noticed more details.

The Black and White Long-Armed Ape’s skill actually contained a suppressive pressure akin to the power of a law-based Domain.

Gu Ming had heard that High-star Level Pet Beasts possessed an almost tyrannical aura, capable of easily suppressing Low-star Level Pet Beasts, regardless of species.

The aura the Black and White Long-Armed Ape was currently displaying was remarkably similar to that type of Domain-based suppressive ability, which could crush a Low-star Pet Beast if the Star Level disparity was great enough.

If that was the case, this battle was going to be incredibly difficult.

Ma Tianba had willingly lowered its Power to the One-star Level to fight, which was why it didn’t have that kind of Domain-like suppressive ability.

Gu Ming had no choice but to try and persuade the Black and White Long-Armed Ape. He could only hope it was intelligent enough to understand what he meant.

After all, since the Black and White Long-Armed Ape could display such a suppressive Domain skill, its Star Level had to be quite high.

However, Gu Ming didn’t quite understand. ’How did Grandpa have the strength to form a contract with such a high-end Pet Beast?’

’After all, Grandpa’s physical condition has clearly deteriorated with age, and his own Spiritual Power has declined significantly. It would be incredibly difficult to maintain a contract with such a High-star Pet Beast.’

Despite his doubts, Gu Ming still had to try and communicate with the Black and White Long-Armed Ape.

Upon hearing Gu Ming’s request, the Black and White Long-Armed Ape let out a grunt of acknowledgment and reined in its power.

At that, the oppressive aura around it finally weakened until it was barely perceptible. The white fur on its body gradually faded, turning into pure black ape fur.

Its tough, powerful muscles deflated until they were almost flat, and its height decreased proportionally to about eighty centimeters.

’Apparently, it wasn’t nearly this strong back when it was at the One-star Level.’

This time, when Cyan Treasure faced it again, a single glance was no longer enough to make its mind feel like it was about to explode.

Cyan Treasure and the Black and White Long-Armed Ape began to fight again. This time, the battle was finally no longer one-sided. The Black and White Long-Armed Ape’s overall speed had dropped considerably.

Whereas before it had been like a perfectly balanced fighter, able to both fight and flee, with its linear and lateral movements on a completely different level than Cyan Treasure’s, now its power had returned to the level of a normal One-star Pet Beast, and it was an even match for Cyan Treasure.

In fact, thanks to its nimble Body Technique, Cyan Treasure could even gain a slight upper hand.

Gu Ming found this much more comfortable to watch. ’Now *this* is the level of power a normal One-star Pet Beast should have.’

’But this makes Teacher Zhang’s earlier assessment of the ape being a Zero-star Level Pet Beast very suspicious.’

Weighed down by these questions, Gu Ming fell into deep thought.

After forty straight days of Dream Training, and after thousands of sessions practicing its Laser Skills, Cyan Treasure had finally honed the use of its internal Light Spiritual Root to the absolute limit.

It could now channel all the Life Power in its body in just a few short seconds, and the Skill’s might had increased significantly, allowing it to comprehend more of the Skill’s secrets.

[Plant Life Light Wave has reached Entry Level!]

[Experience needed for next stage (Master Level): 0/10,000]

Since there was still plenty of time, Gu Ming had Cyan Treasure continue its training.

However, after a few more training sessions, Cyan Treasure’s Laser training hit a bottleneck. Its Experience Points wouldn’t budge at all.

Gu Ming stared at the motionless experience bar, stuck at zero, and grew thoughtful.

’This means Cyan Treasure needs an improved cultivation regimen. After all, further development of this Laser Skill requires the support of specific medicinal supplements.’

’The Plant Life Light Wave that I’ve had Cyan Treasure comprehend is a Skill from the future,’ he mused. ’So it must have some properties that surpass those of the current era.’

’However, I can’t analyze what those properties are right now, not unless the system gives me a direct prompt.’

In the Dream Training, however, the system didn’t provide many text-based prompts or story cues.

’I’ll just have to wait until I wake up and perform a demonstration for Teacher Zhang. Maybe that will trigger a new discovery.’

’Also, there’s definitely something strange about that Black and White Long-Armed Ape. I plan on sounding out the teacher to see if there’s some hidden information.’

...

「Early morning. Six o’clock, time for morning practice.」

Teacher Zhang pushed open the door to the school’s training room and saw Cyan Treasure and Gu Ming practicing their core strength.

Cyan Treasure was doing nimble sit-ups, rising and falling in a steady, rhythmic cadence.

Teacher Zhang stood to the side, watching for a moment. He was surprised to see that Cyan Treasure’s Physical Ability had improved significantly; it could already do many sit-ups in a row.

He reached out and squeezed Cyan Treasure’s muscles, which felt noticeably firmer than before.

Just then, Teacher Zhang spoke.

"Alright, use a Laser Skill for me."

As he spoke, he pointed to a training dummy in the room, used for practicing Skills.

The dummy was made of various composite materials capable of absorbing all kinds of elemental energy, including Laser-type Skills.

Gu Ming also wanted Cyan Treasure to perform, hoping to trigger a system event.

He secretly sent it a command, telling it to go all out and display its abilities in peak form.