After using cheats, I became the strongest Beast Tamer

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Chen Xing sat on the shoulders of Sìxiàng, feeling an irritating sense of security. Plus, since Sìxiàng had a humanoid form, it was like being protected by a "hunk."

SiXiang's flight was unlike any other, not relying on the flapping of wings but on what seemed to be a gravitational force field for hovering and moving.

The wing-flapping was more for acceleration, making the flight faster.

That's why, when SiXiang carried Chen Xing, there was no need to face downwards; standing upright in the air was enough.

A thousand meters up in the sky, from this angle, the expedition routes of all the classes seemed consistent, only some classes were making faster progress and had covered more ground on the first day.

Others were still lagging behind.

From up here, the progress of Class One from Beizhai Academy could only be considered moderate.

They were approximately in the midst of all the teams, and their position was also to the far left.

The distance between them and the surrounding teams was a bit large.

"Sss..."

Chen Xing frowned, not just a bit large—it seemed exaggeratedly far.

No wonder Chi Xue launched a surprise attack on day one.

This position was practically the perfect opportunity for an ambush.

If today was missed, with the current pace of the team, the distance to other teams would only get closer over the next couple of days since the endpoint was fixed.

Looking down from high above, various monsters on the plains had nowhere to hide.

Like an eagle hunting in the sky above the plains, the prey below were clearly in its sights.

However, ordinary monsters didn't require attention; only when the class encountered a powerful monster that they couldn't resist did the instructor need to step in to drive it away—this was Chen Xing's task.

Although they were just a group of students, they were moving as an almost hundred-strong collective.

Plus, other instructors had cleaned this route many times before.

So there weren't many monsters in the wilderness that could pose a threat to them.

Thus, the job was rather easy, and Chen Xing, patrolling the skies for a whole day, didn't get the chance to take action.

In his spare time, Chen Xing opened the Stone Booklet.

He looked at a branch on the far right of the Pet Beautician path, at a skill on the second row that required only 10 Skill Points to activate.

"Basic Hairdressing Techniques": You have learned to dye the fur of your Beast Taming creatures. The dyed fur will have additional resistance to the corresponding Attribute. (0/10)

It had been unnecessary before since Taotie didn't have fur, and back then he was tight on Skill Points.

Every point had to be allocated with great care.

For Chen Xing, who now could gain thirty-three Skill Points in a single day at home, splurging ten points was no big deal.

He simply activated it to see what subsequent Skills would emerge.

The previous "Pet Body Shape Correction" and "Rare Pet Exploration" had been quite helpful to him. Your next journey awaits at empire

The new Skill that appeared after "Basic Hairdressing Techniques" might bring him an unexpected surprise.

With that thought, he activated it.

As Basic Hairdressing Techniques was activated, a new gray Skill slowly emerged underneath on the Skill Tree.

"Hair Trimming": You have learned to trim your Beast Taming creatures' hairstyles, making them look more attractive or majestic. Of course, this requires them to have enough fur to support a hairstyle. A well-trimmed hairstyle, being sufficiently aesthetic, can provide a temporary increase in Divinity. (0/100)

After reading the Skill description, a big question mark hovered in Chen Xing's mind—what did hairstyles have to do with Divinity?

Could donning the appearance of a god grant one the authority of a deity?

Chen Xing was at a loss for words to criticize.

However, the Skill didn't specify how much temporary Divinity increase it provided.

It's a pity it was only temporary; he wondered if there was any way to permanently enhance Divinity.

He still vividly remembered the formidable self-healing ability of the North Sea giant monster.

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If skills with attached laws gave them powers akin to real effects at a higher level, then Divinity provided an everlasting enhancement that adhered directly to Beast Taming's own body.

This skill looked quite good.

It's just that one hundred Skill Points wasn't a small number; it required him to accumulate a full three days to amass.

Well, it needed to be activated sooner or later anyway, and there were no other skills worth rushing to activate at this stage.

Let's just take a look first.

Hair Trimming activated, and beneath its Skill Tree, a new grey skill emerged.

[Intermediate Polishing Technique]You can polish your pets, making their bodies shine and become lighter, granting them temporary flight ability. (0/500)

Taotie could fly?

That was Chen Xing's first impression when he saw this skill.

And it seemed not just that, Dong Jun could also fly without activating [Original Unseal].

It's just that the Skill Points needed were quite a lot, and now he only had one hundred twenty-nine left, so he could only wait until later.

By evening, as the sky grew dark, an instructor riding a flying Beast Taming creature came to switch shifts with him.

Chen Xing then rode down from the sky on Sìxiàng, finding a dry high ground to rest.

As days passed and the military training stretched on, the students from all the classes gradually adapted to the intensity.

Their daily marching speed increased, and their coordination and tacit understanding with each other improved.

From a high vantage, the marching ranks of each class looked much more orderly than at the beginning.

Perhaps this was the true meaning of military training.

Yet these students were only in their first year; even with such training, it should have been the seniors in their third and fourth years being trained instead.

Chen Xing puzzled at this, thinking that surely they wouldn't let these freshmen go straight to the battlefield.

He had thought that there would be more surprises on the road ahead, such as an encounter with a Transcendence-level monster or an assassination attempt.

But to his surprise, all the way until everyone reached the endpoint and military training ended, there were no further incidents.

Chen Xing sometimes wondered if the assassin had come solely for him, and how much he was worth.

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Beneath the ancient treant, nearly ten thousand students were gathered.

On the adjacent clearing, there were thousands of military armored vehicles parked.

Innumerable students were gathered together, pitching tents of various sizes. The fastest classes had been waiting here for nearly three days.

When the last class arrived, and the supervisors at the endpoint finished counting, the school prepared to start the journey back.

Within the crowd, Chen Lingya occasionally scanned left and right.

Her class was the third to last to reach the endpoint because they had encountered a large wild beast group stationed on their route.

There were too many people in her class, and they startled the wild beast group. To avoid conflict, they took a significant detour, which caused a considerable delay, but they were relieved to have arrived on the last day.

It's just that there were too many people to find a trace of her younger brother.

"Chen Lingya?" At that moment, a voice reached her ear.

Chen Lingya turned around and saw a rather old stranger who was not wearing a military uniform, likely a school counselor.

"What is it?" Chen Lingya asked, managing to conceal her emotions.

"I've been entrusted to deliver a letter to you," the man said with a smile, taking out a letter from his bosom and handed it over to her, then turned and left.

Looking down at the letter in her hand, Chen Lingya's pupils constricted.

In the spot where the postage stamp should be on the upper left corner of the envelope, there was a symbol of an Angel Envoy.