STRIKER: Independent Beast Tamer

Training Ground:

Boom!

Jeremy deflected the last ice spikes before retreating. He saw that May Lindsey was going to fight seriously.

He had done his testing as well. Her ice elements had a freezing effect. But it's not up to the level of scariness. He could still fight her.

Swoosh!

May Lindsey retreated as well. She had gotten a good idea about Jeremy's strength. Her eyes flashed with seriousness.

As per analysis and the rumor, she found that Jeremy Night could easily defeat her at close quarters. He struck with precision at close ranges.

She doubted whether she could evade his attacks in close combat. She thought it was best to fight from a distance.

Boom!

The next second, she created a huge ice elemental ball and fired it at Jeremy Night. The ice ball went across in a straight line before reaching the target.

At the same time, Jeremy Night slightly imbued silver energy into the katana blade. In the blink of an eye, the blade shone with white light.

Slice!

When the huge ice ball came towards him, he drew the sword and sliced it. The blade went vertically through the ice ball, splitting it into two parts. Because of the starlight energy, the blade sliced through smoothly without any resistance.

It was neatly done.

Jeremy sighed inwardly. He was worried about the starlight energy's effectiveness, seeing that it was working fine against the ice element.

He was not worried about the duel anymore.

Gasp!

The crowd exclaimed in surprise. They never expected Jeremy Night to perform better in the duel. Everyone had been optimistic about May Lindsey earlier.

Now Jeremy Night was proving them wrong. He was equally strong.

The faces of the Elemental Department students changed significantly. They had expected Jeremy Night to face trouble fighting against her.

Even their own Department Instructor was shocked.

Victor Scott's heart was turbulent. But he still thought that May Lindsey was holding back. She had a lot more tricks up her sleeve.

One of them could hurt Jeremy Night. Beside him, the Control Department students were also noticing his expression.

If May Lindsey was struggling, then Victor Scott might struggle against Vincent Carey as well.

But the ones who were truly shocked were the Attack Department students. Most of them had weapon-related talent.

Seeing Jeremy Night fight with a katana, they were shocked to the core. Jeremy Night was using weapons better than they were.

His fighting style was similar to what they had noted down. They could watch the duel and learn. Right now, the Attack Department students were observing the duel with serious expressions.

Not only them, even their Department Representative Romeo Barrett was shocked to the core. Jeremy Night's fighting style was inspiring.

He had been trying to strike with such accuracy but had not succeeded. He thought if he continued his practice, he would soon reach the level of Jeremy Night.

But he was terrified in his heart. Jeremy Night's talent was not weapon or sword-related talent. Yet he was able to fight at this level.

Romeo couldn't help but relate Jeremy Night's Supreme Combat Body Talent. He thought that the word "Combat" in Jeremy's talent was what helped him.

Meanwhile,

May Lindsey launched another attack. This time she shot multiple ice balls at Jeremy Night. But the speed of the ice balls was faster than the ice spikes.

Boom!

The katana blade in Jeremy's hand danced. It was cutting across the ice balls like weeds. As time passed, Jeremy Night was able to block all those attacks.

The starlight energy was getting reduced as well. But he didn't show any expression on his face. Rather, he thought May Lindsey was consuming her ice elemental energy faster than he was.

On the other hand, May Lindsey was getting impatient. She had decided to attack Jeremy Night at close quarters. But she had not been able to hurt him so far.

Yet her ice elemental energy was draining at a faster rate.

A hint of seriousness appeared in her eyes.

She decided not to waste her ice elemental energy anymore.

Hoo-hoo-hoo!

The next second, she summoned her lifeline beast.

A snow-white owl appeared beside her. It was massive in size, over 5 ft. The talons, beak, and wings had shades of blue in them.

May Lindsey commanded her lifeline beast to attack.

Boom!

The snow-white owl found its target.

Hoo-hoo-hoo!

The next second, it flapped its gigantic wings before rising into the mid-air.

Gasp!

The whole crowd, watching from a distance, exclaimed in surprise. No one had seen her lifeline beast before.

Seeing the gigantic snow owl, everyone instantly felt the coldness. The air around the snow owl was freezing cold.

"Damn!"

"The snow owl is fierce."

"I heard that ice-type lifeline beasts are rare, and the snow owl is even rarer!"

"Not many know about the snow owl lifeline beast."

"Jeremy Night is going to hit a brick wall."

The students discussed among themselves. Everyone was mesmerized by the snow owl lifeline beast.

Hoo-hoo-hoo!

The snow owl began to flap its wings fiercely.

On the other hand, Jeremy Night started to imbue more starlight energy into his sword. While doing that, he observed the snow-white owl.

He was surprised in his heart. He had thought about many lifeline ice-type beasts. He didn't expect it to be the rare snow owl lifeline beast.

As far as he knew, some lifeline beasts had more than one ability. He didn't know whether the snow owl lifeline beast had more abilities.

Boom!

Just as he was contemplating, a fierce wind was directed at him. Jeremy's eyes flickered. He felt a bone-freezing chill from the wind.

"This wind," Jeremy uttered.

Swoosh!

He retreated further backwards. Yet the cold wind chased him down. He could feel that the snow owl was just a Tier-1 Beast.

As long as he attacked, her lifeline beast would suffer injury.

Jeremy contemplated whether to attack the lifeline beast or not.

May Lindsey was using the opportunity to recover her ice energy. Seeing Jeremy Night backtrack, her mouth curved into an arc.

At the same time, she also instructed her snow owl not to get closer. If the snow owl got closer, Jeremy might attack her beast.

In the mid-air, the First Year Department Head, Derek Gibson, was watching the duel with interest as well. He was not surprised by the appearance of the snow owl.

Because Dean Carolyn had shown him records of some students before, he had seen the information about the snow owl lifeline beast.

Seeing that it was fighting against Jeremy Night, he thought the real duel had started now. He knew some information about the snow owl lifeline beast.

The cold wind was not the main attack. The main attack was yet to come.

The snow owl lifeline beast flew high above the clouds.

Hoo-hoo-hoo!

The snow owl found that its target was slipping away. Finally, it started to use its true ability. The snow owl lifeline beast flapped its wings once again.

Boom!

The next second, the environment changed. Dark clouds appeared.

Seeing the environmental changes, the expressions of everyone on the ground changed. No one had seen such a scene before.

Except the Department Instructors, who displayed knowing expressions.

"This beast?" Old man Derek was shocked. He was able to guess what was going on right now.

"The snow owl is getting a boost from May Lindsey's S-Grade Talent. Combined with the ice-element talent of the beast, it's causing environmental changes," Old man Derek thought to himself.

Meanwhile,

Ariel Burt, Instructor Jacob, Betsy Lowe, and Daniel Stone were watching with solemn expressions.

"This is what happens when an S-Grade Beast Tamer bonds with a powerful lifeline beast. It's going to launch a powerful attack."

"The attack power might possibly reach Tier-3 levels," Instructor Jacob said with a solemn expression.

Like old man Derek, he was able to see through the changes as well.

"The real fight starts now," Ariel Burt said.

Daniel Stone and Betsy Lowe exchanged looks. Fear could be seen in their eyes. They knew if they faced this level of attack, they would surely perish.

Not only them; the other departmental students were thinking like that. They were terrified watching the attack unfold.

On the other hand, Jeremy Night's expression was dead serious. He was wondering whether May Lindsey had used her full strength.

Now, looking at the lifeline beast, he thought that May Lindsey's trump card was the snow owl lifeline beast.

Boom!

The next second, a massive snow tornado appeared. The snow owl lifeline beast drove the cold wind behind it. The size of the tornado was over 20 ft.

It could easily shred anyone near it. The Department Instructors were instructing the students to step back.

On the other hand, May Lindsey's eyes gleamed with determination. She thought this attack would secure her victory. She had killed a Tier-3 Corrupted Beast with this attack back in the wilderness.

She believed the same attack would defeat Jeremy Night.