Chương 22: Team Building

It was already 04:00 pm at the training ground.

Yang Feng and the team arrived at the arena together.

At the moment, Yang Lan and Dou Dou were whispering with each other and giggling from time to time.

After their lunch, the team decided to get to know each other better, so they introduced their pets as well.

On the ground at the side of the cafeteria, Yang Lan raised her hand, and amidst a grey summoning formation, a little black turtle walked out slowly. Alongside it, an hourglass appeared in her other hand.

Yang Lan introduced her ability, 'Temporal Dilation.'

Temporal Dilation: For the target or within a specific area, time moves more slowly than normal. To an observer outside the effect, everything within the affected zone appears to move in slow motion. The target may perceive events outside as occurring at incredible speeds.

Dou Dou and Xiao Pang were looking at Yang Lan with shining eyes, while Karishma also had a glint in her eyes.

Next was Xiao Pang. He waved his hand, and a red-colored stove appeared beside him. There were runes carved on its surface.

A grey formation appeared beside him, and from within it, a wok appeared. It was his first pet, a spirit weapon, 'Flame Heart Wok.'

According to Xiao Pang, the Flame Heart Wok can make a virtual dish that works for a specified time. It cannot be stored for more than a minute.

Ember-Crusted Draconic Ribs:

Effect: Increases physical strength and durability, making the eater more resilient against physical attacks. Adds a fiery burst to close-combat strikes.

Duration: 45 minutes

This can be made in five seconds and can be used during combat.

Xiao Pang can also cook dishes with the help of the Infernal Stove and Flame Heart Wok normally. It will imbue effects just like pills and potions and can be stored.

Xiao Pang then made four portions for the teammates and saw them eating with relish, with a smug smile.

Yang Feng looked at Xiao Pang and thought, It means I don't have to spend money on food while with Xiao Pang.

Sigh, I had to develop so many pets. What a sin.

After Xiao Pang, it was Karishma's turn. She summoned her relic, and a simple golden trident appeared in her hand.

Beside her, a grey summoning formation appeared, and a calf walked out from it.

"My relic can be used as a weapon during battle," Karishma explained.

"While this is my pet, 'Heaven Trampling Bull.' It gives me a 'Celestial Hoof Stomp.'"

Celestial Hoof Stomp:

Description: The bull strikes the ground with its mighty hooves, causing shockwaves of energy to ripple outward. This stomp shakes the earth, creating fissures and ruptures in the battlefield.

Effect: Deals area-of-effect damage to all enemies within range, causing physical damage and briefly stunning them due to the earth-shaking impact.

Additional Effect: May temporarily weaken the opponent's defenses or cause terrain distortion (like creating holes or barriers).

Afterwards, Dou Dou came forward excitedly, and a three-meter grey fox appeared beside her.

From the formation, a white mechanical fox appeared with three tails.

"This is my pet, Mystic Fox Lord. It doesn't give me an ability as I am a Beast Tamer, but it has a weapon, 'Tail Cannon,'" Dou Dou explained excitedly.

Tail Cannon: Mystic Fox Lord's three tails can shoot energy rays at the enemy. Its strength depends on the Machine Spirit's strength.

Karishma looked at the fox and asked, "Dou Dou, is your name Tie Dou Dou?"

Dou Dou was stunned at this question and then answered, "Yes! But how did you know, sister Karishma?"

She looked at her curiously.

"I had seen other Machine Spirits from the Tie family, and your Mystic Fox Lord has the same style," Karishma explained.

At the side, Xiao Pang also exclaimed, "It's that Tie family!"

At the other side, the Yang siblings were also confused. "Is the Tie family famous?" Yang Feng asked.

Xiao Pang replied with exaggerated expressions, "It is the human federation's second-best Arcane Engineer family. Every Machine pet lover dreams of having a pet made by them."

Yang Feng was stunned, and he looked at Dou Dou incredulously. This petite girl had such an amazing background.

Yang Lan also exclaimed and started pestering Dou Dou.

"Dou Dou, why didn't you tell me before?"

"Dou Do—"

"Dou D—"

Yang Lan helplessly stopped Yang Lan. "Little Lan, we only met today. How was she supposed to tell you this?"

In the end, everyone looked at Yang Feng.

Yang Feng's face turned red. Everyone had such a powerful pet, and he only had a useless silkworm.

He cursed Cody in his heart. That bastard Cody.

He helplessly took out Cody, disguised as the Nine Element Divine Codex. In his left hand, a small grey summoning formation appeared.

From it, a sleeping pearl appeared in Yang Feng's palm.

"This is my pet Spirit Silkworm, named 'Pearl,'" he explained awkwardly.

"It gave me a skill, 'Silken Threads,'" Yang Feng explained with the same awkward expression.

Xiao Pang and Dou Dou were looking at him with mouths opened and wide eyes.

Even Karishma's lips were twitching.

Xiao Pang asked incredulously, "Brother Yang, tell me, is your relic really Celestial Grade?"

Yang Feng laughed dryly. On the side, Yang Lan explained with a snort.

"What do you know? My brother has all-element affinity. So he can become really powerful. So the universe is jealous of him and wanted to nerf him."

"In the end, it imposed a restriction that his pets can only be wild-line creatures at the start."

Yang Lan repeated what Yang Feng had joked about with her.

(Universe: It doesn't have to do anything with me.)

Yang Feng wanted to stop Yang Lan from continuing further.

Everyone became silent, looking at Yang Feng and Pearl one by one.

Xiao Pang spoke with a laugh, trying to lighten the mood. "Hahaha, so what if it is a wild-line creature? We are not in ancient times anymore."

"I heard ten years ago someone evolved a spirit silkworm into an arcane-line creature, 'Hundred Illusion Butterfly.'"

He wrapped his hand around Yang Feng's shoulder. "In this era, it is completely possible to evolve a wild-line creature all the way to a Divine Line creature."

He then asked everyone to come forward and spoke softly as if sharing some gossip.

"I heard that a hundred years ago, the dean of our academy nurtured a divine-line creature, the 'Tree of Life,' from a wild-line tree, the 'Spirit Oak.'"

Yang Feng, Yang Lan, and Karishma were stunned, while Dou Dou also nodded. "Yes, I have heard my grandfather mention it."