Gudu, the Necropolis Battlefield.

A young man wielding a long sword was slicing through the undead, one strike at a time.

After a round of chopping and dicing, Shi Yu let out a breath of relief, feeling somewhat relieved, but not entirely.

Wielding the space sword, a combination of Hardening and Shocking Void, he felt a sense of loneliness as a master.

In the end, the opponents were just too weak.

At this point, Shi Yu's weapon had been updated again.

The Ice Dragon Blade was discarded because the Ice Dragon's Whisker was swallowed by Susu.

The Sky Thunder Cut was discarded because Shi Yu often electrocuted himself due to difficulty controlling the lightning.

The current long sword wasn't very easy to use either.

Mainly, the spatial backlash was quite strong. Each time Shi Yu finished a strike, he felt dizzy himself.

After too many strikes, he felt like he was carsick.

Shi Yu directly plunged it into the ground, deeply buried, not wanting it anymore. He'd give it to someone who was destined to have it; anyway, its shelf life wasn't long.

"Chirp~~~"

Beside him, a small, blue-burning bird with fiery tail feathers chirped unhappily.

Too weak, too weak. Not only did Shi Yu not have a good time chopping, it didn't have a good time burning.

The Spirit Release skill didn't gain even a sliver of proficiency———

Currently, Chi Tong should be the pet with the highest proficiency in ultra-level skills in the team…

Its Intersecting Swords and Spirit Release skills were both around (Mastery +5), so it was normal that they couldn't be improved.

The former was because it had digested the Gemini Silver Armor, and the latter was because it had swallowed the Undead Overlord's Soul Orb…

"There's no way, the powerful undead were either killed by the Undead Nether Phoenix last time or are hiding and afraid to come out…" Shi Yu shrugged and looked at Little Chi Tong.

Chi Tong: QAQ!!

"Nnng!!!" While Shi Yu and Chi Tong weren't very satisfied, Susu was very happy beside them.

Purifying a place like the Necropolis Battlefield, filled with curses and plagues, was very stress-relieving for it.

It just hated that its strength was too weak to perfectly purify it.

Although it purified a large area of flawless land along the way, it estimated that it would be eroded by plague and curses again soon after leaving.

Purification was not easy, Susu sighed.

It shook its ice-blue body, adorned with an icy crown, and felt an infinite sense of loneliness after the excitement.

Now, Chi Tong and Susu looked a little strange.

For example, Chi Tong had changed from a vermilion sunfire bird spirit form to a dark-blue ghost fire bird spirit form.

Susu had changed from a jelly-like water slime form to an ice slime king form with an icy crown.

These were new forms that Shi Yu had developed for them recently.

The principle was also very simple.

Chi Tong's bird spirit form was originally mainly for releasing Yang Flame power, so as long as it restrained and suppressed the Yang Flame power and used the Nether Cold Fire as the power to display, its appearance would naturally change.

Whether it was an undead or an elemental life, changing appearances was quite easy.

As for Susu, it was because it had stored the Frostfall Dew in its body.

Although it hadn't swallowed it yet, this legendary resource also gave it a second attribute: Ice.

In addition, it had mastered the Stormy Snow skill to the point of near perfection, and with its mastery of water element control, ice and water were inseparable, making it very easy to change its elemental form into an ice slime.

Even the illustrated handbook could be deceived.

Actually, it wasn't a deception. Susu, now a mid-level Overlord race, was no longer a water slime, it was just that it had been maintaining the water slime form all along.

As for why it did this.

Shi Yu was going abroad soon, so he naturally chose to listen to Chairman Lin's suggestion and decided to change his appearance a bit.

As for himself, he could just change his hairstyle to white and change his clothes.

In addition to him, his pets also had to change their appearance and appear in a new form.

That way, not many people would recognize him.

Chi Tong often appeared in sword spirit form anyway, and few people had seen its bird spirit form. Moreover, its power system had changed from Yang Flame, which restrained undead, to pure ghost fire, and its image and temperament had changed drastically, so no one would recognize it.

As for Susu, it had changed from an ordinary water slime to a mimicry of an ice slime king, also a completely new look.

In addition, Rin had the Hundred Transformations skill, and would have a completely new look after completing evolution.

This time, Shi Yu planned to focus on these three as his main force when going abroad, and concentrate on training them. As for Eleven, Chong Chong, and Ginseng Baby, he would seal them away for now.

Compared to Chi Tong, Susu, and Rin, Eleven, Chong Chong, and Ginseng Baby were more representative.

Moreover, according to the stat point order, they were the first to have their stat points added, so they could just wait in the ruins for an automatic upgrade, and there was no need for training.

"Roar!!! (I am the Overlord of the Earth!!!)"

Of course, besides them, Shi Yu also had a burden.

This was a Tyrannosaurus rex cub nearly two meters tall.

[Name]: Mechanical Tyrannosaurus Rex

[Attribute]: Mechanical, Earth

[Race Level]: Low Overlord

[Growth Level]: Extraordinary

[Race Skills]: Basic Intelligence (Mechanical intermediate skill, Entry), Void Severing Sword (Earth high-level skill, Entry), Earth Domain (Earth ultra-level skill, Entry), Earthquake (Earth ultra-level skill, Entry)

[Energy Value]: 7116

It wielded a long rock sword in each of its short arms, playing with a dual-sword style.

This was the Tyrannosaurus rex that Shi Yu and Rin had been experimenting with. At this time, its form was no different from a normal Tyrannosaurus rex cub.

The excess mechanical modifications had been removed by Rin, and skills such as Thunder and Stored Lightning had naturally been forgotten.

The reason for doing this was that Rin and the others had discovered that it was not easy for the body after mechanical modification to recall the skills it once had.

However, even after abandoning all equipment except for the intelligent chip, the Mechanical Tyrannosaurus Rex only awakened Void Severing Sword, an Earth skill that increased damage to flying pets.

Skills such as Overlord Aura, Brute Force, and Desolate Body, representative of the Tyrannosaurus rex, had not been successfully recalled because its body was essentially a phantom, not a physical entity.

"Data collection complete." Beside the Mechanical Tyrannosaurus Rex, a cyan Rubik's Cube, with a white-haired loli on its screen, said crisply and neatly.

[Name]: Rin

[Attribute]: Mechanical, Wind

[Race Level]: High Monarch (Quasi-Overlord)

[Growth Level]: Monarch

[Race Skills]

[High-level]: Hundred Transformations (Nearing Perfection), Advanced Intelligence (Nearing Perfection)

[Ultra-level]: Wind Element Control (Mastery)

[Taught Skills]

[Intermediate]: Super Vision (Transcendent)

[High-level]: Clone (Transcendent), Amplification (Transcendent), Absolute Sleep (Transcendent), Intimidation (Transcendent), Loading (Transcendent), Mechanical Space (Transcendent)

[Energy Value]: 3.61 million

After using the newly obtained three Wind-type Hundred Transformations Stones to upgrade herself, Rin successfully broke through to the Monarch level, and improved her all-around qualities.

The biggest change was the Wind Element Control skill, which reached the Mastery level due to the Wind-type Hundred Transformations Stone.

At this time, there were still a lot of mechanical materials left in the ruins space. Rin planned to use them to transform Loading and Mechanical Space into race skills. In addition, she would also use those mechanical materials to research Wind Kirin fossils and mecha forms, but these could not be completed in a short period of time.

"Then let's end here. Let's go to Wuling City." Shi Yu stretched.

He shouldn't keep Senior Panda waiting for too long.

"Also, when are you going to upgrade its intelligence? Its basic intelligence doesn't seem very smart…" Shi Yu said.

The Mechanical Tyrannosaurus Rex stared with its big eyes.

Rin shook her head frantically and said, "It won't cooperate with my research if it's too smart."

"Next, I plan to evolve and upgrade it into an 'Earth-type Dragon'! This is a very important experimental process before fusing with the Wind Kirin fossil."

The Mechanical Tyrannosaurus Rex still stared with its big eyes.

"Roar! (Then… will I still be the Overlord of the Earth?)"

Rin comforted it and said, "Don't worry, I won't put wings on you."

The Mechanical Tyrannosaurus Rex roared happily to the sky.

Modify it, modify it. When it was modified to become stronger and stronger, it would return all the oppression it had suffered these days!!

It would let Shi Yu and the others understand who the real king was!

The Mechanical Tyrannosaurus Rex immediately imagined the scene of it ascending the throne and commanding an army of Iron-eating Beasts, traversing the earth, with Chong Chong, Ginseng Baby, and Shi Yu looking at it with respect.

"Roar hehehehe." The Tyrannosaurus rex continued to roar.

Shi Yu, Chi Tong, Susu, and Rin frowned. Basic intelligence was indeed lacking compared to advanced intelligence.

This was all Shi Yu's fault. He didn't have enough money to get advanced intelligence at the beginning, so he only installed basic intelligence for it…

…………

On the way to Wuling City, Shi Yu called Principal Feng.

At Gudu University, Principal Feng, who was extremely busy, paused. He was actually a little afraid of Shi Yu's calls, afraid that he would accidentally cause some trouble… Fortunately, this time he was just asking a question.

"Principal Feng, what's going on with the Iron-eating Beast Legion and the Green Caterpillar Cocoon Legion? I heard they're under my name?" Shi Yu's curious voice came from the other end.

"Yes, it was appointed when you were cultivating in the Kong Emperor's ruins. Both the Iron-eating Beast Legion and the Green Caterpillar Cocoon Legion are related to you, and will eventually belong to the Dong Huang Environmental Protection Department, responsible for the ecological protection of the three areas of Dong Huang: sea, land, and air during peacetime."

"I see, so that means Legendary Beast Tamer Hua is also under my command?" Shi Yu was slightly surprised, but suddenly, he felt that something was wrong.

"You could say that… Legendary Hua is very interested in the Green Caterpillar Cocoon system."

"Besides these two legions, it is said that under Dr. Mei's suggestion, the Mechanical Phantom Beast Legion is also about to be created, with Brigadier General Xiao Qin as the团长 and chief mechanic, also under your Environmental Protection Department."

"I heard Dr. Mei say that your Environmental Protection Department is idle anyway, and Brigadier General Xiao Qin and two other members have nothing to do all day, so they might as well train their troops and enhance the foundation of the Environmental Protection Department."

"If you have time, you can take some time to guide them. After all, if you want to get more military funding for this key support new army, you still have to look at the actual results and combat power."

"Gu Su </span> "You should be good at guiding Iron-eating Beasts, Green Caterpillar Cocoons, and Mechanical Phantom Beasts. After all, you're the one who created them."

"For example, the 'Star Legion' led by the current first sequence Ye Xing has won the honor of being the number one military unit for three consecutive years. He himself is so strong because he is the number one in the military performance and his troops are the number one legion. They are all hidden resources!"

"Cough cough cough, of course, I know you're busy, so I'm just saying it casually." Principal Feng laughed. At the moment, it was more important for Shi Yu to improve his strength.

After all, Chairman Lin had designated Shi Yu and Lu Qingyi to participate in the World Competition, so Principal Feng could only sigh and express his support.

"Hmm." Shi Yu also sighed and asked, "Has the specific departure time for the Seven Islands Exchange Group been determined?"

"It's probably half a month later. After all, it takes a lot of manpower and financial resources to go out, so we definitely have to prepare more transaction materials during this period. By the way, the reason why the establishment of the Iron-eating Beast Legion is on the right track is also because the Dong Huang Exchange Group purchased a lot of first-stage evolution materials for Iron-eating Beasts in other countries this time. But unfortunately, we only found one piece of Sky Divine Iron, which you can't use, for the second-stage evolution metal required for inscriptions."

Sky Divine Iron, an eighth-level material that awakens the Shocking Void skill, Shi Yu couldn't use it indeed.

Shi Yu paused and then regretted, "It seems that the road is completely cut off."

He still had to study it himself.

"Principal Feng, I'm going to hang up now. I've arrived at my destination."

"Huh??? You're not at Gudu University? Where did you go again!" Principal Feng asked.

"Wuling City, to take a look at the Iron-eating Beast Legion and give them some guidance before going abroad. Maybe they'll be the first in the military competition."

Principal Feng: ???

………

At the same time that Shi Yu arrived at Wuling City, new recruits from all over the country of the Iron-eating Beast Legion gathered at the new recruit camp outside the Wu Emperor Ruins.

The entire regiment totaled more than 1,000 people, all of whom had contracted Iron-eating Beasts.

Among them, there were three master-level beast tamers. Regiment Commander Lin Hongnian contracted a monarch-level Jiuli Battle Beast, Deputy Regiment Commander Bai Xi contracted an awakening-level royal family Iron-eating Beast cub, and Breeder Lin Xiuzhu contracted a commander-level Iron-eating Beast.

The remaining 1,000 ordinary soldiers all contracted transcendent-level Iron-eating Beasts. None of them had reached the commander level. After all, the race level of the Iron-eating Beast was only transcendent, and it was not something that ordinary people could do in the short term to break through the race limit and reach the commander level.

In the new recruit camp, a female soldier in her twenties was looking for accommodation.

Zhuang Yue.

A quasi-professional beast tamer from Pingcheng.

Because the Iron-eating Beast was too cute and its race attributes were not bad, and because local people in Pingcheng could buy it at a discount, she chose the Iron-eating Beast as her initial pet.

However, the difficulty of cultivating Iron-eating Beasts was much higher than she had imagined.

It took her a long time to cultivate the Iron-eating Beast to the transcendent level, and she participated in this year's professional assessment in Bingyuan City.

Unfortunately, she still failed to pass because her strength did not meet the requirements.

Although her family didn't say anything, Zhuang Yue herself felt unable to accept the result when she thought of the family's investment in her over the years.

Although she could continue to take the exam next year, Zhuang Yue understood that her future was already destined when she thought of her talent and the family's dwindling savings.

Was choosing Iron-eating Beast… a wrong choice?

If she had chosen other pets at the beginning, would she have passed the professional assessment?

In the process of growing up, Zhuang Yue had complained several times in her heart, but from beginning to end, there was a figure guiding her forward.

This person was Shi Yu.

One day, she and her friend passed by the public training ground and saw Chen Kai, the top student in her class, directing his Ice Armor Beast to fight against a beast tamer directing an Iron-eating Beast.

That Iron-eating Beast was very strong, instantly killing the "class-leading" Ice Armor Beast. The beast tamer of the Iron-eating Beast also attracted her attention because of this.

Soon after, she happened to accompany Shi Yu to the countryside and performed the association mission of clearing the soil rats together, and once again witnessed the extraordinary nature of Shi Yu's Iron-eating Beast. Disciplined, hardworking, and powerful, how wonderful it would be if her Iron-eating Beast was like that.

But pets and pets can't be completely the same. Zhuang Yue's situation didn't improve until…

The archaeologist named Shi Yu became the champion of the Gudu City professional assessment and discovered the Iron-eating Beast's evolution form. As soon as this news was announced, it can be said that it made the beast tamers who contracted Iron-eating Beasts across the country both surprised and happy.

Iron-eating Beast, there is actually a monarch potential evolution form!!

After that, Zhuang Yue was full of motivation again. Not only did she successfully reach the second level, but her Iron-eating Beast was also cultivated to the transcendent level. During this period, Shi Yu became the national champion, discovered the second evolution of the Iron-eating Beast, and the information excavated by Shi Yu that the Iron-eating Beast was suspected to be Emperor Wu's trump card pet vigorously encouraged the Iron-eating Beast beast tamers.

But unfortunately, under this incentive, even if she took the professional assessment in Bingyuan City, a second-tier city, Zhuang Yue still failed. She was once again disheartened and realized the gap between beast tamers and beast tamers.

Even at this point, Zhuang Yue was still very grateful to Shi Yu, because of Shi Yu's experience, the current rarity of the Iron-eating Beast had long surpassed the cubs of the monarch pet and was no longer something that ordinary people could afford.

Not only did it require a lot of money, but there had to be a recommendation quota, and they were the lucky ones who had contracted the Iron-eating Beast early on.

It was as surprising as buying a house cheaply and the price immediately doubling tenfold.

Now, beast tamers who have contracted the Iron-eating Beast can earn a good salary even if they work as ordinary employees in the Iron-eating Beast amusement park in Pingcheng, or have some talent for performance and cooperate with the Iron-eating Beast to perform some programs.

Because of this, Zhuang Yue fell into thinking, wondering whether to recognize her ordinariness and not pursue illusory dreams, and simply do an ordinary job to subsidize her family. But at this time, a surprise came again.

The Iron-eating Beast Legion was established, and beast tamers under the age of 30 who had contracted the Iron-eating Beast were recruited.

As long as they joined the army, the welfare benefits would be on par with senior professional beast tamers, and the country would fully cover the cost of cultivating the Iron-eating Beast!!!

Those who performed well could even get the opportunity to evolve the Iron-eating Beast, and the evolution materials were still fully covered by the country!

At this moment, Zhuang Yue almost cried. She only felt that her persistence over the years had not been in vain. She resolutely responded to the call of the country and joined the army with her Iron-eating Beast.

Although it would be very hard, the welfare benefits of senior professional beast tamers were already an opportunity that many beast tamers could not get even after working hard for a lifetime. You must know that there were only a handful of master-level beast tamers in Pingcheng, and senior beast tamers were already dragons and phoenixes among people in the eyes of ordinary people, and were at the level of graduates of the top nine universities!

Moreover, the country would fully cover the cost of cultivating the Iron-eating Beast, and they only needed to work hard to train. Was there a better opportunity to change their fate?

Zhuang Yue was just a portrayal of the vast number of Iron-eating Beast beast tamers. These Iron-eating Beast beast tamers from all over the country had experiences that were not much different from her.

The Iron-eating Beast was originally just an ordinary pet of the transcendent race, but now… it was full of infinite possibilities.

Every beast tamer who came to the Iron-eating Beast Legion had infinite expectations and yearned for the future.

Thank you, Iron-eating Beast, thank you, Shi Yu.

"Hey, are you from Pingcheng? You look so familiar."

"Most of the people here are from Pingcheng. Isn't that strange?" Zhuang Yue looked at the young man who was flirting with her.

"Hahaha, that's right. Let me introduce myself. My name is Jiang Rui. I used to be an apprentice at the Zhushi Martial Arts Hall, and I was fortunate enough to be killed by Shi Yu in a battle. Hello."

Zhuang Yue:?

Why are you so proud?

At this time, a slightly older young man passed by in a new recruit uniform.

"Yo, junior brother of the Zhushi Martial Arts Hall, you fought with Shi Yu? Hahaha, not bad. I'm your senior brother, a few years older than you in the martial arts hall. My name is Yan Qi. I once guided Shi Yu's Iron-eating Beast to learn the 'Thunder Palm' skill, hahahahahaha."

Yan Qi, the little bear who used to work as a security guard at the Tianmang Mountain training base, stretched out his tongue and laughed wildly, with a smug look on his face.

"What!!!" There was a commotion in the new recruit camp, and many beast tamers from Pingcheng were showing off their relationship with Shi Yu.

Being killed in seconds could be used as a topic of conversation, and those who had taught Shi Yu were even more god-like figures, attracting envy from beast tamers in other cities.

Outside the Wu Emperor Ruins, thousands of new recruits were here for new recruit training. After all, the Wu Emperor Ruins were originally used for this purpose.

……

In another direction.

Another new army had also completed its gathering.

The Green Caterpillar Cocoon Legion.

The registration conditions for the Green Caterpillar Cocoon Legion were a bit diversified. Unless one had the mental enhancement talent, one had to be a beast tamer who had contracted the Green Cotton Caterpillar with perfect-level proficiency in silk to register.

After registering, beast tamers with mental enhancement talent would be given Green Cotton Caterpillars with perfect skill proficiency for free. After that, including all other beast tamers, the army would help evolve the Green Cotton Caterpillars into Green Caterpillar Cocoons for free.

If the Iron-eating Beast Legion gathered beast tamers who had contracted the Iron-eating Beast for various reasons in the early years, then the Green Caterpillar Cocoon Legion gathered a group of "Shi Yu's die-hard fans".

Because as soon as the research results of the Green Caterpillar Cocoon system at the breeding conference were announced, a craze for catching insects swept across Dong Huang.

Those who contracted the Iron-eating Beast mostly had the gold-type strengthening talent, but the mental Green Caterpillar Cocoon evolution form did not have such strict requirements for the beast taming talent. The mental power of mind power was versatile!

Here, a similar situation to the Iron-eating Beast Legion was being staged.

A young man with a Mingshen Capsule and Ginseng Baby's whiskers in his pocket laughed and said, "Speaking of which, you may not believe it, but Shi Yu's first battle was won by my brother Chen Kai."

"I witnessed Shi Yu's growth all the way! I know that some of you must be like me, not having the mental strengthening talent, spending all your money to buy Green Cotton Caterpillars with high silk proficiency, and are now very uneasy, but I tell you, it will never be a loss!"

"Do you see him? He is the nephew of our Pingcheng Association President. Even he is here. Moreover, I have inside information. Do you know who our Regiment Commander is? Legendary beast tamer, Hua! Xia! Jin!! Legendary beast tamer leading a new recruit regiment, have you ever seen it? What kind of treatment is this!"

"……" Beside him, a young man was silent. He was the nephew of President Feng, whom Shi Yu had defeated outside the Pingcheng ruins. These people had contracted Green Cotton Caterpillars with high skill proficiency under the recommendation of their elders and came to the Green Caterpillar Cocoon Legion for further study.

Many people had chosen an unknown path because of Shi Yu, and many people had changed their life trajectory and fate to some extent because of Shi Yu.

And at this time.

Shi Yu, the center of all the storms and the protagonist of all the events, had arrived at the general center of this new recruit camp in an instant movement of the traffic insect.

Outside the door, Lin Xiuzhu, wearing a panda suit, immediately waved her hand with a smile when she saw Shi Yu's figure.

Shi Yu also walked up with a smile on his face.

"Senior Lin, long time no see."

"It's been a long time!" Lin Xiuzhu said helplessly, "I thought I was busy enough, but I feel like you're even busier than me."

"I should be quite free these days." Shi Yu smiled. He had just been adding points these days and had nothing else to do. During the cooldown period for adding points, he would either study or meditate. He was indeed free before going to the Seven Islands.

"Senior, let's go in first and discuss something."

"Hmm??"

Shi Yu and Senior Panda went directly into the room inside. During this period, Shi Yu told Lin Xiuzhu his views. He said, "I want to make the Iron-eating Beast Legion the first in this new recruit regiment."

"Ah?" Lin Xiuzhu had just sat down and was frightened by Shi Yu. Although she also wanted the Iron-eating Beast Legion to be the first, the chances were too small.

Just the Green Caterpillar Cocoon Legion led by the legendary Hua next door was 100% unbeatable.

"How is your military funding arranged?" Shi Yu asked.

Lin Xiuzhu said, "In addition to the daily food, nutritional products, supplements, and wound medicine expenses, Zhushi Martial Arts Hall also provided the cultivation methods and resources for Thunder Palm, Cannon Fist, and Gigantification, hoping that these Iron-eating Beasts can learn them…"

Shi Yu smiled slightly and said, "The former can be reduced first. Wait a moment, I'll give you a skill teaching secret book of 'Absolute Sleep' to increase their training efficiency. The Iron-eating Beasts cooperate with this skill to earn energy from the Wu Emperor Ruins for free, and there will definitely be savings in resources."

"Teach this skill first, and don't rush to learn Gigantification. It consumes too much."

"I'll also give you a general teaching method for Gigantification. Use it together with the secret book you researched to increase the success rate of awakening."

"In addition, I'll give you a skill teaching secret book of 'Fortification', so that they can enjoy the skills after evolution before evolving."

"After that, I'll let Eleven use Intimidation to change their lazy personalities and imprint the 'become stronger' thought steel seal. At that time, hold a few more internal competitions. Only those who rank higher will be eligible to learn 'Fortification' and 'Gigantification'. Excellent ones will even have the hope of being rewarded with evolution materials. Do you believe in miracles?"

Let's all get competitive!

There is nothing that cannot be solved by a thought steel seal + reward.

When Shi Yu finished speaking, Eleven in the ruins space cried out. The disciplined Iron-eating Beast army, rush, rush, rush.

Beside him, Chong Chong looked solemn. Was this reasonable? It was fine if it couldn't beat the leader, but why would its clansmen be bullied by a panda with an imprint of "work hard to become stronger"?… Was this fair!!

"Hmm!!!" Chong Chong also whimpered, applying to guide the Green Caterpillar Cocoon Legion, it wanted to create an imaginary domain to guide dream training for the Green Cotton Caterpillars to improve their mental strength, and manually create the dream training device of Star Capital University!