Beast Taming: My System is Bugged

After countless days and nights of practice in his dreams, the Rootless Wood had long since surpassed all common logic.

Although Cyan Treasure hadn’t yet fully grasped the characteristics of the Seed of Rootless Wood Grass,

its Great Success Level understanding was enough for the Rootless Wood to unleash power far beyond that of a Three-star Pet Beast, overwhelmingly crushing its opponent.

The Water Wave Tornado around Ah Kun slowly dissipated. Its enormous eyes widened as it watched the reality-defying scene unfold.

Ah Kun had, of course, heard its master’s Sound of Divine Sense. It knew Cyan Treasure wasn’t dead and still had a trump card to play.

But seeing the Rootless Wood’s violent counterattack in reality, it couldn’t help but be awed by its big brother’s power.

In the scorched crater.

Cyan Treasure’s body was gently lifted by countless branches sprouting from the void. They were a faint purple, wreathed in black smoke.

The charred wounds on its body were healing at a rate visible to the naked eye. Cyan Treasure was converting the energy it absorbed with Rootless Wood into a Life Light Wave to repair its damaged tissues.

Normally, Healing Skills weren’t something just anyone could learn.

Furthermore, healing the body required extremely pure energy. Even though Cyan Treasure was a Grass Element Pet Beast with a Light Spiritual Root, it would still normally need the aid of pure Holy Water or other Healing Potions to heal at such a rapid pace.

However, the absorption ability of Rootless Wood was far too tyrannical. Lacking a source of its own, it possessed a natural filtering capability when absorbing other energies, able to separate them into sourced substances and Passive Power.

Thus, Cyan Treasure had the material support it needed to heal itself.

Gu Ming’s Divine Sense swept over, telling Cyan Treasure to seize the opportunity to attack and put healing aside for now.

Under Gu Ming’s silent urging,

with a single thought from Cyan Treasure, the surging Rootless Wood tore through space within a pocket dimension invisible to outsiders, instantly crossing the distance to the enemy.

As everyone watched in horror,

the space above the Sports Arena stage was ripped apart as if by an invisible giant’s hand! From the numerous rifts, the Rootless Wood surged forth—dark purple and wreathed in ominous black smoke!

They hung inverted from the sky like demonic claws born from the void, pouncing madly downward!

Each branch was not a physical entity but was instead formed from highly condensed Passive Power.

Their very existence was a subversion of conventional Attributes, possessing the terrifying ability to forcibly assimilate and absorb the source of all things.

Mu Lan’s pupils shrank. She quickly gave her orders in a final, desperate struggle.

"Chimera, Crystal Core Blast!

"Void Jellyfish, Void Immolation!"

She was trying to break free from the restraints with a kamikaze attack.

However, before the Rootless Wood,

bursts of energy were merely a more delectable meal.

Before the explosive energy gathered by the Crystal Core Chimera could even leave its body, it was completely absorbed by the encircling branches of Rootless Wood, which acted like a sponge soaking up water. This only made the branches thicker and darker.

As for the Void Jellyfish’s attempt to trigger a spatial implosion, it was like a spark falling into the deep sea. It failed to even create a ripple before being completely enveloped and digested by more tendrils sprouting directly from the void!

It was an overwhelming, absolute suppression at the most fundamental level!

The main trunk of the Rootless Wood easily pierced the two Pet Beasts’ defenses. This wasn’t simple physical destruction as it appeared on the surface, but a far more terrifying assimilation of their very source.

Parts of the Crystal Core Chimera’s body began to take on a bizarre, wood-like texture, as if the crystalline lifeform was being transformed into an extension of the Rootless Wood.

The Void Jellyfish, on the other hand, was completely encased in a hovering, purple wooden cocoon, its aura fading to an extreme low.

The battle had ended, completely devoid of suspense, the very instant Cyan Treasure unleashed its true power.

In the commentary booth and the audience stands, everyone was stunned into silence.

BOOM—!

The silence in the entire Royal Sports Arena was shattered, erupting with a wave of cheers far louder than anything before!

Wang Meng was commentating with passion, his voice filled with emotion. "A reversal!

"An unbelievable reversal!

"We all thought Cyan Treasure was going to lose! But this... what is this power?!

"It actually absorbed and converted its opponent’s energy to counter them!"

Professor Shen had understood what was happening the moment the Rootless Wood broke through the defenses, but he explained for the sake of the audience.

"Everyone, this isn’t a simple power-up... it’s ’assimilation’!

"The properties of this wood are astonishing. Its power must be ’sourceless,’ which allows it to wantonly absorb all things for its own use!

"Contestant Mu Lan’s Pet Beasts are very strong. They weren’t defeated in a conventional sense; their very foundations were shaken.

"From this, we can see that the Grass Seed Cyan Treasure used at the end is incredibly special, with limitless potential!"

In front of screens across the nation showing the live broadcast,

countless young Beastmasters snapped out of their stupor and erupted in ecstasy.

"Oh my god, I almost cried! I really thought God Gu was going to lose!"

"He really only plays his trump card when he’s seriously injured, huh? God Gu is way too good at hiding his true strength."

"I didn’t really get what happened, but I want to get a contract with a Little Cyan Snake now! They’re so strong! I’m going to follow God Gu’s example!"

Before long, the online bullet comments and comment sections were flooded with a new wave of Little Cyan Snake enthusiasts, all wanting to raise a powerful one just like Gu Ming.

However, whether they could raise one with the same combat power as Cyan Treasure was another matter entirely.

「At Wenquxing Academy.」

Elder Huo’s hand, which had been gripping the armrest so tightly his knuckles had turned white, finally relaxed, trembling slightly.

The grave, worried expression on his face vanished.

He stroked his long beard and let out a long sigh of relief, a sharp glint flashing in his eyes.

"Good kid! You made my old heart pound!

"So the serious injury and near-death state was just an act... No, that’s not right, it must have been real."

He recalled the scene in detail and shook his head.

’Cyan Treasure’s condition... it had clearly been hit.’

’A Little Cyan Snake is a fragile Pet Beast to begin with. Getting hit by an enemy’s finishing move would normally mean death or crippling injury.’

’Cyan Treasure would be no exception.’

’The biggest surprise was probably the trump card Gu Ming played—the Seed of Rootless Wood Grass.’

’He used this seed in the national tournament as well.’

’But the Rootless Wood then and the Rootless Wood now are worlds apart.’

’Its power isn’t just ten times greater—it must be dozens of times stronger on a fundamental level.’

’This is no longer a simple Skill. This is touching upon the very rudiments of the ’Dao’!’

’Thinking it over... could the Skill Level already be at the Perfection Level?’

Elder Huo speculated internally. However, he had slightly overestimated; it was actually at the Great Success Skill Level. The move had not yet reached Perfection.

...

Lu You’s face, which had been deathly pale as she bit her lower lip, instantly flushed red.

In her extreme tension and worry, she had been hugging Mouse Treasure so tightly that her nails were almost digging into its fur. Poor Mouse Treasure was being squeezed so hard its eyes were rolling back.

Now, seeing Cyan Treasure not only recover in an instant but also crush its opponent in such a domineering fashion,

she first gasped, then let out a sharp sigh of relief.

She quickly released Mouse Treasure, rubbing it apologetically and muttering incoherently, "That scared me to death..."

Earlier, when she saw Cyan Treasure get hit by that space bubble—its scales bursting open, a bloody mess blasted to the ground—she had jumped in fright, nearly thinking it was dead.

This was the national league, after all. The intensity of the battles was completely different from high school competitions.

The instantaneous burst power of a Three-star Pet Beast could sometimes truly one-shot a Pet Beast with weak defenses.

It wasn’t uncommon for a referee to fail to intervene in time to save a Pet Beast.

That was why she had been so worried.

Only after seeing Cyan Treasure secure the victory could she finally relax.

The referee’s whistle finally blew, signaling the end of the match.

"The winner is—Gu Ming!"

Cyan Treasure was still injured, its body covered in broken scales and blood. It had been a close call.

Gu Ming walked over to its side and gently patted its head.

It had been a heart-pounding victory.

’I was so focused on hiding my trump cards that I almost put the cart before the horse.’

’Playing the weakling to beat the strong... if you pretend for too long, you might actually become the weakling.’

’If Cyan Treasure hadn’t been lucky enough to withstand the enemy’s attack...’

’...that Combined Technique from my opponent just now, the Super-Speed Space Cannon, could have really killed it.’

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