Wilderness: I Tame Beasts to Survive

Chapter 381: Chapter 266: Full-Speed Development

Before long, a crowd had gathered in the open space outside the building.

They all gathered beneath Grey, craning their necks to stare up at the enormous, airborne creature.

To humans, whale-like creatures existed only in the Deep Sea. And while aquariums had whale shows, few people had ever seen a whale in person.

Let alone a colossal one that was over 300 meters long and flying through the air.

Its broad pectoral, dorsal, and tail fins were encased in thick Bone Armor, which looked incredibly heavy, yet it soared through the sky, propelled by the omnipresent Dark Energy in the air.

As for the intelligent beings of the Insect Continent, they had certainly never seen such a gigantic whale.

For a moment, everyone forgot about taking a break, their attention completely fixed on Grey.

"Ahem. Since everyone’s here, I have an announcement to make."

Han Ning, the vice-leader of the study group, projected his voice over a spiritual frequency that everyone could receive.

"We need to accelerate our studies. Just a moment ago, Grey broke through to the War General Level. This means that every two weeks, we will need to inscribe Spiritual Arrays onto its skeleton."

The Spiritual Arrays you’ve all been studying are still very basic.

If what you’re learning now is high-school-level material, then the Spiritual Arrays we need to inscribe on Grey’s skeleton are at a university level. We have to study harder.

"In that case, your daily rest period will be shortened to one hour. I will be much stricter with you from now on. Anyone who fails to keep up will have to put in double the practice."

Hom added.

As she spoke, she cast a seemingly casual glance at Ah Yu, who was standing in the group.

Ah Yu just lowered her head and said nothing.

The trainees exchanged glances, but no one dared to make a peep.

After all, it was a matter of life and death; no one dared to argue or bargain at a time like this.

"It’s getting late. Everyone, go back and get some rest. Be on time for class tomorrow."

Han Ning looked at the varied expressions on his classmates’ faces and clapped his hands with a smile.

Here, he was the intermediary who connected the various groups, so it was most fitting for him to be the one to say such things.

...

「Another week passed in the blink of an eye.」

"The only distinction between a simple and a complex Dark Load Spiritual Array lies in the number of Spiritual Energy Circuits that form it. Therefore... as long as we master the basic load Spiritual Array within two weeks, we can perform the initial Spiritual Etching on Grey by the end of next week."

Hom stood by the lectern, gesturing in the air.

A dense cluster of pearly white Spiritual Light Points materialized at her fingertip, forming a triangular spiritual construct.

"A week has passed since I first taught the Dark Load Array. According to our schedule, all of you Beast Masters at Tier Two or higher should have mastered 50-60% of its Spiritual Energy Circuits by now."

Her icy gaze swept over the trainees. "We will now have a short test on the Dark Load Array. Anyone who fails will study with the next batch of Beast Masters to arrive in Night Nether City until they can pass."

Beast Masters were too valuable to be eliminated for failing a test, so the only option was to let Hom put more pressure on them.

However, everyone present was an elite Beast Master chosen from among the humans and the Dragon Blood. Being "held back" for failing a test would be a massive embarrassment if word got back to their people.

Although the consequences of failing weren’t technically severe, every single person wore a grave and serious expression.

It was a matter of pride. No one wanted to be labeled a "reject."

This was especially true for Ah Yu; Hom had only given her a week.

The expression on her face was incredibly tense.

Even Han Ning, the vice-leader, felt a surge of anxiety.

’I’m the Beast Master with the highest Spiritual Power in the group. I have to set an example. If I get a poor score, I’ll never live it down.’

"Alright, enough talk. Each of you has a piece of Gray Demon Whale bone on your desk. You have two hours to use your Spiritual Pen and inscribe 650 continuous circuits of the Dark Load Array onto it."

The Gray Demon Whale bones for the test had been scavenged from various buildings in Night Nether City. They were plentiful, more than enough to be used as teaching materials.

Hom paused. Seeing that everyone had picked up their Spiritual Pens, she nodded. "Begin!"

The basic Dark Load Array consisted of 1,310 Spiritual Energy Circuits in total. Inscribing 650 continuous circuits was equivalent to completing roughly 50% of it.

Over the past week, they had all studied these first 650 circuits.

A Tier Two Beastmaster’s Spiritual Power was barely enough to inscribe the entire array. However, this test only required half. Furthermore, with daily training in the Cosmic Light Tower, nearly 90% of them had successfully broken through to Tier Two. As a result, Spiritual Power was not the main hurdle.

The true difficulty lay in their meticulousness.

The classroom instantly fell silent.

The only sound was the soft scratching of the Spiritual Pens on the Gray Demon Whale bones.

The bright, energy-efficient lamps cast down a brilliant glow, making the bones, which were slightly blackened from age, gleam as if polished.

Hom leaned against the stone lectern with her arms crossed. Her gaze wasn’t on the trainees below. Instead, she looked up slightly, her eyes focused on an empty point in space, lost in thought.

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