Chapter 36: Taming the Beast
"Tame it?" Xu Xiaofan was stunned: "But this spirit beast looks very ordinary." ”
"The Iron Wood Ape is a rare wood-type spirit beast, especially suitable for fire-based magicians. Hai Yao said with a happy face: "If you want to list the spirit beasts that the fire magicians want to have, the Iron Wood Ape must be in the top five. ”
"Is the top five powerful?" Xu Xiaofan couldn't help frowning when he saw the thin appearance of the iron wood ape from a distance.
"The other four are the Lava Fire Python, the Stone Giant, the Red Flame Eagle, and the Tree of Life, what do you say?" said Hai Yao, raising his eyebrows.
", is it so?" Xu Xiaofan shouted excitedly, although he didn't know much about beast theory, but as a fire magician, there would always be some dreams of encountering dream spirit beasts, although that was very unrealistic, but it was still cool to take the information of these dream spirit beasts to lust.
The lava fire python, that is a fire-attribute spirit beast, not only has a strong fire-attribute attack ability, but also has the power and defense that can be called metamorphosis, as long as it goes to that plate, surrounds the fire magician master, the enemy can't break through its defenses at all, and then a man and a beast like a turret frantically pouring out fire spells, that scene, think about it is terrifying.
The stone giant is an earth-attribute spirit beast, which has grown to the extreme and is five feet tall, and his chest is also hollow, like a house. It can put the owner in the house on its chest, and then it moves with the owner, and the master releases spells or something that is not affected at all, which can be called a necessary spirit animal for home travel.
In fact, there is a fire magician named Zhu Jing'an who is taking his stone giant spirit beast to tour the entire Panlong Continent, and he will write a travelogue every time he goes to a place, and at this time, this "Jing'an Travelogue" is also being serialized in the entire Panlong Continent, and even Haiyao and they use it as a teaching material in geography class.
(The sky is cloudless: I accidentally pulled it away ~ pull it back.) )
Not to mention the Red Flame Eagle, a fire-based flying spirit beast. Think about it, what a terrifying scene a fire magician blasted down in the air? It is precisely in order to prevent this terrible scene from happening, every city in the Panlong Continent will be equipped with a ballista, specifically aimed at those strong people who attack from the sky.
But no matter what, if you have a flying spirit beast, your battle options will be much more flexible, after all, the speed of a flying spirit beast is much faster than that of a ninth-level powerhouse.
As for the Tree of Life, it is simply a coveted spirit beast, although the Tree of Life cannot be moved after being planted, but it directly increases the life span of the owner by a hundred years, not to mention, it can also allow the owner to summon the clone of the Tree of Life at any time, with all kinds of incredible assistance and protection capabilities, not to mention the fire magician, it is a spirit beast that everyone wants.
The iron wood ape can be compared to these four spirit beasts!?
Hai Yao's eyebrows fluttered and introduced: "The physical fitness of the iron wood ape, just like its name, is an iron-like wood, in addition to super strength and defense, it also has a strong growth ability. ”
"In hand-to-hand combat, he has three perverted talents, one is Iron Skin, which completely turns the surface of his body into iron wood, strengthening his strength, defense, and attack for a period of time, one is Giant, which grows wildly like a plant-like spirit beast and can turn into a tall creature like a stone giant, and the other is Berserk, which increases in strength and speed in a short period of time at the cost of depriving his mind. ”
"There was once in history when a ninth-level ironwood ape with three talents destroyed a city head-on, and that time, four sages died, and the others suffered more than 100,000 casualties. ”
"How is it possible!?" Xu Xiaofan and the others were dumbfounded when they heard this, and they opened their mouths wide one after another.
Long Cehe, who was on the side, spoke: "I know about that incident, and it is in my hometown of Canaan. When I was young, the giant ape was wreaking havoc in a city not far from us, and two of the four Sages who died were the administrators of our city, and they went to help, but none of them came back. Then we went to see the city, and the whole city was in ruins. ”
"Gollum. Xu Xiaofan swallowed his saliva with difficulty: "But aren't all sages all ninth-level powerhouses?" ninth-level powerhouses can fly, and if they can't fight, they can escape, how can all four of them die there?"
"I don't know much about this......" Long Cehe said hesitantly, he also felt very strange, how could a ninth-level powerhouse die so easily, but he couldn't think of an answer, so he subconsciously looked at Hai Yao.
Hai Yao did not disappoint him, and quickly gave an answer: "Because the iron wood ape is not a pure melee type spirit beast, what he is best at is long-range attack and defense, even if he is a sage, it is difficult to survive his long-range attack." ”
"With such a frenzied talent, it's not even for melee?" Xu Xiaofan and the others, including Long Cehe, all widened their eyes.
"There aren't many skills in the Ironwood Ape, only two. Hai Yao said: "One is the giant wood barrier, which is a defensive skill, which can summon a circle of ironwood to resist the enemy's attack, and the other is to throw the ironwood disk, using spiritual power to create a high-strength throwing weapon ironwood disk, and then use its huge power to throw the ironwood disk, the attack power is so high that the attack distance is so far that it can split the mountain peak hundreds of miles away." ”
"Gollum. The group swallowed in unison. Everyone thought of the time when the four Sages fled in a hurry, and then the ironwood disc roared and split them in half.
"The most amazing thing is that the ironwood disc is made of wood attribute spiritual power, and the wood attribute is a fire attribute bonus. Hai Yao smiled: "In other words, the Ironwood Disk can carry your fire-based spells, and if you cooperate with the Ironwood Ape, your fire-based spells will have the speed at which it throws the Ironwood Disk." ”
"me!" teach me how to subdue it!" Xu Xiaofan shouted, Hai Yao's last sentence made him completely crazy.
What are the characteristics of fire-based spells?The destructive power is huge, and, slow.
Because the power of the fire spell is mainly achieved by blasting, it is destined that its spell structure is not as stable as the spells of other systems, which also means that its speed cannot be faster, and if it is too fast, it may explode on its own.
However, if the fire spell is carried by an iron wood disk, under the action of the wood spiritual power, the fire spell can maintain its stability, and even in the process of flying at high speed, it can keep the energy of the core from being unbalanced.
If a fire-based spell has the speed to throw a weapon, the fire-type magician's threat will skyrocket, roughly equivalent to the amount of a grenade projectile turning into a rocket launcher.
Long Cehe was a sorcerer after all, and his understanding of combat was definitely not bad, and he immediately realized how strong Xu Xiaofan would become if he subdued the Iron Wood Ape, which was a great thing for the Alliance Academy.
"After all, a year later, it's time for the four courtyards to compete......"
Thinking of the results of the last Four Courtyards Competition, Long Cehe felt a pain in his heart, and then a determined light appeared in his eyes, and he said categorically: "As long as Xu Xiaofan can tame this iron wood ape, I can be the master and count him through the trial." ”
"No problem!" Hai Yao said with a smile.
At this time, in another trial space.
"Jiang Luolin, Ouyang Fu, now that you know the content of the second stage of the trial, please choose whether to continue the trial. The teacher in charge of assessing the two said.
"I'll continue," Jiang Luolin said without a trace of emotion.
"I will continue. Seeing Jiang Luolin continue, Ouyang Fu chose to continue without hesitation.
"Alright, then you can follow me to the second stage of the trial space. After the assessment teacher finished speaking, he walked forward with the two of them, only to see a sudden ripple in the air, and with a wave of shaking, the figures of the three disappeared.
On the other side, Hai Yao and his party were still planning.
"Are you sure this is really possible?" asked Xu Xiaofan.
"That's pretty much it, the rest is up to you. Hai Yao smiled.
Xu Xiaofan suspiciously began to approach the tall tree where the iron wood ape was.
"Haiyao, does the local method you said really work? Why do I feel that what you said is very similar to the method of coaxing children?" Xie Guo'er asked suspiciously.
"Hahaha, your feeling is right, it's the way to coax children. Hai Yao laughed, and then explained: "Have you seen the tail of this ironwood ape? One of the characteristics of the ironwood ape is that the older it gets, the longer the tail, and judging from this tail length, this ironwood ape may not be three years old. ”
"It's not even three years old, no wonder he looks so small. Xie Guo'er suddenly realized.
At this time, the ironwood ape was not yet mentally mature, and it was not so vigilant against other creatures, that is, it was easier to have a good impression of humans than the adult ironwood ape. As for whether Xiaofan can get enough good impression of making a contract, it depends on his ability to coax children. ”
Several people looked at Xu Xiaofan one after another.
At this time, Xu Xiaofan had already come to the tall tree, took out a bell that was usually used to coax the golden-bearded cat Bao'er, and raised it and shook it quickly.
I saw that the ears of the ironwood ape on the tall tree moved, and then he stopped playing with the fruit in his hand and looked around.
"Jingle Bell ~ Jingle Bell ~" As Xu Xiaofan shook the bell persistently, the iron wood ape finally heard the direction of the bell clearly, and then the probe saw Xu Xiaofan. Immediately, it moved down from the tall tree, and after a while, it went down to the bottom branch, and looked at Xu Xiaofan curiously not far above Xu Xiaofan.
"Jingle bell~" Xu Xiaofan was overjoyed when he saw the iron wood ape coming down, and shook the bell in his hand again.
The iron wood ape was very interested in the bell that could make a sound in Xu Xiaofan's hand, and it wanted to step forward to get the bell, but the crisis instinct from the spirit beast made it dare not approach Xu Xiaofan, and the contradictory emotions made it a little impatient, and it was so impatient that it jumped up and down.
Xu Xiaofan secretly laughed when he saw the performance of the Iron Wood Ape, and then according to the plan that Hai Yao explained to him in advance, he threw the bell under the tree, and then slowly moved it outside, so that he could establish his own phenomenon full of kindness in the heart of the Iron Wood Ape.
Watching Xu Xiaofan slowly lift back, the iron wood ape seemed to understand something, looked at Xu Xiaofan for a while, looked at the bell under the tree for a while, hesitated for a while, and finally made up his mind after Xu Xiaofan withdrew fifty meters, and slipped under the tree.
Xu Xiaofan subconsciously wanted to do something, but he still held back, because Hai Yao told him that the most important thing to build a good impression is not to be too anxious, if you are too anxious, it will easily make the iron wood ape have a sense of crisis and will resist contacting him.
"You can only wait, be patient. Xu Xiaofan took a deep breath and continued to wait patiently.
When the iron ape came to the ground, he did not pick up the bell for the first time, but slowly approached, and then slowly stretched out his hand to test it.
"Jingle bell~" As soon as the hand touched the bell, the ironwood ape rushed back to the tree at the same time as the sound came out, and climbed to the tree with a snort.
There was no response, and Xu Xiaofan in the distance did not move.
Seeing that there was no danger, the ironwood ape slipped under the tree again and approached the bell again.
"Jingle Bell~" The iron wood ape ran away again, but this time it didn't go up the tree, just hid behind the tree, and then poked its little head out to check if there was any danger.
Still no movement.
After trying twice in a row, the ironwood ape seemed to be a little bolder, and did not continue to hide, but tentatively approached the bell with his hand, touched it once, twice, and then was convinced that the thing was not dangerous, and finally boldly took it in his hand.
"Jingle bell, jingle bell. The iron wood ape, who had touched the bell for the first time, had a great time, dancing and shaking the bell while screaming "woo-ah-ahhhhhhhhhhh
"Jingle bell~" Seeing that the time was ripe, Xu Xiaofan took out another bell and shook it.
"Huh?" Hearing the sound of another bell, the iron wood ape quickly turned his head to look at Xu Xiaofan, saw that Xu Xiaofan was also shaking the bell, and then looked at the bell in his hand, subconsciously let out a strange scream, threw the bell in his hand to the ground, and then retreated a few steps.
Xu Xiaofan also followed with a strange scream, threw the bell to the ground, and then retreated a few steps.
The iron wood ape scratched his head in confusion, and then Xu Xiaofan also scratched his head.
The iron wood ape seemed to realize something, looked at his hands, then at Xu Xiaofan, and then clapped his hands.
Xu Xiaofan also clapped his hands.
"Woo-a-a-aa!" the ironwood ape cried out happily again.
"Xiao Fan, what is this doing?" Xie Guo'er asked puzzled.
"He's mimicking the movements of the Ironwood Ape. Hai Yao smiled.
"I know, but what's the point?" Xie Guo'er wondered.
"The bell in front of it, and the current imitation, have only one purpose, which is to attract the attention of the iron wood ape, so that it feels that Xiaofan is not hostile and very funny. Hai Yao said: "Slowly, the subway wood ape will lower its psychological defense and begin to accept Xiao Fan. ”
"But does it work?" asked Long Cehe.
"Why is it useless? You see, Xiao Fan is now a little closer to the iron wood ape. Hai Yao pointed over there and said.
Several people hurriedly fixed their eyes, really, the distance between Xu Xiaofan and the iron wood ape was shortened, and I don't know when it started, it was no longer Xu Xiaofan imitating the actions of the iron wood ape, but it became the iron wood ape imitating Xu Xiaofan's movements.
And Xu Xiaofan took advantage of the ironwood ape's imitation of him, and deliberately made actions such as jumping forward and walking forward, so that the ironwood ape slowly approached him.
When the distance was shortened to about ten meters, Xu Xiaofan stopped, he could now see the expression of the iron wood ape very clearly, at this time it was looking at Xu Xiaofan with a happy face, hoping that he would make the next move quickly, this imitation game was very interesting.
Xu Xiaofan took a deep breath, then stretched out his left index finger and right index finger, and then touched each other in front of his chest.
The Ironwood Ape happily imitated this movement.
Then a trace of red light appeared on Xu Xiaofan's hand, outlining a mysterious symbol in the air, and then pointing his right index finger up, and the symbol was left on Xu Xiaofan's index finger.
When the iron wood ape was suspiciously imitating Xu Xiaofan's action of drawing symbols, he saw Xu Xiaofan holding the index finger with the symbol and walking slowly towards him, and the faint red light on the index finger exuded a friendly thought, so that the iron wood ape retreated without fear.
"What is this going to do?" The iron wood ape blinked, looking at Xu Xiaofan, who was walking very slowly and slowly like a snail, a little puzzled, looking at the fingers he had been holding flat, and suddenly remembered the last imitation action.
Then Xu Xiaofan, who was so nervous that his whole body was tense and his muscles were about to cramp, saw that the iron wood ape stretched out the index finger of his left hand and was slowly walking towards him.
"Oh my God! It really understands! It really comes!" Xu Xiaofan shouted excitedly in his heart, but he didn't make a sound in his mouth, and he didn't dare to speed up his movements at all, for fear of scaring away the iron wood ape.
"It's almost successful!" Hai Yao and the others held their breath, nervously waiting for the moment when the two fingers touched.
Finally, when Xu Xiaofan felt that tens of thousands of years had passed, his fingers finally touched the fingers of the iron wood ape. Immediately, the red light flourished, and Xu Xiaofan and Tiemu Ape instantly sensed each other's thoughts.
"Little one, would you like to be my partner?"
"What's a buddy, is it fun?"
"Well, it's fun to follow me, would you like to follow me?"
"I do. ”
"The contract is made. ”
After Hai Yao and his party saw that Xu Xiaofan had successfully made a psychic contract with the iron and wood ape, they ran over with cheers. Seeing so many people rushing over, the iron wood ape was startled, and subconsciously hid behind Xu Xiaofan.
"It's okay, it's okay, they're my friends and won't hurt you. Xu Xiaofan comforted the iron wood ape.
The iron wood ape poked out his little head from behind Xu Xiaofan, and then saw Hai Yao and they greeted him very friendly, he immediately relieved, smiled, and the hands holding Xu Xiaofan's neck jumped on Xu Xiaofan's shoulders with agility, and then began to stroke Xu Xiaofan's hair, thinking to himself while playing with it: "Why is his hair different from mine?"
"Ah...... I'm human, so of course I don't have the same hair as you. Xu Xiaofan, who was still in a psychic state at the moment, clearly sensed the thoughts of the iron wood ape, and said with a bitter face: "Big brother, can you stop it, the hairstyle is very important......"
"Hahaha~" Haiyao and the others laughed, leaning back and forth with laughter.
"Did you change his name?" Xie Guo'er asked.
"Name?" Xu Xiaofan was stunned for a moment, then looked at the iron wood ape and muttered for a while, and said: "You guy is a naughty type at first glance, so I told you to pound it." ”
"Woo, ah, ah~" Ironwood Ape, oh no, it seems that he likes the name quite a lot, and he happily hugged Xu Xiaofan's neck and played on the swing.
"Hahaha......"
After laughing, Long Cehe coughed twice and said, "Okay, now that Xu Xiaofan's solo trial is over, let's hurry up and prepare for the last solo trial." ”
"Let's go. Hai Yao touched the golden scales on his right hand and said confidently.