Animal-eared Girl Era: Start by Forming a Contract with an SSS-Class School Belle

Upon reaching the Great Venerable Realm, a Summoned Beast could unleash the Power of Realm to form a Domain, covering several kilometers around it.

The power of the Domain could mobilize the Heaven and Earth Energy.

Humanoid forms inherited part of the Summoned Beast's Attributes, and the Power of Realm they released outward was also enough to condense into a scaled-down Domain, which could also freely manipulate Heaven and Earth Energy.

So, what set the Great Venerable Realm apart from the Grandmaster Realm was that one could walk in the air.

At that moment, the Deputy Director hovered midair, taking in the battle below at a glance.

The Celestial Pride Summoned Beasts from the Spirit Plant Academy below, seeing the powerful figure observing from above, amped up their combat output even more fiercely.

A series of Ice Talent Skills burst forth.

The temperature in this Space had plummeted to minus forty or fifty degrees Celsius.

Countless Azure Water Demon Toads were so frozen their limbs turned stiff and were sealed within the lake.

Soon, they welcomed victory and entered the stage of harvest for their spoils.

The Deputy Director saw this and praised, "Not bad, you managed to utilize attribute restraint to strategize against the Azure Water Demon Toads."

"Fighting the Azure Water Demon Toads in their advantageous environment, first you neutralized their edge, froze the lake into ice, and shifted the advantage to yourselves."

"All of you coordinated flawlessly, achieving the triad of heaven, earth, and man in harmony."

"It'd be harder for you to lose than to win!"

His voice was not loud, yet it rang loud and clear in the ears of every Celestial Pride Summoned Beast below.

The Summoned Beasts, upon hearing this, jumped for joy—they had spent ages honing these combat techniques, and now a powerhouse had recognized them! *This was something to be happy about.*

"Thank you for the praise, Deputy Director!"

"The Deputy Director, he's a top Great Venerable powerhouse… If only he could give us some pointers."

One Summoned Beast shouted, "Greetings, Deputy Director! Our fighting style is still pretty raw, not yet truly mastered. Could you give us some advice?"

The Deputy Director smiled faintly and said, "Advice, I'll pass. You have to walk your own path."

The Summoned Beasts below looked regretful; if a Great Venerable Realm expert could just offer a few tips, maybe it'd save them years of detours on their path.

Just then, a voice continued from above,

"What I'm about to say can be taken as a reference, so you can walk your own road."

"To get the best out of this combat style, you must be fighting under an attribute restraint. Azure Water Demon Toads are Water Element Demon Beasts, but your strategy isn't thorough enough; they're beasts that survive at ordinary temperature."

"By creating a low-temperature environment, you gather the Azure Water Demon Toads and then freeze a portion of the lake, which can greatly reduce energy consumption."

"Lower your personal energy output and achieve maximal damage!"

He secretly sent a voice transmission to Xiao Ye, "Mr. Xiao, if you don't make a move now, when will you?"

Xiao Ye came to his senses, *He had been a bit entranced by the Deputy's explanation just now—those insights of a Great Venerable were genuinely interesting.*

He activated the Template Adjuster's extraction function.

The Summoned Beasts on the lake's surface focused intently, hanging onto the Great Venerable's every word.

As for the totally frozen Azure Water Demon Toads beneath the ice, they weren't in a rush to collect their spoils—since the toads were frozen stiff, there was no way they would just disappear, right?

Boom! An immense, profound Supreme Power descended, enveloping the whole Demon Toad Lake.

Hundreds of Frozen Demon Toads' eyes bulged as their stiff limbs spasmed, their bodies rotted and decayed, turning into fine grains of dust.

[Grandmaster Realm Azure Water Demon Toad, successfully extracted 300 Creation Rule Fragment Crystals]

[Grandmaster Realm Azure Water Demon Toad, successfully extracted 250 Water Element Rule Fragment Crystals]

[Grandmaster Realm Demon Frog King Beast, successfully extracted 30 Supreme Crystals]

[Grandmaster Realm Demon Frog King Beast, successfully extracted 10 Water Element Crystals]

Above the lake, gazing at the Azure Water Demon Toads below turning to dust, a hint of a smile flashed in the Deputy Director's eyes, but his face stayed stern as he bellowed,

"Wicked cultivator scum! You dare cause trouble right under my nose again."

Boom! A huge aura erupted from him, his gaze swept rapidly in all directions as if searching for something.

The twenty-plus Celestial Pride Summoned Beasts on the ice were dumbfounded—*What the heck just happened?*

Suddenly, one Summoned Beast exclaimed,

"Holy crap—the Azure Water Demon Toads, they're all gone!"

The other Summoned Beasts snapped to attention, scanning the ice beneath their feet.

*Well, would you look at that!* All the tightly packed frozen Azure Water Demon Toads under the icy lake had vanished without a trace.

They were totally stunned.

*How could that happen in just a few minutes? Nearly a thousand Azure Water Demon Toad corpses, on the brink of Death—where had they gone?*

"Wait! The Deputy Director said some wicked cultivator is stirring up trouble? Don't tell me a dark cultivator's toying with us!"

"A wicked cultivator? Great Venerable Realm? Jeez!"

All of a sudden, even though they'd never been afraid of the cold, they felt a chill run down their spines.

From overhead came the Deputy Director's voice, "Everyone, don't panic. That wicked cultivator is skilled at hiding himself. He's messed with things four or five times just today, but as long as I'm here, he only dares pull minor stunts and won't dare hurt anybody in front of me."

"Please return to the Academy for now. The combat base will be on lockdown these next few days."

Upon hearing this, the Summoned Beasts all visibly relaxed and said with gratitude,

"Makes sense! Why would someone like the Deputy Director have time to teach us? Turns out he was just multitasking—his real job is catching wicked cultivators."

"Thank you, Deputy Director. We'll head back to the Academy now."

"Deputy Director, thank you for all your hard work!"

They quickly departed.

Xiao Ye and Liu Ya stepped out from the bushes, while the chubby Deputy Director landed nearby, showing off,

"Teacher, Mr. Xiao, my acting Talent is pretty amazing, right!"

Liu Ya arched her brows, looking disgusted, "You better never blab about this, or you'll embarrass me."

"Especially in front of our fellow disciples. Don't you dare say I taught you this underhanded trick! I, Liu Ya, won't bear that shame." This copy was generated from content at MV|LEMPYR.

The Deputy Director's face turned dark, *He had done all this for her husband, and now she was chewing him out instead!*

Xiao Ye snorted, "Pfft!"

"Come on, Teaching Assistant Sis, don't take it out on the Deputy. We can't forget today's haul."

Upon hearing this, Liu Ya's beautiful eyes lit up, "So you got something?"

Xiao Ye nodded.

The Deputy Director had no clue what these two were saying, so he prepared to leave, "Teacher, Mr. Xiao, I've still got to host our senior disciples elsewhere, so why don't we call it a day and hunt for spoils some other time?"

Once Liu Ya agreed, he soared away.

Xiao Ye then massaged the waist of the goddess Teaching Assistant as they made their way back to Lakeview Villas Area #3, Villa 001.

In the Underground Cultivation Room, the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon and Two-tailed White Fox Summoned Beasts were still training without rest.

Their Realm was approaching Two-Star Great Grandmaster, about to break through.

Liu Ya inspected them, her face filled with astonishment and disbelief, "Their speed has increased several times again, and the foundation is solid. How did you pull this off?"

*She just couldn't figure it out no matter how hard she tried.*

Xiao Ye curled his lips into a smirk, *What's this? Just wait until I upgrade the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon's template—you'll realize what 'rocketing up the ranks' really means!*

*At that point—heh—breaking through the goddess assistant's passive defenses will just be a matter of time!*

"Template Adjuster, upgrade template function, activate!"