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

Mythical level, it was actually mythical level!

Oh my god, that's so freakin' insane!

Back in ancient times, there were never any Beastmasters with mythical-level talent out in the open. Mythical level only existed in legends.

Rumor had it, mythical level meant you were a Child of Destiny, the chosen one of this universe, favored by heaven and earth, beloved by the laws themselves!

As long as a single mythical-level appeared, the human race would rise up, break into the top ranks of the universe, and even stand against the Cosmic Dominators.

The difference between mythical-level talent and even SSS-level was unimaginable. They're not even in the same league; the gap was dozens or even hundreds of times wider. No one knew the exact difference because a mythical-level template or Beastmaster had simply never awakened on Blue Star.

"That bastard, why the hell didn't he tell me earlier!"

"Made me roast him so many times for nothing!"

"So embarrassed I could die!"

Mu Qingxue remembered all those times she'd mocked Xiao Ye to his face, said he had no future, even told him she'd break the contract once he hit Great Venerable Realm.

Her cheeks burned, her pretty little face going completely red,

*The side effects of contracting multiple Beast Girls? They just didn't apply to Xiao Ye, did they! With his talent dozens or even hundreds of times above SSS-level, even if it was split between a few people, he still crushed SSS-level!*

Mu Qingxue also noticed that Xiao Ye's attributes were totally busted: [Attribute: Five Elements, Supreme, Life, Destruction, Phantom Spirit, Thunder]

Normally, having two attributes was crazy already, but Xiao Ye? He had ten attributes!

Five Elements—metal, wood, water, fire, earth—they were pretty common, but for others it'd only ever be one. He had them all.

And besides the Five Elements, the other five attributes were impossibly rare too.

"Now that I think about it, contracting with him is really me reaching up," Mu Qingxue murmured dazedly, her resistance to making the contract slowly fading from her heart.

Faced with everyone's praise, a bright, sunshiny grin spread across Xiao Ye's face.

Then he asked, "Uncle Mu, did we pass the first trial?"

Mu Cheng burst into booming laughter, "Of course, but..."

Xiao Ye paused, *but what?*

Mu Cheng stared at Xiao Ye with burning eyes, and said, "You still call me Uncle Mu? Call me Father-in-law! I don't care about your test results, you're the son-in-law I picked!"

"Tomorrow the Mu Family will send out invitations, tell the whole city, throw you two a wedding banquet, and get you two into the bridal chamber."

"Oh, and the contract happens right then and there!"

The Mu Family members all chimed in, "I second that."

"Two good things at once, sounds good to me." "Hahaha! Can't wait to drink the wedding wine." "Xue'Er's getting married, that's great!"

The silver-haired elder muttered privately, *I'm showing up at the wedding too, I like this kid a lot.*

Mu Qingxue complained, "Dad, I haven't even agreed yet! You could at least ask my opinion, you know!"

Mu Cheng shot her a look, "Doesn't matter if you agree or not. Xiao Ye's our son-in-law, end of story."

"Alright, you passed the first test. There are two more trials to go."

"Even though we all approve of Xiao Ye, the Forbidden Area assessment is a Mu Family tradition going back thousands of years, it can't be skipped or changed." Thanks for reading—brought to you by M|VL|EMPYR.

He looked up and found that the silver-haired elder had disappeared.

So Mu Cheng kept things moving,

[Second Trial: Tacit Understanding—by fighting Demon Beasts, test the trust and teamwork between Contractors. If your teamwork meets the standard, you pass.]

A secret realm portal appeared, one of those internal transfer portals. Xiao Ye and Mu Qingxue stepped inside.

After a quick trip through the spatial tunnel, the two of them appeared deep inside a Demon Beast mountain range.

It was dark here, thick with thorns, and stinking, cracked sewers ran everywhere.

Pair after pair of narrow red eyes floated amid the brambles, terrifying in number.

If anyone with a fear of clusters showed up, they'd probably piss themselves.

Xiao Ye and Mu Qingxue stayed pretty calm, back-to-back with each other, peering out at the Thorny Jungle in opposite directions, unleashing their own auras, ready to fight at a moment's notice.

Mu Qingxue said, "This round is all about supporting and cooperating with each other to kill Demon Beasts."

"As long as our teamwork meets the standard, we pass."

Xiao Ye indicated he understood, "So basically, wipe out the Demon Beasts, right?"

"Right," she replied.

The Demon Beasts in the thorns were Blazing Fire Demon Beasts—Xiao Ye had seen them at the training base, but here, their level was way higher, up to Two-Star Venerable Realm.

"Ch-ch-ch-ch!" "Ch-ch-ch-ch!"

The Blazing Fire Demon Beasts sensed Xiao Ye's power and crowded together, flames searing up from their bodies, lighting up the whole Thorny Jungle. The temperature spiked, rocketing to over two thousand degrees in a heartbeat,

Boom!

A massive pillar of fire erupted from the Blazing Fire Demon Beast pack, blowing straight through the air, blasting straight at Xiao Ye and Mu Qingxue!

Mu Qingxue's expression hardened, her nerves stretched to the max. *This was a pack of Two-Star Venerable Demon Beasts; she was only at peak Grandmaster Realm.*

Xiao Ye's lips curled, "Leave these Demon Beasts to me."

"Just don't mess things up for me."

Boom! A wave of intense heat exploded from Xiao Ye's body.

[Five Elements Control][Fire Element Control]

Xiao Ye became the Fire King, a mighty Fire Realm bursting out around him, taking control of every trace of fire element nearby.

The fire pillar blasted toward him, but he didn't dodge. Right as it was about to hit, the flame veered off weirdly, looping in the air, piercing through to blast back at the massed Blazing Fire Demon Beasts!

"Boom!" A thunderous crash.

With the fire pillar empowered by Xiao Ye, the crowded Blazing Fire Demon Beast pack exploded on the spot, dropping a pile of scorched, reeking Demon Beast corpses all over the ground.

That whole pack, wiped out!

Mu Qingxue watched his heroic form, her beautiful eyes shining.

Xiao Ye dusted his hands, looking totally relaxed, then asked, "The Demon Beasts are dead. Do we pass?"

"Huh? That's it?" Mu Qingxue stared, totally lost. *She hadn't done a damn thing.*

All around the Thorny Jungle, even more Blazing Fire Demon Beasts flew over, spreading out from their position—most were Two-Star Venerable Realm, a few reaching Four-Star.

The Demon Beast King was a Five-Star Venerable Realm monster.

On the Beast King's order, ninety-nine percent of the Blazing Fire Demon Beasts swarmed together, stacking on top of each other until they formed a massive twenty-meter-tall Demon Beast pile.

The flames this time burned even hotter, like a mini sun hanging in midair. The temperature shot up again, steam hissing out of the Thorny Jungle like it couldn't take the heat anymore.

Mu Qingxue's face turned serious, "This time, I'm definitely helping out! I'll back you up to take these monsters down!"

She gathered up time particles, activating her next-seconds[Future Prediction]innate skill.

A scene played out in her mind.

The giant, terrifying sun slammed toward them both, turning the ground to glowing red lava.

"They're coming at us with bodies and fire combined!" Mu Qingxue shouted the warning right away.

Xiao Ye nodded, already with a plan in mind.

[Void Conversion—turn yourself and objects into Phantom State, immune to a certain degree of physical, energy, and soul attacks.]