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

After a whole vacation of replenishment, the number of demon beasts in this jungle had doubled.

In just a breath, more than a dozen demon beasts surrounded Xiao Ye and the other three.

The cat-eared lady, Liu Ya, lounged lazily while swinging the fluffy tail on her leather pants and said, "Need my help?"

"Nope!"

The Three-Toed Golden Dragon soared into the sky with a roar, its long, narrow body shimmering brilliantly under the sunlight.

The cat-eared lady, Liu Ya, instantly appeared atop a towering tree, her graceful figure leaning against a thick branch, pulling out a pack of sunflower seeds from her pocket to snack on as she watched with great interest.

*She wondered how much real power the so-called top scorer of the college entrance exam actually had! She used to only hear about it from Associate Dean Yun Bing, but seeing it with her own eyes was much more entertaining than hearsay could ever be.*

Hovering twenty meters above the ground, it flew in circles, its golden vertical pupils constantly scanning the demon beasts below.

In reality, Xiao Ye was the one observing.

The information of black wolves, eagles, demon snakes, and giant pythons flashed one after another across Xiao Ye's retinas.

[Template Adjuster scanning]

[One-Star Grandmaster Demon Snake][Able to extract one Rule Fragment Crystal]

[Tier Seven Black Wolf][Cannot be extracted]

[Tier Three Eagle][Cannot be extracted]

[Three-Star Grandmaster Eagle][Able to extract one Rule Fragment Crystal]

[Four-Star Grandmaster Ice Element Giant Python][Able to extract one Rule Fragment Crystal]

[Tier Four Black Wolf][Cannot be extracted]

[In dying state, higher chance of successful extraction]

Xiao Ye had a goal in mind regarding which demon beasts could yield Rule Fragment Crystals and which ones could not.

"Roar!!"

A mysterious psychic wave spread out from the Three-Toed Golden Dragon.

In an instant, it enveloped the entire jungle.

At that moment, all the water element in the jungle stirred, resonating and vibrating in tune with the Three-Toed Golden Dragon's control.

Concept Talent Skills,

[Water Element Control, as the name suggests, gives you absolute control over the water element; you are the king of the waters]

A Grandmaster Realm eagle swooped in, its sharp talons raised high, the wind howling as it aimed to seize the Golden Dragon's tail.

"Freeze!" the Three-Toed Golden Dragon thought to itself.

The eagle began freezing from its surface, then the ice penetrated internally; its blood, muscles, and bones froze rapidly. In the blink of an eye, the eagle was utterly frozen, inside and out.

A giant chunk of ice plummeted from the sky with a bang, smashing down on a Tier One black wolf and killing it.

The Three-Star Grandmaster eagle was also on the verge of death.

"Extract!" A vast, deep, almost cosmic force descended upon both the eagle and the black wolf.

Xiao Ye attempted to extract a Rule Fragment Crystal from the eagle demon beast.

But then something shocking happened: the eagle let out a deathly screech, its entire body falling apart and filled with deadly energy, then exploded with a boom into a bloody mist, leaving the scene reeking of blood and carnage.

[Extraction successful!]

The eagle fared slightly better, but the Tier One black wolf became pure nothingness, not even a scrap left behind.

[Extraction failed!]

[Hint: Demon beasts below the Grandmaster Realm lack the body strength needed to manifest Rule Fragment Crystals]

"So that's how it is?" Xiao Ye realized.

*It turned out extracting manifest Rule Fragment Crystals also depended on the body strength of the demon beast. No wonder the higher the beast's Realm, the more crystals could be extracted.*

Xiao Ye checked his system space.

Sure enough! A Rule Fragment Crystal appeared there, an incomparably profound Rule Power flickering on its surface. This text was acquired from M|V|L0EMPYR.

[Creation Rule Fragment Crystal]

Xiao Ye felt a surge of joy—he had managed to obtain a Creation Rule Fragment Crystal in mere moments! Vajra Venerable Brother Cheng had said it should take at least a hundred years.

"Roar!!"

Circling in the air, the Three-Toed Golden Dragon let out a jubilant dragon roar, its golden eyes gleaming with excitement as it stared at the Grandmaster Realm demon beasts below.

"There's a One-Star Grandmaster, a Six-Star Grandmaster, a Two-Star Grandmaster, and a Four-Star Grandmaster!"

*To Xiao Ye, these were all treasure chests just waiting to be opened!*

"What the—!" The widowed teaching assistant, Liu Ya, who lay on a branch not far away, stared wide-eyed in shock, a sunflower seed shell dropping into her cleavage without her even noticing.

"Instant kill on a Three-Star Grandmaster! Is this really a college freshman…?"

"That Golden Dragon's aura—damn! It's actually at Seven-Star Grandmaster Realm!"

"Holy shit, even the top senior prodigies in junior year can barely manage Seven-Star Grandmaster Realm!"

Liu Ya made a comparison. In her more than two hundred years of teaching, not a single student could match up to this.

Even the current Top Ten Venerables in Devil City were nowhere near Xiao Ye and his friends!

*Xiao Ye's outstanding talent made Liu Ya's long-frozen heart skip a beat, a blush creeping up her pretty face as she secretly thought,*

*Xiao Ye's such a troublemaker; he's definitely going to rise above the Venerables in the future. So, should I make a move on him first?*

*Young men like Xiao Ye, filled with hot-blooded vigor, were the easiest to get swept away by a gentle beauty!*

Liu Ya shook her head fiercely, slapped herself, and spat, "No way! He's my student, dammit. Liu Ya, have you been a widow for so long you're craving a man after over a hundred years without one?"

Of course, Xiao Ye over there had no idea his teaching assistant, Liu Ya, was staring at him with excitement one moment, blushing the next, and even giving herself the occasional slap.

*Otherwise, everyone would think she'd lost her mind.*

"Ten thousand degrees high temperature!"

Another psychic wave spread from the Three-Toed Golden Dragon, instantly causing the water elements in this patch of jungle to resonate.

Bang! Bang! Bang! In a series of deafening blasts, the whole jungle turned to burning lava, like the sun's core in a steaming cauldron of heat.

All demon beasts below fell into the magma and started struggling madly. Those beneath the Grandmaster Realm were instantly slaughtered.

The Grandmaster Realm demon beasts leaped out of the magma onto the tree branches.

The Four-Star Grandmaster Ice Element Giant Python gave an eye roll full of mockery. The One-Star Grandmaster Demon Snake hissed, eyes brimming with disdain. The Two-Star Grandmaster Black Wolf howled at the sky, while the Six-Star Grandmaster Groundhog popped out of the earth in the distance, proudly shaking its tail.

Arrogant. So damned arrogant! They didn't even take the Three-Toed Golden Dragon's attack seriously!

"Aren't these demon beasts celebrating a bit too soon?" said the Two-tailed Holy White Fox from afar.

But Xiao Ye let out a cold laugh.

The very next second,

Bang! In an instant, the One-Star Grandmaster Demon Snake and Two-Star Grandmaster Black Wolf both burst into roaring flames, their surface temperatures soaring to several thousand degrees.

The Four-Star Grandmaster Ice Element Giant Python didn't fare any better—the scales on its body turned burning hot and bright red as it thrashed around the tree, looking like a well-roasted snake.

As for the Six-Star Grandmaster Groundhog, the whole thing became a grilled, scorched chunk of meat, steam rising from its butt as it cooked through.

Water Element Control was terrifying as hell!

Soon enough, the four Grandmaster Realm demon beasts were all at death's door.

"That's about enough," Xiao Ye activated the Template Adjuster's third function, extracting Rule Fragment Crystals!

[One-Star Grandmaster Demon Snake, successfully extracted one Rule Fragment Crystal!]

[Two-Star Grandmaster Black Wolf, extraction successful]

[Four-Star Grandmaster Giant Python, extraction successful]

[Six-Star Grandmaster Groundhog, extraction successful]

The system space now contained four new crystals, respectively [Creation Type][Fire Element Type][Creation Type][Ice Element Type]