Soon, the opponent in the arena was switched to Lu You’s Turtle Wood Flood Dragon.

The moment the hornless Turtle Wood Flood Dragon appeared, it immediately activated the turtle patterns all over its body.

It coiled itself into a ball and lay on the ground, completely motionless.

It truly looked just like a turtle.

This was also Cyan Treasure’s first time fighting the Turtle Wood Flood Dragon in a dream.

Seeing how wild its opponent was in reality, yet how the system adopted such a conservative strategy in the dream, Cyan Treasure wondered.

’Does this mean its offensive Power is actually weaker than mine?’

’Is that why it’s resorting to this defensive measure?’

Cyan Treasure began Transporting Origin Power, resonating with its Foundation Establishment Platform to unleash a true Flood Dragon Tail Swing.

The mighty, heavy blow created a deafening explosion as it smashed viciously against the Turtle Wood Flood Dragon’s coiled shell.

BOOM!

Like dynamite blasting a mountain, the impact shook the ground and sent sand and dirt flying.

Cyan Treasure was thrown back by the recoil. It landed, shook its serpentine tail, and felt a pang of pain, but it was bearable.

’A hit that strong must have at least broken its skin, right?’

When the smoke and dust cleared...

The Turtle Wood Flood Dragon’s scales were smooth, without a single dent or pit.

It was completely unscathed!

Cyan Treasure thought it was seeing things and rubbed its eyes.

The Turtle Wood Scale Armor was tightly interlocked, glowing faintly with the light of its turtle-wood patterns. There wasn’t a single scratch.

That was the might of the turtle-wood patterns’ Daoist Skill, which, when combined with a specific Cultivation Technique, maximized the efficiency of channeling its own Power.

’What just happened?’

Cyan Treasure was dumbfounded.

An attack that could tear the Turtle Wood Flood Dragon’s flesh open in reality couldn’t even break its defense in the dream under the system’s control.

This made Cyan Treasure’s confidence waver.

’It shouldn’t be like this.’

’How could this be?’

Even Gu Ming grew curious and came closer to observe the system’s methods.

Gu Ming had Cyan Treasure attack several more times to see how it would defend.

He, meanwhile, used his Spiritual Fluctuation to investigate carefully.

A series of booms rang out.

Cyan Treasure repeatedly swung its tail, assaulting its opponent like a cannon firing whips.

Each time, its opponent managed to block the whip-like strikes, making the ground tremble.

Often, the ground itself would crack, yet the Flood Dragon’s body remained unharmed.

When his Spiritual Waves swept over, he could see its scales rippling like waves in intricate layers as it received the blow.

Its defensive technique was as graceful as a work of art.

’It’s too beautiful.’

He felt that the system’s control was ten times more refined than that of the real Turtle Wood Flood Dragon.

The Turtle Wood Flood Dragon controlled by the system was utilizing the force-dispersing Cultivation Technique of every single scale to its absolute limit.

It looked simple, but it was incredibly difficult.

It was controlling each scale individually, exquisitely channeling the force into the ground, thereby achieving a truly absolute defense.

This was why Cyan Treasure couldn’t break through.

Nearly seventy percent of the Power was already dissipated during the channeling process.

And the Turtle Wood Flood Dragon itself already excelled at defense.

After deflecting sixty to seventy percent of the force, it could naturally remain unharmed.

"So this is a force-dispersal technique."

Watching the system control these two top-tier Potential Pet Beasts, Gu Ming clearly saw:

Cyan Treasure still had many techniques to learn in the domain of combat.

A whole night of study in the real world had caused Cyan Treasure’s Ultimate Skill experience to skyrocket by several hundred thousand.

But an Ultimate Skill was an Ultimate Skill, after all. The Skill Level requirement was just too absurd.

Gu Ming spent a huge amount of Achievement Points but still couldn’t grind the Mastery of Wood Escape to the Master Level; he was still a little short.

In the end, he left a few Achievement Points in reserve for emergencies.

This Mastery of Wood Escape was just too difficult to learn, especially when planting trees in a dream and fighting a simulated opponent. There was basically no chance of winning.

Waking up the next day, Gu Ming called Mouse Treasure over and shared the Earth Core Essence, splitting it between Mouse Treasure and Ah Kun.

Ah Kun was also starting to learn the Earth Shifting Technique. It had studied it before, and now, under Gu Ming’s guidance, it slowly fused the Earth Core Essence into the foundation of an Array, further enhancing its Earth Shifting Technique.

Mouse Treasure, likewise, advanced by leaps and bounds, benefiting greatly.

Lu You shared the school reward she had received, but her reward wasn’t as valuable. The system didn’t even bother to transform it.

In the following days, Gu Ming fell into a monotonous routine, constantly running back and forth.

「A few days later.」

Something unexpected happened to Gu Ming.

The Foundation Establishment Platform inside Ma Tianba was complete.

It was worth mentioning that when Mouse Treasure previously formed its Foundation Establishment Platform, it hadn’t triggered a Celestial Tribulation.

Ma Tianba’s completion of Foundation Establishment was the same; it caused no cosmic phenomena.

From this, it was clear that Cyan Treasure had already completed this heaven-defying act, so for those who came after, cultivating a Foundation Establishment Platform was no longer considered a defiance of the heavens.

After completing Foundation Establishment, Ma Tianba felt as if its entire body had been sublimated, possessing an indescribable sense of power.

Its perception of the Celestial Dao, Daoist Skills, and similar things became incredibly sharp. A casual strike would now have a ten to twenty percent boost in power.

Don’t look down on this small bonus; it was nowhere near as large as Cyan Treasure’s improvement.

Ma Tianba was a Six-star Pet. A ten percent increase in a Six-star’s abilities was a terrifying improvement, capable of destroying heaven and earth at a whim.

「The day after completing Foundation Establishment.」

Ma Tianba felt that it had basically gotten all the benefits it could from Gu Ming.

As for the Magic Power Inner Core, it had already understood the principle and no longer needed to hang around every day, observing Cyan Treasure to learn how to layer the Frozen Pill.

And so, Ma Tianba decided to take its leave and journey out to train and see the world.

Its heart wasn’t in a place like the city.

The only ones it knew here were Elder Gu and the Gu Family. Ma Tianba wasn’t familiar with anyone else and disdained to interact with them.

Gu Ming wanted to persuade it to stay, especially since it wasn’t easy for Cyan Treasure to find Spirit Stones.

Every time Cyan Treasure went out to search for Spirit Stones, a risk warning from the system would pop up.

And every time the risk stacked to its maximum, it would always be provoked by a roadside Pet Beast or run into a sudden robbery by a Beastmaster.

Ma Tianba had intervened twice, but most of the time, Cyan Treasure had resolved the issues on its own.

After Ma Tianba left, it was hard to say if there would be an accident that Cyan Treasure couldn’t handle.

After all, the risk mentioned by the system was real; it was more like a law of causality.

Once the risk accumulated to a certain level, trouble was bound to happen outside.

You have to understand, other Pet Beasts didn’t run into so much trouble when they went out on the streets.

Cyan Treasure was truly being affected by the system to some extent.

But Ma Tianba had no intention of staying for long.

Having accompanied Cyan Treasure around town this past month, it had vaguely sensed that the creature’s bad luck was astonishing.

There might be something fishy going on, but it didn’t give it much thought.

After all, being exposed to too much bad luck could lower its own luck—this was one of the reasons it wanted to leave and journey the world.

Its loyalty to the Gu Family was minimal.

If it had to be loyal to someone, it would only be loyal to Elder Gu.

Its heart was free, its wild nature untamed.

Staying here for a month was already a great show of respect for the Gu Family.

If it stayed any longer, it felt like it would suffocate.

It snorted, and after a night of conversation with Elder Gu, it left without a word, not lingering any longer at the Gu Family estate.

Gu Ming could do nothing but feel regret; he was unable to make it stay.