Li Miao had a dark expression as she silently glared at the husky with a death stare.
Husky: ?
What the hell?
Why is my back so cold?
The husky turned its head and suddenly saw its master staring at it with wide eyes, its own figure reflected in those depths—
The husky immediately grew self-conscious.
It wagged its tail coyly and sidled up to her, whining and acting cute.
Li Miao stayed silent for a few seconds.
Darn it, no matter how much you act adorable, it's useless! I'll never forgive—
"Hmph~"
The husky swept its tail flirtatiously.
Li Miao nearly gnashed her teeth.
Damn!
It's actually seducing me!
As the one being seduced, how could she pass up such a golden opportunity?!
So, in the next second, the husky's head was mercilessly seized by two ruthless hands.
"How can you be this cute, ahhhhhh!"
Excited, Li Miao grabbed its snout and planted kisses all over—top, bottom, bottom, top—wait!
Master, what are you doing?!
The husky was flipped onto its back in disbelief, lying there dazed as its exposed belly was ravaged by Li Miao's relentless paws—even its jewels weren't spared from those iron claws.
Jia Yunwan glanced over, amused, but then, as if struck by inspiration, she also reached out to cop a feel of the husky's belly.
Instinctively, the husky opened its mouth to bite.
Jia Yunwan withdrew her hand, looking at it regretfully.
"Seems like it really likes you."
Hearing that, Li Miao couldn't help but feel smug.
"Obviously."
"I am its master, after all~"
She gave the husky one last rub before releasing it, leaving it to flop down in despair.
It's... no longer pure.
Whimper.
Completely indifferent to the husky's silent sorrow, Li Miao's drowsiness had fully faded. She took the opportunity to admire the surrounding scenery.
The sensation of soaring through the sky was exhilarating, but what she felt most was envy—toward Fengfeng.
An airborne beast...
She turned to Jia Yunwan.
"Teacher, is Fengfeng a phoenix?"
"Nope, just a peacock with a trace of phoenix bloodline."
Jia Yunwan stretched lazily. "Also poached from a dimensional rift. Don't get any ideas—at your current level, you couldn't handle a beast like this."
"Then how strong do I need to be to barely manage one?"
"At least Super Beastmaster level. Once your psychic energy hits around 5,000 or 20,000, you'll be close."
Jia Yunwan shrugged. "After all, they're not actual legendary creatures."
Li Miao slumped, disappointed.
She'd thought Fengfeng and Bao'er were real phoenixes and dragons, but...
...just this?
Noticing her mood, Jia Yunwan reassured her:
"Relax. With your talent, you'll definitely reach Super Beastmaster level."
"Unless I'm mistaken, your psychic energy is already over a hundred, right?"
Li Miao paused, then pulled out her phone to check her reflection—
[Name: Li Miao
Gender: Female
Age: 18
Status: Excited
Beasts: Husky (Expand)
Beast Species: Siberian Highland Dog (Expand)
Psychic Energy: (221/245)
Innate Skills: True Sight (Expand), Evolution Archive (Expand)
Physique: 50
Speed: 30
Attack: 10
Defense: 40]
She quietly put her phone away.
"Teacher, is it possible..."
"Hm?"
"That my psychic energy is already over two hundred?"
Jia Yunwan "oh"-ed. "Just over two hundred isn't really—wait, what did you just say?"
"Over two hundred?!"
Li Miao nodded.
For a moment, the woman just stared in silence.
"Tell me honestly—are you human or a ghost?"
"?"
"Because if you're human, how the hell are you this strong?"
Li Miao: "..."
What kind of weird compliment was that?!
Like being too strong made her inhuman or something.
If she wasn't human, then what was she?!
She shot a glance at the depressed husky—so not human, was she a dog now?!
Luckily, Jia Yunwan didn't linger on the topic. Instead, she let out a slow breath and grinned.
"You're even better than I thought."
"I underestimated you."
"Do you know what breaking 200 psychic energy in just two weeks means?"
Li Miao blinked innocently. "What?"
"It means you could've completely skipped the college entrance exam and gone straight to university—"
"Teacher, you mean I could've been directly admitted?"
Her eyes lit up.
"Nope."
Jia Yunwan smirked. "Dream on. That was last year's policy. Back then, with fewer prodigies, a few could get in that way. But this year..."
She snorted. "This year, there's at least thirty students like you just in our high school. To keep things fair, the 'skip-the-exam-if-you-hit-200' rule's been scrapped."
"Last year, only three qualified. This year? Thirty."
Li Miao sucked in a breath.
She'd thought she was the genius.
Who knew there'd be people more monstrous than her?!
After all, she knew her strength came from her two innate skills—especially Evolution Archive!
But...
"There're that many this year?"
Li Miao was baffled. "I remember last year's graduation only had a million Beastmasters. This time, are we looking at ten million or something?"
"The ambient spiritual particles in the air increased again this year."
Jia Yunwan sighed. "You probably don't know what that means, but you've heard of meditation, right?"
"Mhm."
"The whole point of meditation is absorbing those particles to boost and recover psychic energy."
"But the bigger role they play is empowering beast growth—so, in the Beastmaster world, they're also called energy."
"More spiritual particles = more ambient energy. More energy = more ordinary animals evolving into wild beasts or mutants."
"But the real issue is... more dimensional rifts are appearing on Earth."
Li Miao froze.
More rifts?
Something clicked.
"So... mutants and wild beasts from the rifts will start invading our world?"
"Exactly."
Jia Yunwan nodded. "Wild beasts are manageable—passive, docile. They won't attack unless provoked. But mutants?"
"The worst are the Platinum-rank mutants. They're often called Kings—capable of ruling all lower beasts beneath them."
Below Platinum were Gold, Silver, and Bronze.
If Platinum was the rank of Kings, then beyond Platinum was a realm ordinary humans could never reach