Everyone Tames Beasts, So Why Are You Taming Goddesses? - Chapter 30

Su Yu returned to the lounge, where Liu Xuan and the others excitedly surrounded him.

“Wow, Captain, that was amazing!”

“Well done, Captain! The Combat Department is doomed now! With Li Mu injured like that, there’s no way he can participate in the team battle.”

“And even if he does recover, do you think he’ll ever dare talk back to the Captain again?”

“No wonder you said you’d settle the team battle along with this one. You did it! Two out of their three S-rank students are down. This year’s team battle is definitely ours!”

The group was ecstatic.

They had expected a tough battle in the team competition, but Su Yu had single-handedly resolved everything.

An Zhishui’s eyes glistened with tears. “Su Yu, thank you.”

Su Yu waved his hand dismissively. “You got caught in the crossfire because of me. I just did what needed to be done.”

An Zhishui smiled shyly. Su Yu had confronted the entire Combat Department to avenge her, escalating tensions to the extreme. She felt a bit guilty about it.

Stretching lazily, Su Yu said, “That match wore me out. I won’t be watching your matches.”

“Liu Xuan, Chen Mengmeng, Jiang Xinyue—you all better do your best.”

The three girls nodded lightly, though their gazes lingered on Su Yu and Alia’s retreating figures.

Su Yu’s pale complexion and Alia’s visibly shrunken figure—now barely over 1.5 meters tall—made the toll of the match clear. It seemed they had paid a heavy price for overusing their blood-based abilities.

Perched on Su Yu’s back, Alia wanted nothing more than to sink her fangs into him.

During the fight, when Su Yu’s blood had dripped on the battlefield, its “Lethal Allure” had even tempted her. If she hadn’t already tasted his blood many times before, she might have ended up competing with the Shadow Dance Wraithcrow for it.

Su Yu’s wounds had already been healed by “Immortality.” He reached back and stroked Alia’s chin.

“Meeting you has been my greatest fortune.”

“Same for me, master~”

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As they exited the lounge, Su Yu was greeted by Major Qin Ze of the Dragonhawk Guard, who had been waiting for some time.

Qin Ze carried a black suitcase. Upon seeing Su Yu, he couldn’t help but exclaim, “Congratulations, Su Yu.”

“To be honest, I had my doubts about whether you could defeat Li Mu.”

“But you really pulled it off. As agreed, here are forty drops of Life Essence, advanced to you in full!”

Leaning closer, Qin Ze added in a low voice, “This order came directly from the commander after today’s match~”

Su Yu glanced back toward the VIP seating area, his thoughts swirling.

Today, he and Alia had held little back. That influential figure, capable of touching the Sacred Domain, had likely seen through much of what they were capable of.

It wasn’t surprising that ordinary people couldn’t recognize a God-Tier Sequence like Alia.

But Xia Tingen…

This was likely the real reason he had so readily approved the advance of forty drops of Life Essence.

There were secrets within the sequences that Su Yu was not yet privy to.

Without hesitation, Su Yu accepted the suitcase. “Thank you.”

“I’ll do my best to claim the championship in this year’s Nine-School Alliance Tournament.”

Qin Ze nodded subtly, then tactfully excused himself. “I won’t take up more of your time. I’ll look forward to your performance in ten days.”

“Understood.”

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After bidding farewell to Qin Ze, Su Yu pulled out his phone to inform his family that he was safe. Then, he returned to the dormitory with Alia.

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Upon arriving at the dormitory, Su Yu opened the suitcase. Inside were four jade-like bottles, each glowing with radiant starlight. There was no mistaking it—these were Life Essence Drops.

Each drop, a strategic and invaluable resource, was worth a billion yuan on the market.

Every drop could transform a Beastmaster’s originally frail body.

Humanity’s sequence ranking of no. 999 was largely due to an inherent lack of magical circuits and a physical frailty that lagged far behind the myriad races of the demonic lairs.

After previously consuming ten drops of Life Essence, Su Yu’s skin had already developed a subtle sheen, marking his surpassing of ordinary human physical limits.

Without hesitation, Su Yu downed the Life Essence from the jade bottles.

Gulp, gulp.

The liquid slid smoothly down his throat. Forty billion yuan consumed in an instant, yet even if it tasted terrible, it would still be worth it.

This time, the effects of the forty drops far surpassed that of the previous ten. The starlight-like Life Essence worked its way through every inch of his skin, flesh, and bones, enhancing them.

Su Yu’s outer skin peeled away like scales, replaced by a new layer that radiated both luster and resilience, no longer resembling the fragile flesh of ordinary humans.

Su Yu felt a profound transformation—a qualitative leap.

Nearby, Alia’s eyes sparkled with excitement. Hungry, she leaned closer to Su Yu and sniffed lightly. “You smell even better now, master.”

Su Yu chuckled. “Drink up. You’ve worked hard today.”

Alia beamed, her pearly teeth sinking gently into his neck.

With fifty drops of Life Essence now having fortified Su Yu’s body, he could safely provide Alia with 150 liters of blood a day without compromising his health. Su Yu felt like a walking super blood bank.

Fortunately, the effects of Life Essence were powerful enough to push his vital energy tens of times beyond the human limit. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have been able to endure this.

In his mind, Alia’s advancement progress began to accelerate.

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【Ding! The Vampire Queen has consumed your blood. Advancement progress +150!】

【Rank: Second-Rank Transcendence Realm (300/3000)】

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The fight against Li Mu had revealed a glaring weakness for Su Yu: the lack of a second pet beast.

Finding a second pet beast was now an urgent priority for him, but both he and Alia agreed that they couldn’t compromise on quality.

Unless it was a God-Tier Sequence or a creature like the Shadow Dance Wraithcrow, which was near God-Tier Sequence levels, contracting another pet would only waste his precious spiritual power.

After a brief rest, Su Yu received a call from Shangguan Ling, summoning him to her office.

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In the office,

Upon seeing Su Yu and Alia, Shangguan Ling’s smile widened. “Congratulations on defeating Li Mu. You’ve officially secured a spot in the Nine-School Alliance Tournament. And you look great—seems like the Dragonhawk Guard kept their promise?”

Su Yu replied, “Yes, I feel incredible, as if…”

Shangguan Ling smiled knowingly. “As if you’ve gone through a transformation, right?”

Su Yu nodded vigorously. “Exactly! It feels like my entire body has changed.”

Shangguan Ling laughed and explained, “That’s something we normally wouldn’t tell first-year students until later. After all, most of you wouldn’t have access to Life Essence until just before entering the lairs.”

“But since you’ve already transformed, I’ll explain it to you in a bit.”

“For now, let’s discuss something else.”

Shangguan Ling handed a document to Su Yu. “Since you’ve advanced to the main tournament, the school is awarding you 50 credits as per the rules. This document contains information about the primary opponents you’re likely to face. Whether our school can secure priority rights for deployment this year depends heavily on your freshman performance.”

Su Yu raised an eyebrow, sensing the weight of responsibility.

Shangguan Ling elaborated, “The other three years’ results are unlikely to deviate much from previous years. We have an edge in the sophomore category, while Jianghe University dominates the third-year bracket, and Imperial Capital University excels in the fourth year. This year’s critical battles will be fought by you freshmen.”

Su Yu nodded in understanding.

No wonder the rewards were so generous.

Students could earn credits for good classroom performance, but typically only 1 or 2 at a time. Competitions like this, where just participating earned 50 credits, were rare.

Su Yu casually flipped through the document and stopped at the first page, his attention caught by a photograph of a woman.

Her platinum-silver curls and serene blue eyes exuded an otherworldly allure. If Alia was the seductive abyss, this woman was the tranquil, icy lake of a snow-covered land.

Shangguan Ling smiled. “Su Yu, she will likely be your strongest opponent in the tournament.”