Yi Tian clicked his tongue in wonder.
In terms of potential, the Moon Cat was a full two levels higher than Great Sage.
At Bronze rank, it possessed two innate skills right off the bat.
Cat Step allowed for acceleration, while Moon Light Slash could fire long-range energy attacks.
Looking at the stats alone, it completely crushed Great Sage.
The only thing Great Sage had over it was skill proficiency.
Drunkenness, after a day and night of improvement, had now reached Proficiency level. Eight-Direction Staff, because he couldn't afford a staff, was still at Mastery level.
Both sides had their advantages, so Yi Tian really couldn't predict the outcome of the battle.
He could only instruct Great Sage to go all out and not underestimate the enemy.
Great Sage nodded, grabbing the small flask Yi Tian prepared for him from his waist.
Glug, glug.
Gulp, gulp.
After a few big mouthfuls of fine wine, he immediately entered the drunken state.
While Yi Tian observed the Moon Cat, Song Qinghang was also observing Great Sage.
But no matter how he looked, it was an ordinary, run-of-the-mill monkey.
The only difference from other monkeys was the iron rod in its hand.
Did Yi Tian think that holding a weapon in hand was equivalent to having attack power?
A sense of disdain involuntarily rose in his heart.
Is that it?
He shook his head slightly, deciding to end this early.
Song Qinghang directly issued a command to the Moon Cat, telling it to pounce on Great Sage while using the skill Moon Light Slash.
"Defeating you is enough."
Whoosh~
The Moon Cat was agile, moving sideways a few steps before arriving in front of Great Sage.
It raised its claws and swung forcefully, firing several wheels of light!
"Not bad."
Song Wei nodded, expressing appreciation for the ability displayed by the Moon Cat. As expected of a rare Beast bought at a high price.
Both the speed and power displayed far exceeded Beasts of the same level.
Alarm bells rang wildly in Yi Tian's mind. Before the Moon Cat's strike was even launched, he could feel the sharpness within it.
"Great Sage, dodge quickly."
He immediately sent the command via telepathy.
Great Sage's IQ at this moment was similar to a child of a few years old; combat required direction.
When he matured further, he could fight independently.
At that time, the Beast Tamer would play the role of controlling the overall situation, only needing to issue commands at critical moments.
Want to dodge?
The Moon Cat's strike wasn't that easy to dodge.
Song Qinghang chuckled lightly. The cat and monkey were very close; a normal Bronze-level Beast couldn't possibly dodge it.
Whoosh!
Four air blades burst forth.
But they only cut through the air, slicing into the specially made floor.
Followed by a sharp friction sound.
Song Wei raised his eyebrows slightly, somewhat surprised.
"This monkey has such fast speed."
He saw clearly that just as the air blades were a hair's breadth away from touching the monkey, the monkey suddenly swayed to the right.
"Great Sage, here's the chance, use Eight-Direction Staff!"
"Awooh! (Received!)"
Boom!!!
Great Sage swept his staff horizontally toward the small cat in front.
Four staff shadows overlapped, beating the air into a roaring sound.
When testing at home before, Great Sage still held back a bit. Now facing an enemy for the first time, and not knowing the depth, he used his full strength.
Song Qinghang recovered from his surprise to a normal state. Seeing the attack coming, he hurriedly issued a command for the Moon Cat to dodge.
The Moon Cat tapped the ground, wanting to retreat, but the staff's speed was too fast.
Seeing that it couldn't dodge in time, it could only curl its body into a ball, trying to withstand this blow as much as possible.
Song Qinghang frowned, even more surprised that the Moon Cat couldn't dodge.
How could this monkey's attack be so fierce?
But he still thought hopefully, "The Moon Cat's body is flexible and has strong force-absorption capabilities. It should be able to tank it, right?"
"Meow!!!"
The Moon Cat's fur stood on end.
Boom!!
The shadow of the staff struck, making it feel the crisis of death.
But just as the staff was about to touch the Moon Cat's body, a large hand firmly grabbed the staff, preventing it from moving further.
Song Wei had acted.
The slight twitch at the corner of his mouth showed that his heart was not calm at this moment.
"Dad? What are you doing?"
Before Yi Tian spoke, Song Qinghang questioned him first.
Song Wei didn't look at his son but stared straight at Yi Tian.
"Student Yi Tian, you won this battle."
"My rash intervention breaks the rules. To express my apology, you can choose any weapon in the commerce chamber to take away later. How about that as my gift of apology?"
Hearing this, Song Qinghang exploded.
"Dad! I clearly haven't lost yet!"
"As long as Lanlan withstands this blow, I still have a chance to counterattack!"
Lanlan was the name Song Qinghang gave the Moon Cat.
But he heard Song Wei's somewhat stern voice.
"Counterattack?"
"If I hadn't blocked this blow for you, Lanlan would be heavily injured, if not dead."
Song Qinghang's pupils constricted violently, and his body couldn't help but freeze.
He naturally believed his father's words. Song Wei was already a Diamond-level Beast Tamer, one of the most powerful people in all of Mist Mountain City.
His judgment was naturally not comparable to a novice Beast Tamer like himself.
But the problem was, how could Yi Tian's monkey's strike be so terrifying?
At the same level, Beasts with greater potential would have stronger bodies. The Moon Cat was a full two levels higher in potential than the Stone Monkey!
Was Yi Tian's monkey really the harmless kind of Stone Monkey?
How could it be so absurd!?
After the shock came depression.
He lost.
He lost thoroughly.
Not only was his breakthrough speed inferior to Yi Tian's, but even his proud combat power was inferior.
On the other side, Yi Tian was pleasantly surprised.
What?
Pick any weapon to take away?
You said it!
It just so happened that Great Sage's Eight-Direction Staff needed a weapon to increase proficiency. Wasn't this someone sending a pillow when he was sleepy?
As for sparing Song Qinghang, it wasn't an issue in Yi Tian's view.
The two had no conflict, and the challenge was meant to stop at a clear outcome anyway.
Honestly, he didn't know Great Sage's Eight-Direction Staff would be this strong...
First actual combat, and overestimating the opponent, inevitably led to misjudging the measure.
He nodded without pretension.
"Then thank you very much, Uncle Song."
Hearing Yi Tian agree, Song Wei's expression softened.
"I should be the one thanking you."
"My Hang'er has always been arrogant. I have to thank you for striking a blow to his ego for me, letting him know that there are always people better than him."
To the side, Song Qinghang's face was red.
If Song Wei had said this about him before, he would have retorted at least a little.
But after witnessing the absurdity of his peer Yi Tian, he couldn't utter a rebuttal now no matter what.
Song Wei looked at Yi Tian with appreciation.
"Young people nowadays are truly incredible."
"If I'm not mistaken, your Stone Monkey used the Mastery proficiency Bronze skill, Eight-Direction Staff, right?"
When Great Sage swung that blow, the terrifying momentum exploded, completely surpassing early Bronze and faintly touching Bronze Perfection.
Only a Mastery-level martial skill could achieve that.
Song Wei appeared calm on the surface, but waves of shock surged in his heart.
Mastery-level skills weren't scary, and Bronze-level didn't even catch his eye, but the problem was, Great Sage had only been contracted by Yi Tian for three days!
In three days, breaking through to Bronze and raising a skill to Mastery—that was simply not something a human could do!
Even with his broad experience, he had never seen such a ridiculous Beast Tamer.