Beast Taming: the More the Better Chapter 944 - 396: Enter Dream Module! The Eighth Sense’s Fear! (Part 2)

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Previously on Beast Taming: the More the Better...
Su Ping is researching dream manipulation and its connection to psychic abilities, theorizing it can enhance combat power. He discusses his findings with Qin Xiaoxue, who shows a surprising aptitude for the topic. Su Ping explains his current research on the 'Enter Dream' skill, which involves using a Dream Butterfly and hypnosis to enter a target's dream.

So, what he’s ultimately aiming for in his conceived skill is to influence reality through the Dream World.

It is the deepest realm of the psychic element.

"What’s the second one then?" Qin Xiaoxue asked curiously.

"The second method is actually also a form of hypnosis, just with a different approach. Naturally, it would be more difficult. It involves having your Pet Beast constantly emit this kind of dream-like fluctuation,

and even maintain this illusory spiritual Dream World itself, while those who are asleep gather the ripples that are identical to the spiritual fluctuation emitted by your Pet Beast.

This way, instead of having my Pet Beast merge into others’ dreams, it’s quite the opposite—others would be merging into my Pet Beast’s Dream World.

In such a situation, the psychic element Pet Beast that controls the Dream World can truly achieve complete control within this Dream World."

Su Ping paused and explained this challenging alternative idea that he had been contemplating and slightly experimenting with over the past two days.

"However, wouldn’t this be too much of a burden for the Pet Beast itself?"

Qin Xiaoxue continued.

Su Ping nodded:

"Not just a heavy burden, there are also some unresolved minor issues. Moreover, the level requirement for the hypnosis-like skills in the second method would be even higher."

However, what Su Ping didn’t mention was that he hadn’t just been idle these days,

while searching through some materials, Su Ping did find a very special skill that might just meet his requirements.

This is a skill recorded in the Breeder Association called ’Dream Eater’,

even though the name suggests so, it essentially involves absorbing others’ spiritual power for oneself, but it is highly exploitable.

"However, this only addresses the issues of entering the Dream World. In reality, this skill is not just about entering the Dream World; the most critical aspect is how to ensure that the enemy within the controlled Dream World,

is killed without any chance of resistance. That’s the real key issue!"

Su Ping paused to say.

Pet Beast breeding seems both easy and difficult.

Take, for instance, the skill concept that Su Ping has devised.

Essentially, there are only two steps: one is to complete Meng Huangliang’s ’Enter Dream’, intertwining the spiritual power of both sides through the Dream World.

The second step is to eliminate the enemy within the Dream World, while also applying the situation within the dream to reality.

As long as the logical reasoning is clear, one can search for the necessary skills to try and combine them for perfection.

One could say, the steps are the module, and the breeding process is like adding various different materials to the module.

As long as the module is correct, among so many materials, there will definitely be some skill combinations that can trigger the reaction needed in Pet Beast Mastery Studies to achieve an evolution-like Super-Rank Skill development.

But the very logic of the module itself is the biggest challenge.

For example, what kind of method could make damage inflicted on the spirit directly affect the true body?

Of course, the absorption and consumption of spiritual power naturally affect both Beastmasters and Pet Beasts.

However, the scattered spiritual power during dreaming, even if it disappears, at most just causes dizziness for a while. Spiritual power originates from the organism’s material self and is an extension of soul power.

Unless you split their head open, cutting off the soul’s life force, it is difficult for mere spiritual shocks to pose a direct life threat,

which is the awkwardness of psychic element Pet Beasts, as their offensive abilities are quite lacking.

The most common and useful effect, like a Spiritual Shock, is just causing someone’s mind to go blank or get momentarily dazed unless there is a massive difference in realms,

but the problem is, with a huge difference in realms, using energy (physical) power to directly charge would kill them instantly, so why bother doing anything else?

Su Ping temporarily couldn’t think of how this module could be resolved, and Qin Xiaoxue was even lazier to think about it. She would rather use brute force, like sending Woodhead to bite the enemy to death, or strangle them with thorns.

Why bother straining the brain?

Seeing Su Ping deep in thought, Miss Qin decisively waved her hand:

"Alright, we said today we’re going shopping together, and tomorrow is the final test. Each of the top five gets a dragon! Perk up and stop thinking about these things. Shall we go watch a movie?"

Su Ping let out a breath and nodded:

"Okay, which movie?"

"Let me see..."

Qin Xiaoxue picked up her phone, scrolled through it, and blushed slightly: "Shall we watch a horror movie?"

"Horror movie?"

Su Ping raised his eyebrows.

This type of film, in a Beastmaster Society like Blue Star, is quite rare.

And the so-called horror movies in this genre are mostly disaster films or pseudo-horror involving extraterrestrial visitors.

As for those Chinese-style horror and Western evil spirits? Let them stay cool wherever they are!

After all, in a society like that of Beastmasters who wield extraordinary power, the reason something is frightening is due to the lack of high realms and weak Pet Beast battle power!

What demons, ghosts? Aren’t those all just Pet Beasts?

Beast series Pet Beasts, humanoid Pet Beasts, undead Pet Beasts, elemental Pet Beasts—they adequately explain the concept of demons and ghosts with those four words.

This genre is arguably the most niche in the already not very large entertainment film market, bar none,

it’s even less popular than Qian Yi’s favorite martial arts films.