Beast Taming: My System is Bugged

’So this is the Fierce Dragon Array?’

Gu Ming watched as Cyan Treasure came to a halt, and the illusory afterimage of the dragon tail behind it dissipated.

’Didn’t the system say that even for a Grass and Wood Flood Dragon, there’s a high probability of failure when inscribing the Array?’

’Could it be...’ Gu Ming’s Spiritual Fluctuation settled on the Foundation Establishment Platform inside Cyan Treasure’s body.

’That’s it. The Foundation Establishment Platform played a huge role.’

After all, Cyan Treasure’s Spiritual Power was nowhere near the level required to form a Divine Sense.

In other words, the supportive effects of the Foundation Establishment Platform Bronze Tripod were just that all-encompassing.

Even a tiny enhancement to its Soul Power increased Cyan Treasure’s Manipulation Power by a large margin.

"How was it? Did you feel your Origin Power boiling?" Gu Ming asked.

Cyan Treasure shook its head.

When it performed the tail swing, it had been a sudden impulse. It was as if the urge to swing its tail had simply welled up inside it—a moment of pure inspiration. It had subconsciously unleashed the move with its entire body’s might.

If it had to point out any special sensation, it was that the sound from the Foundation Establishment Platform was louder than usual.

Hearing this, a thought popped into Gu Ming’s head.

"Could the Origin Power be in the Foundation Establishment Platform?"

Even Cyan Treasure was startled by this theory.

’Wasn’t the Foundation Establishment Platform created through subsequent Cultivation? How can that be considered part of its origin?’

’Shouldn’t Origin Power be an innate power?’

For the next few days, Gu Ming and Cyan Treasure trained closely together.

Gu Ming watched again and again as Cyan Treasure used the Flood Dragon Tail Swing, observing its movements, posture, and the humming state of the Foundation Establishment Platform within its body.

Although he didn’t have any particular leads, he could only follow the system’s instructions for training.

After continuous Body Refining, Divine Cultivation, and Qi Refining, Cyan Treasure slowly began to integrate all three.

This was similar to when it practiced the Green Treasure Breathing Technique.

The Green Treasure Breathing Technique itself integrated the functions of three practices: Body Refining, Refining Mana, and the Breathing Technique.

And now, this high-end Technique, the Wood Escape Flood Dragon Power, raised the requirements even further.

It required Body Refining that pushed beyond its limits, a Super Sensing Divine Soul powered by the Array, and finally, there was the weak link of its Qi Refining, which was holding it back slightly.

Cyan Treasure’s Breathing Technique had already reached a very high level, yet when it came to this advanced Technique, the efficiency of its Skill Level was still a little lacking.

Noticing this, Gu Ming had it focus on cultivating the Breathing Technique for the next twenty-some days, to raise its Skill Level first.

At this point, its Breathing Technique wasn’t far from the Great Success Realm.

After training like this for over a week, Cyan Treasure finally raised the Skill Level of its Breathing Technique to the Great Success Realm through long, focused practice.

Once its Breathing Technique reached the Great Success Realm, its ability with the Breathing Technique was completely different. It had crossed a major threshold and entered a new world of Cultivation.

Gu Ming had already switched the Cultivation Dao Field in the dream to the forest behind his old home.

Not only was the Life Energy dense here, but the Spiritual Qi concentration was also among the highest, comparable to a two or three-star Dao Field.

Cyan Treasure opened its mouth and took a deep breath. A torrent of Spiritual Qi from the air swirled and poured into its mouth.

Its snake-like belly swelled larger and larger, but with a GURGLE, the energy was rapidly digested by its Elephant-Swallowing Demon Technique.

Simultaneously, it began to move its body, replacing its usual exercises with the Body Forging method of the Flood Dragon Tail Swing.

Since its physical condition could be refreshed in the dream, the Soul Soup within its body remained in a state of just having been consumed.

It manipulated the Foundation Establishment Platform, using it with practiced ease to circulate the Soul Soup, stimulate its brain, and awaken the essence of the Fierce Dragon Array.

In that same instant, it was multitasking. Every part of its body was in motion, with not a single part at rest.

This sent it into a flow state. It didn’t even know how it had done it, only that under extreme pressure, its body had produced a single drop of Origin Power.

Three lines of notifications suddenly flashed from the system.

「Green Treasure Breathing Technique has entered the Great Success Realm, entering an Enlightenment State!」

「Power Exertion Experience +100!」

「Cyan Treasure has discovered Origin Power!」

A moment later, Cyan Treasure moved like lightning. Its snake-like tail whipped through the air with a CRACKLING sound, and the blurry phantom of an Ancient Dragon’s tail appeared behind it like a lagging shadow.

Suddenly, with a tremendous CRACK!

Its snake-like tail churned the air, producing a concussive lash.

The force was so great that it shattered a tree three meters away, snapping its trunk in half.

Before this, Cyan Treasure’s ranged moves were Storm Ball and Plant Life Light Wave.

Now, it had added another move: using the posture of the Flood Dragon Tail Swing to launch a concussive lash from a distance.

The force of its tail could create a concussive blast in the air, capable of damaging targets two or three meters away.

If the distance were closer, and it hit flesh directly, the power would be unimaginable.

This was several times more powerful than its Master Level Headbutt Skills.

At this moment, Gu Ming asked it again: "Did you feel the Origin Power?"

Cyan Treasure couldn’t answer. The feeling just now was too profound, and the power was consumed as soon as it surged up.

When asked to replicate it now, its body was exhausted and it couldn’t perform it.

However, it wasn’t as lost as last time.

At least this time, it felt a sort of blockage within its soul. After its muscles strained to their absolute limit, it sensed a new, higher limit emerge.

Even the capacity of its Magic Power Inner Core broke through to a new height.

In that brief instant, it had brushed against a Triple Ceiling—limits in three different areas—which it had never been able to perceive before.

’I really want to shatter them all in one go.’

「During its state of epiphany, Cyan Treasure comprehended the Origin Power of the Mastery of Wood Escape—the Extreme.」

「However, training in a dream does not increase one’s Cultivation. Even if a bottleneck is temporarily broken by a stroke of luck, the Origin Power cannot be accumulated. Therefore, after the Origin Power was consumed, it reverted to its original state of an ’old, decrepit body’.」

"Hm?"

Gu Ming looked at this passage of text, lost in thought.

He completely ignored the three words, "old, decrepit body," and focused on the system’s evaluation of Origin Power.

’So Origin Power is the power of the extreme.’

Gu Ming had a sudden realization. It seemed like an obvious conclusion in hindsight.

But actually achieving it was another matter entirely.

A bottleneck is a bottleneck for a reason: Pet Beasts have limits. Not every Pet Beast can break through those limits to reach a new height.

It was just like Evolution. Before evolving, a creature needs a long period of accumulation and physical growth. It has to constantly push against its limits, and breaking through them is Evolution.

By the same token, this Technique was all about pushing toward the extreme, mastering a Power that surpassed the upper limits of one’s physical abilities.

Gu Ming conveyed his thoughts, as well as the system’s comments, to Cyan Treasure.

The latter was the cultivator of this high-end Technique, so its opinion was also very important.

Cyan Treasure understood immediately and nodded.

’So that’s how it is. No wonder it’s so powerful.’

’But I have a question. Weren’t we supposed to be learning a lightweight, frequently used move? How did it end up becoming an Ultimate Skill?’

"Well..."

「Time Dragon Cyan Treasure shakes its head, believing that repeatedly assaulting its physical limits will damage its hard-won lifespan. The Wood Escape Flood Dragon Power is fundamentally a form of Life Power, so it will try to figure out a different way to wield it.」

「"Wood Escape Flood Dragon Power" has reached Entry Level!」

「"Ultimate Skill: Mastery of Wood Escape" has been raised to Entry Level!」

「1,000,000 experience points are needed for the next skill level.」

「Cyan Treasure has successfully learned an Ultimate Skill, taking a firm and powerful step on the path of ’Old Deng’s Comeback.’ Achievement Points +10!」

’Whoa, ten Achievement Points.’

’That means I can get a lot more Cultivation Time for free.’

’But looking at this million-point experience bar, who knows how long that will take to fill. And Cyan Treasure has other Skills to train, too.’

’Unless it can train everything simultaneously, every minute of every day, multitasking to the extreme.’

’Wait a minute.’

Gu Ming recalled the state Cyan Treasure had entered when it broke through its limit. It had used practically all of its Cultivation Skills at once.

’Hmm, why not?’