First and foremost, the most important task was to secure the stro and most promisih Rhinoceros Beast in the arena.

  No matter what the evaluation criteria would be in ten days, obtaining the best Earth Rhinoceros Beast was the key to survival.

  Lynn and the others had only retly ehe Furnad weren’t even sidered true first-level apprentices. After a few days of training, each of them had been given a beginner’s meditation manual and then immediately sent to the beast arena.

  At this moment, without any magical enhas, all they could rely oheir fists and physical strength.

  Lynn subsciously pinched his arm it was loose, thin, and weak.

  His family oor, and during his developmental years, he had often gone hungry. As a result, he appeared frail and emaciated, a stark trast to the stronger youths around him.

  He gnced around and noticed that most of the others were in a simir state malnourished and sallow-faced.

  However, some came from better backgrounds. They were tall, robust, and naturally had an advantage in this brutal petition.

  At the moment, the Earth Rhinoceros Beasts were zily sprawled across the arena. Eae was in its juveage, ner than a kitten, and didn’t seem particurly threatening.

  Taming them wasn’t difficult, but the real challenge was keeping them oamed.

  Once you set your eyes on a particur beast, it was likely that someone else would try to snatch it from you. The real test was whether you could hold onto it.

  Lynn took a deep breath. After assessing the situation, he didn’t feel entirely disadvahanks to his "Heaven Rewards Diligence" ability, he had thhly mastered the knowledge about Earth Rhinoceros Beasts during the past few days of training.

  At this moment, in this arena, no one uood Earth Rhinoceros Beasts better than he did!

  "Choose the Earth Rhinoceros Beast with the best foundation to raise…"

  Lynn recalled the criteria for judging the quality of these beasts.

  Suddenly, a pierg scream cut through the air.

  Lynn instinctively turned his head and saw a skinny youth clutg a fairly healthy-lookih Rhinoceros Beast, a smug expression on his fabsp;

  However, in the moment, a much taller and stronger youth kicked him hard, sending him flying.

  The Earth Rhinoceros Beast slipped from his hands, and the stronger youth swiftly bent down to pick it up, his movements smooth and decisive.

  The robbed youth gritted his teeth, unwilling to give up. He tried to get up and fight back, but the other youth spped him hard, knog him unscious. He colpsed to the ground, unmoving.

  Lynn frowned, his gaze lingering on the fallen youth.

  If the boy woke up to find that all the better Earth Rhinoceros Beasts had already been taken, his ces of survival would plummet.

  At this rate, in ten days, this youth would almost certainly be the first to be eliminated…

  In four words: a dead end.

  Lynn took a deep breath, tightened his robe, aened his vigireating everyone around him as a potential threat.

  He moved silently, beginning to search for his target in the beast pen.

  The pen wasn’t particurly rge, taining only a few dozeh Rhinoceros Beasts. The most robust ones had already been snatched up by the taller, more muscur youths.

  Lynn and the other weaker youths were left to pick from the discarded beasts.

  "Earth Rhinoceros Beasts are magical creatures. These people are only judging them by their size. Truly, brawn over brains…"

  Lynn crouched down, examining each of the remainis one by one.

  "This one isn’t very rge, but the color in its pupils is deep. Its bloodline tration should be quite good. I’ll mark it as a potential choice."

  "This one already has scales growing on its belly. It’s almost out of its juveage. It’s one of the most talented here, and no one’s noticed it!"

  "This one isn’t bad either…"

  After several beasts, Lynn indeed found many with high bloodline trations but smaller statures.

  Based on his knowledge, this wasn’t unon. Fical beasts, size was only temporary, but the tration of their bloodline would determiheir ultimate potential.

  Suddenly, Lynn’s eyes lit up. His gaze settled on ah Rhinoceros Beast about the size of a kitten.

  This beast was unusually active, stantly barking at him with a wary look in its eyes.

  From the color of its pupils, the shape of its scales, and the extent of its growth, Lynn judged this to be the best-ditioned beast he had found so far.

  Without hesitation, Lynn chose this Earth Rhinoceros Beast!

  Although he hysically weak, dealing with a juvenile Earth Rhinoceros Beast wasn’t too difficult.

  He quickly curled up in his robe, carefully avoiding exposing his skin to its sharp cws, and thely pressed its soft belly to keep it firmly under trol.

  The beast struggled fiercely, but Lynn atient. Each time it calmed down, he loosened his grip slightly, repeating the process.

  Gradually, the beast’s resistance weakened, and it finally submitted under Lynn’s trol.

  Ly out a sigh of relief and carefully picked up the Earth Rhinoceros Beast, gently stroking its rough scales.

  No matter what, in the ing days of the trial, he would have to rely on this beast, and their fates would be tightly iwined.

  "Humans may not io harm tigers, but tigers may still harm humans."

  Lynn remained inwardly vigint.

  He no longer saw those around him as "panions" but rather as potential enemies.

  After all, aside from strengthening his owh Rhinoceros Beast, finding ways to weaken or even kill others’ beasts was aremely effective petitive strategy.

  Especially now, when these Earth Rhinoceros Beasts were still in their juveage, as fragile as kittens.

  Ah ill iions could easily and quietly end the lives of these yous.

  "The beast pen is quite rge. During the ten-day trial, I’ll try to avoid everyone as much as possible…"

  Lynn hugged his Earth Rhinoceros Beast tightly, deliberately distang himself from the others as he cautiously made his way deeper into the pen.

  The pen was indeed spacious, as it was a dedicated area within the Furnace for raising magical beasts.

  However, the danger was still everywhere.

  Lynn reminded himself stantly:

  "Don’t go too far, or you might actally wander into the territory of some powerful beast. Stay within the safe zone, find some fruits to eat, and study the Beginner’s Meditation Manual…"

  He carefully navigated through a dech of trees and found a sheltered er where he could take cover from the wind and rain. He gently set down the Earth Rhinoceros Beast, creating a temporary "home" for it.

  "Ten days. During this time, I o make sure the Earth Rhinoceros Beast eats well, drinks well, sleeps well, and is well-protected…"

  Lynn pihe bridge of his nose, his eyes narrowing as a stream of information surfaced in his mind.

  ………………………………

  Name: Lynn Cole

  Realm: None

  Talent: Heaven Rewards Diligence [As long as you work hard, you will iably reap rewards!]

  Progress:

  Earth Rhinoceros Beast Rearing Knowledge [100%]

  Beginner’s Meditation Manual [35%]

  ………………………………

  Thanks to his "Heaven Rewards Diligence," Lynn had already mastered the knowledge of raisih Rhinoceros Beasts. He was fident that if everythi smoothly, he would be the oanding at the end.

  But the problem was that the beast pen was likely to see unfair petition. Those with brawn might try to use their fists to get ahead.

  "Fortunately, we were given the meditation manual. As long as I work hard and increase my proficy, I’ll have a means of self-defense, especially with the Earth Rhinoceros Beast by my side…"

  Lynn’s thoughts were clear. He reached into the pocket of his robe and pulled out a book titled Beginner’s Meditation Manual.

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