"Gruno gruno gruno!!!"
Inside the villa.
Die Xiaodie used telekinesis to shove the Electric Bear away.
"Ow?"
"Gruno!"
It pointed at the smoking robot vacuum in the living room, then at the occasional arcs of lightning sparking off the Electric Bear's body, decisively refusing to let it near any electronic devices in the house.
The Electric Bear crouched there, putting on a pitiful, whining expression that didn't match its size.
But Die Xiaodie remained unmoved.
There was no way it was letting that dumb bear into the room either.
It only had one computer and one phone!
Last time, the screen got a crack, and it couldn't bear to replace it!
The Fire Feather Crow watched the lightning arcs dancing around the Electric Bear's body with curiosity.
It crept closer, cautiously extending a wing to test.
It pulled back halfway, then reached out again...
Suddenly,
A bolt of lightning arced out, crackling along the wing and surging through its entire body, making every black and red feather stand on end.
The Fire Feather Crow shuddered violently, letting out a long, wavering cry.
"Caw~~~~~"
Just then,
Su Hao pushed the door open, caught the burnt smell in the dorm, and immediately knew what had happened.
"Didn't I tell you to stay outside?"
"Wah wah wah~"
"Fine."
Thinking that the Electric Bear was new to the human world, much like the Water Spirit Horse had been back then—just with far more destructive power—he didn't scold it.
But he couldn't let it stay either.
If the Electric Bear suddenly shuddered and unleashed countless bolts of lightning, it might blow up the whole villa.
He was broke lately.
Couldn't afford that!
"Come on, I'll take you to get familiar with your power."
He added, "The day you can perfectly control your power is the day you get to touch computers and games."
Die Xiaodie, rarely on his side, nodded.
"Wah? Ow ow ow~!"
...
At the training building not far from the dorm area, Su Hao brought the Electric Bear.
He paused in the lobby, glancing at the introductions for the training facilities.
"Gravity Room, Adaptive Space, Dream Shooting Range, Impact Collision Chamber..."
"Forget it, let's first test the Electric Bear's current attack power."
He walked to the testing area, swiped his student card with a "beep."
Here, it was further divided into several halls.
Some tested move power, some tested speed, some reaction time, and some defense.
Power Testing Hall.
Su Hao looked around. Over twenty move power testing machines were lined up in a row. He gestured for the Electric Bear to head toward one.
Suddenly, he heard a familiar voice.
"Hah!"
"Hah!"
He looked over. At the far end of the hall, in front of a testing machine, a bowl-cut-haired boy stood in a lunge stance, twisting his waist back, winding up his arm, then throwing a fierce punch.
His fist slammed into the target that measured move power.
Boom~!
A slight tremor.
The power value appeared: 155 Dang!
"Holy crap!"
"That's equivalent to a full-force strike from a beginner-level spirit!"
"Li, are you human or a spirit?!"
Hearing the voices, Li Songting turned around and noticed the Electric Bear behind Su Hao.
"Your new spirit? I just contracted one too, from my teacher."
Su Hao then noticed a cute, goofy-looking spirit at Li Songting's feet.
It looked similar to the Electric Bear before evolution.
A baby panda.
His mouth twitched. "Don't tell me your teacher got it from a friend?"
"How did you know?" Li Songting looked surprised.
Su Hao: "..."
Because he'd just come back from Bear King Mountain!
At this exact time, another baby panda with huge potential...
He could only sigh. Bu Tianwang and Xiong Tianwang were similar in build, so it made sense they were close.
...
In front of a power testing machine, Su Hao kept a two-meter distance from the Electric Bear.
"Use your best move to attack... wait, use a small-scale move to hit that target."
The Electric Bear scratched its head.
It said it was good at all its moves.
Su Hao: "..."
He pulled up the Electric Bear's panel.
After contracting, the panel showed more detailed data.
[Electric Bear (Beginner Advanced)]
[Ability: Lightning Net (click to view)]
[Moves: Charge, Shock, Roar, Flesh Impact, Power-Up Punch, Gravity, Lightning Palm, Lightning Charge, Thunderbolt, Lightning Ball, Raging Thunder, Magnetic Bind, Thunder Prison]
He scanned through.
Thunder Prison... was learned not long ago during evolution.
A top-tier lightning move.
Even for an elite-level spirit, let alone a beginner-level bear like this, it would be hard to execute.
"But with its lightning control ability, under the right conditions—like a thunderstorm—it could pull off the Thunder Prison move."
Lightning Charge, Lightning Ball, etc., were also high-tier moves.
They made a big show.
But their point-blank power wasn't necessarily the strongest... no need to test with those.
"Use Lightning Palm."
"Ow ow~"
It nodded.
It extended its paw, and arcs of lightning began to dance, slowly enveloping the entire paw.
Then it cautiously approached.
"Harder, go all out!"
"Ow?"
"Ow!"
It seemed to understand that this machine could take a beating.
The lightning on its paw flared brightly, and it swung forward fiercely.
Boom!!!
The bear's strength and the lightning's destructive power erupted at the same time.
The target in front trembled constantly, the surrounding arcs gradually absorbed, until finally...
"Ding!"
"2020 Dang!"
Liu Ren, who had just rushed over to challenge Su Hao's new spirit, swallowed the words he was about to say and replaced them with a "Holy crap."
"Your bear is elite-level? No, definitely not."
"It's just beginner advanced."
Su Hao said.
Two thousand Dang of destructive power was the baseline for elite-level.
Yet the Electric Bear's spiritual power was only a little over six hundred, and its beginner-level limit was probably slightly higher than Die Xiaodie's back then.
It was still in the early-to-mid stages of development.
"As expected of LV2 Lightning Control..."
At that moment,
The Electric Bear looked at its own paw, then at the move power testing machine that didn't seem to be smoking.
It suddenly got interested.
It raised its arm and swung, one paw after another.
"Thud—"
"Thud—"
"Thud thud thud thud—"
The target kept shaking, making a cracking sound.
A series of numbers appeared, and Su Hao quickly called the silly bear to stop.
...
A few minutes later, in the advanced training room.
The Electric Bear held its paws together, forming a massive lightning ball between them, with countless sparks dancing, and pushed it out.
Boom~!
The entire training room was woven with lightning arcs, some even reaching Su Hao, causing a protective barrier to appear around him.
"Gather all the lightning."
"Ow ow~"
The Electric Bear waved its paw, and the scattered arcs instantly converged, slithering like lightning snakes around its furry body.
That was elemental control!
After a spirit unleashed a move, it could only barely control it through a faint connection.
Like Die Xiaodie's spinning energy ball.
But the Electric Bear...
"If it fought a lightning-type spirit, it could probably control the opponent's move and send it back.
"By the time the Electric Bear reaches the transcendent level, its elemental control range will definitely be wider than an ordinary transcendent's."
Based on the panel hints (scratch that).
Based on his rich experience and insight, he guided the Electric Bear.
Helping it better use its abilities.
Two hours later.
The Electric Bear manipulated lightning with increasing ease.
Lightning turned into whips and nets, swinging freely like extensions of its arms.
Suddenly,
A lightning whip lashed out, wrapping around a charred dummy.
The Electric Bear yanked hard, pulling the fixed dummy apart. The upper half tore off, wood chips flying, and the Electric Bear swung a paw.
Boom!
The entire dummy shattered into pieces.
Su Hao rubbed his chin.
"I've got an idea for the Electric Bear's development direction."