My beast can't be a demon.

In a few days, Zhou Lu went from being an unknown person to a unique genius in history.

The key is that his genius is proven by actual combat, not the product of deliberate hype by someone with ulterior motives.

This makes him the target of many forces.

However, Zhou Lu rejected all these offers.

He has no time to get involved in such things now.

The improvement of Hua Huo's strength is the top priority.

After preparing for a few days, Zhou Lu finally waited for the day of the A-level exploration certificate exam.

The A-level exploration certificate exam did not raise the strength to the level of quasi-god.

After all, it is an exam, how can it be impossible for everyone to fail.

However, even if the target of the battle is a third-level spirit pet, it is also the top existence of the same level.

In this exploration certificate exam, the enemy that Zhou Lu and Hua Huo have to face is the third-level double-winged Charmander.

As a rare dragon-type spirit pet, the strength of Charmander can be said to be not to be underestimated.

Although Hua Huo was already a fourth-level quasi-god, Zhou Lu still tried his best to perfect the plan and tactics when facing a battle with mutually exclusive attributes.

The location of the exam was in the limited-open A-level volcanic secret realm.

When Zhou Lu arrived, there were not many people in the entire exam preparation hall.

It was not that he was late, but the threshold for the A-level exploration certificate exam was so high.

There were only a few third-level beastmasters who dared to challenge the A-level secret realm.

And how could a fourth-level beastmaster be common?

Therefore, there were often very few people who actually participated in the fourth-level exploration certificate exam.

Not long after Zhou Lu sat down, he heard the number being called.

Then he saw a man being taken out of the secret realm by the safety teacher in a very embarrassed manner.

"Is this a little fire dragon?"

"Whose little fire dragon is this?"

He cursed in shock.

Zhou Lu watched the other party leave, and couldn't help but become interested in the little fire dragon inside.

I don't know if I can give Hua Huo some surprises.

The A-level volcanic secret realm is much hotter than the volcano during the last B-level exploration certificate exam.

Zhou Lu stood there, and he could feel his lungs burning just by breathing.

He raised his eyebrows slightly.

It seems that this exam not only tests the spirit pet, but also the beastmaster.

If the beastmaster himself does not prepare enough, even if the spirit pet is strong, it is easy to be defeated.

Fortunately, Zhou Lu has made sufficient preparations for almost every secret realm exploration since he suffered a loss in the last snow mountain secret realm.

He quickly took out the fireproof suit he got from Li Yi.

At the moment when the respiratory system was opened, Zhou Lu felt that his breathing was much smoother.

Although the fireflies on the side are plants, they are much stronger than Zhou Lu.

It folded its leaves and covered its body with mucus, and it resisted the critical hit given by this wave of environment.

"Very good, let's go up." Zhou Lu picked up the temperature detection instrument in his hand and said to the fireflies.

When it comes to the A-level exploration certificate exam, the rules no longer completely prohibit the use of beast technology props.

If someone can pass the A-level exam with just technology products, then this technology can definitely lead human technology to soar - and without the assistance of divine beasts.

Although human beast control technology is developing rapidly, there are not many key breakthroughs in terms of strength. Therefore, in the battle of high-end combat power, it can only exist as an auxiliary at most.

Although Charmanders live in volcanic areas, they do not like boiling magma themselves, but prefer to live in the cooler areas near volcanoes.

As long as there is a choice, no creature will actively put itself in a dangerous situation.

Zhou Lu quickly found the track of Charmander on the volcanic ash.

He squatted down and took out the Ghost Heart Purple Mushroom directly.

With the release of the Ghost Heart Purple Mushroom, the track of Charmander's actions in the past period of time was displayed in front of Zhou Lu.

Zhou Lu did not hesitate and decisively took Hua Huo to chase.

"Wait a minute!" But at this moment, Hua Huo seemed to have discovered something and called Zhou Lu.

"What's wrong?"

"The volcanic ash here seems to be very good!" Hua Huo stepped on the thick layer of volcanic ash on the ground with his roots, and then gave a perfect evaluation, "Let's dig some back and mix it with nutrient soil?"

Although Hua Huo can now completely get rid of the constraints of the soil, it still retains the habit of soaking in nutrient soil at night.

Zhou Lu didn't think there was anything wrong, so he squatted down with Hua Huo to collect the volcanic ash on the ground.

"President, why are you here?"

At this time, an uninvited guest was welcomed outside the examination hall of the Explorer Association.

His name is Ma Degong, and he is the president of the New Guangdong Explorer Association.

This time, the main purpose of coming here is actually for Zhou Lu.

Unfortunately, Zhou Lu happened to take the exam on the day he came.

So Ma Degong came to the Explorer Association without stopping.

Just like the previous Explorer Certificate Examination, in order to avoid someone taking advantage of the mechanism and BUG, ​​the content of the Explorer Certificate Examination is open to the entire network, allowing all discerning people to check whether there is any violation.

When Ma Degong arrived, he saw Zhou Lu and Hua Huo digging volcanic ash in the live broadcast.

No!

The quasi-god?

Where is the battle I was looking forward to? Why are you digging?

Zhou Luke didn't care about outsiders' opinions at all.

After checking the state of the volcanic ash, he came to the same conclusion as Hanabi.

The quality of these volcanic ash is excellent, and somehow it is full of all the basic nutrients needed for the growth of Hanabi. It can be said to be the perfect nutrition for Hanabi.

In a short time, Hanabi dug a lot.

At the same time, Charmander, who was waiting for the candidates to come over, was feeling depressed.

If I remember correctly, should I have received notification of the entrance of the candidates?

Why hasn't anyone come yet?

Could something happen?

Charmander, who was ready to fight, left his place out of worry and began to look for traces of Zhou Lu and Hua Huo.

Their traces are not difficult to find. After all, a flash of green suddenly appears in the crater. Unless the Charmander is under the eyes, it will be discovered at once.

When he saw Zhou Lu and Hanabi digging the soil, Charmander suddenly couldn't hold himself any longer.

no!

Taking the exam now!

Can you be more serious?

Charmander was about to give them a good look, but found that his body suddenly couldn't move.

Several vines suddenly sprang out from the void, binding the little fire dragon tightly in the sky.

no?

What ability is this! ? Charmander looked at the vines on his body in surprise.

Space system?

This was Charmander's mistake.

Although Hanabi has absorbed some space-based abilities, the move she used to tie up Charmander was just a little bit of his creativity.

The branches of the little grass can now shrink to the size of mosquitoes.

Hanabi only needs to control the intensity of the vines released by these branches to create the effect of a vine being ejected from one branch.

Judging from the picture, it seems as if vines appeared out of thin air and wrapped him tightly.

Charmander tried to break free.

It unfolded its complete form, and at that moment the flames lit up the sky.

The huge little fire dragon basically appeared in a way that covered the sky and the sun.

With such a size, it is definitely considered huge among the Charmanders.

However, this struggle is in vain.

In fact, the battle ended the moment Hanabi caught Charmander with a vine.

Although there is a restraint relationship between the two parties in terms of attributes, Hanabi has a higher rank and is blessed by mucus, so ordinary flames cannot enter her body.

The gap between the third level and the fourth level is like a chasm, and not all spiritual beasts can cross it.

Even Hanabi, after accumulating so many attribute bonuses, has never been able to fight from level 3 to level 4.

At least in terms of the position of spiritual pets, it is almost impossible to challenge someone above level three.

However, Zhou Lu was not in a hurry to let Hanabi defeat Charmander directly, but controlled it temporarily.

Zhou Lu would never give up on such high-quality soil materials.

Even if it is not added as a soil material, there is no problem at all as a natural fertilizer.

Once Charmander is defeated, their temporary infiltration qualification will be instantly canceled, and even the characters will be ejected out of the secret realm.

Zhou Lu didn't want to leave the secret realm so soon.

With this thought in mind, Zhou Lu hung the little fire dragon there like a kite.

Seeing this scene, Ma Degong was a little nervous.

No, can it still be like this?

This is an exam! Have you considered this as a test?

But Ma Degong couldn't say anything about this, because theoretically, the trapped Charmander was indeed not defeated, because it still had a chance to resist.

This damn mountain is the mountain of our association!

What really made Ma Degong feel pain was Zhou Lu's crazy digging behavior.

No. 3 volcanic ash, as a very high-quality fertilizer raw material, can be said to be famous throughout the world.

This is an important source of income for the Explorers Association.

"Quick, give the notice! Tell them that the exam time is almost over!" Ma Degong looked at the rapidly decreasing volcanic ash and said anxiously to the staff.

When the staff heard this, they were slightly startled: "Is there such a rule?"

"Of course, Article 323." Ma Degong said quickly.

This rule requires that the exam be limited to five hours.

Although as an exam, it is normal to have a time limit.

But the reasons for the birth of these 323 are somewhat abstract.

Before this rule was born, many beastmasters would actually study some underworld routines to skip classes and obtain exploration certificates.

The most inhumane among them is Gou Huoliu.

The bosses in the exploration certificate exam are not real wild spiritual beasts. As long as they are spiritual pets, their owners will have use for them.

At that time, as long as the other party takes back their spiritual pets, these surviving beast masters will be able to pass the exam.

This urination-holding tactic is very time-consuming.

The most exaggerated time was when someone stayed in a temporary copy of the exam for a whole month, just to survive until the opponent's beast master couldn't help but take back his spiritual pet.

At that time, some people even threatened: "What's so difficult about the A-level exploration certificate exam? After entering the exam, just survive until the opponent's beast master dies suddenly, and you can pass the exam."

This is how the law of Article 323 was created.

Of course, after today, Ma Degong plans to add a new rule in the decree that mining is not allowed during the exam.

Unfortunately, the regulations that appear later do not apply to Zhou Lu.

According to Article 323, anyone who survives five hours in the exam copy can directly obtain an exploration certificate.

After all, those who can survive for five hours in that environment are also capable people.

In the real secret realm, they will not touch too dangerous ruins.

Of course, in order to prevent someone from going deeper into the survival flow because of this decree, all the test pets have shown strong aggressiveness since then.

Just like the little fire dragon this time, once the examinee does not appear in front of the spirit beast within the scheduled time, it will go looking for you.

Of course, all this has nothing to do with Zhou Lu.

After he came out of the secret realm, he met Ma Degong head-on.

Holding Ma Degong's business card, Zhou Lu greeted him gently.

"I see that your new fourth-level spirit pet seems to have not been decided yet?" During the small talk, Ma Degong said with a see-through look.

Hearing Ma Degong's words, Zhou Lu immediately knew that some people were taking action, and he asked directly: "Are there any good choices?"

Ma Degong then explained his purpose: "Are you interested in representing Xin Yuezhou in the competition organized by the Rongjunyuan?"

Competition organized by the Rongjunyuan?

Zhou Lu was instantly alert when he heard this.

Such competitions are often prepared by the beasts in the Rongjunyuan to find suitable beastmasters. ,

Is there another beast planning to select its owner?

Zhou Lu smiled and declined while thinking: "No need..."

"Are you not interested in contracting a beast?"

"The main reason is that I am from Xin'an and cannot sign up for the competition here, right?"

Hearing Zhou Lu's words, Ma Degong laughed and said no problem, no problem.

Zhou Lu didn't know how to refuse this attentive attitude for a while.

However, Zhou Lu considered it again and again and rejected Ma Degong's invitation again.

It's not that he has no interest in the contract of the divine beast.

He is really too interested.

If there is a divine beast around, Hua Huo can take fewer detours when evolving into a fifth-level true god.

It's just that Zhou Lu always remembers Wu Sicheng's help to him.

If he really wants to participate in the competition for the divine beast contract, he should participate as a student of Xin'an Beast Control Academy, not as a student who is now awkwardly studying and exchanging.

Of course, Zhou Lu quickly put this matter aside.

For him, it is more important for Hua Huo to stack attributes and grow.

With this idea, Zhou Lu basically came to the front desk of the Explorer Association as soon as the certificate was officially issued after the exploration certificate exam.

He planned to see what new A-level secret realms were added first. These are not fully available on the Internet. They belong to the "new game" that has just been launched and are in the state of opening up. It is the fastest way for novices to become stronger.

Zhou Lu did not rush to open up the land, but found a secret realm with a clear group of ruins, and planned to go there first to see if there is any "food" for Hua Huo.