Beast Taming: the More the Better

Chapter 138: Chapter 115: Paper Swords! The Perfected Paper Body Joint! (Extra for Libra the Sage Alliance Master)_2

The soul of this Paperman is incomplete! It’s not whole! How can such a Pet Beast be considered a Pet Beast? Therefore, there’s no possibility of evolution from a single Paperman. Forcing evolution would only result in deformed creatures like armored Papermen!

But at this moment, the slowly forming mini paper sword seemed to pierce directly through Su Ping’s mind, lighting up a bright spark within his heart. His goosebumps erupted at that instant.

A Breeder, that’s what the profession is all about! Knowledge, experience, and breeding history might not be as important as a clear direction and a flash of insight on the right path! Of course, at this point for Su Ping, it was more than just a moment of inspiration! It was freaking explosive inspiration, an explosion that left his brain blank. It felt like a current of electricity shooting up from his spine to the crown of his head.

And that spark came from reading Mu Yu’s manuscript and, most importantly, the ’Paper Body Joint’ skill from the Myriad Spirit Beast Atlas’s racial skills. Paper Body Joint! Is it really just the body that’s being jointed? Is it possible that during the Paper Body Folding and Jointing process, the soul also undergoes this so-called jointing?

Instantly, Su Ping turned his head, his eyes shining with a green glow in the darkness of night. The ones he was staring at were the ten Papermen who were still BABBLING. Clearly, to make these Papermen fulfill his ideas, an essential point was required: to make them listen to him and morph into the form he wanted to see. Before having the idea, it was a difficult task, but with the idea in mind, they had to be transformed, even if by force. Without further ado, he needed to experiment first to see whether his idea was right or wrong. Could Paper Body Jointing really make the Papermen evolve?

So, Su Ping decisively grabbed a piece of white paper and a brush and drew a sword. Nothing special, it was just an ordinary longsword. But soon, apart from the longsword itself, he also drew the segmented parts. Here, Su Ping had to once again thank the heritage of the Fengdu Sword King, which allowed Su Ping, who was originally clueless about this, to now have a general understanding. There was also the earlier demonstration by the Little Paperman.

After two hours, Su Ping put down the brush with satisfaction. Apart from the complete form of the longsword, Su Ping had divided the rest into three parts.

First was the Sword Heart, or rather the sword core, which formed the inner core of the paper sword and was also the first thing that Qian Yi had crafted.

Next was the sword body, the most important part of a sword; only with a sharp blade could it unleash the maximum power of an attack!

Finally, there were the sword guard and hilt, connected to the sword body. This part required no further explanation.

Su Ping had spent two hours drawing these three components, so they were naturally extremely detailed, visible from all angles, even down to the specific dimensions and the combination points where the sword body enveloped the sword core. The grooves connecting the sword core to the hilt, as well as the interlocking teeth of the sword body, guard, and hilt, were all meticulously depicted by Su Ping.

He didn’t think about those Commander Level Sword Devices he had seen in the Sword King Secret Realm, those with Attribute changes and Skills surpassing Metal Element Sword-type Pet Beasts. You have to eat one bite at a time and walk step by step. First, creating the Paperman’s Paper Body Folding was the most important.

Once the basic setup was done, it was time for the components. Immediately, Su Ping’s gaze toward those BABBLING Papermen turned sour. However, Su Ping didn’t rush to take forceful measures but looked at the Little Paperman.

”Qian Yi, can you transform into this shape?” Su Ping pointed at the most central component, the sword core.

The Little Paperman scratched its head; it really disliked changing shapes, though it was proficient in the ’face-changing’ technique. However, in response to its master’s demand, it chose to nod. Thus, the Little Paperman, for the first time in front of Su Ping, changed its form. Its paper body slowly softened, and then, as the sheets moved, it transformed into a forty-some-centimeter sword core.

Su Ping nodded in satisfaction. Then, he turned to one of the Papermen, pulled it over, and had the Paperman, which had witnessed the entire scene, look at Qian Yi, the Little Paperman that had changed into the sword core.

”BABBLING...”

Su Ping pursed his lips. He was not one to advocate violence, but at this moment, he too wanted to knock some sense into this foolish thing’s head. Was his intention not expressed clearly enough?

Fortunately, this creature’s intelligence and self-awareness were indeed not very bright, just as Breeder Mu Yu had written in his diary, but it seemed to grasp the basic idea. Its body slowly softened, and then, astonishingly, within three minutes, Su Ping had modified and reshaped it into sword core components that looked exactly like those of the Little Paperman. Lucky that he had Little Paperman Qian Yi; otherwise, Su Ping really would have had to start ”folding paper airplanes.”

”Very good! Hold that shape!”

Su Ping thought for a moment and set the transformed Paperman aside to avoid interfering with the next change.

”Qian Yi, revert for a moment.”

Immediately, the Little Paperman returned to its original form. ”WOAH!”

Then, under Su Ping’s instruction, it once again transformed into the shape of a sword hilt. Following this example, Su Ping pulled out another Paperman, having it change into the sword hilt as well.

Finally, after half an hour, the remaining seven Papermen were still over there BABBLING, while Su Ping, looking at the three Papermen transformed into the ’sword core’, ’sword body’, and ’sword hilt’, held his breath deeply. Next, it was time to witness the miracle!

Fortunately, the transformed Papermen still maintained their rigid thinking and lack of self-awareness, so they hadn’t moved or changed much during this time. Thus, even when Su Ping picked them up, there was no resistance.

Su Ping first picked up the central sword core, aligned it with the sword body, and slowly pushed it into place along the joint slots. There was no sound or movement, but at that moment, the two original Papermen seemed to merge into one. But clearly, that was not the end!

Su Ping exhaled deeply. The Little Paperman watched intently from the side. After all, within the Little Paperman’s body, there was a ’Sword Soul Mark’. Moreover, it was a special life form and consciousness born from a Spiritual Level Resource Soul Seed and the Sword Soul Mark. It had a tremendous talent and curiosity for anything related to swords. Naturally, Su Ping’s actions attracted all of the Little Paperman’s attention. It watched each of Su Ping’s movements meticulously. For some reason, the Little Paperman felt that whatever was about to happen would be greatly related to itself.

Su Ping, at that moment, could no longer pay attention to the Little Paperman’s gaze. He took the paper sword, which contained the sword body and part of the sword core, and from the bottom groove, finally, slowly joined it with the Paperman transformed into the sword guard and hilt.

CLICK.

The clear sound seemed to turn the gears of the world.

Finally, the three Papermen, in this manner, became intimately one before Su Ping’s eyes!

A very simple yet utterly pure, pale paper sword thus appeared before Su Ping and the Little Paperman. An unmistakable, abstract longing emerged in the Little Paperman’s expression.

But Su Ping continued to stare intently at the changes on the paper sword. This continued for less than half a minute. Then, in his line of sight, a point of light emerged from this paper sword. The next moment, within the Eye of Truth, the meaning behind this light appeared!

Su Ping’s pupils suddenly shrank, and then he was overcome with unimaginable ecstasy.

Because that was indeed:

[Paper Body Joint (Beginner)]