No, that's not right. He is now a beastmaster and needs to gradually get used to commanding his pet in battle, not fighting personally.

“Mr. Harris! Save me!” Ryan Clark shouted, suddenly realizing his own role.

“Restrain it first! I’ll find a weapon!”

At the same time, the bewildered Mr. Harris, eyes turning sharp with the demon cat’s movement, lunged at the attacking demon cat.

In the blink of an eye, as the two figures clashed, Ryan Clark, who had stepped back to look for a stick or stone as a weapon, heard a miserable scream.

“Meowwwww!!!!” The shrill scream, mixed with a low growl, echoed through the dense forest, making Ryan Clark look over quickly.

He then saw Mr. Harris pinning the demon cat to the ground, biting down on its throat with a domineering roar, as blood splattered everywhere.

The demon cat, which looked extremely fierce, was actually killed in a single blow.

“Uh…” Ryan Clark froze in place, feeling awkward about whether to pick up the stone at his feet or not.

So, after all that analysis and outsmarting the demon cat, what was it all for?

He… seemed to have misjudged both the combat power of the strengthened Mr. Harris and that of the demon cat.

“Woof!!!” At this moment, Mr. Harris, standing in the distance, turned his head and barked at Ryan Clark, as if to say, “Piece of cake,” looking every bit like a war god.

Ryan Clark fell into thought.

He’s showing off.

Something’s off. Could there be a gap even among mid-level transcendent creatures?

And is the difference between level 1 and level 2 not as big as he thought?

Judging by size, this demon cat was indeed more than a level below Mr. Harris.

Sure enough, in nature, size largely determines combat power! Well then…

“Amazing, as expected of the lieutenant I trained.” Ryan Clark could only comment. He really hadn’t expected that even in his normal state, Mr. Harris could be this fierce.

“Woof!” Hearing this, Mr. Harris put on a wise expression, as if to say, “What are you talking about? I don’t understand.”

Chapter 6: Hope for Leveling Up

The demon cat was thus subdued. Ryan Clark looked at the demon cat whose neck had been bitten through, feeling amazed. Although everything here was called a projection, the bleeding demon cat looked every bit like a real living creature…

Poor kitty, you died so miserably.

But it was either you or me.

Hmm?

Before Ryan Clark could reflect for long, suddenly, the demon cat under Mr. Harris’s paw was surrounded by white light. Its body, along with the blood flowing from it, was completely shattered and disappeared within the white glow!

“Woof??”

Seeing his spoils of war mysteriously vanish before his eyes, Mr. Harris looked bewildered.

What surprised him even more was what happened next. Although the demon cat had completely disappeared, there was still a trace left behind. It finally condensed into a firefly-sized point of light and flew into Mr. Harris’s body.

At that moment, Mr. Harris felt his physique had been strengthened a bit more.

“Leveling up by defeating monsters?” Ryan Clark immediately thought of something when he saw the change after the demon cat disappeared, and stared at Mr. Harris.

However, seeing that Mr. Harris’s [Growth Level] was still [Level 1], he couldn’t help but feel puzzled.

“That shouldn’t be wrong… By defeating the enemy, Mr. Harris’s strength increased a bit. Not by much, but it was definitely an improvement.”

“One isn’t enough to level up.”

“How many does it take to reach level 2?”

“Wait! Maybe this is the real purpose of the trial secret realm.” Ryan Clark suddenly thought of many things.

Ryan Clark’s original plan was to just complete the newbie quest normally, avoid conflict, survive the day, and after getting more familiar with what was happening to him, plan and attempt some harder challenges.

But after discovering that defeating monsters could actually level up, and that Mr. Harris’s combat power was far beyond his expectations, his plans wavered.

Is it possible to raise Mr. Harris’s level a bit here?

After all, the final reward seems to be related to performance in the trial. Carefully hiding until the end and surviving through battles to the end must yield different rewards.

Maybe this newbie trial secret realm isn’t as terrifying as he thought. Instead, it’s a great opportunity for newcomers to train.

That previous poster’s miserable experience was probably because they were too weak!

Of course, it’s also possible that there really are even stronger enemies in the secret realm… But at least, if he encounters another demon cat like before, Mr. Harris seems fully capable of handling it!

Ryan Clark was conflicted, wanting to seize every opportunity. He had a hunch that this mysterious black card would definitely affect the world order, but he also worried that his own greed might lead him into danger.

“Woof!!”

At this moment, Mr. Harris kept digging at the ground with his paws, as if trying to find the missing demon cat…

“Stop it.” Ryan Clark said, exasperated, “That guy is completely gone. Next, let’s… just stay put. You take a break and recover your strength.”

“Woof?”

Ryan Clark ignored the head-tilting Mr. Harris. He was actually quite dissatisfied with the effect of the Eye of Data.

If only the Eye of Data could show Mr. Harris’s experience bar from level 1 to level 2, or at least display a percentage. But unfortunately, whether through the Eye of Data or by checking Mr. Harris’s stats via the contract card, he couldn’t find out how many demon cats it would take to go from level 1 to level 2.