r18novel Chapter 13: Raising a Bottomless Pit
Chapter 13: Raising a Bottomless Pit
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"Looks like we can't just focus on torturing those low-level demons in the wild for the next while. Xiao Dong, starting tomorrow, we'll be undergoing hellish flight coordination training! Pressure training, high-altitude dodging, sudden stop and dive, and my spellcasting coordination during this time... we have to practice everything!"
"We must reduce the error rate in these kinds of emergencies to zero! Otherwise, if something like this happens again when we're truly in danger, it won't be as simple as falling and tripping; it'll really mean going to see Grandma!"
Upon hearing the words "hellish training," the Winter Feather Sparrow involuntarily shivered. But seeing its owner's serious and earnest gaze, it nodded firmly.
"grumble!"
The sun had completely set, and night had enveloped the back mountain.
Lin Ze brushed the grass clippings off his clothes and glanced at the starry night sky.
"Let's go home. Tomorrow's training is going to be tough."
"Chirp chirp!!!"
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After that harrowing freefall incident, Lin Ze finally understood a crucial lesson: not only must you handle your pet well, but you must also train it rigorously.
No matter how talented a demon is, if it doesn't undergo rigorous training and adjustment, it will not only be useless at crucial moments, but will instead become a helpful accomplice in sending its master away.
As a result, in the following period of time, a horrific bird abuse drama would be staged every day on the back mountain outside Bocheng.
Before the morning mist had dissipated, a muffled whooshing sound came from the open space behind the mountain.
"Hurry! Fly higher! Keep your balance, don't wobble!"
Lin Ze stood on a boulder, holding a tree branch he had broken off from somewhere, and shouted at people like a stern drill instructor.
Above his head, the Winterfeather Sparrow gritted its teeth and desperately flapped its ice-blue wings. And beneath its claws, which should have been incredibly nimble, it gripped two enormous sandbags made of coarse cloth, filled with iron filings and gravel!
The two sandbags together weighed several dozen kilograms. Although they were not as heavy as Lin Ze, the sandbags were extremely unstable and swayed back and forth in mid-air with the wind, posing an extremely difficult test to the Winter Feather Sparrow's sense of balance and claw gripping strength.
"Chirp...chirp..."
The winter-feathered finch let out an extremely labored cry, its feathers soaked with sweat, its once brilliant ice-blue now appearing somewhat dull. Each flap of its wings required several times more effort than usual, and its steel-like claws trembled slightly as it gripped the edge of the sandbag tightly.
"Don't complain! Think about how you threw me down that day! If we don't fly for at least two hours today, our extra meal tonight is canceled!" Lin Ze waved the branch in his hand with an iron face, creating a gust of wind.
Upon hearing that the extra meal was canceled, a strong will to survive suddenly ignited in the eyes of the Winter Feather Sparrow. It squeezed out a bit of strength from its body and increased its flight altitude again, circling steadily in mid-air.
In addition to weighted flight training, honing attack capabilities is also of paramount importance.
Lin Ze specifically found an area in the back mountain filled with hard rocks and thick ironwood. Every afternoon, the Winter Feather Sparrow's task was to use its claws to frantically attack these inanimate objects.
"Don't just use brute force! You are a flying and ice-type demon, so you need to attach wing-type magical energy to your claws and use the acceleration of your dive to increase your destructive power!" Lin Ze kept correcting Dong Yuque's power generation technique from the side.
Under Lin Ze's guidance, the Winter Feather Sparrow began to try to mobilize the light and sharp wing attribute energy within its body and gather it on its claws. At first, it often failed to control the balance of energy, causing its attacks to miss their targets, and it even broke its claws on hard rocks, making its eyes water with pain.
But Lin Ze showed no mercy. He knew that the more you sweat in peacetime, the less you bleed in wartime.
Of course, after a slap, you have to give a sweet treat. Although Lin Ze is like a demon during training, he absolutely goes all out when it comes to logistical support.
Every nightfall, the Winter Feather Sparrow, exhausted from a day of grueling training, would collapse onto the floor of the small house like a rag doll. At this time, Lin Ze would sit cross-legged beside it, close his eyes, and summon the moon-white summoning stardust in his spiritual world.
Pure, gentle summoning magic energy flowed continuously into Dong Yuque's body through Lin Ze's palm. This magic energy was like a top-grade nutrient solution, not only quickly repairing the muscle fibers torn by Dong Yuque's overloaded training during the day, but also nourishing its demonic bloodline, causing its physical attributes to undergo a subtle transformation.
Besides being nourished by magical energy, the Winterfeather Sparrow's food and treatment were also outrageous.
"Boss, cut me another twenty catties of top-quality beef hind leg, fresh, the kind with traces of blood!" Lin Zehao slammed a wad of banknotes onto the cutting board in front of a butcher shop in Bocheng Market.
The butcher looked at Lin Ze as if he were a monster: "Brother Lin, is this some kind of tiger you're raising at home? You just bought over ten pounds the day before yesterday, and today you want another twenty pounds? This appetite is too much for most people to handle."
"Hey, don't even mention it, it's like raising a bottomless pit." Lin Ze shook his head with a wry smile.
He never expected that the seemingly small Winter Feather Sparrow would have an even more exaggerated appetite than Dimo! As the intensity of training increased, the Winter Feather Sparrow consumed a lot of energy every day, and its food intake soared from a few kilograms of beef per meal to more than ten or twenty kilograms now, and it still has a continuing upward trend.
If Lin Ze hadn't taken Dimo to hunt demons in the wild every night and earned extra money by selling demon materials, he would have been bankrupted by this bird long ago.
However, as it turns out, Lin Ze's hard-earned money and grueling training were not in vain.
In just a month and a half, the Winter Feather Sparrow's body underwent a dramatic transformation.
Originally, when Lin Ze first captured it from the continent of Carlosia, although its feathers were gorgeous, its size was not particularly exaggerated, and its eyes revealed a kind of clear stupidity, making it look like a large, beautiful pet bird for nobles to admire.
But now, if you take a closer look at this winter-feathered finch, you'll definitely gasp in shock.
Nourished by a large amount of high-quality beef and pure summoning magic, the Winter Feather Sparrow grew to a whole size! When it fully spread its wings in the living room, the wingspan of its ice-blue wings had exceeded 1.3 meters.
Its feathers became fuller and thicker, each feather edge shimmering with a cold, metallic sheen, as if it were draped in a layer of frost armor. Its already sharp beak now resembled a black, barbed dagger, hard enough to easily pierce through steel plates.
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