From the moment Zhang Yi acquired the Divine Enhancement talent, he had an idea: in this life, he would take a unique path and play the class that was scorned by countless players in his previous life, known as the most useless class in the Apocalypse world—the Beastmaster!

In the world of Apocalypse, player classes are divided into seven categories: Warrior, Assassin, Knight, Mage, Archer, Priest, and Beastmaster.

Anyone who has played the game knows the characteristics of these classes, but the only one that stands out is the Beastmaster.

The Beastmaster is unique because it can summon Demonic Beasts to fight for it. The summoned beasts are not restricted by type; they can summon tank-like beasts to absorb damage, mage-like beasts to deal massive damage, or healer-like beasts to provide healing to themselves or teammates. In the late game, a high-level Beastmaster can single-handedly form a team with tanks, healers, and damage dealers!

On the surface, it seems like this class is incredibly powerful, almost as if possessing this class means having all the classes in the Apocalypse world.

Indeed, in the previous life, the "perfect" description (or rather, the hype) of the Beastmaster by the Apocalypse officials led countless players to fall into the trap. It was only later that they realized the Beastmaster class was not just a trap but a divine trap, causing players who chose this class to wake up in the middle of the night crying.

Unlike traditional summoners, the Demonic Beasts summoned by a Beastmaster have an independent development system, unrelated to the Beastmaster's own attributes.

This means that no matter what beast you cultivate, from the moment you start, you have to allocate half of your resources to it. Like players, it needs equipment, learns skills through skill books, and requires player EXP to level up, essentially using the resources of one account to play two characters simultaneously.

With equipment enhancement and skills already being a deep pit, many players later found it hard to support themselves, let alone have the energy and resources to nurture a beast—unless they had a mine at home.

The Beastmaster itself is akin to a mage, but to balance the class, the Beastmaster's attribute growth is the lowest among the seven classes, and its skill damage is extremely low, incomparable to a true powerful mage.

Thus, in the previous life, players who chose the Beastmaster class, upon discovering its pitfalls and unable to change anything, even considered abandoning the summoning ability and playing it as a mage, but that was not feasible because the Beastmaster developed too slowly.

This led to the Beastmaster class being quickly phased out, becoming the object of rejection by countless players. Major teams did not recruit Beastmaster players, and no one wanted to team up with them. The only fate awaiting Beastmasters was extinction.

Later, seeing even one Beastmaster among a hundred players was rare.

However, the class itself is very strong; as long as the resources keep up, the powerful beasts cultivated by a Beastmaster are definitely not weaker than a player's strength!

The surviving Beastmasters from the previous life were quite strong, with their casually summoned beasts having combat power that crushed high-ranking players on the main city leaderboard!

Knowing full well that this class was a trap, Zhang Yi still chose it because Divine Enhancement could compensate for the equipment enhancement pitfall, and Zhang Yi had enough resources to nurture himself and his summoned beasts.

Since the Beastmaster uses a magic staff as a weapon, Zhang Yi asked Ili to help craft a staff for him.

Ili agreed without hesitation: "Warrior, in light of the many wolf pelts you've collected for me, I promise to do my utmost to craft an extraordinary magic staff for you!"

After a pause, Ili continued, "However, crafting weapons takes time, especially the better the weapon, the longer it takes. Come by around six this evening to pick it up."

Zhang Yi nodded, "Thank you, Master Ili."

After submitting the Collect Wolf Pelts quest ten times, accumulating 20,000 EXP, Zhang Yi successfully reached level 10, with his EXP maxed out. Before completing the class change, a player's level cannot exceed 10.

So, after bidding farewell to NPC Ili, Zhang Yi headed to the Mentor Hall located in the center of Hope Town.

As the first player to step into the Mentor Hall, many players passing by the entrance cast envious glances at Zhang Yi.

Player A: "Damn, isn't the Mentor Hall only accessible at level 10? How did this guy reach level 10 so quickly?"

Player B: "Stop yapping, let's hurry and level up. I heard the first hundred players to change classes in each Safe Zone get rewards!"

Player C: "Really? Then what are we waiting for? Let's go grind some monsters!"

Inside the Mentor Hall, seven mentors, each dressed in different attire, awaited Zhang Yi's arrival, each extending an invitation—

The Warrior mentor, clad in golden armor and wielding a longsword, with a burly physique: "Young man, join the Warrior class, and you'll have a physique like mine, with no shortage of admirers surrounding you!"

The Mage mentor, draped in a white robe, gentle in appearance but passionate at heart: "Learn powerful magic with me; there's no enemy a powerful blizzard can't kill. If there is, then two blizzards will do!"

Before the seven mentors could finish their introductions, Zhang Yi walked straight to the Beastmaster mentor: "Hello, Mentor, I want to become a Beastmaster."

The other six mentors cast surprised glances, as Zhang Yi hadn't even looked at them.

The chosen Beastmaster mentor nodded: "Very well, I grant you the qualification to become a Beastmaster."

As soon as the words fell, the Beastmaster mentor waved a hand in front of Zhang Yi, and a beam of golden light descended upon his head—

"Ding~ Congratulations on acquiring the class: Beastmaster!"

"Ding~ Congratulations on becoming the first player in Safe Zone No. 886 to complete the class change. The system will make an area announcement. Would you like to make your ID public or hidden?"

This time, Zhang Yi chose to make it public without hesitation.

Safe Zone No. 886 Area Announcement: "Ding~ Congratulations to player [Yinuo Qingcheng] for successfully changing to the [Beastmaster] class. As the first player in Safe Zone No. 886 to complete the class change, you have received a reward: Human Reputation 1200, Gold Coin 1!"