"What’s this person talking about?" someone asked, confused.
"A rare Pet Beast! Qiao Sang’s third Pet Beast is a rare one!" another contestant who had just finished looking up information exclaimed with a red face and a thick neck, trembling hands and feet—an epitome of extreme excitement.
This voice, like a fuse just ignited, first stunned the entire auditorium, and then set it ablaze.
From parents to students, from leaders to contestants, from common folks to Beast Tamers, everyone was in an uproar.
, the entire Beast Taming High School in Huicheng erupted into a deafening noise.
"Damn... Damn damn damn!"
"A rare Pet Beast? Is it the kind of rare Pet Beast I’m thinking of?!"
"Ahhhhh! Mom! I saw a rare Pet Beast!"
"What’s the name of this Pet Beast?!"
"Binglu Qia! It’s called Binglu Qia!"
"I don’t understand! Why can Qiao Sang contract a rare Pet Beast! Why!"
"This kid is amazing! He can contract even a nearly extinct Pet Beast! A legend!"
"Is it true?! Is this for real?!"
"Just look it up online yourself and you’ll know!"
"This is impossible!" Old Li almost reflexively exclaimed from the back of the spectator stands.
"Damn brother, you scared me!" The person sitting next to him, as if just realizing there was someone like that beside him, patted his chest to calm his startled heart and said with understanding,
"I know it’s hard for you to believe, I can hardly believe it myself, but I just looked it up, and it really is a rare Pet Beast, from the Ancient Mist Region no less."
A high school student has contracted a rare Pet Beast, and it’s even from another region.
Does that even make sense?
Not even in his wildest dreams would he dare imagine such a thing!
Although Old Li didn’t want to believe it, all he heard around him was various exclamations of shock.
One person might have looked up the wrong information out of stupidity, but it can’t be that everyone got it wrong!
Old Li shakily took out his phone and started looking up the four characters "Binglu Qia".
Old Li clicked on the image, shaking as he lifted his phone to compare the picture with the light blue Pet Beast on the field.
Just as the white mist on the field cleared, the light blue Pet Beast had vanished.
Suddenly, the scene descended into chaos.
"Where’s Binglu Qia?!"
"Where’s my Binglu Qia?!"
"Help! The rare Pet Beast is missing!"
"Call the police, quick!"
"Don’t panic! The data says Binglu Qia has the ability to melt into water, it must have merged into the water!"
"But there’s no water on the field!"
"It’s a Water-type Pet Beast, it can create water!"
Just as this person guessed, Lubao had sprayed water on the ground while hiding in the mist and jumped in, disappearing without a trace.
Qiao Sang watched the situation on the field calmly.
To say something that would sting Lubao’s heart, Lubao was indeed the weakest among his three Pet Beasts.
During the preliminary competition, he wasn’t clear on the level of the other competitors, so he sent out Yaobao and Xiao Xunbao hoping to secure a sure victory.
Now that the preliminary competition was over, he had studied the top-ranked participants in the province, and while Yaobao and Xiao Xunbao were fine, Lubao was a different story.
True, Lubao had Healing Light, but it only restored the state, not energy.
Pet Beasts without energy can only endure hits.
In plain terms, the effect of Healing Light in combat wasn’t omnipotent in terms of recovery.
It’s like playing a game—if you only have a health bar and no mana, what’s the difference between you and a minion?
Moreover, without mana, even the health bar can’t be replenished.
The National Beast Taming High School League would last three months, from the provincial competition to the sectional and then to the final.
Of these, the provincial competition was the most relaxed and simple; as one advanced to the sectional matches, opponents would only get stronger.
Lubao’s practical experience was just too limited.
Despite Lubao’s battle training during this period, in reality, it wasn’t very useful.
Whenever Xu Yixuan and her group faced Lubao, they would subconsciously go easy and not fight seriously, leading to Lubao’s lack of significant improvement in real combat, unlike Yaobao and the others who progressed much faster.
If Lubao didn’t gain more practical experience and quickly become stronger, when the later stages of the competition came, deploying Lubao might make victory uncertain.
Xu Yixuan was undoubtedly a good opponent. Although she was usually lazy and relaxed during practice, hardly getting into the zone, it wasn’t hard to see during the qualifier that she could quickly adapt to the strength of her opponent.
Now that it was the official group stage, Xu Yixuan would probably get serious as she had said... Qiao Sang watched the commotion on the field and suddenly spoke, "Now is the moment!"
A figure of Lubao suddenly shot out from a small pool of water behind Blazehound, its tail already enveloped by the water flow and brutally swung over.
Xu Yixuan did not issue a command, and in the nick of time, Blazehound split into two, executing a Shadow Clone, and became two dogs.
The water tail hit nothing.
Xu Yixuan was now in a state of extreme struggle.
On one hand, she was really reluctant to hit Binglu Qia, fearing a mishap that could land her in a police station.
On the other hand, she was well aware that this was her last National Beast Taming High School League, and that fighting seriously was a show of respect for both herself and her opponent.
Blazehound suddenly let out a serious cry.
Xu Yixuan took a deep breath—yes, all the long training was for this moment, wasn’t it?
Hopefully, her family would be able to bail her out afterwards!
Two identical Blazehounds swiftly ignited into flames and charged ferociously towards Lubao, not far away.
Watching the swiftly approaching Blazehounds, Lubao was calm and composed, leapt up, and vanished from sight.
One of the Blazehounds collided with a rock, causing the rock to explode, scattering debris everywhere.
It was the water from earlier, caused by the spillover from the water tail... Xu Yixuan didn’t spend long contemplating; she commanded, "Sweep the ground with fire!"
At the same time, Qiao Sang shouted, "The one on the left!"
It was well-known that Pet Beasts’ Doppelgangers were fragile, and they’d usually disappear with a bit of damage, but the Blazehound on the left hadn’t disappeared even after smashing the rock.
There were two possibilities—it was either the decoy or the original.
Qiao Sang immediately deduced it was the original.
Xu Yixuan’s Blazehound could do Shadow Clone, not decoys, which was the benefit of intelligence.
Lubao suddenly burst out from behind the Blazehound on the left, its tail wrapped in water flow striking down heavily once more!
The Blazehound, in the midst of gathering energy to release fire towards the ground, failed to dodge and took a direct hit, letting out a scream of pain.
Owing to the severe damage and unstable energy, the other Blazehound vanished on the spot.
As Lubao landed a hit on the Blazehound, which was both a Fire Element and resembled Yaobao in size, it couldn’t help but curl the corner of its mouth upwards.
With this curl, the situation on the field began to spiral out of control again.