Beast Taming: Starting From Zero - Chapter 1372

Chapter 1372. Chapter 1367: The Fourth Round (Combined)

After finishing their meal, Ya Bao and the others headed to the open-air training ground.

“Tingting?”

Ting Bao quickly finished its energy meal, looked up, and called out, indicating that it could train now.

“No, the potion was taken yesterday at noon, and a day hasn’t passed yet,” Qiao Sang said.

“Tingting…”

Ting Bao looked disappointed.

Seeing this, Michaela guessed, “Does Thunder Reverse Dragon want to train?”

Qiao Sang hummed in agreement.

“Why does Thunder Reverse Dragon suddenly want to train?” Michaela couldn’t help but ask.

She remembered that getting Thunder Reverse Dragon to train was like asking it to complete a task; it would only do it if told. Now, it seemed to have brought it up on its own initiative.

“Tingting…”

Ting Bao glared at Michaela, yellow arcs of electricity crackling around its body.

What did this human mean?

Why couldn’t it suddenly want to train?

Because I provoked it with you… Qiao Sang felt a little guilty. First, she looked at Tingbao, signaling it not to discharge electricity, and then pretended to think before saying, “There might not be many matches left in the Master Challenge. Tingbao wants to improve quickly to participate in the competition.”

I never noticed that Lei Ni Long wanted to participate in the competition so much before… Michaela remembered the lightning power that Lei Ni Long had just restrained, but ultimately didn’t say it aloud.

After eating a few bites, she and Penjiamei disappeared from the spot.

Qiao Sang was used to it. Ever since Xiao Xunbao borrowed a few lives from Teacher Michaela, Teacher Michaela would find an excuse to leave the villa whenever Xiao Xunbao went out to train.

“Xia Xia.”

Sharara finished the last bite of her energy meal and called out, indicating that she could go to train.

“Okay.” Qiao Sang picked her up and headed to the open space.

Tingbao, having nothing to do, wiggled its body and followed behind.

…

“Xia Xia…”

Ten minutes later, Sharara’s size slowly shrank in battle form, returning to normal form.

“Little Treasure Hunter,” Qiao Sang called out.

“Xunxun~” Little Treasure Hunter appeared

out of thin air beside her. “Bring out a few bottles of energy recovery fluid,” Qiao Sang said.

“Xunxun?” Little Treasure Hunter took off its ring, pulled out five bottles of energy recovery fluid, and then barked, indicating if there was anything else.

“No, go train,” Qiao Sang said.

“Xunxun~” Little Treasure Hunter disappeared on the spot.

Xia Lala picked up a bottle of energy recovery fluid and drank it. Almost the instant it drank it, its eyes widened, and it barked:

“Xia Xia.”

Its energy recovered so quickly.

“Xia Xia!”

Two seconds later, Xia Lala’s eyes widened even more.

Its energy seemed to have been fully restored!

Qiao Sang smiled and said, “Because this is a B-grade energy recovery fluid.”

“Xia Xia?” Xia Lala looked hesitant and barked, indicating that it was too wasteful to

use B-grade energy recovery fluid on it. Although it hadn’t been out playing for long, it knew that any B-grade resources were a luxury for a beginner pet.

“How could that be?” Qiao Sang waved her hand, saying magnanimously, “Energy recovery fluid is for restoring energy. Money isn’t important, as long as it works.”

To be honest, B-grade energy recovery fluid was nothing to her now, let alone for Xia Lala.

Ting Bao, seeing this, thought to itself that it hadn’t chosen the wrong beast tamer.

Xia Lala showed a touched expression, but it quickly remembered something and called out, “Xia Xia.”   It was better not to use the B-grade energy recovery fluid on it; it could recover its energy on its own, just a little slower.   Any pet can recover energy and injuries over time, but it takes much longer. Qiao Sang remembered what Xia Lala had said at the dinner table and said,

”   Didn’t you say you like training? Recovering energy quickly allows for longer training sessions. Relying solely on time for recovery won’t allow for very long training periods.” ”   Xia Xia,”   Xia Lala called out, indicating that it wasn’t recovering solely on time.   Not relying on time? Qiao Sang was about to ask.   Over here, Sharala was already radiating a white light, much weaker than the light of evolution, merely floating on the surface.   Seeing this, Qiao Sang instantly recalled Sharala’s usual sunbathing appearance and couldn’t help but laugh,   ”I almost forgot you can photosynthesize.”   Photosynthesis, a grass-type healing skill, allows it to restore its energy and stamina through sunlight.   ”Xia Xia,”   Sharala called out as the white light faded, indicating it still had an energy-restoring skill.   Then, it looked at Ting Bao beside it and called out,   ”Xia Xia?   Can I ask you for a favor? ”   ”Ting Ting,”   Ting Bao nodded.   Although Sharala always monopolized its Beastmaster, it still had some affection for it. It remembered that when its boss borrowed its life, Sharala had healed it, and besides, the air around it smelled better with Sharala nearby.   ”Xia Xia,”   Sharala smiled, then pouted, and a brown seed instantly shot towards Ting Bao’s direction.   Ting Bao didn’t dodge.   The moment the brown seed touched Tingbao, vines sprouted wildly, binding his entire body.   The vines flashed with green light.   At the same time, Xia Lala also flashed with green light.   Parasitic Seed, a mid-level grass-type skill, allows a seed to parasitize an opponent. Every so often, the parasitized object consumes a certain amount of energy, while the pet that cast Parasitic Seed recovers an equal amount of energy… Qiao Sang looked at Tingbao, who was entangled by green vines, and recalled the relevant information about the skill in her mind. She said with some surprise,   “I didn’t expect you to know Parasitic Seed.”   Although Xia Lala was only a beginner pet, after this period of training, she knew that Xia Lala knew at least five skills. Adding Photosynthesis and Parasitic Seed just now, that made a total of seven skills, which was quite rare for a beginner pet.

“Xiaxia.”

Xia Lala called out shyly.

This was also its first time using this skill.

First time? Qiao Sang asked in surprise, “You succeeded on your first try?”

“Xiaxia.”

Xia Lala nodded and called out, indicating that it had always remembered this skill, but had never had the opportunity to use it.

As they talked, the green light of the vines wrapped around Tingbao flickered again.

Tingbao frowned. Although the energy reduction wasn’t much, the thing wrapped around it was still a little uncomfortable, but remembering what Xia Lala had said earlier, it endured it.

It was helping…

“Impressive.” Qiao Sang praised, “It’s rare for a pet to successfully use a new skill on its first try.”

“Xiaxia.”

Xia Lala called out, indicating that Ya Bao and the others had all succeeded on their first try.

“Ya Bao and the others are different because I have a cheat code…” Qiao Sang said without changing her expression, “Ya Bao and the others are a minority.”

After a pause, she added,

“So you’re very powerful.”

“Xia Xia…”

Xia Lala blushed and called out.

It wasn’t that powerful…

“Where are you not powerful?” Qiao Sang said, “You’re only at the beginner level and you already have seven skills, you succeeded on your first use of a new skill, you know battle form, and you can even communicate with plants.”

“Xia Xia…”

Xia Lala became more and more embarrassed as she listened, crossing her paws, twisting her body, and blushing.

So cute… Qiao Sang’s heart stirred, and she resisted the urge to pat its head.

Although Qing Bao’s cute actions in the past were all an act, Xia Lala was definitely not faking it…

“Ting Ting?”

Just when the atmosphere was unusually harmonious, Ting Bao, who had been ignored for a long time, finally couldn’t help but call out, indicating how much longer he needed to help?

“Xia Xia!”

Xia Lala then remembered Ting Bao and quickly called out, indicating that she had finished helping.

“Ting Ting.”

Ting Bao called out, indicating that he hadn’t said so earlier.

As it spoke, it raised its paw and roughly tore off the vines from its body.

The energy-infused vines were easily destroyed in its claws, like weeds.

“Xia Xia…”

Seeing this, Xia Lala inexplicably thought of the time a few days ago when she offered to train with Ting Bao, but Qiao Sang refused.

Sure enough, she couldn’t train Ting Bao at all…

Xia Lala felt a little disappointed.

At this moment, Qiao Sang smiled and said, “Let’s continue training.”

“Xia Xia.”

Xia Lala’s eyes lit up, the flower bud on her neck trembled, and she nodded.

…

Time passed, and in the blink of an eye, it was the day of the fourth round of the Master Challenge.

The stands were packed with people and pets.

Enthusiastic spectators were everywhere, holding up cheering sticks or banners, shouting for their favorite contestants and pets.

Various media outlets pointed their cameras at the surroundings, providing live coverage.

“Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Master Challenge Cup! Saye International Arena!” Nefertis descended from the sky, microphone in hand, and announced loudly.

“After fierce competition, the top forty players have been determined!” Aurore also descended from the sky, speaking passionately: “During this time, we have witnessed the most fervent dreams! The most intense battles! And the most touching bonds! Next, we will join our guest today, Yin Zhongsi, to witness the birth of the top twenty players of this year’s Master Challenge Cup!”

As he finished speaking, a pet beast about one meter tall, wearing a miniature shrinking bracelet and resembling an ancient bell, appeared on the field.

“Yin Zhong,” the bell-like pet beast cried out. A

burst of enthusiastic cheers erupted from the entire arena.

The Yin Bell, a Royal-level Ghost-type pet, is said to indicate that if it rings its bell three times in a row, someone nearby will die within a day. Previously, everyone considered it an ominous sign, attributing the death to the bell’s ringing. However, after a famous Yin Bell was interviewed, it was revealed that the bell-ringing simply meant the Yin Bell sensed that someone’s life would end within a day… Inside the VIP room, Qiao Sang stood by the floor-to-ceiling window, watching the pets appear on the field. Information about the bell flashed through his mind, and he remarked,

“The organizers of the Master Challenge are really carefree. With so many people and pets, aren’t they afraid the Yin Bell will sense something and ring the bell three times, causing panic?”

At the Royal level, it can definitely sense the lives of everyone in the audience.

Michaela, sipping his drink, said, “The Yin Bell can control whether it rings the bell or not. In this situation, it definitely won’t ring it.”

“So it can control it,” Qiao Sang said, suddenly realizing.

While they were talking, Ya Bao, Xiao Xun Bao, Qing Bao, and Gang Bao were doing stretching exercises to warm up.

“Ice Saint?”

Lu Bao looked at Ya Bao and the others warming up, then at Ting Bao lying beside them, and called out, as if to say, “Aren’t you going to warm up?”

“Ting Ting…”

Ting Bao called out listlessly, indicating that warming up was useless since it wouldn’t be playing.

After absorbing the potion, Qiao Sang added some more points, and Ting Bao’s energy had reached the advanced mid-stage, but it hadn’t evolved.

Thinking that it really wouldn’t evolve so quickly, just as the human Michaela had said, Ting Bao became somewhat dispirited.

Lu Bao was silent for two seconds, then called out,

“Ice Saint.” It

would be playing.

It couldn’t offer any other words of comfort.

“Xun Xun~”

“Xun Xun~”

Little Xun Bao listened to the conversation, warming up while calling out twice, indicating that even if you couldn’t play in this match, it wouldn’t matter; they would win this match, giving you a chance to play in the next round.

“Tingting.”

Upon hearing this, Tingbao’s first reaction was gratitude, but it quickly found it amusing, showing a helpless expression. It barked, indicating that the opponents would only get stronger, and since it hadn’t even had a chance to play in this match, it would have even less of a chance in the next.

“Who said that?” Qiao Sang said, “Just focus on getting stronger, and you’ll have a chance to play.”

There are only 40 contestants left now, and each one is formidable. The competition mode is all-out battle, and if they encounter a strong opponent, it’s not impossible for her to send all six of her pets into the arena. If Ya Bao and the others fall one after another, Tingbao will definitely have to play.

Of course, she still hopes to wait until Tingbao evolves before letting it play, rather than being forced to play because the opponent is too strong.

“Tingting…”

Tingbao felt that its Beastmaster wasn’t fooling it. It was silent for two seconds and began to warm up like Ya Bao and the others.

“Xiaxia.”

At this moment, Xia Lala looked out the French windows and called out, indicating that the grouping had begun.

As soon as she said this, Qiao Sang and Michaela turned to look at the arena at the same time.

“Which two contestants will be paired up?! Let’s look at the big screen!” Nefertis shouted into the microphone.

A giant virtual screen appeared, and as she spoke, photos on it moved back and forth.

Hopefully, it won’t be one of those three with five royal-level pet beasts… Qiao Sang thought to herself.

Although she was prepared for the battle, to be honest, her chances of winning weren’t particularly high. She hoped to face Lefebvre and his team in a later match.

All eyes, including those of the pets, were focused on the giant virtual screen.

Soon, the photos were displayed in pairs.

Josang immediately saw her own photo and her opponent’s, and her heart sank.

Michaela looked at one of the photos, his eyes narrowing, and said gravely,

“You have to win this match.”

Josang sighed inwardly and solemnly replied, “I know.”

She looked again at the two photos side-by-side on the virtual screen:

[Xia Huo VS Josang] (End of Chapter)