Beast Taming: Starting From Zero - Chapter 1396

Chapter 1396. Chapter 1391 You Absolutely Must Win (Part 2)

Generally speaking, most pets possessing super-tier skills are Emperor-level pets, with only a very small number being King-level pets.

Even with its S-rank Lightning Rod ability, Tingbao couldn’t withstand the millions of volts unleashed by an Emperor-level pet.

Frankly, Tingbao probably couldn’t withstand the millions of volts from a King-level pet either, given that King-level pets are two whole levels higher. The difference in strength between early and mid-stage pets of the same level is significant…

Thinking of this, Qiao Sang added a parenthesis to the task description, typing “the lower the pet’s level, the better.”

If Tingbao, with its S-rank Lightning Rod ability, couldn’t withstand the millions of volts from a King-level pet, how did other Thunder Reverse Dragons evolve…

After posting the task, Qiao Sang exited the Beast Taming Center’s website and logged into the search engine, trying to find information about how Thunder Reverse Dragons resist millions of volts.

However, she found nothing.

Each planet’s search engine can basically only search information about its own planet. Even if you use some software to find information about other planets, the content you can find is extremely limited.

The Little Thunder Dragon race is a rare species in the Dragon Kingdom, with few people contracting with it, so naturally, there is very little information available.

While attributes, personality, and characteristics are relatively easy to find, searching for such rarely discussed topics is practically impossible.

Qiao Sang searched for a while, then put down her phone and sighed.

“Tingting?”

Tingbao, who had been quietly standing beside her, heard her beast tamer sigh and looked puzzled, calling out to indicate what was wrong.

Qiao Sang spoke frankly: “I’m worried about how you’ll withstand the ‘Ten Million Volts’ attack.”

“Tingting,”

Tingbao hesitated for a moment before calling out. She’ll just have to

tough it out.

Qiao Sang: “…”

“You don’t know, ‘Ten Million Volts’ is a super-tier skill, and pets with super-tier skills are at least King-level…” Qiao Sang rambled on, explaining her concerns.

To be honest, she could use a cheat code to directly evolve Tingbao, but Yabao and the others had always evolved through specific evolutionary pathways.

These pathways had proven to be the only way to achieve perfect evolution, and she was worried that directly using a cheat code to add points would negatively impact Tingbao’s talent.

“Tingting.”

Tingbao looked touched after hearing this, then seemed to remember something and called out, indicating that it remembered using an item to withstand millions of volts.

Qiao Sang was stunned for a moment: “An item?”

“Tingting?”

Tingbao nodded.

“How did you know?” Qiao Sang asked.

“Tingting.” Tingbao called out.

It had inherited memories.

Qiao Sang’s expression froze for a moment, then her voice suddenly rose: “Inherited memories?!”

The distant Penjami looked over, then its eyes glowed blue, and it silently left its spot.

“Tingting.” Tingbao nodded.

“How could you have inherited memories?” Qiao Sang’s face was full of disbelief.

It’s important to know that not every pet can possess inherited memories. Generally, pets with inherited memories are those whose species once had a divine beast, meaning they must be legendary pets or mythical beasts to have the potential to possess inherited memories.

Little Tingbao’s species is neither a legendary pet nor a mythical beast, so how could it possess inherited memories?

“Tingting,”

Tingbao called out, indicating it didn’t know either. It seemed it only gained some memories at the intermediate level, but they were fragmented and incomplete.

“That’s already very impressive. Even Ya Bao and the others don’t have inherited memories.” After saying this, Qiao Sang quickly asked, “What item in your memory could withstand millions of volts?”

“Tingting,”

Tingbao thought for a moment, then shook its head, indicating it didn’t know. It only knew it was a scale.

That was quite incomplete… Qiao Sang was about to speak

when suddenly, her ears twitched, and she looked in the direction of the sound.

Where she looked, Michaela and Penjame appeared out of thin air.

Tingbao followed its Beastmaster’s gaze, its face instantly darkening.

“Meimei said the Thunder Reverse Dragon has inherited memories?” Michaela strode over, getting straight to the point.

Meimei’s report was incredibly fast; Michaela already knew just from what she’d said… Qiao Sang hummed in agreement: “I just found out too.”

Then, she voiced her doubts: “Isn’t it said that only legendary pets or mythical beasts can inherit memories? I remember Tingbao’s racial limit is only Emperor-level.”

Michaela didn’t answer immediately, but instead gave Tingbao several incredulous looks.

“Tingting!”

Tingbao barked, showing displeasure, as if to say, “What are you looking at?!”

At the same time, crackling yellow arcs of electricity appeared around its body.

Seeing this, Qiao Sang called out, “Tingbao.”

Only then did Tingbao reluctantly retract the yellow arcs of electricity.

Michaela withdrew his gaze, pondered silently for a moment, and said, “I have heard of this situation before. Sometimes, even races with a maximum limit of Venerable rank will have pets with inherited memories within their clans. However, these pets are usually rare purebloods.”

“But isn’t the maximum limit of the Little Thunder Dragon race Emperor rank?” Qiao Sang asked, “And Tingbao isn’t exactly a pureblood.”

Michaela said in a deep voice, “There’s another possibility: the pet that gave birth to Tingbao might be the strongest in the Little Thunder Dragon race, and the closest to Venerable rank. Generally speaking, the strongest pureblood pet in a race is likely to have its bloodline inherit memories. Although this possibility is very low, given the current situation of the Thunder Reverse Dragon, this is the only possibility.”

The strongest pureblood pet in the Little Thunder Dragon race… Qiao Sang looked at Tingbao, a thought flashing through his mind.

No wonder Tingbao is so talented; it can speak human language without much learning. It turns out it was born from the most powerful pure-blooded pet beast of the Little Tinglong race… But how could a pet egg born from the most powerful pet beast of a race become a prize in a regional competition… Ordinary races are one thing, but this is a pet beast with both electric and dragon attributes, its upper limit is Emperor-level… Qiao Sang was utterly puzzled.

At this moment, Michaela exclaimed, “This is a good thing. I’ve only heard about it before; this is the first time I’ve seen a pet beast with an upper limit of Emperor-level possess inherited memories.”

Qiao Sang gathered her thoughts, realizing something, and said:

“By the way, teacher, Tingbao said that in its inherited memories, it saw the Thunder Reverse Dragon using a certain scale as a tool to withstand an attack of tens of millions of volts. Do you know what scale it is?”

Michaela replied without much thought, “It’s the Thunder Scale.”

Since Josang officially formed a contract with the little Thunder Dragon, she had gained a thorough understanding and research into this race.

Josang was taken aback: “A Thunder Scale?”

The Thunder Scale was the royal-level form of the little Thunder Dragon race.

“That’s right,” Michaela said. “The Thunder Scale has the function of absorbing lightning. Whenever a junior member of the race needs to evolve into a general-level form, the Thunder Scale will tear off its own scales for them to use to withstand the power of lightning.”

As expected, asking Teacher Michaela was the right choice… Josan thought to herself,

“It seems that once a Thunder Reverse Dragon has a Thunder Scale, it shouldn’t be too difficult to withstand ten million volts.”

Then she asked,

“Then why is it that only a small percentage of the Thunder Dragon race can reach the General level?”

“Not all Thunder Reverse Dragons can obtain a Thunder Scale,” Michaela explained. “Furthermore, the Thunder Scale can’t withstand all lightning power; it can only withstand a portion. The Thunder Reverse Dragon still needs to bear a portion of the ten million volts itself. Even with a Thunder Scale, many Thunder Reverse Dragons can’t withstand it, so they can’t evolve.”

“Some Beastmasters who have contracted with Thunder Reverse Dragons will seek help from mechanical-type pets that can unleash ten million volts. These mechanical-type pets can control the power of their skills; they often use precise calculations to unleash exactly the ten million volts that the Thunder Reverse Dragon can withstand.”

“However, I still suggest you find an Electric-type pet to perform the move. While a Mechanical-type pet, after precise calculations, can unleash a 10 million volt attack that can evolve Thunder Reverse Dragon, statistically, the evolved Thunder Reverse Dragons are often among the weakest.”

Upon hearing this, Qiao Sang pondered for a moment and said, “It seems I’ll have to get a Thunder Scale from Blue Star.”

Michaela said, “For pets like Thunder Reverse Dragon that need to withstand a certain force to evolve, the stronger the force they withstand, the more perfect their evolution will be.”

She glanced at Tingbao and continued, “Thunder Reverse Dragon has an S-rank lightning rod characteristic. I suggest finding an Electric-type King-rank pet that knows 10 million volts, preferably with a skill proficiency at the beginner level, so that Thunder Reverse Dragon can withstand it. If it can withstand 10 million volts without relying on the Thunder Scale, I believe that after it evolves, it will definitely be stronger than other Thunder Reverse Dragons that need to rely on the Thunder Scale to evolve.”

She had been thinking about finding a lower-level pet and almost forgot about the proficiency… Qiao Sang said seriously:

“I understand.”

She quickly pulled out her phone, opened the Beast Taming Center’s website, and modified the posted task, adding the words “Preferably beginner level proficiency.”

Teacher Michaela was right; the more perfect the evolution, the stronger the tens of millions of volts it had to withstand.

Even with its S-rank lightning rod ability, Tingbao might not be able to withstand a King-level pet’s tens of millions of volts. However, Tingbao also had the multi-scale ability; after enduring lightning power for a while and training, it might actually be able to…

Thinking this, Qiao Sang abandoned her idea of evolving Tingbao within three days.

Originally, she planned to evolve Tingbao after it adapted to its molted body, but now, she needed to let it adapt first and train it to withstand powerful lightning.

The task could be posted later; after all, King-level pets capable of tens of millions of volts were hard to find…

…

Time passed.

Three days later, it was

8:10 PM, the moonlight hazy.

The Saye International Arena was brightly lit.

The stands were packed with the heads of pet beasts.

“Next up is Gaston!” From the commentary booth, Auror shouted, “And Jossan!!!”

His words instantly ignited a deafening roar of cheers and screams from the audience, even louder than the previous match’s result.

“Gaston, 56 years old, from the Superstar Royal Union University, won the last match with an outstanding score of 6:3,” Nephthys said, her tone suddenly becoming more passionate:

“Jossan! Only 18 years old! From the Blue Star Empire Beast Taming Academy! He advanced to this round with a perfect 6:0 score in the last round!”

“Both are students from the four most prestigious interstellar universities! Who will win this round and become the next to advance to the top ten!”

Two white beams of light descended, and Jossan and Gaston appeared simultaneously on the platform.

The cheers and screams from the audience erupted even more fiercely.

“Josang! Josang!”

“Little Treasure Hunter! Little Treasure Hunter!”

“Gaston! Gaston!”

“Josang! Josang!”

Almost everyone was shouting the names of the two contestants, with the shouts for Josang clearly drowning out Gaston’s, and even some shouts for Little Treasure Hunter could be heard.

It’s rare to see pets being called out before the match has even officially started, especially for a contestant’s first appearance.

Little Treasure Hunter is quite popular… After feeling the enthusiasm of the audience, Josang blocked out the surrounding noise and gazed at his opponent in the distance.

The mechanical-type pet wearing the referee’s badge came onto the field and blew the whistle to signal preparation.

“I believe this will be a particularly exciting match,” said Nefertis on the commentary stage.

“That’s right, both Josang and Gaston have given us very exciting matches before. I’ve been looking forward to their battle ever since the list of participants for this round was announced,” said Auror.

“Fire Sky.”

Fire Sky Qilin nodded and called out, indicating that it was also very much looking forward to it.

After saying that, it seemed to remember something and called out twice more:

“Fire Sky.”

“Fire Sky.”

It had heard that the dean of the Beast Taming Academy at Yulianton University had rejected Josang’s application for admission. Since Josang had been rejected, did that mean Gaston from Yulianton University was more outstanding than Josang?

Nefertis and Auror fell silent, a rare occurrence.

This was clearly not the case! However, since the competition had just begun, they couldn’t say it outright.

Nefertis reacted for two seconds before saying,

“The upcoming competition will give us the answer.”

On the field, the light and shadow reached “1” and then disappeared.

Josang and Gaston simultaneously formed hand seals.

Two mysterious and profound purple star arrays lit up on the field.

Soon after, two enormous pet beasts appeared in their respective star arrays.

The temperature on the field plummeted.

Almost simultaneously with the pet beasts appeared a flurry of white snowflakes.

“Electronic music.”

“Ice Saint.”

Lu Bao and a pet beast about thirty meters tall, mostly yellow, standing on two legs, with white stripes on its body and huge wings like silver scythes, locked eyes.

The next second, the pet beast with silver scythe-like wings turned into a white afterimage and shot straight into the sky.

At the same time, on Super Star, at Royal Union University.

Inside the lavishly decorated office,

Gilbert sat at his desk, elbows propped on the surface, fingers interlaced under his chin, his eyes glued to the live stream of the Masters Challenge on his computer.

Gaston, you absolutely have to win… (End of Chapter)