Beast Taming: Starting From Zero - Chapter 1412

1412. Chapter 1407 The Body of the Ancient Dragon (Two Chapters Combined)

The level of mental power increased, and the level of the Thunder Devouring trait also increased… Two new traits appeared… Ancient Dragon Body… Qiao Sang’s heart skipped a beat.

Ancient Dragon Body?!

She had heard of this trait before. Pets with an Ancient Dragon Body could avoid certain special forms of erosion, such as poisoning and burns. But wasn’t this trait only possible in ancient pet races?

She remembered that the Little Thunder Dragon race wasn’t an ancient race, so how could it have an Ancient Dragon Body?

Qiao Sang was momentarily confused. She considered her knowledge to be quite good, but she hadn’t expected that Tingbao would always have things she couldn’t understand.

For example, she remembered hearing something from the pet egg, and now, a trait that was basically impossible for it to have appeared.

It seemed that Tingbao’s elders were even more mysterious than she had imagined…

Could it be that one of Tingbao’s elders was from an ancient race?

Impossible, although it was possible for the Little Thunder Dragon’s race to mate with other races to produce Little Thunder Dragon eggs, generally, pets that weren’t of the same race would produce pets with very low bloodline purity.

Although Tingbao isn’t completely pureblooded, its bloodline purity has reached 87%, a level only achievable by the union of two beasts of the same race.

Qiao Sang pondered for a long time but couldn’t figure it out, so she looked down at the next trait.

Thunder Resonance…

Qiao Sang’s eyes lit up; she hadn’t expected Tingbao to awaken this trait at the General level.

Thunder Resonance is a relatively rare trait among electric-type beasts. Beasts possessing this trait can connect with the lightning energy generated by heaven and earth, continuously recovering its power.

It’s said that only high-level electric-type beasts, those with an extremely high affinity for electric energy, can awaken this trait.

It’s a pity that Thunder Resonance can only be used when lightning is generated in nature. Otherwise, if it could connect with the lightning energy it unleashes or that of its opponent, combined with the Thunder Absorption trait, Tingbao could continuously recover its status and energy…

Qiao Sang gathered her thoughts and looked at the skill list.

Dragon Dance, a mid-tier Dragon-type skill, increases a pet’s speed and attack; the higher the proficiency, the better the effect.

Scale Shot, a high-tier Dragon-type skill, allows Dragon-type pets to launch their scales as attacks…

Qiao Sang fell silent, the image of Steel Treasure using Wing Blade and being completely bald flashing through her mind.

If Ting Bao used Scale Shot at the ultimate level, wouldn’t it be like Steel Treasure, launching all its scales and ending up bald?…

Qiao Sang imagined Ting Bao shouting “Ting Ting!” during a match, then launching all its scales at its opponent, leaving it completely bald. A chill ran down her spine, and she quickly shook her head, banishing the image from her mind.

No way, Dragon-type pets are proud; they would never appear bald in public…

While Ting Bao isn’t particularly proud, it wouldn’t do something like going bald.

Thinking this, Qiao Sang relaxed, her gaze falling on the last awakened skill.

Ten Million Volts…

Holy crap, it really awakened Ten Million Volts!

Qiao Sang was both surprised and unsurprised. She was surprised that Tingbao had actually evolved and awakened the same skill after being attacked by tens of millions of volts. However, Tingbao had awakened corresponding skills of 100,000 volts and 1 million volts after each evolution, so she had already considered this possibility. In addition, Ya Bao and the others had basically awakened super-tier skills at the general level, so she wasn’t particularly surprised.

If Tingbao could withstand hundreds of millions of volts later…

no, impossible… Hundreds of millions of volts is already a god-tier skill. Let alone finding a pet that knows hundreds of millions of volts, even if she did, Tingbao definitely couldn’t withstand it. Moreover, Tingbao’s next evolution path wasn’t about withstanding attacks of hundreds of millions of volts…

Qiao Sang dispelled the unrealistic thoughts in her mind and returned to reality.

At this moment, Michaela had already put down her phone, and Penjami had also disappeared from the spot.

“What were you thinking about just now?” Michaela asked.

“I was thinking about what kind of pet could give birth to a cub like Tingbao, who has inherited memories from the egg and has such high intelligence,” Qiao Sang blurted out.

Gangbao glanced silently at his Beastmaster.

“Tingting…”

Tingbao showed an embarrassed yet slightly proud expression.

Michaela, unsuspecting, said, “Maybe we’ll have a chance to meet again in the future.” As soon as she

finished speaking, Penjami appeared in the living room with Jacqueline.

They came so fast… Qiao Sang turned her head to look, just about to greet them.

Jacqueline spoke first:

“Amazing, you’ve advanced to the top ten with a score of 6:0 again.”

“I didn’t expect it either,” Qiao Sang said.

To be honest, she really didn’t expect it. Generally speaking, the opponents you encounter become stronger and stronger as the competition progresses, but in this competition, the strong opponents were mostly encountered in the first few rounds.

However, now that they’ve reached the top ten, the remaining opponents won’t be so easy to deal with.

Jacqueline smiled:

“Don’t be modest, I think among all the contestants who advanced to the top ten this time, you’re probably the only one who advanced with a score of 6:0.”

Qiao Sang became a little embarrassed by this:

“This round of the competition isn’t completely over yet.”

“Alright, let’s check Lei Xiaolong first.” Michaela interrupted their conversation.

Jacqueline immediately swallowed back what she was about to say, went to Tingbao’s side, turned on the equipment, and helped with the examination.

This time, upon receiving the news about the Thunder Reverse Dragon, she showed no shock or astonishment, only a momentary pause before easily accepting the situation.

Only one thought remained in her mind: it seemed normal for a dragon-type pet bred by Qiao Sang to evolve faster.

Tingbao cooperated quietly.

After listening to its tamer’s conversation with that annoying human, its dissatisfaction and anger had subsided considerably.

Time slowly passed, and Jacqueline carefully examined the pet. Suddenly, her brow furrowed.

“Is something wrong?” Qiao Sang, noticing her expression, quickly asked.

“The Thunder Dragon’s bloodline seems less concentrated than before,” Jacqueline said in a slightly somber tone.

Generally, the more a pet evolves, the more concentrated its bloodline becomes. It’s rare for the purity of the bloodline to decrease after evolution.

The purer a pet’s bloodline, the higher its talent, and the more likely it is to reach the racial limit. A decrease in bloodline purity is not a good thing.

Upon hearing this, Qiao Sang immediately thought of the characteristics of Tingbao’s awakened ancient dragon body, and a thought struck her.

With her cheat-like abilities, whether it was pure-blooded or not wasn’t a big problem for her, and with Tingbao’s intelligence and talent, it was in no way inferior to some pure-blooded pets.

“How could this be?” Michaela frowned.

Jacqueline pondered, “I’ve thought of a possibility.”

“What?” Qiao Sang asked.

Tingbao perked up its ears.

“The Thunder Dragons might not be the offspring of two Little Thunder Dragons,” Jacqueline said.

Michaela’s brows furrowed even more deeply.

Qiao Sang was taken aback at first, then quickly asked, “Tingbao’s bloodline concentration is quite high, it was 87% last time. In this case, is it possible for two different species of pets to have fused?”

“It’s possible.” Jacqueline nodded slightly and said, “This is rare, but it’s not unheard of. However, there’s a prerequisite: one of the pets must be an absolutely pure-blooded Little Thunder Dragon.”

Upon hearing this, Michaela instinctively wanted to say something, but she quickly remembered how Tingbao had attacked her several times before, and swallowed her words.

Absolutely pure-blooded… that means 100% Little Thunder Dragon bloodline… Qiao Sang also looked at Tingbao, her eyes conveying a sense of awe: I knew your elders were extraordinary.

Tingbao observed its tamer’s expression, and seeing that its tamer didn’t show any disgust, it silently breathed a sigh of relief. Then, it thought of something, its expression turned serious, and it called out twice:

“Tingting?”

“Tingting?”

If that’s the case, will its bloodline concentration decrease further and further? Will I become less intelligent? Will my talent diminish?

“Truly worthy of being a pet beast that awakened its inherited memories while still in its egg. If it were Ya Bao, it wouldn’t have thought of these issues…” Qiao Sang thought to herself, then turned to translate Ting Bao’s words to Teacher Jacqueline and asked her about it.

Jacqueline pondered for a moment and said, “Bloodline concentration is hard to say. We’ll have to test it again after the next evolution. Intelligence definitely won’t change…”

Hearing this, Ting Bao breathed a sigh of relief.

“Ting Ting…” As long

as it doesn’t become stupid…

Jacqueline continued, “It’s hard to say about talent either, since such examples are extremely rare. We can observe it later.”

After a pause, she added, “If the other half of Lei Xiaolong’s bloodline is dragon-type, there shouldn’t be any problem learning dragon-type skills. If it’s not dragon-type…”

Jacqueline stopped there.

If it’s not dragon-type, its talent for learning dragon-type skills might be lower… Qiao Sang picked up on what Jacqueline hadn’t finished saying in her mind.

“Ting Ting…”

After hearing this, Ting Bao’s heart, which had just relaxed, jumped again.

If his talent for learning dragon-type skills decreased, that annoying human would probably start badmouthing him again, and his own beast tamer wouldn’t listen…

Thinking of this, Tingbao’s expression towards Michaela suddenly turned unfriendly.

Michaela pondered for two seconds and asked, “I remember that we can detect what kind of bloodline a pet has mixed with.”

Hearing this, Qiao Sang’s eyes lit up; she was extremely curious about the pet that could awaken Tingbao’s ancient dragon body.

“It’s possible, but the relevant testing equipment is in the Imperial Beast Taming Academy,” Jacqueline said. “Sending the collected blood there will take a long time.”

“That’s no problem, I can have Guilunsel send it,” Qiao Sang quickly said.

Jacqueline paused for a moment, then laughed, “I almost forgot about Guilunsel.”

As an ordinary breeder at the school, she rarely had the opportunity to use Guilunsel…

“Then let’s collect it now, I’ll contact Guilunsel,” Michaela said.

After speaking, she took out her phone and sent a message.

“Okay.” Jacqueline said, taking out a syringe and test tubes from the box she had brought.

“Tingting?”

Tingbao looked at his beast tamer.

“It’s just a little blood, it won’t hurt. It’s mainly to test what race your other bloodline belongs to,” Qiao Sang said gently.

“Tingting.”

Tingbao nodded.

Jacqueline took the syringe and approached, inserting it into the area without scales, successfully drawing blood, placing it in a test tube, and sealing it.

Soon, ripples appeared on the living room TV screen, and a familiar mechanical claw extended from it.

Jacqueline handed over the test tube.

The mechanical claw quickly retracted into the TV screen.

“I’ll urge the people at the school to try to get the results within a week,” Jacqueline said.

“Okay.” Michaela nodded.

After discussing Tingbao’s other situation and exchanging a few pleasantries, Penjami and Jacqueline disappeared from the spot.

Michaela glanced at Tingbao with a complicated expression, then organized her thoughts and slowly said,

“The influence of bloodline is both significant and insignificant. As long as it’s not a pureblooded pet suddenly becoming non-pureblooded, the difference in talent can be completely compensated for by an experienced beast tamer.”

Tingbao looked surprised, glancing at Michaela, thinking to himself that he hadn’t expected this human to be able to speak.

“I know,” Qiao Sang said.

Michaela continued, “It’s just that you might have to spend more time training Tingbao in the future.”

This meant that the decrease in bloodline purity would still affect Tingbao’s ability to learn skills.

Tingbao understood, his face instantly darkening. Without a word, crackling yellow lightning erupted from his body as he struck Michaela.

Michaela: “!!!”

Michaela quickly dodged to the side.

Wait, she’d been so subtle, how did Tingbao still understand?!

Teacher, you know Tingbao’s IQ is incredibly high, can’t you just say some things to me privately…? Qiao Sang felt a slight headache, inwardly complaining.

In a flash of thought, arcs of electricity reappeared on Tingbao’s body.

Qiao Sang’s eyelids twitched, and she shouted, “Tingbao! Stop!”

…

Three days later.

Villa, living room.

8:40 PM.

Qiao Sang, Michaela, and Ya Bao gathered around the television, watching the live match and talking:

“This match is almost over, right?”

“Ya Ya!”

“Ya Bao, who do you think will win this match?”

“Ya Ya!”

“Gang Quan.” Gang Bao disagreed.

A few minutes later, the pet that Ya Bao supported was blasted down from the sky and crashed to the ground.

The camera zoomed in, and the pet was already dizzy.

The mechanical-type pet referee came to its side to observe it, and then waved the flag in the direction of the other pet tamer.

The whole audience cheered.

“Gang Quan.” Gang Bao called out calmly, indicating that it seemed that he had guessed correctly.

“Ya Ya…”

Ya Bao sighed.

“Xunxun…”

Little Xunbao called out while brushing his teeth, indicating that he shouldn’t be sad, as he remembered that the boy had never guessed the outcome correctly.

“Ya Ya?”

Ya Bao paused, giving a “Really?” look.

Qiao Sang watched this scene with a smile.

A few minutes later, the TV host finished his analysis and congratulations, announcing loudly:

“The list of contestants advancing to the top ten has just been released. Now, let’s take a look at the group assignments for the next round, from the top ten to the top five!”

PS: Happy New Year everyone!!! (End of Chapter)