Beast Taming: Starting From Zero - Chapter 1474

Chapters 1474 and 1468: Watching the Star Cup (Part 2)

Yuan Kingdom.

A beast-taming arena large enough to hold hundreds of thousands of people.

The arena was bustling with activity; even hundreds of meters away, one could feel the enthusiasm of the audience.

Outside the arena, a certain area was almost entirely filled with tourists and reporters who weren’t authorized to enter.

Nearly a hundred reporters were broadcasting the grand event live from outside the arena.

“I’m currently outside the Gao Arena,” a reporter said passionately to the camera. “At this moment, all the spectators have entered. In two minutes, the semi-finals of the Interstellar Cup will begin. Then, the highly anticipated matches will start. In a few hours, we’ll know the list of the first finalists for this year’s Interstellar Cup! Oh, what do you see? New spectators have entered the Interstellar Cup venue! I didn’t expect that on such a grand day, there would still be spectators late. However, every day the Interstellar Cup is held, Yuan City experiences traffic jams.”

As the reporter reported, the camera followed to the arena entrance, showing two people and a group of ornately dressed beasts completing their ticket checks and entering the arena.

As soon as Qiao Sang entered, she heard frenzied screams and shouts. The audience was so excited, it was as if the winner had already been decided.

“Has the match started?” Qiao Sang quickened her pace.

“One minute left,” Michaela said, checking the time on her phone.

“Ya Ya!”

Ya Bao exclaimed excitedly, indicating that they should hurry up.

It wished it could be at the match venue right now.

Listening to the commotion in the arena, Xiao Xun Bao remembered the sea of black heads and beast heads it had seen on TV. An idea struck it. It took off its ring and pulled out a colorful wig to put on.

“Qing Qing?”

Qing Bao floated to its side and called out, indicating that it wanted to keep a low profile. Why was it wearing such an eye-catching wig?

“Xun Xun~”

Xiao Xun Bao put on the wig and gave Qing Bao a “you don’t understand” look, calling out that its own golden hair was even more conspicuous.

Qing Bao: “.”

Ting Bao glanced at Xiao Xun Bao from the side, thinking that it felt like its boss just wanted to be recognized.

“Michaela.” At this moment, a mature female voice rang out.

Qiao Sang looked in the direction of the voice and saw a woman with red hair and black eyes, dressed in a black suit, standing about ten meters away. She looked to be only in her thirties. Beside her was a mechanical pet beast, about two meters tall, with a humanoid metallic body made of black spheres and dressed in formal attire.

“Wang Yin.” Michaela nodded slightly to her and went to greet her.

Wang Yin’s eyes lit up. She bypassed Michaela who was walking towards her and came to Qiao Sang. She carefully examined her, her eyes shining as if she were looking at a mythical beast:

“This must be Qiao Sang. At such a young age, you actually won the Master Challenge. I’ve never seen anything like it in all my years. By the way, is Michaela good to you? If not, you can tell me.”

Qiao Sang looked at Teacher Michaela with pleading eyes.

Michaela interrupted expressionlessly, “Wang Yin, I didn’t bring Qiao Sang here to hear you say these things.”

No sooner had he finished speaking than the host’s enthusiastic voice rang out, “Next, let’s welcome Igor!”

A deafening roar of cheers and screams erupted.

The sound was so loud it seemed to vibrate the air.

“Ya Ya!”

Ya Bao cried out anxiously, hearing the noise from the venue, indicating that they should stop talking and go watch the match!

Despite her dissatisfaction with Michaela, Wang Yin didn’t want to miss the Interstellar Cup match, even if it was only for the first minute. She smiled at Qiao Sang, “Let’s talk when we get there.”

She then glanced at the humanoid mechanical pet beside her, dressed in formal attire.

Without a word, the humanoid mechanical pet’s eyes glowed blue, and the next second, they vanished from their spot.

Inside a luxurious VIP box with a 360-degree unobstructed view of the match through glass, the three of them and their pets appeared out of thin air.

As Qiao Sang’s vision cleared, the first thing she saw outside were the figures of two interstellar superstars. Her gaze lingered on one of them, and her eyes lit up instantly.

Her first thought was: Holy crap! Igor! She saw Igor! Is this the Interstellar Cup?! There are so many people here! It feels like there are more than ten times the number of people at the Master Challenge!

Then came her second thought: Teacher Wang Yin actually booked a deluxe VIP box!

You know, tickets for the Interstellar Cup are extremely hard to come by. Although the deluxe VIP box is expensive, there are still plenty of wealthy people in the entire interstellar space. Almost the moment the tickets were released, they were sold out.

I didn’t expect that with such a limited number of deluxe VIP box tickets, Teacher Wang Yin was still able to get one. She’s really amazing!

“Ya Ya!”

Ya Bao teleported, his face excitedly pressed against the glass. Then, remembering something, he took off his sunglasses, which were bothering him, and threw them aside. Then he excitedly looked at the scene.

“Xunxun.”

Little Xunbao looked around, a disappointed expression on its face, and took off its wig.

“Teacher Wang, I heard from Teacher Michaela that your tickets were all snatched by your mechanical-type pet. Is this the one?” Qiao Sang looked at the humanoid mechanical-type pet dressed in formal attire and couldn’t help but ask.

“It is.” Wang Yin smiled, “Its name is Ji Gaide, and it’s a master at snatching tickets.”

“Ji Gaide.”

Ji Gaide called out, as if to greet him.

“You’re really amazing! You actually managed to snatch such hard-to-get tickets!” Qiao Sang praised sincerely.

“Ji Gaide.”

Ji Gaide’s expression didn’t change, and it called out, indicating that it was just snatching tickets.

Wang Yin smiled, “It’s rather aloof.”

The aloof mechanical-type pet Qiao Sang couldn’t help but take another look at Ji Gaide.

Speaking of which, it’s unclear how the personality of mechanical-type pets is formed—is it programmed or self-formed after life awakening?

As these thoughts flashed through his mind, Wang Yin noticed this scene and asked,

“What, interested in mechanical-type pets?”

Qiao Sang honestly hummed in agreement: “I’ve always thought mechanical-type pets are amazing, and the Beastmasters who can nurture them into powerful creatures are truly impressive.”

Ji Gaide glanced at Qiao Sang.

Wang Yin chuckled, “If you’re interested in mechanical-type pets, you can learn from me. I’ll definitely share everything without reservation.”

Before she could finish, Michaela, looking at the scene, suddenly exclaimed, “The pet has been summoned!”

Qiao Sang instantly forgot they were still talking and went to Ya Bao’s side, looking out the glass.

Two dazzling golden star arrays lit up the arena. Two pet beasts, each over a hundred meters tall, appeared within their respective star arrays.

A frenzy of screams and shouts erupted again.

These were the pet beasts bred by the participants of the Interstellar Cup; seeing them live was completely different from watching them on TV. Qiao Sang looked at the pet beasts in the golden star arrays, their aura clearly that of super overlords, and her heart burned with excitement. “

I was having a nice chat with Qiao Sang, why are you making a sound?” Wang Yin came to Michaela’s side, giving her a disapproving sidelong glance.

Michaela understood her look and calmly responded with her eyes: “Don’t think I don’t know what you’re thinking. Qiao Sang is my student.”

“You’re so stingy. I wasn’t planning on doing anything.” Wang Yin’s eyes seemed to say it all. “

Is that so?” Michaela chuckled.

Just as the two were locked in a fierce eye-to-eye exchange, Qiao Sang’s face showed shock: “My God!”

Both of them immediately turned to look at the arena.

A hundred-meter-tall monkey-type pet, wielding a sword formed of flames, swept across another hundred-meter-tall bipedal beast-type pet, cleaving it in two!

“Xunxun!”

Little Xunbao quickly covered its eyes in fright.

However, the next second, the bipedal beast-type pet, split in two, turned into mud that flowed across the ground. Then, as if alive, the mud quickly flowed behind the monkey-type pet, reforming the bipedal beast-type pet’s body.

The entire arena cheered.

Little Treasure quietly parted the gap between its two claws. Seeing that the pet beast, which had been split in two, had been restored to its original state unharmed, its eyes lit up, revealing an excited expression. It cried out,

“Treasure!”

“Is this the Mudflow Body?” Josang asked.

“That’s right,” Michaela explained. “When this ability to transform into a certain element reaches S-rank, it can control the transformation of a specific part of its body. This Mud Lord couldn’t transform its entire body into mud in time, but it accurately predicted the part of itself that would be attacked, so it only transformed that part, creating the initial visual illusion of being split in two.”

Josang was stunned at first when he saw the partial elemental transformation of its body, and then his eyes lit up.

When the opponent’s attack speed is too fast, partial elementalization of the body can indeed effectively avoid being attacked. She remembered that Lu Bao could transform into water, and Qing Bao could transform into wind. Moreover, Lu Bao’s water-melting characteristic and Qing Bao’s wind-transforming characteristic were both S-rank. If she practiced properly, could she also achieve partial elementalization and reduce the chance of being attacked?

Just then, Wang Yin asked, “I remember that your Bing Sheng Ya has the water-melting characteristic, and Qing Feng Yun Ren also has the wind-transforming characteristic. What are the ranks of these two characteristics respectively?”

Qiao Sang did not hide anything: “They are both S-rank.”

Wang Yin smiled and said, “I have rich experience in teaching partial elementalization of pets. If you are willing, I can teach you.”

Qiao Sang’s eyes lit up, and she was about to agree.

At this moment, Michaela said expressionlessly, “I am her teacher, and I will help teach her.”

Qiao Sang keenly sensed that the atmosphere was a bit off, and immediately refused in a serious manner, “No need to trouble you, Teacher Michaela will teach me everything.”

Upon hearing this, Michaela’s eyebrows relaxed.

Wang Yin chuckled and said, “No trouble at all. My teaching style is different from Michaela’s. If Michaela doesn’t teach you well, or if the teaching speed is too slow, you can come to me if you want to change the teaching method.”

Shameless! Michaela suddenly regretted agreeing to bring Josang to watch the Star Cup live.

“Teacher Michaela teaches very well, otherwise I wouldn’t have won the Master Challenge,” Josang said.

Michaela paused, looked at Josang, and felt a surge of emotion.

“With your talent, and the ability to temporarily evolve to Emperor level with Steel Power Emperor, what does that have to do with Michaela?” Wang Yin scoffed inwardly, but smiled and said, “Then I’m relieved.” *

Relaxed about what? Who are you to Qiao Sang?* Michaela thought to herself, but coldly replied,

“My student, of course I’ll teach him well.”

Then, as if remembering something, she asked, “Where’s your student Zhang Datao?”

Wang Yin replied, “He’s taking the S-rank Beastmaster exam and doesn’t have time to come.”

The Emperor class teachers provide 1-on-1 instruction, but depending on the teaching method, not all teachers are always with their students. To allow students to better train, some teachers usually assign a task for the student to complete independently.

Speaking of Zhang Datao, Wang Yin lost interest in poaching him. She knew it was practically impossible to change his mind. From their conversation, Qiao Sang was clearly satisfied with Michaela and had no intention of changing tutors.

The three of them and their pets watched the match intently.

The battle was in full swing.

The battle was so intense that everyone watched with bated breath, not daring to blink or even go to the restroom, for fear of missing a crucial moment.

Finally, the hundred-meter-tall monkey pet succumbed to the mountain-like pressure of the attack and closed its eyes. A

deafening roar of cheers and screams erupted from the crowd.

“Ya Ya!”

Ya Bao exclaimed excitedly.

The intensity of the match made it feel that victory was possible for either side. “Xun Xun!

“

“Qing Qing!”

Little Xun Bao and Qing Bao hugged each other excitedly.

“Gang Quan…”

Gang Bao took a deep breath, calming its excitement.

Even the usually calm Lu Bao showed a hint of excitement in its eyes.

Only Ting Bao’s expression remained largely unchanged. It didn’t have a favorite competitor, and it always felt that this competition was far removed from its own life. If it were to stand on this stage one day, it would be a long time from now.

In short, this competition had nothing to do with it right now.

“Xia Xia!”

Xia Lala called out excitedly.

Suddenly, Wang Yin spoke up, “What’s with that Fresh Pu’s cry?”

Qiao Sang and Xia Lala froze simultaneously. Oh no!

Michaela’s brain raced, searching for a suitable excuse.

Just then, Qiao Sang said, “Fresh Pu likes to learn the languages of other pets; it can even speak Qingbao’s language.”

“Qingqing,”

Xia Lala quickly nodded, confirming.

Thankfully, Qiao Sang was quick-witted. Michaela breathed a sigh of relief.

Wang Yin looked at Xia Lala, scrutinized them for a couple of seconds, and then suddenly asked, “Why are you carrying a Fresh Pu from Yantian Star with you?”

When pets from Yantian Star reach a certain level, they have the right to travel to other planets on starships. However, starship tickets are expensive, and only high-level pets can travel to other planets. Fresh Pu clearly doesn’t meet the requirements, and judging from its closeness to Qiao Sang, it should have come to Tianyuan Star with them.

There are too many questions! Michaela was just about to find an excuse to brush it off.

Qiao Sang said, “Because I want to form a contract with it.”

Wang Yin: “???”

“Xia, Qingqing.” Xia Lala looked at Qiao Sang with a touched expression. (End of this chapter)