Beast Taming: Starting From Zero - Chapter 1502

1502. Chapter 1496 Gravity Rewriting (Two-in-One)

Two more traits and three more skills.

Before Qiao Sang could ponder further, the data in the Beast Taming Codex suddenly glowed white.

The white light quickly disappeared, and all the newly added data vanished.

Qiao Sang realized something, his consciousness returning to reality.

He saw Steel Treasure’s form changing, reverting to the appearance of Steel Emperor. “

Sure enough, the five-second evolution time is up,” Qiao Sang thought.

Seri, still excited, exclaimed, “It’s so cool! Those feathers! Those eyes! It has more presence than many Emperor-level pets I’ve seen!”

Then, as if remembering something, he eagerly asked,

“Have you decided what to call Steel Emperor’s Emperor-level form?”

Qiao Sang pretended to ponder, saying, “I’ve thought about it, but only one name came to mind; I haven’t completely decided yet.”

“What’s it called?” Seri asked.

“Steel Seri Palace,” Qiao Sang said.

Steel Treasure silently glanced at its Beast Tamer.

“Steel Palace?” Seri was taken aback at first, then her eyes lit up, and she praised, “What a great name! It feels like it matches Steel Emperor’s Emperor-level form perfectly!”

“Really?” Qiao Sang asked, feigning surprise.

Steel Treasure glanced at its Beastmaster again.

Seri: “Of course it’s true. Many Emperor-level pets don’t have such imposing names.”

Qiao Sang: “Okay, then let’s call it that. By the way, teacher, are there any particularly hard ores on Tianyuan Star? I don’t know much about the mineral materials on Tianyuan Star.”

Seri: “Liujing, Mixed Gold, Refinement Stone, these are all known for their hardness on Tianyuan Star.”

Qiao Sang: “If they’re too hard, can Steel Treasure bite them open? It won’t require using a skill to eat them, will it?”

Seri: “Haha, no, they’re not that hard. An Emperor-level pet can definitely bite them open.”

The two chatted briefly until Penjiamei took Seri back. Only then did Qiao Sang return to her hotel room, lean against the bed, close her eyes, and recall the data she had seen in the Beast Taming Manual.

Steel Barrier, an extremely rare trait among Steel-type Pokémon. Even without using a field-type move, a Pokémon with this trait can create a Steel Barrier around the field for a short period after being summoned, reducing damage taken by all Steel-type Pokémon within the field by 50%.

It’s a great trait; even if you’re injured, you can reduce damage by 50% right from the start. The only downside is that this field cannot be controlled manually; its duration and range change based on the trait’s level.

Unlike moves, you can’t control the time and range as you increase proficiency.

But that’s not the most troublesome part.

The most troublesome thing is that even if the opponent is a Steel-type, they will still receive a 50% damage reduction within the Steel Barrier’s range.

In future battles, if an opponent figures out Steel-type Pokémon’s trait, there’s a high chance they’ll send out a Steel-type Pokémon to fight.

However, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages; even if the opponent is a Steel-type, Steel-type Pokémon’s defense should be higher. Qiao Sang continued to recall.

He remembered another new trait: Dominance Aura.

Recalling

those four words and the following description, Qiao Sang’s heart involuntarily quickened.

The Dominant Aura is a trait that can only appear in a very small number of Emperor-level pets, and even some Venerable-level pets.

While a sense of oppression might appear among the leaders of certain groups, the Dominant Aura only arises in the highest-level pet of an entire race. However, this isn’t absolute; not all the highest-level pets of every race can awaken a Dominant Aura.

Many races have never had a single pet awaken a Dominant Aura throughout history.

For example, pets with a race’s maximum level below Emperor-level, and even many races with an Emperor-level maximum level, have never had a pet awaken this trait. “

I never expected that such a difficult-to-awaken trait would actually be awakened by Steel Treasure,” Qiao Sang thought inwardly.

Although this trait is difficult to awaken, Steel Treasure is the only Emperor-level pet in the new form of the Little Steel Falcon race, so awakening this trait seems quite reasonable.

After a brief moment of reflection, Qiao Sang recalled the few new skills that had recently appeared at the end of the skill list.

Crystallization, a high-level Steel-type skill, is extremely rare. It allows the entire body to temporarily crystallize, significantly enhancing defense. Only certain races that meet specific conditions can learn and awaken this skill. Even Emperor-level pets cannot learn or awaken this skill if their own conditions are not met.

Qiao Sang continued recalling that the characteristics and skills awakened by Steel Treasure this time were quite rare.

The skill following Crystallization, he remembered, was Absolute Vacuum.

Absolute Vacuum is both a high-level Flying-type and a high-level Psychic-type skill. It can create a vacuum state with zero pressure within a certain area.

This dual attribute doesn’t mean that a pet must possess both Flying and Psychic attributes to learn and awaken it; rather, both Flying-type and Psychic-type pets can learn and awaken this skill, just in different ways.

Steel Treasure undoubtedly used the Flying-type method.

Qiao Sang recalled this skill, feeling deeply moved.

Back then, Steel Treasure wanted to learn a skill similar to air extraction, which is why it later learned Air Absorption. It never expected that it could now awaken a super-enhanced version of Air Absorption—Absolute Vacuum.

When it first learned about this skill, it never imagined Steel Treasure could awaken it.

It’s unclear whether Steel Treasure’s awakening of this skill is related to Air Absorption reaching its ultimate level.

Qiao Sang gathered her thoughts, recalling the last skill she saw.

Gravity Rewriting—

such a familiar skill name! Qiao Sang’s brain quickly searched through books she had read.

A moment later, she realized something, her heart pounding with a mixture of surprise and shock.

Holy crap! Gravity Rewriting!

That Gravity Rewriting that almost became a god-tier skill?!

Gravity Rewriting, a steel-type super-tier skill, can increase the target’s weight for a certain period. This increase is different from gravity directly pressing down on the target; it increases the target’s actual weight, an effect that cannot be broken or changed. Even if the pet using this skill is severely injured, the effect of Gravity Rewriting will not disappear unless the effect’s duration expires.

This skill can drastically reduce the target’s speed. With increased proficiency, it can double the target’s weight, and at the ultimate level, it’s not impossible for the target’s weight to reach the size of a mountain. It’s an absolute nemesis of flying-type and psychic-type Pokémon.

It’s said that at later proficiency levels, it can even rewrite one’s own weight.

She wondered if it could only increase or decrease its weight.

If it could decrease its own weight… Qiao Sang’s heart raced again uncontrollably.

If it could really decrease its own weight, wouldn’t Steelbao be invincible!

Well, saying invincible might be a bit of an exaggeration, but Steelbao’s only weakness right now is its slow speed. If its speed weakness disappeared, Steelbao would become a perfectly balanced pet, without any weaknesses!

Qiao Sang opened her eyes and met Steelbao’s gaze, which was looking right at her.

“Steel Power.”

Just as she was about to say something, Steelbao called out, indicating that its temporary evolution energy was almost depleted and it hadn’t recovered yet, so it couldn’t perform a second temporary evolution.

Qiao Sang: “.”

Qiao Sang said, “Wait until you recover your energy before evolving.”

“Steel Power?”

Steelbao called out in its mind, indicating that it only had five seconds. Could it use gravity rewriting?

Five seconds seems too short. Qiao Sang pondered for a moment and said,

“If once isn’t enough, then try a few more times. Once you’ve mastered gravity rewriting, I can ask the teacher about it.”

She remembered that the book she read only mentioned that if gravity rewriting was improved to a certain level, it could rewrite one’s own weight, but it didn’t explain in detail whether it would make one lighter or heavier.

“Gang Quan.”

Gang Bao nodded and called out, indicating that it understood.

“Knock knock!”

At this moment, a knock sounded at the door.

“Xun Xun~”

Xiao Xun Bao floated over and opened the door.

“Jiu Jiu.”

Jiu Bu Gu floated at the door and called out, indicating that its Beastmaster said it was time to pack and head to the Ice Kingdom.

“Xun Xun.”

Xiao Xun Bao wilted. Qiao Sang

, its fan in the Abyss Kingdom,

immediately jumped out of bed: “I know, I’ll pack right away.”

“Jiu Jiu?”

Jiu Bu Gu didn’t leave immediately, but looked at Lu Bao, who had just jumped out of the water tank, and called out, indicating whether it wanted help packing?

“Ice Saint.”

Lu Bao glanced at it and called out, indicating that it was not necessary.

“Xunxun~”

Little Xunbao quickly adjusted its mindset, looked at Jiu Bugu, and called out, indicating that if you want to pack, then help me pack.

Jiu Bugu glanced at it, turned around, and left without a word.

Little Xunbao: “???”

About half an hour later, the things were packed.

Qiao Sang, wearing a woolen hat, a long white down jacket that covered her whole body, and a scarf around her neck, came to the living room and looked at Teacher Michaela, who was already prepared, and asked:

“Shall we leave now?”

Michaela looked at her phone and said:

“Wait a little longer. The room we booked is for check-in at 3 pm. There’s nowhere to stay if we go now.”

Qiao Sang didn’t care much and said: “If we go too early, we can walk around outside.”

Michaela turned her head and looked over. When she saw Qiao Sang’s attire, the corner of her mouth twitched slightly, and she said: “The temperature in the Ice Kingdom has been around -40 degrees Celsius recently. You have received the Feeding Spirit, so even if you go without any preparation, you can withstand the temperature there. But Xia Bao and the others…”

Her voice stopped abruptly.

Michaela noticed Sharara standing nearby, also dressed in a thick down jacket, a woolen hat, and a red crystal around her neck in addition to an Everstone.

She immediately recognized it as a Warm Stone, a fire-type item that grants warmth to the wearer wherever they are.

Michaela paused for two seconds, about to say something,

when she noticed Little Treasure and the others, besides Toothbear, also fully equipped and wearing Warm Stones.

Michaela fell silent.

Qiao Sang, realizing something, said,

“Everyone says Ice Country is one of the coldest countries on Tianyuan Star, so I prepared some clothes for Little Treasure and the others before I went out. Teacher, do you think they’re suitable?”

Penjami glanced at her Beastmaster, her eyes saying, “Look at them.”

“Xunxun~”

Little Treasure spun around in response.

“Qingqing.”

Qingbao tugged at her scarf, somewhat annoyed, indicating she was hot.

“Ice Saint.”

Lu Bao called out calmly, indicating that it wouldn’t be hot in the Ice Kingdom.

“Qing Qing.”

Qing Bao resisted the urge to pull off her scarf.

“Ting Ting?”

Ting Bao thought of something, came to Ya Bao’s side, and called out, indicating that she could stay with Ya Bao while they were in the Ice Kingdom.

“Ya Ya.”

Ya Bao glanced at it and called out, indicating that it was too weak and that it wasn’t suitable for training with her.

Ting Bao: “.”

Michaela slowly exhaled and said,

“Since you are all ready, let’s set off now.”

“Xiao Xiao.”

At this moment, Xiao Xiao Pi called out, indicating that the country was too cold and it didn’t want to go.

Qiao Sang looked at it, suddenly remembered something, and apologized, “Sorry, I almost forgot about you.”

After saying that, she looked at Xiao Xun Bao and said,

“Take out the things I bought for Xiao Xiao Pi last time.”

“Xun Xun~”

Xiao Xun Bao took off the ring and took out thick clothes, hats, scarves, and heat stones suitable for Xiao Xiao Pi’s body size.

Xiao Xiao Pi stared at the things that were taken out and was stunned for a moment.

Qiao Sang smiled and said,

“When I bought these last time, I also bought some for you. Quickly put them on and see if they fit.”

“Xiao Xiao!”

Xiao Xiao was a little touched. After quickly putting on the clothes, it barked, indicating that it felt it could go to the Ice Kingdom now!

“Don’t forget to wear this.” After putting the warm stone around Xiao Xiao’s neck, Qiao Sang looked at Michaela and said,

“Teacher, we can go now.”

“Meimei.”

Michaela placed the navigation on his phone in front of Mei.

“Penpei.”

Mei’s eyes glowed blue.

Soon, the group of figures disappeared from the spot.

Ice Kingdom.

Snowflakes were falling heavily, and everything around seemed to be dyed silver-white.

In front of an exquisite ice sculpture, a group of figures appeared out of thin air.

“Xia Xia.”

Xia Lala subconsciously shivered.

Qiao Sang noticed this and bent down to hug Xia Lala.

“Xia Xia.”

Xia Lala showed a comfortable expression and shrank her head into Qiao Sang’s arms.

“Is this the hotel we’re staying at?” Qiao Sang asked, looking at the exquisite ice sculpture in front of her.

“No,” Michaela said, “This is the Foreign Personnel Inspection Office.”

Qiao Sang immediately understood and looked at Ya Bao, who was still surveying his surroundings.

Ten minutes later.

Inside an office that resembled an ice cellar.

“Dongdong?”

A two-legged pet, entirely white with a white beard, sat in a chair, looked at Ya Bao, and called out arrogantly, indicating what was he doing in their Ice Kingdom?

“Ya Ya!”

Ya Bao called out, indicating that he had come with his Beastmaster.

“I’m here for tourism,” Qiao Sang said.

“Dongdong.”

The two-legged pet with the white beard finally looked at Qiao Sang and called out, indicating that he should produce his identification.

Qiao Sang took out the Beastmaster badge and identification documents that he had prepared beforehand.

The two-legged pet with the white beard glanced at him, saw the color of the Beastmaster badge, and its arrogant expression vanished instantly. It swallowed hard and called out:

“Dongdong?”

A-level Beastmaster?

“Yes.” Qiao Sang nodded.

“Dongdong!”

The two-legged pet with white whiskers didn’t ask any more questions, quickly stamped the entry permit, and barked.

Passed! (End of Chapter)