Beast Taming: Starting From Zero - Chapter 1503

1503. Chapter 1497 The Ice Kingdom (Two Chapters Combined)

Qiao Sang and Ya Bao walked out of the foreign personnel inspection area.

“Xunxun?”

Little Xun Bao floated over, looking surprised, and called out, indicating that it was so fast?

Qiao Sang hummed in agreement, saying, “The inspector saw I was an A-level Beast Tamer and let me through directly.”

“Ya Ya,”

Ya Bao nodded in agreement.

Qiao Sang took out her phone and checked the time, finding that there was still about an hour until 3 PM, and couldn’t help but ask,

“Teacher, where do we go next?”

Michaela thought for a moment and said, “The Ten Ice Arena. Apparently, they’re holding an ice sculpture competition there today. If Little Xun Bao wants to participate in such competitions later, we can go and see what it’s all about.”

“Xunxun~”

Little Xun Bao showed an interested expression.

Ice sculptures? ” Little Treasure Hunt is definitely out of the question. This country is full of ice sculpting masters. Even if Little Treasure Hunt participates in a small ice sculpting competition, he won’t get a top ten finish.” Josang thought to himself, then asked,

“Can we get in without buying tickets in advance?”

“No need,” Michaela said. “The Ice Kingdom holds similar competitions every now and then. This isn’t a very large competition. We can buy tickets even if we go now.”

Hearing this, Josang didn’t say anything more and nodded, “Okay.”

Ten minutes later.

Inside the large arena made entirely of ice sculptures, the air was freezing cold.

In the audience seats, only about half of the seats were occupied.

E section, row 23.

Josang, Michaela, and Ya Bao sat side by side on ice seats.

“Ya Ya!”

Ya Bao felt uncomfortable after sitting for a while and jumped onto his beast tamer’s lap.

Lu Bao, unusually, took the initiative to crawl out of his backpack and sit on a chair.

On the field, nearly a hundred ice sculptors were carving ice sculptures simultaneously.

Some of them had pets, and there was even an ice sculpture nearly a hundred meters long where someone was carving it with three pets.

Josang glanced at the scene and remarked, “Isn’t this even a large-scale ice sculpture competition?”

Michaela chuckled, “No, the largest ice sculpture competitions in the Ice Kingdom are basically held during the coldest part of the year. Ice sculptors from all over the world come, and only the highest-level ice sculptors participate.”

Josang gestured towards an ice sculpture where a person and their pet were carving together, then asked, “Why are some ice sculptures carved by a person and their pet together?”

“Because this person is both an ice sculptor and a beast tamer,” Michaela explained. “If someone is a beast tamer, they can allow their contracted pet to carve alongside them. That’s why many pets in the Ice Kingdom want to find a skilled human ice sculptor to form a contract with, so they can easily participate in large-scale ice sculpture competitions.”

His own beast tamer really needed to learn more, otherwise, this annoying human would keep asking questions. Tingbao, listening to the conversation, glanced at his own beast tamer and thought to himself.

Qiao Sang, completely oblivious to Ting Bao’s inner thoughts, frowned and said,

“If that’s the case, wouldn’t it be unfair during the ice sculpture competition?”

Michaela slowly replied, “Pets are part of a Beastmaster’s strength. Collaborative ice sculpting is like a team battle; perfect coordination is needed to win. Sometimes, collaborating with a Beastmaster is much more difficult than sculpting alone.”

Qiao Sang subconsciously imagined Lu Bao effortlessly carving an ice sculpture with her exquisite skills, only to have it instantly destroyed when she and Ya Bao joined in. She immediately agreed:

“Collaborative ice sculpting seems quite difficult.”

“Gang Quan?”

Gang Bao’s voice rang in her mind as soon as she finished speaking.

Lu Bao could ice sculpt? How come she didn’t know?

“No way,” Qiao Sang replied in her mind. “It’s just that Lu Bao is an ice-type, and among you, I felt that if anyone could do ice sculpting, Lu Bao’s image would be the most suitable, so I imagined it.”

Gang Bao: “.”

“Xun Xun!”

Just as Qiao Sang and Gang Bao were talking, Little Xun Bao showed an interested expression and called out, indicating that it wanted to participate in the competition!

I knew Qiao Sang would be tactful:

“There are so many professional ice sculptors in the Ice Kingdom, and everyone has several years or even decades of ice sculpting experience. Even if you participate, you probably won’t get a very high ranking.”

“Xun Xun~”

Little Xun Bao called out, indicating that it didn’t matter, it was fine as long as it got tenth place.

In its opinion, tenth place was already a very low ranking.

Qiao Sang: “…”

I think you won’t even get tenth place. Qiao Sang thought to herself as she watched the contestants carving on the field. Suddenly, she thought of something and continued tactfully:

“Look at everyone carving, they’re basically using their own skills. It seems like you don’t have any skills suitable for ice sculpting.”

“Xunxun.”

Little Xunbao looked at the field and saw that, apart from the individual human contestants, the other pet contestants and human-pet combinations were indeed using skills to carve.

Flower-type pets were carving with green-glowing leaves, mantis-type pets were carving with sickle-like claws, and snake-type pets were carving by biting with their teeth.

Michaela said: “Pet sculptors do indeed mostly use skills to carve, which makes it easier for them to carve.”

“Xunxun.”

Little Xunbao thought back to her own skills and realized that she really didn’t have any skills suitable for carving, so she couldn’t help but sigh heavily.

“Tingting.”

At this moment, Tingbao looked at a contestant on the field and called out, indicating that she remembered that she knew this skill.

Little Xunbao looked in the direction its gaze fell, and there stood a muscular Fighting-type pet, its claws glowing with a rich white light, using the Brick Break skill to carve an ice sculpture.

“Xunxun!”

Little Xunbao’s eyes lit up, and it cried out, indicating that it could also use Brick Break to carve ice sculptures!

Qiao Sang’s lips twitched slightly, and he said,

“Brick Break isn’t suitable for carving intricate details.”

Sure enough, as soon as he finished speaking, the muscular Fighting-type pet on the field lost control of its strength, and with a “crack,” the ice sculpture shattered in two.

“Xunxun,”

Little Xunbao sighed.

“Tingting.”

Tingbao thought for a moment and barked, indicating that the contestant on the field was large because of his size and large paws, but the boss was small and had even smaller paws, so there shouldn’t be any problem.

Xiao Xunbao glanced at Tingbao, thinking that this didn’t sound happy at all.

“Xunxun.”

But after a moment, Xiao Xunbao barked, indicating that it thought what Lao Liu said made sense.

Qiao Sang was silent for two seconds, and finally compromised, saying, “You can sign up for an ice sculpture competition to try, but don’t spend too much time on it. If you feel it’s not suitable, stop. You have many other competitions to participate in.”

“Xunxun~”

Xiao Xunbao nodded.

An hour later, a group of figures appeared out of thin air in a five-star hotel.

After checking in, Michaela, Qiao Sang, and Ya Bao took the sightseeing elevator up.

Qiao Sang stood in the elevator, looking at the scene in the lobby below, and said,

“It seems that there aren’t that many ice-type pets in this hotel.”

Whether at the ice sculpture competition site or on the road, almost 80% of the pets were ice-type, while the pets in this hotel only accounted for about 30%.

Michaela looked down and said,

“This is a hotel specifically for tourists. Many hotels in the Ice Kingdom are made of ice, and even those that aren’t made of ice don’t have any heating systems. This hotel is perfect for Xia; it’s the one we should stay in.”

As they talked, the elevator reached the top floor.

“Xunxun~”

Entering the suite, Little Xunbao immediately took off its ring and pulled out the water tank that Lu Bao needed.

“Ice Saint,”

Lu Bao pointed to a spot.

“Xunxun~”

Little Xunbao eagerly helped carry it over.

After placing the water tank, it blinked its eyes at Lu Bao.

“Ice Saint?”

Lu Bao looked at it and called out, as if asking if it wanted to say something.

“Xunxun~”

Little Xunbao grinned and called out, indicating if it could help make some ice blocks in the coming days.

Without a word, Lu Bao emanated a visible chill.

The next second, five identical square ice blocks condensed in front of it.

“Xunxun~”

Little Treasure Hunter barked happily.

Qiao Sang sat on the sofa, checking her phone for a while, then said,

“It seems like there haven’t been any competitions in the Ice Kingdom offering Ice Crystal Fruit as a prize lately.”

“Ice Crystal Fruit is a material needed for Ice-type Royal-level pets, and it’s not common even in the Ice Kingdom. It’s normal that there aren’t any competition prizes for it right now,” Michaela said, arranging the flowers and plants she had prepared. “You don’t necessarily have to look for Ice Crystal Fruit among the competition prizes; you can get it through other channels. You can post a quest to find Ice Crystal Fruit at the Beast Taming Center in the Ice Kingdom. Anyway, we have a long time to wait.”

“Understood,” Qiao Sang said, opening the Beast Taming Center’s website and posting a relevant quest.

“Tooth!”

Suddenly, Toothbear barked, indicating it was going to train.

Penjami stiffened, silently moving to the side, trying to minimize its presence.

After completing the task, Qiao Sang put down his phone and asked, “Teacher, does this hotel have an outdoor training ground?”

“No,” Michaela replied, “but there’s a public outdoor training ground less than 100 meters away where you can train.”

Qiao Sang immediately started navigation, saying,

“I’ll take Ya Bao and the others there to train first.”

Once the location was successful, Qiao Sang placed his phone in front of Xiao Xun Bao and said, “Let’s go here.”

“Xun Xun,”

Xiao Xun Bao pointed to the ice on the ground and meowed, indicating it wanted to practice ice sculpting.

Qiao Sang said, “You can practice at the training ground; the temperature outside is low, and the ice won’t melt easily.”

“Xun Xun~”

Xiao Xun Bao gave a “makes sense” look.

Its eyes glowed blue.

At this moment, Michaela suddenly remembered something and said,

“Mei Mei, you come along; Ya Bao needs your help with training.”

“Ya Ya!”

Ya Bao meowed, indicating it wanted to go too!

Pen Jia Mei: “.”

“Jiu Jiu,”

Jiu Bu Gu quickly meowed, indicating it wanted to go as well, to train with Lu Bao.

Lu Bao glanced at it, tacitly agreeing.

“Xunxun~”

Little Xunbao’s eyes flashed with blue light.

Immediately afterward, the group of figures, along with the five ice blocks, vanished into thin air, leaving only Michaela and Xiaoxiaopi in the suite.

Xiaoxiaopi glanced at Michaela, then looked at the somewhat empty living room, and sighed. It’s

so boring being with this human.

Open-air training ground.

Steel Bao’s size slowly increased.

The people and pets around glanced at the gradually growing white light and Jiu Bugu, realized something, and quickly retreated.

Soon, only Ya Bao and the others remained in the open-air training ground.

“Xunxun.”

Little Xunbao, its paws glowing with a rich white light, controlled its strength, concentrating on carving the ice block.

“Gang Sai.”

A short while later, Steel Bao completed its evolution.

With the evolution, its aura emanated outwards.

The air and the ground trembled simultaneously.

Penjiamei and Jiu Bugu, who were helping with the training, sensed something and looked over with astonishment.

At the same time, several “crack” sounds rang out, and all five ice blocks shattered.

Little Treasure: “!!!”

Little Treasure turned its head, angrily looking at Steel Treasure, about to speak.

But at this moment, Steel Treasure glanced at it indifferently.

Little Treasure’s hair stood on end, and it quickly turned its head away.

“Xunxun.”

Realizing that it had actually been frightened by the fourth brother’s aura, Little Treasure was a little annoyed and forced itself to look at Steel Treasure again.

Just as it looked over, Steel Treasure’s body glowed white again, and its size slowly shrank.

The air and the ground returned to calm, no longer trembling.

“Xunxun.”

Little Treasure inexplicably breathed a sigh of relief.

Then it showed an envious expression.

Emperor-level pet beasts are so majestic.

I wonder when I can become an Emperor-level.

A moment later, Steel Treasure returned to its Steel Emperor form.

Qiao Sang looked at it and asked, “Did you just leak some of your Dominator aura?”

She had seen Emperor-level pet beasts before, such as Penjami and Jiu Bugu, but neither of them caused the air to tremble as soon as they appeared like Steel Treasure.

She remembered that this did not happen when Steel Treasure temporarily evolved last time.

“Steel Power.”

Steel Treasure thought for a moment and nodded.

That should be it.

Qiao Sang asked again, “Can’t you control the Dominator’s aura yet?”

“Steel Power.”

Steel Treasure glanced at its Beastmaster and called out, indicating that its evolution only lasted a few seconds, and it didn’t have time to control it.

Qiao Sang was silent for a moment, then said calmly,

“You can try to control it each time you temporarily evolve, ideally like a sense of oppression, able to control it freely.”

“Steel Power.”

Steel Treasure nodded.

This probably wouldn’t work. Steel Treasure’s temporary evolution time was still too short. Trying to control the Dominator’s aura and successfully performing Gravity Rewriting would probably take a long time before it could ask Teacher Michaela the questions it wanted to ask. Qiao Sang fell into deep thought.

“Steel Power.”

Steel Treasure called out in its mind, indicating that if she couldn’t wait, they could lie to her.

Qiao Sang suddenly looked up and met Steel Treasure’s gaze.

Then, the two smiled at each other.

“Ya Bao, you guys train first. I’ll take Gang Bao to a nearby area to try out temporary evolution again.” Qiao Sang looked at Ya Bao and the others who were training and said, “Otherwise, the ice block that Xiao Xun Bao is carving will break again.”

She mainly said this to Pen Jia Mei and Jiu Bu Gu.

“Xun Xun.”

Xiao Xun Bao looked touched.

Their Beastmaster was so thoughtful.

Two hours later,

a group of figures appeared out of thin air in the hotel suite.

A table was set with food.

Michaela sat at the table, about to speak

, when Josang exclaimed with delight,

“Teacher! Steel has awakened Gravity Rewrite!”

“Steel Power!”

Steel nodded, his face beaming with joy.

Michaela: “???” (End of Chapter)