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Chapter 284 - 271 I Want to Buy It for You Myself

Chapter 284: Chapter 271 I Want to Buy It for You Myself

Xiao Xunbao’s gaze was determined, and a thick white energy immediately condensed on its raised right claw.

"Bang!"

With the fall of the right claw, the tiles uniformly split into two halves.

"Xun!"

Seeing the broken tiles scattered around, Xiao Xunbao mimicked the champions of the Combat Series that it had seen in videos, raising both claws high in a victor’s cry.

An eerie silence surrounded the area for a moment, then erupted into enthusiastic cheers, as if the first-place winner had already been born.

"Holy shit! Breaking tiles! It really broke the tiles!"

"Did anyone get that on video just now? Send me a copy, quick!"

"That’s freaking scary, how did a Spectral-type Pet Beast learn a Combat Series skill? I thought that news was a hoax..."

"Although this Treasure-seeking Demon looks a bit undernourished, its strength is much greater than a normal Treasure-seeking Demon’s."

"That’s not right, the news said that Qiao Sang’s Treasure-seeking Demon trained to the pinnacle in tile-breaking when it was still a Treasure-seeking Ghost, and it could even handle seniors with no problem. But looking at the force with which it just broke the tiles, it seems like the proficiency isn’t particularly high."

"What do you know? Who shows off all their strength at the beginning? Big God Qiao must have taught the Treasure-seeking Demon how to control its power."

"What you’re saying makes sense!"

"...Breaking tiles." Liu Qijia simply couldn’t believe his eyes.

As a Beast Tamer contracted to a Combat Series Pet Beast, he had been skeptical from the start that Qiao Sang’s Treasure-seeking Demon could master the skill of breaking tiles.

Breaking tiles was about proper force exertion, unifying natural body strength. Whether it was grip strength, wrist strength, or the power to support the whole body with one’s limbs and the explosive power, all had to be trained to a certain level to possibly learn this skill.

Spectral-type Pet Beasts had no muscles, and even forming a solid body relied on energy; given their physical condition, it was simply impossible for them to learn Combat Series skills.

But this belief shattered into pieces the moment the Treasure-seeking Demon executed the tile breaking.

Liu Qijia, in a daze, watched the Treasure-seeking Demon raising its short arms in celebration, completely oblivious to the Bravery Monkey that had glanced over at him several times beside the Treasure-seeking Demon.

"Bravery..."

Seeing its Beast Tamer always fixated on the little creature beside him and not paying any attention to it, the Bravery Monkey immediately showed an unhappy expression.

"Whoosh!"

When the referee teacher blew the whistle once again.

After the first round of selection, Li Jiang’s Sand Shrew from Class 2 and Zhao Fangrui’s Aqua Ring Bream from Class 8 were eliminated from the competition, leaving eleven competing Pet Beasts other than Xiao Xunbao, all muscle-bound Combat Series Pet Beasts.

"Treasure-seeking Demon! Go for it!"

"Treasure-seeking Demon! I love you!"

"Class 1, keep it up! Qiao Sang, keep it up! Treasure-seeking Demon, go for it!"

"Ya Ya! Ya Ya!"

"Bravery..."

Listening to the surrounding cheers for the small guy, Bravery Monkey snorted heavily and put on a serious face, looking at the tile in front of it as if it were facing its archenemy, and slammed down with a palm.

"Bang!" The tiles shattered on cue.

"Bravery!" The Bravery Monkey raised its arm in a celebratory cheer.

Just as it was ready to accept the cheers from others, a series of voices intruded on its ears.

"The Treasure-seeking Demon is so amazing!"

"Goodness, look at that Treasure-seeking Demon, breaking them so effortlessly."

"Was that 15 tiles just now? The Treasure-seeking Demon looks like it’s under no pressure at all, so cool."

"Treasure-seeking Demon is mighty!"

"Ya Ya!"

"Bravery!"

Seeing that not a single person paid attention to itself, Bravery Monkey immediately turned its head and angrily yelled at Xiao Xunbao.

"Xun?"

Xiao Xunbao, overjoyed with its celebration, blinked innocently.

"Bravery!"

The Bravery Monkey showed an angry expression, signaling Xiao Xunbao not to be too smug as the first place would be its own.

"Xun."

Xiao Xunbao, recognizing the hostility from the other, showed an expression of sudden understanding, and gently patted the Bravery Monkey on the shoulder in consolation.

Don’t be mad, the first place next time can be yours, but this time first place can only be mine.

"Bravery!!" The Bravery Monkey went absolutely crazy.

The following few rounds of bare-hand tile breaking were almost entirely a show between Xiao Xunbao and Bravery Monkey.

By the third round, with the tiles increased to 20 pieces, several competing Pet Beasts were successively eliminated; by the fifth round, only Xiao Xunbao and Bravery Monkey remained.

Now it was the eighth round.

The tiles had increased to 35 pieces.

"Bravery!" The Bravery Monkey was fired up, its mood at an all-time high.

"Xun..."

Xiao Xunbao hesitated for a moment, looking at the stack of tiles nearly as tall as itself in front of it.

It had never cleaved so many tiles in one go before. Could it do it...

"Xun..."

Xiao Xunbao instinctively looked towards its own Beast Tamer.

Noticing Xiao Xunbao’s glance, Qiao Sang immediately shouted, "Come on, just one step away from the Golden Glove!"

After speaking, she paused and corrected herself loudly, "Just one step away from the pure gold glove!"

"Xun!"

Xiao Xunbao’s gaze instantly hardened with renewed fighting spirit.

Liu Qijia: "..."

His heart skipped a beat as he understood everything from Qiao Sang’s cheer and the Treasure-seeking Demon’s change of attitude.

Turns out the Golden Glove was the motivation for the Treasure-seeking Demon.

If the Treasure-seeking Demon won because of the Golden Glove, wouldn’t he be the biggest sucker...

"Dali! Come on!" Liu Qijia shouted loudly.

"Yongli..." Hearing his Beast Tamer’s voice, the invigorated Yongli Monkey paused for a moment, his eyes welling up with tears.

It was finally being noticed!

"Whistle!"

At that moment, the whistle sounded.

"Xun!"

"Yongli!"

Xiao Xunbao and Yongli Monkey gathered their energy simultaneously, concentrating all their strength into their claws.

This time, Xiao Xunbao switched to its left claw.

"Bang!"

The tiles shattered all over the place.

The teacher in charge of judging stepped forward to inspect and, after brushing aside the remaining fragments of the tiles, looked down to take notes and announced, "Treasure-seeking Demon 35 pieces, Yongli Monkey 34 pieces."

"Xun?" Xiao Xunbao blinked, not quite comprehending who had won.

Qiao Sang ran over and embraced Xiao Xunbao, exclaiming excitedly, "Xiao Xunbao! We’ve won!"

Normally, Qiao Sang wouldn’t get excited about winning first place in a sports event, as these competitions were more about participation, and winning or losing was just a matter of honor. But the stakes of victory being the Golden Glove made it different.

Was it the Golden Glove? No, that was blatant money!

"Xun!"

Upon hearing it won, Xiao Xunbao rubbed its head excitedly against its Beast Tamer’s cheek.

The onlooking students cheered.

This first-year bare-handed tile-breaking competition was both unexpected and not.

No matter how rumors spread, seeing a Spectral-type Pet display Combat Series skills first-hand definitely felt different.

Especially when the petite Treasure-seeking Demon stood alongside a bunch of muscle-bound Combat Series pets, one would verbally express confidence in the Treasure-seeking Demon’s victory, but deep down, there would always be doubt.

So when it actually won in the end, there was a sense of surprise and a different kind of excitement.

"Yongli..."

Yongli Monkey hung its head in despair.

Liu Qijia came over, patted its head to comfort it, and said, "You did great. Usually, you can only cleave 32 tiles in practice, but you improved by two this time."

"Yongli..."

Qiao Sang walked over and watched Liu Qijia comforting Yongli Monkey without saying a word.

Feeling Qiao Sang’s intense gaze, Liu Qijia scratched his head and asked, "What size of Golden Glove do you want?"

Qiao Sang grinned, holding out her hand and saying, "Just as big as mine is fine."

"Xun?!" Xiao Xunbao’s eyes widened.

Wasn’t the Golden Glove supposed to be for it?!

Qiao Sang glanced at Xiao Xunbao’s paw, which was not even half the size of her palm and said seriously, "I don’t want others to buy your Golden Glove. I want to buy it for you myself."

"Xun~"

Xiao Xunbao happily rubbed its head against its Beast Tamer’s cheek.

Liu Qijia: "..."

...

After Liu Qijia left, Qiao Sang headed towards the 400-meter hurdles sprint area.

She hadn’t gone far when a familiar voice came from behind, "Qiao Sang, congratulations."

Qiao Sang turned her head to look.

It was Shi Gaofeng.