Beast taming, starting from zero point
Chapter 316 - 303 Please, We are Rivals

Chapter 316: Chapter 303 Please, We are Rivals

Aside from the matches against Litian Royal Beast High School, I rarely saw you come to watch, even for the top ten regionals... Sun Boyi complained inwardly, but showed nothing on his face. He pointed towards the left front direction and said,

"It’s over there."

Wang Weidou followed the direction and immediately recognized Qiao Sang among a group of students wearing the same uniform.

His eyes lit up, the more he looked, the more satisfied he became.

Look!

First year!

Three Pet Beasts!

And all at the intermediate level!

This treasure! It’s from our school!

If it wasn’t Liu Yao who told him the news in person, knowing full well that guy wasn’t the type to joke around, Wang Weidou wouldn’t have believed it even if his wife told him.

Although he had a good impression of Qiao Sang at the beginning, he hadn’t been this optimistic!

If those guys from Litian knew about this, he’d like to see how they could still have the face to mention Ding Yanjing in front of him!

With that thought, Wang Weidou’s gaze turned even hotter.

"Why do I always feel like someone is staring at me?" Qiao Sang turned his head and looked around doubtfully.

"Is it them?" Xu Yixuan said, nodding her chin in a certain direction.

Qiao Sang looked over and saw the people from Beast Taming High School.

The male student leading them saw Qiao Sang looking and flashed a white-toothed smile.

"That guy’s name is Li Kun." Xu Yixuan warned, "Don’t be fooled by his friendly appearance; he’s actually very sneaky."

"How is he sneaky?" Qiao Sang asked curiously.

"He usually gets chummy with his opponents before a match to gather some intelligence," said Xu Yixuan.

Qiao Sang shrugged it off, "Gathering intelligence and such, isn’t that pretty normal?"

This was the National School Beast Taming League, not playing house; the one who laughs last gets the chance to be assessed for the top academies. Winning over opponents and gathering intelligence seemed perfectly legitimate to Qiao Sang.

"It wouldn’t matter if it was just gathering intelligence," Xu Yixuan said in a lowered voice,

"He also pretends to be weak before the match. When it comes time to fight, you feel bad about hitting him hard, and that’s when he lets his Pet Beast unleash its powerful Skill, and about 80% fall for it," Xu Yixuan revealed this with a slight grinding of her teeth.

Qiao Sang understood.

So basically, this guy acted like Lin Memei before a match but turned into Cheng Yaojin once it started.

Qiao Sang looked at Xu Yixuan with certainty and asked, "You’re one in that 80%, aren’t you?"

Xu Yixuan laughed awkwardly, "I just made a little error when I went easy on him earlier, but later on, I still won..."

Before she could finish, Xu Yixuan suddenly tugged at Qiao Sang’s sleeve, gave him a look and whispered, "Here he comes, probably to gather intelligence from you."

At the same time, Li Kun had already walked over.

"You must be Qiao Sang, whom everyone’s been talking about lately." Li Kun introduced himself with a friendly smile, "My name is Li Kun, from Beast Taming High School."

"Hello," Qiao Sang replied with a smile.

"Are you really a freshman?" Li Kun asked.

"Yes," Qiao Sang answered, "Do I not look like one?"

The two chatted back and forth, looking like old friends.

If it wasn’t for the different school uniforms, others might think they were on the same team.

Xu Yixuan was somewhat puzzled.

Didn’t she already tell Qiao Sang that this guy was here to gather intelligence? How come he was still chatting so enthusiastically with him?

Seeing that their chat was winding down, Li Kun seemed to ask casually, "Have you thought about which Pet Beast you’ll use first in the upcoming match?"

Qiao Sang made a thoughtful gesture and said, "It should be the Treasure-seeking Demon."

"Qiao Sang!" Xu Yixuan panicked, "How could you say that!"

"It doesn’t matter if I say it," Qiao Sang replied confidently, "I won’t lose anyway."

Xu Yixuan paused, then it seemed to dawn on her...

Li Kun: "..."

The preliminary rounds for each grade level were all taking place at the same time.

In the first stage of the preliminary rounds, each person in the individual combat group had to take turns facing three members of the opposing school’s team.

After each match, professional healers would restore the pet beasts, so it wouldn’t affect the next match.

The competition was in full swing.

The first-year group had the fewest pet beasts, with only one pet beast per participant, and most of them were still at the primary level with not many skills. By the time they finished, the third-year competition had only reached halfway.

"A2 group Shengshui Middle School’s Qiao Sang versus A2 group Fuxi Beast Taming High School’s Zhao Weiwei," a crisp female voice announced over the loudspeakers in area C.

On the standby seats, a girl wearing a hairband asked, "Will they really send out the Treasure-seeking Demon first?"

"Relax, everyone says so, they definitely will," Li Kun chuckled, "That’s how it usually goes with the people from key high schools. I’ve seen it a lot, either they say nothing or they disclose everything. Basically, they’re just too confident in their own abilities and don’t take us seriously."

Li Kun hadn’t gathered this intelligence expecting to win every match.

But the preliminary round was based on a points system.

Gathering some intelligence in advance, one of the three people in the team could surely counter the opponent’s pet beast and thereby win a round.

If they could score 3 points in the hands of Shengshui Middle School today, they wouldn’t consider it a loss!

Just as Li Kun was feeling confident about the match, both the grey and green Star Arrays lit up in the arena.

"Shou Shou!"

"Ya!"

A black pet beast and a red-and-white pet beast appeared on the field.

Li Kun: "!!!"

Li Kun froze on the spot, completely dumbfounded.

What happened to sending out the Treasure-seeking Demon? Why did they send out the Flame Listening Dog?!

"Didn’t you tell Li Kun it would be a Treasure-seeking Demon?!" Zhao Weiwei exclaimed from the field. The information Li Kun had provided was wrong!

"Please, we are opponents. I can’t believe you took my casual words seriously," said Qiao Sang as she cleared her throat, feigning innocence.

She hadn’t expected them to believe her so easily and actually send out a Beast specializing in countering the Spectral Series, the evil Double-headed Black Crow...

Who would be idle enough to give the correct information to their opponent for no reason? They weren’t paying her, and she wasn’t stupid...

Zhao Weiwei was instantly filled with frustration.

Indeed, why did Li Kun believe her! However, such a situation had never occurred before...

...

In the spectator area.

"Principal Wang, it turns out the Flame Listening Dog’s Beast Tamer is a student from your school. How do you see the upcoming match?" the male reporter asked excitedly.

He had thought it would be just a boring match record, but not only did he encounter the principal of Shengshui Middle School during the preliminaries, he also met the Flame Listening Dog! This was rare material for news!

"Stop asking and just watch the match, or it’ll all be over in an instant, and you’ll miss everything," Wang Weidou said, focusing on the center of the field.

Miss everything?

The male reporter paused, then subconsciously turned to look at the center of the field. Hadn’t the match just started?

At that moment, a Mechanical Beast with a referee’s badge hanging around its neck blew the whistle in the center of the field, signifying the start of the match.

The Flame Listening Dog instantly vanished from its spot and reappeared behind the Double-headed Black Crow.

"Ya!"

The Flame Listening Dog tilted its head back and howled.

Searing flames condensed and immediately engulfed the silhouette of the Double-headed Black Crow.

"Shou Shou!!!"

The Double-headed Black Crow wailed in pain as it fell to the ground.

The flames died down, and the Double-headed Black Crow had already fallen unconscious.

This took all of three seconds.

Area C fell deathly silent.

ps: Plans can’t keep up with changes, some real-life issues came up unexpectedly, so there’s one less Chapter, sorry...