Beast taming, starting from zero point
Chapter 326 - 313: Principal! Something terrible has happened!

Chapter 326: Chapter 313: Principal! Something terrible has happened!

However, there was one prerequisite for a real counter-attack.

That was, they could not lose!

"Xun Xun!"

Xiao Xunbao looked at the Two-tailed Ground Turtle with a serious expression.

The battle began.

Xiao Xunbao vanished from sight, turning invisible on the spot.

The contestant from Hangkang’s Sixth Beast Taming High School, Guo Jiasong, simply gave up, issuing no commands in response.

Setting aside how freakish Qiao Sang herself was, just the title of a Shengshui Middle School team member was enough to make him feel hopeless about winning.

People with a mentality like Guo Jiasong’s were not in short supply.

As soon as they were up against a famous school, without even knowing the strength of their opponent, they would already feel incompetent deep down before the match began.

The difference is, those with this kind of mentality were divided into two groups.

One group would still try their utmost, while another would decide to go through the motions, conserving their energy for matches they were confident about.

Guo Jiasong belonged to the latter.

"Lupa."

The Two-tailed Ground Turtle clearly did not share its Beast Tamer’s disposition.

Its eyes moved alertly around the environment.

Just as the Two-tailed Ground Turtle shifted its gaze to the left, Xiao Xunbao stretched out a large tongue and suddenly appeared on the right, poised to lick.

Though the Two-tailed Ground Turtle was looking to the left, it somehow sensed the sudden presence of a shadow on its right.

"Lupa!"

Instinctively, the Two-tailed Ground Turtle quickly retracted its head into its shell, and Xiao Xunbao’s lick met only loneliness.

"Xun..."

Xiao Xunbao pouted and disappeared from sight once again.

"Lupa!"

After staying in its shell for a moment, sensing the danger was gone, the Two-tailed Ground Turtle stuck out its head again and seriously called out to its own Beast Tamer.

It was signaling to get a move on, this was a match!

Seeing this, Guo Jiasong was stunned; he hadn’t expected the Two-tailed Ground Turtle to still be so determined after losing two matches against people from Shengshui Middle School...

Just then, Xiao Xunbao’s figure appeared ghost-like, merely 0.1 centimeters away from the Two-tailed Ground Turtle’s head.

"Be careful!" Guo Jiasong exclaimed.

Before Xiao Xunbao could do anything, the Two-tailed Ground Turtle quickly withdrew its head again.

"Xun..."

Xiao Xunbao went invisible once more.

Relieved, Guo Jiasong’s eyes gradually firmed.

That’s right.

The Qiao Sang in front of him was strong, indeed, but she didn’t send out the Flame Listening Dog this time!

This Treasure-seeking Demon was small, and clearly malnourished, its strength was definitely weaker than that of an average Treasure-seeking Demon.

With that in mind, why not give it a try!

Even if the 3 points were unobtainable, there might still be a chance to tie!

A tie also meant 1 point, right!

The more Guo Jiasong thought about it, the more convinced he became. His confidence reignited, he immediately gave the command, "Sand Splash!"

"Lupa!"

The Two-tailed Ground Turtle, upon receiving the command, stuck its head out and scraped its left front paw forward, instantly kicking up dust all around, enveloping itself within.

Sand Splash, a low-level Ground Type skill.

Though not high in level, it was very practical.

One could use their limbs or claws to disturb the opponent’s line of sight by raising sand or dust, considered a commonly used skill among low-level Ground Type creatures.

Dust filled the air, but Xiao Xunbao’s figure never appeared.

"A minute has already passed." Someone in the audience looked at their watch and said, "It seems that Qiao Sang’s Treasure-seeking Demon is indeed not as strong as the Flame Listening Dog. I had thought the Treasure-seeking Demon could also win by a landslide."

"What are you thinking?" The man leaning on the chair next to him spoke lazily, "At her age, having a green Star Array and a Flame Listening Dog is already dazzling enough to blind people. If her other pet beasts were also as monstrously strong as the Flame Listening Dog, how would other people even stand a chance?"

"That’s true... This Treasure-seeking Demon seems to prefer close combat. Once there’s sand thrown as a distraction, it ceases to move. If the Ground Type turtle keeps throwing sand and the Treasure-seeking Demon keeps on hiding, who knows when this match will end."

"Don’t worry, the match has rules. One side can’t fail to act continuously." The man leaning on the chair said, "Even if it’s a Spectral-type Pet, there are sensing devices monitoring inside the arena, right? The head judge is watching on the monitor. If the Treasure-seeking Demon went invisible and left the arena or kept still without moving, the head judge would have already raised a yellow card."

"I’m not worried about a violation; I just think about the time... Holy crap!" Suddenly, the person who was previously talking became excited, staring fixedly at the arena.

The lethargic man in the chair also straightened up, his face a picture of confusion as he watched the field.

On the field, the Ground Type turtle was being dragged out of the dust by an inexplicable force, and then was abruptly pulled up into the air!

"Lupa!!!"

The Ground Type turtle, once so stable, now let out tears in sheer panic.

Somebody help! It was terrified of heights!

Just then, it suddenly stopped, no longer ascending further into the sky.

"Lupa..."

With watery eyes, trembling with fear, the Ground Type turtle was completely rigid, not daring to move at all.

Before it had time to recover and let out a sigh of relief,

the next second, its entire body uncontrollably began to spin rapidly in midair.

"Lupa!!!"

"Xun Xun~"

Listening to the Ground Type turtle’s miserable cries, Xiao Xunbao appeared. The shadow of one paw was connected to a shadow on the ground, continuing to draw circles, while the other paw covered its mouth, snickering.

It would have been better just to let it have a taste straight away. Instead, it had to shrink its head into its shell and make all this sand—making it difficult for Xiao Xunbao to get close, so it had to use this trick.

"This, is this Shadow Control?!" The coach from Hangkang’s sixth Beast Taming High School exclaimed, his eyes wide with disbelief, his voice altered due to the shock, "Isn’t Shadow Control a high-level skill?! How is this possible?!"

Chen Shengtang’s expression was one of agony, his voice hoarse, "Qiao Sang was just a step away from being a student at our school! Just one step!"

Coach: "..."

Is this never going to end!

An intangible force kept the Ground Type turtle spinning circles in mid-air.

"Lu... Pa..."

"Lu..."

The Ground Type turtle’s initial screams subsided into silence.

"Xun~"

Xiao Xunbao stopped the movement of its paws.

The shadow connected to the ground split apart.

"Bang!"

Without the shadow’s control, the Ground Type turtle, foaming at the mouth, heavily crashed onto the ground.

Guo Jiasong snapped out of his shock at the sound of the impact.

What, what just happened?!

What kind of Spectral Series skill was that?!

He had never encountered it in the previous two National School Beast Taming Competitions!

Qiao Sang’s expression remained calm.

Indeed, Shadow Control could be considered a trump card, and most people wouldn’t choose to reveal their trump card in the preliminaries.

But she didn’t mind, after all, she had more than one trump card.

There were still many opponents to face. Being able to use skills flexibly in actual combat, and to use the right move according to the situation, that was what Xiao Xunbao still needed to learn.

In the spectator stands, a middle-aged man dressed in black clothes frantically stood up, rushed to the edge of the arena, and, in a fluster, pulled out his mobile phone and dialed a number.

"Principal! This is bad!"