Beast taming, starting from zero point
Chapter 405 - 384: Such a Zeal for Learning...

Chapter 405: Chapter 384: Such a Zeal for Learning...

Beast Taming Scale Suction... Qiao Sang examined the Pet Beast that Wang Rui had summoned.

A few months ago, when she first started battling Beast Taming Scale Suction with Yaobao, she felt like it was "game over" for her, but now her mindset was completely different, without any hints of disturbance.

A Psychic Series Pet Beast, just like Xiao Xunbao, is a glass cannon—it’s all about who can strike the opponent first...

At that moment, the whistle signaling the start of the battle sounded.

Qiao Sang immediately shouted, "Get close and use hypnotism!"

Her voice was so loud that Wang Rui on the other side heard it loud and clear.

Wang Rui quickly issued a counter command,

"Don’t let it get close!"

No sooner had he spoken than he saw the Treasure-seeking Demon vanish on the spot and reappear in front of Beast Taming Scale Suction.

Even though he knew that with the strength of Beast Taming Scale Suction, it wouldn’t let the Treasure-seeking Demon succeed so easily, Wang Rui still couldn’t help but feel anxious.

The influence that Qiao Sang had on him during these past matches had cast a significant shadow over him...

Beast Taming Scale Suction, showing no panic, used Teleportation to create a distance of several meters.

Immediately after, it extended its short claws, and a barrage of multicolored rays shot hurriedly towards where Xiao Xunbao was.

Xiao Xunbao grinned, then disappeared into invisibility.

"Bang!"

The Illusion Ray hit the ground, and stones splattered everywhere.

"Psychic detection!" Wang Rui immediately yelled upon seeing it.

Psychic detection, an intermediate Skill of the Psychic Series Pet Beasts for sensing, could rely on spiritual power to detect different mental fluctuations of surrounding creatures and thus determine their position, including invisible Spectral-type Pets, but it only worked on living beings.

Just as expected, she used that trick... Qiao Sang, having researched Wang Rui’s information, naturally knew his Beast Taming Scale Suction would use psychic detection.

Unfortunately, detection also required time.

Beast Taming Scale Suction closed its eyes, and an invisible force emanated from it, spreading out 360 degrees with no dead angle.

When the energy spread half a meter in front of it, Beast Taming Scale Suction suddenly opened its eyes.

Because it had sensed the opponent right in front of it!

It was one thing to see the opponent, but to suddenly detect them appearing right in front of it when it couldn’t see them truly gave Beast Taming Scale Suction a shock.

It had battled against Spectral Series Pet Beasts before, but never once had the opponent been sensed so close to it.

"Beast Taming!"

Beast Taming Scale Suction showed an expression of being startled and tried to use Teleportation but found itself completely unable to move.

Xiao Xunbao revealed itself, one claw emitting a blue light pointed upward.

An invisible force was holding Beast Taming Scale Suction firmly in place, preventing any possibility of using Teleportation.

Could it be that Beast Taming Scale Suction’s spiritual power couldn’t break free from the Treasure-seeking Demon’s Telekinesis... Wang Rui’s heart sank, and then he remembered Qiao Sang’s earlier command, "Get close and use hypnotism."

He remembered the hypnotism of the Treasure-seeking Demon, that very Skill that even the High Level Pet Beast Tonghua Owl had fallen for!

Wang Rui’s face changed drastically, and he shouted in a panic,

"Close your eyes!"

Beast Taming Scale Suction, hearing its Beast Tamer’s command, immediately closed its eyes.

"Pft~"

Seeing this, Qiao Sang couldn’t help but laugh out loud.

Wang Rui was momentarily confused upon hearing the laughter; he didn’t understand what Qiao Sang was laughing at.

Just as this confusion rose from the bottom of his heart, he suddenly had a bad premonition.

Wang Rui abruptly raised his head to look into the sky.

He saw that the blue light on the Treasure-seeking Demon’s claw had already dissipated.

The control scale suction figure, no longer under psychic control, foolishly remained closed-eyed in its original spot.

The Treasure-seeking Demon’s right claw was raised high, gathering a mass of white energy at the top.

Wang Rui looked up and saw exactly this scene before him.

Shit, a tile-splitting strike?!

Wang Rui’s face was filled with disbelief, isn’t that a skill of the Combat Series?!

"Quick, dodge!"

Accompanying Wang Rui’s shout, Xiao Xunbao mercilessly chopped down towards the closed-eyed control scale suction figure.

"Control scale!!"

The control scale suction figure plummeted down in an instant.

Before the control scale suction figure hit the ground, a Shadow Ball about twenty centimeters in size struck it from above, hitting it directly.

"Bang!!"

The control scale suction figure smashed onto the ground with a thud, sending dust flying.

When the dust settled, there lay the closed-eyed control scale suction figure.

"Qu!"

Following the whistle, the broadcaster announced in a radio voice:

"Qiao Sang from Shengshui Middle School wins!"

Wang Rui looked at the girl opposite him and suddenly understood something, his expression complex as he said:

"What you said at the beginning, ’get close to it and use hypnotism’, you deliberately said that loudly so I would hear it, all to make me give the wrong command when the Treasure-seeking Demon approached the control scale suction figure..."

Qiao Sang nodded and humbly replied, "I was inspired by Huang Kaijun."

Ever since she had observed Huang Kaijun’s tactics, she felt they were very suitable for Xiao Xunbao, so she had mentioned this plan to Xiao Xunbao yesterday, and she hadn’t expected it to work so well...

Wang Rui was completely convinced, facing such a strong and eager-to-learn opponent, his loss was not unjust.

As the two talked, the crowd in the stands was also discussing.

"Hahaha, I told you Qiao Sang’s words at the start had to be deliberate. In her earlier matches, she barely gave any commands to her Pet Beasts, and now, not only did she issue commands in this match, but she also made sure to say them loud and clear, as if she was worried her opponent wouldn’t hear her."

"Tile-splitting strike! Did you just see that? That Treasure-seeking Demon actually used a tile-splitting strike!"

"That was freaking awesome, a Spectral-type Pet Beast actually learning a tile-splitting strike..."

"Shhh... I just thought of a possibility, could that Treasure-seeking Demon also have a Combat Series attribute?!"

"You have quite the imagination..."

"So sly... definitely has the potential to be a Professional Beast Tamer..."

"Even though it’s a high school competition, I really like watching Qiao Sang’s battles. It’s a shame she’ll only fight one more round before it’s over."

According to the system’s scheduled matchups, the person who loses in the first round will face Xu Yixuan, and the winner of the second round will determine, in the third round, who is first and who is second, with the winner of the first round, i.e., Qiao Sang.

...

Xiao Xunbao couldn’t wait to take off the ring after the match and dug out a glove encrusted with diamonds to wear.

According to the competition rules, Pet Beasts were not allowed to wear any items or decorations on their bodies during a match.

There was no helping it.

The initial competition rules only required Pet Beasts not to bring any items onto the stage, but there were always some who looked to exploit loopholes.

Once there was a Beast Tamer whose Pet Beast always wore a pair of glasses in the matches, claiming it was severely near-sighted.

Then, someone who knew him revealed that those weren’t just any glasses, but glasses specifically designed to detect energy fluctuations.

These high-tech glasses didn’t have a huge effect; they wouldn’t reveal a Spectral-type Pet Beast in hiding, but if the opponent used the Doppelganger skill, they could accurately pinpoint the main body by the energy fluctuations.

There were many similar cases, which led to larger competitions eventually adding a rule prohibiting wearing any decorative items.