Xu Yajie’s face was deathly pale, his eyes filled with panic and despair.
Mighty Duck quietly retreated two steps.
Therge training ground was silent except for the sound of water dripping, and then...
“Xun! Xun! Xun!”
The usually invisible Little Treasure appeared, rolling around on Qiao Sang’s head withughter.
Qiao Sang’s head wasn’t big enough for him toplete a full roll, so he tumbled off, stabilizing himself mid-air.
But that wasn’t all. After steadying himself, Little Treasure pointed his tiny w at Zheng Baolong’s dripping face and continuedughing uproariously.
“Xun! Xun! Xun!”
Everyone’s attention was drawn to this, including Zheng Baolong...Qiao Sang’s face betrayed nothing, but inside her mind, it was a wild storm of emotions.
After a brief two-second consideration, she raised her hand, stowing Little Treasure into the Beast Tamer’s Codex, pretending as though nothing had happened.
Shi Gaofeng and the others stared in disbelief at the now-vanished Little Treasure-Seeking Ghost.
No one had known that there was a ghost-type pet present in the training grounds, let alone that it belonged to a freshman who had just added it to their Beast Tamer’s Codex.
<i>A freshman with two pet beasts?!</i>
The revtion was so shocking that they temporarily forgot about the still-furious Zheng Baolong.
Zheng Guoping’s temple pulsed with a throbbing vein. His face shifted from white to blue, then to ck, as he nced between Xu Yajie and Qiao Sang, before finally settling his gaze on the former.
“Xu Yajie, immediately go outside and run 20ps!”
In this weather, running 20ps was borderline cruel.
Xu Yajie’s face was ashen, but he dared not protest, taking Mighty Duck with him as he left the training grounds.
“Next, Wang Yao.”
Zheng Guoping resumed the training tests.
During Mighty Duck’s test, Qiao Sang hadn’t noticed anything unusual.
She had simply assumed it was a test of skill to break through rock barriers and hit ultra-micro targets.
However, the moment me Sparrow unleashed its me vortex, she realized it wasn’t that simple.
Yabao, like me Sparrow, was a fire-type pet beast. When Yabao was still in his basic form as a Fire Fang Dog, he had undergone daily training in fire-type skill release.
The me whirl was one of Yabao’s fire-type skills, so Qiao Sang naturally knew what it should look like.
Beyond the increased rotation and temperature of the mes...
An entry-level me vortex would be about 20 cm wide, with an attack range of around 3 meters.
A proficient-level me whirl wouldn’t change in width, but the attack range would extend to around 9 meters.
Although Yabao had never released a me vortex in his advanced form as a me Hound, Qiao Sang had thoroughly researched all of Yabao’s skills online.
When a fire-type pet evolves from basic to intermediate, a me whirl released at the same proficiency level would maintain the same range but widen from 20 cm to 30 cm.
Yet, the me whirl me Sparrow had just released was neither at the proficient-level width of 30 cm with a 9-meter range, nor at the moderate-level range of 18 meters.
Instead, it was about 8 cm wide and shot nearly 30 meters, almost reaching the red target.
Because they were conducting a test for skillpression to extend attack range.
No wonder Mighty Duck couldn’t control its water gun and sprayed in random directions.
Its limb strength wasn’t sufficient to manage thepressed water gun, leading to a loss of control.
Just like in her past life, when firefighters used high-pressure hoses and struggled with the recoil. You needed strength to handle the water pressure’s force.
Thinking of this, Qiao Sang began to feel a bit of sympathy for Zheng Baolong.
<i>Compressed water gun attacks... just how thick-skinned would someone have to be to withstand that?</i>
Once Wang Yao and Shi Gaofeng finished their tests, Zheng Guoping said, “Qiao Sang, it’s your turn.”
Qiao Sang nodded and took her ce directly across from the red target.
“What fire... what’s the name of your pet?” Zheng Guoping asked.
Qiao Sang hesitated for a moment before deciding to use the official name from the Beast Tamer’s Codex: “He’s the me Hound.”
“Yap?”
Yabao looked up in confusion at his Beast Tamer. <i>me Hound? Wasn’t he a ze Dog?</i>
Qiao Sang lowered her head, smiling warmly at Yabao. “I’ll show you a mirror tonight.”
“Yap!”
Yabao let out an excited bark.
<i>Ever since evolving, he hadn’t had a proper look at himself!</i>
Wang Yao watched their interaction with an odd expression. <i>What’s so exciting about looking in a mirror?</i>
<i>Why was Yabao so happy? It didn’t act like a typical fire-type pet at all...</i>
Shouldn’t fire-type pets be smirking with disdain and proudly ignoring their tamers at moments like this?
“What long-range attack skills does your me Hound have?” Zheng Guoping continued.
Because he knew so many, Qiao Sang took a moment to think before answering, “Ember, fire whirl, me charge…”
Before she could finish, Zheng Guoping interrupted, “Let’s go with the fire whirl. Have your me Hound release one.”
“Okay.” Qiao Sang agreed and exchanged a look with Yabao.
“Yap.”
Yabao nodded and immediatelyunched a fire whirl at the rocky area.
“Proficient-level fire whirl.” Zheng Guoping noted as he wrote it down.
<i>A proficient-level fire whirl? That was expected of an intermediate-level pet beast like the me Hound...</i>
Zheng Guoping tried hard not to dwell on the fact that the person in front of him was just an iing freshman.
Wang Yao, though unaffected by the proficient-level fire whirl, was in disbelief at what she had just witnessed.
<i>A single look, no words spoken, and the me whirl was released?</i>
How did the me Hound know to release a fire whirl?
Wang Yao suddenly turned to stare intently at her own me Sparrow, hoping it could sense what she was thinking at that moment.
me Sparrow, feeling puzzled, stared back.
After a moment, me Sparrow finally understood.
“Yan Yan.”
It pointed its left wing at its Beast Tamer’s left eye.
Instinctively, Wang Yao touched her left eye.
And felt a piece of eye gunk...
Wang Yao: !!!
Meanwhile...
“Can you try having your me Hound keep the energy output the same but reduce the width of the fire whirl?” Zheng Guoping asked.
Qiao Sang nodded andmunicated with Yabao.
“Use the same skill as before, but try to narrow the mes to about this width.” Qiao Sang gestured roughly 8 cm with her hands.
This wasn’t like the time theypressed energy to make super spicy roasted wings in that alley.
Back then, it was about energypression; Now the training focused on maintaining energy output whilepressing the skill’s width to extend its range.
The 8 cm width she suggested was based on me Sparrow’s.
In her mind, if me Sparrow could do it, then Yabao should be able to as well.
“Yap!”
Yabao focused on his internal energy, rapidly circting it.
He remembered his Beast Tamer’s instructions about the width...
Zheng Guoping walked from the red target toward the center of the field.
It was unlikely the first attempt at skillpression would seed.
If the me Hound’s proficient-level fire whirl followed the width Qiao Sang had indicated, it should reach about 15 meters.
When the me Hound failed, he’d be ready to set a target distance for Qiao Sang.
15 meters would be decent enough.
Zheng Guoping stopped about 15 meters from the me Hound.
At that moment, Yabao wlessly released a fire whirl with the exact width Qiao Sang had indicated.
The high-speed rotating mes struck a rock 13 meters away.
<b>Boom!</b>
The rock exploded, sending fragments flying, one of which smacked Zheng Guoping square in the face.
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