Chapter 12: The Thousand-Change Silkworm Appears

As for the petty tricks the He Family is pulling, although Ye Bai could ask the school to uphold justice, the school does not want to meddle in such affairs too often.

Threats only happen zero times or n times, so this time Ye Bai must cut off this reaching hand and make these people feel the pain so they won't set their sights on his pet beast shop.

Otherwise, if they can't succeed openly, they will likely resort to underhanded methods, and he will be unable to guard against them when that time comes.

"Haha, since you've agreed to the duel, sign the agreement."

Ye Bai looked over the agreement written by He Qingyuan; it was quite standard.

Ye Bai put up the seat next to Li Weiyang and two Resource Boxes as his stake.

He Qingyuan put up a Second-Order Insect Stone and one Resource Box as his stake.

The dispute over the Second-Order Insect Stone and the seat next to her had been discussed long ago; if it weren't written down, it would give others something to gossip about.

Aside from these, there were no other additional conditions.

When He Qingyuan handed this agreement to the Class Teacher for review and approval, Zhang Lingxue shook her head with a serious expression.

"The stakes are not equal; two Resource Boxes for one Resource Box."

"He Qingyuan, either you increase the stakes, or this match will be cancelled."

After hearing Zhang Lingxue's words, He Qingyuan knew that Zhang Lingxue favored Ye Bai, so he gritted his teeth and took out an Invitation Letter.

"Class Teacher, if I add this Longteng Auction House invitation, are the stakes equal?"

He Qingyuan had an air of certainty about winning.

Now Zhang Lingxue had nothing more to say; one must spend one million Alliance Coins at the Longteng Auction House to be eligible to receive an invitation.

The number of invitations issued by the Longteng Auction House each year is limited, and the number sent to the He Family shouldn't be many.

He Qingyuan was bleeding heavily this time.

She did not hesitate and signed her name on the agreement; the duel was established.

"Come on, follow me to the No. 2 battle arena of Shenshan Middle School."

"Students, if you want to watch a pet beast battle, follow along."

Shenshan Middle School has a total of six large battle arenas, each capable of holding thousands of people to watch a match, and there is also a super-large screen recording the process of the battle to prevent anyone from refusing to admit they lost after the match is over.

On the battle arena, Ye Bai and He Qingyuan stood on opposite sides, and two vortices appeared beside them.

Two pet beasts rushed out from the vortices.

On one side was the majestic Thousand-Change Silkworm; its originally somewhat thin body had become plump.

At this moment, it was blinking its large eyes and hopping around the battle arena, with white light occasionally radiating from the center of its brow; it was continuously strengthening its own defense.

Like the Baibian Can, the Thousand-Change Silkworm is a pet beast without much attack power, but its defense is much stronger than that of the Baibian Can.

Just the fact that it doesn't even break defense when hit by a Drill-Armor Ant shows how terrifying the Thousand-Change Silkworm's defense is.

On the other side was the Boxing Rabbit with scarlet eyes and a three-lobed mouth.

After being enhanced by the Fighting Stone, its strength had grown rapidly.

Its arms had developed significant muscle, and its powerful legs were jumping on the ground, making thumping sounds.

In terms of momentum, the Thousand-Change Silkworm looked muddled and completely confused, as if it didn't even know it was in a battle, while the Boxing Rabbit was secretly gathering strength, clenching its fists tightly and panting heavily.

"I will act as the referee for this match."

Zhang Lingxue walked out; she was wearing a professional suit, had silver-rimmed glasses on her eyes, held a teaching pointer in her hand, and her long legs were wrapped in black silk stockings.

"The match will take the form of a duel."

"When one side's pet beast is unable to fight, the other side wins."

"The winning side will obtain the items staked by the losing side."

"Alright, the match officially begins."

Zhang Lingxue blew the whistle.

He Qingyuan pushed up his glasses and looked at Ye Bai in a somewhat weird way; he was in a great mood right now.

He just loved seeing Ye Bai look at him with disdain but be unable to finish him off.

He Qingyuan opened his mouth and lectured Ye Bai: "Ye Bai, what's the use of studying well? In this world, you have to talk about power and connections."

"It's a pity you have neither."

"Even the advantage you were so proud of vanished the moment your talent was detected."

"Go, Boxing Rabbit, use Heavy Punch!"

The Boxing Rabbit clenched its hands, and two beams of white light gathered on its fists.

Its legs suddenly lunged forward, and it swung its fists, smashing fiercely toward the Thousand-Change Silkworm.

The Thousand-Change Silkworm blinked its large eyes; it seemed a bit curious as to why the Boxing Rabbit had raised its fists to hit it.

It watched intently, looking completely adorable.

"Thousand-Change Silkworm, use Harden."

When Ye Bai's words were spoken, everyone was stunned for a moment.

"What did Ye Bai just say? Isn't this a Baibian Can?"

"He said Thousand-Change Silkworm? Did I hear that wrong?"

"Could it be a nickname Ye Bai gave his pet beast?"

The students were discussing it, but Zhang Lingxue felt as if she had been struck by lightning.

Ye Bai's words gave her a revelation; a flash of inspiration hit her, and the key points she hadn't understood suddenly became clear.

"Right, I felt Ye Bai's Baibian Can was strange before, different from ordinary ones; so it's a Thousand-Change Silkworm."

Zhang Lingxue understood in an instant.

The Thousand-Change Silkworm is extremely rare and not often seen on Blue Star; legend has it that only one family has successfully bred a Thousand-Change Silkworm.

Zhang Lingxue had never seen a Thousand-Change Silkworm in all her life, so naturally, she hadn't been able to recognize it at first glance.

She had always held onto regret, never expecting to see a living Thousand-Change Silkworm today, which filled her with unexpected joy.

Zhang Lingxue crossed her arms over her chest, watching Ye Bai's Thousand-Change Silkworm with rapt fascination; she felt that every side of the Thousand-Change Silkworm appeared incredibly handsome.

The Thousand-Change Silkworm suddenly felt a chill strike from the side.

It turned its head to look and saw a terrifying woman staring at it unblinkingly; the desire revealed in her eyes made the Thousand-Change Silkworm feel somewhat afraid.

Oh my god, it scared the life out of me; I feel like I'm about to be scorched by her gaze—sigh, my damned, nowhere-to-hide charm.

The Thousand-Change Silkworm shrank its neck and moved two steps to the right, avoiding Zhang Lingxue's burning gaze, when a black shadow slammed heavily onto the ground where the Thousand-Change Silkworm had originally been standing.

Some stone fragments landed on the Thousand-Change Silkworm's body, and dust rose up from the ground.

When the dust cleared, the students saw the Boxing Rabbit's right hand deeply embedded in the ground.

It used all its might but simply could not pull it out.

Good opportunity, strike while the iron is hot.

"Thousand-Change Silkworm, use Impact."

The Thousand-Change Silkworm moved across the ground, making thumping sounds as it charged toward the position where the Boxing Rabbit was.

Unable to dodge in time, the Boxing Rabbit was sent flying directly into the air; its body flailed involuntarily, and it let out a shrill scream from its mouth.

The Boxing Rabbit fell heavily to the ground; it felt as if its entire body had been run over by a train, aching all over.

It was in too much pain to speak, so the Boxing Rabbit extended a finger and pointed shakily at the Thousand-Change Silkworm.

The Thousand-Change Silkworm stuck out its tongue and used it to slap its own buttocks, making a slapping sound as it performed a provocative gesture.

Its large nostrils were held high, a faint smile appeared at the corners of its mouth, and eight neat, shell-like teeth were revealed, seemingly mocking the Boxing Rabbit.

(End of this chapter)