Chapter 1075: Multiple Scales

Amidst the chorus of discussion, the light projection of "3" appeared on the field, accompanied by a mechanical voice counting down.

"3, 2, 1, the match begins."

The light projection vanished.

All the pet beasts began their actions almost simultaneously.

The camera focused on the field where the Little Thunder Dragon and the Fire-Shell Snail were battling.

As the only Dragon-type pet beast currently on the field, and one of the few intermediate-level pet beasts brought by the registered contestants, this match was clearly the most popular in this round.

On the field.

Yellow electric arcs emerged on the Little Thunder Dragon's body. It flicked its tail, and suddenly, lightning flashed like flying snakes, converging forward into a bolt of lightning that struck fiercely toward the direction of the Fire-Shell Snail.

The Fire-Shell Snail opened its mouth simultaneously, and a striking flame erupted from within.

The stream of fire rushed through the air, colliding with the yellow lightning and triggering a small-scale shockwave.

The shockwave briefly obstructed the Little Thunder Dragon's line of sight.

When the shockwave dissipated, it discovered that its opponent was no longer in its original place, and it couldn't help but reveal a vigilant expression, looking left and right.

At this moment, Qiao Sang spoke:

"Move."

The Little Thunder Dragon subconsciously moved its body rapidly.

The very instant it moved forward, a crimson flame struck its original position.

While moving, the Little Thunder Dragon turned its head slightly, catching a glimpse out of the corner of its eye that its opponent had appeared on the left side of the ground where it had originally stood.

Almost instinctively, the Little Thunder Dragon realized that the opponent before it was somewhat difficult to deal with.

"Fire Wall," the red-haired girl who looked about 20 years old said.

"Fire-Shell!"

The Fire-Shell Snail let out a loud cry, and a brilliant flame quickly surged from its shell. The flame did not take an offensive form but instead rapidly ignited the surroundings, forming a fire wall only about thirty centimeters high.

The Little Thunder Dragon's speed could not keep up with the speed at which the fire wall formed, and it was surrounded within it.

Fire Wall, a Fire-type intermediate skill, can trap an opponent within flames, restricting its movement... Qiao Sang's mind flashed with the data on this skill, and she couldn't help but analyze it.

It is indeed somewhat troublesome, but the Fire-Shell Snail's Fire Wall is clearly not of a high level. At this height, the Little Thunder Dragon could completely leap over it by relying on its physical strength, but jumping is impossible; once it tries to jump out, the Fire-Shell Snail will definitely take the opportunity to attack. Fortunately, a Fire Wall of this proficiency shouldn't be able to last long...

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"The Fire-Shell Snail used Fire Wall to trap the Little Thunder Dragon," Fu Lu Jian stated the current situation on the field.

"I wonder how contestant Qiao Sang will respond next," Fyodor said with interest.

"Tie Tie."

Tie Tie Daoyi also expressed anticipation.

The Fire Wall will disappear, but if the Fire-Shell Snail continues to cast Fire Wall within the Fire Wall, constantly shrinking the range, it won't be good... Qiao Sang thought to herself.

As thoughts flickered, brilliant flames continuously surged from the Fire-Shell Snail's shell.

The flames ignited the surrounding ground, splicing together with the original Fire Wall.

The Little Thunder Dragon moved constantly, dodging the flames that suddenly ignited on the ground.

More and more Fire Walls were spliced together, and the range in which it could move became smaller and smaller.

Soon, the range of about two meters around the Little Thunder Dragon was all flames, and it could no longer move.

From the audience's perspective, the No. 3 competition field looked like a burning honeycomb of fire, and both the Little Thunder Dragon and the Fire-Shell Snail were trapped within it.

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Fu Lu Jian exclaimed:

"I didn't expect the Fire-Shell Snail to be able to compose the Fire Wall to this extent."

"Utilizing the continuous composition of the Fire Wall to restrict the opponent's movable range smaller and smaller can also be considered a disguised strengthening of the Fire Wall," Fyodor said.

"Tie Tie."

Tie Tie Daoyi nodded, expressing agreement.

"The current situation looks very unfavorable for contestant Qiao Sang," Fu Lu Jian said.

Fyodor said in a deep voice:

"From the moment she was matched with the Fire-Shell Snail, she was not on the favorable side in this match. However, even so, I still want to see how she and the Little Thunder Dragon will counterattack. Based on contestant Qiao Sang's past command style, I believe she will not sit and wait for death."

"Tie Tie."

Tie Tie Daoyi nodded.

In the audience seats, everyone did not have much discussion, all waiting to see how the Little Thunder Dragon would counterattack.

In their view, the outcome was already determined; it was just a matter of how they would lose.

In this type of competition, the tacit understanding between the Beast Tamer and the uncontracted pet beast is what they most want to see.

On the field, the Little Thunder Dragon felt the heat around it, its body tense, and it looked at the opponent not far away with a vigilant expression.

"It's time to end this," the red-haired girl shouted: "Flamethrower!"

At the same time, Qiao Sang said calmly:

"Slash the Fire Wall."

Slash the Fire Wall? The red-haired girl was stunned for a moment, and then seemed to understand something, her heart tightening.

No way...

Could it be that the opponent is preparing to let the Little Thunder Dragon attack the fire wall?

Just as she was thinking, the Fire-Shell Snail opened its mouth, and crimson flames instantly condensed within it.

At the same time, yellow electric arcs emerged on the Little Thunder Dragon's body, which then quickly converged into a bolt of lightning, slashing forward rapidly.

The flames and lightning passed by in parallel, not colliding with each other.

"Bang!"

With a loud noise, the flames hit the Little Thunder Dragon head-on.

Almost simultaneously, the power of the lightning struck the fire wall around the Fire-Shell Snail, colliding and producing terrifying flames and a shockwave.

"Boom!"

The air wave swept toward the surroundings.

"Fire-Shell!"

The Fire-Shell Snail, being the closest, suffered a severe impact and flew backward while screaming.

The fire wall collapsed and scattered.

The red-haired girl's pupils shrank.

The whole arena was quiet for 0.5 seconds, then the clamor rose.

"Holy crap! So it could be done like this! Why didn't I think of that just now!"

"Using the Fire Wall to attack the Fire-Shell Snail, that's awesome!"

"Contestant Qiao Sang doesn't look old, but her brain turns really fast."

"The Fire-Shell Snail definitely can't stand up under such a strong impact."

"Who won this match?"

"Hard to say. The Fire-Shell Snail's defense is average, but its Flamethrower also hit the Little Thunder Dragon head-on. It feels like a draw."

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Fu Lu Jian exclaimed:

"Directing the discharge attack onto the fire wall around the Fire-Shell Snail and utilizing the resulting shockwave to attack the Fire-Shell Snail—this is much more powerful than a direct discharge attack on its body. To be able to think of this so quickly, contestant Qiao Sang is really not like a low-tier Beast Tamer at all."

Fyodor exclaimed:

"What I noticed is the tacit understanding between the Little Thunder Dragon and contestant Qiao Sang. The command contestant Qiao Sang issued was to slash the fire wall, but she didn't explicitly say which fire wall to slash. Yet, the Little Thunder Dragon could understand her idea at the first moment and discharge lightning to slash at the fire wall around the Fire-Shell Snail. The tacit understanding between them is just like those Beast Tamers and pet beasts that have already contracted."

"Tie Tie."

Tie Tie Daoyi nodded.

"As a Dragon-type pet beast, the Little Thunder Dragon hasn't even used a Dragon-type move yet, and it could fight the Fire-Shell Snail to this extent. Qiao Sang deserves a lot of credit," Fu Lu Jian said.

Fyodor said: "To be able to fight to a draw while being a level lower than the Fire-Shell Snail..."

"Tie Tie."

Tie Tie Daoyi interrupted.

It's not a draw.

Fu Lu Jian and Fyodor both wore headsets, which would help translate Tie Tie Daoyi's words in real-time.

Hearing the translation, the two couldn't help but stop talking and look at the field.

They saw that the Fire-Shell Snail had already closed its eyes and fainted, while silver-white light emerged on the Little Thunder Dragon's body, and it struggled to stand up, not falling down.

"Thunder..."

The Little Thunder Dragon looked at the opponent who had fallen in the distance, and the silver-white light on its body disappeared.

A clamor even noisier than before suddenly erupted in the audience seats:

"Look! The Little Thunder Dragon stood up!"

"Multiscale! It's the Multiscale ability!"

"Good guy, I thought a draw was awesome, but I didn't expect the Little Thunder Dragon to win directly!"

"The Fire-Shell Snail is a bit miserable. If it hadn't cast such a dense Fire Wall, or hadn't set up the Fire Wall around itself, it wouldn't have lost this match."

"You're being a bit of a Monday-morning quarterback. Just now, seeing the Fire-Shell Snail's Fire Wall composed so densely, you were saying it had the makings of a champion."

"What? Who said that? I didn't say that."

"..."

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"It's Multiscale," Fyodor said.

Fu Lu Jian replied: "A Dragon-type pet beast's ability; damage taken can be halved when at full health."

"Tie Tie."

Tie Tie Daoyi looked at Qiao Sang and let out a cry that sounded like an exclamation.

"So the Little Thunder Dragon has this ability. No wonder contestant Qiao Sang's expression was so calm when seeing such a dense Fire Wall. It seems she knew long ago that the Little Thunder Dragon could withstand one attack from the Fire-Shell Snail," Fu Lu Jian continued.

Green light lit up on half of the field under Qiao Sang's feet.

Only then did the camera shift to other fields.

But even so, in the audience seats, many people and pet beasts still had their eyes fixed on the Little Thunder Dragon and Qiao Sang.

Multiscale ability! Qiao Sang's eyes lit up.

She had thought this match was a draw, but she didn't expect the Little Thunder Dragon to have the Multiscale ability, and the Fire-Shell Snail lost its combat ability directly in the shockwave, causing her to win the match directly.

Sure enough, certain abilities of pet beasts have to be triggered through battles!

Not having the data from the Beast Taming Tome is indeed troublesome. I wonder if the Little Thunder Dragon has any other abilities...

"Thunder."

The Little Thunder Dragon turned its head and crawled over by moving its body.

When the Little Thunder Dragon crawled onto her neck, Qiao Sang collected her thoughts and praised: "Well done."

"Thunder."

The Little Thunder Dragon curled the corner of its mouth, revealing an expression that said, "This is nothing big."

Coming out of the competition hall, Qiao Sang sat on Like Ya Bao's body and arrived in the air.

She wanted to take out her phone to watch the live broadcast of Seeing Qingbao's match, but when she reached into her pocket, she touched nothing, only then remembering that she had given her phone to Little Treasure-Hunting Ghost.

I wonder if it's Seeing Qingbao's turn to compete yet...

At this moment, Teacher Mi Mi Jiala said: "After we go back, test the level of the Little Thunder Dragon's Multiscale ability."

Multiscale: if the level is low, the probability of triggering is low; if the level is high, the probability of triggering is high.

"How do I test this?" Qiao Sang asked.

"The level of an ability cannot be detected. You can only use the simplest method: let the Little Thunder Dragon battle when it is in its best state. It will take at least a hundred battles to test it out," Teacher Mi Mi Jiala replied.

"Okay." Qiao Sang nodded.

The Little Thunder Dragon didn't speak, indicating it had no objections.

"Like Ya Bao?"

Suddenly, Like Ya Bao let out a cry, asking when Little Treasure-Hunting Ghost and Seeing Qingbao would be back.

To be honest, Little Treasure-Hunting Ghost has the most lively personality among all the companions, and it has spent the longest time with it. Without Little Treasure-Hunting Ghost around, it's quite unaccustomed.

"They will be back after Seeing Qingbao's match ends," Qiao Sang said.

"Like Ya Bao?"

Like Ya Bao let out a questioning cry.

Then when will Seeing Qingbao's match end?

I don't know either... Qiao Sang sensed in her mind and found that this distance was definitely still in another city, so she looked at Teacher Teacher Mi Mi Jiala and asked:

"Can I borrow your phone?"

Teacher Mi Mi Jiala didn't ask anything and handed over the phone.

Qiao Sang took it and searched for the live broadcast platform for the Strongest Advanced Pet Beast Championship.

Just as she was searching, the phone suddenly vibrated continuously.

A person noted as "Debt-Collecting Dragon" sent several voice messages.

It looks like it's urgent... Qiao Sang couldn't help but stop her actions, handed the phone over, and said:

"Teacher, someone noted as 'Debt-Collecting Dragon' sent you a voice message."

Teacher Mi Mi Jiala's mouth twitched, and she said:

"Don't worry about it for now."

Qiao Sang continued to search for the competition platform.

However, the phone vibrated endlessly, and the background kept showing that "Debt-Collecting Dragon" was sending voice messages.

Qiao Sang stopped her actions again and handed the phone over: "Why don't you take a look first? The other party seems very urgent, they keep sending them."

Teacher Mi Mi Jiala took the phone with an unchanging expression, then opened the chat box. She didn't listen to those voice messages but directly transferred a huge sum of money.

The phone instantly became quiet, and the other party didn't send any more voice messages.

Teacher Mi Mi Jiala handed the phone back with a calm expression and said:

"It's done."

I don't know who this "Debt-Collecting Dragon" is. It feels like Teacher Teacher Mi Mi Jiala can't stand the other party, but can't do anything about them either... Looking at the note name, could it be a Dragon-type pet beast that can use a phone just like Little Treasure-Hunting Ghost... Qiao Sang complained internally while taking the phone, clicked to enter the competition platform, and found that the competition was still in progress.

Matches between advanced pet beasts are inherently more strenuous than those between low and intermediate pet beasts, so it's reasonable that they haven't ended.

Qiao Sang flipped through the exciting battle clips edited below, wanting to see if Seeing Qingbao had competed yet.

Teacher Mi Mi Jiala suddenly said:

"I remember you gave your phone to the Night Ring King. You can call it directly."

That makes sense... Qiao Sang exited the page and dialed her own number.

After two "beeps," the call connected.

"Xun Xun~"

Little Treasure-Hunting Ghost's voice came from the speaker.

Qiao Sang got straight to the point: "Has Seeing Qingbao's match ended?"

"Xun..." Little Treasure-Hunting Ghost had just said one word when the other end of the phone switched to Seeing Qingbao's sweet voice:

"Qing Qing~"

The match is already over, but the matches of other contestants haven't ended yet. It wants to finish watching at the scene before going back with Little Treasure-Hunting Ghost.

"Did you win?" Qiao Sang asked.

"Qing Qing."

Seeing Qingbao let out a cry, indicating that of course it won.

"Okay." Qiao Sang didn't doubt it and said: "Then you and Little Treasure-Hunting Ghost finish watching the match before coming back."

"Qing Qing~"

Seeing Qingbao let out a sweet cry and then hung up the phone.

I didn't expect Seeing Qingbao to know how to stay and watch the match to study the opponents at such a young age... Qiao Sang felt very gratified and returned the phone to Teacher Teacher Mi Mi Jiala.

At the same time.

Hasman.

In a commercial street lined with various small stalls on both sides.

"Xun Xun~"

Little Treasure-Hunting Ghost took back the phone and gave a thumbs up to Seeing Qingbao.

"Qing Qing."

Seeing Qingbao revealed a smug expression that said, "You still have a lot to learn."

"Xun Xun..."

But soon, Little Treasure-Hunting Ghost became worried again.

Is it really okay to lie to our own Beast Tamer like this...

"Qing Qing."

Seeing Qingbao revealed an expression that said, "Don't worry," and let out a cry.

"Qing Qing?"

Then, it asked another question.

How much money do you still have?

Little Treasure-Hunting Ghost took off its ring and took out a stack of cash.

Seeing Qingbao took a look, came to a barbecue stall, and let out a generous cry:

"Qing Qing."

Give me ten skewers.