Chapter 1312: Borrowing Life

Qiao Sang stopped in her tracks, looked at Little Treasure, and said, "You go train first."

"Xun xun~"

Little Treasure's curiosity was piqued, and it chirped, indicating that it wanted to listen too.

Qiao Sang looked at Teacher Mikayla.

Mikayla didn't make Little Treasure leave either, saying bluntly, "Now that Little Treasure has evolved into a Nether Ring Monarch, your odds of winning in the Master Challenge are higher. However, if you want to be more competitive, three Imperial-rank pets are still too few."

"In a few more days, the Ice Emperor Ram should be able to fully absorb the Ice-Zero Crystal Core."

"Its next evolutionary path requires an oasis plus the emotion of loneliness. I think once it has fully absorbed the Ice-Zero Crystal Core and we verify its energy has reached the Imperial-rank limit, we should let it live alone for a period of time."

After listening, Qiao Sang pondered for a moment and said, "Given Lubao's current personality, even if it stays outside alone for a while, I'm afraid it will be difficult for it to generate the emotion of extreme loneliness."

"It needs the Giss Egg by its side to amplify its emotions."

Although she was very reluctant and felt a bit sorry for Lubao, Qiao Sang understood that what Teacher Mikayla said wasn't unreasonable. Generally, when people and pets experience loneliness, it's because they are struggling alone outside, without any familiar people or pets around.

She and Like Ya Bao and the others stayed by Lubao's side every day, eating, sleeping, and training together. Let alone Lubao, whose emotions were hard to fluctuate, even the Giss Egg, after everyone got familiar with it, never showed any signs of feeling lonely after leaving its Beast Tamer.

Qiao Sang collected her thoughts and added, "But even if we let the Giss Egg follow from a distance, Lubao would definitely notice it immediately."

"Besides, the competition is in half a month. In such a short time, it's too hard to make Lubao feel lonely. I'm thinking, shouldn't we just focus on training and improving our strength, and let Lubao try it after the Master Challenge ends?"

"Do you want to reach the top three?" Mikayla asked.

Qiao Sang was stunned for a moment: "I do."

Mikayla didn't say anything else, but turned and went back to her room. Not long after, she returned with a stack of documents and said in a deep voice:

"Just among the Beast Tamers who appeared in the promotional video, almost everyone has four Imperial-rank pets. Among them, two Beast Tamers—one named Laifide and one named Serana—each have five Imperial-rank pets. They are also the popular favorites to win the championship in this Master Challenge."

"If the Ice Emperor Ram doesn't evolve before the competition, if you run into them, there is a high probability you will be eliminated directly."

As she spoke, she handed over the documents in her hand.

Mikayla didn't say one hundred percent; firstly, it would dampen Qiao Sang's confidence, and secondly, she felt that if Qiao Sang encountered some Beast Tamers who only had four Imperial-rank pets, it wasn't impossible for her to win.

The Master Challenge requires six pets to participate fully, adopting the traditional full-scale battle format. In this mode, as long as one's signature pet is strong enough, a 1v2 or even 1v3 situation can occur.

Relying on one's own Imperial-rank pet to directly take out the opponent's three Imperial-rank pets—such examples have indeed occurred in past Master Challenges.

As long as she doesn't run into the popular championship favorites, relying on Like Ya Bao and Gangbao's super-tier skills and proficiency that far exceed pets of the same stage, plus their traits, and the newly evolved Nether Ring Monarch Little Treasure, Qiao Sang still has a high probability of winning all the way through.

But this still isn't safe enough...

Qiao Sang took the documents and widened her eyes suddenly: "Besides Laifide, there is another contestant with five Imperial-rank pets?"

To be honest, she had only heard of Laifide before. When she found out he was also participating, she had already thought about how to build a relationship with him to get Sun Crystals.

Mikayla gave an "um": "The other person is named Serana, a Tianyuan Star native, 68 years old. This is also her first time participating in an interstellar-level competition. She was born into an ordinary family and didn't enter any world-renowned beast-taming schools. She only began to show her edge after contracting her third pet at the age of 20, and later gained resources by entering various beast-taming battle clubs."

"There might not be any news about her on Yantian Star, but she is very famous on Tianyuan Star. She can be considered an outstanding representative among civilian Beast Tamers."

Upon hearing this, Qiao Sang sighed sincerely: "So impressive..."

You have to know, whether a Beast Tamer can grow up, besides talent, depends mostly on resources and background. For a Beast Tamer without a deep background to support them, having only talent, it is truly too difficult to become a top-tier professional Beast Tamer.

Even she was only able to progress so quickly because she later entered the Imperial Beast-Taming Academy's Imperial Class. Otherwise, she would have had no chance to obtain potions and items that rapidly increase energy, such as King-Energy Potions, Ghost Essence, or Ice-Zero Crystal Cores.

After sighing, Qiao Sang thought of something and began to flip through the documents in her hand.

Flip a page, her heart skipped a beat; flip a page, her heart skipped a beat.

Everyone is so impressive...

"Xun xun..." Little Treasure leaned over to look together.

"The data on the contestants participating in this Master Challenge is all here," Mikayla said slowly. "You can take a look before deciding whether to let the Ice Emperor Ram go out alone to experience it early."

After saying this, she turned and returned to her room.

Qiao Sang read ten lines at a glance, quickly flipping through the documents in her hand. Soon, she had finished reading the data of all the contestants.

She put down the documents and sighed.

"Xun xun?" Little Treasure saw this and chirped, asking what was wrong.

"Do you think Lubao will experience the emotion of loneliness after it goes out alone?" Qiao Sang asked.

"Xun xun~" Little Treasure thought for a while, shook its head, and chirped, indicating it wasn't sure.

"Xun xun~" Immediately after, it thought of something and chirped again.

Even if Lubao doesn't evolve, it doesn't matter. Anyway, it has evolved, and it will definitely help win the competition.

As it said this, Little Treasure clenched its fists and tensed its arms, imitating the Fighting-type pets on TV, showing off its muscles.

Qiao Sang: "..."

You don't have any muscles at all, okay... After Qiao Sang complained internally, she thought of something, and her consciousness entered the Beast-Taming Codex, quickly flipping to the page about Little Treasure.

【Name: Nether Ring Monarch】

【Attribute: Ghost, Psychic, Dark】

【Level: Imperial-rank (16 million/100 million)】

【Trait: First Trait: Receive

Level: S (MAX), Status (Mastery), Introduction: (Can use the ring to store all physical objects; currently, 10,000 cubic meters are available inside)】

Second Trait: Penetrate

Level: S (MAX), Status (Mastery), Introduction: (Can penetrate the opponent's barriers or substitutes to attack)

Third Trait: Super Perception

Level: A (5000/), Status (Extremely useful), Introduction: (During double battles, can read our own attacks and dodge their special move damage)

Fourth Trait: Curse Body

Level: A (5000/), Status (Extremely useful), Introduction: (When attacked, has a 70% chance to make the target enter the Disable state)

Fifth Trait: Oppression

Level: A (3678/), Status (Extremely useful), Introduction: (Will cause oppression to the opponent, making them feel the aura of a king)

Sixth Trait: Destiny Bond

Level: S (MAX), Status (Mastery), Introduction: (When attacked, the opponent also takes damage; if you faint, the opponent also faints. Cannot be triggered consecutively.)

Seventh Trait: Nightmare

Level: B (477/2000), Status (Useful), Introduction: (Deals damage to sleeping opponents.)

Hidden Trait: Cursed Body

Level: A (5000/), Status (Extremely useful), Introduction: (When attacked, has a 70% chance to make the opponent enter the Disable state)

Eighth Trait: Grudge Possession

Level: A (1/), Status (Extremely useful), Introduction: (When you fall into an abnormal state, creatures within a certain range will also fall into the same abnormal state)

Ninth Trait: Borrow Life

Level: S (MAX), Status (Mastery), Introduction: (When your own state is nearing its limit, there is a high probability you can borrow the state of surrounding creatures.)】

【Skills: Lick (Minor Success 1983/2000), Hypnosis (Ultimate/) max, Dream Eater (Proficient 265/500), Barrier (Perfect 6322/), Psychic (Ultimate/) max, Teleport (Ultimate/) max, Dark Shadow Control (Ultimate/) max, Will-O-Wisp (Ultimate/), Substitute (Ultimate/), Taunt (Great Success 4002/5000), Brick Break (Great Success 4883/5000), Shadow Ball (Ultimate/), Psybeam (Minor Success 1798/2000), Light Screen (Proficient 464/500), Space Shift (Ultimate/) max, Zen Headbutt (Great Success 3902/5000), Astonish (Entry 91/100), Bad Luck Curse (Ultimate/) max, Trick (Entry 12/100), Dark Magic Shadow (Ultimate/) max, Seal (Minor Success 1308/2000), Space Lock (Great Success 3977/5000), Revenge (Entry 17/100), Wonder Room (Proficient 290/500), Shadow Penetration (Ultimate/), Pursuit (Entry 1/100), Fate Curse (Entry/100), Demon Armor (Entry 1/100)】

Super Perception, Curse Body, and Cursed Body levels have all increased... Qiao Sang's gaze moved downward, looking at the newly added trait.

Grudge Possession... This trait is good. Little Treasure also has the Destiny Bond trait. With these two traits combined, even if Little Treasure just stands there and gets hit without fighting back, the opponent will lose a layer of skin if they don't die...

Borrow Life...

Holy crap! Borrow Life?!

Qiao Sang's gaze suddenly froze.

Borrow Life is a very famous trait for high-level Ghost-type pets. When their own state is at the limit and about to fall, they can swap states with a creature in good condition nearby.

It's like being PKed by an opponent in a game, but then taking a red health potion, directly recovering your state.

Of course, after a certain amount of time, the states will swap back.

However, the reason this trait is famous isn't because it's very practical in battle, but because in a well-known interstellar competition, a contestant's Ghost-type pet used this move at the last moment.

After Borrow Life was triggered, what it borrowed wasn't the opponent's state, but its Beast Tamer's.

With a "slap," the Ghost-type pet stood up again, and at the same time, its Beast Tamer behind it closed their eyes and collapsed.

At the time, this scene even made the interstellar news.

Qiao Sang subconsciously imagined the scene of Little Treasure using Borrow Life in the future.

On the highly anticipated arena, under the spotlight, under the lenses of major well-known media, Little Treasure slowly collapsed.

She shouted: "Borrow Life!"

Purple light lit up on Little Treasure, then its state recovered, and it floated up again, shouting arrogantly at the opponent:

"Xun xun!"

As soon as the words fell, with a "slap," she collapsed face-first onto the ground.

Countless cameras were clicking frantically.

Little Treasure sensed something, turned its head, saw her collapsed on the ground, and screamed:

"Xun xun!"

"Boom!"

The opponent unleashed a big move, blasting it.

Little Treasure flew backward, and just like her, collapsed face-first onto the ground.

With a "click," the scene froze and directly made the day's news headlines:

【A well-known Beast Tamer and her Ghost-type pet both collapsed in the arena】

Qiao Sang hurriedly stopped, ceasing the imagination.

Although the function of this trait is very powerful, the target of Borrow Life is random. During the competition, she would be on the battlefield, too close to Little Treasure. For the sake of safety, it's better not to use it if she can avoid it...

Her gaze moved down to the skill column.

Pursuit, a high-level Dark-type skill. As long as this skill is used beforehand, the damage the opponent takes within a certain period of time will be doubled.

Although this skill is only high-level, it is quite practical. It feels like it can be used in competitions of any level... Qiao Sang was satisfied and looked at the next skill.

Fate Curse... Qiao Sang was full of surprise and very emotional.

Little Treasure actually awakened this skill!

But it absorbed a Curse Crystal back then, so awakening a curse-type skill seems quite normal...

Fate Curse, a high-level Ghost-type skill, can be considered a relatively rare skill among curse-type skills. It can curse the target through sound, for example, saying "You will fall," and within a certain time, the target will definitely fall.

As long as what the Ghost-type pet says when using Fate Curse is realized within a certain time, it will absolutely happen.

It has a bit of a "word becomes law" feeling, but it can only be negative things; positive ones don't work.

Moreover, if the negative thing involves a wide range and has a significant impact, it cannot be realized. Because of this, the Beast-Taming Alliance listed it as a high-level skill.

The skill is quite good, but it's a pity that the spoken Fate Curse doesn't take effect immediately, but within a certain time. Otherwise, it would definitely be a killer move on the battlefield.

The higher the proficiency, the shorter the time for the Fate Curse to be realized. Little Treasure must practice this skill well in the future; it can definitely trick opponents to death... Thinking of this, Qiao Sang immediately listed Fate Curse as Little Treasure's next training goal.

While thinking, her gaze moved down to the last skill.

Demon Armor.

Huh? Demon Armor!

Qiao Sang's eyes "swished" and lit up again, her heart suddenly burning.

Demon Armor, a super-tier Dark-type skill, not only can drape an indestructible defense over the whole body but also strengthen the body's physical quality and improve overall defense.

She had witnessed the power of this skill when she was battling at Yantian University.

A defensive super-tier skill is definitely what Little Treasure needs most right now!

Honestly, she had thought that Little Treasure would awaken a super-tier Ghost-type skill, and she had also thought it would awaken a super-tier Psychic-type skill, but a Dark-type super-tier skill—she really hadn't thought of that...

Not bad. If these skills are practiced, Little Treasure won't have to be too afraid even when facing some well-qualified Imperial-rank pets in the competition... Qiao Sang collected her thoughts, and her consciousness returned to reality.

?? Thanks to Boss Li Taotie for the alliance leader reward! Wishing the boss all the best! Good health! And may wealth pour in!