Chapter 255: Gravel Scatter Strike Method

There's a saying online that goes: once a beast master locks eyes with you, nine times out of ten they want a battle.

To satisfy Yaobao's wish for a battle, Qiao Sang deliberately followed the Ice Shaking Bear's beast master with her gaze, wanting to exchange a little eye contact with her.

The Ice Shaking Bear's beast master wasn't hard to find.

Although the venue here was large, the beast masters inside could be counted on one hand, and each person's position was spaced far apart. Within ten meters of the Ice Shaking Bear, there was only one woman who looked to be in her early twenties, with long straight black hair and a slightly delicate appearance.

It was obvious that this person was the Ice Shaking Bear's beast master.

Normally people would notice being stared at, but Qiao Sang had stared for a full minute, and the woman hadn't noticed a thing.

Qiao Sang could only walk up and ask: "Hello, would you be interested in having a battle?"

"Ya!" Yaobao also let out a battle-spirited cry at the Ice Shaking Bear at this moment.

The Ice Shaking Bear glanced at Yaobao, paid no attention, and continued practicing on its own.

Yaobao: "......"

The woman squinted and sized up Qiao Sang, then took out a pair of glasses from the crossbody bag she carried and put them on.

So she was nearsighted, no wonder she didn't react after being stared at for so long... Qiao Sang muttered inwardly.

The woman looked at Qiao Sang, then at Yaobao, then took out a business card from her bag and handed it over, saying: "Sure, but my sparring sessions are already booked up for a week from now. You can schedule a time with me for the week after that."

Qiao Sang took the business card and looked at it.

Hongying Beast Battle Club, Senior Sparring Partner, Zhang Jie.

The first thought that popped into Qiao Sang's mind was: we're both sparring partners, how come I don't have a business card?!

The second thought was: from the sound of it, she's treating me as a customer, but sparring partners basically charge for battles, so there's nothing wrong with that.

Thinking of this, Qiao Sang asked: "May I ask how much you charge per hour?"

"Ten thousand Alliance Coins. Since you were able to get in here, you must be a sparring partner too," the woman said. "Since we're all colleagues, I'll give you a ten percent discount."

Qiao Sang thanked her.

With her current bank card balance, she actually didn't really need the ten percent discount, but basically no one could resist the charm of a sale.

Qiao Sang brought Yaobao to the spot she had originally picked out.

"Xun~" Little Xunbaogui appeared, proactively taking out an Energy Recovery Liquid from the ring and handing it to Yaobao.

"Drink some first to recover, you flew for so long just now," Qiao Sang said, looking at Yaobao.

"Ya."

Yaobao nodded, directly using telekinesis to open the Energy Recovery Liquid, controlling it to pour into her own mouth.

Although Energy Recovery Liquid was expensive, its effects were real. Yaobao instantly recovered to peak condition.

Qiao Sang put her backpack in front of her and opened it. Yulu Yana jumped out of the bag at once and stood beside Yaobao.

"Here's what we're doing now," Qiao Sang said to her three pets in front of her. "Yaobao will use Shadow Clone to practice Mars Rain, and the main body will use telekinesis to control the gravel on the ground to attack Yulu Yana."

"Yulu Yana, you need to try to dodge the gravel. I'll put a pen on Yaobao's body, and you figure out a way to get through the gravel attack, jump onto Yaobao's body, and grab that pen."

"Little Xunbao will split tiles as usual, but increase the number to 15 at a time. When you get tired of splitting, use telekinesis like Yaobao to control gravel to attack Yulu Yana."

Yaobao and Little Xunbaogui's training items had always been very clear.

The training plan Qiao Sang gave Yulu Yana was to practice Healing Light to the level of Arcane Mastery and to train basic qualities.

Water-type pets' movement speed on land was basically never as fast as in water.

It wasn't that Qiao Sang wanted Yulu Yana to be good at everything, but in some large competitions, the battle venue was random every time, and they might not be lucky enough to get a water venue.

If the venue was announced first and then pets were summoned, that would be fine, but if the rules were to send out pets first and then announce the venue, then Yulu Yana would most likely be at a disadvantage.

After all, there weren't many venues that allowed water-type pets to fully display their strength.

The Gravel Scatter Strike Method could train reaction ability, movement speed, and physical toughness.

Another point: it could temper Yulu Yana's willpower.

After all, facing a large pile of gravel flying toward it, a normal beginner pet should instinctively run to a spot without gravel, rather than moving, dodging, and advancing through the gravel with the risk of being hit at any moment.

Even if Yulu Yana's speed wasn't good and she couldn't adapt for a while, the gravel was controlled by telekinesis, so Qiao Sang could also have Yaobao stop the gravel at any time or change the attack speed of the gravel.

It was also a good chance to increase Yaobao's proficiency with telekinesis.

Most importantly, training together might also boost their bond.

Many benefits at once, simply perfect.

For healing, Energy Recovery Liquid was available, and a perverted super-tier skill like Healing Light was also available. They could train until the end of time... okay, that was an exaggeration, until the sky turned dark.

Qiao Sang's thoughts were beautiful, but reality was extremely cruel.

Yaobao was only an intermediate pet after all. Besides using Shadow Clone to practice a high-tier skill like Mars Rain that consumed a lot of energy, she also had to use telekinesis to control a large patch of gravel. Her energy simply couldn't hold out.

Qiao Sang roughly calculated that Yaobao needed to drink one-third of a bottle of Energy Recovery Liquid every five minutes on average to replenish.

At this rate, forget training until the end of time, in about two hours they could probably go home......

Fortunately, her pets were all wholeheartedly devoted to training, which gave Qiao Sang some psychological comfort.

Having worry-free pets was just so relaxing.

Yulu Yana's performance was also much better than she had expected... Qiao Sang turned her gaze to Yulu Yana.

Most of Yaobao's energy was used on practicing Mars Rain with Shadow Clone, resulting in not that much gravel being controlled, but for the small-sized Yulu Yana, who was still at the beginner stage, it was enough.

Facing the continuously flying gravel, Yulu Yana didn't instinctively shrink back, but instead charged in fiercely and accelerated into a run.

During the dodging movement, gravel did hit her body, but Yulu Yana acted as if she couldn't feel the pain, her expression not changing at all.

Qiao Sang watched for a while, then suddenly realized she was wrong.

Perhaps Yulu Yana, who had been injured many times and had practiced Healing Light to the Perfect realm, might not need much more physical training......

"Xun~"

At this moment, Little Xunbaogui floated over, showed off her claws, and revealed an "I'm tired" expression.

But her eyes kept sneaking peeks at the scene of Yaobao controlling gravel to strike Yulu Yana beside her.

That looks fun! It wants to play with that!

Qiao Sang took out her phone and checked — only 17 minutes of training time had passed...

Qiao Sang put her phone back in her pocket and said, "If Piwa's tired, you can practice Hypnosis. There should be ants around here too. I remember you telling me you really wanted to evolve."

"If you don't put in some effort, Yuluoyana might evolve before you do."

The little Treasure Ghost had originally been indifferent, assuming Yuluoyana was some old-timer.

But it had been hiding beside Qiao Sang the whole time, so naturally it had overheard Qiao Sang and Liu Yao's conversation and understood that Yuluoyana was actually only seven months old — not much older than itself, still a little tyke.

"Xun!"

The little Treasure Ghost got anxious.

Being about the same age but evolving before it — that wouldn't do at all!

It immediately pressed itself flat against the ground and began looking for a practice target for Hypnosis.

Because the spot Qiao Sang had chosen was relatively far from the other advanced sparring partners, the Shadow Clones of Like Ya Bao up ahead kept bombarding the ground with Meteor Rain, and the massive fire shower along with the booming sounds were limiting her senses.

As a result, she had absolutely no idea that every advanced sparring partner on the field was staring wide-eyed in her direction — and had been doing so for a good ten-plus minutes.

PS: g, setting the flag again — within this week I'll definitely add an extra chapter update one way or another.....