Chapter 280: Where's the Opponent?!

"What kind of pet beast is this? I've never seen it before." A boy beside her, about 1.77 meters tall but with a skyward-swept hairstyle that made him look over 1.8 meters, asked.

"Me neither." To his left, a boy wearing a white jacket over his summer school uniform studied the pale blue pet beast on the training field several times, then guessed, "It doesn't look like a pet beast from our Yuhua region."

"Hiss…" At that moment, the only girl on the Gao San team battle group sucked in a sharp breath.

Apart from He Datao, who was about to battle in the center of the field, the rest of the Gao San school team members all looked at her.

The girl was holding an identifier in her hand, aimed at the pale blue pet beast, and she stared at the information displayed on the virtual screen with an expression of utter shock.

There were many models of pet beast identifiers on the market, and their designs and functions varied by region and user.

The one the girl was holding was exactly the best-selling portable identifier model in the Yuhua region over the past two years.

"What's wrong? What's this pet beast called?" Xu Yixuan noticed Chen Jia's odd expression and leaned over, curious.

"Ice Dew Kiya, Ancient Mist region…" The boy in the white jacket also leaned over, reading the information on the virtual screen aloud, but soon his face went blank and he couldn't continue.

What the heck?

An endangered pet beast?

Did Chen Jia's identifier malfunction?

He wasn't the only one suspecting the identifier was broken—practically everyone who saw the information on the virtual screen immediately thought the same thing.

Including Chen Jia.

What do they mean, endangered pet beast? Those are creatures you can't even find a trace of, pampered by the nation and the Alliance like treasures—lose a single hair and at least an S-rank breeder would come study why it fell out!

How could a pet beast this rare possibly be contracted by a student who just started Gao Yi?

Chen Jia hesitated. "Maybe I forgot to update the version. The old one must be glitching."

"No worries, if the identifier's no good, just use a phone." Xu Yixuan said, snapping a photo of the pale blue pet beast in the center of the field with her phone and directly scanning the image to search.

Then she froze.

【Ice Dew Kiya, an endangered Intermediate-rank Water and Ice dual-attribute pet beast from the Ancient Mist region…】

The information was identical!

"Shit!" Xu Yixuan snapped her head up to look at the Ice Dew Kiya in the field, blurting out a single word completely at odds with her usual image.

"What's wrong?" The people beside her jumped. Xu Yixuan might be a bit chatty, but she'd basically never uttered such an unrefined word before.

"The, the info online is the same too." Xu Yixuan gulped, took a deep breath, then continued:

"This one might really be an endangered pet beast…"

Everyone: "!!!"

In an instant, everyone's gaze locked onto the Ice Dew Kiya.

The battle had already begun.

Almost the instant Sun Boyi finished giving the command, Lu Bao and the Exploding Ape attacked simultaneously.

This wasn't Lu Bao's first time coordinating with Qiao Sang.

Previously, to quickly max out the proficiency of the Healing Light skill to its ultimate mastery, Qiao Sang had spent a period working as a sparring partner at the Beast Battle Club, and almost always sent out Lu Bao.

Besides, Lu Bao was originally a wild pet beast, so it needed little teaching to develop its own rhythm and judgment in battle, and wouldn't rigidly stay in place waiting for Qiao Sang's commands.

Water Gun and Flamethrower clashed head-on.

The crimson flame was visibly three times thicker than the blue Water Gun.

The two collided mid-air. The flame almost overwhelmingly crushed the Water Gun, then surged toward Lu Bao.

Lu Bao calmly sprinted sideways, dodging the oncoming flames.

After the Gravel Smash training, Lu Bao's speed had improved by a huge margin. Against a frontal attack that wasn't fast or wide in range, it could now dodge with ease.

"Boom!!!"

The flames hit empty air and struck the ground, instantly cracking the training field's surface.

"Water does beat Fire, but with such a huge gap in skill proficiency, even the type advantage won't help." Chen Jia offered her view.

"Ice Dew Kiya isn't big, and it doesn't look like the high-defense type either. If it gets hit by the Exploding Ape twice, the match is probably over." The boy who looked over 1.8 meters thanks to his hairstyle analyzed.

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At that moment, Xu Yixuan suddenly worried, "Attacking an endangered pet beast should be illegal, right? Is it really okay to fight like this?"

Everyone: "…"

Center of the field.

He Datao watched the battle unfold and felt a surge of delight, thinking this match was in the bag.

He'd expected Qiao Sang to send out Yan Ling Dog, but instead she'd sent out a Water-type pet beast he didn't recognize.

Water beats Fire, so he'd been nervous at first—after all, he'd been there in person when Qiao Sang took on over 200 people at the opening ceremony.

He hadn't expected this Water-type pet beast to be so ordinary, not the least bit freakish like Yan Ling Dog or the Treasure Ghost from the opening ceremony.

They say a beastmaster's pet beasts are basically ranked by the order they were contracted. The experts weren't lying!

"Keep using Flamethrower to suppress it!"

He Datao waved his chubby hand and gave the order.

"Boom Boom!"

The Exploding Ape, brimming with fighting spirit, pounded its chest twice, opened its mouth, and prepared to spew flames forward.

But the next second, it froze with its mouth still open.

Where's the opponent?!

He Datao's pupils contracted sharply.

When he'd first given the order, that pale blue pet beast had clearly still been on the field!

But just now, it had jumped onto the ground and vanished!

What kind of skill is this?!

"Watch your surroundings!" Huo Dotao shouted.

His whole body was taut, his emotions swinging wildly to the extreme.

Although water-type pets counter the Exploding Ape, the current field isn't a water field after all, so water-type pets can't fully bring out their strength.

On top of that, that one ordinary Water Gun just now made him feel certain this match could be won.

After all, intermediate pets don't actually know that many skills — basically, when they train, they just keep developing and improving proficiency on their existing skills.

Water Gun, as one of the most common skills of water-type pets, in Gao San division matches, members of other schools' school teams who have water-type pets have at the very least trained it to the Minor Accomplishment level.

Yet the Water Gun this pet — whose name he didn't know — released clearly lacked power; its proficiency hadn't even reached Minor Accomplishment.

But this move "Earth遁 Vanish" left him completely dumbfounded.

In battle, the worst thing is running into an opponent using a skill you don't know, not even knowing how to respond.

Do water-type pets have this kind of skill...? Huo Dotao frantically searched through his knowledge about water-type pets.

Qiao Sang's peripheral vision had been fixed on a small puddle on the ground. Just as this puddle slowly flowed into the blind spot behind the Exploding Ape, she said: "Now."

"Lu."

Lubao's head suddenly poked out from this puddle and cried out.

A layer of white, misty fog instantly enveloped the center of the field.

"Sweep Flaming Jet across the ground behind you!" Although Huo Dotao still hadn't figured out what this "Earth遁 Vanish" was called, his rich practical combat experience still let him instinctively make the corresponding judgment.

"Boom Boom!"

The Exploding Ape turned around and frantically swept flames across the ground. Because of the water mist, it couldn't see the situation around it at all and could only fire blindly.

Just then, a stream of water shot up from the ground behind the Exploding Ape, rising into midair, breaking through the area covered by the water mist.

Then, this stream of water turned sharply downward, its falling speed growing faster and faster, charging into the water mist.

If one looked carefully, one would see Lubao wrapped inside the stream of water.

"Boom!!!"

A fierce crash rang out, and the water mist violently trembled from the energy波动.

"Boom Boom!"

Immediately after, the Exploding Ape's scream rang out.

Qiao Sang estimated the Exploding Ape's size and said: "Continue."

The moment her words fell, the stream of water shot up above the training field again, then accelerated downward.

That wasn't enough — the stream of water quickly shot up and fell again.

"Boom Boom!"

The Exploding Ape's cries were especially wretched.

"Sweep Flaming Jet upward!" Huo Dotao said in panic.

The flames did not shoot out from bottom to top.

Huo Dotao seemed to sense something in his Beast Codex and froze on the spot.

When the water mist cleared.

The Exploding Ape was already lying on the ground with its eyes closed.

And on its body stood an Ice Luqia with a cold, aloof expression.

"Lu."