Chapter 303: Don't Get Distracted So Easily

As the referee's whistle blew, the spectator stands erupted into chaos.

"It's over? It's already over?!"

"What's going on?! Yanling Hound can teleport?! Isn't it a Fire-type beast?!"

"Did they even fight? I just looked down to grab a bottle of water, and it's done?!"

This is way too outrageous!

Students who can compete in the National Campus Beast-Taming League are the elite of their respective schools. With pets at the same level, even if there's a gap, it shouldn't be this huge!

Amid the surrounding uproar, Qiao Sang appeared very calm.

She knew that one very important reason for winning so easily was that her opponent had never expected Yaobao to also have a Psychic-type attribute.

The information gap meant he hadn't made the appropriate preparations.

Matches usually get harder the further you go. On one hand, the opponents get stronger; on the other, the pets' strength and trump cards have mostly been revealed, letting people prepare tactics and countermeasures in advance.

Instant-KO battles like this basically won't appear in the later stages of the tournament.

"Yaobao, don't get careless. This is only the first round." Qiao Sang said cautiously.

"Ya!"

Yaobao let out a spirited cry, indicating she was fully prepared to fight seriously.

At the same time, the whistle announcing the second match blew.

Zhao Weiwei made the summoning hand seals in a daze.

A gray star array lit up.

Qiao Sang and Yaobao stared at it intently.

"Ear-yi~"

A cat-type beast with ears longer than a rabbit's appeared in the star array, leisurely raising its left front paw to lick it with its tongue.

Qiao Sang: "......"

Yaobao: "......"

An entry-level beast, a Long-Eared Cat — isn't this a freebie?

The match began. Yaobao unleashed a Flame Vortex, the Long-Eared Cat couldn't dodge in time, and the battle was over — two seconds faster than the previous round.

Area C fell silent.

Although the moment the beast appeared everyone had guessed the outcome, the battle ended before they could blink twice. The gap in strength was just too staggering.

Apart from the people from Holy Water Middle School, the contestants and leaders from the other schools all wore very solemn expressions. After all, everyone present was competing in Group A2, and they'd eventually have to face her.

The contestant area of Fuqi Beast-Taming High School.

The Gao San group coach said sternly: "When you go up later, don't reveal all your strength. Lose when you should lose. Understood?"

"Why?" asked the girl wearing a headband, puzzled.

"The coach means hold back our strength to deal with the others." Li Kun's gaze didn't leave the girl on the field: "Against this person, we have no chance of winning at all. Better to lose when we should and let others fail to figure out our true capabilities."

That's right, that's exactly what he meant... The coach nodded approvingly.

The preliminaries use a points system. Losing these few points is fine — just earn them back against other opponents.

Earning points against Holy Water Middle School was already unrealistic to begin with, let alone against this monster right in front of them. This time they just didn't feel there was any chance of winning, unlike the previous times.

Fire-type plus Psychic-type — with these two attributes combined, what was the point of struggling given the level of the students at their school?

The girl wearing the headband thought seriously for a moment and said: "Actually, I feel that even if we wanted to show all our strength, we wouldn't get the chance."

Coach: "......"

The preliminaries' first round is played within a single day against three people from the same school in rotation. After each battle, there's a ten-minute break for healing and rest.

Ten minutes later, Qiao Sang sent out Yaobao again.

Holy Water Middle School's contestant area.

"The second one is Li Kun. I saw Qiao Sang chatting pretty well with this Li Kun just now. Looks like for the next two matches Qiao Sang will probably go easy." He Datao analyzed.

Xu Yixuan laughed twice and said: "Before Qiao Sang's match, I thought the same thing."

Who could have expected that such a sincere-seeming junior could be so scheming!

If she hadn't been standing right next to Qiao Sang the whole time she was chatting with Li Kun, and then seen the Yanling Hound that was summoned later, she would have thought the two of them really hit it off...

This junior is terrifying!

On the field, the referee's whistle blew.

Li Kun instinctively prepared to put on a show of being miserable. With a complicated expression, he said: "You tricked me."

Qiao Sang said: "Fireball."

"Ya!"

Yaobao rapidly shot out a ball of flame brimming with destructive energy.

The opposing Long-Tailed Snake was startled. It instinctively slammed its tail against the ground, using the rebound to leap several meters away.

However, the moment the Long-Tailed Snake landed, the fireball suddenly curved and continued to charge toward its position.

"Boom!

!"

The flames exploded on the Long-Tailed Snake's body, and the battle was over.

Li Kun: "???"

I only said one sentence and you attacked right away — where are your martial virtues?!

Even though the beast you sent out earlier tricked me, after chatting for so long, you don't feel anything at all?! You can't even chat for one line before attacking?!

After the referee announced the result of this match, Qiao Sang said sincerely:

"This is an official match. You shouldn't get distracted so easily. I hope you won't make the same mistake in the next round."

Li Kun: "......"

"Is that a Fireball?"

"Should be. What I just heard sounded like Fireball."

"Can a Fireball really be that powerful? Enough to one-shot a same-rank pet beast?"

"It's a matter of proficiency. If I'm not mistaken, that Flame Hound's Fireball proficiency should be maxed out."

"Maxed out?"

"That means it's at the level of an Arcane Meaning."

"Hiss..." The person asking sucked in a sharp breath.

Arcane Meaning?!

Even at the national campus beastmaster league finals, you wouldn't see proficiency at that level!

The people around them were heatedly discussing the match that had just taken place.

At the same time, a new round of the match began.

This time, Li Kun summoned a Force-Headed Duck.

"Water counters fire. This time, at least it won't get one-shotted — otherwise I'd really start feeling sorry for the people from Fuqi Beastmaster High School."

"That's not certain. The Flame Hound still has the Esper-type, doesn't it."

"True enough. I saw that online before — I thought it was just a rumor, didn't expect it to actually be true."

"Same here. Anyway, setting that aside, how long do you think this round will last?"

"Ten seconds. It is a water-type pet beast, after all."

"I'm guessing eight seconds."

The people around chatted on and off, and even though the type was at a disadvantage, not a single person doubted Qiao Sang would lose.

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The referee's whistle sounded.

Li Kun raised his hand, about to give the command.

Just then, Qiao Sang spoke up: "Actually, I didn't mean to trick you on purpose."

Li Kun stared at Qiao Sang, stunned.

In that brief moment of distraction, the Force-Headed Duck's agonized cry had already reached his ears.

Li Kun hurriedly turned toward the source of the sound, and then he was completely dumbfounded.

The Force-Headed Duck hadn't fallen — its entire body was simply outside the designated match arena.

It turned out that the moment Qiao Sang had spoken, Yaobao had used Telekinesis to directly send the Force-Headed Duck out of bounds.

According to the match rules, if a pet beast is knocked out of the arena or voluntarily crosses outside the designated arena boundary, it loses the qualification to continue the match.

Qiao Sang said earnestly: "I told you, this is an official match. Don't get distracted."

Li Kun: "!

!"