Chapter 312: Principal! Terrible News!

However, there was one prerequisite to truly carrying out revenge.

That was: not losing!

"Xunxun!"

Little Xunbao looked at the Two-Tailed Land Turtle, her expression turning serious.

The battle began.

Little Xunbao vanished on the spot using invisibility.

Guo Jiasong, the player sent up from Hanggang No. 6 Beast-Taming High School, simply gave up — he didn't issue a single command in response.

Setting aside how freakishly strong Qiao Sang herself was, the title of Holy Water Middle School team member alone was enough to make him feel there was no hope of winning.

Actually, people with a mentality like Guo Jiasong's were not few.

As long as they were matched against a famous school, without even knowing their opponent's actual strength, they already felt in their hearts that they were no good before the match even started.

The difference was, people with this kind of mentality could be divided into two groups.

One group still wanted to try their absolute best, while the other had already decided to just go through the motions, conserving their energy for matches they had a chance in.

Guo Jiasong was the latter.

"Lu Pa."

The Two-Tailed Land Turtle clearly had a different mentality from its beast tamer.

Its eyes swept the surroundings, its expression wary.

Just as the Two-Tailed Land Turtle's gaze turned left, Little Xunbao stuck out a big tongue and appeared out of thin air on the right, poised to give it a lick.

Although the Two-Tailed Land Turtle's gaze was turned left, it could still sense a shadow suddenly appearing on its right.

"Lu Pa!"

The Two-Tailed Land Turtle instinctively yanked its head back into its shell, and Little Xunbao's lick found only empty air.

"Xun..."

Little Xunbao's mouth puckered, and her figure vanished.

"Lu Pa!"

The Two-Tailed Land Turtle stayed inside its shell for a while, sensed the danger had passed, stuck its head out, turned toward its beast tamer, and called out seriously.

Meaning: this is a match, get it together!

Guo Jiasong was stunned when he saw this — he hadn't expected the Two-Tailed Land Turtle to still have so much fighting spirit after losing two matches to people from Holy Water Middle School...

Just then, Little Xunbao's figure suddenly appeared like a ghost, a mere 0.1 centimeters from the Two-Tailed Land Turtle's head.

"Careful!" Guo Jiasong shouted.

Before Little Xunbao could do anything, the Two-Tailed Land Turtle once again swiftly pulled its head back in.

"Xun..."

Little Xunbao vanished again.

Guo Jiasong let out a breath of relief when he saw this, and his gaze gradually steadied.

That's right.

Although the Qiao Sang before him was very strong, this time she hadn't sent out her Yanling Hound!

This Treasure Hunting Yao was small, clearly malnourished, and its strength was surely a notch weaker than an ordinary Treasure Hunting Yao's.

If that's the case, why not give it a try!

Even if he couldn't get 3 points, maybe there was still a chance to tie!

A tie still gives 1 point, right!

The more Guo Jiasong thought about it, the more it made sense. His confidence reignited, and he immediately called out: "Sand Splash!"

"Lu Pa!"

The Two-Tailed Land Turtle received the command, stuck its head out, and its left front claw swept forward forcefully. A cloud of dust instantly swept out around it, shrouding its own figure within.

Sand Splash — a low-tier Ground-type skill.

Although its level wasn't high, it was very practical.

It could use the sand kicked up by its claws or limbs to obstruct the opponent's line of sight, making it a fairly common skill among lower-level Ground-type pets.

The dust flew, and Little Xunbao's figure never appeared.

"One minute has already passed." Someone in the spectator stands raised a hand to check the time on their wrist and said: "Looks like Qiao Sang's Treasure Hunting Yao still has a noticeable gap in strength compared to her Yanling Hound. I thought the Treasure Hunting Yao could crush its way to victory too."

"What are you thinking." The man beside him leaned back in his chair and said lazily: "At her age, having a green star array and a Yanling Hound is already enough to blind everyone. If all her other pets were as freakishly strong as her Yanling Hound, how would you let anyone else live?"

"True... This Treasure Hunting Yao seems used to close-range attacks — the moment Sand Splash interferes, it stops moving. If the Two-Tailed Land Turtle keeps using Sand Splash and the Treasure Hunting Yao never shows up, who knows when this match will ever end."

"Relax, the match has rules — one side can't just do nothing the whole time." The man leaning back in his chair said: "Even for Ghost-type pets, aren't there sensing devices monitoring the arena? The head referee is watching from the monitoring side. If the Treasure Hunting Yao had turned invisible and left the field, or hadn't moved at all, the head referee would have already raised a yellow card."

"It's not the foul I'm worried about, it's just the time... holy—!" Suddenly, the man who had been speaking earlier stared at the field in agitation.

The man who had been lazily leaning back in his chair also sat up straight, staring at the field with a completely dumbfounded expression.

They saw the Two-Tailed Land Turtle dragged out of the dust cloud by some unknown force, then violently yanked up into the air!

"Lu Pa!

!"

The Two-Tailed Land Turtle was nothing like its initial composed self — it was so scared tears were streaming down its face.

Help! It was afraid of heights!

Just then, it suddenly stopped, no longer continuing to rise higher.

"Lu Pa..."

The Two-Tailed Land Turtle's eyes were brimming with tears, its soul still shaken, its whole body stiff — it didn't dare move a muscle.

Before it could recover and let out a relieved breath.

The next second, its entire body uncontrollably began spinning rapidly through the air.

"Lu Pa!

!"

"Xunxun~"

Hearing the Two-Tailed Tortoise's wails, Little Treasure Hunt appeared. The shadow of one paw remained connected to a shadow on the ground, still drawing circles, while the other paw covered its mouth, snickering.

It would've been better to just let it lick you at the start. No, you just had to tuck your head into your shell and throw sand everywhere, making it hard to get close. I had no choice but to use this move.

"T-this is Shadow Control?!" The coach of Hanggang No. 6 Beast-Taming High School's eyes went wide as he spoke in disbelief, his voice cracking from shock: "Shadow Control is an advanced skill! How is that possible?!"

Chen Shengtang's expression was pained, his voice hoarse: "Qiao Sang was almost a student at our school! Just almost!"

Coach: "......"

Is there no end to this?!

On the field.

An invisible force kept the Two-Tailed Tortoise spinning in circles through the air.

"Lu...... pa......"

"Lu......"

The Two-Tailed Tortoise went from its initial wailing to falling silent.

"Xun~"

Little Treasure Hunt stopped moving its paw.

The shadow connected to the ground separated.

"Bam!"

Without the shadow's control, the Two-Tailed Tortoise crashed heavily to the ground, foaming at the mouth.

Guo Jiasong snapped out of his shock at the loud crash.

Wh-what just happened?!

What kind of Ghost-type skill was that?!

In the two previous National Campus Beast-Taming Leagues he had participated in, he had never encountered anything like it!

Qiao Sang's expression was calm.

Shadow Control is indeed a move that can be kept as a trump card; most people wouldn't choose to reveal their trump card outright during the preliminaries.

But she didn't really care. After all, she had more than one trump card.

There were still many opponents to face later. Flexibly using skills in actual combat, correctly executing different moves based on the situation — that was what Little Treasure Hunt needed to do in battle.

As for whether revealing Shadow Control too early mattered, that was secondary.

In the audience stands, a middle-aged man in black clothing scrambled to his feet in panic, hurried outside the venue, and anxiously took out his phone to dial a number.

"Principal! Something terrible has happened!"