Chapter 35: Remember to be gentle

"Ya."

The Fire-Tooth Dog let out a depressed cry, leaned back onto its seat, and took a big gulp of milk to soothe the trauma in its heart.

After it finished drinking, Qiao Sang, being observant, handed it another bottle, and comforted it: "It's okay, we'll be facing the Long-Eared Cat soon, you can just avenge the Little Chubby Dove then."

Although the Long-Eared Cat looked very cute and almost poked at her heart, Qiao Sang didn't soften her heart.

After all, once she thought of those 50 points, her heart became as hard as steel.

"Ya!"

Hearing this, the Fire-Tooth Dog sat up straight again and nodded vigorously.

It would!

The third match was very clean and swift, but the result was a bit beyond Qiao Sang's expectations.

As a pet beast with both Poison and Flying attributes, the Tracking Bee's mouth needle and tail needle were both poisonous.

The difference was that the Tracking Bee's mouth needle required close-range contact with an object to pierce, while the tail needle could be released from a distance.

Logically speaking, the Tracking Bee was also fast; it only needed to keep a distance from the Short-Tailed Snake, and the tail needle would eventually hit the Short-Tailed Snake's body.

But it just had to use its mouth needle to pierce.

The venom in the Short-Tailed Snake's body was more toxic than the venom produced by the Tracking Bee's mouth needle. After this needle pierced, the Short-Tailed Snake was fine, but the Tracking Bee fainted first.

If you say the Tracking Bee is too stupid, it was also listening to its own Beast Tamer's orders.

The two words "Poison Needle" were the order issued by the Tracking Bee's Beast Tamer.

Qiao Sang was speechless.

The mouth needle is a poison needle, and the tail needle is also a poison needle; not giving a clear order—it really was a novice Beast Tamer.

After the six-into-three matches ended, the competition for the losers to eliminate one person and advance to the top two took place.

Perhaps because the previous match was lost too quickly, Qiao Sang felt that Lu Liangye was carrying personal emotions when he commanded.

Clearly, when the opponent was exhausted, he could have used a strong attack skill like Water Gun to end the match directly, but he chose to use water bubbles to block the vision first, and then let the Water-Ring Carp tackle it.

Qiao Sang didn't understand; the other person had already fallen to the ground, what was there to block? And the Water-Ring Carp had no legs, only a tail; where did it get the explosive power on land? That last blow was at most a "bump," not a "tackle"...

Besides Lu Liangye, another boy named Hu Cheng also entered the top five.

And the final first place was chosen from those who won in the six-into-three matches.

"Qiao Sang, Zheng Yining, Li Yang, the three of you will take turns to battle. The one who wins two matches first will be the first place in this special admission," Sun Boyi said.

Qin Wen took out that familiar wooden box again, "Only two of the slips of paper inside have numbers. The candidate who draws a blank slip will have a bye this round."

Qiao Sang was lucky enough not to have a bye; she flipped the slip over, and it was still number 1.

Drawing three 1s in a row was simply a hint from heaven that she was the first place!

Qiao Sang was full of fighting spirit, while Zheng Yining, who drew the other 1, had the will of a salted fish.

Her scores were usually around 560; if she didn't have special admission, she certainly wouldn't be able to get into Shengshui Junior High based on cultural scores alone. Now that she had a special admission spot, she didn't need to take first place to be stable for the high school entrance exam.

"Big shot Qiao, remember to be gentle later," Zheng Yining smiled.

Anyway, she couldn't win, so it was better to show weakness before the match to lose more decently.

Qiao Sang glanced at the Fire-Tooth Dog, which was warming up by moving its limbs, and replied: "... I'll try."

Lu Liangye, who heard the conversation on the side, was unhappy. He walked up to Qiao Sang, his face twisted as if he were constipated, "I... I believe you can win, but you can't be careless. You must attack with full force from the beginning to avoid any accidents."

He lost so miserably when he battled Qiao Sang, not even lasting two rounds. If Qiao Sang battled this Zheng Yining and held back for several rounds, where would he put his face?!

Qiao Sang looked at his awkward and somewhat proud face and smiled: "Thanks for the reminder, I know."

Zheng Yining: "...?"

The two stood in their designated positions.

The Long-Eared Cat elegantly licked its paw.

The Fire-Tooth Dog stared intently at the Long-Eared Cat, its hind limbs constantly plowing the ground, as if it would pounce on the Long-Eared Cat in the next second.

This posture was a bit familiar...

Qiao Sang remembered.

Wasn't this the action of the Thunder-Horn Rhino that the Fire-Tooth Dog learned "Spark" from when it was scared by watching TV for the first time?

Before she could think deeply, Sun Boyi issued the command for the battle to begin.

Qiao Sang quickly adjusted her state and ordered: "Tackle."

The Fire-Tooth Dog's posture was ready to rush up at any time, and Qiao Sang chose to comply with the Fire-Tooth Dog's idea.

It seems that acting close and showing weakness before the match is still useful.

Zheng Yining was very satisfied with Big shot Qiao's command. Most tackles don't succeed at the beginning; Big shot Qiao clearly went easy on her. If she had attacked like she did against Lu Liangye without even saying the command, how would she have responded?

"Dodge," Zheng Yining commanded.

"Dodge" is a divine skill. No matter what skill the opponent uses, as long as it's not a lock-on skill or a large-scale attack skill, saying "dodge" is never wrong. This is what Zheng Yining learned from TV dramas.

The Long-Eared Cat elegantly ran two steps to the side, and then was awkwardly hit and flew to the ground.

It couldn't dodge...

"This Fire-Tooth Dog's speed seems to be much faster than before?" Zheng Pingguo said in surprise.

"Maybe it didn't use its full strength in the first two matches," Qin Wen replied.

Liu Yao was watching the battle on the side without speaking.

"Long Ears!" Zheng Yining exclaimed the name of her Long-Eared Cat.

The Long-Eared Cat is a general-type pet beast, standing out among primary pet beasts for its appearance and agility.

It was an open space on all sides, and the Long-Eared Cat wasn't injured, yet it was hit by an ordinary tackle just like that?!

The Long-Eared Cat was a bit awkward, but it still stood up elegantly, and the next second.

"Bang!"

Before it could stand steady, it flew backward again.

"Long Ears!"

Qiao Sang looked at the scene before her and felt a bit unbearable.

It was seen that the Fire-Tooth Dog rushed over as soon as the Long-Eared Cat stood up, and bumped into it again as soon as it stood up, repeating this four or five times, like a bullfight in a past life, and the Long-Eared Cat was that red cloth...

"I surrender!" Zheng Yining raised her hand and called out after the Long-Eared Cat fell for the fifth time.

"I announce the winner—Qiao Sang," Sun Boyi said.

The Little Chubby Dove and its Beast Tamer hadn't left yet. After hearing the result, the Fire-Tooth Dog ran happily to the Little Chubby Dove to celebrate, but the Little Chubby Dove was startled and flapped its wings to fly onto its Beast Tamer's shoulder.

This guy was so scary just now!

The Fire-Tooth Dog was heartbroken; the friendship that hadn't even developed was shattered just like that.

It came to Qiao Sang.

"Ya~"

Qiao Sang squatted down and picked it up.

The Fire-Tooth Dog buried its head and nudged Qiao Sang.

Her own Beast Tamer is still the best.

"This Fire-Tooth Dog has great potential. When you go back, give it three stalks of Vitality Grass, two catties of Heat-Relieving Powder, seven taels of Fire-Transforming Nitrate, and six taels of Red Honey to soak in a bath every day. Persist for half a month, and you might get good results," a deep voice sounded from the side.

Qiao Sang turned her head to look; it was one of the four teachers.

"This is the Vice Principal of our Shengshui Junior High. He is an A-rank Breeder, you won't go wrong listening to him," Zheng Pingguo introduced. ===== CHAPTER 36 =====