Chapter 356: All Group Stage Matches Concluded

Qiao Sang was completely dumbfounded on the spot.

Everyone else had their attention drawn by the sudden snow, but after only a single glance, her focus returned to Lubao.

Then she was stunned silly.

Snow?

The move Lubao just used was freaking snow?!

At this moment, Qiao Sang developed serious doubts about the contents of her textbook.

Could it be that high-level skills are actually pretty easy to learn?

Thinking back carefully, among her three pets, the one that spent the longest and most grueling time learning a high-level skill seemed to be Like Ya Bao when it learned Mars Rain, but that only took about a month. Are high-level skills really hard to learn? Could it just be that the people who wrote the books thought so… All sorts of thoughts flashed through Qiao Sang's mind.

Just as Qiao Sang was lost in thought, Lubao raised its head to look at the snow it had summoned, its eyes lit up, and an excited expression appeared on its face. But then it suddenly remembered something, quickly reined in its expression, opened its mouth, and a dark, heavy cloud immediately pressed down.

Thunder rumbled, and cold rain poured from the sky in an instant.

The raindrops falling pulled the attention of the audience, who had been in discussion, back to the arena, and they instantly forgot about the Snowfeather Owl that had just passed by.

Rain?!

Most of the people wore blank, stunned expressions.

Wang Weidou's eyes suddenly lit up.

"It, it really rained?!" someone on the spectator stands murmured.

Not much time had passed; no one had forgotten the command Qiao Sang had just given.

So, Binglu Qiya really can pray for rain?!

"If it were just an endangered pet, fine, but with talent this awesome, why isn't it mine…" The man beside him felt that jealousy had already caused him to undergo plasmolysis.

The woman on his right glanced at him and asked, "You haven't watched Qiao Sang's previous matches, have you?"

The man was stunned for a moment, then nodded.

He was from a nearby town. Although his daughter attended Huicheng Beast-Taming High School, she wasn't a member of the school team.

If the venue for this National Campus Beast-Taming League group stage hadn't happened to be assigned to his daughter's school, he wouldn't have paid attention to this competition.

It wasn't that the competition lacked weight; it just felt too far removed from his and his daughter's circle, with no need to follow it.

The woman on his right said, "A pet's talent is indeed heavy, but it also depends on who the beast tamer is. A good beast tamer is the only one who can maximize a pet's potential. Qiao Sang's other pet, the Treasure Hunter, has also learned the high-level skill Shadow Control."

Shadow Control? The man was dumbfounded.

The person on his right continued, "So even if Binglu Qiya were your pet, you still might not be able to get it to learn Rain Prayer."

This… The man was momentarily speechless. He furrowed his brow and asked:

"Who are you?"

The woman in the white windbreaker curved her lips and smiled slightly: "I'm her mother."

Man: "???"

On the field, completely unaware that her own mother had already arrived at the venue, Qiao Sang saw the rain fall, came back to her senses, steadied her emotions, maintained her previous composure, and said: "Water Jet."

"Lu!"

Lubao stared intently at the figure flying in the sky. The next second, blue water currents wrapped around its entire body.

Boom!

In an instant, Lubao was like a blue jet stream, shooting straight up from the ground.

"Shi Shi!"

The Perception Bird lowered its head and saw a blue water pillar already before its eyes, scaring it into frantically flapping its wings to dodge to the side.

The fright was so extreme that the dodging motion was too large, causing it to lose a feather.

Lubao turned around and dove down from high above.

Its already fast speed suddenly increased again, making the surrounding raindrops appear incredibly slow by contrast.

The Perception Bird had just flapped its wings once when Lubao, wrapped in water currents, crossed a distance of eight or nine meters and slammed into the Perception Bird's back.

"Shi Shi!

!"

The Perception Bird was slammed directly into the ground, cratering a pit.

The rain mixed with snow stopped at this moment. A mechanical-type pet wearing a referee's badge flew over from the side of the field and peered into the pit.

"Qu!" Three seconds later, the whistle signaling the end of the match sounded.

The spectator stands instantly erupted in a tidal wave of noise.

"How can Binglu Qiya be this fast?"

"Right! It uses this Water Jet move often, but the speed from the past few days is clearly not on the same level as today!"

"What's wrong with this Wu Chang? After it started snowing, he just stood there dazed and didn't give any more commands afterward."

"Who can understand this? I just blinked twice and the match was over?!"

"Binglu Qiya is awesome today!"

"It's Carefree Swim." In the front row of the spectator stands, in the area where the leaders sat, a middle-aged man said in a deep voice.

"Principal Wang, it looks like your Holy Water Middle School has produced a genius who can suppress Li Tan Beast-Taming High School." The vice principal of Xiong Dinggao High School smiled: "Everyone says Ding Yanjing's Valley Tail Flower has strong mid-flight endurance, but I think Qiao Sang's Binglu Qiya is the truly strong one."

"Right." The man beside him said with a sour tone: "Healing Light, Rain Prayer, plus the Carefree Swim trait—treatment, speed, and attack are all covered. How could it not be strong?"

Wang Weidou chuckled: "Aiya, this kid Qiao Sang, I have no idea how she trains. Every time I see her, her strength jumps up by a huge margin."

"Forget about suppressing Li Tan Beast-Taming High School. She's only in her first year of high school, and right now she's competing in the third-year division. Being able to battle this far is already impressive, after all, she's up against students two years older than her."

After saying this, Wang Weidou slightly raised his head.

The corner of the vice principal of Xiong Dinggao High School's mouth twitched.

This old fellow—did he say "suppress"? He said "crush"!

One missing character makes a huge difference, okay?!

……

On the field, Wu Chang took a deep breath. If he hadn't seen wrong, Binglu Qiya had cast a snowfall before casting the Rain Prayer…

An intermediate-level beast, yet terrifying to this extent…

Wu Chang looked at Qiao Sang deeply.

Others might not know it yet, but he was absolutely certain that the girl before him had the strength to make it all the way to the National Campus Beast-Taming League finals.

Once the elimination rounds were over, with the gap between them, they would probably never meet again…

Wu Chang was silent for a moment, then asked: "Can we exchange contact information?"

"Sure." Qiao Sang said readily.

……

A little over an hour later, the week-long group stage had completely concluded.

The virtual screen above the audience seats announced the end of the matches and immediately displayed the list of those advancing.

In the very first spot on the first line, Qiao Sang saw her own name.

"You all performed well — all three of you advanced." Sun Boyi said with a smile: "But the elimination rounds in three days are the real key, especially for He Datao — don't slack off when you get back."

He Datao muttered quietly beside him: "Why don't you mention Qiao—"

Mid-sentence, he paused, recalled Qiao Sang's Yanling Hound evolution, and so changed the name: "Xu Yixuan."

Xu Yixuan: "……"

Suddenly, a voice sounded from behind: "Qiao Sang, come, let me introduce you."

Qiao Sang turned her head and saw the principal radiating the glow of money, along with a middle-aged man.

"Hello, I am the vice principal of Xiong Ding High School." The middle-aged man said with a friendly expression.