Chapter 569

No, Air Absorption! This is Air Absorption!

A high-tier skill, and you don't know when you learned it?

Qiao Sang looked at Gangbao in disbelief.

Honestly, she wouldn't be surprised if Gangbao learned Air Absorption; after all, Like Ya Bao and the others had also learned high-tier skills during their beginner stages. At most, she would just sigh at how fast Gangbao learned high-tier skills.

But for Gangbao to learn a high-tier skill without knowing it herself—this was something she hadn't expected at all.

"Gang gang..."

Seeing that her Tamer didn't seem to be joking, Gangbao thought for a moment, began to inhale, and simultaneously channeled its energy.

The surrounding air was instantly sucked into Gangbao's nose by a suction force.

"Gang gang?!"

Feeling the changes in its body, Gangbao wore a shocked expression.

It actually learned it!

Why didn't it know?!

Seeing that Gangbao had learned Air Absorption, Qiao Sang instantly forgot about the points and threw herself into this skill.

"Try using this skill," Qiao Sang said.

She had only learned about Air Absorption online and had never seen it in reality.

"Gang gang..."

Gangbao looked at its Tamer, was silent for a moment, and let out a cry, indicating that it had just used it...

Qiao Sang: "???"

No, is Air Absorption really that unnoticeable?

She didn't know when it learned it, and she still didn't know when it used it!

A silent atmosphere surrounded Qiao Sang and Gangbao.

After a few seconds, Qiao Sang said: "Then use it again."

"Gang gang."

Gangbao nodded, wearing a serious expression. It took a deep breath, trying to make the effect of Air Absorption more obvious.

After finishing, it looked expectantly at its Tamer.

Qiao Sang, who felt absolutely no difficulty in breathing, fell silent again.

She was starting to suspect that this Air Absorption was fake...

"I don't seem to feel anything. Wait, let me check where the problem is," Qiao Sang said, picking up the phone she had set aside.

If you don't understand, just look it up online; there's always a correct answer in there.

Gang gang flapped its wings and leaned over, looking at the phone with a serious expression.

It also wanted to know where the problem was.

After staring at the screen for two seconds, it suddenly realized it couldn't read...

Qiao Sang typed the sixteen characters "What's going on if I can't feel it when Air Absorption is used" into the search box.

Very quickly, she found a post popularizing knowledge about Air Absorption.

【Air Absorption, a skill that is more effective the larger the pet beast's body size.】

【Air Absorption, a skill that can create a brief vacuum around oneself.】

【Air Absorption, a slightly mediocre high-tier skill.】

【Why is Air Absorption classified as a high-tier skill? That's because it touches upon the super-tier skill Absolute Vacuum.】

【Although it touches upon it, it has fundamental differences from Absolute Vacuum.】

【Absolute Vacuum refers to a state where no gas molecules exist in an area, where the pressure is zero. In an absolute vacuum, no matter exists. But Air Absorption uses the pet beast's suction to draw the air within a certain range around itself into its body, causing a temporary effect of no air.】

【However, the ambient air around us is ubiquitous, which means air will slowly replenish, which is why the effect of Air Absorption is temporary.】

【As for why this skill is called mediocre: first, if an opponent understands this skill, they will move to increase the distance. The pet beast using Air Absorption has no air around it, but as long as you leave its side, you can breathe normally.】

【Second, the duration of the effect caused by Air Absorption is simply too short, and the surrounding air will pour in continuously.】

【Third, unlike other high-tier skills, even if you understand it, you have no way to deal with it if your strength is insufficient. Air Absorption can be countered as long as you understand it, even if your level is one tier lower than the pet beast using it, especially for Psychic-type pet beasts, who can resolve this move with a single Teleport.】

【Therefore, it is really not recommended for pet beasts with small body sizes to learn this move, because even if you learn it, the air you suck in might not have any effect on an opponent half a meter away.】

【However, this move is not entirely useless; the effect of Air Absorption used by large pet beasts is still terrifying.】

【The prerequisite is that the body size is large enough.】

No wonder she couldn't feel the Air Absorption Gangbao used at all... After reading the post, Qiao Sang finally understood the reason.

She turned her head to look at Gangbao, whose body size was currently not even as large as Little Xunbao's.

With its body size, it could probably only affect the air within ten centimeters of itself; it wouldn't be able to do anything slightly further away...

"Gang gang?"

Noticing its Tamer's gaze, Gangbao raised its head and let out a cry, asking if she had found out where the problem was.

"Found it," Qiao Sang sighed: "It's the problem of your body size being too small. I knew before that the effect of this skill would be poor if the body size was small, but I didn't think it would be this poor. It seems I can only wait until your body size becomes large enough in the future to use this move in competitions."

"Gang gang."

Gangbao nodded, accepting this matter easily.

Its Tamer had mentioned the problem of small body size before it practiced this skill, and it still remembered.

"Don't stop practicing just because this skill seems useless now," Qiao Sang said earnestly: "Only with higher proficiency will the effect be better when you evolve and your body size becomes larger in the future."

"Gang gang."

Gangbao nodded with a serious expression, indicating it knew.

Immediately, it thought of something, flapped its wings, flew to the table, picked up the chili pepper from the plate, came to the Production Stone, and handed it over.

To grow larger, besides evolving, one must eat a lot.

"Chan chan..."

The Production Stone hesitated for a moment looking at the chili pepper in front of it, opened its mouth, and let Gangbao stuff it into its mouth.

It already felt that the chili pepper wasn't very spicy anymore...

On the fourth day of the friendly match, Qiao Sang spent the whole time reading in the arena, only looking up to see who won when the match ended.

It took about an hour or so to announce the list of the top five contestants.

"Please, top five contestants, come to the stage," the principal of Sahel School said into the microphone: "We will select one contestant from among you for a bye in the next round. The contestant who gets the bye will enter the semi-finals directly."

After speaking, he clapped his hands, and five Pouch Birds that looked almost identical flew onto the stage.

Qiao Sang: "..."

It won't be me again, will it... Qiao Sang maintained a calm facial expression as much as possible as she came to the stage.

After yesterday's bye, she highly suspected that she was being rigged.

After all, everyone said she would get the bye, and it turned out to be her. How could there be such a coincidence?

But she couldn't figure out how those nine Pouch Birds managed it for a while.

Could it be that Pouch Birds have some trait that allows them to hide the slip of paper in their stomachs and then vomit it out when she chooses?

But she didn't see any vomiting action from the Pouch Birds...

Could it be that she was overthinking it and it was actually a coincidence...

Just as various thoughts arose in Qiao Sang's mind, the principal of Sahel School laughed: "Qiao Sang, as the target of the bye in the last round, you choose first."

Try one more time... Qiao Sang held Like Ya Bao and stepped forward, looking down to ask:

"Which one do you think is best to choose?"

"Yaya!"

Like Ya Bao had already forgotten that its choices were rejected yesterday. It thought seriously for two seconds, pointed at the Pouch Bird in front of it, and let out a cry, indicating that its intuition said choosing this one was definitely correct!

"That's the one." This time, Qiao Sang chose to trust Like Ya Bao.

The Pouch Bird in front of her slowly opened its mouth.

A familiar slip of paper appeared in Qiao Sang's line of sight:

【Congratulations on the bye】

PS: I was planning to ask for leave today because I have something to do tonight, but since a Guild Leader just appeared, I felt bad asking for leave, so I stayed up late to write. This chapter counts as today's; don't wait for my extra updates tonight...