Chapter 753: Genderless Charm

"Ghost Ring King has hypnotized Snow Lion King!" the commentator burst into the mic: "Snow Lion King has fallen! Will the match end right here!"

As his words fell, the mechanical-type pet referee flew in from outside the field to Snow Lion King's side.

Ten seconds later, the mechanical-type pet referee blew the whistle to end the match.

The commentator announced the result in time: "The result of the first match is out! Let us congratulate contestant Qiao Sang for taking the first round!"

A wave of uproar rose from the audience, discussion breaking out everywhere.

Apart from Groote's fans, the rest of the audience quickly accepted this result. The professional beast tamers in particular had already begun an objective analysis of the match.

"Brick Break plus Thought Hammer plus Hypnosis — no one's head could take that. I remember the Ice Snow Lion's weakness is its head."

"I recall the monocle prop Ghost Ring King is wearing looks like a work of Master Vermilion. It can lock onto the opponent's weakness."

"No wonder it kept attacking Snow Lion King's head the whole time."

"Is Ghost Ring King's Hypnosis proficiency really that high? How come the opponent never woke up within the time limit?"

That pet didn't even have a psychic-type attribute? Little Treasure Hunt's pupils contracted sharply, and an indescribable feeling of envy and jealousy rose in her heart.

……

Without Treasure Butterfly's performance in the later matches, the audience's acceptance of that match's result was unusually low — except for Little Treasure Hunt's fans.

"Immortal Treasure!!!"

Immortal Qiao Sang had barely appeared when she threw a flying kiss.

I opened my mouth to give a command, but Cheng Yanqi's movements were simply too slow.

"Tooth… Tooth?!" Your voice was like a bell, jolting the dazed Tooth Treasure awake.

"Send out that Wave of Peace!"

A heart-shaped pink energy instantly surged toward the opposite side.

Tooth Treasure should be able to hold out for one move. The problem is that Immortal Landy's regression time is long, and its energy is also below Tooth Treasure's. If it lands a hit, it'll probably cause serious injury…

"Explosive Flame Bullet! An Explosive Flame Bullet unleashed at such close range is truly unstoppable! It actually hit Immortal Qiao Sang straight into the field with a single strike!" the commentator passionately narrated: "Immortal Landy's defense is公认 weak. I think the result of that match is already out!"

Usually it's when an unknown pet differs somewhat from what you imagined.

"Is it getting bigger?"

"Oh my god! You mean that Miniature Enlargement Bracelet was never just a decoration!"

"He's going to lose!"

Its internal energy is already less than others to begin with — if it gets drained, that would be terrible!

"Holy crap, no way!"

Accompanied by a tremendous rumble, a red-and-gold beam of light shot dozens of meters inward from where Cheng Yanqi and Immortal Qiao Sang clashed.

A searing pain struck, and Immortal Qiao Sang let out a heart-wrenching scream.

A flame head over ten meters in size condensed in an instant on Cheng Yanqi, moving in sync with it, and bit viciously at Immortal Qiao Sang!

At that moment, Treasure Butterfly waved her hand and recalled Big Treasure Hunt into the Beast Taming Codex.

"Huntie…"

"Little Treasure Hunt! He's the most handsome! In terms of charm, definitely! Snow Lion King didn't lose!!!"

The moment those words were spoken, her fans in the audience instantly screamed.

Pink waves spread outward in a water-ripple pattern from Immortal Qiao Sang's antennae.

Tooth Treasure stayed in place, gazing dazedly at Immortal Qiao Sang, looking completely enchanted.

"Aaaah! Landy! Big Treasure Hunt!"

Amid the crowd's chatter, Big Treasure Hunt teleported back to her beast tamer's side.

"It's still a matter of grasping the timing of battle. I think Treasure Butterfly must be a professional beast tamer."

"Fire-type plus psychic-type, with top-tier movement speed and attack power — Landy lost unfairly."

This time, the star array lit up only about a second later than the opponent's.

Immortal Qiao Sang isn't a genderless pet, it seems. Big Treasure Hunt's Immortal Landy is a special case…

Treasure Butterfly instinctively began to think.

"Too bad she ran into a monster. Otherwise I think Big Treasure Hunt could absolutely have made it into the top ten…"

It looked at its opponent, and then received the wave of pink energy.

A butterfly-type pet, about two meters in size, mostly white in body color, with short inward-curving antennae, aquamarine compound eyes, and a pair of pink wings, appeared on the field first.

"Immortal Qiao Sang! Immortal Qiao Sang!"

"Groote was at an advantage to begin with, but he focused too much on the combo of Dark Shadow and Dark Control, and overlooked Ghost Ring King itself. Ghost Ring King can teleport — dropping the combo and closing in is a matter of less than a second. I think Snow Lion King's opening combo of Ice Mist Rain shouldn't have been so easily dropped."

"Indeed, that combo does have a certain restraining effect on Ghost Ring King."

"Mainly, we've never seen Landy's pet before. It clearly looks like a fire-type and flying-type pet, yet it also has psychic-type — who could have imagined that! I think once we get to the matches in a few days, it'll be fine. By then everyone will know the details."

"Boom!!!"

As long as the opponent has fighting spirit, it's never too late to turn the situation around!

The mechanical-type pet referee flew in front of Immortal Qiao Sang, observed for a while, then blew the whistle signaling the match was over.

Genderless, huh… Treasure Butterfly's heart skipped a beat.

"Hypnosis is only an intermediate skill. It shouldn't be that. I think the main reason is that its head took two consecutive hits earlier."

That is the professional素养 of a coordinator. No matter the situation, they quickly manage their expressions, presenting their best demeanor to the audience.

After learning that the opponent's seventh pet was Immortal Qiao Sang, she only searched for information on "Immortal Qiao Sang" alone.

Clap clap clap… after the thunderous applause, uproar rose from all directions:

Ever since confirming Big Treasure Hunt as the opponent, she had specifically looked up the opponent's seventh general-level pet while in the contestant area.

The purpose of coming to the competition was to train. If it's training, then it's best to send out a different pet each match… Treasure Butterfly looked at Big Treasure Hunt nearby, who was likewise recalling her pet into the Beast Taming Codex.

Fairy Qiao Sang, a General-rank Fairy-type pet beast, sends out waves from its antennae that dispel hostility and calm the mood, ending the battle.

"Xian Bao Die is from Yulian Dun Elementary School. Would you normally just keep it with your Super Su Xing?"

"3, 2, 1, match over!"

She still had to keep up her composure for the post-match publicity afterward, and after that, sending out the less reliable Like Ya Bao would be worse…

Like Ya Bao's ears twitched, and its fascinated gaze instantly turned dazed.

The rest of the audience's attention was all on this pet beast we had never seen before.

It lifted its monocle, then curled its claws into a fist and pressed them against its forehead, striking a pose it had learned from a TV drama.

Too bad it kept hearing words like "cool" in its imagination.

"That isn't a General-rank pet beast, is it…"

"'He's going to lose' — why would that make Cheng Yanqi dazed? Are those words important to Cheng Yanqi?"

"Of course it worked." Little Xunbao curled up the corners of its mouth: "Because your Fairy Qiao Sang has no gender!"

Fairy Lanti in the flames heard her beast master's voice, endured the pain weakly, and moved the antennae on her head.

"Xian bao~ mu~"

Xian Bao Die automatically blocked out the voices of the people around her, her attention entirely focused on the match.

It roared in anger, looked at the lip-shaped attack right before its eyes, vanished on the spot, and reappeared behind Fairy Qiao Sang.

"Huh? You're still a student?!"

Just as she was thinking, a mechanical voice sounded:

Pet beasts she hadn't seen before could always draw the crowd's attention at the first moment.

Charm makes the opponent's reactions slow, and also makes them hard to hit, but as long as they're hit by the next move, they'll snap out of it…

The audience seats suddenly went quiet, then the clamor rose up like dust.

"Ya…"

A white figure was blasted flying, only finally stopping when it hit the wall at the edge of the field, just a few meters from the audience seats.

Kiss of Absorption, a Fairy-type low-tier skill, slowly absorbs the opponent's energy and transfers it to itself.

"Teleport? A Fire-type and Psychic-type dual-attribute pet beast?!"

On the field.

"Xian bao~"

Fairy Qiao Sang's waves of calm seemed similar in effect to Healing Sound Wave, but the effect was clearly more terrifying.

Xian Bao Die instantly gathered her thoughts, her hands reflexively forming seals at high speed.

The white figure in the wall had its eyes closed — it was Fairy Lanti, who had made that stunning appearance earlier!

Lanti Binbin gazed deeply at Xian Bao Die in the distance, waved her hand, and recalled Fairy Qiao Sang into the Beast Codex.

It opened its mouth wide, and flames instantly swept over its fangs.

It stared wide-eyed at the source of the voice, and its pose also collapsed.

"Has everything been dug up? I'm a freshman in the Beast Mastery department at Yulian Dun."

But it itself isn't a pet beast that truly loves peace — it just likes to first release waves that weaken hostility, then take the opportunity to attack when the opponent is off guard. Once it enters combat, even against those fierce and terrifyingly huge opponents, it will press the attack without fear.

"Charm is invincible! Charm is invincible!"

Why does it feel like it not only calmed down, but also got dumber......

"Ya ya…"

"Does nobody else care about how Ghost Ring King learned to split tiles…"

"That Fire Fang has been trained all the way to the ultimate technique — wasn't she said to be only 16? How on earth did she raise it? You'd have to not treat money as money to throw that much in and get that result in such a short time…"

"I heard that when a pet beast's mind is muddled by a skill and it can't think straight, saying some words the pet beast cares about can stimulate it. Since those words could make Cheng Yanqi snap out of it, it means deep down it cares a lot about that."

And at that moment, Like Ya Bao finally appeared in the star array.

"Ya!"

Xian Bao Die: "......"

"Explosive Flame Bullet!"

When Xian Bao Die was in the player area, the camera hadn't given her a close-up, so it also let everyone see the red pet beast that had been sitting on her knee wearing a micro-shrinking bracelet.

Not because this pet beast on Blue Star was General-rank, but because Xian Bao Die, who had summoned it, was only 16 years old, yet already had three General-rank pet beasts.

At least the opponent had clearly just used Healing Sound Wave — after such a violent explosion, Like Ya Bao absolutely couldn't still be affected.

Too scary, she had to get Lubao to fire off a Healing Light later!

So a genderless pet beast can cast Charm ignoring gender and still succeed… that's kind of awesome… Xian Bao Die gathered her thoughts and quickly thought of a countermeasure.

Like Ya Bao showed a confused expression, then seemed to remember something. Its body slowly shrank, and it looked up and called out to its beast master, indicating it was fine now.

Just as Little Xunbao was feeling depressed, a heart-wrenching voice reached its ears:

On the field.

"Xian, bao!"

"Holy crap, so Lanti has three General-rank pet beasts?!"

"Holy crap! I'm about to die of jealousy — why are so many rare pet beasts all contracted to the same person?! Just give me one!"

The camera now gave a close-up.

The battle had only been a brief exchange, and the audience was already in an uproar.

An opponent like that — Gangbao is well-suited to come out and fight. It's calm, clever, and even without fighting spirit, it won't show the slightest slack in battle…

"Cheng Yanqi has snapped out of it under Player Xian Bao Die's call!" the commentator excitedly narrated the current situation: "It teleported behind Fairy Qiao Sang and dodged the Kiss of Absorption!"

……

"Who is who! Landi has two Commander-rank pets, the Ghost Ring King and Bing Ai Pa Lu, right?! The pet on the field right now — judging by its size and aura, doesn't it look like a Commander-rank pet too?!"

Xian Bao Die recognized at a glance the skill Qiao Sang was using.

It's just that Qiao Sang is a Commander-rank pet, and according to online records, she's not even seven years old yet. No matter how you look at it, Gangbao is no match.

Da Xunbao's gaze didn't look toward the spectator seats, but its ears kept listening to the sounds around it.

Like Ya Bao kept its posture of biting down on Qiao Sang, while a ball of flame — red on the outside, gold on the inside — gathered in its throat.

In the flash of a thought, Qiao Sang's Landi pursed its mouth and suddenly blew a kiss toward the direction where Like Ya Bao was.

"Once again, contestant Landi Bin has seized the initiative!" The commentator's voice rang out across the field: "Qiao Sang used Charm! Cheng Yanqi is frozen in place! Did the Charm succeed?!"

The white figure sank into the wall.

Like Ya Bao stood on the field, its expression not as excited as usual, nor did it tilt its head up at a forty-five-degree angle waiting to accept everyone's cheers. Instead, it showed a bewildered look, then turned its head and walked calmly toward its own beast master.

Qiao Sang couldn't dodge in time and was engulfed by the flames on all sides.

"If you don't understand, then stop making wild analyses. The Snow Lion King can't cast Ice Mist and Ice Crystal Wall at the same time. If it stops casting Ice Mist to defend, is it supposed to just let the opponent's attack come at it?"

"The performance is over!" Da Xunbao was in great shape, as if it hadn't lost the previous match at all.

Ever since the first day of the tournament, the commentator had looked up information on Xian Bao Die's pets, specifically so that he could say accurate information during the matches.

At that moment, the commentator's voice rang out: "Let us congratulate contestant Xian Bao Die on winning this tournament!"

"Champion? Champion?!" Da Xunbao could hardly believe its own ears.

Realizing it was its turn to battle, Like Ya Bao let out an excited roar, and a faint current of air immediately rose around it.

Absorbing energy without an attack-type skill — that kind of pain — the target is very likely still in a Charmed state. What a sinister combo... There's no choice, I can only gamble... Xian Bao Die's heart chilled, and she said in a low voice:

A lip-shaped pink energy shot out at once.

Da Xunbao's face changed drastically, but its rich combat experience quickly made it realize this was an opportunity.

At the same time, Xian Bao Die gave the command:

"Yaya..."

What a terrifying Wave of Serenity! Good thing Like Ya Bao released the Explosive Flame Bullet in time... Seeing Like Ya Bao's expression, Xian Bao Die felt immensely grateful for the decision she had just made.

When it was near the boundary line of the field, the light containing frenzied energy suddenly exploded, and an even more shocking fire lotus surged up.

On the way to the back corridor, Xian Bao Die waited a long time without seeing Like Ya Bao voluntarily shrink down, and finally couldn't help asking: