Chapter 754: Opponent: Spirit Pattern Master

Half an hour later.

High above the open-air Beast Arena.

"Did you learn anything from today's match?" Teacher Bilite asked.

"Yes." Qiao Sang nodded. "I had no idea that a genderless pet beast's Charm could affect targets indiscriminately."

Teacher Bilite smiled:

"Fairy-type pet beasts are few in number, and genderless Fairy-type pet beasts are even rarer. It's perfectly normal that you didn't know."

As he spoke, he began to explain:

"In most people's understanding, the skill Charm only works on the opposite sex, so it has a huge limitation. In actual battles, very few professional beast masters would consider this skill, because if you don't know your opponent's pet beast's gender, there's a fifty-percent chance you'll just be wasting time using it, and your opponent will seize that chance to attack."

Qiao Sang listened, then silently lowered her head to glance at Like Ya Bao:

"But if you know your opponent's pet beast's gender in advance, I think this move is still very effective."

"The person who said that must be a fan of Grochi. What he knows is, fans only have eyes for their own idol. If other people thought that way, think about it—wouldn't the person who said that be in the minority?"

"Today, who will face whom in another spectacular battle!" As the commentator's words fell, the photo froze.

Xian Bao Die kept practicing the hand-seal motions.

Upon hearing this, Da Zheng Yun's spirits lifted, and her eyes grew brighter and brighter.

"What's wrong with them?" Zheng Yun asked, feeling a slight headache at the sight.

The level of the trait was actually that low… If the Charm had been Peace Beam instead when the battle intent just ended, wouldn't Like Ya Bao have been pinned down and beaten by the whole field… Xian Bao Die felt a chill of fear.

"What's wrong with you?"

As long as you don't communicate with the Beast Codex in your brain domain through your spiritual force during the hand-seal, the star array won't appear.

She suddenly felt like finding a Fairy-type pet beast to experience what being charmed felt like… Qiao Sang fantasized about it for a moment, but unfortunately couldn't imagine the scene of being charmed by a pet beast.

"Spirit Pattern!"

"Spirit Pattern…"

"Yaya…"

"Against Charm, properly training your spiritual force can have a certain resisting effect. From now on, set aside a little time each day to practice skills related to spiritual force like meditation and perception. What do you think?"

【But I can only come find you the day after tomorrow. Tomorrow I'm at school.】

Gangbao, watching Like Ya Bao perform the Clone scene, lowered his head to look at Zheng Yun on his body, then turned and headed toward the dedicated training room.

"Tao Jun, C-rank Treasure Hunter, 28 years old, can simultaneously draw two Treasure patterns with different enhancement effects on a pet beast." Teacher Bilite began.

Little Qiao Sang looked like she was holding back tears with all her might.

After an unknown amount of time, the door opened and Like Ya Bao walked in, looking sleepy.

……

"Exactly." Teacher Bilite nodded slightly in agreement. "This skill is actually useful not only against pet beasts—as long as the target is the opposite sex, it works on any living creature."

"In my eyes, you're far more charming than the Snow Lion King."

"Nothing else, I'm leaving." Xian Bao Die finished speaking, took a few steps in place, creating the impression she had already left.

Huh? Zheng Yun was stunned for a moment and asked, "Who said that?"

Xian Bao Die's attention, meanwhile, shifted to little Qiao Sang.

……

Villa.

"Logically speaking, once a pet beast has been charmed, it will still obey the beast master's command to launch an attack, though its reaction speed might be a little weaker than usual."

Xian Bao Die showed a thoughtful expression. "A C-rank Treasure Hunter shouldn't be able to do that yet, right?"

Why Like Ya Bao is like this now, I can actually understand a little.

Someone said they have no charm!

Like Ya Bao's problem is easy to solve.

So it really was a brain problem after all… Xian Bao Die felt a "WTF, I knew it" sensation inside.

She pondered for a moment, then asked with a heavy heart:

Almost the very next second, the other party sent two messages in a row:

Hearing that, Like Ya Bao being able to break free seems pretty impressive… Xian Bao Die felt an inexplicable surge of pride for Like Ya Bao. She pressed down the corners of her upturned mouth and said:

"Yaya!"

"Your Cheng Yanqi is ordinary in terms of willpower." Teacher Bilite offered his view.

For this kind of skill-related question, Teacher Bilite could answer without even thinking:

Like Ya Bao and Da Zheng Yun leaned against the living room wall, huddled in a corner, looking utterly defeated, as if their entire bodies were shrouded in a low-pressure aura.

That's it? Just like that? Xian Bao Die complained inwardly, while her face showed an expression of sudden great enlightenment:

Time passed, second by second.

It felt great!

The seventh day.

"Spirit Pattern!!"

Xian Bao Die instinctively turned to glance at the position of Like Ya Bao's tail, and her expression instantly grew complicated.

Like Ya Bao turned her head, looking dejected, toward her beast master, just about to open her mouth and share her feelings.

"If a pet beast with maxed-out willpower unfortunately gets hit by that move, is there any way to snap out of it quickly?"

Zheng Yun suddenly thought of a very serious question:

Da Zheng Yun wiped her tears and called out twice.

Teacher Bilite was silent for a moment. "That should be it. But it's said that high-level Treasure Hunters can engrave the Treasure pattern's energy directly inside the pet beast's body, so even if the surface Treasure pattern is damaged, it doesn't matter."

The match was won in a very anticlimactic way — she even struck a pose at the very end, so she should be in a great mood. Why does she look like that now?

"What you didn't expect is that this was still its first time getting hit by that ultimate move."

"Wave of Peace is a trait of the Immortal Battle Intent. If Yanqi Lu can still recover to its normal state now, there's a small chance that trait's grade is at A-rank or below."

"It's very likely that this fully stacked treasure-hunting pet beast was hit by that move for the first time, so it may have fallen into a dazed state — because it's experiencing that feeling for the first time, as if something has been stripped away from its body, and every aspect, including its brain, will become very dull."

"If your guess is correct, then my Immortal Battle Intent's Charm should have reached the Perfection stage, or even the Dao realm."

"In that situation, you just need to let it experience Wave of Peace a few more times. If it encounters that situation again in future battles, it will improve a lot."

"Steel Slash…"

Little Qiao Sang turned her head to the side and called out in a deflated tone, indicating something.

"Lingwen!"

To be honest, I haven't finished feeling sorry for this treasure hunter called Tao Jun yet……

So being famous has that kind of downside too… Treasure Butterfly tapped open to check the other party's info: Class 8 of the Coordination Department, Section Seven, Lamar Scoriva.

"Grote, I wouldn't dare take that kind of risk." Teacher Bilite said patiently: "Wave of Peace's attack range is limited — the longer the distance, the weaker the effect. Moreover, that move only weakens the opponent's hostility and fighting spirit. Many pet beasts only participate in matches because they obey their beast master's arrangements; their own personalities don't actually contain hostility or fighting spirit toward their opponents."

Everything he said is about Yanqi Lu, isn't it… Teacher Bilite didn't expose it, and directly answered the question instead:

It's what those spectators said before the match started!

Tooth Treasure first froze, then suddenly threw itself into its beast master's arms, excitedly nuzzling against its beast master's cheek.

Zheng Yun looked at Tooth Treasure sleeping, immediately thought of something, picked up the phone beside her, opened the official website of Imperial Beast Academy University, and posted a task looking for a pet beast that knows Wave of Peace.

"How long does each stage of Wave of Peace last roughly?" Treasure Butterfly asked immediately after.

"If the treasure-hunting pattern is drawn on the pet beast's body, and then a patch of Zheng Yun's fur or skin falls off, will the treasure-hunting effect still remain?"

"Lingwen~"

Although quite a few star players had been eliminated, the spectator seats were still fully occupied.

When it saw its beast master still standing in place, it finally couldn't hold it in anymore and began tearfully accusing her.

Earlier, although it had been hit by Wave of Peace, its memory was still intact. Now that it has recovered, looking back, it probably feels pretty silly about itself.

Teacher Bilite answered: "It works on people too."

It only feels that its performance today was terrible, but as long as it understands that through training this situation won't happen again in the future, Tooth Treasure's mood will turn good again.

If you want Tooth Treasure to have a smaller reaction to that move in the future, it's still better to find a pet beast that knows Wave of Peace to practice with.

Treasure Butterfly said one last thing:

Treasure Butterfly held Tooth Treasure, a smile all over her face.

She keenly noticed that, with practice, her hand speed had indeed become a bit faster than before.

"Healing Soundwave soothes and calms emotions, allowing the target to think peacefully. It does share a similar principle with Wave of Peace, but in terms of weakening Zheng Yun, Wave of Peace is still more powerful."

Very good!

After speaking, she blew her nose.

Seventy minutes later.

"Compared to a Charm skill that attacks indiscriminately, this move is clearly more suitable as an opening strike."

Seems like there really aren't many people talking, just that one person……

"If the Immortal Battle Intent had used Wave of Peace right from the start, the result of this match would be hard to say." Treasure Butterfly voiced her concern.

"Actually, the fact that your Yanqi Lu recovered from Charm so quickly really surprised me. Grote's Immortal Zheng Yun is genderless, so I've always treated Charm as my trump card skill."

That move might not work as well on others, but for Tooth Treasure it's simply a fatal counter… Treasure Butterfly nodded, showing a "learned something new" expression.

"Lingwen!!"

"Toothy…"

"Lingwen…"

Normally at a time like this, if someone nearby praised Tooth Treasure, it would have started wagging its tail long ago. But right now it just flies quietly, as if it hadn't heard anything.

After saying that, she finally couldn't hold it in anymore, took off her ring, pulled out a few tissues from inside, and started crying her heart out, wiping tears and snot.

Treasure Butterfly timed it perfectly and sat down in the spectator seats with Teacher Bilite.

Tooth Treasure jumped onto the bed, found a comfortable position to lie down, closed its eyes, and quickly fell asleep.

She had just finished posting, set up notifications, and was about to turn off the screen, when at that moment, a message came in from the task platform.

Treasure Butterfly saw little Zheng Yun's expression and knew it was just as she said, so she took the opportunity to say:

She had only taken two steps when little Qiao Sang pursed her lips, turned her head with a face full of grievance.

【Okay, I'll wait for you the day after tomorrow.】

Treasure Butterfly stopped forming hand seals, looked at the alarm clock on the desk — 23:02.

Teacher Bilite was silent for a moment, then nodded and gave an "Mm."

After a pause, he continued:

"Lingwen…"

"Lingwen!"

"Does Wave of Peace cause any aftereffects on pet beasts?"

"Ladies and gentlemen! Welcome to the Beast Master Star Match!" the announcer said the familiar words.

At this point, Treasure Butterfly was already showing an "I understand" expression:

She immediately thought of something and asked:

6:30 in the evening.

Treasure Butterfly was silent for a moment, then replied: 【Yes.】

"Can training spiritual power counter Charm?"

"Spirit Pattern!"

We said that Ge-something was the most handsome, and if we're talking about charm, Xue-something has never lost!

Speaking of that, I recalled the scenes of our successive battles, turned my head to glance at Cheng Yanqi who was flying attentively, and laughed:

"What a great eye! What were our exact words?"

It's going to train its spiritual power right now!

Xian Bao Die understood instantly.

"It can't." Biwai Te said: "Actually, the lower the pet beast's level, the harder it is to be charmed; it has nothing to do with that aspect."

Upon hearing those words, Big Qiao Sang completely regained her vitality, so much so that she gloomily floated around her own beastmaster in a circle.

"Does it work on people too?" Qiao Sang asked.

After the commentator finished what needed to be said, very slowly, the contestants' photos appeared on the screen and slowly alternated.

Having resolved the emotional issues of Yaobao and Big Qiao Sang, Xian Bao Die returned to her room, washed up briefly, sat cross-legged on the bed, and began making hand-seal gestures, attempting to take her hand speed a step further.

"Zheng Yun!"

After a few seconds, she suddenly asked:

Upon hearing this, Big Qiao Sang was stunned for a moment and stopped shedding tears.

Moreover, having been hit by two of the opponent's moves with such pronounced effects, she couldn't help feeling a bit dejected.

"Captain, he has quite a lot of fans too. When you participated in that competition and made your debut, was the introduction about Captain's works about him? And have you forgotten how everyone used to shout for him when we competed on Blue Star?"

She looked at Big Zheng Yun, who was still leaning against the wall with a low-pressure aura, sighed inwardly, and asked:

That drive is absolutely insane… Xian Bao Die felt a wave of emotion inside.

"Yaya…"

"Spirit Pattern!"

Big Zheng Yun, you just can't understand it.

Seeing Xian Bao Die in a contemplative state, Biwai Te couldn't help but ask: "What are you thinking about?"

【Is this really Zheng Yun himself?】

"Spirit Pattern~"

She pondered for a moment and asked: "Would using healing sound waves for practice have the same effect?"

"I understand how you feel, but you were able to hold back against such a formidable opponent and still win the match—that's already remarkable. Don't worry, I'll immediately find a pet beast that knows Wave of Peace to train you. If you encounter this kind of situation in a competition in the future, you won't end up like today."

Half of them directly closed their eyes and began meditating on the spot, while the other half searched for various objects and placed their claws on them.

Xian Bao Die was silent for two seconds, then suddenly looked indignant:

Yaobao jumped down from Xian Bao Die's embrace and showed a serious expression.

"Yaya!"

C-rank Beastmaster, Tao Jun.

When the match ended, she had vaguely heard some voices from the audience, but hadn't heard any topic related to charm, which meant that actually no one was talking about that at all.

After saying that, dozens of identical small Cheng Yanqi appeared in the living room.

"Among pet beasts of the same level, in the past two years, my Immortal Battle Intent has had a one hundred percent success rate in casting Charm, and I've even publicly had Immortal Battle Intent successfully charm a King-level pet beast."

Xian Bao Die saw her opponent—a man with the same white hair and white eyes as herself, with a Dragon Country face.

Finally recovered… Seeing this, Xian Bao Die breathed a sigh of relief inside.

Zheng Yun: "…"

Xian Bao Die tapped it open and saw:

【Since it's really him, I'll take this mission!】

Biwai Te recalled the way Xian Bao Die had looked at Cheng Yanqi just now, instantly understood what she was worried about, and comforted her:

Aftereffects? Biwai Te thought for a moment and said: "No, once the skill's duration ends, everything will return to its original state."

He spoke while glancing at the time on his wristwatch: "For A-rank, the effect lasts one hour; wait another ten-plus minutes and it'll be fine. For S-rank, the effect lasts one day. If Cheng Yanqi still hasn't recovered after ten-plus minutes, you can have Bing Ai Pa Lu treat it."