Chapter 95: Energy Ball

How to teach skills has always been a headache for beast tamers.

If you have money, it's easy—just send your pet beast to different skill-training institutions.

These specialized skill-learning institutions will list in advance which skills can be learned there.

The skills they list all come with a series of professional training methods, and these methods are intellectual property—a way to make money—and they won't casually share them with others.

If you don't have money, you have to figure out how to learn on your own.

Looking things up online and discussing with others to broaden one's thinking is what most beast tamers do; no one would mock that.

This sentence that suddenly popped up now is clearly something only someone who knows how to learn Mars Rain would say.

Qiao Sang got a little excited and was just about to reply when that person quickly sent another message.

【Just need, learning method take it away, DM me, let's chat in detail】

Qiao Sang: "……"

Bah! Turns out it's a scammer.

Before scamming people, they didn't even bother to check the market price for learning Mars Rain—adding a zero to that price still wouldn't be reasonable.

Qiao Sang ignored him and continued waiting for others to chime in.

Soon, a few comments appeared.

【Front row, also seeking】

【First, you need to have a fire-type pet beast】

【What the person above said is wrong. First, you need to have an advanced fire-type pet beast】

【An advanced fire-type pet beast isn't enough either; it has to be General-level to even talk about it】

Seeing this, Qiao Sang typed a line.

【What if it's a low-level one?】

The moment those words appeared, it was like poking a hornet's nest—the number of comments kept climbing.

【Forget it, the OP is an idiot】

【Let's not even talk about how to learn it—does a low-level fire-type pet beast even have enough energy to cast Mars Rain? Even if you squeeze it dry, it wouldn't work, right?】

【Mars Rain feels like setting off fireworks. OP can buy some fireworks and study them】

【Energy Ball is round, Fireball is also round—one condenses fire-type energy inward, the other releases fire-type energy outward. OP can start with Fireball】

【Instead of researching how to learn Mars Rain, why not research how to earn the money to learn Mars Rain】

【I'm not talented, but I once researched the issue of low-level pet beasts learning high-level skills. I'm doing great in a mental hospital now】

Although most of the comments weren't serious replies, Qiao Sang still got some useful information from them.

One of the main reasons low and mid-level pet beasts can't learn high-level skills is insufficient energy within their bodies.

The energy required for high-level skills is something Fire Tooth Dog simply can't handle right now.

The fastest solution would be to evolve Fire Tooth Dog, but Fire Tooth Dog happens to be unable to evolve right now.

However, she could try increasing its energy without evolving it.

After all, Fire Tooth Dog is still growing and is far from reaching energy saturation.

Another piece of information was that Energy Ball is a state of condensing and gathering energy inward.

If that's the case, forming an Energy Ball must require mastering fire-type energy to a thoroughly proficient degree.

With the golden finger increasing proficiency, this wouldn't be difficult.

Qiao Sang lowered her head and wrote out the training direction.

She formulated a targeted goal plan for Fire Tooth Dog's training over the next period.

Just as she was focused on writing, a knock came from outside the door.

Qiao Sang put down her pen and got up to open the door.

"Mom, why are you here?" Qiao Sang said in surprise.

Her mother at the door looked weary—her usually carefully maintained makeup had smudged and she hadn't even touched it up.

Did something happen?

Just as Qiao Sang was guessing to herself, her mother's expression suddenly relaxed. She smiled, her features gentle.

"I heard from your Third Aunt that you ran into a murderer today. I wasn't at ease, so I came to check on you. Seeing that you're fine puts my mind at rest."

Qiao Sang was stunned for a moment, feeling a twinge of sourness in her heart.

Everyone was marveling at her luck and praising her ability, but not a single person asked if she was okay.

Qiao Sang pretended not to care and said, "You could've just given me a call. Why make a special trip? Are you off tomorrow?"

Her mother smiled and said, "How did you know? I made plans with Auntie Wang to go shopping tomorrow."

Qiao Sang: "……"

……

Her mother's visit was a small interlude. The next day at noon, her mother set off for the high-speed rail station riding a Fat Pigeon.

The shopping date with Auntie Wang seemed to have been forgotten.

Little Treasure Ghost still hadn't woken up after a night, but the flush on its face had faded.

Liu Ganxi.

Fire Tooth Dog was spinning around wildly.

It looked at the changes on its body in amazement.

Just a second ago, its fur suddenly grew longer, its stature inexplicably shot up, and its claws had become much sharper.

"Like Ya Bao, release Spark now and use up all the energy inside your body." Qiao Sang said.

Hearing her beast tamer's words, Fire Tooth Dog stopped in its tracks—only to nearly lose its balance because its head was too dizzy.

When it mobilized the energy within its body, it froze.

Why did it feel like there was suddenly more energy too?

"Fang?"

Fire Fang Dog tilted its head and looked at its own beast master with a mix of pleasant surprise and confusion.

"This is the benefit of a contract. See how pets that follow a beast master progress faster than the ones at the base?" Qiao Sang bluffed.

Actually, it wasn't a lie — she had just used her cheat ability.

She had just directly added 600 points to Fire Fang Dog's level.

Now, the column for Fire Fang Dog's level in the Beast Master Codex read: 【Beginner (800/1000) +】

The changes appearing on Fire Fang Dog were exactly as she had expected.

The points after the level represented the degree of energy accumulation Fire Fang Dog had at the Beginner stage.

The conditions for a pet's evolution were, on one hand, energy accumulation, and on the other, the catalyst for metamorphosis.

The latter catalyst encompassed quite a lot of things.

Evolution items, environment, the intimacy with the beast master, or even training a specific skill to a certain degree — all of these were related.

The former was comparatively simple.

The more points Fire Fang Dog's level had, the more energy it had within its body.

Mars Rain was a skill that consumed a huge amount of energy, so she decided to try increasing its energy first on the basis that Fire Fang Dog wouldn't evolve.

She didn't dare add the remaining 200 points carelessly — after all, there was still a month and a half left.

Qiao Sang didn't plan to tell Fire Fang Dog about the cheat ability.

She was afraid that once it knew, its mindset would change, and if it only knew how to rely on the cheat ability without working hard in the future, it would be done for.

"Fang!"

Fire Fang Dog had a sudden realization — so that was how it was.

Then it excitedly mobilized the energy within its body.

30 minutes later.

Fire Fang Dog, which had released Spark a total of 320 times, collapsed limply on the ground.

Qiao Sang handed over the milk without a moment's delay.

Although everything was exactly as she had guessed, after personally witnessing that the energy within Fire Fang Dog's body was enough for it to release so many Sparks, Qiao Sang still felt a little dazed.

This cheat ability was way too overpowered…

……

3:12 PM.

In the room.

"Look at this water ball." Qiao Sang took out a mini balloon that had just been filled with water and said to Fire Fang Dog.

"If you want to learn Mars Rain, you first have to learn to condense an energy ball. This energy ball is just like this water ball — all the energy gathers together, just like all the water is inside this balloon."

"It looks like nothing on the surface, but you have to know that it contains tremendous energy inside. Take it and feel it for yourself first."

"Fang."

Fire Fang Dog nodded solemnly and reached out a paw to take it.

"Pop!"

The sharp claw had just touched the water ball when it burst open, water spilling all over the floor.

Fire Fang Dog: "……"