Chapter 15

Ge Bai was stunned and hesitated.

She looked at the little monkey Jinrui, then at Da Liu.

She bent down, picked up a fist-sized stone from her side, weighed it in her hand, and shouted to Da Liu.

"Da Liu, launch a Wind Blade in our direction."

When Da Liu heard this, it didn't hesitate and aimed the Wind Blade directly at Ge Bai's side.

Ge Bai aimed at the Wind Blade and threw the stone.

Pop.

The Wind Blade hit the stone.

The stones on the mountain nearby were all quartzite, and the hardness was not low.

Ge Bai bent down to pick up the stone; it hadn't been split in half, but the Wind Blade had left a deep mark of about five centimeters on it.

Handing the stone to Liu Hao, Ge Bai said: "Look, this is the strength of the Wind Blade."

"For the strength of the Willow Whip, look at the rock wall over there."

On the distant rock wall, there were three marks ranging from shallow to deep.

Every forty minutes or so, Ge Bai would have Da Liu use the Willow Whip against the rock wall.

The marks were all made today; they weren't too deep, but one could see the force gradually increasing.

Liu Hao evaluated it and nodded.

"This attack strength is not low for a spirit beast that hasn't reached the first tier."

"It would probably hurt quite a bit if Jinrui got hit, but it shouldn't cause serious injury."

Pet beast sparring was a great way to improve the skill proficiency of both sides, and there were many venues in Jinggang City that provided paid pet beast sparring, with prices that weren't low.

During sparring, it was normal for pet beasts to get injured.

General injuries would slowly recover after the pet beast returned to the spirit sense space.

For more serious injuries, one could seek help from healing-type spirit plants and spirit beasts.

So getting a small injury really wasn't a big deal.

Saying this, Liu Hao looked down at the little monkey in his arms.

"Jinrui, are you willing to spar with Da Liu?"

"Just use the Dodge skill to avoid the Wind Blade."

Jinrui hesitated, shrinking into Liu Hao's arms without making a sound.

Da Liu's current Wind Blade activation speed wasn't fast; it took nearly ten seconds to launch one.

If they could spar, it would be very beneficial for Da Liu's skill improvement.

Da Liu heard the commotion and stopped practicing, paying attention and eager to try.

Ge Bai saw Da Liu's thought and tempted it from the side.

"Jinrui, if you can rush to Da Liu's side, you can even touch Xiao Tao."

The little monkey, which had been hesitant, instantly ignited its fighting spirit upon hearing it could touch the peach.

It jumped off Liu Hao, adjusted itself on the ground, and prepared to dash.

Seeing Jinrui was ready, Da Liu poured spirit power into its willow threads, ready to launch a Wind Blade at any time.

The two ends of the open space were about fifty meters apart.

In an instant, Jinrui's hind legs exerted force, and it leaped forward.

Almost at the same time, Da Liu whipped out a Wind Blade.

With a 'pop', Jinrui rolled to the front right, narrowly dodging it; the Wind Blade almost grazed its left arm.

7 meters.

Two strands of monkey hair floated by, the Wind Blade landed, dust flew, and Jinrui readjusted its posture and continued to rush towards Da Liu.

Da Liu didn't stop mobilizing spirit power after launching the first Wind Blade and directly started preparing the second one.

Jinrui pushed forward another 11 meters.

It met Da Liu's second Wind Blade.

This Wind Blade was horizontal and low, aiming at Jinrui's legs.

The little monkey leaped nimbly, but it was still a bit slow, and the Wind Blade swept across its right leg.

"Ji."

It let out a subconscious cry from the pain, and its movements slowed down.

'Whoosh, whoosh', two sounds of breaking air less than a second apart.

In the distance, Ge Bai's eyes lit up.

This is? Consecutive Wind Blades.

It seems sparring is indeed effective; Da Liu is also taking it very seriously.

The third Wind Blade hit the ground in front of Jinrui, forcing it to dodge to the left.

Without surprise, Jinrui's left chest hit the fourth Wind Blade that followed closely, and it fell to the ground. 21 meters, four Wind Blades.

This was the first sparring session, the results for the little monkey and Da Liu.

Seeing Jinrui fall, Da Liu also stopped.

Jinrui patted the dirt off its body, rubbed its left shoulder, and climbed up.

It looked at Da Liu, then turned to look at Liu Hao, and let out a wronged whimper at Liu Hao.

Liu Hao felt a bit heartbroken, beckoned to Jinrui, and the little monkey rushed to him, jumped directly into his arms, buried its little head in the crook of his arm, and whimpered non-stop.

After all, it was still just a little monkey.

"Liu Gu, Liu Gu." Da Liu shook its willow threads in the distance, shouting triumphantly at Ge Bai.

"Bai Bai! Did you see? I can launch two Wind Blades at the same time now!"

Ge Bai saw Liu Hao comforting Jinrui and didn't want to be too happy.

She walked towards Da Liu, smiled, nodded heavily at it, and gave Da Liu two thumbs up from an angle Liu Hao and Jinrui couldn't see.

Seeing this, Da Liu became even more excited, its willow threads almost shaking into the shape of a dog's tail.

When she walked to Da Liu's side, she whispered to it.

"Da Liu, Jinrui is not an enemy, but a friend practicing skills together."

"What we need to practice now is the accuracy and speed of your Wind Blade."

"Can you try to reduce the strength of the Wind Blade as much as possible?"

Da Liu nodded, half-understanding.

"Wind Blade strength? Bai Bai, do you mean adjusting the degree of spirit power poured into the willow threads? Or adjusting the force of swinging the willow threads?"

Ge Bai thought about it.

"I think it should be spirit power strength, try it."

Da Liu obeyed and tried, aiming at the rock wall where they had just tested the Willow Whip.

Sure enough, Ge Bai's guess was right; the strength of the Wind Blade emitted was different depending on the degree of spirit power poured into the willow threads.

Patting Da Liu's branches, she encouraged it.

"Alright, that's it. Try launching multiple Wind Blades more often next."

Ge Bai felt that if Da Liu launched multiple Wind Blades to a certain extent, it should be able to evolve new skills based on the Wind Blade skill.

On the other side, Liu Hao carefully checked Jinrui's injuries; the fur on its right leg had some abrasions, and its left shoulder had hit the Wind Blade, with visible bruising and slight bleeding, but it wasn't particularly serious.

"Jinrui, do you want to try again?"

"Ji!"

The little monkey poked its head out of Liu Hao's arms, nodding, responding with a firm gaze.

Ge Bai also walked back.

"I've talked to Da Liu, it will try to reduce the Wind Blade strength."

After explaining to Liu Hao, she bent down and said to the little monkey.

"Jinrui, let's set some game rules. Starting this time, if you get hit by a Wind Blade, you need to return here and start over, okay?"

Ge Bai looked at the little monkey with a smile.

The little monkey looked at Ge Bai and then at Liu Hao; Liu Hao also gestured and explained to it again in a low voice.

This time it seemed to understand, nodded at the two, and Ge Bai rubbed the little monkey's head.

Liu Hao put it on the ground, it moved its left shoulder, and made preparations for a dash again.

The two watched for a while, and seeing Da Liu and Jinrui's sparring gradually becoming proficient, they also felt relieved.

"Bai Bai, your Weeping Willow is truly amazing; the Chuan Golden Silk Monkey is already among the top in agility for pet beasts, and it still can't get through the Wind Blades to get close to the willow tree; it's simply heaven-defying." Liu Hao sighed sincerely.

"And this is just the Wind Blade; once it gets close, the Weeping Willow still has the Willow Whip skill, right?"

"I estimate that pet beasts of the same tier with similar agility would have to step aside if they encountered your Da Liu."

Ge Bai was satisfied with Da Liu's current practice, but also analyzed it seriously.

"It's still far from enough; after the skills are proficient, I think both Wind Blade and Willow Whip can be launched in a second."

"Launching multiple at the same time is also a direction to work towards."

Liu Hao swallowed, wanting to say something but stopping; he saw Ge Bai seriously timing Da Liu's Wind Blade launch.

He still didn't say anything.

Thinking to himself: As expected of the Ge Bai who has been strong-willed since childhood.

Liu Hao looked at Ge Bai's serious profile and suddenly had a thought.

"Perhaps, Ge Bai will really become a very powerful Spirit Plant Master, the kind that is more powerful than many, many Beast Masters."

In this nameless little mountain hollow at sunset, a boy named Liu Hao seemed to see the beginning of a brand-new era for interstellar Spirit Plant Masters.

(End of chapter)