Chapter 1111: Take a day off

Xiao Xunbao’s eyes glowed blue.

The next second, Qiao Sang and Qingbao were back in the contestant area.

“Xunxun~”

Xiao Xunbao gave a thumbs up and let out a cry.

“Qingqing.”

Qingbao suppressed the upward curve of her lips, showing a “isn’t this how it should be” expression.

In the past, when her Yu Beast Master participated in contests, she always brought Ya Bao and the others to continuous victories, and when it was her turn, she also felt that she could win all the way.

Her Yu Beast Master was more powerful than other Yu Beast Masters, and she also believed that she was no worse than other Pets of the same level.

So when her Yu Beast Master came to participate in the contest with her, her confidence greatly increased, and she never thought she would lose.

However, just then, Qiao Sang said to Mi Jiala at the side:

“If Qingbao’s emotion-triggered Wind Transformation hadn’t timely burst the surrounding water bubbles in the previous contest, the outcome of this contest would have been hard to say.”

After all, if the water bubbles hadn’t burst in time, Water Vapor Lazy’s attack would most likely have hit Qingbao, and Qingbao was a squishy target, so no one knew if she would have been knocked out in one hit.

Qingbao: “???”

The outcome is hard to say?

Does that mean she would lose?

Qingbao looked at her Yu Beast Master in disbelief.

Qiao Sang continued:

“I’m wondering if Qingbao should start practicing defensive skills next?”

After a pause, she added, “Also, for skill application, should I develop it more?”

Mi Jiala pondered for a moment and said:

“It’s difficult for ordinary attacks to hit Qingyin Fairy because she can use Wind Transformation, but once your information becomes widely known, people will definitely devise targeted attack plans against Qingyin Fairy. Adding defense should indeed be included in the plan as soon as possible.”

“As for skill application…” When she got to this point, Mi Jiala glanced at Ya Bao and the others with a complex expression and continued:

“I know you’re having this thought because of the recent contest, but your situation is different from that of ordinary Yu Beast Masters. Most Yu Beast Masters have fewer contracted Pets, so they can allocate more time to each Pet. Furthermore, Pets learn skills slowly, and even skills awakened through evolution require a lot of time to be truly mastered.”

“Because their skills are difficult to learn, they will practice a single skill to its extreme, making multiple applications of the skill, or forming combination skills with other skills to increase their power.”

“Your Pets evolve too quickly; each evolution not only awakens many skills, but they are all Ultra-level skills that other Pets can’t even learn.”

“However, Yan Jiaoou and the others have no pressure training these skills, and their proficiency shows significant growth with practice over a period of time.”

Mi Jiala rambled on for a long time, and finally, she concluded:

“My opinion is that Yan Jiaoou and the others should continue training according to the current arrangement. Once they reach a bottleneck and their skill proficiency no longer shows significant improvement, then we can proceed with developing skill applications.”

If the skills awakened by Yan Jiaoou and the others were all High-level skills, then she would support developing some combination skills now, but almost all the skills awakened by Yan Jiaoou and the others include Ultra-level skills.

Ultra-level skills show significant progress with training over a period of time, so why bother practicing combination skills? It’s better to quickly improve the proficiency of Ultra-level skills while there’s no bottleneck.

With the Gold Finger, there’s no such thing as a bottleneck… Qiao Sang inwardly grumbled, while outwardly appearing to listen attentively, finally pondering and saying:

“Then how about letting Qingbao undergo training in skill application development?”

Qingbao: “???”

Mi Jiala nodded slightly upon hearing this: “Qingyin Fairy can indeed practice combination skills. Her skill of combining Favorable Wind and Fairy Wind on the field just now was excellent. She has absolute talent in the fusion of wind-type skills, and you can work hard in this area.”

Qiao Sang said:

“I understand.”

Qingbao also understood from the side that both her Yu Beast Master and her Yu Beast Master’s teacher felt that she was too weak now and needed to practice defense and combination skills separately.

She looked at Xiao Xunbao, then at Ya Bao, Steel Treasure, and Lu Bao, and for the first time, clearly realized that she seemed to be the weakest in the team.

As she thought of this, a strange wind began to swirl around her.

“Tingting…”

Xiao Tinglong poked her head out next to Lu Bao, feeling the surrounding wind, and showed a comfortable expression.

Qingbao looked at Xiao Tinglong, and suddenly thought that if her Yu Beast Master were to contract her in the future, she would no longer be the weakest. Her gaze towards Xiao Tinglong couldn’t help but become much friendlier.

The wind around her also stopped at the same time.

Xiao Tinglong showed a disappointed expression of “that’s it,” and burrowed back into the backpack, snuggling close to Lu Bao.

At this moment, the Host in the guest area loudly announced:

“This morning’s contests conclude here. Let’s meet again at 2 PM this afternoon, without fail!”

As the Host’s words fell, the reporters, who had long been poised, frantically ran towards the contestant area.

Seeing this situation, Qiao Sang stopped her conversation with Mi Jiala, very calmly and composedly said:

“Xiao Xunbao.”

“Xunxun~” Xiao Xunbao’s eyes glowed blue.

The next second, she took her Yu Beast Master and Ya Bao and the others and vanished from the spot.

She got away again… The reporters stopped, each sighing.

So, it really wasn’t that they didn’t want to interview, but that the other party simply didn’t give them the chance!

…

Noon, villa.

The scorching sun was overhead.

After lunch, Qiao Sang took Qingbao to her room, opened her laptop, searched for the video “Strongest Advanced Pet Contest Poison Back Beast Battle Pure Enjoyment,” and placed it in front of Qingbao.

Qingbao pretended to be well-behaved and looked at the screen.

A battle video of Poison Back Beast was playing on it.

Poison Back Beast was the other contestant who ultimately reached the finals.

Qiao Sang began:

“I watched Poison Back Beast’s previous rounds of contests and found that it has a habit of spraying poison gas at the start. You can think of this skill as similar to Sweet Flower’s foul odor. As long as you use Mist Field and stay inside it, the poison gas won’t affect you.”

“The area you can currently cover with Mist Field is only about twenty square meters. Remember not to leave this range when there is poison gas.”

“If you have to leave the Mist Field, for example, if you are attacked and sent flying, then hold your breath immediately and use Favorable Wind to quickly disperse the poison gas.”

Attacked and sent flying? Qingbao recalled what she had heard in the contestant area this morning, showing a dejected expression, and cried out:

“Qingqing?”

Will you despise me for being too weak?

Ah? Qiao Sang was startled for a moment, then quickly said, “How could I? Why would you think that?”

“Qingqing.”

Qingbao continued to cry out with a dejected expression, indicating that she felt her morning contest would be lost, and that she also wanted to train her defense and combination skills, which Xiao Xunbao and the others didn’t need to do.

Is Qingbao so sensitive now? What exactly did this memory inheritance pass down… Qiao Sang grumbled inwardly for a moment, then patiently said:

“I didn’t think you would lose the morning contest. I just felt that the situation where Water Vapor Lazy trapped you was beyond my expectation, making me feel that the contest wouldn’t be entirely within my control. To avoid such situations from happening again in the future, I want you to practice defense, just like I had you train for foul odor endurance a few days ago.”

“Making you train these things isn’t because I think you’re weak, but because I want you to become stronger.”

“As for defense and combination skills, Ya Bao and the others had all practiced them back then. It’s just that you and I haven’t been contracted for long, and there hasn’t been time to train in these areas yet.”

“Qingqing?”

Qingbao listened, showing an expression of “then I’m relieved.” Then she thought of something and called out, asking when Xiao Tinglong would be contracted.

She hadn’t realized it before, but now that she did, she didn’t want to be the weakest in the team.

Especially when she thought that Xiao Xunbao, with her carefree demeanor, was stronger than herself, Qingbao felt inexplicably displeased.

Qiao Sang sighed:

“Brain regions aren’t something I can develop just because I want to.”

Meaning, she also didn’t know when Xiao Tinglong would be contracted.

“Qingqing?”

The hope of directly shedding the weakest status in the team was shattered, and Qingbao felt a slight disappointment. Then, she showed a serious expression and cried out.

Then does she have a chance to catch up to Xiao Xunbao?

Qiao Sang was startled for a moment, then smiled and said:

“Of course, in the past, Ya Bao’s level led the team, and later Lu Bao was the first to evolve into a King-level. As long as you work hard, surpassing them is very possible.”

After all, Qingbao has a complete evolutionary path directly to the God-level, and there’s no need to worry about evolutionary materials.

Unlike Ya Bao and Steel Treasure, whose next evolutionary paths are unknown, and unlike Lu Bao and Xiao Xunbao, one has an extremely difficult evolutionary path, and the other needs to find rare materials.

Qingbao’s cultivation, as long as it proceeds step by step, is like the cultivation method that leads directly to the great dao in cultivation novels. If the cultivator’s own talent meets the standard, and they cultivate according to the method, they can achieve the great dao and complete their ascension.

“Qingqing!”

Qingbao saw that her Yu Beast Master was not joking, and couldn’t help but show an excited expression, crying out, indicating that she would work hard!

At the same time, Xiao Xunbao, who was battling Mo Da Dragon in the outdoor training ground, inexplicably sneezed, causing a brief pause in her movements.

Seeing this, Mo Da Dragon seized the opportunity, quickly opened his mouth, and spewed a silver-white light wave that struck Xiao Xunbao.

“Bang!”

A loud noise.

“Xunxun!”

“Mog Mog!”

Xiao Xunbao and Mo Da Dragon simultaneously let out pained cries, both falling from high in the sky.

…

Evening, 7:30.

Hasman.

All-man Stadium.

“Ladies and gentlemen! Welcome to the Strongest Advanced Pet Contest!” The Host loudly announced into the microphone:

“Tonight, at this very moment, we are about to hold the finals of this year’s Strongest Advanced Pet Contest! The contestants who have made it to the finals are Contestant Qiao Sang! And Contestant Poison Invincible!”

Poison Invincible, the name Poison Back Beast gave himself.

As the Host’s words fell, two beams of white light shone down, clearly revealing the figures of Qiao Sang and Poison Back Beast, who were already standing on the field, to everyone’s eyes.

The cheers from the audience instantly erupted.

People were calling out both Qiao Sang’s and Poison Back Beast’s names, and all the wild Pets watching were also cheering.

If there were someone here who was proficient in various Pet languages, they would discover that what they were shouting, almost without exception, was Poison Back Beast’s name.

In battle contests, the one who ultimately wins is usually the Yu Beast Master.

It’s rare for wild Pets and Yu Beast Masters to compete on the same stage and for the wild Pet to win the final championship.

Therefore, whenever a wild Pet wins the championship, or has a chance to win, it often gains a surge of popularity.

Just like the Pseudo-Crying Ghost, who once won the Strongest Advanced Pet Contest championship. Even though there have been so many championship contestants, because it was the only one in the past decade to win as a wild Pet, the organizers invited it as a guest.

“Poison Back!”

On the field, Poison Back Beast raised both claws and let out a roar.

The cheers of all the wild Pets in the audience immediately grew even more fervent.

This Poison Back Beast, how does it feel a bit chuunibyou… Qiao Sang thought to herself.

After the Host rambled on, thanking a bunch of sponsors, he said:

“Who will ultimately win this year’s Strongest Advanced Pet Contest? Let’s turn our cameras to the field.”

A Pet wearing a referee’s badge appeared out of thin air on the field, then raised a green flag and waved it towards Qiao Sang’s position.

Qiao Sang formed a hand seal, and a dazzling crimson star array lit up.

Qingbao quickly appeared within the star array.

The Pets in the audience who were cheering for Poison Back Beast instantly fell silent.

Support was support, but seeing this crimson star array, they still felt deep down that Poison Back Beast had little hope of winning.

“Poison Back!”

Poison Back Beast let out a provocative cry towards Qingbao.

Qingbao was startled at first, then her expression turned ugly, and a strange wind began to swirl around her.

“Calm down,” Qiao Sang said.

“Qingqing…” Qingbao took a deep breath, her expression returning to normal, and the wind around her also stopped accordingly.

At the same time, the Pet wearing the referee’s badge waved the flag to the center, then disappeared from the spot.

Also disappearing at the same time was Qingbao.

Poison Back Beast showed a serious expression, opened its mouth, and a stream of purple poison gas immediately spewed out.

However, the next second, a Typhoon raged.

The spreading poison gas was suddenly blown by the wind towards Poison Back Beast’s position.

Poison Back Beast’s figure was instantly enveloped by the poison gas.

After these past few days of training with Sweet Flower, Qingbao’s breath-holding time had greatly increased, able to hold her breath for about a minute and a half.

Her skills could generally only be used after she revealed herself, but the wind that suddenly appeared due to emotional influence was an exception. As long as she could utilize this emotionally influenced wind, Qingbao could control the Typhoon to disperse the poison gas on the field even in her Wind Transformation state.

I didn’t expect that making Qingbao think of infuriating things before the contest would be so effective, I wonder what she thought of… Qiao Sang sighed inwardly, looking at the vague figure within the poison gas.

Poison Back Beast, a dual Evil-type and Poison-type High-level Pet, with a violent temperament. Its entire body is highly toxic. If it dislikes someone, it pretends to accidentally touch them, directly poisoning them. It naturally possesses a highly toxic body, causing opponents who touch it to fall into a poisoned state…

As thoughts flickered, Qingbao appeared in mid-air, opened her mouth, and spewed a pink Typhoon imbued with Fairy energy towards the figure within the poison gas.

But at that moment, the purple poison gas suddenly expanded, its density even obscuring the pink Typhoon, and enveloping the entire field within it.