Chapter 217: Piaopiao Bell

“The principal said we could join the School Team,” a third-year high school student muttered.

“I heard it too…” A classmate next to him said, looking dazed.

A slightly more rational female classmate on the side added, “To be precise, the principal said after winning against Qiao Sang.”

“What’s the difference between that and directly giving us a spot!” The student who spoke first said, his face flushed with excitement.

They had originally thought they were just there to watch the fun, but they never expected the principal to drop such a bombshell at this year’s opening ceremony!

The third year of high school is the most grueling period in a student’s life!

Not only do you have to be proficient in every subject, but you also need to understand things not written in textbooks.

Knowing the common sense of Beast Taming from above, current politics from the middle, and trivial matters from below, sleeping later than dogs and waking up earlier than chickens—this describes third-year high school students.

Everyone had already studied high school for two years and had a rough idea of how many Points they could score.

It was false to say there was no psychological pressure in an environment surrounded by top students. They had planned to work hard and make a final push in their last year, but they never expected that fate would place the opportunity to join the School Team again right before them!

As long as they joined the School Team and achieved a ranking in the competition, they couldn’t guarantee Top Universities or anything, but at least an undergraduate degree was absolutely secure.

High school is different from junior high; the difficulty of the knowledge increases geometrically, and a considerable number of students who got into key high schools ended up in vocational colleges.

Although second-year students were also very excited, when faced with this opportunity, third-year students could definitely be described as frantic.

“First come, first served! Don’t you dare fight me for it later! My grades are the worst.”

“If you join the School Team, you have to go out and compete with other schools. You only have one intermediate Pet; you shouldn’t embarrass our school.”

“If that’s what you’re saying, I remember you also only have one Double-Tailed Tortoise. You’re probably not planning to go, are you?”

“No, I’m going!”

“Heh.”

“Stop arguing, someone’s already gone up.”

“Holy crap! Which jerk was so fast?!”

“It’s Feng Zongxin from Class 3, the one whose family is very rich. That guy ranked seventh from the bottom in the whole school on the last monthly exam last semester. It’d be hard for him to even get into a third-tier university, so of course he had to run faster.”

“That kid really got lucky.”

On the field, a boy about 1.76 meters tall with a neat buzz cut excitedly summoned a Pet with a blue circular bell on its head and two yellow-tipped tails hanging down.

Piaopiaoling, the evolved form of Bubble Bell, an intermediate Pet, its tails always drift with the wind… Information about Piaopiaoling immediately appeared in Qiao Sang’s mind.

“Class 3, Grade 3, Feng Zongxin.” The boy said seriously, “I’m sorry, but I must get this spot!”

Qiao Sang nodded, “Good luck.”

Feng Zongxin: “…”

As the whistle blew, Little Treasure Hunting Ghost vanished from its spot.

“Piaopiaoling, Teleportation!” Feng Zongxin issued the command in time.

“Piao~”

Piaopiaoling’s tail drifted with the wind, and it instantly appeared in another location.

The entire venue was silent; Little Treasure Hunting Ghost did not appear.

Feng Zongxin vigilantly looked around, and three seconds later, he issued the command again: “Teleportation.”

To deal with an untraceable Ghost-type Pet and avoid having one’s shadow controlled, using Teleportation to constantly change positions is indeed a very good choice.

After all, Ghost-type Pets are only invisible; their speed does not change.

Unfortunately, her Xiao Xunbao is not merely a Ghost-type… Looking at Piaopiaoling, who had just appeared on the field after using Teleportation, Qiao Sang said, “Now!”

Feng Zongxin was stunned for a moment upon hearing Qiao Sang’s command, then his pupils suddenly constricted, and he shouted loudly, “Don’t look at its eyes!”

However, it was already too late. Just as Piaopiaoling appeared, Little Treasure Hunting Ghost suddenly materialized, directly face-to-face with Piaopiaoling.

It was as if it had been invisible there all along, and Piaopiaoling had just unluckily teleported directly in front of it.

“Xun~”

Little Treasure Hunting Ghost’s purple-glowing eyes met Piaopiaoling’s.

The next second.

“Piaopiao…”

Piaopiaoling closed its eyes and fell to the ground.

“Piaopiaoling! Wake up!” Feng Zongxin yelled anxiously.

In most official matches, there is a countdown when a Pet falls.

When one side falls, the referee must approach the Pet being counted, observing its state to see if it is completely unconscious or in a temporary abnormal state.

As long as it gets up within the specified time, the battle can continue.

10 seconds is generally the standard countdown time for most matches.

Logically, even if an intermediate Pet was hit by a low-level Pet’s Hypnosis, it would quickly wake up due to its significantly higher mental power. Therefore, the Teacher acting as the referee did not immediately declare Piaopiaoling incapacitated but walked over to it and started the countdown.

“1, 2, 3, 4, 5…”

“Piaopiaoling! Wake up!”

“6, 7, 8, 9…”

“Piaopiaoling!!”

“10.” The Teacher looked at the still-sleeping Piaopiaoling with surprise and uncertainty, then announced, “Piaopiaoling has lost its combat ability. The winner, Qiao Sang!”

Feng Zongxin slumped to the ground, his expression dejected.

Everyone looked at each other, utterly bewildered.

“What happened with that battle just now? It’s already over?”

“Don’t you think this person deliberately went up to throw the match? The field is so big; how could a Pet teleport exactly in front of its opponent?”

“Indeed.”

“Also, Superpower System Pets inherently have much stronger mental power than Pets of other attributes, so how could it not break free from Hypnosis cast by a Pet of a lower level? Isn’t that completely illogical?”

“Could it be that this Treasure Hunting Ghost’s Hypnosis proficiency is too high?”

“How high would that proficiency have to be to make a Superpower System Piaopiaoling sleep for so long… Look, someone else is going up!”

“Holy crap! Someone got ahead of me again!”

…

“Class 10, Grade 3, Xia Chengqing.” The speaker was a fair-faced girl with shoulder-length hair.

Just as she summoned a Short-Eared Mouse and prepared for battle, Qiao Sang raised her hand, signaling to stop: “Wait a moment.”

“Why did she call a stop?”

“She’s not going to fight anymore, is she?!”

“Ahhh! My School Team spot!”

“She didn’t even need to compete with us in the first place. Now that she’s won against a third-year student, she probably feels accomplished and doesn’t want to fight anymore.”

“No!”

As everyone was discussing, Qiao Sang looked at the referee Teacher on the side.

The Teacher was stunned for a moment, then showed a look of sudden understanding, and then pushed the microphone forward.

Qiao Sang was silent for two seconds, then said, “I want to request to replenish my Treasure Hunting Ghost’s energy first.”

“Xun Xun~”

Xiao Xunbao felt it and nodded in deep agreement.