Chapter 257: gravel attack method

There’s a saying on the internet: when Yu Beast Masters make eye contact, nine times out of ten, a battle is about to ensue.

To fulfill Ya Bao’s wish for a battle, Qiao Sang deliberately followed the Ice Shaking Bear’s Yu Beast Master with her gaze, hoping to make eye contact with her.

The Ice Shaking Bear’s Yu Beast Master was not hard to find.

Although the venue was large, the number of Yu Beast Masters inside could be counted on one hand, and each person’s position was far apart. Within ten meters of the Ice Shaking Bear, there was only one woman who looked to be in her early twenties, with long, straight black hair and a slightly delicate appearance.

It was clear that this person was the Ice Shaking Bear’s Yu Beast Master.

Normally, people would notice if they were being stared at, but Qiao Sang stared for about a full minute, and the woman showed no sign of noticing.

Qiao Sang could only walk forward and ask, “Hello, are you interested in a battle?”

“Ya!” Ya Bao also let out a battle-ready cry towards the Ice Shaking Bear at that moment.

The Ice Shaking Bear glanced at Ya Bao, ignored her, and continued to practice on her own.

Ya Bao: “…”

The woman squinted, examined Qiao Sang, then pulled a pair of glasses from her cross-body bag and put them on.

So she was nearsighted; no wonder she didn’t react after being stared at for so long. Qiao Sang muttered inwardly.

The woman looked at Qiao Sang, then at Ya Bao, and then took out a business card from her bag and handed it over, saying, “Yes, but my sparring sessions are already booked a week in advance. You can book me for the week after next.”

Qiao Sang took the business card and read it.

Hongying Pet Battle Club, High Level Sparring Partner, Zhang Jie.

The first thought that came to Qiao Sang’s mind was: They’re both sparring partners, why don’t I have a business card?!

The second thought was: From what she said, she’s treating me as a customer, but sparring partners usually charge money for battles, so it’s not unreasonable.

Thinking of this, Qiao Sang inquired, “May I ask how much you charge per hour?”

“Ten thousand alliance coins. Since you can get in here, you should also be a sparring partner,” the woman said. “Since we’re colleagues, I’ll give you a ten percent discount.”

Qiao Sang thanked her.

With the balance in her bank account, she didn’t really need the ten percent discount, but almost no one could resist the charm of a discount.

Qiao Sang brought Ya Bao to the spot she had originally chosen.

“Xun~” Little Treasure Hunting Ghost appeared and proactively pulled out an energy recovery fluid from the ring, handing it to Ya Bao.

“Drink some to recover first, you’ve been flying for so long,” Qiao Sang said to Ya Bao.

“Ya.”

Ya Bao nodded, directly opened the energy recovery fluid with her psychic power, and controlled it to pour into her mouth.

Although energy recovery fluid was expensive, its effects were tangible. Ya Bao instantly returned to her peak state.

Qiao Sang opened her backpack in front of her, and Water Luyana immediately jumped out of the bag and stood beside Ya Bao.

“Here’s what we’ll do,” Qiao Sang said to her three Pets in front of her. “Ya Bao will use Shadow Clone to practice Mars Rain, and her main body will use psychic power to control the gravel on the ground to attack Water Luyana.”

“Water Luyana, you need to try to dodge the gravel. I’ll put a pen on Ya Bao’s body; you need to find a way to get through the gravel attacks, jump onto Ya Bao’s body, and get that pen.”

“Little Treasure Hunting Ghost, continue with Chop as usual, but increase the number to 15 pieces at a time. Once you’re tired of chopping, you’ll also use psychic power to control gravel to attack Water Luyana, just like Ya Bao.”

Ya Bao and Little Treasure Hunting Ghost’s training projects had always been clear.

Qiao Sang’s training plan for Water Luyana was to train Healing Light to its Profound Meaning and to strengthen her basic physical qualities.

Water-type Pets generally don’t move as fast on land as they do in water.

It wasn’t that Qiao Sang wanted Water Luyana to be an all-rounder; it was just that in some large competitions, the battle arena was random each time, and it wasn’t always lucky enough to encounter a Water-type arena.

If the arena was announced first and then Pets were summoned, it would be fine, but if the competition rule was to send out Pets first and then announce the arena, Water Luyana would likely be at a disadvantage.

After all, there weren’t many arenas that allowed Water-type Pets to fully utilize their strength.

The ‘Gravel Barrage’ method could train reaction ability, movement speed, and body strength.

And one more thing, it could temper Water Luyana’s willpower.

After all, facing a large pile of flying gravel, a normal Beginner Pet would instinctively run to a gravel-free spot, rather than moving, dodging, and advancing through the gravel at the risk of being hit at any time.

Even if Water Luyana’s speed wasn’t enough and she couldn’t adapt immediately, since the gravel was controlled by psychic power, she could always have Ya Bao stop the gravel or change the attack speed of the gravel.

It could also help Ya Bao increase her proficiency in psychic power.

Most importantly, training together might also boost their relationship.

It killed many birds with one stone; it was simply perfect.

For Healing, they had energy recovery fluid, and they had the abnormal Ultra-level skill, Healing Light, so they could train until the end of time… Exaggerated, but until they dropped.

Qiao Sang’s thoughts were beautiful, but reality was extremely cruel.

Ya Bao was, after all, only a Mid-level Pet. Besides using Shadow Clone to practice Mars Rain, a High Level skill that consumed a lot of energy, she also had to control large amounts of gravel with psychic power, so her energy simply couldn’t last.

Qiao Sang roughly calculated that Ya Bao needed to drink one-third of a bottle of energy recovery fluid every five minutes to replenish herself.

If she kept drinking at this rate, forget training until the end of time, she’d probably be able to go home after two hours…

Fortunately, her own Pets were all focused on training, which gave Qiao Sang some psychological comfort.

Having Pets that were easy to manage was truly comforting.

Water Luyana’s performance was also much better than she had expected. Qiao Sang focused her gaze on Water Luyana.

Most of Ya Bao’s energy was used for Shadow Clone practicing Mars Rain, which meant she wasn’t controlling a lot of gravel, but it was enough for the small, Beginner-level Water Luyana.

Water Luyana didn’t instinctively shrink back from the constantly flying gravel; instead, she charged in and accelerated.

During her movement and dodging, it wasn’t that no gravel hit her, but Water Luyana seemed to feel no pain, her expression not even changing.

Qiao Sang watched for a while and suddenly realized she was wrong.

Perhaps Water Luyana, who had been injured many times and had trained Healing Light to its perfect state, might not need further physical strengthening.

“Xun~”

At this moment, Little Treasure Hunting Ghost floated over, showed its claws, and revealed an expression of “I’m tired.”

Its eyes, however, kept peeking at Ya Bao controlling gravel to strike Water Luyana.

That looked fun! It wanted to play that!

Qiao Sang took out her phone and checked; only 17 minutes of training time had passed.

Qiao Sang put her phone back in her pocket and said, “If you’re tired of Chop, you can practice Hypnosis. There should be ants nearby. I remember you told me you really wanted to evolve.”

“If you don’t work harder, Water Luyana might evolve before you do.”

Little Treasure Hunting Ghost was originally indifferent, thinking Water Luyana was an old fellow.

But it had been invisible by Qiao Sang’s side and naturally heard Qiao Sang and Liu Yao’s conversation, realizing that Water Luyana was actually only seven months old, not much different from itself, and was still a little one.

“Xun!”

Little Treasure Hunting Ghost became anxious.

Evolving before it, despite being around the same age, was unacceptable!

It immediately stuck close to the ground, looking for practice targets for Hypnosis.

Because Qiao Sang had chosen a spot far from the other High Level sparring partners, Ya Bao’s Shadow Clones in front kept attacking the ground with Mars Rain, and the large area of fire rain and bombing sounds restricted her senses.

As a result, she had no idea that all the High Level sparring partners in the venue had been staring wide-eyed in her direction for a full ten minutes.

PS: Resetting the flag, I’ll add at least one more chapter this week.