Chapter 273: I want to buy it for you myself

Treasure Hunting Fairy’s gaze was firm, and a thick, white energy immediately condensed on its raised right paw.

“Bang!”

As its right paw came down, the tiles neatly split into two halves.

“Xun!”

Looking at the shattered tiles on the ground, Treasure Hunting Fairy imitated the Fighting-type champion it had seen in videos, raising both paws high and letting out a victor’s cry.

The surroundings were eerily quiet for a moment, then erupted into enthusiastic cheers, as if the first-place winner had already been decided.

“Holy crap! Chop! It’s really Chop!”

“Who recorded that video just now! Quickly send me a copy!”

“That’s too terrifying, how did a Ghost-type Pet learn a Fighting-type skill? I thought that news was fake.”

“Although this Treasure Hunting Fairy looks a bit malnourished, its strength is much greater than a normal Treasure Hunting Fairy.”

“That’s not right, the news said that Qiao Sang’s Treasure Hunting Fairy had already mastered Chop to a peak level when it was still a Treasure Hunting Ghost, and could easily defeat third-year students, but judging by the force of that Chop just now, its proficiency doesn’t seem particularly high.”

“What do you know? No one uses all their strength from the start. Qiao Dashen must have taught Treasure Hunting Fairy about strength control.”

“What you said makes a lot of sense!”

“…Chop.” Liu Qijia could hardly believe his eyes.

As a Yu Beast Master who had contracted a Fighting-type Pet, he had never believed that Qiao Sang’s Treasure Hunting Fairy could use the Chop skill.

Chop requires proper force application; the body’s strength must be naturally unified. Whether it’s grip strength, wrist strength, or the strength and explosive power of the limbs supporting the entire body, they all need to be trained to a certain degree to learn this skill.

Ghost-type Pets have no muscles; even materializing requires energy. Given their physical condition, it’s simply impossible for them to learn Fighting-type skills.

But this understanding shattered instantly when Treasure Hunting Fairy used Chop just now.

Liu Qijia looked at the Treasure Hunting Fairy, who was celebrating with raised short paws, in a daze, completely unaware of the Yongli Monkey who had looked at him several times next to the Treasure Hunting Fairy.

“Yongli…”

Seeing that his Yu Beast Master kept staring at the little one next to him and paid no attention to him, Yongli Monkey immediately showed an expression of dissatisfaction.

“Whoosh!”

The teacher acting as referee blew the whistle again.

After the first round of screening, Li Jiang’s Sand Burrowing Rat from Class Two and Zhao Fangrui’s Water Ring Ctenopharyngodon idella from Class Eight were eliminated. The remaining eleven competing Pets, except for Treasure Hunting Fairy, were all muscular Fighting-type Pets.

“Treasure Hunting Fairy! Go for it!”

“Treasure Hunting Fairy! I love you!”

“Class One, go! Qiao Sang, go! Treasure Hunting Fairy, go!”

“Ya! Ya!”

“Yongli…”

Hearing that all the cheers around him were for the little one, Yongli Monkey exhaled two thick streams of air from its nostrils, its expression becoming serious, and it chopped down on the tiles in front of it as if looking at an enemy.

“Bang!” The tiles shattered in response.

“Yongli!” Yongli Monkey raised its arm and cheered loudly in celebration.

Just as it was about to receive the cheers of others, a series of voices entered its ears.

“Treasure Hunting Fairy is amazing!”

“Wow, look at Treasure Hunting Fairy, how easily it Chops.”

“That was chopping 15 pieces just now, Treasure Hunting Fairy seemed to have no pressure at all, so cool.”

“Treasure Hunting Fairy is mighty!”

“Ya!”

“Yongli!”

Seeing that no one was paying attention to him, Yongli Monkey immediately turned its head and angrily barked at Treasure Hunting Fairy.

“Xun?”

Treasure Hunting Fairy, who was happily celebrating, blinked innocently.

“Yongli!”

Yongli Monkey showed an angry expression, indicating to Treasure Hunting Fairy not to be too proud, that first place belonged to him.

“Xun.”

Treasure Hunting Fairy received the other party’s hostility and showed an enlightened expression. It calmly patted Yongli Monkey’s shoulder to comfort him.

Don’t be angry, I’ll give you first place next time, this time first place can only be mine.

“Yongli!!” Yongli Monkey went completely insane.

The next few rounds of bare-handed tile chopping were almost entirely a performance by Treasure Hunting Fairy and Yongli Monkey.

When the tiles increased to 20 in the third round, several competing Pets were successively eliminated, and by the fifth round, only Treasure Hunting Fairy and Yongli Monkey remained.

It was now the eighth round.

The tiles had increased to 35.

“Yongli!” Yongli Monkey was chopping enthusiastically, its emotions in an extremely high state.

“Xun…”

Treasure Hunting Fairy, however, hesitated as it looked at the stack of tiles in front of it, almost taller than itself.

It had never chopped so many tiles at once before, could it do it…

“Xun…”

Treasure Hunting Fairy unconsciously looked at its Yu Beast Master.

Qiao Sang noticed Treasure Hunting Fairy looking over and immediately shouted loudly: “Go for it, you’re just one step away from the gold gloves!”

After saying that, she paused, then loudly corrected: “You’re just one step away from the pure gold gloves!”

“Xun!”

Treasure Hunting Fairy’s eyes immediately became resolute, and its fighting spirit reignited.

Liu Qijia: “…”

He felt a bit heartbroken; hearing Qiao Sang’s shout and Treasure Hunting Fairy’s change in attitude, there was nothing he didn’t understand.

It turned out the gold gloves were used to motivate Treasure Hunting Fairy.

If Treasure Hunting Fairy really won because of the gold gloves, wouldn’t he be a huge sucker…

“Dali! Go for it!” Liu Qijia shouted loudly.

“Yongli…” Yongli Monkey, who was in high spirits, froze for a moment when he heard his Yu Beast Master’s voice, and couldn’t help but tear up.

He was finally noticed!

“Whoosh!”

At this moment, the whistle blew.

“Xun!”

“Yongli!”

Treasure Hunting Fairy and Yongli Monkey simultaneously condensed the energy within their bodies, concentrating all their strength into their paws.

This time, Treasure Hunting Fairy switched to its left paw.

“Bang!”

The tiles shattered all over the ground.

The teacher in charge of refereeing stepped forward to inspect, and after carefully moving aside the remaining tiles, he lowered his head to record and announced: “Treasure Hunting Fairy 35 pieces, Yongli Monkey 34 pieces.”

“Xun?” Treasure Hunting Fairy blinked, not immediately realizing who had won.

Qiao Sang ran over and hugged Treasure Hunting Fairy, excitedly saying: “Treasure Hunting Fairy! We won!”

Qiao Sang wouldn’t normally be excited about winning first place in a sports event; such competitions are about participation, and winning is just a matter of honor. But with gold gloves as the prize, it was different.

Were those gold gloves? No, that was pure cash!

“Xun!”

Hearing that it had won, Treasure Hunting Fairy excitedly rubbed its head against its Yu Beast Master’s face.

The surrounding students cheered loudly.

This first-year bare-handed tile chopping competition was both unexpected and not unexpected.

Regardless of how the rumors spread, seeing a Ghost-type Pet use a Fighting-type skill with one’s own eyes definitely felt different.

Especially when Treasure Hunting Fairy, with its small size, stood among a group of muscular Fighting-type Pets, people might say Treasure Hunting Fairy could win, but deep down, they always felt it was unreliable.

Consequently, when it actually won in the end, there was a feeling of surprise and a different kind of excitement.

“Yongli…”

Yongli Monkey hung its head in dejection.

Liu Qijia walked over, patted its head, and comforted him: “You were great. You could only Chop a maximum of 32 pieces during practice, but this time you improved by two.”

“Yongli…”

Qiao Sang walked over and watched Liu Qijia comfort Yongli Monkey, remaining silent.

Liu Qijia felt Qiao Sang’s intense gaze, scratched his hair, and asked: “What size gold gloves do you want?”

Qiao Sang smiled and held out her hand, saying: “This size is fine.”

“Xun?!” Treasure Hunting Fairy’s eyes widened.

Weren’t the gold gloves for it?!

Qiao Sang glanced at Treasure Hunting Fairy’s paw, which wasn’t even half the size of her own palm, and said earnestly: “I don’t want anyone else to buy your gold gloves; I want to buy them for you myself.”

“Xun~”

Treasure Hunting Fairy happily rubbed its head against its Yu Beast Master’s face.

Liu Qijia: “…”

After Liu Qijia left, Qiao Sang walked towards the direction of the 400-meter hurdles sprint competition.

After taking only two steps, a familiar voice came from behind her: “Qiao Sang, congratulations.”

Qiao Sang turned her head to look.

It was Shi Gaofeng.