Chapter 409: Do you regret it?

“ You tricked me?!”

Zhang Xueming almost cursed out loud, but then remembered that she had intentionally diverted her opponent’s attention first, so she swallowed her words.

To be honest, if anyone else had claimed their Pet’s skill had reached Profound Meaning during a battle, she wouldn’t have even bothered to lift an eyelid.

But Qiao Sang was different.

A monstrous Yu Beast Master with such achievements at only 15 years old should be inherently arrogant, disdaining such verbal tactics.

In addition, according to the collected data, Qiao Sang’s Liao Xing Hound’s Mars Rain had indeed reached the Profound Level.

So, when the other party said it, she almost believed it.

“This is her way of getting back at me for diverting her attention earlier, isn’t it? People with high talent learn dirty tricks so quickly…” Zhang Xueming felt mentally exhausted, yet she couldn’t help but admire her.

The first match concluded, and the audience erupted in cheers.

The match wasn’t particularly intense, but everyone’s emotions were at an all-time high.

“Ice Dew Qiya is already beautiful, and her singing is so good too! Ah! I truly love her!”

“Did you record that moment? The part where Ice Dew Qiya forced herself to open her eyes despite being sleepy! So cute!”

“To be fair, Zhang Xueming and Mimi Spirit cooperated well. At one Point, she said something to Qiao Sang, and Mimi Spirit took the opportunity to use Healing Wave for treatment. Without good tacit understanding, they couldn’t have pulled that off. However, none of that escaped our Ice Dew Qiya’s keen eyes! Did you see how fast, accurate, and ruthless that Water Tail was?!”

Amidst the commotion, Mimi Spirit was carried off the field.

…

First row of B Zone in the audience.

“Feifei!”

“Feifei!”

An Emerald Python coiled around a woman, excitedly calling out towards the field.

The woman wore a mid-length, apricot-colored coat, with a bright and beautiful appearance, looking to be in her early 30s.

Compared to the frenzied crowd around her, she was relatively calm.

“Thank you for bringing me here,” the woman said.

“For what?” Pei Shipan, wearing a baseball cap and a mask, said indifferently, “I just happened to have tickets, and you just happened to want to come.”

The woman looked at the light blue figure on the field and sighed, “It has been nurtured very well.”

Pei Shipan glanced at her and asked, “Did you already know that the Pet the Emerald Python was helping was Ice Dew Qiya?”

Wei Ying was silent for a few seconds, then hummed in affirmation.

How could she not know? During that period, the Emerald Python looked like it was constantly starving.

She took some time to follow it once and discovered Ice Dew Qiya, who was still Water Luyana at the time.

She still remembered the feeling of her heart pounding then.

Afraid of scaring Water Luyana away, she didn’t show herself.

After some time, she found that Water Luyana disliked humans very much, so she was even more hesitant to appear.

It was false to say she had no thoughts, but unfortunately, her own aptitude was not good, and by the age of 33, her yu beast codex only had one page.

If those people hadn’t appeared later, she thought she would have slowly gotten to know Water Luyana.

“Do you regret it?” Pei Shipan asked.

Wei Ying knew what he was asking.

Knowing about Ice Dew Qiya’s existence, as the Emerald Python’s Yu Beast Master, it was impossible not to know that the Emerald Python had smuggled it onto the plane.

If she hadn’t tacitly approved of this behavior, the Emerald Python wouldn’t have gone to the Pet modification facility, and she wouldn’t have lost her job.

Wei Ying didn’t answer immediately. She turned her gaze to the aloof-looking Ice Dew Qiya.

It was different now. At that time, Water Luyana was always tense, as if covered in thorns. Now, although it still had an unapproachable expression, its posture was soft.

“I did regret it,” Wei Ying smiled. “But not anymore.”

…

On the field.

Qiao Sang had just made a move, intending to recall Luba.

“Lu!”

At this moment, Luba turned its head and barked, indicating that it wanted to continue battling.

“Don’t be like Yaba! The next opponent is a High-level Pet, the Ice Sea Lion. Aren’t you just going to get crushed if you go up?” Qiao Sang maintained her smile and said,

“The next opponent is one level higher than you, it won’t be easy to fight.”

“Lu!”

Luba barked seriously, indicating that it understood.

After the battle roster came out, her Yu Beast Master told them about the upcoming opponents and what to pay attention to, and it remembered everything.

It just wanted to fight against stronger opponents.

If Yaba could do it, why couldn’t it?

“This is a Point match, and losing a match means losing Points…” Qiao Sang sighed, looking at Luba’s determined expression.

Forget it. The biggest opponents in the group stage are Zhang Xueming and Bai Binbin. She was confident that she could win against the Ice Sea Lion in the next match with Yaba.

As for Bai Binbin, if she summoned Yaba at the very beginning, there was a 50% chance she could encounter his Intermediate Pet, the Sickle Mongoose, in the first match.

If they battled the Super Evil Scorpion in the second match, as long as Yaba could find the right opportunity to use Mars Rain, the Super Evil Scorpion would surely lose.

In terms of Pets, if Zhang Xueming and Bai Binbin fought, it was unlikely that anyone would win both matches.

Her chances of ranking first in Points were still very high.

Even if her estimation was wrong and she couldn’t advance to the National Competition as the group’s first place, she could still participate in the next round of matches and enter the National Competition by ranking among the top forty in the分区赛 (Divisional Competition).

In that case, although it would be a bit troublesome, having more battles would increase her Points accordingly.

Thinking of the Points, Qiao Sang no longer hesitated and nodded, saying,

“Okay, I believe in you. Go all out and fight.”

“Lu!”

Luba’s eyes lit up, and it felt a wave of emotion, inexplicably thinking, “I can do it, I can succeed,” and “She believes I can be like Yaba, I can’t disappoint her.”

As Host Yi Ao announced the summoning of the Pets for the second round, Luba adopted a serious expression, striking a ready-to-battle pose.

Seeing Ice Dew Qiya still on the field, there was a stir in the audience.

“I remember Zhang Xueming’s second Pet is an Ice-type High-level Pet, right?”

“You’re not mistaken, damn it! Why didn’t Qiao Sang recall Ice Dew Qiya?!”

“While I really want to see Ice Dew Qiya, I don’t want to see Ice Dew Qiya get crushed!”

“Qiao Sang!!! The second match has started!!! Quickly recall Ice Dew Qiya!!!”

“I have a bad feeling. Could Qiao Sang be planning to let Ice Dew Qiya wear down the Ice Sea Lion first?”

“There’s a one-level difference, what could it possibly wear down?!”

“Actually, Qiao Sang seemed to have made a move to recall her Pet just now, but Ice Dew Qiya turned around and said something, and Qiao Sang stopped moving. Could it be that Ice Dew Qiya itself wants to continue the match?”

This sentence was quickly drowned out by the surrounding noise.

“Feifei!”

“Feifei!”

The Emerald Python looked at Luba on the field, whose appearance had greatly changed but still showed traces of its former self, and barked several times excitedly.

Its friend, who hated humans the most, could now focus on the match under the gaze of so many humans. It was truly happy for it.

On the field.

“Ice Sea!”

Accompanied by a powerful roar, a large Pet with white fur all over its body, dense eyebrows above its light blue eyes, and a mouth covered by several long strands of hair appeared in the gray star array.