Chapter 432: Semi-finals

Player Area.

Qiao Sang sat in her seat, looking at the remaining players’ information on her phone.

Now, besides her, there were only three players left.

She had already memorized the relevant information, but she wanted to double-check.

[Ancient Mist Region, Ma Zongji, a Water-type and Fighting-type High-level Pet, Thousand Path Water Bear. He likes to continuously attack opponents with striking moves like a never-ending stream. His High-level skills are True Energy Punch and Waterfall Climb.]

[Its characteristic is Water Storage: When attacked by Water-type moves, it will not take damage but will recover.]

[A Mid-level Pet, Grass-type Yekesuo Slender. Its head and back are soft when flat, but when energy is injected, they become sharp and hard enough to penetrate even rocks. Close combat requires caution.]

At the same time, a male student with a blue headband in the player’s section occasionally peeked at Qiao Sang’s back.

“Ma Zongji, why do you keep staring at others? Are you nervous?” the Middle-aged Man beside him asked.

“A little,” Ma Zongji said honestly.

The Middle-aged Man chuckled, “You’re already in the top four and still nervous.”

Ma Zongji sighed, “It doesn’t matter if I win the semi-finals or not. I’m confident that even if I lose this match, I can still make it into the top three in the next one. What I’m nervous about is, what if I encounter Qiao Sang in this semi-final and she doesn’t summon Ice Kexilu?”

“As you know, my Thousand Path Water Bear has the Water Storage characteristic, making it almost immune to Water-type skills.”

The Middle-aged Man was startled, then his expression turned serious, and he said earnestly, “It shouldn’t be, right? After all, Ice Kexilu also has Ice skills…”

He trailed off there.

Because he realized that, purely in terms of type, the chances of Qiao Sang sending out Ice Kexilu were indeed not high.

“Sigh…” Ma Zongji and the Middle-aged Man exchanged glances, then let out a huge sigh in unison.

Qiao Sang was still looking at the information.

[Ancient Mist Region, Hu Fan, a Water-type High-level Pet, Swift Sinking Frog. It can move at speeds invisible to the eye in water. No exaggeration, as long as it’s in water, 99% of attacks can be dodged.]

[Its characteristic is Torrent: When this type of Pet’s stamina reaches a critical point, the power of its Water-type moves will increase exponentially.]

[A Mid-level Pet, Roaring Thunder Dragonfly, a Thunder-type and Flying-type dual-attribute Mid-level Pet. The stinger on its tail can emit lightning strikes. Even if you are behind it, you cannot be careless; its tail might give you a strike.]

[Its characteristic is Speed Boost: This type of Pet’s speed will increase periodically during battle.]

While Qiao Sang was looking at this information, in a seat six rows behind her, a male student clasped his hands together, continuously muttering:

“If it’s Qiao Sang, then Ice Kexilu, if it’s Qiao Sang, then Ice Kexilu…”

This person was Hu Fan.

A man who looked to be in his early thirties next to him couldn’t stand it anymore and asked, “What are you doing?”

Hu Fan spread his hands, revealing a small red ball.

He lowered his voice and said mysteriously, “I specifically asked a Wish Bell for a red bell.”

Wish Bell, a Fairy-type Pet. It is said that if it willingly takes off the red bell on its body and gives it to someone, that person only needs to clasp their hands and make a wish in a praying posture, and it will generally come true.

The bell is a one-time product; it becomes useless after being used.

There’s no need to worry about what happens to the Wish Bell after it removes its bell. If the bell is removed on that day, a new one will grow back the next day.

The man raised an eyebrow and asked, “Did you ask the Wish Bell you found what its Prayer characteristic level is?”

Although the Wish Bell can help people make wishes, its characteristic is not as popular as imagined.

For a Wish Bell whose Prayer characteristic level reaches S-rank, the chance of the wish coming true is only possibly 70%.

If it were just like that, it wouldn’t be a big deal.

The problem is, if a wish is made and doesn’t come true, the wish will go in the opposite direction.

For example, ‘I wish someone lives a long life.’

Then that someone dies.

Another example, ‘I want to grow old with someone.’

The next day, the person who made the wish caught that someone cheating.

Later, some people thought of “reverse wishing.”

So they took the red bell and said, “I want to score zero on the college entrance exam.”

As a result, the person who made the wish had stomach aches, headaches, and various pains during those few days of the college entrance exam. He collapsed before even going to the exam hall and truly scored a zero.

This series of incidents made the people of the Ancient Mist Region keep their distance from the Wish Bell.

Because no one knows what the consequences of making a wish on the red bell are.

Hu Fan scratched his head and replied, “I didn’t ask. I just thought I’d make a wish first to see. If the wish comes true, I can battle Ice Kexilu. If the wish doesn’t come true, maybe I won’t encounter Qiao Sang, and then I might even make it to the finals.”

The man stopped talking.

He thought he was brainless, but he didn’t expect him to have seriously thought it through.

…

[Xi Lv Region, Shao Liben, last year’s first place in the regional competition of the National Campus Pet Beast League.]

[A Superpower System High-level Pet, Jihui Tower Tower. It can accurately predict the opponent’s next move through their subtle movements.]

[Its characteristic is Mental Power: It will not flinch from the opponent’s attacks, nor will it be swayed by intimidation. In short, it will not feel fear.]

[Its characteristic is Synchronize: When this type of Pet is poisoned, paralyzed, or burned, there is a certain chance that it will cause the opponent to also enter the same state.]

[A Fire-type Mid-level Pet, Grey Fire Fox. It can spray hot air from its ears to intimidate opponents.]

[Its characteristic is Flame Body: When using contact-type skills to attack a Pet with this characteristic, there is a certain chance of becoming burned.]

Jihui Tower Tower is a bit troublesome…

Qiao Sang finished reading all the information, no longer overthinking, put her phone back in her pocket, looked at the arena, and waited for the match to begin.

On the other side, a poker-faced male student had a laptop on his knees, and the screen displayed Qiao Sang’s information.

“Are you confident?” the woman speaking was dressed in a sharp black suit.

“As long as Liao Xing Hound doesn’t use Mars Rain, it’s not a big problem,” Shao Liben said.

“What about the others?” the woman asked.

Shao Liben closed his laptop and calmly stated the facts:

“They were merely my defeated opponents in the past.”

…

“Who will meet whom in the semi-finals?!” Yi Ao held the microphone, waved his hand, and shouted, “Please look at the big screen!”

Four super-large holographic photos suddenly appeared, rapidly alternating.

After about seven seconds of constant position changes, the photos froze.

[Yuhua Region, Qiao Sang VS Ancient Mist Region, Ma Zongji]

[Ancient Mist Region, Hu Fan VS Xi Lv Region, Shao Liben]

Ma Zongji…

Qiao Sang’s mind flashed with the related information.

“Ma Zongji, huh?” Xu Yixuan pushed up her glasses and said, “His Thousand Path Water Bear counters Fire-type, and Water-type moves are also ineffective. However, fortunately, your Liao Xing Hound’s Mars Rain has already reached Profound Meaning. With such a High Level of proficiency in a High-level skill, even type counter doesn’t matter. Moreover, Liao Xing Hound also has Superpower System skills, so it’s not a big problem.”

In her opinion, Thousand Path Water Bear’s Water Storage characteristic directly rendered Ice Kexilu’s Water-type skills useless, reducing its combat power by at least half. It was impossible for Qiao Sang to send out Ice Kexilu.