Chapter 452: out of place

Except for the area where students in navy blue school uniforms were seated, the rest of the audience fell silent for a moment, then erupted into loud cheers.

“Even though it ended quickly, it was truly satisfying to watch!”

“I didn’t expect this Ghost-type Pet to have trained its Psychic power to such a formidable extent.”

“Brilliant! Using someone else’s Lightning Web against them, why didn’t I think of that?!”

“Even if you could think of it, you might not be able to do it; the proficiency of that Psychic power is a major issue.”

“How should I put it, the battles of the first place in the分区赛 are just different; there’s a feeling of having everything under control from beginning to end, completely not on the same level as that Wu Hengxu!”

“That’s right, especially the previous round; it was clearly a counter-attribute battle, but he won against the opponent with such ease.”

“Tsk, it seems that even in the National Competition, there’s a huge gap between contestants.”

“Speaking of which, what about Qiao Sang’s school? Is no one coming? What are they thinking? Such an awesome contestant from their school and no one comes to cheer her on?”

… …

Yuhua Region.

Zhehai Province, Hanggang City.

Saint Water Middle School.

The Holy Water Arena was filled with noise.

“Holy cow, it’s over already?! I feel like my walk from the classroom here was longer than the two battles combined!”

“Exactly, my butt hasn’t even warmed up yet!”

“Qiao Dashen is Qiao Dashen! Still dominating at the National Competition!”

Just as everyone was discussing excitedly, Principal Wang Weidou walked onto the stage with a microphone, cleared his throat, and said seriously:

“We will be selecting a group of students to go to the Mid-Air Region as cheerleaders. Does anyone present have the intention to go?”

The Holy Water Arena fell silent for a few seconds, then the scene instantly exploded, with everyone raising their hands, wishing they could press their hands directly in front of the principal.

“Me, me, me! Pick me! I’m tall, handsome, and have a good image! I definitely won’t disgrace Saint Water Middle School!”

“Me! Pick me! I have a loud voice! My cheers will definitely drown out all other schools!”

“Me! Pick me! I’ve spoken to Qiao Sang three times! She’ll feel a sense of familiarity if I go!”

“Qiao Dashen is participating in the Senior Three section of the National Competition, so of course, we should choose from our Senior Three students!”

“Qiao Sang is from our Senior One! It must be our Senior One students who go!”

“If that’s the case, Qiao Dashen trained the longest with our Senior Two School Team, so we should choose from our Senior Two students!”

“Choose from our Senior Three!”

“Senior One! Choose Senior One!”

“Choose Senior Two! Choose Senior Two!”

Amidst the clamoring voices, Wang Weidou nodded with satisfaction. He had panicked a bit when he received Liu Yao’s text message not long ago. It’s just cheerleading, with so many people, was he still afraid he couldn’t pick a group of cheerleaders whose morale would overwhelm other schools?

… …

The first stage of the National Competition lasted for three full days.

During this period, due to the number of participants, another competition was held in a different venue for 65 eliminated contestants, from which one contestant was re-promoted to the National Competition.

Thus, a total of 66 people entered the second stage of the National Competition.

On the eve of the second stage of the National Competition, Qiao Sang sat on Ya Bao and flew high into the sky, following the navigation.

As the altitude increased, more and more people wearing oxygen masks appeared in the air, breathing.

The reason why Flying-type Pets are so popular in the Mid-Air Region is that the Mid-Air Region has developed to the point where aerial buildings can be constructed at high altitudes.

However, building structures in the clouds is not an easy task, so there are far fewer buildings in the clouds than on land.

And all the buildings that can appear in the clouds are without exception built with huge investment.

The most iconic Pet battle arena in the Mid-Air Region—the Imperial Capital Pet Battle Arena—is built above the clouds.

The Mu Zhen Auction is also held in a building above the clouds, and Qiao Sang was currently heading there.

“Xiao Xunbao?”

Looking at the increasing number of people wearing helmet-like devices, Xiao Xunbao showed a curious expression and called out, asking what those people were wearing.

“Those are oxygen masks,” Qiao Sang replied.

“Xiao Xunbao?”

Xiao Xunbao continued to be curious, asking what was the use of wearing an oxygen mask.

Qiao Sang said, “Because we’re flying too high, there’s too little oxygen, so we have to wear them.”

“Xiao Xunbao?”

Xiao Xunbao looked at her Yu Beast Master and tilted her head.

You don’t need to wear one?

Qiao Sang patiently explained, “Ya Bao and Lu Bao have both evolved, and I also have you, so the feedback I receive is enough for me to stay at high altitudes.”

The Mid-Air Region has high-altitude instructions that clearly state that D-level Beastmasters can go above the clouds without wearing an oxygen mask.

Although she hadn’t taken the D-level Beastmaster assessment, her strength was already there; she just hadn’t gone through the process yet.

“Xun!”

Xiao Xunbao nodded, showing an expression of sudden realization.

Then she seemed to think of something, took off her ring, rummaged inside, and pulled out the game helmet she hadn’t played with for a long time, putting it on her head.

“Xiao Xunbao~”

After doing all this, Xiao Xunbao poked her Yu Beast Master’s shoulder with a short toe.

Qiao Sang turned to look.

“Xiao Xunbao~”

Xiao Xunbao grinned, indicating if this looked a lot like an oxygen mask.

Qiao Sang: “… …”

Half an hour later, Ya Bao stopped outside a magnificent white building.

Generations of heirs, dressed in formal wear and evening gowns, walked inside.

Qiao Sang dismounted from Ya Bao and couldn’t help but step on the cloud-like ground, which felt like cotton candy, a couple of times.

Not to mention, it was quite soft…

Before she came, she had learned that these clouds were not the kind seen by looking up normally, but rather floating clouds created by Flying-type Pets.

After stepping on them a couple more times, Qiao Sang, holding the now shrunken Ya Bao, walked towards the white building not far away.

The men and women walking into the white building nearby stopped in surprise and turned to look.

Whose child is this?

She actually came in a school uniform?

Qiao Sang had been competing during this period, watched by thousands of people almost every day, and had long grown accustomed to public attention.

I didn’t expect so many people in the Mid-Air Region to recognize me, my accursed fame… Qiao Sang straightened her back, her expression normal, and handed her invitation card to a Staff, took the number plate with bidding number “67”, and walked in.

The Mu Zhen Auction was held in the hall on the second floor of the white building, covering an area of over six hundred square meters, with thick carpets and luxurious, layered crystal chandeliers hanging from the ceiling.

Rows of walnut-colored chieftain chairs were arranged side by side.

Qiao Sang looked around and noticed some VIP boxes with large floor-to-ceiling windows above.

There are even VIP boxes… Qiao Sang retracted her gaze, walked to the long table covered with a white tablecloth at the back, took three pastries, handed one to Ya Bao, one to Xiao Xunbao, ate one herself, and then sat down in a chieftain chair in the back row.

Everyone kept glancing at the young girl sitting in the back row.

There was no other way; everyone present was dressed in suits and exquisite evening gowns.

The young girl was simply too out of place.