Beast Taming: Starting From Zero
Chapter 543: Where’s the promised Fire Fang!
Compared to Qiao Sang’s calmness, Naiteng’s mindset was subtly on the verge of collapsing.
How could he, a Yu Beast Master with a bit of fame, be instantly defeated in two consecutive matches? What would others think of him?
If his opponent had been a Yu Beast Master ranked higher than him in the Pet Arena Championship, he might have felt a little better.
But the opponent in front of him was clearly a new face, and still an underage one at that, which made him wonder where he would put his face in the future.
Naiteng felt as if he could already hear the audience’s mockery.
In fact, there wasn’t much mockery; there were more people cursing and grumbling.
The audience who had previously been celebrating their 3:1 bet collectively broke down.
“What’s going on? He lost the second match in less than a minute. Is he putting on a show for me?”
“They all know that Pet is a Fire System and Superpower System, yet there’s no precaution at all?”
“I’m really fed up! One match wasn’t enough; the second match was the same. How can someone like this be ranked 68th in the Pet Arena Championship?!”
The scene was filled with curses.
Although the Commentator also wanted to use some inelegant expletives to express his surprise, he ultimately restrained himself with decades of professional ethics.
“Qiao Sang has won again!” The Commentator passionately spoke into the microphone: “I believe this match exceeded everyone’s expectations! Qiao Sang first had her Pet use a clone to confuse the Suction Cup Beast, and then decisively ended the battle with a Profound Level Fire Fang!”
“It was simple and direct! Naiteng had no time to react at all!”
“However, this round also brought a question to my mind: Is Naiteng too reliant on items? If the Suction Cup Beast hadn’t been wearing a Pet Sensor Ring, would Naiteng have been more cautious in the recent match?”
Having said almost everything he wanted, the Commentator asked Wang Xuezhi, who was next to him, without much hope:
“Miss Wang Xuezhi, what do you think of this match?”
Wang Xuezhi leaned closer to the microphone and said, “I really want to know what this Pet is called. My Pet Identifier couldn’t identify it just now.”
Even though Wang Xuezhi’s answer had nothing to do with his question, the Commentator was so moved that he almost shed tears.
She spoke!
He was finally not acting alone!
And this sentence made the scene slightly quiet down, followed by an even greater uproar.
For a moment, everyone forgot their anger and focused all their attention on the magnificently shaped Pet.
“How can the Pet Identifier not find it?”
“Impossible, even a legendary Pet should be identifiable by the Pet Identifier!”
“Is Wang Xuezhi’s Pet Identifier an old model?”
“She’s using the latest model from the Omniscient brand!” a fan who knew Wang Xuezhi said.
At this moment, one audience member looked astonished: “Oh my god! It really can’t be identified!”
The people around looked over and saw that the audience member who spoke was pointing a Pet Identifier at the red and white Pet in the arena.
Seeing this, everyone took out their own Pet Identifiers and started to identify it.
Soon, everyone was stunned.
“Did yours identify it?”
“No… How about yours?”
“Mine didn’t either…”
“What kind of situation would cause a Pet Identifier not to identify a Pet?”
“This Pet is unknown and hasn’t been recorded by the Alliance!”
“How can there be a Pet that even the Alliance doesn’t know about!”
“There’s another possibility.”
“What?”
“This Pet isn’t from our Super Dormant Star.”
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Although it was now an interstellar society, there was actually little chance of encountering Pets from other planets.
Each planet’s Pet Identifier only recorded the Pets from their own planet.
However, there weren’t no Identifiers that recorded all known interstellar Pets; it was just that such Identifiers were “touchingly expensive,” and ordinary people wouldn’t buy them at all.
None of the audience members present had such a Pet Identifier.
Realizing that the nameless Pet in the arena was very likely from another planet, the audience instantly cast aside the matter of winning or losing, and in unison, pulled out their phones, excitedly pointing them at the unknown Pet in the arena to take photos and post them on social media.
At this moment, the countdown for the third match had just ended.
This time, Naiteng’s Pet launched the first attack.
Its claws plunged directly into the ground, and hard rocks immediately emerged from the ground, continuously approaching Ya Bao’s direction.
The sheer number of rocks almost occupied half of the arena.
Ya Bao opened its mouth, and the swirling, brilliant flames instantly shattered the rocks blocking its path.
Rockdora, a High Level Rock System Pet, extremely strong in defense, with a sharp horn on its head that can easily destroy rocks… Its characteristic is Sturdy, meaning that when at full health, it will not be knocked out by a single attack, even one-hit knockout moves have no effect, which means it has one chance to survive a fatal blow… However, Rockdora had already battled a few times, so its condition was not optimal, and this characteristic could be disregarded… Qiao Sang looked at the Pet in front of her, entirely composed of huge gray rocks, with a sharp horn on its head and sharp spikes covering its lower jaw, and the information the Commentator had previously stated flashed through her mind.
“Fire Fang.”
Qiao Sang said calmly.
Because their attention was all on the Pet, almost no one noticed Qiao Sang making a finger-up gesture.
Only Ya Bao noticed.
The next second, it vanished from its original spot.
It’s that move again… Naiteng instinctively became alert.
Although he was confident that Rockdora could withstand this move, the two previous instant defeats still left him with some psychological trauma.
If he lost to the same move again this time, he really wouldn’t be able to show his face.
Naiteng dared not be careless and quickly gave a command to respond:
“Spike!”
Spike, full name Spiky Rock Attack.
Instead of defending, it’s better to take this opportunity to counterattack! Fire Fang is a skill that must be attacked at close range. He wanted to see whether Fire Fang would hit Rockdora first, or Spiky Rock Attack would hit the opponent first. At worst, it would be a trade of blows, and he believed that with Rockdora’s defense, it would definitely not lose… Naiteng’s confidence greatly increased as he thought of this.
But soon, his face changed drastically, and he uncharacteristically shouted three words:
“Dodge quickly!”
In the arena, Rockdora stood still, its fists colliding, and large and small sharp rocks continuously shot out from its body in all directions, making it impossible for anyone to approach.
But the attack Ya Bao launched was not Fire Fang, but Destructive Beam.
When Naiteng said “Dodge quickly,” Destructive Beam had already been unleashed.
A thick white beam of light shot diagonally down from mid-air at an incredible speed, obliterating the sharp rocks and accurately hitting Rockdora.
Rockdora’s entire body was completely enveloped by the white beam of light.
“Rock! ! !”
After a miserable scream, the white beam of light dissipated, and Rockdora lay on the ground with its eyes closed.
Naiteng seemed unable to bear such a blow, and his face instantly turned pale.
What happened to the promised Fire Fang?
Although Rockdora was the strongest defensively among the three Pets, it had still competed in a few matches earlier, and its physical condition had deteriorated somewhat…
She had originally thought that after she said Fire Fang, Naiteng would have Rockdora use a defensive skill, but she didn’t expect him to use Spiky Rock Attack… But it wasn’t a big problem; she had studied it beforehand. Whether it was defense or attack, Rockdora basically performed them while standing still… Qiao Sang recalled her tactics from just now.
First, mention Fire Fang to mislead the opponent; otherwise, if she directly said Destructive Beam, the opponent would definitely choose to move to dodge.
Everything indeed went as she had planned.
Although Ya Bao was not very smart normally, its tacit understanding with her during battles was impeccable; it understood her true meaning with just a glance and a gesture.