Chapter 558: different seals

Qiao Sang fell silent, and a few seconds later, she turned her head, her eyes full of anticipation, and asked, “Teacher, have you decided who will be the starter?”

Geta and the others immediately focused their attention.

“Does anyone here want to be the starter?” Mai Ji asked in return.

“Me!”

“I do.”

“And me!”

Several voices rang out simultaneously.

Everyone exchanged silent glances, their eyes unyielding.

Being a starter meant guaranteed participation, while the two behind them would depend on luck; no one wanted to come for nothing.

Mai Ji smiled slightly and said, “Since everyone wants to play, we’ll follow our school’s rule: the most capable goes first.”

“Capable?” Qiao Sang’s eyes lit up at the words, and she straightened her back.

Just as she was about to boast about her glorious past achievements, Mai Ji continued, “Each of you report your points. The one with the highest will be the starter.”

“???”

Qiao Sang’s expression instantly froze.

Was this rule a bit too unfriendly for her, a new exchange student?!

“I have 201,” Pelegg was the first to speak.

Hugh Lewis then said, “I have 459.”

Geta smiled confidently: “I have 523.”

Mabel said apologetically, “116.”

Wait, these points don’t seem to be as many as mine… Qiao Sang’s eyes grew brighter as she listened, as if she had discovered something incredible.

“Qiao Sang, how many do you have?” Mai Ji asked.

Qiao Sang coughed and said, “697.”

Her previous 94 points, plus 500 points for a 30% brain region breakthrough, 100 points automatically given by the system after passing the D-level Beastmaster assessment and uploading her information, and an additional 3 points earned from Mabel earlier.

Her current points had already reached 697.

This… Everyone’s minds went blank.

An exchange student who had been at Sainan High School for less than a month had directly surpassed their two years of effort?

Mai Ji was not surprised by this result.

He had known each of their points as soon as he received the list of students participating in the friendly match.

It was a recognized fact that the strongest student should be the starter.

Otherwise, Qiao Sang, as an exchange student from Blue Star, would not have been selected.

In a moment of silence, Mai Ji smiled and said, “Since Qiao Sang has the most points, she will be the starter.”

Qiao Sang sincerely repented; she was wrong, this rule was simply too friendly for her!

Time passed slowly.

Qiao Sang noticed that many of the Pet individual strengths on the field were not particularly impressive, but when combined, they could produce unexpected effects.

For example, the match currently underway.

The members of this group were very interesting, with a huge size difference between the two Pets on each side.

On one side, both Pets were over two meters tall and looked quite fierce, while on the other side, both Pets were only tens of centimeters tall and were of the cute variety.

Just looking at their appearance and aura, it seemed like the two Pets over two meters tall would win.

But once on the field, the two cute-looking Pets simultaneously cast Charm, and the two Pets over two meters tall were so enchanted that they stopped attacking.

Seizing this opportunity, the two cute-looking Pets launched their attacks.

Although their attack power wasn’t very strong, they maintained the upper hand throughout the match.

Qiao Sang frowned secretly; she had encountered the Charm skill before in the National Campus Pet Beast League. At that time, she had analyzed the gender of the Mimic Spirit and sent Lu Bao into the field.

However, it seemed that team battles could not be resolved in this way.

If there were two Pets, one male and one female, then no matter who was sent out, they would fall victim to the Charm.

Is this the Charm tactic… Qiao Sang silently noted down the name of the player who owned these two Pets that could use Charm.

Omar Ashuer.

If nothing unexpected happened, if this person won, he would very likely become one of her next opponents.

After persisting for five minutes, the two Pets over two meters tall were defeated as expected.

Both sides left the field.

The big screen scrolled.

Soon, the school emblems of two schools appeared in the center.

One was a shield-shaped emblem with a blue background and a crown in the center, and the other was a circular emblem with a red background and the legendary Pet, Lesse Modo, in the center.

Immediately after, a voice came from the broadcast:

“Manque Public School, Sainan High School, please send your representatives to the field.”

At this moment, the cheers from the entire venue erupted.

At Mai Ji’s signal, Qiao Sang stood up and walked towards the field.

At the same time, she saw a tall girl with smooth golden hair leaving her seat in the first row and walking towards the field.

At Sainan High School’s seating area, Geta frowned and said,

“Levina, she actually came too.”

Pelegg said with interest,

“One is a leading figure in coordination matches among peers, and the other is a monstrous talent in Yu Beast Master battles. It’s quite interesting to see these two go against each other.”

After speaking, he turned and asked,

“Hugh Lewis, who do you think will win?”

“In a 1v1, Qiao Sang would definitely win. After all, she came here as an exchange student after winning a championship,” Hugh Lewis said slowly, looking at the golden-haired girl on the field. “But in a 2vs2, it’s really hard to say, because many people’s team battle levels differ greatly from their 1v1 battle levels.”

“But Qiao Sang should have experience in team battles, right?” Mabel retorted, “Don’t teachers always choose people with team battle experience?”

Hugh Lewis smiled and said,

“Qiao Sang was promoted directly from the first year of high school. Just think about it, a first-year high school student, spending almost an entire semester participating in national competitions, was she training her Pet’s individual combat ability or team combat ability?”

“Don’t forget, she is the champion of Yu Beast Master battles, not the champion of Yu Beast Master team battles.”

“It took her over a month to get here, so where would she have the free time to train her Pet’s team combat ability?”

“…That makes a lot of sense.” Mabel was speechless.

“Then she has no team combat experience?” Geta frowned.

At this moment, Mai Ji asked with a smile,

“You still don’t know how many High-level Pets Qiao Sang has, do you?”

What students could think of, how could teachers not think of.

It’s just that when strength reaches a certain level, some things are simply overlooked.

“It wouldn’t be three, would it?” Hugh Lewis guessed playfully.

Mai Ji smiled without speaking.

Hugh Lewis, who had initially been smiling, saw the teacher’s expression and immediately froze.

He swallowed hard and carefully asked again, “It wouldn’t really be three, would it?”

The same question, different tone.

Mai Ji smiled and said, “You guessed correctly.”

The air suddenly fell silent.

Alva, who had been listening quietly nearby, was completely bewildered.

A first-year high school student?

Spent over a month on the way here?

No team combat experience?

Three High-level Pets?

What on earth were they talking about?!

…

At the same time.

On the field.

Yabao jumped from Qiao Sang’s arms to the ground.

Qiao Sang formed hand seals, and an orange-yellow star array lit up beside Yabao.

On the other side, Levina formed hand seals.

This was a completely different set of hand seals from Qiao Sang’s at the moment.

Two green star arrays simultaneously lit up on the ground in front of her.