Chapter 70: Exhibition Match

The award ceremony was held after Sha Duo and Gao Xulu’s exhibition match.

Before Qiao Sang left the arena, a Staff member specifically ran over to ask for her seat number in the audience, saying it was for inviting her onto the stage to receive her award later.

Unlike the formal award presentations of her previous life, the current Yu Beast Master society generally preferred more flashy entrance methods.

The Yu Beast Master Competition was fine, only the entrance for the award ceremony was a bit flashy.

However, the Coordination Competition required even the contestants’ initial entrances to be exceptionally creative.

The difference was that for the Coordination Competition, contestants had to rack their brains for their own entrances.

But for the Yu Beast Master Competition, the entrance method was handled by the organizer’s planning, and those receiving awards only needed to quietly wait for the arrangements.

Qiao Sang returned to the audience, and before Bai Yunmiao could speak, an uncle sitting on the other side enthusiastically said:

“Child, which school are you from? You performed wonderfully, much better than my good-for-nothing son.”

Just as Qiao Sang was about to answer, an aunt sitting in front also turned her head and said, “Child, are you here alone? Didn’t your parents come?”

“Student Qiao, do you have plans for the summer? If not, come to our Longwu Beginner Pet All-Day Care Institution. Your Fire Fang Dog can play to its heart’s content and unleash its nature there. I’ll give you a one-tenth discount,” said a young man also sitting in front.

For a moment, there were voices chatting all around.

Qiao Sang responded to each of them.

She wasn’t really used to interacting with so many strangers.

In her previous life, she lived in a fast-paced city where people had strong boundaries with strangers and were emotionally detached.

Forget living in the same complex; even neighbors living across the hall might not greet each other when they met face-to-face.

But the strangers speaking to her now were genuinely warm and full of goodwill.

Qiao Sang somewhat understood that this was related to her winning first place, but more importantly, people in her previous life all had their own things to do.

Everyone had their own social circle.

This circle was so small that once they left school, or their workplace, or even their home, there might be no one left to talk to.

Because there was no intersection between people, no common topics to chat about.

But now, the commonality of Pets tightly linked them together.

When the background music started playing and the Commentator announced the official start of Sha Duo and Gao Xulu’s exhibition match, the people around quieted down and turned their attention back to the arena.

“Qiao Genius, you’re even more amazing than the people who just graduated from our school. If they came, I don’t think they’d get first place,” Bai Yunmiao said with a face full of adoration.

“Don’t just praise me randomly. The truly strong ones at this stage probably didn’t even come to participate,” Qiao Sang said, casually taking off the sunglasses from Fire Fang Dog’s face.

She had felt awkward about those sunglasses on Fire Fang Dog’s face for a long time.

“Ya?”

Fire Fang Dog felt the change in its vision, lowered its head, and used its paw to take the sunglasses back from its Yu Beast Master’s hand, putting them back on.

Qiao Sang: “…”

Who was it that refused to wear them at first?

“After all, it clashed with the Interstellar Cup competition time, but even so, not to mention those before you, Hou Xiangyu and Wei Wenya, who competed against you later, one is from Litan High School, and the other just got into Yongda University. And you, how old are you? Which normal person…”

Bai Yunmiao’s words were interrupted by Qiao Sang.

“Look quickly, Sha Duo sent out Four-Way Swallow.”

Bai Yunmiao immediately quieted down and looked into the arena.

The red star array in front of Sha Duo had just disappeared.

Before a Yu Beast Master displays their rank badge, the color of the star array is the common standard for confirming a Yu Beast Master’s level.

F-level Beastmaster’s star array is white, E-level Beastmaster’s star array is gray, D-level Beastmaster’s star array is green, and C-level Beastmaster’s star array is orange-yellow.

Red is the symbol of a B-level Beast Tamer, or rather, it’s proof that Sha Duo can contract five Pets.

Gao Xulu’s star array was also red.

Under her red star array, a Pet about three meters long, with a red back, grayish-white belly, and pure white wingtips and tail feathers, appeared on the field with its wings spread.

Not only that, most of its feathers had somewhat eerie patterns.

They didn’t look naturally grown; instead, they looked like they had been deliberately carved onto it.

Based on her limited knowledge, Qiao Sang vaguely knew that these patterns were very expensive…

There are many professions derived from Pets, and Pet Spirit Engravers are one of them.

They can use special techniques to draw patterns on Pets that can produce various effects.

These patterns can either accelerate energy condensation, increase defense and attack power, or enhance or inhibit the Pet’s reproductive ability.

In short, there are many corresponding effects, but they have time and usage limits.

Formal competitions do not allow Pets participating in them to have carved patterns, because this power is similar to the effect of wearing an item, belonging to external power and not the Pet itself.

However, what was about to take place was an exhibition match, so let alone carved patterns, even directly wearing items would not be commented on.

Because exhibition matches don’t require a winner or loser; they only need to be stopped at the right moment.

But some people who supported Sha Duo expressed their incomprehension, such as Bai Yunmiao.

“Gao Xulu’s strength is already greater than Sha Duo’s, so why did she send out a Fierce Arrow Fire Owl with patterns? Isn’t that bullying?”

“Maybe the effect of these patterns isn’t to increase strength,” Qiao Sang guessed.

“You have a point,” Bai Yunmiao was immediately convinced.

Their gazes focused on the Four-Way Swallow and Fierce Arrow Fire Owl, which were already fiercely clashing in the air.

Although the Four-Way Swallow was a bit smaller than the Fierce Arrow Fire Owl, its aura was not inferior to it at all.

The two Pets exchanged several blows in a flash, releasing skills as if they didn’t require energy.

After each skill collision, the two Pets would tacitly pull apart and then fly in another direction to attack each other, which everyone found incredibly exciting.

Sha Duo and Gao Xulu had not given any commands.

After clashing for about ten minutes like this, the Four-Way Swallow avoided a Fierce Arrow Fire Owl’s Air Inferno attack, then suddenly turned and flew towards the audience.

The Fierce Arrow Fire Owl behind it followed closely, not forgetting to cast a Fierce Gale during the chase.

The Four-Way Swallow didn’t look behind it, but seemed to sense the danger, and with a flap of its wings, it dodged the attack.

It was very thrilling, especially the action of the two Flying-type Pets Flying towards the audience, which intensified this sense of excitement.

“Holy crap!”

“Oh my god!”

“Ahhhhhh!”

“Help!”

The direction the two Pets flew was the A Area audience seats. The people in the audience all covered their heads and crouched down, fearing they would be affected.

The Four-Way Swallow flew extremely low, passing by the audience every time.

Fortunately, the Fierce Arrow Fire Owl behind it did not release any more skills.

It was just that the two Pets appeared in the audience, chasing each other, and each time they lowered their Flying height to get close to the audience. This feeling was even more thrilling than riding a roller coaster.

Qiao Sang watched with a pounding heart.

Seeing that the Four-Way Swallow was about to fly to the C Area, Qiao Sang held Fire Fang Dog with one hand and pulled Bai Yunmiao with the other, crouching down in advance.

Within three breaths, the Four-Way Swallow appeared in the C Area audience seats.

Qiao Sang felt the intense air circulation above her. As the Four-Way Swallow passed her, it caused her ponytail to swing violently in the wind.

Fortunately, the Four-Way Swallow flew away quickly.

Qiao Sang breathed a sigh of relief. Just as she looked up, her body suddenly left her seat and appeared dozens of meters in the air.

“Ahhhhhh!”

“Ya!!!”

Qiao Sang was scared, Fire Fang Dog was excited.

Six seconds later, Qiao Sang appeared on the awards stage with a pale face, standing next to Wei Wenya, who was also bloodless.

“I now announce that the Bai Xin Competition award ceremony officially begins!”