Chapter 700: Sand King

“It looks like there’s going to be a big battle next. We’ll hold out for 83 minutes,” Qiao Sang said, looking at the countdown on the virtual panel.

“Steel Guard.” Xiao Xunbao saw the eyes glaring up from below and instantly understood, a look of interest appearing on its face.

“Ya!”

Ya Bao let out an excited cry, and its body slowly began to enlarge.

Seeing this, Qiao Sang quickly stopped it, “Don’t get bigger!”

Under a white fluctuation, its body, which had enlarged to about one meter, suddenly stopped, then slowly shrank, returning to its previous appearance.

“Ya ya?”

Ya Bao, having returned to the size of a Fire Fang Dog, let out a confused cry.

Aren’t they about to have a big battle? Why not get bigger?

If you transform into your original appearance, the new students who come to teach her a lesson might just be reduced by half in number… Seeing Ya Bao transform back in time, Qiao Sang felt a slight relief.

It wasn’t that she looked down on the new students of the same year; it was just that a General-level Pet was definitely the ceiling of combat power among first-year students. If this were happening to her, she definitely wouldn’t waste time on a Yu Beast Master with a General-level Pet. Instead, she would choose someone of similar strength to battle and increase her points.

After all, there wasn’t much time left in the assessment.

However, Ice Ke was nearby. Its mood had finally improved these past few days. If she were to state it directly, its mood would probably take a hit again… Qiao Sang pondered for a moment and said,

“Others don’t know your true strength. When an opponent gets close, you can catch them by surprise.”

“Ya!”

Upon hearing this, Ya Bao immediately adopted a serious expression.

It understood!

“Xiao Xunbao?”

Xiao Xunbao retracted its megaphone into a ring and looked at the Pets that had already begun to use various skills or the simplest, most primitive method—holding umbrellas—to move towards them. It let out a cry, asking if they should just let them get so close?

It had been invisible the whole time, so it naturally knew its Yu Beast Master’s intention.

“Of course not.” Qiao Sang looked at the various forms of Pets below, “Next, it’s up to you.”

“Ice Ke.”

As soon as her voice fell, Ice Ke stepped forward, opened its mouth, and exhaled a misty white fog.

These white mists were like thick smoke, spreading and diffusing in front, quickly enveloping everything in sight.

Immediately after, a massive stream of water condensed around Ice Ke’s body. Its entire body was like a giant blue water pillar, plunging down from the rooftop.

Qiao Sang stood on the rooftop, overlooking everything below.

Although everything in front was a vast expanse of white, as Ice Ke moved, one could still see a blue light changing its trajectory and angle below.

As the position of the blue light changed, the miserable cries of Pets continuously came from below.

…

“It’s Water Mist! Does anyone here have a Pet that can create wind-type skills? Quickly blow this Water Mist away!” a black boy under the eaves said impatiently.

“You don’t need to remind me.” The brown-haired girl next to him glanced at her Pet, “Hurricane Eagle, Typhoon!”

“Hurricane Hurricane!”

The eagle-type Pet, over three meters tall with mostly grey-black feathers, stepped forward, spread its wings, and then flapped them forcefully forward.

A rampant Typhoon instantly rose, sweeping away everything in front of it.

At the same time, a considerable number of Pets were using similar skills.

It’s just a relatively proficient intermediate skill, yet so many High-level Pets are using high-level skills to deal with this move. How impressive… Qiao Sang couldn’t help but sigh inwardly as she watched the scene below.

Soon, the white thick fog was blown away, revealing the figures of the fallen Pets.

“Xiao Xunbao,” Qiao Sang called out.

“Xiao Xunbao~”

Without needing to be told explicitly, Xiao Xunbao understood its Yu Beast Master’s meaning. It let out a cry, and its eyes glowed blue.

The next second, Ice Ke appeared beside it.

“Ice Ke.”

Ice Ke looked down with burning eyes, its tail wagging intermittently, clearly not having had enough fun.

About five meters away from it, clumps of fine sand emerged from the ground, slowly approaching Ice Ke’s position.

…

Under the eaves.

A boy with a face full of acne leaned casually against the wall and said,

“You all just need to attract her attention. My Pet is already in her direction. Once that Water-type Pet is restrained by my Sand Earth King, and the Ice Flower Seal stops, you all rush up.”

Upon hearing this, everyone’s expressions showed slight dissatisfaction, thinking, ‘We’re all new students, why should we listen to your command?’

The boy wearing a hat next to him snorted coldly:

“I can get over there without you.”

After speaking, he gave a look to the Pet beside him, which was about one meter tall, mostly light purple, with white bone horns on both sides of its head.

“Gurgle.”

The Pet with white bone horns let out a cry, then disappeared from its spot and reappeared on the rooftop.

However, the moment it appeared, dozens of black shadows, like silk ribbons, suddenly bound it layer by layer, turning it 180 degrees upside down, hanging it suspended above the rooftop.

The hat-wearing boy’s face changed. He waved his hand, wanting to summon it back, but found it impossible.

Soon, he saw his Pet, bound by black shadows, spinning rapidly 360 degrees like a top.

The speed was so fast that its original body outline was completely indistinguishable.

The hat-wearing boy silently covered his face.

At this moment, the boy next to him, whose face was covered in acne, laughed, “I told you my Sand Earth King has already gone over. But this is good too; it counts as attracting the Ghost-type Pet’s attention.”

The hat-wearing boy snorted coldly, not taking the hint offered to him.

The boy with acne continued on his own:

“That Water-type Pet’s Ice Flower Seal seems to have reached the Profound Level. If you all go head-on like this, you’re clearly just giving away points. Listen to me, my Sand Earth King can go anywhere through objects with sand…”

As he spoke to this point, his expression inexplicably froze for a moment, and his voice came to an abrupt halt.

“Why aren’t you talking anymore?” The hat-wearing boy waited for a long time. Seeing that the other party was silent, he couldn’t help but ask.

The boy with acne looked at the rooftop and frowned:

“She also has a High-level Pet that is not weak…”

…

One minute ago.

On the rooftop.

Clumps of fine sand slowly emerged from the ground, approaching Ice Ke’s location.

A Pet’s head, with a white face, a high-bridged nose, and eyes the size of soybeans, drilled out of the ground, staring intently in Ice Ke’s direction.

Suddenly, it sensed a gaze watching it.

The Sand Earth King suddenly turned its head, its gaze meeting that of a bird-type Pet with a white mask-like face.

“Sand Earth…”

The Sand Earth King put a claw to its mouth, signaling the other party to be quiet.

“Steel Guard.”

Steel Treasure stared at it in silence for a second, then raised a wing and pointed, letting out a cry, indicating that there was an opponent here.

Sand Earth King: “!!!”

Before the Sand Earth King could react, a striking flame suddenly sprayed over.

So they were all together… The Sand Earth King closed its eyes with a look of regret.

At the same time, the fine sand just one centimeter away from Ice Ke also dispersed.