Chapter 702: Too unreliable (Happy Lantern Festival!)

Qiao Sang stood at the edge of the rooftop, overlooking the area below, her feet not moving in the slightest.

With Xiao Xunbao by her side, and her current defensive capabilities, being targeted for an attack didn’t make her feel scared at all; instead, she felt a hidden excitement.

It seems everyone has a strong opinion of her, even thinking of directly attacking her personally…

“Ya!”

Xiao Xunbao called out, asking if they should strike first and deal with these humans!

“Your thinking is very dangerous…” Qiao Sang said.

“No need. We don’t need to do anything right now. We just need to wait for others to attack.”

Her goal was Points, and Points were obtained through Pets. Attacking a Yu Beast Master was of no benefit to her.

And actively going out to attack those Pets would cause Xiao Xunbao and the others to leave her side.

Since the opponent’s current target was herself, if one of Xiao Xunbao or the others were missing, her safety factor would decrease.

“Ya ya…”

Xiao Xunbao heard its Yu Beast Master’s words and suppressed the urge to rush down and attack.

It stared intently at the humans below who were discussing how to deal with its Yu Beast Master, and the flame wings on both sides of its body uncontrollably expanded and burned.

…

Under the eaves, the boy with a face full of acne who had suggested directly attacking the Yu Beast Master himself inexplicably shivered, subconsciously glancing towards the rooftop.

At this moment, the girl next to him spoke, instantly drawing his attention back:

“Do you think the school buildings can be destroyed?”

Everyone immediately turned their gaze.

“What do you want to do?” one of the boys asked.

“Our previous fights were too constrained,” the girl said calmly, stating her opinion. “But if we fight without restraint, we don’t have no chance of winning. The Ice Flower Seal restricts the movement of most Pets. We can’t get through, but that doesn’t mean we can’t make the opponent change locations.”

Everyone remained silent, signaling with their eyes for her to continue.

The girl continued:

“Lightning-type Pets or Pets with weather-type skills can release skills above her head, forcing her to leave that spot.”

“If the school buildings are allowed to be destroyed, we could also have Ice Kexilu directly Space Movement a High-level Pet to the floor below her, attacking from below.”

Everyone was very hesitant.

They felt that this plan would indeed greatly increase their chances of winning, but destroying school buildings would be very troublesome.

They had just entered the school, and it was inevitable that they would think twice before acting.

Even in previous battles, they always thought of meeting in an open space without buildings nearby, and even if they were initially blinded by anger, they still thought of getting close to the rooftop before attacking.

If a Pet’s skill caused damage to a building during a battle, would the school impose disciplinary action?

They had finally gotten into Yu Liandun University and did not want to be punished on the first day of school.

In the midst of the silence, the boy with a face full of acne spoke:

“Did you forget? The assessment can take place anywhere.”

Upon hearing this, everyone paused, subconsciously pondering.

They had indeed seen this information, but could any location mean they could freely destroy school buildings?

Didn’t it mean any battleground or open space in the school?

Just as everyone was still hesitating, the senior sister who had come out of the building earlier, looking to be in her early twenties, and who had stayed to watch the commotion, smiled and said:

“You just go ahead and fight without restraint. In our school, Pet battles causing building damage is a very common occurrence.”

Saying that, she pointed to the building diagonally opposite where Qiao Sang was, and said:

“See that building? Last semester, a Pet of a doctor in our school had an energy control error and used a Lightning-type skill, directly piercing through the building from top to bottom, and nothing happened.”

“Our school has a dedicated maintenance department responsible for building repairs. Every day, they repair damaged areas of the school, so just fight boldly.”

“If you can’t fight freely in battles at our Yu Liandun University, what kind of place would that be?”

As expected of the third-ranked Top Universities in the interstellar… Everyone’s eyes lit up, and they no longer hesitated, eagerly introducing their Pets to the girl with Ice Kexilu, vying for the chance to be Space Movemented over.

…

On the rooftop.

Qiao Sang was very satisfied looking at the continuously increasing Points on the virtual panel.

Although she didn’t know how many Points it would take to invite those S-rank big shots, if it continued to increase like this, she would definitely be the wealthiest among the new students of the Beast Taming Department this year.

As soon as the thought arose, hard tree roots suddenly drilled out of the ground, and the moment they emerged, they became soft, twisting like tentacles and wrapping around Qiao Sang.

Qiao Sang was startled and instinctively dodged.

She retreated two steps in a row.

The next moment, a hard tree root emerged from the ground behind her, quickly wrapping around Qiao Sang’s ankle.

“Whoosh!”

The instant it wrapped around, a purple blade cut through the air, tearing the tree root into two halves with a whistling sound.

Immediately after, Qiao Sang rose into the air, landing on Steel Treasure’s back.

They actually attacked from below… Qiao Sang stared at the ground on the rooftop damaged by the tree roots, quietly tensing her nerves and concentrating her energy, not daring to be careless.

From the recent attack, it seemed everyone was even more irritable than she thought, directly destroying buildings…

The tree roots twisted, and seeing no target, they retracted downwards.

“Ya!”

Just then, Xiao Xunbao covered the retracting tree root with a paw.

Then, it retracted its paw and pulled upwards with force.

The ground split open, and a Pet with a body size of about two meters, mostly green, and paws that looked like tree roots, was immediately pulled out.

Xiao Xunbao flicked it upwards, then spat out an invisible but high-temperature flame that distorted the surrounding scenery.

“Root! Root!”

The Pet with paws that looked like tree roots screamed and fell to the ground.

“Boom!!!”

At the same time, there was a loud bang in the sky, and thunder rumbled.

Qiao Sang looked up and saw that the sky above was dark, with yellow electric snakes dancing, as if they were about to strike down at any second, while outside of the area directly above her head, the rest of the sky was cloudless.

She keenly saw the yellow, winged figure flashing between the lightning.

“Xiao Xunbao, shrink!” Qiao Sang said at an extremely fast pace.

“Ice Ke.” Xiao Xunbao also sensed the danger, extended its paw, and pressed the shrinking bracelet, its body slowly shrinking.

“Thunder! Thunder!”

A high-pitched cry sounded above, and from the oppressive black clouds, dozens of lightning bolts suddenly shot out, tearing through the clouds and striking downwards.

“You’re not the only ones with Space Movement…” Qiao Sang said calmly.

“Xiao Xunbao.”

“Xiao Xunbao~”

The specific command wasn’t given, but Xiao Xunbao inexplicably understood its Yu Beast Master’s meaning.

Its eyes glowed blue, and it let out a cry.

Qiao Sang and Steel Treasure then disappeared, reappearing outside the range of the black clouds.

Also appearing at the same time was the falling Xiao Xunbao.

Qiao Sang reached out and steadily caught it.

Xiao Xunbao’s Space Movement teleportation is really getting more and more precise now… Qiao Sang glanced at the yellow Pet dozens of meters directly opposite her, feeling a surge of emotion.

…

“Holy cow! Her Pet can also Space Movement!” Under the eaves, a black-haired boy exclaimed, looking at the scene in the sky.

“Her Flame Qilu is a General-level Pet; it’s not strange for it to know Space Movement,” the boy with a face full of acne said, looking at the tiny figure in the distant high sky, taking a deep breath, and lying against his conscience to calm everyone’s emotions.

Pets have always had a main attribute and a sub-attribute. It is much easier for a Pet to learn skills of its main attribute than its sub-attribute.

That Pet called Flame Qilu’s Fire-type characteristic was so obvious; its main attribute was clearly Fire-type at a glance. She didn’t expect it to even know Space Movement, which is widely recognized as a difficult high-level skill among all Superpower System skills…

“She has changed positions. Can I summon my Thunderstorm Bird back now?” the red-haired girl next to him said, her voice slightly worried.

“Don’t rush. While her attention is on your Thunderstorm Bird, have Ice Kexilu Space Movement another one that can fight in the air…” The boy with a face full of acne’s voice abruptly stopped.

The others around him also quieted down.

The red-haired girl realized something was wrong and looked up into the sky in the direction they were staring.

They saw a Pet about six meters in size, with magnificent crimson fur all over its body, appearing eerily demonic as it seemed to be entirely ablaze under the illumination of its huge flame wings, biting fiercely into the Thunderstorm Bird.

The Thunderstorm Bird let out a miserable cry, and the surrounding lightning immediately became chaotic, wildly darting around.

But the yellow lightning striking Flame Qilu’s body was like rain falling on it, seemingly without any attack power, and not provoking any reaction from it; it just held onto the Thunderstorm Bird tightly.

This scene made everyone’s hearts tighten.

The Thunderstorm Bird that was sent out was a powerful Lightning-type Pet with strong attack power, and its Thunder Destruction had even reached the late stage of mastery. Yet, such a destructive Pet could not cause damage to Flame Qilu.

Is the gap between High-level Pet and General-level Pet really that big…

Everyone’s hearts sank to rock bottom at this moment.

“Bang!!!”

With a loud bang, an Exploding Flame Bullet was fired from Xiao Xunbao’s mouth. The Thunderstorm Bird, at the center of the explosion, was instantly enveloped in a red light sphere, and the terrifying flame energy made the surrounding air currents surge like tides, wave after wave.

Xiao Xunbao instantly moved to Qiao Sang’s side.

In the red air currents, the Thunderstorm Bird fell downwards with its eyes closed.

So strong… Qiao Sang glanced at Xiao Xunbao.

Xiao Xunbao hadn’t had a proper battle since evolving into a General-level Pet. She knew it was strong, but she never knew it was this strong. It could remain so unperturbed amidst such powerful Lightning-type skills, as if it hadn’t been struck by lightning at all…

“Ya!”

Just then, Xiao Xunbao called out, indicating that it needed Healing.

Qiao Sang was stunned for a moment, then realized that faint yellow electric arcs were subtly appearing on its body.

Qiao Sang: “…”

Good heavens, so it did take damage, but it was just enduring and not showing it on its face…

“Ice Ke.”

Without Qiao Sang giving the command, the gem on Xiao Xunbao’s forehead immediately lit up with blue light, shining on Xiao Xunbao’s body.

…

Under the eaves, everyone watched this scene in silence.

A few seconds later, the red-haired girl, who was the Thunderstorm Bird’s Yu Beast Master, sighed:

“How about we give up, we…”

She didn’t finish her last few words, but everyone knew what those words were.

“Can’t win.”

They couldn’t win… Everyone realized this once again.

One General-level Pet, Flame Qilu, was already this strong, practically instantly defeating the Thunderstorm Bird, and Qiao Sang also had another General-level Pet, Ghost Ring King.

Even if they managed to cause damage with great difficulty, her Ice Kexilu also had Healing-type skills…

Everyone’s faces were dejected; as much spirit as they had earlier, they were now equally disheartened.

The scene of Flame Qilu enduring the lightning and instantly defeating the Thunderstorm Bird truly left them unable to say anything about having hope of winning.

“I have an idea,” a voice suddenly rang out.

Everyone looked over and saw that it was the guy who had made several suggestions earlier.

“What other ideas do you have?” the boy in the hat said impatiently.

The boy with a face full of pimples straightened his expression and said,

“Let’s send out all the Pets that can still fight, but not blindly. Instead, we’ll divide them into four groups, attacking each of her four Pets separately. As long as we have enough Pets, we can hold back her two General-level Pets, even if only for a few seconds, which will give us enough time to punish her.”

“That Steel Guardian Falcon is a Mid-level Pet; we don’t even need to consider it. Although the other Ice Kexilu is a High-level Pet, it’s Water and Ice dual-attribute, so it can’t fight in the air at all.”

At this Point, he emphasized his tone and said seriously,

“Don’t send Pets over one by one anymore; let’s go all together!”

“Look,” the boy with a face full of pimples pointed to the sky outside, which had returned to calm, “the Ice Flower Seal is gone.”

Everyone followed the direction he pointed, and their hearts, which had died, began to beat rapidly again.

At this moment, a girl hesitantly said, “But that Flame Qilu has Space Movement; we probably can’t hold it back.”

As soon as these words came out, everyone’s recently re-animated hearts cooled down again.

The boy with a face full of pimples scanned around and said seriously,

“With so many of us, can’t we find a Pet with skills like Shadow Step or Shadow Nail?”

Everyone’s spirits lifted, and their heartbeats rekindled for the nth time.

Soon, someone shouted, “My Ghost-type Pet knows Shadow Nail!”

“Mine knows Dark Shadow Control!”

Seeing that many people had skills that countered Space Movement, everyone decided to fight again.

“Good! Then let’s try one last time!”

“Whatever, it’s already like this anyway, I agree with this plan!”

“Count me in. Although I only have one Mid-level Pet left now, every second I can hold them back counts!”

In fact, everyone didn’t have much hatred or resentment towards Qiao Sang; it was just that they had already shown a determined attitude to fight to the end. Retreating now would make them seem cowardly.

If they were driven by anger to fight before, now it was a matter of face.

…

High in the sky.

The blue light dispersed, and the paralysis effect on Xiao Xunbao disappeared.

Qiao Sang looked at the countdown on the virtual panel and found that there were only twenty minutes left.

She pressed the side of the smart glasses frame, and the virtual panel disappeared.

Xiao Xunbao has returned to its original appearance and even showed off a bit; they shouldn’t come at her again, right… Qiao Sang thought to herself as she looked up, then froze.

She saw the sky was a dense, dark mass, with a group of Flying-type Pets of various shapes carrying Pets of other attributes approaching her.

Holy cow! As expected of a Yu Liandun University freshman, they still want to fight her even after seeing Xiao Xunbao’s strength… Qiao Sang’s eyes subtly revealed a hint of excitement.

If this large group were all frozen by Ice Flower, Lu Bao’s Points would probably skyrocket…

Qiao Sang dared not miss the opportunity and said, “Ice Flower Seal!”

“Ice Ke.”

Lu Bao jumped to her Yu Beast Master’s head, tilted her head slightly, and opened her mouth.

But in the next moment, Qiao Sang felt her head lighten.

Qiao Sang froze for a moment, reached up to touch her head, and found it empty.

!!!

Qiao Sang was stunned.

Where’s Lu Bao? Where’s my big Lu Bao?!

“Steel Guard.”

At this moment, Steel Treasure changed direction and called out, indicating that the third one was over there.

Qiao Sang suddenly looked up and saw Lu Bao appearing on the claw of a round, mostly pink Pet in the distance.

Space Movement, this Pet used Space Movement to directly transfer Lu Bao over… Qiao Sang keenly drew this conclusion.

She waved her hand, then froze.

Lu Bao couldn’t be summoned back? Qiao Sang looked in the direction of the pink Pet and found a mostly black Ghost-type Pet with only one eye on its entire face beside it.

Her gaze shifted down, and she saw the shadows connecting it and Lu Bao.

Dark Shadow Control… Qiao Sang’s heart sank.

The opponent first used Space Movement, then Dark Shadow Control; this was clearly planned…

“Xiao Xunbao!” Qiao Sang called out, but Xiao Xunbao, who usually responded immediately, did not reply.

She turned her head and saw Xiao Xunbao being surrounded by a group of High-level Pets, all about three meters in size. They moved in a encirclement, releasing skills of various colored attributes.

Bang, bang, bang!!!

Violent sounds erupted from another direction.

Qiao Sang sensed something and looked down, only to see another group of Pets of various shapes surrounding Xiao Xunbao.

Are they planning to separate Xiao Xunbao and the others and defeat them one by one?

As she was thinking, dozens of Pets of various sizes surrounded her.

No, their target is me… Qiao Sang’s pupils constricted, and she didn’t even have time to speak.

Dozens of skills of various attributes, like threads of various colors, shot towards her overwhelmingly.

At this moment, only one thought flashed through Qiao Sang’s mind:

They’re really ruthless!

…

Under the eaves.

Everyone watched the scene in the sky, excited yet somewhat worried.

“She won’t get hurt, will she?” a short-haired girl asked with a slight worry.

Although all of them who entered Yu Liandun University had received Pet feedback, even if they were attacked by a Pet, as long as they received timely Healing, nothing serious would usually happen.

But the person in the sky was being attacked not by one, but by a group of Pets. If something went wrong, the consequences would be unimaginable.

After all, looking at her strength, let alone freshmen, even older students probably wouldn’t have this level.

If she suffered some irreversible injury, the school would definitely not let them off the hook.

The short-haired, blond-haired boy next to her said, “Don’t worry, we just want to teach her a lesson. At the most critical moment, just before the skills hit her, we’ll have Xiyuan Coco use Space Movement to bring her in front of us, so she knows we’re not to be trifled with.”

“But,” the short-haired girl pointed to the sky, still worried, “why hasn’t she been transferred yet? I feel like if we don’t hurry, these skills are going to hit her.”

The short-haired, blond-haired boy heard this and looked up at the situation in the sky.

At this moment, Steel Guardian Falcon was carrying the young girl, descending rapidly, occasionally turning its wings to change direction, with various skills chasing wildly behind them, always giving the illusion that they would hit in the next second.

The short-haired, blond-haired boy’s eyelids twitched. He turned his head and quietly asked the red-haired girl next to him, “Why haven’t you had your Xiyuan Coco use Space Movement to bring her over yet?”

The red-haired girl took a deep breath and said,

“My Xiyuan Coco is being held back.”

What does that mean? The short-haired, blond-haired boy froze for a moment and looked in another direction in the sky.

He saw that the Pet named Ice Kexilu had somehow cast Water Mist, a vast expanse of white, also enveloping Xiyuan Coco within it.

It’s over… The short-haired, blond-haired boy’s mind went blank.

Without Xiyuan Coco, who could use Space Movement, what would happen if all those skills hit her?

Someone would die!

The short-haired, blond-haired boy’s heart tightened, and he suddenly reacted, shouting,

“Quick, everyone! Summon your Pets back first!”

Someone asked in confusion, “Why?”

“We’re about to win, don’t mess things up,” someone said impatiently.

“Win what? Xiyuan Coco’s vision is blocked, so it can’t use Space Movement. If this continues, those skills will really hit her!” the short-haired, blond-haired boy said anxiously.

Everyone froze for a moment, looking at the scene high in the sky, falling into silence for a while, very hesitant.

They had finally caught an opportunity to win, and stopping now was simply unacceptable.

But if something really happened…

…

Just as everyone hesitated.

High in the sky.

Steel Treasure moved at high speed, its figure so fast it blurred, dodging the attacks from behind again and again.

Qiao Sang leaned over and hugged Steel Treasure, the wind making it almost impossible to open her eyes.

This won’t do. Steel Treasure’s Electro-optic Flash is an explosive skill and cannot last for a long time. It will be caught by the attacks behind sooner or later… Qiao Sang’s brain was working at high speed.

Xiao Xunbao is currently surrounded by a group of High-level Pets. Even if it uses powerful attacking skills to instantly kill them, it will still take time to get here. Lu Bao is now trapped, and only Xiao Xunbao has Space Movement, which could move her and Steel Treasure to a safe location in the next second.

But Xiao Xunbao is too small and is now almost completely surrounded by High-level Pets, all about three meters in size. At its height, it simply can’t see her direction… Qiao Sang glanced at Xiao Xunbao’s location, took a deep breath, and shouted with all her might,

“Xiao…”

At the same time.

Steel Treasure felt its speed slowing down.

“Steel Guard…”

Steel Treasure listened to the whistling sound of skills cutting through the air behind it, chasing after it, its heart pounding. It was uncharacteristically unable to remain objective and calm, becoming anxious.

This won’t do; it will be caught.

Its Yu Beast Master was right behind it. If the skills caught up, she would be the first one hit.

Thinking of this, Steel Treasure’s internal energy rapidly circulated, trying to accelerate.

But the sounds of various skills breaking through the air behind it continued to get closer.

“Steel Guard!”

Steel Treasure gritted its teeth.

Just then, it felt an unprecedented crisis.

They’re going to catch up… Although it couldn’t see the movements behind it, at this moment, Steel Treasure inexplicably felt an unprecedented crisis.

Qiao Sang… Steel Treasure thought of its Yu Beast Master.

It didn’t have time to think further. Its body reacted first, spinning around. At the same time, its entire body glowed with a bright iron-gray, and it used its wings to shield Qiao Sang, directly swapping their positions.

At this moment, the two words “Qunbao” after Qiao Sang were also forgotten due to this sudden change.

Skills of various colored attributes struck Steel Treasure’s body.

Flame.

Water Mist.

Lightning.

Air Blade…

Steel Treasure fell downwards, but its wings still tightly embraced Qiao Sang.

“Steel Treasure! Steel Treasure!”

In a daze, Steel Treasure heard its Yu Beast Master’s voice.

It opened its eyes with difficulty and saw its anxious Yu Beast Master, as well as the Pets behind her who were trying to attack again.

“Steel Guard…”

Steel Treasure sighed in its heart.

Xiao Xunbao, Xiao Xunbao, Lu Bao are really, too unreliable…

The next second, a white light shone on its body.

PS: Happy Lantern Festival everyone! (End of this chapter)