Chapter 743: Sure enough, he came for me (two-in-one)

Qiao Sang was tempted.

To be honest, she thought she had encountered the greatest temptation ever.

A Shattered Thunder Dragon Egg, and a purebred one at that; even those new Yu Beast Masters understood the value of this Pet Egg.

Before she got the unlimited card, she might have thought that a purebred Shattered Thunder Dragon Egg was sky-high in price, but at least it could be obtained if one could afford the price.

But now, she understood that Pet Eggs of this kind could absolutely not be obtained by money alone.

Qiao Sang was silent for a moment.

Dean Anmaria smiled faintly:

“What are you still hesitating about?”

A purebred Shattered Thunder Dragon Egg, this was something that even an S-Class Beast Master would be tempted by.

Qiao Sang suddenly said:

“I’m thinking about a question…”

Dean Anmaria responded gently: “What question?”

Qiao Sang said: “My brain domain has not yet reached the level where I can contract a fifth Pet. If this Pet Egg is in my hands, what if someone snatches it?”

Dean Anmaria felt confident, showing a smile:

“If you’re worried, this Shattered Thunder Dragon Egg can be placed with me first, and when your brain domain reaches 50% in the future, I will give it to you.”

Qiao Sang then said: “I have another question.”

“What?” Dean Anmaria remained gentle.

“I only have one semester for exchange, but my brain domain definitely won’t reach 50% by the end of this semester,” Qiao Sang said. “If I accept your conditions, I must make a decision and complete the procedures within this semester. If the procedures are done and you go back on your word, I won’t be able to change my academic status and major.”

Dean Anmaria did not feel displeased by the questioning; instead, her smile became even brighter.

In her opinion, since the other party had such concerns, they must definitely want the purebred Shattered Thunder Dragon Egg.

“I can find a Vow Responder to make an agreement with you.”

“Vow Responder?” Qiao Sang’s tone was puzzled.

“It’s a Pet from our Super Dormant Star,” Dean Anmaria explained. “An agreement made in front of it, if not honored, will bring disaster upon the person who made the agreement.”

Bring disaster? This Pet sounds far from simple… Qiao Sang’s heart stirred, but she didn’t ask further, instead saying:

“I need some time to think about it.”

Actually, she wasn’t worried about the two points mentioned above.

As the Dean of the Royal Union Dun University’s Prop Department, a person of this caliber sometimes values reputation more than scarce resources, otherwise, she wouldn’t be trying to poach her for something not yet certain in the future.

She said this just to buy more time to consider, and to stabilize the other party, indicating that she was indeed tempted.

“Of course,” Dean Anmaria smiled. “If you’ve thought it over, feel free to contact me anytime.”

As soon as she finished speaking, Qiao Sang felt everything in front of her twist again.

By the time the scene returned to calm, she was already in the familiar tiered classroom.

“Ya!”

“Xiao Xunbao!”

At this moment, the voices of Ya Bao and Xiao Xunbao sounded.

Qiao Sang lowered her head and found Ya Bao looking at her with a worried face, while she still maintained the posture of holding it.

Xiao Xunbao also appeared, staring at her with teary eyes, its claws still using a three-dimensional Dark Shadow Control to bind the Pet that was mostly covered in cotton.

Could this skill be transferring her consciousness, leaving her body behind? But if it was consciousness, how did Dean Anmaria see her? Qiao Sang suppressed the doubts in her heart and said:

“I’m fine, quickly release the other person.”

“Xiao Xunbao…”

Xiao Xunbao retracted its Dark Shadow Control.

“Bo Bo.”

The Pet, mostly covered in cotton, landed on the desk, its expression calm, as if it hadn’t been bound at all just now.

It stretched out a claw, felt around in the cotton behind itself, and then pulled out a business card, handing it over.

Qiao Sang took it and glanced at it, finding Dean Anmaria Green’s name and contact information clearly printed on it.

“Bo Bo.”

The Pet, mostly covered in cotton, let out a cry, then jumped off the desk and left.

Before leaving, it glanced in the direction where Xiao Xunbao was.

It was indeed a Pet sent by Dean Anmaria… Watching the disappearing back of the other party, Qiao Sang fell into contemplation.

Deans have been frequently contacting her these two days, it seems they are all trying to poach her for their academies because of the Royal Union Dun University’s Dean’s words…

To be honest, even without mentioning the rankings of the two Top Universities, she was from Blue Star, and her mother was there, so she would definitely lean more towards Imperial Beast Academy.

But the purebred Shattered Thunder Dragon Pet Egg was truly a major temptation… Qiao Sang reined in her scattered thoughts, then thought of something, pulled out her phone to check the time, and turned to Xiao Xunbao:

“Let’s go straight to the training ground.”

“Xiao Xunbao~”

Xiao Xunbao’s eyes glowed blue upon hearing this.

The next second, Qiao Sang’s vision went dark.

When she opened her eyes again, she saw that she was already in the training ground exclusive to the Beast Taming Department.

Most of the classmates had already arrived.

Dorothy walked over: “Why are you only just arriving now? I thought you were here early.”

“Something came up,” Qiao Sang didn’t elaborate.

Dorothy didn’t mind, instead asking: “Have you thought about which Pet to send up to demonstrate the combination skill?”

Qiao Sang nodded: “I’ve decided, let Steel Treasure go up.”

Steel Treasure? Dorothy was stunned for a moment, then understood and confirmed: “Is it Steel Guardian Falcon?”

“No,” Qiao Sang said, “It’s Steel Slash Giant Falcon.”

Steel Slash Giant Falcon? Before Dorothy could react, the male teacher for the skills class walked into the training ground.

At the same time, the class bell rang.

“Is everyone ready?” After calling out names according to the procedure, the lean-faced skills teacher scanned the room and asked.

“Ready!” the students replied.

Combining different basic skills to form a combination skill is considered truly entering the threshold of becoming a Professional Beast Tamer.

For first-year students in other schools, it’s not easy to successfully combine two skills and perform them; it requires at least a period of training.

But for students at Royal Union Dun, it’s not too difficult.

The Pets they cultivate might not have high proficiency in High Level skills, but their basic Low and Mid-level skills are definitely proficient enough.

What’s more, they had already considered combination skills long ago.

The skills teacher smiled with satisfaction:

“Since everyone is ready, is there anyone willing to be the first to come up and demonstrate?”

Many people raised their hands at the same time.

The skills teacher subtly glanced at Qiao Sang, and seeing that she hadn’t raised her hand, he casually called out a student’s name:

“Valeriy, you go.”

A blonde boy came to the center of the field.

He was accompanied by a cat-like Pet that was mostly yellow with purple and yellow spikes covering its neck and body.

Thunder Storage Cat, a High Level Electric-type Pet, capable of inhaling negative ions from the air, and the gaps between its fur also generate a large amount of negative ions, so it often makes crackling sounds. Whenever its mood shifts towards excitement, it starts to store electricity… Qiao Sang recognized the Pet on the field at a glance, and related information unconsciously surfaced in her mind.

She somehow recalled the unfamiliar Pet that could transfer her consciousness, as well as the Vow Responder and Shattered Thunder Dragon mentioned by Dean Anmaria.

Qiao Sang reflected on herself.

She had learned a lot about the Pets available on the market, but her knowledge of rarer Pets was still too narrow. It seems she needed to find time to visit the library specifically to read books about rare Pets.

After all, her future goal was the Interstellar Cup, and the Pets of individuals who can participate in such a level are certainly not simple…

In the center of the field.

After Valeriy stood still, he nodded to the Thunder Storage Cat beside him.

“Thunder Storage.”

The Thunder Storage Cat stepped forward, then its body slowly grew larger, stopping when it reached about 3 meters.

“Thunder Baseball!” Valeriy suddenly shouted.

Thunder Baseball? Is there such a skill name? Qiao Sang came back to her senses when she heard these three words, feeling a bit confused.

“Thunder Storage!”

At this moment, the Thunder Storage Cat let out a loud cry and opened its mouth.

A yellow thunderball containing violent energy instantly condensed.

Immediately after, the Thunder Storage Cat’s tail turned iron-colored, and its body twisted slightly, striking the thunderball fiercely with its iron tail.

“Whoosh!”

The thunderball instantly shot diagonally through the air.

When only a yellow dot could be seen, it exploded.

At this moment, Qiao Sang suddenly understood why it was called “Thunder Baseball”…

The combination of the two sparked a lively discussion among many people.

The skill teacher smiled and said, “Please introduce your combination skill.”

Valerie said:

“My combination skill is Thunderball plus Iron Tail. The force of the Iron Tail allows the Thunderball to be launched over a greater distance.”

“But there’s also the most important point: the trajectory of the skill sprayed from the Pet’s mouth is too easy for the opponent to see through and dodge.”

“However, if you add Iron Tail, with the body’s amplitude, as well as the force and direction of the strike, the Thunderball’s trajectory will change in different ways, making it harder for the opponent to defend against.”

“Your idea is very good.” The skill teacher said with satisfaction, “You may go down.”

After speaking, he scanned the room with his gaze: “Is there anyone else willing to come up and demonstrate?”

In the time that followed, students came up one after another to demonstrate.

Qiao Sang found that although everyone didn’t combine particularly powerful skills, their ideas were all good, allowing the skills to combine and produce an effect greater than the sum of their parts.

After more than a dozen people had gone up to demonstrate, Qiao Sang raised her hand.

Finally, she raised her hand… Seeing this, the skill teacher immediately called out: “Qiao Sang, please come up.”

As soon as these words were spoken, the entire class instantly perked up, and everyone turned their gaze to the black-haired girl with a ponytail.

If they were most eager to see who would go up and demonstrate, it was undoubtedly Qiao Sang.

Qiao Sang walked onto the field, meeting everyone’s gaze, and Xiao Xunbao leaped from her arms to the ground.

Just as everyone assumed the Pet for the demonstration was Flame Qilu, Qiao Sang formed a hand seal.

An orange-yellow star array lit up.

Soon, a massive figure, nearly eight meters tall, vaguely appeared within the star array.

This, this size feels a bit off… Everyone couldn’t help but straighten their backs, staring blankly at the scene before them.

“Steel Slash.”

When Steel Treasure’s figure was fully revealed, the scene immediately became noisy.

“What’s going on? Does Qiao Sang have this Pet? How come I didn’t know?!”

“Oh my god! This size! Could it be a King-level Pet?!”

“No, no, no, calm down! This isn’t the aura a King-level Pet should have!”

“Why does this Pet look like I’ve seen it somewhere before…”

“I remember! On the day of the freshman assessment, Steel Guardian Falcon temporarily evolved through a bond, and it looked just like this!”

“That’s right! It’s the evolved form of Steel Guardian Falcon! But why does its size feel off?!”

“Has Qiao Sang’s Steel Guardian Falcon accumulated enough energy and fully evolved?”

“That’s too fast!”

In the front row of the crowd, Dorothy suddenly remembered what Qiao Sang had told her before class and murmured, “Steel Slash Giant Falcon…”

Qiao Sang’s expression was calm, as if she was unaware of the commotion she had caused.

She didn’t directly have her Pet demonstrate the skill like others, but instead said, “I need an opponent to demonstrate more clearly.”

The crowd’s voices lowered, looking at each other, none of them particularly wanting to go up.

Although Steel Guardian Falcon had undoubtedly just evolved, given its size, which was even more exaggerated than a General-level Pet, and the fact that its Yu Beast Master was Qiao Sang, everyone understood that this might be a one-sided beating demonstration.

“I’ll do it.” The skill teacher, having seen big scenes and being a person of certain experience, was only surprised by Steel Guardian Falcon’s evolution for a moment before stepping forward and saying, “Do you have any requirements for the Pet that will be your opponent?”

Qiao Sang thought for a moment and said:

“I hope for one with fast movement speed and reaction ability.”

“Understood.” The skill teacher said, forming hand seals.

A massive purple star array lit up.

A horse-like Pet, only about one meter tall, entirely white, with fiery manes burning from its head along its spine to its tail, appeared within the star array.

High-level Pet, Swift Fire Steed… Qiao Sang looked at the Pet before her, its information appearing in her mind.

“How do you want to demonstrate? Battle or some other kind of cooperation?” the skill teacher asked.

“Just treat it as an attack target and see if it can dodge my combination skill,” Qiao Sang said.

The skill teacher subtly glanced at the evolved form of Steel Guardian Falcon.

Most Pets with larger body sizes are less agile.

Especially those that have just evolved and undergone significant changes in body size, they generally don’t immediately adapt to their changes and need some time to exert their maximum mobility.

If it were another Pet as an opponent, it would be hard to say, but if the opponent were Swift Fire Steed, Qiao Sang’s demonstration might not go smoothly…

It wasn’t just the skill teacher who had this thought, but also some of the students in the class.

“If I had known it was just to try and dodge a combination skill, I would have gone up.”

“I thought it was going to be a battle.”

“Me too…”

While everyone was discussing, Steel Treasure flew into mid-air, and Swift Fire Steed stood still on the other side of the field.

“Begin,” Qiao Sang said in her mind.

Steel Treasure, without a word, retracted its wings and transformed into a white flash, charging straight towards the direction of Swift Fire Steed.

Electro-optic Flash… The skill teacher watched the scene before him, not issuing any commands.

It was just dodging a combination skill.

Among Pets of the same level, he had enough confidence in Swift Fire Steed’s reaction ability, which also stemmed from his confidence in himself as an A-Rank Professional Beastmaster.

Steel Treasure was incredibly fast and fierce, like a ferocious beast transformed into a white light.

Swift Fire Steed’s expression was calm, not showing any fear.

The moment Steel Treasure began to move, it quickly unleashed more than a dozen identical clones of itself, which began to run and move in a crisscrossing pattern.

More than a dozen blurry figures moved like afterimages on the field.

Let alone finding the main body, at this speed, it would be difficult to even hit one of the clones… Everyone sighed inwardly, but the next second, they all widened their eyes in unison.

The “white light” was still about six meters from the ground when, for some unknown reason, all of Swift Fire Steed’s clones vanished, leaving only the main body in extreme pain, mouth agape, as if unable to breathe, staying in place.

Then, the “white light” accurately struck its body.

“Steel Slash.”

Steel Treasure landed on the ground, its expression calm.

What, what’s going on… Everyone’s minds went blank.

When others performed combination skills, they could generally see the skill combination and intention directly.

But the evolved form of Steel Guardian Falcon, besides Electro-optic Flash, they couldn’t see anything else!

Yet, this combination skill, which was indiscernible in terms of what skills were combined with Electro-optic Flash, actually successfully hit Swift Fire Steed!

This was the skill teacher’s Pet, it was too exaggerated… For a moment, everyone felt that the halo around Qiao Sang had become even more intense.

Air Absorption… The skill teacher was the first to figure it out.

No wonder, no wonder an opponent was needed for cooperation…

“My combination skill is Air Absorption plus Electro-optic Flash…” In the midst of the silence, Qiao Sang rambled on, explaining her combination skill and the intention behind the skill pairing.

As she spoke, everyone showed expressions of sudden understanding, learning, admiration, and “as expected of you.”

…

After class, some people couldn’t wait to pull out their phones and post about Steel Guardian Falcon’s complete evolution in group chats or forums.

Qiao Sang looked at Xiao Xunbao, preparing to tell it to use Space Movement.

At this moment, a somewhat familiar voice came:

“Qiao Sang, the Lingwen Society’s activity has been confirmed for tomorrow at 12 PM.”

Qiao Sang looked in the direction of the voice; it was the female classmate who had been inviting her these past two days.

She was silent for two seconds, then said:

“That’s a shame, I originally wanted to go, but I only have time after school tomorrow afternoon.”

The female classmate’s smile immediately became strained: “Wait for me…”

After saying that, she turned and left.

Two minutes later, the female classmate walked back, looking excited: “It’s at 5:30 PM, I just misread the notification.”

Qiao Sang thought to herself, “As expected, they’re coming for me…”