Chapter 342 - 342 329 Ive been looking for you for ages

Chapter 342: Chapter 329 I’ve been looking for you for ages Chapter 342: Chapter 329 I’ve been looking for you for ages The competition continued into the afternoon and, barring the two-hour lunch break, the battles had hardly ceased.

At 4:33 PM.

He Daotao tucked away his Raging Blast Gorilla and stepped down from the arena.

“We should have finished all of today’s matches by now, right? How about we go out for a meal tonight?” He Daotao said, the corners of his mouth upturned in a smile, his mood buoyed by today’s string of victories.

As a rule, when school teams went out for competitions, meals were provided en masse, and heading out required the team coach’s approval.

However, this was still just the group stage. Sun Boyi had a good sense of the Senior Thirds’ level and knew that, with half the people advancing from the group, all three of them wouldn’t have any issues, so for now, he was in a relatively laissez-faire state. He hadn’t, like some other schools’ coaches, come to pep-talk or advise on tactics before each match of his own school’s students.

As long as it didn’t affect their winning the matches, going out for a meal should be fine. He Daotao knew this well.

“No thanks, I still need to prepare for tomorrow’s match,” Xu Yixuan declined.

Although she was aware that advancing from the group stage wouldn’t be an issue, losing two consecutive matches to Qiao Sang today had robbed her of any desire to dine out.

“Then let’s just go, the two of us,” He Daotao turned towards Qiao Sang.

“I…” Qiao Sang was about to respond when Lubao gave him a pat with its paw.

“Lubao.”

Go where? We need to train.

Qiao Sang’s mouth twitched into a forced smile as he shifted his approach, “I also need to prepare for tomorrow’s match.”

He Daotao paused, then embarked on some self-reflection.

If the two stronger than him were working so hard, what excuse did he have to slack off just because of a momentary victory!

“Then I won’t go either,” He Daotao said.

Just wait till I put you back into the Beast Taming Codex, not even understanding the concept of balancing work and rest. Yaobao knew to go out for a walk when he first arrived… Qiao Sang silently glanced down at Lubao.

“Lubao.” Lubao just happened to look up at that moment.

“We’ll train once we get back,” Qiao Sang stated seriously.

“Lubao.” Lubao nodded its head, agreeing with the plan.

…

Since he had promised Lubao, he couldn’t just lie around analyzing intelligence like during the preliminaries.

At the public training grounds inside the Hongrao Beast Taming Center, Yaobao and Lubao were engaged in skill release training.

The accommodations for competitors from other schools during the competition were at the Beast Taming Center, and since there was only this single training ground available, it was crowded with people and Pet Beasts. Yaobao and Lubao were thus limited to practicing less powerful skills.

There were many people around, but few were actually training.

What a joke; the only Flame Listening Dog around, along with the endangered Binglu Qia, were both here—how could anyone else be in the mood to train!

“A Flame Listening Dog! My God! It’s right in front of me! Its damn handsomeness is blinding me!”

“Look at Binglu Qia’s tail and ears! I so want to touch them!”

“The Flame Listening Dog just looked this way! Is it looking at me? Is it looking at me?!”

“Quick! Take a picture for me, I want to be in the same frame with them, you get me?” a boy said excitedly as he handed over his phone to a Powerfirst Duck, gesturing towards a red and white, and a pale blue figure not too far away.

“Powerfirst.” The Powerfirst Duck took the phone, nodded, then seriously and professionally switched angles multiple times as it furiously pressed the capture button.

It was common to see people around asking their Pet Beasts to take pictures for them.

“Aren’t you going?” Qiao Sang poked Xiao Xunbao on his head as he watched Yaobao and Lubao’s spots.

“Xun Xun~” Xiao Xunbao shook its head, expressing with heartfelt sincerity the excuse it had already prepared.

There were too many people, its skills were too powerful, it could easily injure others, so it was better not to train.

Nonsense, keep spouting nonsense, you have the nerve to say such shameless excuses… Qiao Sang internally complained while contemplating the skills Xiao Xunbao could practice.

The fact that Xiao Xunbao had Psychic Series abilities hadn’t blown up on the forums yet, meaning others were still unaware. So it would be best to keep a low profile and not practice Psychic Series skills in the open.

As for Spectral Series skills, for now, it was essential to first master Shadow Control, but practicing this skill ideally required a target…

Qiao Sang thought for a moment then said, “You go find some ants to keep on hand.”

“Xun Xun~”

Xiao Xunbao fluttered in front of its own Beast Tamer, shook its short toes, hooked the corner of its mouth, showing off a smug expression, and then deftly removed the ring and reached inside. It didn’t take long for it to pull out a beverage bottle.

Qiao Sang gazed at the beverage bottle in Xiao Xunbao’s claw with some confusion.

The bottle did not contain any beverage but contained about a dozen ants that were slowly crawling.

The ants were actually alive… Qiao Sang hesitated and then asked, “When did you put these ants into the ring?”

“Xun Xun~”

Xiao Xunbao touched its chin with its claw, showing a serious recollection, and then called out with certainty.

It was the very night that Brother Yaobao took the whistle.

Qiao Sang was stunned for several seconds. That had to be at least a week ago. In an oxygen-free environment, ants wouldn’t last a few minutes, so how could they still be alive now.

Unless Xiao Xunbao’s ring could now store living creatures…

The possibility excited Qiao Sang. Whether a space could store living things or not made a world of difference!

She remembered that the first characteristic mentioned in the Beast Taming Codex about Xiao Xunbao was regarding the function of the ring. If there really was a change to the ring, the information in the Beast Taming Codex would definitely update as well!

It was her own fault; usually, she only paid attention to skills and hardly ever paid attention to the characteristic data.

Right there and then, Qiao Sang wanted to check the page about Xiao Xunbao in the Beast Taming Codex.

“Boom!!!”

Just at that moment, a sudden thunderclap resounded from the sky.

Everyone on the training field was startled.

“Scared me to death! Why did it suddenly start thundering?”

“The weather forecast didn’t mention any rain today!”

“Seriously, that thunder sounded like it wanted to scare someone to death.”

“Look, it’s getting dark so quickly after just a clap of thunder. We better hurry up and go. It looks like a storm is coming.”

“Damn! What mythical beast is undergoing tribulation here!”

“Xun!”

Xiao Xunbao was so scared that it flashed back to Qiao Sang’s head, clutching her hair tightly with both claws.

With this strength, I’ll end up bald… Qiao Sang looked up at the sky, only to see that what had been a clear sky was now squeezed by dark clouds, giving off the impression of an imminent storm.

“Ya Ya!”

“Lu.”

Yaobao and Lubao ran over.

Qiao Sang subconsciously looked at Lubao, noticing that its tail and ears were the same as usual, with no sign of growing bigger.

The rain detection failed?

Without thinking too much about it, Qiao Sang waved her hand, taking Yaobao and Lubao back into the Beast Taming Codex.

If Xiao Xunbao liked being on her head, then let it stay there for now. If the rain really did come, it might provide some cover… Taking advantage of the fact that the rain had not yet started, Qiao Sang bolted toward the direction of her lodgings.

“Qiao Sang classmate!”

However, just as she reached the corridor, a male voice called out from behind her, sounding quite excited.

Qiao Sang turned around and saw a boy with bangs covering his eyes.

She paused for a moment.

Isn’t that the Child of Fortune?

“Qiao Sang classmate, I’m so glad to run into you here, I’ve been looking for you for a long time,” Wu Chang ran over, trying hard to show a friendly smile.

He’s been looking for me for a long time?

Qiao Sang suddenly sensed something and turned to look at the sky beyond the corridor.

She saw that the vast clouds were dissipating, with no longer any sign of an impending storm.