Chapter 726: Training Direction

So, Lubao evolved this time and awakened two super-tier skills...

Is the Awakening Orb really that incredible...?

Qiao Sang stood still, her mood unable to calm down for a long while.

"Gang Slice..."

At that moment, Gangbao called out tiredly.

Oh right, I almost forgot about that thing on your head...

Qiao Sang snapped out of it and called out, "Lubao, help Gangbao clean up."

"Lu Ai."

Lubao nodded, then opened her mouth and sprayed a stream of water at Gangbao's head.

"Xun xun~"

Once the water spray finished, Little Treasure somehow produced a tissue and helpfully wiped her off.

Qiao Sang's attention returned to Lubao.

Skills are prized for their rarity, and now with the skill to purify dirty, muddy water, even if she stopped being a professional beast tamer, she might still land a job at the Pet Beast Foreign Affairs Department...

Luba, you're truly making me proud..

. Qiao Sang's heart burned with excitement. She almost jumped up on the spot, but held back since all her pets were watching.

Then she turned to Lubao and said: "Try using 'Ice Field Domain'."

"Lu Ai."

Lubao pondered the skill name in her mind for a moment, then nodded.

She opened her mouth, began gathering energy, just about to release the move-

"Wait a minute!" Qiao Sang suddenly exclaimed.

"Lu Ai?"

Lubao stopped channeling energy, looking at her beast tamer with a puzzled expression.

"Let’s try this one at home." Qiao Sang said.

To be honest, she'd only seen two super-tier skills in real life so far, and with the recent purification one, that made three.

The first two were Lubao’s Healing Light and Yabao’s Lava Purgatory.

Among those, the only offensive-type super-tier skill was Yabao’s Lava Purgatory.

She still vividly remembered how powerful that move was.

Ice Field Domain clearly sounded like an offensive skill. Since it was on par with Lava Purgatory, she figured it would be just as destructive. This little courtyard clearly wasn’t big enough to handle it.

After that, she looked at Little Treasure.

“Let’s go home.”

“Xun xun~”

Little Treasure placed the tissue on Gangbao’s head, then his eyes glowed blue.

Qiao Sang’s vision blacked out.

A second later, she found herself back in the living room of the rented villa.

The Vice Principal wasn’t around.

“Gang Slice…”

Gangbao lowered her head, and the tissue slid off her head.

Gangbao’s current size was clearly not ideal for moving around inside the villa...

Qiao Sang eyed the distance between Gangbao and the ceiling and remembered she had ordered a lightweight miniaturization pet for Yabao not long ago. She asked Little Treasure: “That delivery from before, are its contents in your ring?”

“Xun xun~”

The event was recent, so Little Treasure quickly remembered.

“Take it out.” Qiao Sang said.

“Xun xun~”

Little Treasure removed his ring and expertly rummaged inside. Soon, he pulled out the lightweight miniaturization bracelet.

It was red and plain, very simple in design.

These bands targeted only body size, so any pet, regardless of attribute, could use it. The model Qiao Sang bought supported up to 15 meters in height, more than enough for most pets up to King level.

Gangbao could use it too.

Qiao Sang took the band and helped Gangbao put it on her claw.

“Gangbao, press the button on the side.” Qiao Sang instructed.

“Gang Slice.”

Gangbao had seen Yabao use it before, so she didn’t need instruction.

She aimed her wing downward and pressed the button.

A wave of invisible energy spread over Gangbao.

Her body began to shrink, and soon she returned to her little Steel Falcon size.

“Gang Slice.”

Gangbao spread her wings, looked at her own form.

As she looked around, she caught sight of the tissue nearby, and instinctively used her wing to toss it in the trash.

The trash bin was at a diagonal from the entryway, and both areas had a clear view of each other.

Just then, the front door opened.

Liu Yao stepped in, taking off his shoes, and caught sight of Gangbao tossing the tissue.

“Gang Slice.”

Seeing it was someone familiar, Gangbao greeted him.

“Vice Principal, you’re back.” Qiao Sang said, walking to the entryway.

Liu Yao stared at Gangbao for a few seconds before asking, “This pet is…?”

“This is Gangbao. She evolved.” Qiao Sang replied.

Liu Yao froze, staring at the unfamiliar-looking pet in shock, murmuring, “Evolved…”

But wasn’t Steel Guardian Falcon the final evolution of Steel Falcon?

Liu Yao was stunned and confused.

He knew Qiao Sang’s beast-taming talent was monstrous, each of her pets evolved terrifyingly fast, but Steel Guardian Falcon was a pet of the Chaosu Star, and it had a brand-new form.

Logically, Qiao Sang shouldn't have known how to evolve it. So how did she do it so easily?

It felt even easier than evolving bug-type pets with short cycles!

Liu Yao took a long time before finding his voice.

“How did it evolve?”

“Through bond evolution.” Qiao Sang answered casually.

Back during the freshman assessment, Gangbao had temporarily evolved and then returned to her Steel Guardian Falcon form. That had clearly been bond evolution.

In such a short time, your bond already reached that level?

Liu Yao looked at her with complicated emotions, then glanced at Gangbao. He thought of something and asked: “Was it a temporary evolution again?”

“No.” Qiao Sang said.

“It’s a full evolution this time.”

A full evolution? Then that meant the energy had met the threshold. That fast...?

Liu Yao was dazed again.

But Steel Guardian Falcon had only been eating energy pills he personally made...

Could it be that his formula worked especially well for it?

He refocused his thoughts and remembered that Qiao Sang had said she’d be gone for three days, but it hadn’t even been one yet.

He opened his mouth to speak, but just then, Lubao’s voice came: “Lu Ai?”

When are we testing Ice Field Domain?

Lubao walked out from the side of the living room as she spoke.

Liu Yao turned toward the voice, and instantly froze.

Ice Xilu also evolved?!

Gangbao’s form was new to him, but not Lubao’s. Back on Blue Star, he’d studied the entire evolutionary line of the Water Luriana species.

He recognized the evolved form: Ice Aipalu.

In just one day, not only had Steel Guardian Falcon evolved, but so had Ice Xilu?

At that moment, Liu Yao felt like the world had become surreal.

His mind buzzed, and he completely forgot what he wanted to say.

“We’ll go now.” Qiao Sang replied to Lubao and turned to Liu Yao.

“This is Lubao. She evolved too.”

I see that..

. Liu Yao looked at her, speechless.

How did it evolve?

Why did it evolve?

What happened today?

Did Ice Xilu hit rock bottom?

Did you guys run into a sandstorm?

Why do all your pets evolve so fast?

How are you even doing this?

Are you even human?

Liu Yao had so much to say, but when he opened his mouth, he didn’t know where to start.

Seeing the vice principal staying silent for so long, Qiao Sang led Lubao out to the open training field.

“Ready?” Qiao Sang asked.

“Lu Ai.” Lubao nodded seriously.

Qiao Sang moved about ten meters away, taking cover under a roof and called out, “Ice Field Domain!”

She kept her distance mostly because the earlier Ice Flower Seal incident left her traumatized. She worried if she got caught in the blast again, Little Treasure would immediately smash her again.

“Lu Ai!”

Lubao let out a long cry, and instantly, a terrifying cold burst forth.

Frost covered the ground, and the freezing air engulfed the entire training area, transforming it into a land of eternal winter.

Under the roof and outside it were like two separate worlds.

“Xun xun!”

Little Treasure's eyes lit up, amazed by the sudden change.

The cold air swept through. He sensed the danger but couldn’t contain his curiosity. He extended one little toe toward the frozen zone.

In the blink of an eye, Little Treasure's entire body, starting from that toe, was encased in ice.

“Lu Ai.”

Lubao noticed and glanced over.

The ice on Little Treasure melted away in an instant.

“Xun xun!”

Little Treasure blinked back to his beast tamer’s side and patted his chest, clearly shaken.

So this is Ice Field Domain…

Qiao Sang looked at the transformed battlefield, her heart pounding.

Just then, Liu Yao finally recovered and came outside.

At first glance, he saw the icy wasteland before him.

He was stunned, his expression rigid, mouth slowly opening, gaze vacant, completely lacking his usual composure.

“I-Ice Field Domain?!” After several seconds, his voice cracked.

Qiao Sang also knew that, under normal circumstances, a general-level pet shouldn’t be able to awaken such a move. She looked at the vice principal and grinned.

“The Awakening Orb prize from the last regional tournament, Lubao ate it and awakened this skill.”

“Awakening Orb… Awakening Orb…”

Liu Yao mumbled, mind in chaos.

So an Awakening Orb could let general-tier pets gain super-tier skills?

Wait, he remembered that the orb came from the Ancient Guwu Region and was a Water-type Awakening Orb…

Technically, Ice Xi- no, Ice Aipalu should’ve awakened a water-type skill.

Though rare, there had been cases where pets awakened off-type skills after consuming an orb...

But those cases were extremely rare, and the awakened skill was never this powerful...

Once again, Liu Yao felt the world had turned magical.

Ever since meeting Qiao Sang, everything seemed to defy common sense.

“Lu Ai…”

Lubao gazed at the frozen world she created, dazed.

She never knew she could unleash such...

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[Ice Field Domain], an advanced ice-type skill, transforms the entire area into a world of ice. As long as the pet using this move remains within the Ice Field Domain, the effects of any ice-type skills it casts will be doubled. As proficiency increases, the enhancement effects become even more pronounced.

Besides shortening the casting time of ice-type skills, increasing movement speed, and boosting ice attack power, the pet using this skill can also manipulate the ice energy within the domain. Simply put, it becomes the king of this icy world.

Inside the room, Qiao Sang sat at her desk, reading the information about the Ice Field Domain on her computer, a look of realization on her face.

No wonder just a glance from Lubao was enough to lift the freezing effect off Little Treasure…

Unfortunately, the energy inside Lubao could at most sustain the domain for 20 seconds…

Qiao Sang recalled the earlier scene and began to think:

Twenty seconds could be used to do a lot, but if the opponent isn’t defeated in that time, Lubao, having consumed so much energy, would be at a disadvantage.

With Lubao’s current energy levels, she could only use Ice Field Domain once before needing a recharge. At this rate, even with non-stop training for 24 hours a day, she could probably only be used a few times.

After all, it takes a lot of time to fully restore energy.

It might be better to just allocate some stat points…

As she thought about this, she began pondering the future training directions for her other pets: Now that Gangbao has evolved, besides practicing the substitution skill she wants to learn, practicing air absorption would be the most suitable.

Yabao can continue his usual training. With his normal intensity, she didn’t need to worry for now.

As for Little Treasure…

Qiao Sang thought for a moment and decided it was time for him to learn Spatial Lockdown.

She had experienced this move twice herself. Though she had escaped both times, she had to admit it was a troublesome move.

If anything went wrong, it could easily spell disaster.

If Little Treasure learned it, and combined it with his sealing skills, then she wouldn’t have to worry even if they encountered another opponent who knew Spatial Lockdown…

With that thought, Qiao Sang looked at Little Treasure, who was currently playing with his own substitute out of boredom, and said:

“You’re going to learn Spatial Lockdown next.”

“Xun xun…”

Little Treasure and his clone both looked over gloomily.

Clearly lacking any motivation to learn…

Seeing his expression, Qiao Sang understood immediately. After thinking for a bit, she tempted him: “Once you’ve learned it, you can have an extra hour of computer time every day.”

“Xun xun!”

Little Treasure's eyes lit up instantly, and he floated over, excitedly circling around his beast master.

“Don’t get too excited just yet.” Qiao Sang reminded.

“I said after you’ve learned it.”

“Xun xun!”

Little Treasure patted his chest with a confident look.

There’s nothing he can’t learn!

“Xun xun!”

He looked eager and ready.

Tell him how to learn, he's starting right now!

Qiao Sang: …

The temptation of computers is still unbeatable…

She cleared her throat.

“No rush yet. Let me find a professional instructor to help you.”

Now that she was at Yulianton University, she was no longer a rookie beast master who had to rely on internet searches for everything.

At Yulianton University, as long as you had enough points, you could practically do anything, including teaching pets new skills.

“Xun xun!”

Little Treasure urged her.

Then hurry and find one!

Why didn’t you have this much enthusiasm when learning other skills before…

Qiao Sang complained inwardly while saying: “I know.”

As she spoke, she operated the computer and logged into the campus website.

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T/n: Thanks for your unwavering supports my dear readers and commentors! Y'all kinda my motivation 😊