Beast Taming Starts from Zero

Chapter 1249 Two Super-Orders? (Two-in-One)

Steel Power Emperor, what an imposing name! Just hearing the race name, even someone unfamiliar with Steel Power Emperor would know it's a royal-level pet... Qiao Sang sighed inwardly, then turned her gaze downward.

The power of bonds is truly formidable; it can actually cause the energy of a mid-stage King to surge directly to the early stage of an Emperor.

However, Ya Bao and his companions always manage to surpass other pets that have just completed their evolution by a significant margin in the early stages of evolution, thanks to powerful evolution conditions or items.

Even if Steel Treasure were to evolve perfectly, it wouldn't have such an effect. I wonder what conditions could be used to compensate for this.

Looks like I'll have to ask Professor Michaela tomorrow... Josan continued reading.

When I saw the data below, I was first stunned, and then overjoyed.

The Mirror Armor's stats have jumped from A-rank to S-rank!
Generally speaking, when the energy levels of the two sides differ too much, the rebound-type properties will not work.

With its S-rank Mirror Armor trait, even early-stage Emperor-rank pets could likely counterattack when using moves or traits that reduce their effectiveness.

But this is just speculation; it would be best to find an opportunity to test it out.

Not bad, not bad, a hard head, and mental strength has also been enhanced due to evolution.

She wasn't particularly surprised that Steel Treasure's bond power had reached the maximum level of S-rank.

Back on the very night that Steel Treasure emitted a white light, when she checked the Beast Taming Manual, she discovered that the power of bondage had already reached S-rank.

Qiao Sang skipped over the S-rank Bond Power and looked at Steel Treasure's two new traits.

Heavy metals: Pets with this trait will have their weight doubled, increasing the power of weight-based skills.

S-rank heavy metal users can increase their weight several times over through self-control, thereby amplifying the power of weight-based skills.

She remembered that Gangbao had the skill "Mount Tai Pressing Down," and it had already reached the late stage of perfection. With a period of practice, it could become an ultimate skill.

Qiao Sang imagined the scene of Steel Treasure unleashing its ultimate-level Mount Tai Press technique under the characteristics of S-grade heavy metal, and couldn't help but feel excited.

With the characteristics of S-grade heavy metal combined with the ultimate-level "Mount Tai Pressing Down," its power is probably comparable to some offensive super-grade skills.

She suppressed her excitement and focused her gaze on another characteristic.

Steel Heart increases Special Defense when using offensive skills.

It has the characteristic of increasing defense. Among pets of the same stage, even offensive pets would probably have a hard time breaking through Steel Treasure's defense... Qiao Sang was both satisfied and impressed. His gaze quickly moved down to the skill list.

The skills, however, have remained unchanged, with three more added.

Storm, a high-level flying skill, Qingbao also knows this move.

Although steel can produce strong winds, there is a clear difference between strong winds and storms.

Although Gale is also classified as a high-level skill, it is mainly targeted at flying pets in the air. As long as the ground pets have a stable base, many of them can stay still and survive the storm.

The storm is different; it's much more powerful than a gale, but its power isn't enough to be classified as a super-tier skill, so it's placed in the high-tier category.

Absolute Defense, a super-defense skill.

Qiao Sang's eyes lit up as he recalled the skill's level.

She wasn't too excited, after all, Ya Bao and the others now basically get a super-level skill with each evolution, which has seriously increased her excitement threshold.

Absolute Defense, as the name suggests, possesses absolute defensive capabilities. Even if a royal-level pet uses the entry-level Absolute Defense, it can withstand a fatal blow from an emperor-level or even a venerable-level pet.

However, the time may only last for a second before it disappears.

Even so, Absolute Defense is the top tier of the pyramid of all defensive skills.

The higher the level of a pet, the greater the difference between each small stage. A high-level defensive skill at the ultimate level might be able to withstand an attack from a pet one small level higher, but it would be difficult to withstand an attack from a pet two small levels higher.

If the difference is a whole major stage, such as the gap between the King level and the Emperor level, then defense would be absolutely impossible.

However, the ultimate skill, Absolute Defense, is possible.

She had considered having Xiao Xunbao or Qingbao learn absolute defense in the future, so she had done some research on it.

The basic level of absolute defense lasts for three seconds. If the attack is extremely powerful, such as one or two levels higher, the duration will be reduced.

Although Steel Treasure's defense is already high enough, this skill is definitely worth practicing.

After including Absolute Defense in Steel Treasure's future training plan, Josan turned his attention to the last awakened skill.

Skywing Blade.

Huh? Skywing Blade?!

Qiao Sang's heart skipped a beat.

"Steel rights?"

At that moment, Gangbao's puzzled voice rang in his mind.

What's wrong with this skill?
Since it entered the Beast Taming Codex from its own Beast Tamer consciousness, it has been sensing her thoughts, and this is the first time it has seen her emotions fluctuate so much.

"I've never heard of this skill before," Qiao Sang thought to himself.

Steel Treasure: "???"

"Steel rights?"

You haven't heard of this before, why are you reacting so strongly?

"It's mainly because I haven't heard of them before," Qiao Sang said, offering his opinion. "Based on my past observations, skills I haven't heard of are basically rare super-level skills."

"Steel rights?"

Steelbao understands.

You mean this Skywing Blade is also a super-tier skill?
“I didn’t say that. I just thought it was possible.” After saying that, Qiao Sang sighed and said, “If you hadn’t had Absolute Defense before, I would have been 90% sure that it was a super-class skill. But you have already awakened one super-class skill. It’s impossible for you to awaken two super-class skills because of evolution.”

Steel didn't say anything.

Qiao Sang seemed to sense that Gang Bao was silently watching him, grinned, and admitted:
"Okay, I think there's a high chance that Skywing Blade is a super-tier skill, but we still need to check or ask Teacher Michaela to find out for sure."

After saying that, his consciousness returned to reality.

Qiao Sang took out her phone, her heart racing.

To be honest, she felt that the Skywing Blade was very likely a super-level skill, otherwise her heart wouldn't have suddenly started beating so fast out of control.

Generally speaking, after a character evolves, the higher the level of the skill, the later it appears.

Qiao Sang listened to her own strong heartbeat and typed the three words "Skywing Blade".

At the same time, Steel Treasure's size gradually decreased, and its form also changed, returning to its King-level appearance.

It instinctively wanted to shrink down and fly next to the phone to take a look together.

However, the next second, his own beast tamer's voice rang in his mind:

"Don't bother coming, since our thoughts are in sync anyway."

You clearly thought that even if I came, I wouldn't understand... Steel Treasure slowly shrank, ultimately choosing not to go, but to stay in place.

Qiao Sang felt awkward for a moment, but continued searching without changing her expression.

Soon, a line of text appeared on the screen:
No matching content found.

At this moment, Qiao Sang's heart inevitably raced, and only one thought occupied her mind:
Holy crap! It really is a super-level skill?!

Based on past experience, skills that cannot be found through search or for which information is unclear are generally of a higher level.

For a moment, Qiao Sang was inexplicably incredulous.

Has Steel Treasure really awakened two super-tier skills?
No, although all the signs indicate that this is a super-level skill, we still can't draw a conclusion immediately. The greater the hope, the greater the disappointment... Qiao Sang thought about it seriously for a while, gradually calmed down, put down her phone, and said:
"Let's go back to sleep first."

"Steel Chieftain".

Gangbao nodded and called out.

Back in the suite, Qiao Sang lay on the bed and closed her eyes.

Ten minutes later, she found herself too excited to sleep, so she opened her eyes, then closed them again, forcing herself to fall asleep by counting sheep. She didn't know how much time had passed.

Josang was still counting sheep.

1999 sheep, 2000 sheep, 2001 sheep...

Steel Treasure by the window suddenly opened its eyes and called out to Little Treasure, who was playing on its phone next to it:
"Steel Chieftain".

Boss, help hypnotize our beast tamer, she can't sleep.

"Looking around~"

Little Treasure Hunter immediately exclaimed, indicating why didn't you say so sooner.

After saying that, it floated to its own beast tamer's side and poked its own beast tamer's cheek with its paw.

Hypnosis, how come I didn't think of that? How thoughtful of you, Gangbao... Qiao Sang praised herself inwardly and opened her eyes.

Little Treasure Hunter's eyes gleamed with a purple light.

Qiao Sang looked at the purple eyes in front of her, did not resist, and let herself be hypnotized.

Before long, she felt extremely sleepy, closed her eyes, and drifted off to sleep.

"Looking around~"

Little Treasure Hunter floated back and continued playing on his phone.

About half an hour later, Gangbao opened his eyes again and called out:
"Steel Chieftain".

Boss, hypnotize me too.

"Search?"

Little Treasure put down his phone, looked puzzled, and called out, "Why can't any of you sleep tonight?"

"Steel Chieftain".

Gangbao paused for a moment, then called out.

Perhaps it's because it was too excited about the temporary successful evolution.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Xunbao, recalling the reality that the fourth brother was now stronger than him, fell silent for a moment.

It floated to Steel Treasure's side, its eyes glowing purple.

A moment later, Gangbao fell into a deep sleep.

Little Treasure went back to the sofa, picked up its phone, then suddenly sighed, put down the phone, and floated out the window, as if it had thought of something.

Although having a royal-level subordinate feels pretty good, as the leader, I still need to get stronger as soon as possible.

……

the next day.

The schedule for the StarCraft Elite School Beast Taming Tournament.

After waking up, Josan quickly washed up, resisted the urge to go to the open-air training ground to make Steelball temporarily evolve and unleash a new skill, and then pretended not to know about Skywing Blade and asked Teacher Michael what kind of skill it was, before going to the restaurant to have breakfast.

Finally, she couldn't hold back any longer and said:

"How about I send Steelball to the training ground to evolve first, and see what new skills it awakens, before we go watch the competition?"

Michaela's lips twitched slightly as he said:
"I remember that Steel Chief Kane only has a few dozen seconds to maintain his Royal Form. I'm afraid there won't be enough time to test out any new skills."

Upon hearing this, Qiao Sang was speechless.

She couldn't very well say that this wasn't a problem at all, and that Steel Treasure would be able to use it smoothly once it evolved.

“This competition is rare, and some of the participants might become your future opponents. You should go and see for yourself,” Michaela continued.

“I understand,” Jossan said.

She paused for a moment, then added, "I'll let Steelball try out any new skills when I get back from the competition."

This isn't a question of whether it's an experiment before or after the match; it's that Steel Chieftain Kane maintained his Royal-level status for too short a time, making it impossible for him to unleash his newly awakened skill… Michaela hesitated, then remembered Jossan's monstrous abilities and realized that it might not be impossible for her student to do it. She paused for a moment, then nodded and said:
"Row."

……

Yantian University.

In a lecture hall, a teacher with graying hair looked at the students who filled half the classroom and smiled:
"I thought you would all go to watch the interstellar elite university beast taming competition."

The students either smiled, laughed, or chuckled foolishly.

The teacher, whose hair was half-white, suddenly realized something, formed a hand seal, and summoned a pet beast with red eyes that floated in mid-air.

The students' smiles faded, and some began to sweat.

The teacher gestured with his eyes towards the pet with red eyes.

It understood immediately, floated towards its master's eyes, attached itself to them, and disappeared.

The teacher, whose hair was half-gray, had eyes that turned from blue to red.

He looked ahead.

At this moment, the scene changes, and the world in his eyes has changed drastically.

The students, who filled half the classroom, all transformed into pets with the ability to change shape.

As expected... the teacher with half-gray hair showed a slight change in expression, not at all surprised.

The same scene was playing out in many classrooms where classes were in session.

At the same time, almost all the students on campus were heading to the same competition venue.

As the top-tier university in StarCraft, it naturally has a venue where all students can watch the matches.

The enormous arena was surrounded by a dense mass of people and their pets, both in the surrounding air and on all sides.

Qiao Sang, holding the fresh-faced Xia Lala, sat with Teacher Mikaela in the front row seats that had been assigned to them.

This was specially prepared for them by Aiden beforehand.

The Imperial Beast Taming Academy's team was not standing nearby, but rather in the contestants' area.

The passionate and energetic background music kept playing in the arena.

As Ya Bao listened to the song and felt the atmosphere around him, his eyes lit up, and he wished he could go up and compete himself.

"Looking around~"

Little Treasure Hunter didn't miss the opportunity. He opened his phone, greeted the camera enthusiastically, and started a live stream.

Lu Bao's body was inside the backpack, only her head was sticking out.

The clear jewel transformed into wind, drifting around.

Gangbao and Tingbao stayed in the side.

"Grind?"

The Dragon King, looking rather bored, called out from the sidelines, indicating when the competition would begin.

“Soon,” Michaela said.

As soon as the words were spoken, the background music stopped, and a host in a formal suit descended from the sky, microphone in hand, and passionately announced:

"Welcome everyone to Yantian University! It's an honor that this Interstellar Elite University Beast Taming Battle Tournament is being held at Yantian University!"

　I'm writing while I'm sick! But I'm no longer feverish, just a bit of a cold. If I weren't writing, I'd probably ask for leave before 7 PM most evenings.

　　(End of this chapter)