Beast Taming Starts from Zero

"Looking around~"

Little Treasure Hunter grinned even wider, raised its paws, and waved enthusiastically at the audience.

As everyone watched this scene, the noisy commotion subsided for a brief moment.

Immediately afterwards, an even louder uproar erupted.

"No, I don't understand the direction of this match at all. How did the Underworld Lord win? And how did Fire Orion fall?"

"I don't understand either! Why isn't the Lord of the Underworld injured at all!"

"Wasn't this pillar of fire a skill used by Huo Aolin? Why did it faint instead?"

"What exactly did the Lord of the Underworld do to the Fire Orion within the Fire Pillar Link?!"

"I understand, life-borrowing! It's life-borrowing! Pets with the life-borrowing trait can swap states with nearby creatures in good condition when they are at their limit! The host just collapsed, he must have had his life-borrowed by the Underworld Lord!"

"Yes, yes, yes! Life-borrowing! I know this feature too. There was a ghost-type pet that used Life-borrowing, but it ended up borrowing the life from its own tamer, and then both of them collapsed. This even made the news."

"Hiss, it actually has such a vicious characteristic... But wait, how did the Fire Aolin fall down?"

The person next to him couldn't answer for a moment.

As everyone was talking, Qiao Sang waved his hand and put the Little Treasure Hunter back into the Beast Taming Manual.

At the commentary booth, Nefertis reacted and exclaimed incredulously:
"The results of the first match are in! Player Qiao Sang's Netherworld Lord has won! This was truly a super reversal match! The result should have surprised everyone! Huo Aolin actually fell in his own Fire Pillar Link! But Netherworld Lord stood unscathed until the end!"

“Guigui”.

The humanoid flower-shaped pet let out a cry in response, indicating that this was indeed an unsolved mystery.

At the same time, a professional medical team quickly arrived at Orol's side to provide treatment.

The grass-like pet wearing a white coat placed its paws on Auror's body.

However, before it could even begin to use its skills, Auror suddenly raised its head and regained consciousness.

He looked at the medical team surrounding him, completely bewildered: "What's wrong with me?"

"Gorgeous!"

The humanoid flower-like pet, seeing him wake up, showed a surprised expression and let out a cry.

Nephthys turned to look at him, then immediately recalled the Netherworld Lord who was unharmed despite being linked by the pillar of fire. In an instant, various professional knowledge flooded her mind, and soon, she locked onto two words.

"If I'm not mistaken, the Lord of the Underworld Rings must possess the ability to borrow life!"

"Borrow a life?" Auror asked instinctively into the microphone.

After saying that, he realized something, looked at the field, and found that not only had the fire pillar link disappeared, but the Netherworld Ring Monarch was also not on the field, and Huo Aolin was lying on the ground with his eyes closed. He couldn't help but show a bewildered expression again.

What, what's going on?!

“That’s right, life swap.” Nephthys said excitedly, “Life swap is a very rare characteristic among Ghost-type pets. When a pet is in its extreme state, it can randomly exchange states with a nearby creature.”

"My partner Auror just collapsed for no apparent reason; he must have swapped states with the Lord of the Underworld!"

“Guigui”.

The humanoid flower-shaped pet showed an "I see" expression.

Auror: "???"

Was his life borrowed?
After a moment of stunned silence, Auror remembered his duty and exclaimed, "So the Lord of the Underworld recovered his condition by borrowing a life."

As he spoke, he chuckled and said, "To be able to have my life borrowed by the Lord of the Underworld among more than 100,000 people and their pets, I am truly blessed."

"Guigui?"

The humanoid flower-shaped pet looked puzzled and let out a cry.

If you were the one whose life was borrowed, then why did Huo Aolin also fall?

Before Nephthys and Aurol could analyze the situation, Jerome's expression shifted several times before he finally laughed and said, "I didn't expect your Netherworld Lord to possess both the mutual destruction and life-borrowing properties. No wonder you didn't do anything when the Fire Orion attacked at the end."

Who said I had no solution? I nodded to Little Treasure Hunter, letting it bravely face the fire pillar link... Qiao Sang smiled and said nothing.

Upon hearing this, everyone in the room suddenly understood.

The clamor from the audience surged up again like a tidal wave.

"So it possesses both the Life-Borrowing and Mutual Destruction properties! My god, aren't the properties of this Netherworld Lord a bit too awesome?"

"Alright, based on these two characteristics alone, I declare this Netherworld Lord invincible. Even Lefebvre's ace pet probably couldn't beat it."

"That's not necessarily true. The Life-Borrowing trait isn't guaranteed to be activated 100%, and the more times the Mutual Destruction trait is activated, the lower the probability of activation becomes."

"Borrowing a life and taking it with him... This Underworld Lord is something else..."

"Qiao Sang must have planned from the beginning to have the Underworld Ring Monarch attacked and take away the Fire Aolin. He's so cunning..."

"The Fire Orion is Jerome's trump card pet. Even if the Underworld Ring Monarch only manages to trigger a mutual destruction in the end, it's still a worthwhile trade. I can only say that Josan is a truly remarkable player."

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"Clear!"

Xia Lala exclaimed excitedly.

Margot said with a complicated expression:

"So the Lord of the Underworld has the properties of mutual destruction and life-borrowing. No wonder you were so confident that Josan would win this match."

“Just you wait and see, she’s even more amazing than you think,” Michaela laughed.

Margot glanced at her and chuckled, "Why did you suddenly lean most of your body against the sofa just now? Were you worried about being possessed?"

Michaela remained expressionless and said, "I just find it comfortable to lean against."

After saying that, she leaned down again.

...Margot looked out the floor-to-ceiling window, her gaze falling on the girl on the high platform, and her expression became complicated again.

Such a monstrous talent, Michael is really getting off easy...

……

On the field, the shattered and charred ground slowly descended, and soon after, a complete field rose up, as if this field had never been used in a battle.

On the commentary stand, Nefertis said:
"The Dark Ring Monarch used the Mutual Destruction and Life-Borrowing traits to help Qiao Sang win the first round. I wonder which pets the two sides will send out in the next match."

Auror said, "Jerome will definitely send out his most reliable pets in this round, since he's already down a round and needs to catch up quickly."

“Guigui”.

The humanoid flower-shaped pet nodded in agreement.

At the same time, the referee blew the whistle to signal readiness, and then the number "10" appeared on the field, changing continuously with a mechanical sound.

“9, 8, 7... 3, 2, 1”.

Josan and Jerome formed hand seals.

Two mysterious and profound purple star arrays lit up almost simultaneously.

Before long, two enormous pet beasts slowly appeared in the star array.

"Hail."

"Steel Power".

Hailstorm is a royal-level pet with both Ice and Dragon attributes. (End of Chapter)