Beast Taming Starts from Zero

It rarely rains on Yantianxing, especially in Tanguo.

However, in order to experience the atmosphere of rain and for the sake of some oases, the pets here will still cast rainstorms every now and then. To make the rainy atmosphere even more intense, the pets usually cast lightning as well.

The latter's lightning will not be cast continuously. Instead, it will be cast by water-type pets to create rain and by flying-type pets to raise the air to a certain height to form clouds. With a period of lightning guidance, the lightning will then appear in nature.

This will take up the whole day.

Outside the villa, a torrential downpour and thunderstorm raged.

The dark sky pressed down, and torrential rain continued to fall.

"Boom boom boom!"

One deafening roar after another, and countless magnificent bolts of lightning flashed across the clouds.

After observing for a moment and confirming that it was indeed natural lightning, Qiao Sang nodded to Ting Bao.

"Tingting".

Tingbao cried out, twisted its body, and flew towards the sky that was constantly flashing with lightning.

"You haven't given up on having Thunder Reverse Dragon participate in the Master Challenge?" Michaela asked from the side, watching the figure gradually shrink in the sky.

“The Master Challenge is a full-fledged 6v6 battle, and Tingbao should definitely participate,” Qiao Sang said.

“You know what I mean,” Michaela said.

While the Master Challenge is indeed a full-scale battle, it primarily features battles between Royal-level pets. Only in rare, evenly matched situations, where both Royal-level pets have fallen, will we be able to see battles between King-level pets or between General-level pets.

High-level pets are practically invisible in the Master Challenge.

If Qiao Sang could defeat all five Royal-level pets of the Yan Class students by sending out only two Royal-level pets, then he should spend more time on Royal-level pets, rather than on a high-level pet that might not even be able to make an appearance.

“I still hope Tingbao can play at least once,” Qiao Sang said.

Of the remaining contestants, nearly half still possess general-level pets. As long as Tingbao evolves, there is a chance for him to appear and win the competition. His cheat ability will surely enable Tingbao to evolve during the competition. Of course, it is not convenient to tell Teacher Michaela about this.

Since Tingbao made a contract with her, it's as if she's achieved a certain goal and suddenly lost all motivation. Her personality has also become much more laid-back. However, after signing up for the Master Challenge and watching the competition time and time again, she could tell that Tingbao was still infected by the atmosphere of the competition and wanted to participate.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have been training longer than scheduled recently, something that has never happened before.

You should know that Tingbao's training schedule used to be as regular as that of an ox or horse that never had to work overtime.

Rain falls from high in the sky.

"boom!"

Yellow lightning suddenly struck down from the thunderclouds.

Looking at the yellow lightning that slithered across the sky like a serpent, Tingbao's expression was resolute. Without hesitation, he rushed into the lightning serpent, opened his mouth, and swallowed one of the yellow lightning bolts whole.

In the garden, the leaves of a plant fell during a downpour, turned yellow and withered, and then turned into powder.

……

at the same time.

River view villa.

The room with the best view.

"Inch by inch".

Cunzhupa opened his eyes on the sofa and called out.

Standing in front of the French windows, Li Chaoyuan sipped his tea and watched the torrential rain outside, speaking slowly and deliberately:
"That Thunder Reverse Dragon should have the ability to devour lightning, so it's not strange that it would devour lightning."

After saying that, he asked, "What about the Netherworld Lords? Did they see anything?"

“Inch by inch.” Cunzhupa shook his head.

Li Chaoyuan then asked, "Have you found out Qiao Sang's new training location?"

“Inch by inch.” Cunzhupa shook his head.

Li Chaoyuan said calmly, "They know you exist, so they will definitely train in places without plants. You should go and investigate with your physical body instead of relying on root meridian synchronization."

"Cun Cun," Cun Zhu Pa called out, indicating that it knew, but it didn't want to go today.

"Why?" Li Chaoyuan asked.

"Cun Cun." Cun Zhupa looked at the torrential rain outside, touched the leaf on his head, and called out.

It didn't want any accidents to happen to Little Treasure Hunter's signature.

Li Chaoyuan: "..."

……

Outside the villa.

"Clear!"

Xia Lala pointed in the direction where the fallen leaves disappeared and quickly called out.

"It's alright," Qiao Sang said. "It doesn't matter if they see this."

"Qingqing."

Xia Lala gave her a "that's good" look.

Time passes little by little.

About half an hour later, Michaela came out of the villa carrying milk. Looking at the lightning still flashing in the sky, she frowned and asked, "Has the Thunder Reverse Dragon not come down yet?"

“No,” Jossan replied.

Michaela pondered and said, "I remember that the lightning absorption characteristic level was only B at the time of the examination."

This means that a B-level lightning absorption property shouldn't absorb lightning for such a long time.

Apart from the S-rank lightning absorption characteristic, other ranks of lightning absorption characteristics can only absorb the purest form of lightning energy. If the lightning energy is not pure enough, absorbing it will only produce a feeling of fullness and will not increase physical strength or energy. If too much impure lightning energy is absorbed, it will actually cause harm to the body.

Although Tingbao is currently absorbing pure lightning energy, its own level is not high, and its lightning absorption characteristic is only B-level. If the absorption time is too long, it will also cause damage to its body.

“It’s Rank B…” Qiao Sang said while sensing Tingbao’s physical condition, “However, it seems that Tingbao’s body hasn’t shown any problems yet…”

Amidst the torrential rain and thunder, Tingbao's figure constantly changed position in the air, nimbly weaving through the extremely high frequency of yellow lightning, and seizing the opportunity to devour a bolt of yellow lightning.

After swallowing one bolt of lightning, Tingbao did not immediately swallow another. Instead, it constantly traversed through the storm and lightning, taking the opportunity to digest the lightning. Only when it felt that it had digested enough of the lightning in its body would it continue to swallow the next bolt of lightning.

Time passes slowly.

Another hour passed.

"Has the Thunder Dragon still not encountered any problems?" Michaela came out of the villa and saw Jossan still outside looking up at the sky, so she couldn't help but ask again.

"No..." Qiao Sang felt a little unsure.

The results I sensed were indeed correct, but according to the information about the lightning absorption properties, Tingbao shouldn't have been absorbing for such a long time...

Could I have sensed something wrong?
That's impossible, she's already an A-level Beast Tamer...

But given Tingbao's level and lightning-absorbing ability, it probably wouldn't even last half an hour...

Thinking of this, Qiao Sang subconsciously turned her head to look in the direction where Ya Bao was.

Seeing that Ya Bao's attention wasn't on this, she knew that Ya Bao was controlling its clones to train, so she looked in the direction of Xiao Xun Bao and wanted it to go up and take a look.

"Looking around~"

Little Treasure Hunter noticed its Beastmaster's gaze, immediately understood what was happening, and barked, indicating that it would go over right now.

After he finished speaking, his eyes gleamed with a blue light.

However, at that moment, a loud "boom" resounded in the sky.

A terrifying yellow bolt of lightning illuminated the entire dark sky for a fleeting moment.

"Searching..."

Little Treasure shuddered, the blue light in its eyes faded, and it looked at its beast tamer with a serious expression. It barked, indicating that it suddenly felt it should go and train too...

Qiao Sang's lips twitched: "It's raining now."

"Searching".

Little Treasure called out, indicating it was alright, and went indoors. Then, it floated towards the indoor training room inside the villa, glancing back every few steps to see if its Beastmaster would call it back.

"Qingqing."

Qingbao looked in the direction where Xiaoxunbao had gone, a mocking expression on his face, and called out, "Coward!"

Then, it looked at its beast tamer, gave a sweet smile, and called out again:
"Qingqing."

It went to check on the sixth brother's condition.

Having said that, it vanished into the wind and drifted upwards.

A short while later, Qingbao floated back and called out:
"Qingqing."

The sixth one was unharmed and was normally absorbing lightning.

"Is it constantly devouring lightning?" Jossan asked.

"Qingqing," Qingbao called out, indicating that it would go and check again.

Then, it vanished again, turning into wind.

After about ten minutes, Qingbao reappeared and called out:
"Qingqing."

The sixth brother didn't keep absorbing lightning; he would rest for a while after absorbing some before continuing to absorb it.

Qiao Sang was taken aback at first, then her eyes lit up, and she exclaimed sincerely, "Tingbao is so smart!"

Constantly absorbing lightning can cause indigestion and harm the body. However, if you wait until the absorbed lightning is fully digested before absorbing it again, this problem will not occur.

Of course, it can't keep absorbing indefinitely, since the amount of lightning a high-level pet can absorb is limited. However, the time it can absorb lightning is definitely longer than the time it can absorb without absorbing any, and the amount of energy absorbed is definitely more.

Qiao Sang once again took Tingbao's intelligence seriously.

It seems that Tingbao is much smarter than I thought...

That's true. Among all my pets, even the smartest one, like Steel Treasure, wouldn't be able to speak human language like Ting Treasure...

In the blink of an eye, Gangbao's voice suddenly echoed in his mind:

"Steel, steel, steel..."

It is trying to speak human language.

Qiao Sang couldn't help but burst out laughing.

The voice of Steel Treasure in his mind stopped abruptly.

At this moment, Michaela asked from the side, "What's the situation with the Thunder Reverse Dragon?"

“Tingbao doesn’t keep absorbing lightning; instead, it digests it for a while before absorbing it again,” Qiao Sang explained.

"That's clever," Michaela remarked after hearing the story.

She paused, then added, "But we still need to pay attention to Lei Nilong's physical condition. If anything goes wrong, we should summon it back."

"Understood," Qiao Sang replied.

……

Half past two in the afternoon.

Tingbao flew down from the sky while burping.

"Impressive! It actually absorbed the lightning for such a long time," Qiao Sang, who had been waiting below, exclaimed.

"Tingting?"

Tingbao smirked, revealing a "pie in the sky" expression, and then barked, indicating how long it was before it could evolve.

It always knew that its master beast tamer was waiting for it to evolve before letting it go into battle.

“If you absorb a few more bolts of lightning like you did just now, it should be quick.” After saying that, Qiao Sang sighed, “It’s a pity we missed this opportunity. The next time the weather is like this will probably be after the Master Challenge ends.”

"But it's okay, we can evolve in other ways."

"Tingting?" Tingbao called out curiously.

What are some other ways?
“Just train normally,” Jossan said.

"Tingting".

Tingbao was silent for two seconds, then barked, indicating that it felt it could absorb a few more bolts of lightning later.

Sure enough, Tingbao is very motivated to participate in the Master Challenge... Qiao Sang sighed inwardly and said, "Training and absorbing lightning can both be done. You can train your skills first, and then absorb the lightning when your energy is almost depleted. This lightning still has half a day left."

"Tingting".

Tingbao nodded, then twisted his body, trying to fly into the sky.

"Wait a minute," Qiao Sang quickly said.

Tingbao stopped what he was doing and turned to look at her: "Tingting?"

“It’s raining and thundering now, you can train indoors,” Qiao Sang said.

"Tingting".

Tingbao barked once, indicating that it was not afraid of thunder and rain.

After a pause, it added another cry:
"Tingting".

Even if the pet beast named Cunzhupa saw it training, it didn't matter. After all, it was the superior one, and it and the beast tamer behind it probably wouldn't care about it.

That's true... Qiao Sang said seriously, "How can it not be related? You will be officially participating in the competition later, so of course the skills you've trained can't be leaked."

"Tingting".

Upon hearing this, Tingbao was first taken aback, then his eyes lit up, he nodded, and twisted his body to fly into the room.

Compared to before, it was wriggling much more, clearly in a happy state.

Just then, Michaela happened to come out of the house and brushed past it.

Tingbao glanced at her, and his twisting motion instantly decreased significantly.

Michaela: "???"

After Tingbao left, Michaela couldn't help but ask, "Did Lei Nilong just slap me in the face?"

"Grind."

The Dragon King sat on the sofa, picked his nose, and barked, indicating that it was perfectly normal for him to be rude to you; he had never liked you anyway.

Michaela: "..."

……

In the following period, after Tingbao finished training, he would go out to absorb lightning. When he could no longer absorb lightning, he would come back to continue training.

This continued until 10 p.m., when the lightning disappeared and the torrential rain stopped.

“Tingting…”

With its belly bulging, Tingbao wriggled its way back to the living room, sighed, and barked, indicating that the lightning had disappeared too quickly and that it felt it could absorb some more.

Qiao Sang glanced at its belly and said, "I think you should digest the lightning you just absorbed first."

"Tingting".

Tingbao nodded, then called out, indicating that he was going to train so that he could digest the food faster.

To be honest, once Tingbao has a goal, he's really easy to take care of... Qiao Sang thought to herself, then nodded and said:
"it is good."

Tingbao went to the indoor training room.

Qiao Sang then came to the Beast Taming Manual and quickly flipped to the page about Ting Bao.

【Name: Thunder Reverse Dragon】

[Type: Dragon, Electric]

[Level: Advanced (87732/100000)+] (End of Chapter)