Beast Taming Begins with the Inner Circle of Pets

Chapter 94 Earning money but not spending it is a waste.

Not only were the safety hazards resolved, but Lin Manman also made a killing. When she went to the competition the next day, she felt like she was floating.

When the draw took place, all her competitors saw her grinning with her big white teeth and assumed she was up to something, so they all kept their distance from her.

The female beast tamer who drew the same number as Lin Manman had her lips pursed, her face ashen, and her eyes seemed to be glistening with tears.

Now everyone knows that this living devil not only bullies the weak in competitions, but also sends out his weaker spirit beasts to mess with his opponents' mentality.

Lin Manman drew number 6, which is relatively late in the draw. However, each match in the singles competition will not last too long.

After her competition ends, she should have plenty of time to go shopping with Wu Jingyu.

She's barely gone out since the competition started. She hasn't used the equipment and skill vouchers from the team competition yet, so she'll use them today!

Her nonchalant demeanor infuriated the other contestants.

If those young masters and ladies hadn't left, how could she have the right to be so arrogant here?

As the forces from various districts entered the new secret realm, the young masters and ladies who came to train all left, and the local second-generation elites who regarded them as rivals also departed one after another.

After all, if these people hadn't suddenly visited, they wouldn't have bothered participating in a competition of this caliber; the prize money wouldn't even cover the cost of a meal for the young masters and ladies.

This resulted in Lin Manman completely dominating the individual competition, and anyone who was matched up against her could only consider themselves unlucky.

Just like this girl in front of me, who was wiping away tears while summoning her spirit pet, she looked so cute and pitiful that Lin Manman almost couldn't bear to hit her!

"Don't cry, I'll tell Amber to go easy on you!" Lin Manman patted Amber's big head and gestured with her chin toward the girl across from her who was crying her eyes out.

Amber, who was eager to get more food, widened her tiger eyes. Wasn't the harder you hit, the better the reward? What does "go easy" mean?

The girl cried even harder, this time out of anger.

She summoned a fire lizard and a two-tailed demon cat, commanding them to attack Lin Manman.

Lin Manman looked at Amber, "There are two on the other side, do you want to ask Ah Dai to help you?"

"Awoo~"

Amber said no need, two are enough, and it released its own fiery clones.

Both the Fire Lizard and Amber are spirit pets with high fire resistance, so neither can inflict much damage on the other when using fire-type skills. To determine a winner, they will mainly need to engage in close-quarters combat.

The Twin-Tailed Demon Cat is extremely fast and possesses both wind and darkness attributes. It is formidable in close combat and can also use skills from a distance.

As the enemy lunged forward, Amber and her clone met them head-on. Although the fire clone inherited all of Amber's skills, its strength was only 60% of the original's.

Amber planned to use her clones to stop the Twin-Tailed Demon Cat while her main body dealt with the Fire Lizard first.

Since the clone is composed of pure elemental energy, it is not too afraid of the Twin-Tailed Cat's close-range attacks. However, because its body is composed of pure elemental energy, it is also more vulnerable to being consumed by skills.

Therefore, if Amber wants to win, she must first eliminate the Fire Lizard before her clone is consumed by the Twin-Tailed Demon Cat.

The Fire Lizard and Amber clashed. The Fire Lizard lashed out with its nimble tail, while Amber retaliated with its claws. In terms of physical strength, Amber was undoubtedly the stronger one.

However, the fire lizard's body is covered in a thick layer of scales, which are slippery and thick, making it difficult for Amber's claws to inflict much damage. It tried to attack with its sharp teeth, but the cunning fire lizard never gave it the chance.

After a brief stalemate, the Twin-Tailed Demon Cat used a ranged kiting technique to wear down Amber's clone. It then turned and rushed back towards Amber, attempting to engage the Fire Lizard in a two-on-one fight.

When Amber saw that it was gradually losing ground, it remembered that although Lin Manman had said not to let it use its innate Divine Flame Glazed Body, she had not said anything about forbidding it from using its racial talent!

Feeling incredibly clever, Amber immediately slapped the fire lizard on the head with its paw, letting out a deafening roar.

This tiger's roar was different from previous roars. This roar contained the bloodline power of an amber-level mythical spirit beast against a lower-level bloodline spirit beast, similar to a mental attack, but also different.

Upon hearing the tiger's roar, the four running two-tailed demon cats froze, stumbled, and rolled into a ball due to inertia.

It rolled down to Amber's feet and stopped. The two-tailed cat didn't get up again; it just trembled and hugged its head with its front paws, curling up into a ball.

The fire lizard at Amber's feet was also stunned by the tiger's roar and lay on the ground, unable to get up.

Amber didn't give Lin Manman a chance to stop. Taking advantage of the fact that the two spirit pets had no strength to resist, she used a single fireball spell to send the beast tamer, who was already terrified and slumped on the ground, off the stage.

Things happened so fast that by the time Lin Manman reacted, the beast tamer opposite her was already lying on the ground.

Lin Manman glared at Amber, who was feigning innocence. "Didn't I tell you to go easy on her?"

A question mark slowly appeared on Amber's large head. It wasn't that it was blaming it for using its racial talent to cheat?

If we win this round, it shouldn't affect its extra meal, right?

"Disobeying the Beastmaster will result in your extra meal being deducted!"

Amber opened her tiger mouth wide, looking like she was thinking, "How can this be?"

Lin Manman didn't give it a chance to feel wronged. After the referee announced the winner, she took it back into her pet space.

After checking that the beast-taming junior sister's injuries weren't serious, she sincerely apologized, then said goodbye and left.

Although today's competition didn't serve as a training exercise, the fact that it ended quickly has its advantages; she can now focus on shopping!

Earning money and not spending it is a waste! Now she's going on a shopping spree!

Because of the incident a couple of days ago, Lin Manman had been preventing Xu Yuemei and Fang Yaqi from coming to the competition venue. However, after the matter was resolved yesterday, she subtly informed them that they no longer needed to be confined to the hotel and could go wherever they wanted.

As for Liu Ping and the other two, they decided to go back when Lin Manman told them not to come to the stadium to watch the match. They had already visited all the places they wanted to see in the few days without the match, and originally they just wanted to accompany Lin Manman to finish the match and go back together.

Lin Manman inexplicably forbade them from going to the venue to watch her competition, so they naturally had no reason to stay and simply went home to their own mothers.

So for today's match, in addition to Wu Jingyu and Xia Ming coming to accompany her, Xu Yuemei and Fang Yaqi also came together.

Thinking about how much money he's made recently, he decided to treat everyone to a nice meal today.

Fang Yaqi and Xu Yuemei were very happy. Wu Jingyu wasn't picky about food, and Xia Ming was even less concerned about such things. However, since Lin Manman said she wanted to treat them, everyone gave her face.

"I've been shopping a lot these past few days, let me show you the way," Fang Yaqi said to Lin Manman and Wu Jingyu.

Wu Jingyu glanced at Lin Manman, who readily replied, "Okay, I'll leave it to you."

"By the way, do you have any ideas about your first spirit pet? Do you want it to focus on defense or offense?" Lin Manman asked Wu Jingyu.

Wu Jingyu pondered for a moment, "I hadn't thought about it before. Does Sister Manman have any recommendations?"

Lin Manman was also momentarily stunned. She usually relied entirely on the system's cheat code and actually knew very little about spirit beasts. How could she possibly recommend them?

"Well... let's look around first. If I find any good ones, I'll point them out to you. See if there are any you like, and then we can consider buying them?"

Wu Jingyu nodded. She had already asked Wu Jingfeng yesterday, and this junior aunt had a very good eye for spirit pets.

"We're here! The biggest shopping mall in the nearby alliance is just ahead. It has everything: adventure shops, spirit beast shops, material shops, and spirit food shops! Let's go!" Fang Yaqi said, pulling Lin Manman along as they rushed towards the mall building.

Lin Manman casually pulled Wu Jingyu up, causing the shy girl's delicate face to blush slightly.

Compared to the surrounding buildings, this shopping mall is not very large, with only six floors, but all the shops inside belong to the alliance.

Products from the alliance are guaranteed in quality and have good after-sales service. Although the prices are higher than those in ordinary stores, many people are willing to pay for them.

However, the reason Lin Manman chose the Alliance Store was naturally because she could use the consumer card given by Wu Anbang and the black card given by Wu Jingfeng!

The thought of making a huge sale without spending her own money filled her with immense joy.

"Let me introduce you. The first floor is full of protective gear and equipment, the second floor has various skill books, the third floor is a materials store, the fourth floor has a spirit beast and various spirit food store, and the fifth floor is an adventure store where you can buy adventure maps and adventure equipment."

"Finally, we'll reach the sixth floor. Let me tell you, the sixth floor is a small food court! There are all sorts of snacks, fast food, buffets, hot pot, and so much more! How about we eat lunch here after we're done shopping?"

"I've been eating here every day while I'm out and about these past few days. The food is really good, and there's a wide variety of options."

As Fang Yaqi led the group through the mall, she pointed out the upper floors through the central atrium and explained them to them.

Wu Jingyu had been to shopping malls before, including many larger ones in Beijing, but this was her first time shopping with so many people, making it a novel experience for her.

Especially when Fang Yaqi was introducing the food on the sixth floor, the burning desire and light in her eyes made Wu Jingyu, who had never paid much attention to food, yearn for it.

"It's rare for me to treat you, are you sure you want to eat this?" Lin Manman raised an eyebrow. She didn't care, since it was her money anyway.

Fang Yaqi choked for a moment, her mind swirling wildly between eating something more expensive and eating more.

"Let's eat here. I'm also curious to see what good food we can find." Although Wu Jingyu is socially awkward, he doesn't have trouble making decisions. When Fang Yaqi was caught in a dilemma, he gently offered his advice to help her decide.

"Okay, let's eat this for today. You have to make it up to me when we get back!" Fang Yaqi thought about it and still felt a little regretful, so she started to bargain with Lin Manman.

Lin Manman raised an eyebrow. "Why should I? I said I'd treat everyone today, but I didn't say I'd treat everyone later."

"I've recorded your embarrassing moments! You living devil, you don't want your glorious image to be admired by future female students, do you? If you don't agree, I'll post your match video with Han Yue on the school forum!"

Fang Yaqi forced a wicked smile onto her sweet face.

Upon hearing Fang Yaqi's words, Wu Jingyu cast a curious glance at her.

Under Wu Jingyu's curiosity and Fang Yaqi's threat, Lin Manman glared at her and silently agreed.

(End of this chapter)