What does it mean when a pet evolves incorrectly?

A spotlight shone directly into the vast venue as Li Heng and Zhou Ming entered simultaneously.

After Lin Chen's day and night training, the two of them made rapid progress in their skills during this period, demonstrating strong dominance in the previous rounds and advancing to the finals, where they met.

Before the match even started, the two were already exchanging trash talk, as is customary in competitions.

"Li Heng, right? Your strength is not bad."

Zhou Ming wore a confident smile, the corners of his mouth gradually widening: "But that's enough. Today I will advance to the finals and bring the championship trophy home."

Li Heng sneered, crossed his arms, and retorted without any politeness:

"If I don't win within three minutes, I consider myself to be in poor form."

Their eyes met in mid-air, almost sparking a shower of sparks.

Lin Chen's lips twitched upon hearing this.

These two were so friendly in front of me, who knew they'd turn out like this the moment they met.

The audience was ignited by the tit-for-tat trash talk, erupting into even louder cheers and shouts.

The battle soon officially began, with the Flamehawk and the Stone Armored Lizard facing each other.

Zhou Ming's tactical arrangement was very simple: use the Flame Eagle's air superiority to regain the attribute advantage, constantly use ranged skills to wear down and kite the Stone Armor Lizard, weaken its state, and then launch a fatal attack.

Because of its clumsy size, the Stone Armored Lizard is helpless against the Flame Eagles circling high in the sky and can only passively take hits, occasionally seizing an opportunity to counterattack.

After a fierce battle, the Stone Lizard's condition deteriorated rapidly. Its thick rocky shell was covered with charred wounds, and it gasped for breath on the spot.

Although Flamehawk was almost unharmed, the continuous firepower and skill bursts caused its stamina to drop rapidly, leaving it slightly out of breath.

Zhou Ming quickly made a decision: "Now, unleash the fiery charge!"

The Flame Eagle's Blazing Charge has reached the Proficient level, making it the most powerful skill among all its mastered abilities.

Therefore, Zhou Ming must take advantage of the Flame Eagle's exhaustion to inflict a severe blow on the Stone Armor Lizard.

"Hey!!"

The Flame Eagle let out a high-pitched cry, its body erupting in crimson flames, instantly transforming itself into a blazing meteor of fire, and fiercely swooped down towards the already exhausted Stone Armor Lizard.

next moment!

boom!!!

The Flaming Eagle struck the Stone Armored Lizard, sending it sliding backward several meters with the terrifying impact, carving deep furrows into the ground and even causing tiny cracks to appear on its shell.

Zhou Ming was overjoyed upon seeing this.

A fiery charge and a precise shot—victory is just around the corner.

At the same time, Li Heng showed no panic. Instead, a smile appeared on his lips as a thought flashed through his mind: "Now's the time, bite it!"

Successfully got the candy, now watch me outsmart him!

The heavily injured Stone Armored Lizard suddenly opened its mouth full of sharp teeth and bit down hard on the Flame Eagle's lower limb that it hadn't had time to fully retract!

Zhou Ming's expression changed drastically: "Get rid of it!"

But it was too late.

Despite the Flamehawk's frantic struggles and flapping of its wings, it could not shake off the Stone Armored Lizard that was clinging to it.

In the chaos, it lifted off the ground with the stone armor lizard, but the latter's terrifying weight became the biggest burden at this moment, and its flight posture immediately became shaky and extremely unstable. Not only could it not gain altitude, but it also tended to fall.

"Now! Hammer Tail Strike!" Li Heng gave the order.

The Stone Armored Lizard's eyes flashed with ferocity, and its thick tail, like a battering ram, slammed into the side of the Flame Eagle's head with a dull whistling sound!

boom! !

A sickeningly loud thud!

"Hey!"

The Flame Eagle let out a heart-wrenching scream, its struggle weakened, and it and the Stone Armored Lizard it was clinging to fell heavily to the ground from several meters in the air!

Boom!

Dust flew everywhere.

The entire room was completely silent.

The dust gradually settled.

The Flamehawk's eyes rolled back, and its head lolled to one side; it had clearly lost consciousness.

The stone lizard was also badly injured from the fall; blood trickled from its mouth, and the crack in its chest shell widened. But it struggled to support itself with its trembling limbs, and despite swaying, it remained firmly in place.

"roar--!!"

After a careful inspection, the referee raised the flag representing Li Heng's victory high.

"Match ended! Winner—Li Heng!!"

After a brief silence, the entire stadium erupted in thunderous cheers and applause.

No one expected that the Stone Armored Lizard, which had been on the defensive and seemed to be on the verge of collapse, would actually exchange its own injuries for others' injuries and use itself as bait to achieve a decisive victory!

Both sides of the venue

Li Heng rushed into the arena and hugged the severely injured Stone Armored Lizard, while Zhou Ming stood there, dazed and lost in thought for a long time.

Zhou Ming's condition only gradually improved during the post-match interview.

He said in a deep voice to the camera, "It's a pity we only made it this far, but Flamehawk and I gave it our all. We can only say we were a step behind. I'll try my best next time."

He paused for a moment, then said, "But I'd like to thank my sparring partner here. Without his help these past few days, I wouldn't have made such great progress, let alone made it to the finals."

"He is an extremely skilled sparring partner."

Lin Chen, who was watching the live stream, was taken aback.

Is there anything else about him?

Upon hearing this, Li Heng, who was also being interviewed nearby, grinned and spoke in a loud voice:

"I also have a very good sparring partner, and I can guarantee that Zhou Ming's sparring partner is not as good as mine."

Zhou Ming turned his head and looked at him: "?"

After the interview, Li Heng called immediately:

"Brother Chen, how did I do today?"

"ox."

"Hehe, that guy even said his sparring partner is really good. I wonder if his sparring partner is as good as Brother Chen?"

Lin Chen pursed his lips slightly and said, "I am also his sparring partner."

Li Heng: ".......?"

Li Heng: "Wait a minute! I remember you've been working as a private sparring partner lately, could it be that...?"

Lin Chen nodded: "You guessed right, he is my employer."

Li Heng fell into a long silence.

After an unknown amount of time, Li Heng's voice rang out again, tinged with laughter: "Heh, we both had Brother Chen as our sparring partner, and we both received the same help, yet he still couldn't win. This just proves that he's not as good as me."

"It seems my advancement to the finals was only to be expected."

Lin Chen chuckled to himself.

It must be said that Li Heng's tactical arrangement this time was truly amazing.

Knowing that the clumsy Stone Armored Lizard would have difficulty inflicting effective damage on the Flame Hawk, he chose a high-risk tactic of trading blows, luring the Flame Hawk into a trap step by step, and finally launching a counterattack to secure victory.

However, this tactic is extremely risky, and the Stone Lizard could easily be defeated if it is not careful.

But Li Heng won. As long as he won, his tactics were considered successful.

After hanging up the phone, Zhou Ming also sent a call invitation.

Compared to Li Heng, Zhou Ming's voice was noticeably more subdued: "Brother Chen, I've disappointed you."

Lin Chen shook his head: "You've already done a great job, proving yourself to be one of the most skilled new beast tamers in the entire Qinglan City."

Hearing this, Zhou Ming's mood improved slightly: "It's all thanks to your help, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to achieve such results."

He paused for a moment, then said, "I've already transferred the money."

As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Chen saw a text message pop up: "You have received 30000 yuan..."

He frowned: "Didn't you say that only becoming the champion would earn 30,000?"

Zhou Ming smiled and said, "It's okay. Actually, my parents and I are already very satisfied with our current results, even though we didn't beat that awful guy."

At this point, Zhou Ming gritted his teeth and said fiercely, "He only beat me, what's he so smug about? If he's so capable, let him beat Su Qingyuan tomorrow."

Lin Chen smiled helplessly.

Zhou Ming continued, sighing softly, "And even if I advance to the finals, I still can't defeat Su Qingyuan, so the results are actually not that different."

"Please accept this money. It's not much, not even as much as my weekly allowance."

Lin Chen was about to decline, but when he heard the second half of the sentence, his expression changed slightly, and he silently shut his mouth.

Forget it, there's no point in trying to reason with these young masters.

After hanging up the phone, Zhou Ming looked out the car window at the city lights rushing by, but couldn't help but recall Li Heng's sharp words to him during the post-match interview.

He gritted his teeth and said, "You only won one game, what are you pretending for?"

Just wait, after I continue training with Brother Chen for a while, I'll show you who has the better sparring partner.