Beast Taming Begins with Inheriting a Legacy.

the other side.

After parting ways with Bai Xiuwen, Gu Ling did not leave the training ground immediately. Instead, she used the internal training equipment to simulate battlefields with different attributes.

Grass, fire, electricity, ice... Gu Ling adjusted the attribute-based arena several times, allocating 15 minutes for each attribute to allow Xian Jiu and the mischievous ghost to adapt.

During the special training at Nanping No. 1 High School, there was also some training on adapting to the attribute battle arena. However, the competition is now being held in the central battle arena, and the attribute battle arena created here may have some slight deviations from the school's attribute battle arena.

While Xianjiu and the mischievous ghost went to familiarize themselves with the venue, Gu Ling sat on a nearby chair and watched the live replay of the match on her tablet.

Today is the second day of the break. The friendly matches will proceed as scheduled tomorrow, and it will be time for the quarterfinals of the individual competition.

Gu Ling's next opponent is Ouyang Ming from Beast Taming Vocational High School.

Ouyang Ming ranked third in his grade in last month's monthly exam at the Beast Taming Vocational High School, second only to Pei Zhili. He is also a two-star Beast Tamer. His first contracted pet is a water-type big-eyed crocodile, at the level of a warrior general. His second contracted pet was recently hatched and is currently only at the extraordinary level.

It's obvious without even guessing that Ouyang Ming will definitely use the Big-Eyed Crocodile in the competition.

In terms of strength level, it would be better to send out the mischievous ghost, but in terms of attribute advantage, the immortal 9 will have more advantages.

"Who should we choose to play..." Gu Ling was also a little hesitant.

Upon discovering that the Beastmaster was debating who should play in the match tomorrow, Xianjiu and the mischievous little guy quietly crept over, and then both of their heads turned to look at the video playing on the tablet.

"Meow!"

Xian Jiu suddenly cried out in anger, her eyes glaring sharply at the big-eyed crocodile in the competition video.

The villains who have invaded the territory of the Raijin Cats have appeared!

"Hehehe?" The mischievous boy scratched his head, somewhat confused.

Seeing Xian Jiu suddenly become so excited, Gu Ling was stunned for a moment before remembering that among the four pets that invaded the territory of the Thunder Seal Cat when she was stacking buffs on Xian Jiu before the match, there was a Big-Eyed Crocodile.

"Xian Jiu, calm down, calm down..."

Seeing that Xian Jiu's little paws were almost poking the tablet, Gu Ling quickly hugged Xian Jiu and rubbed her fluffy little head.

You can't poke it like that!

Xian Jiu tilted her little head up to look at Gu Ling, her eyes filled with eager longing: "Meow~"

Beastmaster, let me go next! I'm going to teach that big bad guy a lesson!

Are you sure?

Xian Jiu nodded repeatedly.

Seeing that Xian Jiu was truly motivated, Gu Ling smiled and raised an eyebrow: "The Big-Eyed Crocodile is a warrior-level pet beast. Defeating it will be no easy task."

"Mwah~" Xian Jiu's eyes were unwavering.

I'm confident!

I'm sure I can beat those mere big-eyed crocodiles to a pulp, just like Meow Meow Ranger did!

Gu Ling didn't rush to give Xian Jiu a direct answer. Instead, she continued to watch the videos of the Big Eye Crocodile's matches and related information.

Xian Jiu looked anxious, her cat tail wagging restlessly behind her: "Meow~" Beast Tamer~ Can I take the stage, please~

However, at this moment, Gu Ling's gaze lingered on a few lines of text in the data—

"Bad temper, unruly..."

"Punished 9 times in one week...damaged public property a total of 27 times..."

Gu Ling immediately felt confident and casually squeezed Xian Jiu's little cat paw: "Alright then, you can go on stage."

"Meow~"

Seeing that Gu Ling agreed, Xian Jiu happily pressed her head against Gu Ling's face, then hurriedly turned around and ran to the attribute battle arena.

"Meow~"

Beastmaster, quickly switch to the next attribute battleground!

"Okay, okay..."

"..."

Gu Ling stayed at the training ground for two hours. After receiving a message in the competition group to gather, she turned off the training equipment and took her two pets to meet up with the others.

When Gu Ling arrived at the meeting point, she only saw Xia Zihan and Huang Weiwei, who were the first to arrive.

"Lingling, where did you go?" Huang Weiwei asked casually.

With the friendly matches more than halfway through, there will be virtually no chance for substitutes like Huang Weiwei to play in the remaining games.

Therefore, Zhou Mengran assigned other tasks to the substitute players, such as recording match videos and organizing and summarizing information about the opponents.

Gu Ling and the other official team members only need to focus on the game and pre-match training.

Gu Ling replied, "I ran into Bai Xiuwen at the training ground, chatted for a bit, and then did some training there."

Xia Zihan paused, then asked, "How is she? I didn't hear anything about her punishment on the radio. She shouldn't have given her pet any stimulants, right?"

"Yes." Gu Ling nodded: "But Yulan Middle School made her withdraw from the competition."

"Bai Xiuwen is really unlucky to have run into a school and teammates like this." Huang Weiwei's expression was complicated when she heard that she had been withdrawn from the competition.

When they first met, Bai Xiuwen was very strict with Skull Night Hawk during training, and Huang Weiwei didn't have a good impression of him.

But now that the doping scandal involving pets has been exposed, Bai Xiuwen is actually the only student at Yulan Middle School who did not use performance-enhancing drugs on his pet.

Xia Zihan asked, "Gu Ling, your opponent tomorrow is Ouyang Ming from Beast Taming Vocational School. Are you confident you can win?"

"Meow~"

Before Gu Ling could answer, Xian Jiu confidently raised her head.

Gu Ling smiled and patted Xian Jiu's head, replying, "My goal is the championship."

Upon hearing this, Xia Zihan was taken aback for a moment, then pursed her lips and smiled faintly: "Then I was being nosy."

"Lingling is so good, she'll definitely win the quarterfinals."

"..."

After everyone had gathered, Gu Ling asked Zhou Mengran for permission to go to the training ground alone for a while longer, and then return to the hotel by herself in the evening.

Zhou Mengran agreed.

Afterwards, Gu Ling stayed at the training ground until 5:30 pm before taking Xian Jiu and the mischievous ghost back to the hotel by car.

While waiting for the elevator, a boy walked straight towards Gu Ling:

"Hi, Gu Ling."

Gu Ling turned to look at the boy in front of her, racked her brains, and recognized him. Her expression immediately showed some surprise: "You...you are Ouyang Ming from Beast Taming Vocational School."

"What a coincidence, running into you here." Ouyang Ming smiled warmly and said in a cheerful voice, "I'm really looking forward to our match tomorrow."

"Even in the Beast Taming Vocational School, there are very few students who have contracted Ghost-type pets. I'm really looking forward to the battle between the Big-Eyed Crocodile and the Glutton tomorrow."

Ouyang Ming made no attempt to hide anything and revealed the pet beast he planned to fight the next day.

"Me too."

After hearing this, Xian Jiu realized that Ouyang Ming was the beast tamer of the Big-Eyed Crocodile, and glared at him angrily.

"Huh?" Ouyang Ming noticed Xian Jiu staring at him and was somewhat surprised. "Is your Thunder Seal Cat so...lively?"

Gu Ling chuckled: "I guess so, its personality is indeed a bit lively."

With a "ding-dong", the elevator doors opened.

After Ouyang Ming stepped out of the elevator, he turned around and waved to Gu Ling: "Gu Ling, see you at the competition tomorrow."

Gu Ling nodded politely.

A few seconds later, the elevator doors closed.

The smile on Ouyang Ming's face faded, and he turned and walked towards his hotel room.

Just as I was about to open the door with my room card, the door opened from the inside.

Pei Zhili was about to go out to look for someone when he saw Ouyang Ming return. He paused for a moment, then stepped aside to let the latter in: "You went to see Gu Ling from Nanping No. 1 Middle School?"

Ouyang Ming shrugged: "It's perfectly normal to meet with your opponent before a match, isn't it?"

"oh."

Pei Zhili was not particularly surprised by Ouyang Ming's little habit.

This year's friendly match truly surprised many people, as Nanping No. 1 Middle School, which had been quiet for many years, gave a pleasant surprise.

The team has reached the top 4, and three players have reached the top 8 in the individual competition.

It's worth noting that even the favorites to win the championship, Beastmaster Vocational High School, only had two spots in the top eight of this year's individual competition.

Although Xia Zihan and Lu Jiuwen from Nanping No.1 Middle School have some ability, they can't even beat their cousin Pei Gang, so they are not a threat.

But that Gu Ling... in the monthly exams at Nanping No. 1 High School, he repeatedly outperformed his cousin, which piqued Pei Zhili's interest.

Pei Zhili continued, "Gu Ling's mutated gluttonous ghost is quite powerful. Are you confident you can win?"

Upon hearing this, Ouyang Ming smiled confidently: "Although my Crocodile is not a Dark-type pet, it has already learned the Dark-type move Crunch, so I am not afraid of that glutton."

What's so scary about a gluttonous creature that doesn't resemble a mythical creature?

I heard that the gluttonous creature was originally a wild pet, and Gu Ling was lucky enough to tame it.

Pei Zhili reminded him, "What if Gu Ling chooses to send out the Electric-type Thunder Cat? Thunder Cat has a type advantage against Crocodile."

"That's absolutely impossible." Ouyang Ming rejected the guess without even thinking. "Would Gu Ling give up a stronger warrior-level pet and choose a weak extraordinary-level Thunder Seal Cat instead? Unless she wants to lose the competition directly."

Choosing the mischievous warrior at the general level to enter the arena might still offer a chance to win.

Pei Zhili's voice remained calm: "That was Gu Ling's first contracted pet."

Every beast tamer's first contracted pet is a special one.

Generally speaking, the strongest pet a beast tamer has is also the first pet they contract, because the first pet will require the most effort and resources from the beast tamer to raise, and the bond between them will be the strongest.

"It's just a slightly willful little kitten that doesn't listen to its beast tamer very much." Ouyang Ming didn't take Pei Zhili's words to heart.

Unless Gu Ling is foolish enough to want to lose the match for nothing, she will never let that Thunder Cat go on stage.

Sending a super-level pet to fight his big-eyed crocodile—how much do they look down on him?

"Disobedient?"

Pei Zhili chuckled, as if he had heard a joke: "When it comes to disobedience, your Big-Eyed Crocodile is definitely number one, isn't it? Don't forget last month's monthly exam..."

Ouyang Ming's expression turned serious, and the smile on his lips vanished completely: "That was just an accident."

"Hopefully so. Our goal is for us to be in the top four. It's understandable that Xue Ning lost to Yu Xiliang from Hailan No.1 Middle School, but you better not mess it up."

Pei Zhili and Ouyang Ming had a so-so relationship. After all, given the educational system of the Beast Taming Vocational School, the two had been competing with each other from elementary school to high school.

Pei Zhili disliked Ouyang Ming, and Ouyang Ming was equally dissatisfied with Pei Zhili.

"Ha, you should worry about yourself."

"..."

……

Gu Ling returned to her hotel room and began to plan her match for tomorrow.

The Big-Eyed Crocodile has only recently been promoted to the Warrior level, so Xianjiu has a chance to defeat it.

Big-eyed Crocodile has a particularly mischievous and playful personality. According to the information, Big-eyed Crocodile is a little tyrant in the Beast Taming Vocational School. He not only often steals food from other pets, but also plays pranks all the time.

Despite being criticized and punished by the instructor each time, he still failed to change his ways.

Although the mischievous boy also loved playing pranks, he was very obedient and didn't cause any trouble after Gu Ling told him not to play pranks at school.

This big-eyed crocodile has such a big flaw in its personality that perhaps it can be put to good use.

Gu Ling began to instruct Xian Jiu, "Xian Jiu, when fighting the giant crocodile, you must remain calm, understand?"

Although Xian Jiu is currently under the influence of anger, Gu Ling still needs to calm her down just in case.

"Remember how that Electric Bull lost the match during the class placement exam? It was because it was blinded by anger."

"Think about how Meow Meow Ranger saved the Thunder Seal Cat clan. It wasn't just brute force, right? Clever and resourceful cats learn to outsmart their opponents, don't they?"

"Mwah~" Xian Jiu gradually calmed down.

I understand! Beastmaster!

When the match comes, I'll see if I don't crush the big-eyed crocodile!

Gu Ling was both amused and exasperated: "Well... that's roughly the idea."

Gu Ling opened the data of Immortal Nine in the Beast Taming Ancient Book, pondered for two seconds, and then spent 489 points to increase the skill proficiency of Ten Thousand Volts by a little bit.

[100,000 Volts (Mastery 11/2000) → 100,000 Volts (Mastery 500/2000)]

In the battle on the plains, Xianji used the most powerful 100,000 volts to intimidate the Yellowtail Bee swarm, which was also recorded in the live broadcast.

Therefore, Gu Ling doesn't dare to max out the mastery level of 100,000 Volts right now, lest the skill's power increase too much and cause unnecessary trouble.

But tomorrow, Xianji will be facing the Water-type Crocodile, and the Electric-type move Thunderbolt is crucial. Just in case, we should add a few points to it.

"Mwah~" Xian Jiu muttered twice in dissatisfaction.

Why waste a beast tamer's magic on a mere big-eyed crocodile?

Gu Ling skillfully bluffed, "Because I also want to help Xian Jiu fight the big bad guy."

Hearing this reason, Xian Jiu reluctantly accepted it.

Afterwards, Gu Ling and Xian Jiu began discussing their lines for confronting the crocodile the next day.

The mischievous ghost found it amusing, and after soaking in the River Styx, it floated over and began enthusiastically coming up with all sorts of bad ideas.

"Hehehe~"

"Meow~"

"..."

……

The next morning, apart from the mischievous night owl, Xianjiu was the first to get up.

Xian Jiu patted Gu Ling awake with her little paws: "Meow~" Beast Tamer, get up quickly!

On the other bed, Huang Weiwei yawned and asked, "Lingling, what's wrong with Xianjiu? Why is he so excited so early in the morning?"

"Uh...it's nothing, I just ran into a big bad guy." Gu Ling raised her hand to scratch her hair, which had become messy from sleeping, got up and walked towards the bathroom, and replied casually.

Huang Weiwei looked completely bewildered: Huh? Big bad guy?