Beast Taming Begins with Inheriting a Legacy.

Seeing Gu Ling bring the mischievous boy onto the field, Shen Qingyue's expression was not as relaxed as in the previous two rounds: "Gu Ling, I can finally play against you."

"Your teammates are working very hard, even at the cost of injuring their pets, in order to wear down my Fiery Steed."

Pei Gang changed his usual steady fighting style, and He Siruo did not let the little leopard dodge at the last moment, choosing to exchange injuries for injuries, all of which were to create an advantage for Gu Ling.

Shen Qingyue said, "You have a warrior-level pet beast, so you should have been able to win the competition without any problem, but your teammates still chose to do these things."

"And what about you? Knowing I have a warrior-level pet, why didn't you just admit defeat?" Gu Ling retorted.

Shen Qingyue's expression turned solemn: "Because I can't let my teammates' efforts go to waste."

Even though she knew it would be difficult to defeat the mischievous boy, Shen Qingyue still had to give it a try.

If Gu Ling's Thunder Seal Cat can defeat the Warrior-level Big-Eyed Crocodile at the Extraordinary level, why can't her Fiery Horse do the same?

"Fire Horse! Flame Vortex!"

Once Gu Ling's mischievous little devil had entered and was ready, Shen Qingyue immediately commanded the Fiery Horse to launch an attack.

Gu Ling calmly replied, "Smoke."

The mischievous boy opened his mouth and exhaled green smoke, then quickly disappeared into the smoke.

Seeing that the smoke was about to spread, Shen Qingyue immediately said, "Use Spark Orbs above the smoke!"

The fiery horse spewed out clusters of fireballs into the sky, which flew up like a dazzling meteor shower before crashing down rapidly!

The fireball crashed into the smoke, almost completely covering it, but had no effect whatsoever.

"How is that possible? Where did they go..." Shen Qingyue was very puzzled.

The fiery horse was also bewildered, and could only stare warily in the direction of the smoke.

"Hehehe~" Suddenly, a big, fat, green guy popped out of the ground behind the Fire Horse, making faces and sticking out his tongue to lift the Fire Horse up.

The next second, he flung the Fiery Horse directly towards the smoke!

Shen Qingyue was startled by the sudden appearance of the mischievous boy: "What?!"

When did you sneak over here?

"Ghost-type pet... can use Shadow Step..." Shen Qingyue's gaze fell on the best-growing grass on the battlefield.

In the first two rounds, the Fire Horse's fire-type skills burned down a lot of grass, but many grasses remained.

The mischievous imp released the smoke just now as a smokescreen. In fact, after hiding inside the smoke, he secretly slipped out along the ground and used the grass as cover to get close to the Fire Horse.

At this moment, the fiery horse, which had been thrown into the smoke, got up on the ground and tried to run out of the smoke as soon as possible.

But soon, from within the layers of smoke, many mischievous, cheeky smiling faces suddenly appeared, constantly making faces, sticking out their tongues, wiggling their butts, and so on, at the Fiery Horse.

The combination of [Shadow Clone] and [Strange Ray] caught the Fire Horse off guard, leaving it circling in the smoke unable to escape.

"It's that trick again..." Shen Qingyue frowned, her eyes fixed on the green smoke on the field. But she couldn't even see the Fire Horse anymore, nor could she see what was going on inside.

Shen Qingyue had personally witnessed the previous match between Mischievous Ghost and Skull Night Hawk, and had repeatedly watched the match video to study it afterward.

Since it was unclear what would happen inside the smoke, and Fire Horse had not learned any similar discernment skills, it could only take precautions from the beginning to avoid being surrounded by smoke.

Unexpectedly, the Fiery Horse was thrown in.

Compared to Shen Qingyue's unease and anxiety, Gu Ling on the other side appeared much calmer.

First, a special area resembling a "haunted house" is created using smoke to shroud the opponent. Then, shadow clones and strange lights are used to create multiple illusions to frighten the opponent while also disrupting their will and causing them to become lost in the smoke.

Once the opponent is confused about where the mischievous ghost will attack from, and loses their composure, continue to use tongue licks and night curses to attack.

This combination of moves can inflict deep torment on the opponent, both mentally and physically.

When the difference in strength is not significant, unless the pet has the Fearless Heart trait, it is basically impossible to escape this kind of multi-layered tactic.

Shen Qingyue gritted her teeth and said, "Fire Horse! Use Spark!"

Gu Ling's voice rang out slowly: "Hate."

The mischievous creature hiding in the smoke poked its head out, its eyes fixed intently on the fiery horse.

The Fiery Horse froze, its Spark skill being interrupted.

Inside the rest area.

Lou Huayu scratched his head in confusion: "Gu Ling had the mischievous ghost use hatred to seal off the Fiery Horse's sparks? Why didn't she seal off the even more powerful flame vortex just now?"

Lu Jiuwen, who was standing next to him, explained: "Although the Fiery Horse did not suffer any major injuries in the two matches, it has used the Flame Vortex several times, so its stamina must have been greatly depleted. Although the Spark is less powerful, it consumes less stamina than the Flame Vortex."

"If the exhausted Firehorse is unable to use Flame Vortex, and Spark is also blocked, Firehorse will have no other fire-type moves available and will be forced into a passive position."

Shen Qingyue didn't want the Fiery Horse to suffer too much damage in the battle between Pei Gang and He Siruo, so she could only use powerful skills to quickly eliminate the two's pets.

Between getting injured and simply expending physical energy, Shen Qingyue chose the latter.

After the sparks were blocked, Shen Qingyue clenched her fists: "Fire Horse! Use Flame Charge! Charge out of the smoke!"

Within the smoke, the fiery horse's entire body burst into flames, seemingly merging with the fire, dispersing some of the thick smoke and revealing a faint glimmer of firelight.

The mischievous boy's hiding place was exposed.

With a neigh, the fiery horse charged towards the mischievous ghost!

Gu Ling: "Shadow Sphere!"

The mischievous boy placed his two chubby little hands in front of him and quickly made several hand gestures.

Several fist-sized shadow orbs were condensed and formed.

With a thought, the mischievous imp sent the Shadow Ball flying towards the charging Fire Horse!

boom! boom! boom!

A series of explosions could be heard from within the smoke.

As the smoke slowly dissipated, the situation on the field gradually became clear.

The mischievous imp floated in mid-air, showing no signs of injury, while the fiery horse had already collapsed and was unconscious.

"Hehe~" The mischievous kid even had the mood to wave his chubby little hands at the audience with a grin.

Seeing this, Shen Qingyue bit her lip, her eyes filled with resentment, but the referee's voice still rang out as scheduled:

"Fire Horse has lost its fighting spirit; Gluttony wins!"

"Nanping No.1 Middle School wins the first semi-final match of the team competition against Hailan Experimental Middle School!"

"..."

"Hehe~" The match ended, and the mischievous boy excitedly pounced on Gu Ling.

This time, Gu Ling was more alert. When the mischievous ghost pounced on her, she used her hand to block the ghost's head in advance, preventing it from sticking out its tongue to lick her.

"Okay, okay~ I know you're great~ You're amazing~"

This time, the mischievous boy learned his lesson and behaved much better.

I didn't underestimate my opponent from beginning to end. Apart from some physical exhaustion, I wasn't injured. After a night's rest, I'll be lively and energetic again tomorrow.

The mischievous boy was a little disappointed that he couldn't lick the Beastmaster again, but he quickly rubbed his head against Gu Ling's palm happily: "Hehehe~"

Huang Weiwei rushed over in surprise and hugged Gu Ling tightly: "Lingling, we...we've made it to the finals?"

The others were also in a good mood at that moment.

"We were just one step away from being champions!"

"Even if we can't beat Beast Taming Vocational School or Hailan No. 1 Middle School, we'll still be runners-up."

"The runner-up prize in the team competition is around 500,000, right? Even if you're a substitute, you still get 20,000 or 30,000 in prize money!" Lou Huayu counted the small amount of money on his ten fingers, his eyes sparkling.

Gu Ling raised an eyebrow slightly: "Lou Huayu, the champion's prize is only 600,000 yuan. We need to broaden our horizons!"

In the team competition, the prize money is distributed in a 7:3 ratio between official players and substitute players. As the captain, Gu Ling can get a larger share than Pei Gang and Xia Zihan.

Gu Ling estimated that if she won the team competition, she could receive a prize of 16 yuan, but if she only came in second place, she would only receive 13 yuan.

That's a difference of 3 yuan!

"Captain, don't just focus on the team competition prize money. The individual competition prize money is much higher, isn't it?" Lou Huayu winked at Gu Ling.

Individual champion prize money: 50

Individual runner-up prize money: 15

Prize money for the top four in the individual competition: 10

"In previous years, the highest prize money for the individual championship in the friendly matches was only 20 yuan, but this year it has more than doubled, rising to 50 yuan!"

Lou Huayu, filled with curiosity, looked expectantly at Pei Gang and Lu Jiuwen, who came from the best families: "Young Master Pei, Young Master Lu, do you have any inside information?"

Lu Jiuwen: "No."

Pei Gang shook his head: "I haven't contacted my family in a long time."

The difference between the prize money for the individual competition champion and the runner-up is indeed quite large, and it does not include other pet resources as prizes besides the prize money.

The pet resources reward for winning the individual competition are enough to train a super-level pet into a warrior-level pet.

Moreover, Gu Ling was still thinking about the other "special" reward that Ye Wuyan had mysteriously kept from the friendly match.

Gu Ling muttered to herself, "I haven't seen Senior Ye for the past two days..."

Didn't he come to watch the game too?

I feel like I haven't seen him much lately.

After the students calmed down for a moment, Zhou Mengran smiled and reminded them, "The team competition between Yushou Vocational High School and Hailan No. 1 High School is about to start, we should go over there."

Gu Ling and the others thought they would be witnessing a spectacular match, but the outcome was far beyond their expectations.

Both Yushou Vocational High School and Hailan No.1 Middle School fielded their official players.

However, the gap in strength between the two sides is quite large.

Hailan No.1 Middle School had to sacrifice two official team members to barely eliminate He Xuening from Yushou Vocational School.

Finally, Yu Xiliang from Hailan No.1 Middle School fought a fierce battle before defeating Ouyang Ming. The Pit Bull, in an injured state, faced Pei Zhili's fully-equipped Shield Dragon.

result--

Pei Zhili's Shield Dragon won easily.

Beast Taming Vocational School won the match.

After watching the game, everyone from Nanping No.1 Middle School fell silent.

Finally, Gu Ling broke the silence: "Pei Gang, your cousin Pei Zhili is quite strong."

Pei Gang nodded slightly: "My cousin has always been the best at everything since he was a child."

The others also spoke up, expressing their opinions:

"Yu Xiliang's pit bull from Hailan No.1 Middle School is also very strong, but it couldn't beat Pei Zhili's armored dragon. The armored dragon doesn't seem to have suffered any injuries."

"Completely crushing! It feels like even without Ouyang Ming's Big-Eyed Crocodile consuming the Pit Bull, it still wouldn't be able to defeat the Shield Dragon."

"They're too strong... All the pet beasts of the official members of the Beast Taming Vocational High School are at the Warrior level... Even Hailan No.1 High School can't beat them."

On the Hailan No.1 Middle School side, two of the official team members have pet beasts that are at the Warrior level.

On the other hand, at Nanping No. 1 Middle School, only Gu Ling possessed a warrior-level pet beast.

"My cousin's Shield Dragon was promoted to the Warrior level when school started, while Yu Xiliang's Pit Bull was only recently promoted, so it's inevitable that there's a difference in strength," Pei Gang explained.

Lou Huayu's eyes widened: "Holy crap! School starts right away..."

Pei Gang added, "If it weren't for the concern that a pet's level might be too high and cause it to disobey the tamer's commands, my cousin's Shield Dragon might have advanced to the Warrior level even earlier."

"Should we be glad that the format after the semifinals was changed to a relay race? If it were still a best-of-three series, we would probably have to resort to the 'Qiankun' competition and rely on Gu Ling to win." Xia Zihan sighed slightly.

The Qiankun Tournament will be launched, and prize money will be deducted regardless of whether the player wins or loses.

As a result, although the Qiankun Competition format existed before, no school other than Yulan No.1 Middle School dared to use it casually.

……

night.

Inside the hotel room, after the mischievous ghost finished soaking in the Styx River water, he saw Gu Ling placing the specially made box for absorbing ghost incense on the balcony.

"You little rascal, it's time to use the Ghost Incense." Gu Ling beckoned.

"Hehe~" The mischievous boy nodded obediently.

Gu Ling: "This time, you can use a little more Ghost Incense."

The mischievous kid has used Ghost Incense several times already, and the absorption has been quite good.

Tomorrow is the showdown with the pit bull, and we must ensure that the mischievous boy is in top condition for the battle.

"Lingling, is that naughty kid going to absorb the ghost incense again?" Huang Weiwei was lying on the bed playing on her tablet when she turned her head and saw Gu Ling closing the balcony door. She asked casually.

Gu Ling nodded: "Mm."

"No wonder the mischievous kid is so amazing," Huang Weiwei exclaimed.

Gu Ling smiled and suggested, "If you're envious, you can buy resources to cultivate the Blazing Sun Seeds."

"It's too much work." Huang Weiwei shook her head repeatedly: "My Blazing Sun Seed is mild-mannered and doesn't move much. As long as it's raised to be pretty, it doesn't need to be very strong in combat."

Huang Weiwei enthusiastically handed over her tablet: "Lingling, what do you think of this design?"

The tablet displays a design sketch of a pet costume.

"It's so beautiful, no wonder it's Miss Huang!" Gu Ling was just an outsider, but she could tell that the clothing was very cute and pretty, and that some details had taken into account the physical structure of the pet and had been made quite a bit of work.

Huang Weiwei chuckled as she took the tablet: "I plan to submit my work to the official website of a university I had my eye on before. Their pet design department is very famous. I hope it will pass the initial review."

Gu Ling offered her blessing: "It will definitely work."

"Lingling, you should keep it up too!"

While continuing to refine the design drafts on her tablet, Huang Weiwei asked, "Have you decided which university you want to apply to? There are quite a few well-known universities in China that specialize in pet battles, and there are more than a dozen in the south."

Pet battles are currently a mainstream trend, with numerous pet battle tournaments of all sizes held around the world every year, making them incredibly popular.

Gu Ling paused for a moment, then said, "I haven't decided yet, maybe Shanghai University."

After all, if I get into Shanghai University, I can go to Ye Wuyan to fulfill my promise about the dragon-type pet egg.