Beast Taming Begins with Inheriting a Legacy.

Chapter 43 The Advantage Lies With Me!

Ten minutes later.

"Oh, I see..."

Having just finished her battle, Huang Weiwei found Gu Ling and couldn't wait to ask him about Xian Jiu's superpower skills.

After Gu Ling finished explaining, Huang Weiwei suddenly understood, and then looked at Xian Jiu with sparkling eyes: "Xian Jiu is so amazing! Lingling, you've struck gold!"

Gu Ling glanced at Xian Jiu, whose head was practically pointing skyward, and nodded with a smile: "Yes, we really struck gold."

Huang Weiwei clicked her tongue in amazement: "No wonder Xianjiu is so powerful, he actually has an extra mutated superpower type."

Gu Ling suddenly changed the subject, saying, "Let's go to the training hall for our agreed-upon match after the combat exam tomorrow."

"Huh?" Huang Weiwei's face stiffened, her eyes slowly darting around, and her tone unconsciously became somewhat guilty: "Lingling, my Blazing Sun Seed was injured in its battle with the Three-Tailed Fire Fox, and it hasn't fully healed yet..."

Huang Weiwei isn't stupid!

With Xian Jiu already displaying such formidable strength, why would she let the Blazing Sun Seed fight against her? Isn't that just sending her to her death and getting humiliated?

"Oh, really?" Gu Ling raised an eyebrow slightly, kindly suggesting, "Should we go to the medical room again? It's fine to postpone the match for two or three days. I'm always ready to play, and I definitely won't back down at the last minute."

"Zero zero~"

Huang Weiwei pouted, her expression instantly turning pitiful. She grabbed Gu Ling's hand and shook it, pleading, "My dear Lingling~ please let me go~"

Gu Ling smiled faintly, unmoved.

When her first plan failed, Huang Weiwei shook off Gu Ling's hand and preemptively complained, "No! You agreed to the battle so readily yesterday because you hid Xian Jiu's psychic abilities and calculated that Blazing Seed couldn't beat Xian Jiu. That doesn't count, it doesn't count!"

"Alright."

Gu Ling sighed feigning surprise: "Oh dear, this beautiful Huang has learned to cheat! She can't even afford to lose a few cups of milk tea!"

"Aaaaaah!" Huang Weiwei was getting a little frantic, and finally could only give up in despair: "I...I give up, okay? There's no need for a fight, I'll definitely treat you to milk tea!"

Gu Ling added, "And there's also Chinese Paladin 9."

Xian Jiu nodded in agreement: "Meow~" And this cat too~

"Alright, alright, please come all, I have plenty of money!"

Having achieved her goal, Gu Ling's smile widened even further: "As expected of Miss Huang, so generous and straightforward!"

"Hmph~ Of course~"

"..."

Gu Ling chatted with Huang Weiwei for a while longer, as the latter's second match was about to begin.

So, while Huang Weiwei was away fighting, Gu Ling took the opportunity to visit the medical room again, touching all the injured pets there and successfully gaining +60 points.

……

7 PM.

After having dinner with Huang Weiwei's family outside, Gu Ling and Xian Jiu returned home.

Once home, the two of them, human and pet, got busy with their own tasks in perfect harmony: one watched battle videos, the other searched for information.

While searching for information online, Gu Ling opened the data panel of Xianjiu.

"Double Kick, Quick Attack... none of these can directly damage Ghost-type Mini-Dolls."

"While Ghost-type moves are super effective against Psychic-type moves, Psychic-type moves can still deal damage to Ghost-type Pokémon due to their resistance to certain moves."

"Wait... how about taking a bite?"

Gu Ling's eyes brightened slightly as she flipped through the attribute advantage chart in her notebook: "...That's right! Dark type is super effective against Ghost type."

Although Xianjiu isn't a Dark-type pet, it has the Dark-type move Bite, so it won't be unable to attack in tomorrow's battle against the Mini Doll.

Gu Ling immediately found Xian Jiu and gave her extra points on the spot!

【Bite (Small Achievement 80/500) → (Mastery 0/2000)】

Available Points: 1430

Looking at the Master-level Bite skill in the Xianjiu panel data, Gu Ling felt even more confident in defeating the Mini Doll tomorrow.

Gu Ling then noticed the [Insight] skill in the Xianji 9 data panel. After searching online for more information about the skill, she was immediately delighted.

"Normally, Normal-type moves are ineffective against Ghost-type Pokémon, but the 'See Through' move can put Ghost-type Pokémon in a 'See Through' state, so Normal-type moves can also hit the elusive Ghost-type Pokémon."

Having figured out this skill, Gu Ling never used it once during the combat exam.

Xia Zihan, the beast tamer of the miniature dolls, is most likely unaware of this, which is also a trump card that can be used to surprise the enemy.

Gu Ling glanced at the proficiency level of the detected item; it was only at the minor mastery stage. Feeling a little uneasy, she said, "Just in case, let's upgrade it to the proficiency level!"

[Discernment (Minor Success 100/500) → (Mastery 0/2000)]

Available Points: 1030

With over 500 points remaining, Gu Ling could upgrade a skill at the Proficiency level to Mastery. She decided to save those points for her final opponent.

After the analysis, it seems that the seemingly invincible Ghost-type pet, shrouded in mystery, is not so unbeatable after all.

Gu Ling immediately felt refreshed, put his hands on his hips, and made a bold statement:

"The advantage is in my hands!"

"Just do it!"

"Meow?" Xian Jiu tilted her head, not understanding why her beast tamer's expression kept changing.

Gu Ling turned her head and met Xian Jiu's questioning gaze. She immediately calmed down and then explained the tactics for tomorrow's battle against the mini dolls to Xian Jiu.

"Xian Jiu, tomorrow's battle against the Mini Doll will be crucial; the skills you learned before—the 'See Through' and 'Bite'—are very important..."

After Gu Ling explained the uses of these two skills to Xian Jiu in detail, Xian Jiu's cat-like eyes sparkled.

"Meow~"

As expected of me!

He actually mastered two such powerful skills on his own!

Seeing that Xianjiu's cat tail was perking up again, Gu Ling chuckled and chimed in, "Yes, yes, Xianjiu is the best..."

Afterwards, Gu Ling played out the videos that Lu Jiuwen had uploaded to the group chat one by one, and watched the battle of the mini dolls with Xian Jiu.

The miniature doll looks like a piece of white cloth that has been randomly torn off, with a round head wrapped inside and tied up. The facial features are visible outside the white cloth, and the bottom is light and airy with no solid structure.

Miniature dolls have two forms. The first is the normal white color, which appears when the miniature doll is in a stable or happy mood. The second is black, which appears when the miniature doll is angry or sad.

In the second form, Mini Doll's Special Attack and Physical Attack will increase to 300%, while its Special Defense and Physical Defense will decrease by 50%.

Ghost-type Pokémon are generally weak in defense and are usually trained to be special attackers. The second form of Mini Doll is quite in line with the characteristics of Ghost-type Pokémon.

"Noise, Night Curse, Shadow Ambush..." Gu Ling watched the video while recording the skills used by the mini doll.

But Gu Ling quickly noticed something was wrong: "The mini doll only uses these three skills over and over again?"

(End of this chapter)