Beast Taming Begins with Inheriting a Legacy.

Fifteen minutes later.

The first match of the qualifiers has officially begun. To save time, multiple teams will compete simultaneously in various arenas.

At this time, many residents of Hailan City also came to the audience seats in the arena. The scene was even more lively than when Nanping No.1 Middle School held its class placement exam.

"Wow, so many people..."

In the waiting area of ​​the Nanping No. 1 Middle School team, Gu Ling and the others looked at the almost full audience in the arena with some surprise.

Zhou Mengran crossed her arms and said calmly, "The friendly match is one of the larger pet competitions held annually in Hailan City, so naturally many people will come to watch."

"If we can win the championship, won't we become famous in Hailan City?" Lou Huayu said excitedly.

"If you want to become famous, then you'd better work hard." Zhang Huizi was now dressed in a doctor's coat and carrying a medical kit, ready to provide treatment at any time.

In the first match of the first preliminary round, Takeda Junior High School indeed sent out the fire-type pet, the Black Coal Pig.

When the opponent saw He Siruo's little leopard, his expression obviously became serious.

After the battle began, He Siruo played steadily and cautiously, leaving her opponent with no room for resistance and no chance to turn the tide. Not only was she countered in terms of attributes, but she was also far inferior in strength.

As expected, He Siruo won the first game smoothly.

After He Siruo left the stage, she smiled and looked at Lou Huayu: "Lou Huayu, the rest is up to you."

"No problem, leave it to me." Lou Huayu rubbed his hands together excitedly.

After winning the first game, Gu Ling and the others relaxed a lot. Even if Lou Huayu was unreliable and failed, there was still Lu Jiuwen to rely on.

After a five-minute break, the second game of the first match began.

After Lou Huayu entered the arena, he was the first to summon Xiao Longshi.

Meanwhile, Ding Chong, the player from Takeda No. 1 Middle School, summoned a pet beast that looked very much like a lobster.

Pei Gang, watching from the sidelines, clicked his tongue lightly: "That's an aquatic pet, the Iron Bucket Shrimp. Looks like Lou Huayu's luck isn't so good."

"While water-type pets are effective against rock-type pets, the specific advantage depends on the difference in strength between the two," He Siruo said.

On the battlefield, after taking out the Iron Bucket Shrimp, Ding Chong revealed a determined look on his face: "You'd better admit defeat sooner rather than later, so your pet won't get injured for nothing."

"Tch~" Lou Huayu curled his lips, not taking Ding Chong's provocation to heart: "Xiao Longshi, we can't lose face in front of the whole school. This is the first battle."

"Rumble~" Little Rumble's eyes were sharp as he touched his hands together, which were as hard as stone.

As the referee announced the start of the match, Ding Chong made the first move: "Iron Bucket Shrimp, use the water gun!"

The Iron Bucket Shrimp opened its huge mouth and spat out a water jet at Xiao Longshi.

Facing the incoming water cannon, Lou Huayu calmly gave the order: "Xiao Longshi, spin your body at high speed!"

The next second, Xiaolongshi started spinning in place like a top.

The water gun from the iron shrimp hit the rapidly spinning little rock and was 'bounced' away.

Upon seeing this, Ding Chong's face showed shock: "How is this possible?!"

They even thought of using high-speed rotation to block the water gun.

As a result, Xiaolongshi suffered almost no damage from the water gun skill.

Lou Huayu: "Xiao Longshi, maintain the rotation intensity, use rolling!"

Xiao Longshi did not stop spinning; while he was spinning in place to block the water gun, he was also constantly gathering power.

At this moment, Lou Huayu gave an order, and Xiao Longshi rolled towards the Iron Bucket Shrimp at an extremely fast speed!

boom! boom! boom!

The rolling attacks hit the Buckethead Shrimp one after another!

Finally, the bucket shrimp collapsed to the ground, exhausted.

Seeing this, the referee announced the result: "The Iron Bucket Shrimp is unable to fight, and Little Ryugoro wins!"

"In the preliminary round, Nanping No.1 Middle School defeated Wutian No.1 Middle School with a final score of 2-0."

Ding Chong looked utterly bewildered, muttering, "...How could this be? A Rock-type Pokémon can defeat a Water-type Pokémon so easily?"

Upon hearing this, Lou Huayu shrugged and kindly comforted him, "I've fought countless battles with water-type pets at our school. This water gun's power is nothing compared to Si Ruo's little water leopard."

Using high-speed rotation to block water gun attacks is not a foolproof tactic.

However, the water gun power of the Iron Bucket Shrimp is not enough to break through the high-speed rotating defense.

When Lou Huayu returned to the waiting area, his expression became extremely smug: "Hehe, I took it easy!"

Pei Gang patted Lou Huayu on the shoulder: "I thought you were going to crash and burn."

"How could that be! My little Longshi gets bathed in water guns from the little leopard every day. It would be too embarrassing if he lost to the little water gun with the weak power of the Iron Bucket Shrimp." As he spoke, Lou Huayu winked at He Siruo.

He Siruo nodded in agreement: "My little leopard doesn't dare to be careless even when fighting Xiao Longshi. If you lose, it will also make my little leopard lose face."

"Hehe..." Lou Huayu scratched his head a little embarrassedly.

Among the hundreds of students in the Beast Taming Class at Nanping No. 1 Middle School, there are others who have contracted with water-type pets.

However, among all the water-type pets in the entire grade, Lou Huayu's little dragon stone could not beat He Siruo's little water leopard. Although it was troublesome to fight against the other water-type pets, it was not completely impossible to deal with them.

Gu Ling, who had sat on the bench for two games, stood up and stretched: "Then let's call it a day, shall we?"

Zhou Mengran nodded: "You are free to do as you please now, but I suggest you watch other schools' matches. They might become your opponents later on."

At this moment, Dai Hao sent a document to the competition group: "This is the information I just compiled on the school teams that have made it to the top 16 in the past five years, as well as their schedule for this qualifier. You can take a look if you are interested in any of the school teams."

Gu Ling and the others clicked in to take a look, and soon several exclamations rang out.

The document not only shows the match schedule and venue, but also outlines the routes to the venues, making it very clear.

Lou Huayu winked and said, "Dai Hao, you're so observant!"

"Get lost." Dai Hao uttered a single word with a smile, then explained to everyone, "This was Xiao Wen's suggestion."

"He didn't have time before because he had to train, so I, the substitute among substitutes, was responsible for helping with the odd jobs." As he spoke, Dai Hao shrugged, revealing an expression that seemed to be forced into it.

Lu Jiuwen looked at the information in the group with a cold expression and did not say anything.

"Wow! You two are both data monsters!" Lou Huayu glanced cautiously at Lu Jiuwen, ultimately not daring to make the same joke to the latter.

After all, he could sometimes beat Dai Hao in a fight, so he could easily talk his way out of things.

When facing Lu Jiuwen, Lou Huayu felt like his underwear had been stripped off, and he was completely powerless.

Gu Ling counted the number of matches that could still be watched and suggested, "There are several matches going on at the same time, so why don't we watch them separately?"

"Can."

"Lingling, let's go together!"

"..."

……

A few hours later.

In the afternoon, Nanping No. 1 Middle School played its second preliminary match against Shuihe No. 1 Middle School.

The roster for Nanping No.1 Middle School: Dai Hao, Huang Weiwei, and Lu Jiuwen.

In the first two rounds, Dai Hao and Huang Weiwei faced Electric-type and Rock-type Pokémon respectively. Both of them, who had an advantage in type, adopted the same tactics.

Dai Hao's little vine monster, by taking root in the earth, channeled the opponent's electricity underground while using parasitic seeds to deplete the opponent's pet's stamina.

Meanwhile, Huang Weiwei's Blazing Sun Seed replenished her own stamina with Super Absorption while continuously depleting her opponent's stamina with Flying Leaf Blade.

Ultimately, they won the second preliminary match with an absolute advantage of 2-0, and Nanping No.1 Middle School successfully advanced from the group stage to the top 32 in the team competition.

When everyone gathered together for dinner in the evening—

Wan Endong's face was practically beaming with joy. He was busy serving chicken legs to Gu Ling and the others, then personally ladles out soup, all the while muttering to himself:

"Six teams had the same points in their group today, so they will need to play a tiebreaker tonight. However, these are all relatively weak teams, so we don't need to pay too much attention to them."

"You guys should get some rest tonight. Tomorrow is the individual field competition, so make sure you're well-rested."

Zhou Mengran posted the schedule for the individual open field battle in the competition group:

"The rules for the individual field battle have been announced. As in previous years, all players will be divided into 6 groups to enter the Amber Forest. The competition will last for two hours. The top two players in each group with the most points will advance to the top 16 of the individual competition."

"Last year's top four school teams can allow the top student in the school to directly advance to the top 16."

This time, Zhou Mengran didn't need to explain anything further.

The top student from last year's top four schools is certainly not to be underestimated.

Allowing those players to advance directly is not only for the sake of balance in the early stages of the competition, but also because the organizers of the friendly match considered the entertainment value of the later stages of the competition and to prevent some strong players from being eliminated early due to limited qualifying spots because they are grouped together.

"Although the group assignments are random, the organizers will ensure that no two players from the same school will be in each group. So in the field battle, you have no teammates, and everyone is your opponent."

Zhou Mengran turned to Gu Ling: "Gu Ling, although you have two pet beasts, you can only use one pet beast per match. You should be using Xian Jiu tomorrow, right?"

Gu Ling nodded: "Mm."

"Then remember to release Xianjiu in advance at the hotel tomorrow."

The color of the contract array will reveal the level of the beast tamer. Gu Ling wants to hide his strength as a two-star beast tamer, so he cannot directly condense the contract array in front of outsiders yet.

"clear."

"..."

After dinner, Gu Ling and Huang Weiwei went back to their hotel room together.

Huang Weiwei went to take a shower first, and Gu Ling then opened the contract array to release Xian Jiu and the mischievous ghost.

Having not seen Gu Ling all day, Xian Jiu and the mischievous boy rushed into Gu Ling's arms as soon as they appeared.

"Meow~"

"Hehehe~"

Gu Ling ruffled one head with each hand: "Xian Jiu, you little rascal, are you bored staying in the pet space?"

This was the first time the two little ones had stayed in the pet space for such a long time.

Gu Ling usually lives alone at home, and Xian Jiu and the mischievous ghost are not very big, so they have always been used to letting them out.

The house is noisy and bustling because of the two little ones, but it also feels like home.

"Tomorrow is the individual competition, and I will let Xianjiu play."

Gu Ling scratched Xian Jiu's chin with his hand, and Xian Jiu lay comfortably on Gu Ling's lap, revealing her soft belly.

"Meow~"

Beastmaster, rest assured!

This cat will dominate the battlefield tomorrow!

Gu Ling looked up at the mischievous boy and said, "Mischievous boy, you are our secret weapon. We'll save you for last."

"Hehe~" The mischievous boy nodded with a grin, his chubby little hand rummaging inside his stomach and pulling out a bottle containing the last two drops of Azure Shadow Venom.

"Oh, right, I should take a drop of Azure Shadow Venom tonight."

The mischievous imp has completed its basic anti-toxic training. For the past two weeks, it has been absorbing various toxic resources to enhance the toxicity of the "mysterious gas" in its body.

Gu Ling didn't dare to touch the mischievous ghost's disintegrated lower body anymore, and could only pat its chubby head.

"Hehe~" The mischievous ghost cheerfully opened the bottle, poured out a drop of Azure Shadow Venom, and swallowed it with a flick of its tongue.

Seeing the faint poisonous patterns reappear on the surface of the mischievous ghost's body, Gu Ling activated the contract array, allowing the mischievous ghost to return to its pet space and slowly absorb the poison.

When Xian Jiu saw that the mischievous ghost had returned to the pet space, she reached out her little paw and tugged at Gu Ling's sleeve.

I want to go in too!

I can't let that naughty kid secretly work hard behind my back!

Gu Ling patted Xian Jiu's head, picked up the kitten and put it on the bed, continuing to scratch the kitten's chin: "Xian Jiu, you don't need to enter the pet space tonight, you have to go to the competition tomorrow."

Xian Jiu lay on the bed, comfortably squinting her eyes: "Mmm~" Okay then~

This cat will reluctantly sleep with the beast tamer tonight~

……

The second day of the friendly match, December 13th.

Because the individual field battle is held in the Amber Forest outside the city, the contestants have to get up early, have breakfast, and then take a car to the outskirts of the Amber Forest.

Amber Forest is the largest and closest natural forest to Hailan City. It is home to many wild animals and has been designated as a protected animal reserve.

The individual field battle competition area is only located in the outer area of ​​Amber Forest, which has been divided into 3 competition zones in advance. In order to save time, there are also 3 groups competing at the same time.

Before setting off, Gu Ling and the other contestants were drawn into groups by lot. Gu Ling was assigned to Group 2 and would be among the first contestants to compete.

Before the competition began, all participants downloaded a dedicated app. They could scan the QR code on the scoreboards they found in the Amber Forest to record their scores. The app also included real-time leaderboard rankings, a timer, location tracking, and a quick SOS function.

During the competition, the app will lock all other software functions on the contestant's phone, leaving only the competition app available to prevent the contestant from seeking external assistance. (End of Chapter)