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Moisture Sloth, a Water-type high-level beast, has a loyal and chivalrous nature, often helping people in danger out at sea. However, it also possesses a somewhat lazy temperament, basically only eating food within arm's reach. Though it usually doesn't like moving much, it constantly stores energy within its body, giving it explosive power...
Qiao Sang looked at the pet beast about three meters tall in the distance, with blue fur and a tuft of white fur around its neck, as relevant information surfaced in her mind.
"Qu!"
As thoughts flickered, the pet beast wearing the referee license blew the whistle signaling the start of the match.
Immediately after, it vanished from the spot.
Qingbao turned into wind and disappeared at the very first moment.
"Rain Prayer." Vadim called out.
"Qi qi!"
Moisture Sloth raised its head and let out a high-pitched cry.
Instantly, dark clouds gathered in the high sky.
"Qing qing~"
At the same time, Qingbao appeared roughly five meters above Moisture Sloth, winking a single eye and blowing a kiss.
A pink heart shape appeared out of thin air, quickly and accurately hitting Moisture Sloth just as it raised its head.
"Qi qi..."
Moisture Sloth's expression instantly became infatuated.
"Pitter-patter~"
However, right at that moment, torrential rain poured down, pattering loudly against Moisture Sloth's body.
The infatuation on Moisture Sloth's face vanished, its expression instantly snapping clear and sober.
Feeling the rain falling on her body, Qingbao knitted her brows, and wild, agitated winds blew up around her.
She didn't like the feeling of rain falling on her.
However, in the next second, Qingbao remembered this was a match. Patiently holding it in, she turned into wind and vanished once more.
This Moisture Sloth has the Hydration trait... Qiao Sang instantly understood what had happened.
Hydration could cure status conditions in rainy weather, which was why Moisture Sloth recovered so quickly from the infatuation state. Furthermore, even if Qingbao maintained her Wind Transformation state during rainy weather, her speed would be affected.
A single move of Rain Prayer not only kept Moisture Sloth from being affected by Charm, but also hampered Qingbao's speed, the opponent had clearly studied her thoroughly.
She remembered Moisture Sloth also knew the Hail skill. If she guessed correctly, its next move would be that one. The wide-area coverage of Hail would affect Qingbao in her Wind Transformation state, which wouldn't do at all...
Reining in her thoughts, Qiao Sang spoke up: "Charming Voice."
At the exact same time, Vadim shouted: "Hail!"
"Qing qing~ qing~ qing~"
"Qi qi!"
Qingbao and Moisture Sloth released their voices simultaneously.
Invisible soundwaves rippled outward. Moisture Sloth's head suddenly throbbed with needle-like pain, and its cry turned agonizing.
The execution of Hail was halted mid-way.
Vadim's face suddenly grew tense. Then, realizing something, he slowly exhaled a breath and calmed down.
Getting caught for a moment didn't matter, as long as the rain was still falling, he still had a chance to win.
Right as Moisture Sloth was in pain, Qingbao revealed herself high in the air. A dazzling rainbow light abruptly erupted from her body, enveloping Moisture Sloth's figure inside.
"Qi qi!"
Amidst the intense light, Moisture Sloth let out a miserable cry and flew backward.
As rain fell on its body, the injuries on its body healed at a slow pace.
Qiao Sang possessed incredible eyesight, even with the rain obscuring her vision, she clearly saw the injuries on Moisture Sloth's body healing.
Water Absorbtion trait...
She wasn't surprised, in the previous rounds of battles, Moisture Sloth had already displayed this trait.
Compared to opponents with the Water Absorbtion trait she had encountered in the past, Moisture Sloth's Water Absorbtion trait was clearly not high-level, and its injuries were recovering unusually slowly.
"Qing qing!"
Without needing her Beast Tamer to speak, Qingbao understood this was the opportunity to finish it off. Opening her mouth, a pink gale packed with fairy energy swept toward Moisture Sloth's direction.
"I'm Not Lazy!" Vadim shouted.
This name, no matter how many times I hear it, feels pretty funny... Qiao Sang thought to herself.
Hearing its Beast Tamer's voice enter its ears, Moisture Sloth opened its eyes, exposing a determined gaze. Enduring the intense pain, it flipped and leaped up from the ground.
Immediately after, a massive surge of water abruptly welled up around its body, enveloping it completely before souring skyward like a water pillar. Tracing a strange arc in mid-air, it dodged the incoming Fairy Wind and charged fiercely toward Qingbao's direction.
Qingbao didn't move an inch.
Suddenly, the pink gale changed direction, sweeping upward from below toward the path of the water pillar.
However, the speed of the water pillar was ultimately superior.
Just as Moisture Sloth was about to collide with Qingbao, Qingbao turned into wind and vanished.
The pink gale scattered outward along with it.
"Watch the rain!" Vadim yelled at the top of his lungs.
Watch the rain? What does that mean? Qiao Sang pondered subconsciously, then realized something. Heart jolting, she shouted: "Tailwind!"
Rain Prayer had another purpose! It could be used to determine Qingbao's direction in Wind Transformation based on the unusual angle at which the rain tilted!
Only by using Tailwind to tilt the rain over a wide area could Moisture Sloth be prevented from making a judgment.
Although she couldn't immediately think of any skill Moisture Sloth had previously used that could hit Qingbao in her Wind Transformation state, a sense of crisis still arose in her heart.
Even though she foresaw the danger, the command was issued too late.
Relying on Aqua Jet to briefly remain high in the air, Moisture Sloth keenly sensed something. Suddenly looking to its left, it pursed its mouth and blew out a massive blue bubble about two meters in diameter at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Qingbao appeared inside the bubble with an expression of agony.
Having finished all this, Moisture Sloth landed solidly on the ground.
At the same time, the rain stopped, and the weather cleared up.
A wave of clamor erupted in the audience.
"Holy crap, Moisture Sloth actually managed to trap Qinyin Fairy!"
"The bubble it blew just now seemed to be targeted right at Qinyin Fairy's position. Does Moisture Sloth know where Qinyin Fairy is?"
"Impressive! I thought Moisture Sloth would lose the match real fast, but I didn't expect it to hold on until now, and it even feels like it holds the advantage right now."
"This Moisture Sloth has the Water Absorption trait. As long as it rains, the injuries on its body can recover."
"Getting trapped by a bubble probably isn't a big deal though. Any simple attack skill from Qinyin Fairy could pop the bubble from the inside. My money's still on Qiao Sang winning."
"The worry is that Qinyin Fairy won't be able to cast a skill right away. Without air inside the bubble, Qinyin Fairy can't breathe. Looking at her pained state, if Moisture Sloth seizes the chance to throw out an ultimate move, it's bound to land. If that ultimate move has enough firepower, it might just take the match right then and there."
"An F-rank Beast Tamer beating a B-rank big shot? Are you joking?"
"Why is it impossible? They both sent out pet beasts of the same tier."
"Stop arguing, you guys! I don't care who wins, I just want to know how Moisture Sloth figured out Qinyin Fairy's location in the first place!"
In the guest area.
The host said in surprise: "How did Moisture Sloth find Qinyin Fairy's location?"
Anyone with eyes could tell that Moisture Sloth clearly aimed its bubble right at Qinyin Fairy's position, otherwise, it would be impossible to trap Qinyin Fairy in her Wind Transformation state so precisely inside.
Leonard pondered and said: "It relied on the direction the rain was blown by the wind. There wasn't much wind on the field, so if the rain tilted at all, that was the location Qinyin Fairy was floating toward."
Saying this, he couldn't help but sigh with emotion:
"I didn't expect contestant Vadim to lay down such a huge move right at the start of the match. At the time, I thought he simply wanted to trigger Moisture Sloth's trait. If his brain domain could make progress, I believe he would make a very outstanding professional Beast Tamer."
The host put on an expression of sudden realization.
"Weiku."
Pseudo-Crying Ghost nodded in agreement.
On the field.
So it relied on the bubble to trap Qingbao... Qiao Sang felt a strange sense of admiration in her heart and began reflecting on herself.
To be honest, she had considered whether Moisture Sloth was hiding some high-level ultimate move as a trump card, but she had never imagined it was just a simple bubble.
They say that when a skill's proficiency reaches a certain level of power, it can yield many clever uses.
Am I relying too much on the raw power of the skills themselves right now, while forgetting to let them utilize further applications...? Now is not the time to be thinking about this... Qiao Sang reined in her thoughts.
The opponent's plan was very clever: Get close to Qingbao, rely on the tilt of the rain to determine her position, and finally trap Qingbao.
Judging from Qingbao's expression, Moisture Sloth's bubble wasn't like the ones cast by Water-type pet beasts when diving underwater back in the Guwu Region, instead, it was as if all the air inside the bubble had been sucked dry.
What he didn't know, however, was that Qingbao was the Darling of the Wind, without even needing to cast a skill herself, wind would rise around her following her emotions.
At the exact same time, seeing his plan succeed, Vadim revealed an excited expression and shouted at the top of his lungs: "Aqua Jet!"
"Qi qi!"
Moisture Sloth let out a loud roar, a massive stream of water abruptly swirling around it to turn into a thick water column, charging straight toward the falling bubble.
Mid-air, Qingbao had a look of pain on her face.
The bubble unleashed from Moisture Sloth's mouth had already had all the air inside it completely sucked out.
Enduring the agony, she opened her mouth, wanting to break the bubble.
However, before Qingbao could cast her skill, a wild wind, one that shouldn't exist in an airless area, abruptly surged around her.
The violent, surging wind instantly blew apart the surrounding bubble.
Qingbao put on a finally back to life expression.
In the next second, she turned into wind and vanished.
Moisture Sloth's attack hit empty air.
This... Everyone was completely baffled.
They hadn't seen Qinyin Fairy cast any skill just now at all, how on earth did that bubble pop?
How could this be... Vadim's heart jolted violently. Having no time to think further, he yelled loudly: "Rain Prayer!"
Only if it rained again on the field would Moisture Sloth have a chance to defeat Qinyin Fairy.
As if I'd give you that chance... Qiao Sang spoke up: "Charming Voice."
Before Moisture Sloth could cast Rain Prayer, Qingbao revealed herself. Wrapped in wild wind and looking furiously at Moisture Sloth, she emitted a voice: "Qing qing~ qing~ qing~"
Soundless soundwaves rippled outward.
Moisture Sloth showed a painful expression.
"Gleam." Qiao Sang followed up.
Without a second thought, a dazzling rainbow light erupted from Qingbao's body, quickly enveloping Moisture Sloth inside.
Quite a few people squinted their eyes, finding it somewhat blinding.
Everyone could clearly feel that this Dazzling Gleam was significantly stronger than before in both power and range of execution.
The trait Moody, when mood is affected, a certain stat will drastically increase for a period of time, causing another stat to drastically decrease. Looks like Qingbao is affected by her mood right now, drastically increasing her attack power... Qiao Sang instantly realized what was happening.
"Qi qi!"
Amidst the dazzling light, Moisture Sloth let out a miserable cry and flew backward.
Without the rain, the injuries on its body couldn't recover, so it didn't flip back up as quickly as last time.
"Wind." Qiao Sang said.
Qingbao opened her mouth, and a fiercely howling gale instantly blew forth.
Even though it's Tailwind, under the influence of Qingbao's mood, it actually became as violent as a wild gale... Qiao Sang felt emotional in her heart.
As thoughts flickered, Qingbao kept her mouth open, spewing forth a pink gale filled with fairy power.
The biting, howling pink gale rapidly caught up with the gale ahead. The two gales collided and merged together, abruptly whipping up an even more terrifying tempest.
"Aqua Jet!" Vadim urged anxiously.
Moisture Sloth forced its eyes open, water swirling around its body.
However, in the next second, the biting, tyrannical tempest completely swallowed it up.
The Moisture Sloth, standing about three meters tall, was easily swept into the air by the wind.
Tearing forces continuously sliced into Moisture Sloth's body.
"Qi qi!"
Moisture Sloth let out a painful howl, crashing to the ground within the violent tempest.
Everyone's eyes shot over in unison.
They saw Moisture Sloth lying collapsed on the ground, eyes closed and passed out.
Looking at the fallen opponent, the wild gale around Qingbao gradually dissipated.
After these past few days of stink endurance training, her control over her emotions had improved significantly.
The pet beast wearing the referee license appeared out of thin air beside Moisture Sloth to inspect it briefly, then raised its green flag and waved it toward Qiao Sang's direction.
In the audience, clamor instantly erupted: "I knew there wouldn't be any surprises with this match's result."
"When Qinyin Fairy was trapped in the bubble just now, you were still calling Vadim awesome!"
"Awesome is awesome, but I never said he was gonna win."
"I feel like I don't understand many of Qinyin Fairy's abilities. When she was inside the bubble, she didn't cast a skill, how did she break the bubble in the end?"
"Energy leakage? That bubble was inherently fragile to begin with, any bit of commotion from Qinyin Fairy inside would probably pop it."
"Sigh, what a shame. I feel like if Vadim hadn't run into Qiao Sang, he might've secured runner-up. His battle mind is genuinely pretty good.
While everyone was discussing, in the guest area: "The second contestant to enter the finals was just born, and that is contestant Qiao Sang!" The host spoke loudly.
Leonard said: "In the match just now, both contestant Qiao Sang and contestant Vadim delivered a brilliant performance, especially that moment where Moisture Sloth trapped Qinyin Fairy with a bubble by relying on the movement of the rain."
"Although contestant Vadim lost this match, I believe he will go very far on this battle path in the future."
"As for contestant Qiao Sang."
Speaking up to this point, Leonard let out a bitter laugh: "She truly lives up to being a B-rank Beast Tamer. To this day, I still haven't fully understood some of Qinyin Fairy's abilities. I really hope a reporter can interview her to answer my questions as well as those of the audience in front of their TV sets."
"Weiku."
Pseudo-Crying Ghost nodded.
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