Chapter 128: Red Targets
Chapter 128: Red Targets
The short-haired boy froze in place.
Xu Yajie turned to look at him with sympathy. It was a stroke of bad luck that Fierce Dragon Zheng's nickname had been caught red-handed. Today was definitely not going to be a good day for him.
"Shi Gaofeng, repeat what you just said!" Zheng Guoping stormed in, his voice filled with anger.
He was so enraged that he didn't notice Qiao Sang's presence at first.
"Teacher, please let me explain", Shi Gaofeng steeled himself and said. "Fierce Dragon Zheng is meant as a term of respect. It comes from the Volcano Dragon, known for its majestic appearance and dominant aura. Don't you think it fits you perfectly?"
"Just look at how imposing you are, even without showing any anger. It's exactly like the Volcano Dragon."
Qiao Sang: "..."
What a talented flatterer.
However, the Volcano Dragon is known for its fiery temper, easily set off. The nickname Fierce Dragon Zheng was clearly based on his personality, and this legendary bad-tempered teacher must have been well aware of it.
Just as she thought Zheng Guoping was about to explode,
Zheng Guoping let out a cold snort and asked, "What happened just now? What do you mean by 'couldn't control'?"
Qiao Sang: "..."
Shi Gaofeng, relieved, quickly replied, "It's just that Xu Yajie can't control his Powerful Duck to compress the Water Jet by two times."
Xu Yajie: "...!"
"Is that true?"
Zheng Guoping turned to Xu Yajie, about to scold him, but then he noticed Qiao Sang standing in the middle.
He paused, recalling the student mentioned by the Vice Principal and Qin Wen.
Spontaneous Awakening, two familiars, a Fire-type and a Ghost-type, Super-normal Energy Levels, and Fangflare evolving into an unprecedented new form...
Zheng Guoping unconsciously stood up straight, wanting to make a good impression on this prodigious girl.
His tone softened, and he spoke in a lower volume than usual, "You must be Qiao Sang, right?"
Everyone in the room, including another girl who hadn't spoken, was stunned.
After suffering under Fierce Dragon Zheng for a whole year, when had they ever seen him this gentle?
Was this girl actually his secret daughter?
The three of them looked back and forth between Fierce Dragon Zheng and Qiao Sang, quickly dismissing the idea. With Fierce Dragon Zheng's genes, it was impossible for him to have such a beautiful daughter.
Qiao Sang calmly conversed with Zheng Guoping for a few moments before the day's training began.
"From now on, Qiao Sang will train with you. She's a new student, so when I'm not around, you as seniors can help her with anything she doesn't understand", Zheng Guoping said.
Xu Yajie and the others were taken aback. A new student?
Before they could dwell on it further, Zheng Guoping continued, "Peng Huan and the others are still on their mission. Let's talk about your recent task."
Xu Yajie and the others stiffened, their thoughts no longer on the new student.
Zheng Guoping picked up his tablet, frowned, and said with dissatisfaction, "Shi Gaofeng, what did you do on this mission? All you had to do was liposuction, and you still got a complaint and a poor review?"
Shi Gaofeng, feeling wronged, replied, "Little Berry really did her best to control the amount of fat absorbed. The woman's weight was exactly 10 pounds less as requested, but when she looked in the mirror, she said her chest was too small, so she gave a poor review."
"Berry."
The purple-red, round-bodied Pierceberry with gray-white limbs nodded vigorously.
Qiao Sang: "..."
So this was the task they were supposed to do...
Zheng Guoping said sternly, "That's because you had Pierceberry absorb fat from the same spot. According to the mission requirements, you should have had her use her spines to absorb fat from different areas to different degrees."
"This way, we can complete the task while also training Pierceberry's controlling abilities."
Qiao Sang suddenly understood—the true purpose of this task was now clear to him!
"Xu Yajie, you were supposed to create a wave underwater to give the task issuer a chance to hug the Girl they like. How could you fail at controlling it so badly that you actually washed the task issuer ashore?" Zheng Guoping said with a scowl.
Xu Yajie and Powerful Duck hung their heads, too afraid to speak.
"Wang Yao." Zheng Guoping, looking at the tablet, almost had a vein pop out of his forehead. "The task issuer said you completed the task, but at the final confirmation, you beat up their Longtail Serpent. Why?"
Wang Yao nervously glanced at her Flamebird, then gritted her teeth. "Because the Longtail Serpent kept flicking its tongue, and Little Flame thought it was a challenge, so she attacked."
Qiao Sang looked at the Flamebird next to her, who was yawning, in surprise. Was it really that aggressive?
Zheng Guoping took a deep breath, reminding himself not to get angry on the first day in front of Qiao Sang.
After calming down a bit, he said coldly, "After all this time, you still can't control your familiar's behavior."
"Even though it's a fire-type familiar, Flamebird is your first bonded familiar, and you've been together for a whole year. This new student, Qiao Sang, bonded with her first fire-type familiar just two months ago, yet her familiar never acts like Flamebird does."
This statement revealed a lot.
First, Qiao Sang had bonded with a fire-type familiar two months ago, but the freshmen's Awakening was only a month ago, which meant she was a Spontaneous Awakening.
And two months...
Wang Yao and the others turned to look at the familiar they couldn't name.
It didn't look like a Beginner Beast at all...
Fangy proudly lifted her head.
Qiao Sang felt a little uneasy under everyone's gaze.
Wasn't this just stirring up trouble for her...
...
After a few more minutes of scolding, Zheng Guoping finally felt a bit better.
He operated the tablet, and the floor of the training ground began to split and move to the sides, revealing a rocky terrain rising from below.
Qiao Sang couldn't help but marvel—no wonder this was the top Beastmaster High School in Hanggang City.
Creating such a specialized training ground cost a fortune, and most Beastmaster High Schools wouldn't waste the funds allocated by the education bureau on such extravagances.
Qiao Sang looked at the new terrain, which was filled with rocks. At the front were six fixed Red Targets, each with a diameter of only about 10 centimeters.
From Qiao Sang's position on the left side of the field, the Red Targets looked smaller than coins.
"Xu Yajie, you go first", Zheng Guoping said, standing by the Red Targets.
Shi Gaofeng patted Xu Yajie's shoulder, gloating in sympathy.
Xu Yajie stepped forward with a gloomy expression.
Qiao Sang didn't understand why he looked so miserable. From her perspective, it should just be a matter of using Skills to hit the Red Targets.
Although the distance was about 35 meters and there were rocks in the way, the targets were fixed, and as long as the Skill's power and range were sufficient, it shouldn't be a problem.
But the next moment, Qiao Sang was dumbfounded.
Xu Yajie's Powerful Duck stomped its feet, clenched its claws into fists at its sides, and opened its mouth, shooting out a Water Jet that was much narrower than usual.
Then it sprayed Zheng... the Tyrannosaurus Rex's face...
The entire training ground fell into complete silence.
(End of Chapter)
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