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Chapter 229: Advanced Familiar
Chapter 229: Advanced Familiar
After Aquariana demonstrated all the Skills it had already learned, Qiao Sang almost immediately decided on the next Skill to learn: Water Spray.
Water Spray is a Water-Type Physical Attack Skill.
The effect of this Skill isn't just spraying water, but rather wrapping the familiar's entire body in water and using it to crash into the opponent.
Qiao Sang thought carefully about it.
Aquariana's potential isn't high, so learning an Advanced Skill at this stage would be unrealistic.
Water Spray is a Mid-tier Skill, and among all Water-Type Mid-tier Skills, it is considered a rather difficult Signature Move to learn. Normally, it would take Aquariana years to master this move based on its current potential.
However, Qiao Sang didn't think it would take that long because Aquariana already knows Aqua Tail.
Aqua Tail and Water Spray share similarities, as both involve wrapping parts of the body in water.
Skills can promote a familiar's growth and help them understand other Skills.
Most Beastmasters want their familiars to learn and comprehend Advanced Skills, so they usually start by building a foundation with a corresponding Low-tier or Mid-tier Skill.
For example, the Advanced Water-Type Skill, Cannon Water.
It's virtually impossible for a familiar to directly comprehend Cannon Water, but if it first learns the Mid-tier Skill Water Cannon and then moves on to Cannon Water, the success rate will significantly increase.
It's like how students must complete nine years of compulsory education before they can pass the High School Entrance Exam and become high school students. Without a solid foundation, they wouldn't even understand the high school-level questions.
In the living room.
Qiao Sang took out his mobile phone and searched for videos related to Water Spray to show Aquariana.
Aquariana blinked as it watched.
In the video, a Water Elemental Familiar wrapped its entire body in water and forcefully collided with a Grass-Type familiar that was ten times its size.
The Grass-Type familiar stood firm, unmoving, even scratching its nose.
Aquariana's eyes widened. Was it supposed to learn this?
"Mistake." Qiao Sang quickly swiped the screen upward.
The video changed.
In the new scene, a Water Elemental Familiar used Water Spray to dodge a series of Flame Attacks in mid-air before crashing into a Fire Familiar it was battling.
The Fire Familiar grinned, its body engulfed in magma as it burrowed into the ground.
The Water Elemental Familiar, losing its target, crashed into a rock behind it.
The sound of the rock cracking echoed through the video.
Aquariana's eyes widened again.
Qiao Sang remained silent for a few seconds, then pressed the pause button and said, "Look at this move. The power is immense. Such a large rock was shattered into pieces with just one collision."
Aquariana stared at the shattered rock on the screen, then nodded.
It did seem that way...
"Right now, your only Physical Attack is Aqua Tail. To use Aqua Tail to get close to an opponent and attack, you either need to time it perfectly or move much faster than the opponent to catch them off guard." Qiao Sang explained.
Aquariana listened, finding it very logical, and its expression became serious.
"However, timing isn't always easy, and your speed isn't sufficient."
Aquariana: "..."
"But don't worry." Qiao Sang operated his mobile phone, rewinding the video to the part where the Water Elemental Familiar used Water Spray to dodge the flames, and continued:
"Look, using Water Spray not only increases your speed but also makes the attack much stronger than Aqua Tail. Even if you can't hit the opponent, it's a great way to dodge attacks."
"Lulu."
Aquariana called out, indicating agreement.
"Xunxun~"
The Treasure Seeker translated habitually.
"Then it's decided! Let's start right now." Qiao Sang smiled.
Although the two videos that were just played weren't very impressive, it seemed that Aquariana was quite easy to convince.
Qiao Sang led Aquariana to the Courtyard and found a Rock about the size of a watermelon. "First, try to wrap your body in water, just like when you use Aqua Tail."
"Lulu", Aquariana nodded.
"Once you can shatter this Rock like in the video, you'll have mastered this move", Qiao Sang said, pointing to the watermelon-sized Rock on the ground.
"Lulu!"
Aquariana looked at the Rock with determination and, without a word, started to wrap her body in water from her tail upward.
However, the water only covered half of her body before she slammed into the Rock.
"Thud."
A crack appeared in the Rock.
"Lulu!"
Aquariana's eyes lit up as she looked at the cracked Rock, pointing to it excitedly and calling out to Qiao Sang.
Qiao Sang: "…"
Seeing Aquariana so excited despite the large bump on her head, Qiao Sang sighed inwardly.
Not only was she lacking in talent, but she was also a bit dim.
It seemed more reliable to focus on how to make Aquariana evolve.
"Good job, you managed to crack it", Qiao Sang squatted down and pointed to the bump on Aquariana's head. "But didn't it hurt?"
Aquariana's expression froze, and she reached up with her short toe to touch the bump.
"Lulu!"
It hurt!
"You just used brute force to crack the Rock, not Water Spray", Qiao Sang smiled.
"Lulu…"
Aquariana pouted.
"This is just your first try; failing is normal", Qiao Sang consoled her. "Remember how Fangy practiced… Mars Rain? It took her a lot of time."
Aquariana's ears perked up at the mention of Fangy.
"Before you rush to smash the Rock, you need to wrap your entire body in water first", Qiao Sang continued, thinking of Fangy. "If you don't understand, you can ask Fangy. She knows Blazing Charge, which also involves covering your body, but with fire instead of water."
"Lulu…"
Aquariana glanced at Fangy, who was intently practicing Flame Fang nearby, and reluctantly nodded.
At that moment, neither of them noticed a Mucosnail quietly turning around and crawling back from the corner of the Courtyard.
…
Night.
Qiao Sang lay in bed and, as usual, entered the Beastmaster Codex before sleeping.
【Name: Flame Listener】
【Level: Intermediate (1407/10000) +】
【Points: 10776】
10776… Although she had been prepared for it, Qiao Sang couldn't help but feel excited seeing this number.
Today's battle wasn't in vain!
These points were enough to make Fangy evolve into an Advanced Familiar!
Advanced Familiar! That was an Advanced Familiar!
If a Low Intermediate Familiar was the standard for a Beastmaster, then out of 500 Beastmasters, regardless of age, only one might have an Advanced Familiar.
Apart from the issue of talent, part of the reason was that the resources required for most familiars to evolve into Advanced Familiars were extremely expensive.
Even if a familiar's evolution conditions were easily met, one had to consider whether they could afford to keep it after it evolved into an Advanced Familiar.
A Beastmaster with an Advanced Familiar could easily move beyond the New Beast Tamer stage.
The best proof of this was the ability to form a team to explore the Hidden Realms.
Qiao Sang was clear-headed and didn't impulsively make Fangy evolve into an Advanced Familiar right away.
She remembered that a familiar's evolution limit would be much higher if it exceeded its Maximum Energy Value.
When Fangy was a Fangflare, her Energy Level already surpassed that of a Basic Familiar, and Qiao Sang wanted the same for Fangy at the Flame Listener stage.
Tomorrow, she would test it out first!
Qiao Sang, feeling excited, turned to the next page in the Codex.
(End of Chapter)
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