Chapter 258: My Sparring Partner, Cheap Fees
Chapter 258: My Sparring Partner, Cheap Fees
The Advanced Trainers in the arena had already gathered to discuss the situation.
These Beastmasters were among the best in their field, and their keen eyesight was beyond question.
Three familiars, still sporting student pigtails and carrying backpacks, were wandering around, possibly trying to look younger.
But the real question was, what were these three familiars?
"Is the information online wrong? Did they misclassify Flame Listener as an Intermediate Familiar instead of an Advanced Familiar?"
"I think that's very likely!"
"Rubbish! It's already been certified by the Alliance."
"But if Flame Listener isn't an Advanced Familiar, this doesn't make sense. It's using a group of Shadow Clones to practice Mars Rain! A group of them!"
"I'm not blind; I can see that."
"Have you ever seen an Intermediate Familiar use a group of Shadow Clones to practice advanced Skills?"
The Advanced Trainer who mentioned the Alliance certification immediately fell silent and stopped arguing.
Any Beastmaster with a basic understanding of the field knew that Shadow Clones were primarily used to confuse opponents, disrupt their actions, and provide defense, not to attack.
Even if a familiar could make Shadow Clones perform some attack Skills, they would look intimidating but be far less effective than the same Skills performed by the actual familiar.
However, the Mars Rain released by the Shadow Clones was fully potent, with a destructive force that matched what a High-Grade Fire Familiar could unleash!
If Flame Listener were an Intermediate Familiar, everything they were seeing would defy logic.
Could the information he found online be false?
As this Advanced Trainer began to doubt himself, the others continued their heated discussion.
"Flame Listener's proficiency with Skills is incredibly high. It can use Shadow Clones to perform Mars Rain and simultaneously use Psychic Power. With a bit of Skill combination, it could execute Skill Combination Techniques, right?"
"Fire-type plus Psychic-type! I want one so badly!"
"Speaking of which, is that Treasure Seeker using Tile Split? Am I seeing things?"
"I can assure you, with my eyes that have been enhanced by feedback, surpassing international standards, you're not seeing things!"
"Come to think of it, this is the first time I've seen a Ghost Familiar use combat-type Skills in real life."
"Not just in real life, I haven't even seen it online. A few weeks ago, I saw a Clone Puppet using an empty-handed chop on Beast Entertainment and liked the video, only to find out in the comments that it was fake."
"I have to recommend a blogger to you. She's called something-sauce, and her Ghost Familiar is proficient in combat-type Skills."
"You mean Steel Sauce, right? Her familiar is called Shattered Puppet, from the Lianbo Region. It's a Ghost and Fighting dual-attribute familiar, which is different from a pure Ghost Familiar like Treasure Seeker."
Zhang Jie, wearing glasses, watched for a while and suddenly said, "That Blue Familiar doesn't seem to be from our region. Does anyone know its name? It looks pretty cute."
"I don't know", a person nearby replied. "But this kid is probably the Qiao Sang everyone was talking about recently. We're colleagues; we can ask her later."
At this, Lisi Song cleared his throat and said, "I can help you ask. I've spoken to Qiao Sang a couple of times; she knows me."
"No need", Zhang Jie said with a smile. "She just came over to challenge me to a sparring match. She probably hasn't forgotten me, so I'll go ask myself."
They exchanged a forced smile, then turned away in unison.
Both knew that asking about the familiar's name was just an excuse; the real goal was to take this opportunity to build a good relationship.
Regardless of whether Qiao Sang was trying to look younger by carrying a backpack, she was definitely still in school. Even if they guessed her age to be older, her youthful appearance and slender figure made her look more like a high school student than a college student.
High school student, three familiars, and no one would believe he would amount to nothing in the future.
More than an hour later, Qiao Sang looked at the empty bottles of Energy Recovery Serum on the ground, feeling his heart break.
These weren't just bottles! This was money!
Fangy used to use at most one bottle a day, but now, in just two hours, he had used a full eight bottles!
Just as Qiao Sang was feeling the pain of the empty bottles, a clear voice sounded from the side, "Impressive, training three familiars at once. Most Beastmasters can't do that."
Qiao Sang turned his head and saw that it was the Advanced Trainer with the business card, accompanied by a Frostshake Bear.
"Really?" Qiao Sang asked, puzzled. "Isn't this a simple thing?"
In Qiao Sang's view, as long as the familiars were self-motivated and knew what they needed to train, there was no need to worry much. The familiars would train themselves. How difficult could that be?
Not difficult at all!
Zhang Jie: "."
To avoid getting angry, Zhang Jie quickly decided to change the subject. She pointed to the light blue companion whose species was unknown and asked, "By the way, what's the name of your familiar?"
"Aquariana", Qiao Sang replied.
"Nice name. It's probably not a familiar from our region, right?" Zhang Jie asked further.
"It's from the Ancient Fog Region."
"No wonder I didn't recognize it." Zhang Jie felt the conversation was hitting a dead end again.
Her peripheral vision caught sight of Flame Listener, and she seemed to remember something. She smiled and said, "I've just finished my training. Do you want to have a sparring match now?"
Qiao Sang was taken aback and turned to look in Fangy's direction.
He saw that Fangy was no longer interested in the Frostshake Bear and was instead focused on playing a bottle-throwing game with Treasure Seeker.
Treasure Seeker held a magnified Ring in its claws, moving it around to change positions.
Fangy used Psychic Power to control an empty bottle, trying to throw it into the Ring in front of Treasure Seeker.
"Lulu!"
Aquariana was cheering on the side, naturally cheering for her own team.
Qiao Sang shook his head at Zhang Jie and said, "No, I need to go home soon."
"Then when will you be free next? You can let me know anytime. I'm usually at the Club", Zhang Jie said with a smile.
Qiao Sang thought for a moment and asked, "Do you want to spar with me?"
"Of course", Zhang Jie replied without hesitation. "Your skills are clearly exceptional, as seen from your training just now."
Qiao Sang scratched his head, a bit embarrassed, and said, "If that's the case, if you want to spar tomorrow night at 9, just let me know. My sparring fee is cheap, 1000 Union Coins per hour. Since we're colleagues, I'll give you a 10% discount, so it will be 900."
Zhang Jie: "???"
Qiao Sang left the Training Ground and walked to the Club entrance. He suddenly remembered something and turned back to the front desk to ask, "Does the Club have a business card prepared for me?"
The new front desk girl was taken aback and shook her head. "Only Advanced Trainers have special business cards here."
Such blatant discrimination. Qiao Sang turned to leave, feeling helpless.
Just then, the new front desk girl kindly reminded him, "If you want a business card, you can go to an advertising company to have one made, but you'll have to pay for it yourself."
Qiao Sang: "Thank you."
At 10:30 PM.
Qiao Sang finished his evening routine, entered his room, closed the door, and lay down on the bed. As usual, he started reading the Beastmaster Codex.
[Mars Rain (Small Success 675/2000) +]
Even though Fangy had been drinking Energy Recovery Serum like water today, the results were significant. Mars Rain had reached the Small Success level.
Advancing from Novice to Small Success in half a day, no one would ever believe it.
Of course, this wouldn't have been possible without the Golden Finger and the power of money.
The initial pain of spending so much on Energy Recovery Serum vanished instantly.
Qiao Sang happily flipped to Treasure Seeker's page.
The next moment, his gaze stopped at a particular piece of information.
[Hypnosis (Mastery 10009/20000) +]
(End of Chapter)
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