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Chapter 282: Where's the Opponent?!
Chapter 282: Where's the Opponent?!
"What kind of familiar is this? I've never seen anything like it before." A boy standing nearby, around 1.77 meters tall but appearing taller due to his spiky hairstyle, asked.
"I haven't either", the boy on his left replied. He was wearing a white jacket over his summer school uniform and was carefully examining the light blue familiar on the training field. "It doesn't seem to be from the Yuhua Region."
"Whoa..." At that moment, the only girl on the Junior Year Team Combat Team sucked in a sharp breath.
Apart from He Datao, who was about to start the match in the center of the field, the rest of the Junior Year School Team turned to look at her.
The girl was holding a familiar identifier, pointing it at the light blue familiar, and her face was a mix of shock as she read the information displayed on the holographic screen.
Familiar identifiers come in various styles, designed differently based on the region and user preferences. The one the girl was holding was one of the most popular portable models in the Yuhua Region over the past two years.
"What's wrong? What's the name of this familiar?" Xu Yixuan, noticing Chen Jia's unusual expression, leaned in curiously.
"Glacialia, Ancient Fog Region..." The boy in the white jacket also leaned in, reading the information on the holographic screen, but his face quickly turned puzzled, and he couldn't continue.
What the heck?
An endangered familiar?
Is Chen Jia's identifier broken?
He wasn't the only one to suspect a malfunction. Everyone who saw the information on the holographic screen immediately thought the device must be faulty.
Including Chen Jia herself.
"What does an endangered familiar even mean? Those are the kinds of familiars that are so rare, they're treated like national treasures, with S-Class Familiar Trainers studying a single hair if one falls out!"
This level of rarity shouldn't be bondable by a sophomore student!
Chen Jia hesitated. "Maybe I forgot to update the version. The old version might be malfunctioning."
"That's fine. If the identifier is broken, we can use a mobile phone to look it up." Xu Yixuan took a photo of the light blue familiar in the center of the field and started searching the image.
Then she froze.
[Glacialia, Ancient Fog Region, an endangered water and ice attribute intermediate familiar...]
The information was identical!
"Damn!" Xu Yixuan suddenly looked up at the Glacialia in the field, uttering a word completely out of character for her.
"What's wrong?" The people around her were startled. Though Xu Yixuan could be chatty, she rarely used such unrefined language.
"The information online is the same", Xu Yixuan swallowed hard and took a deep breath before continuing, "This might really be an endangered familiar..."
Everyone: "!!!"
For a moment, all eyes were fixed on Glacialia.
The match had already begun.
Almost as soon as Sun Boyi gave the command, Lulu and Magma Burst Ape launched their attacks simultaneously.
Lulu wasn't new to working with Qiao Sang.
To quickly reach mastery in the Healing Light skill, Qiao Sang had spent some time at the Beast Battle Club, using Lulu as a sparring partner. Since Lulu was originally a wild familiar, she already had a natural rhythm and judgment in battles, and didn't need much direction from Qiao Sang.
Water Jet and Flame Jet collided.
The red flames were three times as thick as the blue Water Jet.
The two attacks met in mid-air, with the flames overwhelming the Water Jet and surging toward Lulu.
Lulu calmly sprinted to the side, evading the direct hit from the flames.
Thanks to the Rubble Barrage Technique, Lulu's speed had significantly increased. She could easily dodge such slow and limited-range attacks.
"Bang!!"
The flames missed their target and struck the ground, causing the training field's surface to crack.
"Even though water-type familiars have an advantage over fire-type, the skill proficiency gap is too large. Even with the type advantage, it won't be enough", Chen Jia commented.
"Glacialia is small and doesn't seem to have high defense. If Magma Burst Ape hits her twice, the match will likely be over", the boy with the spiky hair, who appeared taller due to his hairstyle, analyzed.
At that moment, Xu Yixuan suddenly worried, "Attacking a nearly extinct familiar should be illegal, right? Is it really okay to do this?"
Everyone: "……"
In the center of the arena.
He Datao watched the battle and felt a surge of joy, believing he had a sure win.
He had initially expected Qiao Sang to send out a Flame Listener, but instead, a Water Elemental Familiar appeared, one he didn't recognize.
Water-type familiars counter fire-type familiars, and he had been quite anxious at first. After all, he had witnessed Qiao Sang single-handedly challenge over 200 people during the School Start Ceremony.
To his surprise, this Water Elemental Familiar seemed quite ordinary, nothing like the Flame Listener or Treasure Seeker from the School Start Ceremony.
They say that in a Beastmaster's team, the strength of familiars is generally ranked by the order of their bonding. The experts were right!
"Use Flame Jet continuously to suppress it!"
He Datao waved his chubby hand and gave the order.
"Poppy!"
The Magma Burst Ape, in high spirits, pounded its chest twice and opened its mouth to unleash a Flame Jet.
But in the next second, it froze, mouth agape.
Where was the opponent?!
He Datao's pupils suddenly constricted.
When he issued the command, the light blue familiar was clearly still on the field!
But just now, it jumped into the ground and vanished!
What kind of skill was this?!
"Be on guard around you!" He Datao shouted.
His body tensed, his mood swinging wildly.
Although the Water Elemental Familiar had the upper hand against the Magma Burst Ape, the arena wasn't a water environment, so the familiar couldn't fully utilize its strength.
Plus, the ordinary Water Jet it had used earlier made him confident he could win.
After all, intermediate familiars don't have many skills. Most of the training focuses on developing and improving proficiency in their existing skills.
Water Jet, one of the most common skills for Water Elemental Familiars, is usually practiced to at least the small success level by the junior year in other schools' teams.
But the Water Jet from this unfamiliar familiar was clearly not powerful enough, and its proficiency hadn't even reached the small success level.
Yet this "Earth Dive" skill had completely thrown him off.
The worst thing in a battle is encountering a skill you don't recognize, leaving you with no idea how to counter it.
He Datao's mind raced, recalling all the information he knew about Water Elemental Familiars.
Qiao Sang had been keeping an eye on a small puddle of water on the ground. As the puddle slowly flowed to a blind spot behind the Magma Burst Ape, she said, "Now."
"Lulu" emerged from the puddle with a call.
The center of the arena was instantly shrouded in a thick Water Mist.
"Fire a Flame Jet at the ground behind you!" He Datao, though he didn't know the name of this "Earth Dive" skill, his extensive combat experience still allowed him to make an instinctive judgment.
"Poppy!"
The Magma Burst Ape turned around and sprayed flames wildly at the ground. Due to the Water Mist, it couldn't see anything clearly and could only spray blindly.
At that moment, a stream of water shot up from behind the Magma Burst Ape, rising into the air and breaking through the Water Mist.
Then, the water stream turned sharply downward, accelerating as it fell toward the Water Mist.
If one looked closely, they would see Lulu inside the water stream.
"Bang!!!"
The sound of a violent collision echoed, and the Water Mist trembled due to the energy wave.
"Poppy!"
The Magma Burst Ape's anguished cry followed.
Qiao Sang estimated the Magma Burst Ape's size and said, "Continue."
As soon as she spoke, the water stream shot up into the air again and then sped downward.
This wasn't enough; the water stream quickly shot up and fell once more.
"Poppy!"
The Magma Burst Ape's cries were especially pitiful.
"Fire a Flame Jet upward!" He Datao said in a panic.
But no flames shot upward.
He Datao seemed to sense something in the Beastmaster Codex and froze in place.
When the Water Mist cleared, the Magma Burst Ape was seen lying on the ground, eyes closed.
Standing on its body was a cold-faced Glacialia.
"Lulu."
(End of Chapter)
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