Chapter 68: Fearless Eyewear
Chapter 68: Fearless Eyewear
A moment later, the audience stands erupted into deafening cheers.
"How did he win?!"
"Fangflare, I love you!"
"Ahahahaha!"
"Qiao Sang, give Fangflare to me!"
"Qiao Sang, you're so cool!"
"Huge upset! The Scale Controller has fallen! The final contestant to enter the finals is Qiao Sang!" the commentator exclaimed excitedly. "This is absolutely the most thrilling match in the Newcomer Competition! At the last moment, Fangflare even activated its Blazing Trait! Unfortunately, Shadow Puppet fell too quickly! We couldn't see Fangflare in its blazing state!"
Hou Xiangyu: "..."
Did they not consider that he could hear them too!
Qiao Sang stared blankly at Fangflare, who was covered in injuries but exuded a more formidable aura than ever before.
Seemingly sensing its Beastmaster's gaze, Fangflare turned its head, and its fierce eyes softened into two crescent moons.
Then, the flames around its body dissipated, its eyes closed, and it collapsed.
"Fangflare!" Qiao Sang quickly ran over and picked it up.
...
Familiar Arena.
Medical Room.
A green familiar with two antennae, each ending in a spherical tip, clenched its paws into fists, bracing itself.
The spherical ends of its antennae emitted a green light.
From this light, a shimmering green powder scattered and fell onto the lying Fangflare.
Two minutes later, Fangflare opened its wet eyes.
"Fangflare is fine now, but since it just activated its Blazing Trait, it's best to let it rest a bit more. No pre-match warm-ups or anything", the female familiar doctor said after examining it.
"Yah!"
Fangflare looked in the direction of the doctor's voice and immediately jumped over happily.
Qiao Sang opened his arms to catch it and said gratefully, "Thank you, Doctor. I understand."
"That's my job. I watched the match just now, it was fantastic. You should do your best in the finals too", the doctor said.
"We will", Qiao Sang smiled.
"Yah!"
Fangflare responded loudly.
Once he saw that Fangflare was fine, Qiao Sang had the leisure to recall the final moments of the match.
Blazing Trait.
Every familiar has a corresponding trait.
Most traits are beneficial to the familiar, but a few can be detrimental or have no practical use.
For example, Moonrush Grass.
It falls asleep whenever it rains.
If it appears in a match, one only needs to send out a familiar with a rain-summoning skill to win without a fight.
Like the Octotube Coral they encountered recently.
Its trait is to adjust the nanocrystals on its skin to achieve invisibility upon contact with objects. However, this is an auxiliary trait.
Fangflare's Blazing Trait, on the other hand, significantly enhances its attack power, making it absolutely beneficial.
Once injured to a certain degree and severely weakened, it triggers the Blazing Trait.
Then, like on a high, the power and speed of its fire-type skills increase several times over.
It's a trait every Fire Pet Beast would want.
However, this trait doesn't always activate.
Traits like Moonrush Grass falling asleep in the rain are mandatory, but Fangflare's Blazing Trait requires mastery to activate.
Generally, a Fire Pet Beast that can trigger the Blazing Trait with 100% certainty is a formidable opponent.
It must be injured to a severe extent to practice and master the trait.
Although Fangflare has the Blazing Trait, Qiao Sang believes it should take things slowly to master it.
With nearly 50 minutes until the final, Qiao Sang decided to carry Fangflare to the audience stands to watch the familiar performances.
On the way from the medical room to the audience stands, Fangflare paused when it saw a glass that reflected its appearance, then jumped out of Qiao Sang's arms.
It approached the glass and examined itself, then panicked.
"Teeth?"
"Teeth!"
"Teeth!"
Where were its sunglasses?
Qiao Sang pulled out a broken pair of red triangular sunglasses from her bag and held them up to Fangflare, saying solemnly, "The match was too intense, they broke."
Fangflare froze in shock, as if struck by lightning. It then took the broken sunglasses with its paw and let out a mournful cry, "Teeth!!!"
The sound was even more pitiful than when it was controlled by Scale Controller's Psychic Power and fell from the sky.
"The old ones must go for the new. I'll buy you a few more pairs tonight, you can pick any you like", Qiao Sang comforted.
Fangflare immediately calmed down, nodding with tears in its eyes.
At that moment, a voice came from nearby, "I happen to have a pair of sunglasses that I can give to Fangflare."
Qiao Sang turned around.
A woman in her mid-20s with long black hair and delicate features, who didn't seem threatening, was walking toward her.
"Hello, my name is Song Yuan."
"Hello", Qiao Sang replied politely.
"I called you yesterday, but you seemed to think it was a spam call and hung up", Song Yuan said with a smile, showing no sign of embarrassment.
Qiao Sang thought for a moment and said, "Was it the one with the last four digits 1772, the one I blocked after it called several times?"
Song Yuan: "..."
"Yes, that's me."
"Sorry, I thought it was a scam call", Qiao Sang said apologetically.
"It's fine, it's good to be cautious. I wouldn't answer calls from strangers either. I called you because..."
Song Yuan's words were interrupted by her phone ringing.
"Sorry, I need to take this."
"It's fine", Qiao Sang said.
She noticed that the number on Song Yuan's phone screen was not labeled.
"Hello, who is this?" Song Yuan answered the call.
Qiao Sang: "..."
One minute later.
"Sorry, let's continue. Where were we?" Song Yuan asked after hanging up.
"You were saying you wouldn't answer calls from strangers", Qiao Sang replied.
Song Yuan looked embarrassed and cleared her throat, explaining, "We small business owners have to answer all calls, just in case it's something important."
Qiao Sang nodded in understanding.
"I called you because I want Fangflare to endorse the sunglasses from my online store. The way Fangflare looks with sunglasses on is exactly what I'm looking for. The money is negotiable. If you're willing, we can exchange contact information and discuss it further after the finals."
Originally, she just wanted Fangflare to do a live stream.
But Qiao Sang and Fangflare's performance today convinced her that this was definitely a promising opportunity.
Qiao Sang paused for a moment and asked, "Can I ask what your store is called?"
Song Yuan quickly replied, "Fearless Eyewear."
Qiao Sang took out her phone and started searching.
Indeed, the store existed.
The legal representative's name matched.
The phone number matched the one she had blocked yesterday.
It didn't seem to be a scam...
"Alright, let's discuss it in detail after the finals", Qiao Sang said with a big smile.
"Sure, I heard you talking to Fangflare just now. I have a pair of our store's sunglasses with me. If it's not too much trouble, could Fangflare wear it during the finals?" Song Yuan happily pulled out a pair of sunglasses from her bag and handed them over.
Qiao Sang looked at the sunglasses and fell silent.
Fangflare shook its head vigorously after glancing at them.
It has its own sense of style, you know!
(End of Chapter)
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