Chapter 174 | My Beast Taming Space Hides a Gacha Pool

Ziyue heard her voice and poked her head out from the bed.

"Bingbing?"

Liu Yi turned her phone screen towards it. "Tomorrow, your opponents will be an Intermediate stage Balloon Sheep and a Torrent Hound."

Ziyue's eyes immediately lit up, her tail wagging high as she let out an excited cry.

"Bingbing!"

An Intermediate stage opponent!

"Mm-hm," Liu Yi said, smiling as she rubbed its ears. "Last week, we mostly faced Junior pets. Tomorrow, we can finally have a proper battle."

Chiying also lifted its head from its mat, its crimson eyes looking at Liu Yi, its tail gently swaying as it let out a cry.

"Mo."

Liu Yi nodded, her gaze returning to her phone screen.

"Balloon Sheep, General + Flying attribute, Intermediate stage. Torrent Hound, Water attribute, Intermediate stage."

"Moreover, their Beast Tamer is a second-year, so their combat experience will definitely be much richer than the first-year new students from the first week."

"Interesting," Liu Yi murmured, a slight smile playing on her lips.

She exited the battle schedule, opened the Beast Tamer Association's database, and began to search for detailed information on these two pets.

【Balloon Sheep, General + Flying-type pet, Intermediate stage. It has a round body and fluffy, cloud-like fur. It can inflate itself by inhaling air to float. Its nature is docile, but in battle, it uses its floating advantage for aerial suppression. Common skills: Air Slash, Cotton Defense, Float Bomb, etc.】

【Torrent Hound, Water-type pet, Intermediate stage. It has a slender body, deep blue fur, and fin-like protrusions on its back. It excels at high-speed water attacks and moves extremely fast in water. Common skills: Water Cannon, High-Speed Movement, Aqua Tail, Water Pulse, etc.】

Liu Yi carefully read each line of information, her finger gently sliding across the screen.

Ziyue leaned closer, her purple eyes intently fixed on the text and images. When it saw the Balloon Sheep's round shape, its ears twitched, and a hint of curiosity flashed in its eyes.

Chiying also floated over, its crimson eyes scanning the Torrent Hound's information, its tail gently swaying.

"Who goes first tomorrow?" Liu Yi asked casually.

Ziyue immediately looked up and cried out.

"Bingbing!"

Chiying didn't contend, merely hooked Ziyue's tail with its dragon tail, signaling its agreement.

Liu Yi smiled. "Then Ziyue goes first. The Balloon Sheep can fly, but your Frost Path can pave a way in the air, so you won't have to worry about not reaching it. The Torrent Hound is very fast, and your Ice Armor and Ice Spike can provide defense and restrict its movement."

"However…" She paused, her tone becoming serious. "Your opponent is a second-year Beast Tamer, so their combat experience will definitely be much richer than the opponents from the first week. Don't underestimate them."

"Bingbing!" Ziyue nodded solemnly.

Liu Yi looked at the information for a while longer, and only after confirming no important details were missed did she put down her phone.

...

Meanwhile.

Inside a conference room at Monte Beast Taming Academy, the lights were brightly lit.

Contestants filled both sides of a long table, their silver bird school emblems gleaming coldly under the lights.

On the projection screen, the second week's battle schedule had already been released, with densely packed names arranged by grade and points.

Sitting in the back row, second-year Fang Mingming was idly tilting his chair back, his gaze lazily sweeping across the screen.

He had a perfect six-win record in the first week, with 60 personal points—a perfectly respectable score.

His gaze stopped on his own name.

"Monte Beast Taming Academy · Second-Year Contestant · Fang Mingming —VS— Tianqi Beast Taming High School · First-Year Contestant · Liu Yi."

Fang Mingming froze for a moment, then let out a scoff.

"A first-year?" He turned to his teammate, a hint of amusement in his voice. "The first match of the second week, and they give me a first-year student? This matching system is really underestimating me."

The guy next to him leaned over to look at the screen, his expression subtly changing. "Wait, Senior Fang, this Liu Yi isn't just any ordinary first-year student. She's the one who..."

"I know, the one with two Intermediate pets," Fang Mingming interrupted, waving his hand dismissively. "The forums are going wild about her, all that talk about the Silver Snow Fox and Moling Dragon. Having two Intermediate pets as a first-year is certainly something. But—"

He dragged out his words, leaning back in his chair with a creak. "She's only a first-year. Even if she has two Intermediate pets, they must have just evolved recently. How could their energy reserves or skill proficiency compare to ours as second-years?"

He counted on his fingers. "My Balloon Sheep and Torrent Hound have been with me for years. That Silver Snow Fox of hers, at most, has only been evolved for two months, right? And the Moling Dragon is even more ridiculous; it just evolved last month. How much energy reserves can newly evolved Intermediate pets like that have? They'll run out of steam after two or three minutes."

"But—" The guy next to him tried to say more, but Fang Mingming waved him off.

"But what? A first-year against a second-year? This matching system is clearly handing me free points." He pursed his lips. "And what's there to care about a first-year? I'm the one losing out by getting a first-year student on the first day of the second week. Even if I win, it's only +5 points, far less than the +10 points for fighting someone in the same grade."

As his words fell, the conference room went silent for a moment.

Huo Yan, who had been looking down at the battle schedule in the front row, couldn't help but turn his head when he heard that.

His gaze landed on Fang Mingming, and his lips moved as if he were choosing his words carefully. After a few seconds of hesitation, he stood up and walked towards the back row.

"Senior Fang," Huo Yan said politely, standing beside Fang Mingming's seat. "I just saw the battle schedule. Your opponent is Liu Yi from Tianqi?"

Fang Mingming squinted at him. "What is it?"

Huo Yan scratched his head, his expression a bit subtle. "Um... Senior, you might want to be careful. I saw her before at the Cloud Arena. Her Silver Snow Fox and Moling Dragon, how should I put it..."

"How?" Fang Mingming raised an eyebrow.

Huo Yan recalled the scene from that night, the image of the Silver Snow Fox precisely freezing the out-of-control skateboard with a Frost Breath still vivid in his mind.

He carefully chose his words. "I feel... she's quite strong. Not just the kind of strong you'd expect from a newly evolved pet."

Fang Mingming stared at him for two seconds, then suddenly chuckled. "Huo Yan, are you scared by her 'first-year genius' title or something?"

"No—"

"Alright, alright," Fang Mingming waved his hand, his tone full of perfunctoriness. "You want me to be careful of her? She's only a first-year. Even if she has two Intermediate pets, they must have just evolved. How could their energy reserves possibly compare to my pets'?"

He paused, then added, "And how high can the skill proficiency of newly evolved pets be? No matter how beautifully she uses Ice Blade, what good is it if it doesn't hit?"