Her phone vibrated incessantly in her pocket.
She pulled it out to see that the School Team group chat had exploded.
【Li Chengying: We won, we won!!! Liu Yi won!!! (Cloud Howler Sparrow scattering flowers.jpg)】
【Li Chengying: 15 points! She got 15 points directly! A second-year got utterly thrashed by a first-year!】
【Gao Xue: Stop spamming the chat for a moment.】
【Li Chengying: I'm just excited!】
【Gao Xue: ...I'm excited too, but can you please stop spamming?】
【Li Chengying: You're excited too! So say something quick!】
【Gao Xue: @Liu Yi Great fight.】
【Li Chengying: That's it?!】
【Gao Xue: What else? Spam like you?】
【Wei Tan'an: Liu Yi, I watched your entire match. Ziyue's Extreme Cold Storm at the end was incredible! The opponent was completely stunned!】
【Chu Qian: Truly powerful. Fang Mingming was dazed for a long time after the match.】
【Xie Jing: The key is that Ziyue used two A-rank skills and still had stamina left. That's the most absurd part.】
【Wei Xiuyu: Everyone played well today. Liu Yi, review your match against the Torrent Hound when you get back. Ziyue's response during the Rain could have been more composed. Although you won in the end, there were a few waves that could have been handled better.】
【Liu Yi: Understood, Teacher Wei.】
【Li Chengying: Teacher Wei, you're too strict! Liu Yi won, and you're still criticizing!】
【Wei Xiuyu: Winning doesn't mean there's no room for improvement. The same goes for you; your second round was a bit rushed. Go back and watch the replay.】
【Li Chengying: ...Oh.】
【Gao Xue: (Screenshot.jpg)】
【Gao Xue: Saved. Next time Li Chengying says Teacher Wei only praises Liu Yi, I'll just throw this image in her face.】
【Li Chengying: Gao Xue, you!!!】
Liu Yi exited the group chat and put her phone back in her pocket.
Ziyue had already finished her energy liquid, its two tails gently swaying behind it.
The rainwater on its body had already frozen into ice crystals and shaken off when Snowfall and Extreme Cold Storm were unleashed. Now, its silver-blue fur was fluffy and dry, with only a few ice shards from the Frozen Bite still clinging to the tip of its tail.
“How's your condition?” Liu Yi knelt down, her fingers running through the soft fur behind Ziyue's ears. The touch was cool and soft, its energy fluctuations stable, with no signs of disorder.
“Bingbing.”
Ziyue lifted its head, nudging her wrist with its nose. It's fine, just a little hungry.
Liu Yi smiled, took another latent energy pill from her backpack, and offered it. Ziyue's eyes lit up, and it began licking it in small sips, its tail tip happily wagging.
Chiying was summoned from the Beast Taming Space, its dark figure shimmering with a deep luster under the lights of the rest area.
After appearing, it first looked around, then its gaze fell upon Ziyue.
“Mo?”
You won?
“Bingbing!”
Ziyue proudly raised its head. Of course!
Chiying nodded, then turned to Liu Yi.
Its crimson eyes held a hint of inquiry, and its tail gently swayed behind it.
Liu Yi glanced at the time; it was just past three in the afternoon.
The Monte Region's sunlight was still bright, streaming through the floor-to-ceiling windows of the rest area, casting warm spots of light on the floor.
“It's still early,” she said, standing up and readjusting her backpack. “Let's go train at the training ground for a bit. Chiying hasn't learned Dragon Breath yet, so it's a good chance to get some extra practice.”
Chiying's eyes lit up slightly, and its tail wagged with greater amplitude.
Yesterday, at the Monte Beast Tamer Association's training ground, it had already successfully unleashed Dragon Breath. Although its power was still insufficient, the direction of the fusion was correct.
With a few more practice sessions, it should be able to master it consistently.
Ziyue finished licking the last bit of the latent energy pill, stood up, and shook its fur.
“Let's go then.” Liu Yi left the player waiting area with her two pets.
...
Liu Yi swiped her temporary pass and entered Training Ground 7 with Ziyue and Chiying.
The electronic door silently slid shut behind them, cutting off the occasional footsteps and voices from the corridor.
The ground was empty. Several simulated floating islands quietly hovered in the air, their energy shields emitting a faint blue glow. Sunlight streamed through the dome, casting bright spots on the training ground's surface.
Chiying flew from Liu Yi's side into the air above the field. It circled once, then landed on the edge of a floating island, looking back at Liu Yi.
Its crimson eyes held anticipation.
Liu Yi walked to the rest area at the edge of the field and placed her backpack on a chair.
Ziyue didn't follow. Instead, it jumped directly onto another floating island, found a comfortable spot to lie down at the edge, its two tails dangling and swaying leisurely.
It had already fought two matches today, expending a significant amount of energy. Now was a good time to rest and watch Chiying practice.
“Let's begin,” Liu Yi nodded at Chiying.
Chiying flew up from the edge of the floating island, hovering in the center of the field. It closed its eyes, and a faint golden light began to emanate from its body—that was Dragon-type energy circulating.
At the same time, a purplish-black halo also seeped from the gaps in its scales—that was Poison-type energy.
The two energies intertwined on its body, gold and purplish-black coiling around each other. This fusion was smoother than yesterday's; the gold no longer repelled the purplish-black, and the purplish-black no longer resisted the gold. They converged slowly and naturally, like two rivers that were always meant to flow together.
Chiying opened its mouth, and a mass of dark golden energy condensed in its throat.
That mass of energy was more solidified than yesterday's. Its color gradually shifted from dark golden to deep purplish-golden, and subtle, arc-like patterns began to appear on its surface, repeatedly compressing, condensing, and compressing again within its throat.
Ziyue lay on the edge of the floating island, its purple eyes fixed unblinkingly on Chiying. Its ears stood straight, its tail no longer swayed, and its entire body was tensed, as if anticipating something.
Chiying suddenly blasted forth.
“Boom—”
A thick, purplish-golden breath surged from its mouth, tracing a straight path through the air and fiercely striking the training target twenty meters away!
The training target's surface instantly glowed with a purplish-black halo, then the entire target was engulfed by the purplish-golden light. When the light faded, the target's surface was covered in fine cracks, and its edges were still emitting faint smoke.
This time, the power was more than double that of yesterday's.
Ziyue's eyes lit up. It stood up from the edge of the floating island, its tail raised high.
“Bingbing! Bingbing!”
So amazing! Much stronger than yesterday!
Chiying hovered in the air, turning to look at Ziyue. Its breathing was a little more hurried than before, but its crimson eyes showed clear satisfaction.
“Mo.”
Still far from perfect.
Ziyue flicked its tail in disagreement and cried out again.
“Bingbing!”
But it's improving so fast!
Liu Yi stood at the edge of the field, the corner of her lips curving slightly upwards.
“Bingbing.”
Do it again, I'll watch you.
Chiying nodded, then hovered back to the center of the field.
This time, it closed its eyes for an even shorter duration.
The golden and purplish-black energies almost instantly fused within its body. The dark golden light condensed in its throat more than twice as fast as before.
“Boom—”
Another purplish-golden breath surged forth, this time targeting a training target on the left.
The training target shattered on impact, its fragments exploding in the air, propelled by the residual energy shockwave, and rolling a few times at the edge of the field before stopping.
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