Xiao Xunbao’s gaze was determined, and a thick white energy immediately condensed on its raised right claw.
"Bang!"
With the fall of the right claw, the tiles uniformly split into two halves.
"Xun!"
Seeing the broken tiles scattered around, Xiao Xunbao mimicked the champions of the Combat Series that it had seen in videos, raising both claws high in a victor’s cry.
An eerie silence surrounded the area for a moment, then erupted into enthusiastic cheers, as if the first-place winner had already been born.
"Holy shit! Breaking tiles! It really broke the tiles!"
"Did anyone get that on video just now? Send me a copy, quick!"
"That’s freaking scary, how did a Spectral-type Pet Beast learn a Combat Series skill? I thought that news was a hoax..."
"Although this Treasure-seeking Demon looks a bit undernourished, its strength is much greater than a normal Treasure-seeking Demon’s."
"That’s not right, the news said that Qiao Sang’s Treasure-seeking Demon trained to the pinnacle in tile-breaking when it was still a Treasure-seeking Ghost, and it could even handle seniors with no problem. But looking at the force with which it just broke the tiles, it seems like the proficiency isn’t particularly high."
"What do you know? Who shows off all their strength at the beginning? Big God Qiao must have taught the Treasure-seeking Demon how to control its power."
"What you’re saying makes sense!"
"...Breaking tiles." Liu Qijia simply couldn’t believe his eyes.
As a Beast Tamer contracted to a Combat Series Pet Beast, he had been skeptical from the start that Qiao Sang’s Treasure-seeking Demon could master the skill of breaking tiles.
Breaking tiles was about proper force exertion, unifying natural body strength. Whether it was grip strength, wrist strength, or the power to support the whole body with one’s limbs and the explosive power, all had to be trained to a certain level to possibly learn this skill.
Spectral-type Pet Beasts had no muscles, and even forming a solid body relied on energy; given their physical condition, it was simply impossible for them to learn Combat Series skills.
But this belief shattered into pieces the moment the Treasure-seeking Demon executed the tile breaking.
Liu Qijia, in a daze, watched the Treasure-seeking Demon raising its short arms in celebration, completely oblivious to the Bravery Monkey that had glanced over at him several times beside the Treasure-seeking Demon.
"Bravery..."
Seeing its Beast Tamer always fixated on the little creature beside him and not paying any attention to it, the Bravery Monkey immediately showed an unhappy expression.
"Whoosh!"
When the referee teacher blew the whistle once again.
After the first round of selection, Li Jiang’s Sand Shrew from Class 2 and Zhao Fangrui’s Aqua Ring Bream from Class 8 were eliminated from the competition, leaving eleven competing Pet Beasts other than Xiao Xunbao, all muscle-bound Combat Series Pet Beasts.
"Treasure-seeking Demon! Go for it!"
"Treasure-seeking Demon! I love you!"
"Class 1, keep it up! Qiao Sang, keep it up! Treasure-seeking Demon, go for it!"
"Ya Ya! Ya Ya!"
"Bravery..."
Listening to the surrounding cheers for the small guy, Bravery Monkey snorted heavily and put on a serious face, looking at the tile in front of it as if it were facing its archenemy, and slammed down with a palm.
"Bang!" The tiles shattered on cue.
"Bravery!" The Bravery Monkey raised its arm in a celebratory cheer.
Just as it was ready to accept the cheers from others, a series of voices intruded on its ears.
"The Treasure-seeking Demon is so amazing!"
"Goodness, look at that Treasure-seeking Demon, breaking them so effortlessly."
"Was that 15 tiles just now? The Treasure-seeking Demon looks like it’s under no pressure at all, so cool."
"Treasure-seeking Demon is mighty!"
"Ya Ya!"
"Bravery!"
Seeing that not a single person paid attention to itself, Bravery Monkey immediately turned its head and angrily yelled at Xiao Xunbao.
"Xun?"
Xiao Xunbao, overjoyed with its celebration, blinked innocently.
"Bravery!"
The Bravery Monkey showed an angry expression, signaling Xiao Xunbao not to be too smug as the first place would be its own.
"Xun."
Xiao Xunbao, recognizing the hostility from the other, showed an expression of sudden understanding, and gently patted the Bravery Monkey on the shoulder in consolation.
Don’t be mad, the first place next time can be yours, but this time first place can only be mine.
"Bravery!!" The Bravery Monkey went absolutely crazy.
The following few rounds of bare-hand tile breaking were almost entirely a show between Xiao Xunbao and Bravery Monkey.
By the third round, with the tiles increased to 20 pieces, several competing Pet Beasts were successively eliminated; by the fifth round, only Xiao Xunbao and Bravery Monkey remained.
Now it was the eighth round.
The tiles had increased to 35 pieces.
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