Free Web NovelZhang Wenyong's brows furrowed deeper. He didn't look at Wu Linyue but instead stared at Mingxi, saying word by word, "Since that's the case, I wonder if this specially appointed teacher is willing to have a battle with me? After all, what we're having is a Beast Taming practical combat class."
Upon hearing his words, not only Mingxi but everyone in the classroom was unsurprised.
Mingxi smiled, "Sure."
Zhang Wenyong's eyes lit up. "Then how about a 3v3 team battle?"
"Sure."
Mingxi appeared as if she had an 'extremely good temper.'
"Teacher Wu, please be our referee."
Zhang Wenyong said to Wu Linyue in a commanding tone, not noticing the increasingly cold gaze in Mingxi's eyes.
Wu Linyue was apparently accustomed to Zhang Wenyong's arrogance and nodded, "Alright."
He was Mingxi's assistant teacher for this class.
After consulting Mingxi and getting her consent, he did not have the other students practice in pairs as they usually would.
According to Mingxi, it wasn't necessary, as it wouldn't delay much time anyway.
"Battle start."
Wu Linyue announced very casually.
Mingxi and Zhang Wenyong entered the designated battle zone, simultaneously forming hand seals, and their respective Pet Spaces completed their spiritual virtualization in the blink of an eye.
Just like when others first saw Mingxi's Pet Space, the students in Class 2, including Wu Linyue, were all dumbfounded.
They could somewhat understand the deep gray color of the Pet Space; all Beast Tamers who had awakened eight times had this color.
At most, they were astonished by Mingxi's outrageous awakening progress.
But what was with this space's form?
A sphere?
A twelve-sided sphere?
Didn't this imply that Mingxi was very likely to have twelve contract slots in the future?!
...
...Are you dumbfounded? Don't you know that getting distracted is the biggest taboo in battle?
The girl's cold, clear shout jolted everyone awake. Their souls, which had drifted to outer space, returned, scorched on the outside and tender on the inside, their eyes still somewhat dazed, as if they were missing a few of their souls.
"Black Pearl, high-pressure water ball."
Mingxi didn't care whether her opponent was affected by external factors; a battle was a battle.
Even if it was just a guidance battle for students, she wouldn't relax or go easy because of it.
"Boom!"
The huge roar of the exploding water ball startled everyone, and naturally, it also startled her opponent.
The three pets Zhang Wenyong summoned were a Shi-level Rock-type pet, Musky Rock Cat, a General-level Flying Dragon, Thracian Dragon, and an Advanced Level Angel System pet, Forget Worry.
All three were Transcendent creatures Mingxi was relatively familiar with.
Attack, defense, and support—a trinity. As a pet configuration for a team battle, it was quite good.
However, the Beast Tamer wasn't very good.
Mingxi frowned.
Although it was a team battle, Mingxi only summoned Black Pearl, after all, when battling a B-rank university student, if she really sent Golden Yuanbao and the others, the opponent wouldn't even last one attack.
In fact, sending Black Pearl out was already akin to a big shot fishing in a pond.
Zhang Wenyong was not foolish enough to question Mingxi at this point with a silly question like, 'Why did you only send one pet to deal with me when we agreed on a 3v3 team battle? Are you looking down on me?'
The fact that Mingxi had awakened eight times and had a twelve-slot Pet Space was right in front of him; what right did he have to question her?
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"Rock Wall!"
"Holy Light Guard."
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This level of attack had virtually no killing power against Black Pearl.
But there was no need to needlessly endure it.
"Water Blast, Dark Shuttle, Shadow Ambush, finish."
Mingxi gave Black Pearl instructions.
"As."
Black Pearl took a moment to give her a 'received' gesture. She had also been brought by Mingxi, through thick and thin, step by step.
Despite her goofiness, her strength and battle intelligence were not inferior to Golden Yuanbao and the others.
Upon seeing this opponent, she immediately judged the opponent's approximate strength.
The compressed water droplets in the air erupted with a violent Impact wave.
Zhang Wenyong's three pets had almost no ability to resist; their skills were still winding up when they were interrupted by the terrifying, full-blown Water Blast.
The lights in the classroom were blindingly bright, but the pets' shadows were also dark.
Black Pearl immediately went invisible after her big attack, then concealed herself in their shadows...
Shadow Ambush!
One-hit kill!
"Musk..."
Musky Rock Cat let out a delicate cry and was the first to fall.
Next was that Forget Worry.
The Thracian Dragon naturally didn't survive Black Pearl's fatal blow; as the king among assassins, even a high-attack, high-defense Dragon-type couldn't withstand the Ghost-type.
Perhaps it was because the Thracian Dragon was too ugly.
Black Pearl, this smarty, even gave it an angry Headbutt as a bonus.
"As."
The Mermaid clenched her fist.
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Less than a minute into the battle, everyone on the field was lying down, except for Black Pearl, who was freely swaying her beautiful fish tail and displaying a stunning smile that seemed almost too easily given.
Students: "..."
Dimensionality reduction attack.
A true dimensionality reduction attack.
"Too strong!"
"Ming Shen is simply too strong!"
"1v3, instant kill!"
"Is this the legendary 'the pinker you dress, the fiercer you fight'?
"I feel like my Dao Heart has shattered."
...
Wu Linyue was equally shocked at this moment. He knew that for the school to allow Mingxi to graduate directly without even enrolling and exceptionally admit her as an Advanced Level teacher, Mingxi's strength must have been recognized by the school's higher-ups.
But he truly hadn't expected that Mingxi would only send out one Shi-level pet and easily defeat Zhang Wenyong's three strongest pets.
While the outcome certainly had to do with Zhang Wenyong's mindset being shattered by Mingxi's outrageous Pet Space, the fundamental reason was the inherent power of Mingxi's Mermaid.
Almost non-existent skill wind-ups, smooth and natural skill transitions, precise and efficient displacement changes, and unfathomably deep skill proficiency.
And how old was Mingxi's Mermaid?
He vaguely remembered it was only about one year old.
...
Truly a monster.
Mingxi beckoned, and Black Pearl happily returned to her side.
Only then did she look at the young man, whose face was dejected and who was doubting life itself:
"Student Zhang, as a student in my first class, I feel obligated to give you feedback based on your and your pets' performance just now.
Firstly, it's clear you have great insight in pet cultivation; whether it's Musky Rock Cat, Thracian Dragon, or Forget Worry, they are all well-cultivated.
But unfortunately, their practical combat ability is so poor that I'm not even very interested in commenting. Slow reactions, slow energy convergence, long skill wind-ups... (one hundred more shortcomings omitted here).
And you, you have even more problems, the most outrageous being getting distracted during a battle!
What? You wouldn't think that Beast Taming competitions are turn-based, would you? Your opponent will wait for you to finish a wave of skills before acting?
Also, your tactics, I don't understand them, and I'm greatly shocked.
I'm very curious, where did you learn such tricky tactics?"
