In an instant, the Thorn Tuanzi was frozen until it shivered, and its speed suddenly slowed down. It was clearly affected by a three-second slow effect.
“Thorn—”
The Thorn Tuanzi let out a shrill scream, appearing to be struggling in pain.
Seeing this, Wang Yan’s expression changed slightly, and he quickly shouted, “Bramble Entanglement!”
The moment the Thorn Tuanzi endured the severe pain to release Bramble Entanglement, five thick vines, as wide as a person's wrist, suddenly burst from the ground. Like a group of fierce venomous snakes, they lunged toward Ziyue with bared fangs and claws.
The five wrist-thick vines broke through the soil and were about to entangle Ziyue.
Liu Yi calmly observed the situation on the field, quickly judging the trajectory and direction of the vines. “Ice Blade—two on the left, two on the right.”
Following Liu Yi’s command, five crystal-clear Ice Blades shot out from behind Ziyue, hurtling forward like lightning.
Out of the five Ice Blades, two on each side accurately struck the vines. With a series of crisp snapping sounds, the vines were severed under the cutting force of the Ice Blades, losing their original momentum.
The final Ice Blade, like a meteor streaking across the night sky, bypassed the vines trying to entangle Ziyue and pierced straight toward the Thorn Tuanzi ahead.
The Ice Blade struck the Thorn Tuanzi first, and the vines stopped right in front of Ziyue.
After the Thorn Tuanzi fell, the previously aggressive vines seemed to have their souls sucked out. They collapsed powerlessly to the ground, no longer posing any threat to Ziyue.
Wang Yan looked at Liu Yi and the Ice Fox with a face full of surprise.
At this moment, the mechanical referee began the countdown: “10, 9, 8...”
“...3, 2, 1.” As the final number fell, the mechanical referee announced, “Battle over! Winners: Liu Yi and Ice Fox!”
Liu Yi walked forward and picked up the panting Ziyue. She fed Ziyue the recovery liquid and energy liquid she had taken out of her Beast Taming Space and put into her bag beforehand.
While Ziyue drank the recovery liquid and energy liquid, she looked at Liu Yi with her bright eyes, her meaning self-evident.
Liu Yi couldn't help but laugh and immediately praised, “Our Ziyue is so amazing. You won your very first battle; you’re practically a genius little fox.”
“Bing bing!”
Ziyue wagged her tail contentedly.
After Wang Yan carefully checked the Thorn Tuanzi, he summoned it back into his Beast Taming Space so it could rest and recover its strength.
Having done this, Wang Yan turned around and walked over to Liu Yi and Ziyue.
“Is this really your first real combat?” Wang Yan asked with a complicated expression.
Liu Yi answered without hesitation, “Yes.”
Wang Yan followed up, “Then one last thing... your command was clearly only to attack the vines on the left and right. How did the Ice Fox know to use the last Ice Blade to attack the Thorn Tuanzi directly?”
Liu Yi said as if it were a matter of course, “The point of a pet battle is to knock down the other side. Time was tight during the battle. Since I only specified the targets for four of the Ice Blades, Ziyue naturally understood the unspoken part.”
Ziyue also nodded in agreement.
“Bing bing.”
Master is right.
After hearing Liu Yi’s words, the expression on Wang Yan’s face became even more difficult to describe.
This kind of combat awareness and level of unspoken understanding could indeed be seen in many Beast Taming competitions, but that was usually a level of coordination found between Beast Tamers and pets who had already gone through many battles together.
Yet now, he had actually seen it in a Trainee Beast Tamer and a Junior stage pet.
Recalling the registration form he had seen earlier, it was obvious this girl had only awakened as a Beast Tamer this summer.
Going by the earliest possible date, it had been no more than a month since she contracted her pet.
Generally speaking, most Trainee Beast Tamers were still in the stage of building a bond and getting used to each other's habits during the first month of contracting a pet.
At this stage, let alone being able to command a pet in battle normally, even getting the pet to train properly took a lot of effort.
However, judging by the performance in the battle just now, that Ice Fox was extremely proficient in using its skills, clearly having undergone meticulous training.
He really didn't know how they did it.
Wang Yan simply couldn't figure it out.
Thinking back to how difficult his own training and battles were after he contracted his first pet, and then comparing it to the seamless coordination between this girl and her pet, Wang Yan couldn't help but feel a wave of bitterness in his heart.
However, not long after he sank into his own emo mood, Liu Yi’s voice suddenly rang out without warning.
“By the way, I have a question for you as well,” Liu Yi said in a calm and gentle voice, as if they were just having a casual chat.
Hearing Liu Yi’s words, Wang Yan quickly adjusted his emotions. A polite smile surfaced on his face as he said, “Oh? Feel free to ask whatever you want.”
Liu Yi paused for a moment before speaking slowly. “When you receive Trainee Beast Tamers who are having their first battle, do you intentionally arrange for staff members who have pets with attributes countered by theirs based on their registration forms, and then lose to them on purpose?”
The smile on Wang Yan’s face froze instantly. His eyes widened as he looked at Liu Yi in disbelief. He never expected Liu Yi to ask such a question.
Wang Yan groaned inwardly. He really didn't understand why this girl in front of him could always say things that made people want to die with such a calm, unruffled expression.
And besides, that wasn't even a question! She was clearly stating it as a fact; she was already certain!
Seeing Wang Yan’s expression, Liu Yi had her answer.
She recalled the reason this training hall was recommended and said, “No wonder your combat training hall is the most highly rated among Trainee Beast Tamers having their first battle.”
“Haha.” At this point, Wang Yan had no idea how to respond. He could only give a couple of dry laughs.
Liu Yi continued, “But based on the level you and the Thorn Tuanzi showed just now, you shouldn't be able to lose to an average Trainee Beast Tamer easily, right?”
“Bing bing!”
Ziyue suddenly looked at Wang Yan with dissatisfaction.
Liu Yi said with a smile, “Ziyue is asking if you intentionally let the Thorn Tuanzi lose to her just now.”
“Of course not!” Wang Yan answered immediately.
“Well...” Wang Yan gave up on saving face and faced the fact that he had lost a battle to a Trainee Beast Tamer again. “The battle just now was definitely a real loss. Because of how you and the Ice Fox performed at the start, I completely forgot I was facing a Beast Tamer in their first real combat.”
“Under ‘normal’ circumstances, I wouldn't have let the Thorn Tuanzi use Rolling Thrust or Bramble Entanglement.”
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