Night Shadow Doll.
Liu Yi glanced at the Cloud Howler Sparrow above Li Chengying's head.
She remembered that their records on the Tower of Trials previously showed a Lightning Leopard and a Frost Crystal Butterfly, but she didn't see them now.
Liu Yi then looked at Chu Qian and Xie Jing beside her; they also each had only one pet with them.
“Oh, right,” Gao Xue said to Liu Yi, her voice gentler. “I heard your Silver Snow Fox can lay down a Frost Path in the air?”
“Bingbing!”
Ziyue cried out proudly.
Liu Yi rubbed Ziyue’s head, “Yes, once Frost Path proficiency reaches the Expert level, it can be laid in the air.”
Gao Xue looked thoughtful. “It seems you’ve spent a lot of time training skill proficiency.”
“Hmm…” Liu Yi considered her words. “It’s alright; they’re all very diligent on their own.”
Ouyang Qin suddenly asked, “Do you train both of your pets yourself?”
Liu Yi nodded, “Yes.”
“You didn’t send them to a professional training hall?” Li Chengying asked with a curious tone.
“No,” Liu Yi shook her head, then asked, “Speaking of which, I’m a little confused. I saw records in the Tower of Trials that Senior Li has a Lightning Leopard, and Senior Gao has a Frost Crystal Butterfly.”
“How come I don’t see you summoning them to train together now?”
“I’ve entrusted Little Leopard with the training hall for training; now I need to focus on training Mianmian.” Li Chengying shrugged. “I’m not like Senior Qin; she can manage the training of two pets simultaneously, but I can’t quite handle it.”
“That’s right,” Gao Xue also nodded. “I’ve also entrusted Liangjingjing to the training hall and picked a new skill for it to learn. With professionals teaching at the training hall, the chances of it learning are higher.”
Liu Yi was stunned for a moment. “After breaking through the Twentieth Floor of the Tower of Trials, aren’t pets able to train themselves under custody?”
As soon as Liu Yi said this, the three of them were also stunned.
Gao Xue: “You… you’ve already broken through to the Twentieth Floor?”
Liu Yi: “I just passed it before coming here.”
The air here seemed to freeze for a moment.
Li Chengying’s eyes widened. “What did you just say? You broke through to the Twentieth Floor?”
Gao Xue: “On the second day of challenging the Tower of Trials?”
“Oh my goodness, even though we only started seriously challenging the Tower of Trials in our second year, it still took me three months to break through the Twentieth Floor back then!” Li Chengying exclaimed, clutching her chest dramatically.
Gao Xue took a deep breath. “It took me over two months.”
Ouyang Qin didn’t join their exclamations but directly asked, “What was the assessment result for the Twentieth Floor?”
Liu Yi: “Outstanding.”
The three fell silent for a moment.
Gao Xue smiled. “What was your question again?”
Liu Yi: “I asked, after breaking through the Twentieth Floor of the Tower of Trials, aren’t pets able to train themselves under custody? Why do you still entrust your pets to a training hall?”
Li Chengying: “Entrusting them to the Tower of Trials? How is that different from free-ranging them?”
Gao Xue also showed a puzzled expression. “Without a Beast Tamer watching, how would pets train seriously?”
Li Chengying nodded frantically. “Exactly, exactly. Back then, to make my pets train properly, I bought so many books. I’ve read popular ones like 《Effective Training Methods: Building Trust in Seven Days》, 《Pet Behavioral Psychology: From Resistance to Obedience》, 《What to Do When Your Pet Slacks Off? — 108 Ways to Tempt with Snacks》, and so on.”
“I was already satisfied if they were willing to accept my training. As for letting them train independently in the Tower of Trials, I wouldn’t even dare to imagine it.”
Liu Yi silently looked at Ziyue and Chiying, thinking it best not to mention that they could train independently and even actively requested training.
But even if she did, they probably wouldn’t believe her.
Ouyang Qin: “Alright, since everyone has introduced themselves, let’s get back to training.”
“Got it, Senior Qin~” Li Chengying said with a grin, continuing on with her Cloud Howler Sparrow.
After watching them disperse to continue their training, Ouyang Qin turned to Liu Yi and said, “I’m going to continue training too. You can observe here for a bit, and wait for Teacher Wei to come back and tell you how to train.”
Liu Yi: “Okay.”
The third-year team members each trained with focus. Liu Yi stood on the sidelines, her gaze following Ouyang Qin and her pets.
The Steel-Armored Bear and Berserker Bear were sparring, one focusing on defense, the other on offense.
“Seen enough?”
Wei Xiuyu’s voice came from behind her. Liu Yi turned and saw her holding a tablet computer.
“Teacher Wei.”
“Follow me,” Wei Xiuyu led Liu Yi towards a corner of the training ground. “First, tell me what you observed.”
Liu Yi pondered for a moment. “Senior Ouyang seems to be training the Berserker Bear’s defense, Senior Gao is training the Night Shadow Doll’s special skill energy control, and Senior Li is focusing on the Cloud Howler Sparrow’s speed training.”
“Very good,” Wei Xiuyu nodded. “You observed very carefully.”
She swiped a few times on the tablet. “Those are all the phased training goals I set for them.”
“Since you brought up Ouyang Qin’s defense training first, I’ll start by explaining defense training to you.”
Wei Xiuyu: “Your Moling Dragon naturally has high defense, so there’s no need to say much about it. But your Silver Snow Fox, I recall it only has a C-rank Ice Armor skill, right? And it was shattered by the Moonlight Marten’s Moonblade Dance during the Longwu High School Entrance Tournament, correct?”
“......”
When Teacher Wei mentioned training, she seemed to become a bit more talkative.
Liu Yi: “Yes.”
Wei Xiuyu: “Although your Silver Snow Fox was still a Junior pet at the time, it’s indeed difficult for a Junior pet’s defense to withstand an Intermediate pet’s attack. However, if you have more targeted energy distribution for defense, it would be more effective.”
Liu Yi nodded thoughtfully.
Although Ziyue primarily focused on attack and control, if she could learn this energy distribution technique as Teacher Wei described, it would enhance her armor’s strength, which would be a welcome bonus.
Wei Xiuyu: “Have your Silver Snow Fox cast Ice Armor for me to see.”
Liu Yi looked at Ziyue. “Ice Armor.”
Ziyue nimbly hopped aside, and instantly, a layer of crystalline ice armor covered its entire body, with faint blue light patterns flowing across its surface.
Wei Xiuyu approached, observing closely, and even reached out to touch the surface of the ice armor. “The energy distribution is very even… but that also means there are no concentrated defense areas.”
She looked up at Liu Yi. “In practical combat, the enemy usually concentrates their attack on a single point. If you can focus energy on the attacked area, the armor’s defensive effect will greatly increase.”
Wei Xiuyu’s words made Liu Yi’s eyes light up. Previously, because Ziyue was a Junior pet and had limited internal energy, Liu Yi had only thought about having Ziyue use Ice Armor with flexible control to conserve energy.
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