Beast Taming: Starting From Zero-Chapter 725: Purification
Name: Steel-Slash Giant Falcon (Gangbao)
Attributes: Steel, Flying
Level: Advanced (11000/100000) +
[Traits:
First Trait: Mirror Armor
Grade: A (29/10000)
Status: (Exceptionally Useful)
Description: (When hit by a move or trait that reduces stats, it reflects the effect back onto the opponent’s pet who used it.)
Second Trait: Hard Skull
Grade: D (23/500)
Status: (Difficult to Use)
Description: (Grants immunity to recoil damage from its own moves.)
Third Trait: Sharpness
Grade: B (1987/2000)
Status: (Useful)
Description: (Increases power of slashing moves by 50%.)
Hidden Trait: Power of Bond
Grade: B (1/2000)
Status: (Useful)
Description: (Can harness the power of bonds to unleash extraordinary abilities in battle.)]
Skills: Iron Defense (Secret Skill 10000/20000)+, Trickery (Mastered 398/500)+, Steel Wing (Advanced 2127/5000)+, Air Slash (Intermediate 744/1000)+, Peck (Mastered 368/500)+, Air Absorption (Intermediate 786/1000)+, Metal Claw (Mastered 201/500)+, Metal Sound (Beginner 34/100)+, Wing Blade (Advanced 2754/5000)+, Quick Attack (Beginner 23/100)+, Scary Face (Beginner 1/100)+, Heavy Slam (Beginner 1/100)+, Hurricane (Beginner 1/100)+
Compared to Lubao’s data changes, Gangbao’s are much more ordinary.
Still, for an high-level pet, awakening three new skills upon evolution, two of which are high-level,is an outstanding gift.
But having witnessed how Yabao and the others changed, Qiao Sang was now calm when reading Gangbao’s stats.
A new ability, Power of Bond, had been added. So this kind of power could be quantified with data too?
Gangbao had already undergone bond evolution in her previous stage, so why didn’t this ability show up back then?
Could it be that she hadn’t yet reached the threshold to qualify as a full-fledged trait?
Various thoughts flashed through Qiao Sang’s mind.
She quickly collected herself and looked at the skill list.
Scary Face: A mid-tier Normal skill. Uses a terrifying expression to intimidate the opponent, drastically lowering their Speed…
Heavy Slam: A high-tier Normal skill. Slams the entire body onto the opponent, sometimes causing paralysis.
Hurricane: A high-tier Flying skill. Attacks the opponent with violent winds, sometimes causing confusion.
No new defensive skills… Qiao Sang sighed internally, then refocused and began to meditate.
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Thirty minutes later, Charle’s voice rang out: “There are several General-level pets approaching. We need to move.”
Upon hearing this, Qiao Sang opened her eyes and nodded at the small Tracker Beast beside her.
“Xun xun~”
Little Treasure had already completed his positioning during the rest period. With a chirp and glowing blue eyes, he led everyone away.
Two minutes later, a black figure suddenly dove down from the clouds.
Trees shook as a red figure with dazzling patterns stepped in.
Next second, a pet covered in gray fur, only its glowing green eyes visible, appeared out of nowhere.
The three pets glanced at one another, then each left.
In the bushes, smaller pets trembled in fear, puzzled why these terrifying beasts, who normally never appeared in the outer zones, had all shown up today.
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At the base of the Baizhi Mountains.
“We’re finally out.” Caro exhaled in relief.
“We owe it to Ghost Ring King’s spatial teleportation.” Charles chuckled.
“Xun xun~”
Little Treasure waved his paw, wearing an expression like it was nothing.
Hearing the compliments, Qiao Sang felt a little guilty. After all, if she hadn’t been targeted by the Sand Land Dragon, they wouldn’t have had to leave the Baizhi Mountains two days early.
“Where are you all headed next?” Charles asked.
Caro thought for a moment.
“Back to school.”
“Same for me.” Qiao Sang replied.
“Then let’s go together.” Charles waved his hand to recall his Hound back into the Beast Codex, then performed a hand seal to summon a large, six-meter-long cyan bird pet.
Yabao’s eyes glowed blue as he helped Qiao Sang onto his back.
Caro, being closer to Charles, instinctively chose to ride the cyan bird.
Lubao shrank in size, then leaped onto Yabao in one swift bound.
But instead of crawling into the backpack like before, she stayed quietly outside.
Lubao really has changed a lot… Qiao Sang was just thinking that when Yabao began sprinting upward into the sky.
The strong evening wind howled around them, quickly scattering her thoughts.
Once they reached altitude and flew side by side, the wind quieted down.
The three began casually chatting.
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“This field expedition report won’t be a problem for you, right?” Caro asked.
“Well, I did see the Araknis King and escaped successfully, it wasn’t a wasted trip.” Charles said, in good spirits.
Then he seemed to recall something and looked at Qiao Sang.
“When you get back, just show off your Ice Aipalu a bit, and no one will dare challenge you again.”
Why does it feel like everyone knows my business… Qiao Sang calmly replied, “Most of their challenges were 1v1 anyway, so it shouldn’t matter.”
That, of course, was a bold-faced lie. With three General-tier pets, when even the 99th on the Top 100 had only one, anyone would know who to avoid.
Earlier, people challenged her largely because they didn’t yet know her strength, and because she was a freshman.
The university wasn’t short on geniuses or monsters.
But even among General-tier pets, there were major differences. Honestly, if someone didn’t care about future potential, there were many ways to quickly force a pet up to General level.
Upper-year students had plenty of pets ready to evolve into General level, only short on the materials. But to maximize potential, they often held off on evolving too early.
Qiao Sang had already proven through her fights using Little Treasure that her pets weren’t just General-level in name only. So the challenge requests dropped significantly.
Now with Lubao too, only those determined to prove themselves would still come. The ones just aiming for the Top 100 and a suite in the elite zone would avoid her completely.
Why not just decline the 1v1s? Charles couldn’t tell she was fibbing, her expression was too serious. He silently grumbled to himself.
The three changed the subject and continued chatting for a while.
During this, Caro quietly took a picture of Qiao Sang and Lubao’s backs and posted it to the forums.
Qiao Sang was unaware. As she listened to Charles and Caro discussing beast mastering terminology, a thought occurred to her:
“Do you two know about the ‘Ice Field Domain’?”
“Ice Field Domain?” Caro paused.
“Isn’t that an Ice-type move?”
Well, duh. Even if I didn’t know its effects or ranking, the name alone screams Ice-type… Qiao Sang thought, while keeping a calm smile.
“Yes, it’s Ice-type.”
“Why do you ask?” Charles inquired.
Pet evolutions often awaken new skills, but it takes time to identify them.
No beast master identifies a newly evolved pet’s moves immediately, so Qiao Sang couldn’t tell the truth.
Unfazed, she said: “I want Lubao to learn it next.”
That… Charles and Caro exchanged silent looks. Charles opened his mouth, struggled, and gently said: “Ice Aipalu is a General-tier pet. That move might be a bit too hard right now.”
A bit too hard? Caro was more direct: “General-level pets basically can’t learn Super-level skills. I think you should wait until it evolves to King or Emperor level.”
Qiao Sang: !!!
Ice Field Domain is an Super-level skill?!
Super-level?!
It’s actually an Super-level move?!
Of course! Any move with “Domain” in its name is definitely no joke!
Qiao Sang’s eyes lit up: “I get it now!”
Fine, you get it, but what’s with the excitement and shouting…? Charles and Caro once again exchanged silent glances.
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At the gates of Yulianton University.
Qiao Sang dismounted from Yabao.
Charles nodded at the Feeling ghost beside him, and the emotion ghost slowly floated toward Lubao.
Seeing this, Qiao Sang said, "I don't need the emotion ghost anymore. You can take it back."
"Sense Sense…"
The Feelin ghost froze upon hearing this, thinking it had made a mistake in its duties.
"Why?" Charles was puzzled.
Qiao Sang explained, "I needed the emotion ghost mainly to help Lubao evolve. Now that Lubao has successfully evolved, I naturally don’t need it anymore."
"Sense…"
The Feeling ghost let out a breath of relief.
Upon hearing this, Charles immediately realized that Ice Aipalu’s evolution condition was related to emotional energy.
"Alright."
He waved his hand and recalled the emotion ghost into the Beast Codex, saying, "If you ever need it again, feel free to find me."
Although this outdoor expedition ended early, Charles was still very impressed with Qiao Sang’s strength.
Moreover, he discovered that this monstrous new student in the Beast Taming Department was actually very easy to talk to. Anyone else with her level of strength would be difficult to recruit without paying a heavy price.
"I will." Qiao Sang nodded.
Caro smiled and said, "I’ll contact you once the potion is ready."
"Okay." Qiao Sang replied with a smile.
The three of them entered the campus, said their goodbyes one after another, and headed in different directions.
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Special Zone No. 100.
After entering the villa, Qiao Sang quickly scanned her surroundings, then formed a hand seal and summoned Gangbao.
The layout of this place clearly considered large pet beasts, the ceiling in the living room was over ten meters high, perfectly suitable for a general-level pet beast to move around.
"Gang Slice."
Once Gangbao appeared, the entire living room instantly felt much more cramped.
"Xun xun!"
Little Treasure floated up and circled Gangbao once before showing an envious expression.
"Yap!"
Yabao glanced at Gangbao, then looked at his beast master, wagging his tail and barking excitedly, expressing that he also wanted to grow that big!
I don’t have another Shape Fruit... Qiao Sang cleared her throat.
"You’ll grow that big after your next evolution."
"Yap!"
Yabao’s expression turned into one of determination, as if saying, I’ll work hard!
Lubao looked at Gangbao with a calm expression, as if she had no particular thoughts about it.
Qiao Sang brought Yabao and the others to the small courtyard in the back.
Although this place wasn’t suitable for practicing wide-range, highly destructive moves like Meteor Rain, it was perfectly fine for practicing other destructive but narrower-range skills.
"Lubao, there’s a skill of yours that I’m not sure what it does. Let’s test it now." Qiao Sang said, looking at Lubao.
"Lu Ai." Lubao nodded.
"Little Treasure, Gangbao, I’ll need your help for this." Qiao Sang said.
"Xun xun~"
"Gang Slice."
Little Treasure and Gangbao responded one after the other, indicating no problem.
"Yap?"
Yabao was getting anxious. What about him?
Qiao Sang glanced at it.
"Go rest at the side."
"Yap…"
Yabao pouted but still obediently walked to the side.
Qiao Sang looked at Little Treasure.
"Use Lick on Gangbao first."
Purification I: Cleanses negative effects.
Lick has a chance of causing paralysis. Since there’s a level difference between Gangbao and Little Treasure, that chance is much higher.
Without hesitation, Little Treasure extended his tongue and gave Gangbao a heavy lick.
"Gang Slice…"
Gangbao shuddered in disgust and began to stiffen up, paralysis took effect.
It worked! Qiao Sang’s eyes lit up.
She shouted, "Purify!"
"Lu Ai!"
Lubao cried out, and the gemstone on his forehead emitted a ghostly blue light that shone on Gangbao.
"Gang Slice…"
Once the blue light faded, Gangbao was still paralyzed.
Looks like it doesn’t cleanse negative effects… Qiao Sang turned to Little Treasure.
"Try Misfortune Curse."
Purification II: Removes curse effects. Little Treasure just happened to have this type of skill.
"Xun xun!"
Upon hearing the command, Little Treasure's eyes glowed purple and looked at Gangbao.
A faint purple glow flashed over Gangbao’s body and then quickly disappeared.
Qiao Sang nodded at Lubao.
The gemstone on Lubao’s forehead once again emitted a ghostly blue light.
Three seconds later, the blue light faded.
Gangbao shook her feathers and found that the paralysis was gone.
She looked at her beast master, about to express how she felt.
Suddenly, a long, sticky, black-and-white substance dropped from above, landing squarely on Gangbao’s head.
"Gang Slice…"
Gangbao froze and slowly looked up.
Above, a yellow bird-type pet beast about a meter tall stiffened for a moment, then flapped its wings in panic and quickly flew away.
Gangbao, I’m so sorry… Qiao Sang thought. So it doesn’t cleanse curses either… That only leaves one possibility.
She turned toward a small pond nearby.
It seemed the school had considered water-type pet beasts and had included a pool in the courtyard.
However, it was quite small, only suitable for small or medium-sized beasts.
Purification III: Purifies dirty, murky water.
Could it be that Lubao’s purification skill is this one? Qiao Sang was momentarily stunned.
Among the three types of purification, this one was the rarest. Although it had no combat effect, the Beast master Alliance classified it as a super-tier skill.
On Blue Star, oceans covered more than 70% of the planet's surface.
Wild beasts on land could be controlled, but those in the ocean could not.
To build good relations with oceanic water-type pet beasts, water types were essential.
Except for the Ancient Guwu Region, most areas had departments specifically to recruit water-type beast masters.
Through long-term interaction with oceanic water-type beasts, experts quickly discovered that water-type beasts capable of purifying dirty water were the most welcomed in the ocean.
Bringing one of these beasts to interact with the sea, even the overlords of certain regions might be willing to talk.
Unfortunately, such beasts were extremely rare, and there was no clear training path. It seemed that if a beast didn’t have this as an innate bloodline talent, it was impossible to learn.
Could this be the skill Lubao awakened through the Water Awakening Orb?
As that thought flashed through her mind, Qiao Sang walked over to the pool and kicked some sand and gravel into it.
After that, she looked at Lubao.
"Use purification on this water."
"Lu Ai."
Lubao nodded, and the gemstone on her forehead emitted a ghostly blue light over the pool.
The surface of the water was instantly shrouded in that blue glow.
This time, the glow lasted nearly ten full seconds before dissipating.
When the light faded, the water in the pool was crystal clear, there was no trace of the sand and gravel from earlier.
