Beast Taming: Starting From Zero

Little Treasure appeared, leisurely floating to the center of the arena.

Treasure-Seeking Ghost?! Lin Yuanqi looked bewildered and stunned.

A Beast Master who contracts with a Ghost-type pet beast as their first one... most of them aren't good people...

But Lin Yuanqi didn't have that stereotype.

The first thing he thought of was that Treasure-Seeking Ghost was expensive.

It would cost at least tens of thousands of credits, and that string of concentration beads around its neck...

A rich kid!

Lin Yuanqi's eyes lit up. It didn't matter how young the girl in front of him was; her family was definitely wealthy.

When it came to children training pet beasts, parents were rarely stingy with money.

As long as he could help the Treasure-Seeking Ghost make significant progress during this hour of training, wouldn't this rich kid become a regular client?

As for Treasure-Seeking Ghost being a Ghost-type, which meant that his Ground-type Double-Tailed Land Turtle had no particular advantage except for certain moves, Lin Yuanqi wasn't worried at all.

One was clearly a beginner-level pet beast that hadn’t even been weaned, while the other was a battle hardened intermediate-level pet beast.

Winning this fight wasn’t the hard part; it was about helping Treasure-Seeking Ghost learn something from it.

Lin Yuanqi looked seriously at Qiao Sang and said, "The upcoming battle isn't child's play. Your Treasure-Seeking Ghost might get hurt during the fight, so I hope you're prepared for that."

Some rookie Beast Masters couldn’t bear to see their pet beasts get even slightly injured during a fight. If a few strands of fur fell out, they'd start panicking.

Some would even surrender or stop the fight, which was a big no-no in training pet beasts.

Training wasn’t just about winning, but about guiding the other side on how to battle.

"I understand." Qiao Sang nodded. She knew this well.

Once the battle began.

Lin Yuanqi gave the first command: "Mud Bomb!"

The Double-Tailed Land Turtle raised its head, pouting its mouth, and soon after, brown mud shot out of its mouth, aiming for the floating Little Treasure in midair.

"In battles, hesitation is your enemy. Whoever makes the first move generally has the advantage. Especially when there's a big gap in strength, the opponent has no choice but to…" Lin Yuanqi’s instructional tone abruptly stopped. His usual poised smile froze on his face.

His mouth gaped, and his eyes widened as he stared at the scene before him.

What the heck!

Could someone please explain to him why all of the mud bombs were frozen midair?!

What... what kind of move is this?!

Since when did Ghost-type pet beasts have a move like this?!

Before he could figure it out, Qiao Sang spoke, "Send it back, and flip it over."

Lin Yuanqi stood frozen, his brain momentarily short-circuited.

Send it back? Flip it over? These were all words he understood, but when combined, they made no sense to him.

"Xun~"

Little Treasure’s eyes glowed blue, and the faint blue light on his short claws suddenly intensified, spreading quickly across his entire body.

In the next second, the massive Double-Tailed Land Turtle's front legs left the ground, and it began to tilt backward uncontrollably.

"Lu..."

The Double-Tailed Land Turtle looked bewildered at the ceiling of the training room.

It didn’t understand why it suddenly fell…

Just as it tried to struggle and flip itself over, all the mud bombs that had been frozen in midair turned around and bombarded its exposed belly.

"Lu!!"

The Double-Tailed Land Turtle let out a cry of pain.

"Hypnosis." Qiao Sang instructed, even before the mud bombs finished their attack.

The Mud Bomb attack was powerful, but only when launched by the -Tailed Land Turtle itself.

Little Treasure's telekinetically controlled mud bombs were slower and less potent.

Even though they hit the Double-Tailed Land Turtle's vulnerable spot, they would only inflict some damage and wouldn’t defeat it.

"Calm down! Double-Tailed Land Turtle! Use Mud Bomb again!" Lin Yuanqi shouted.

Seeing the distinctive blue glow of a Psychic-type pet beast's powers, the flipped mud bombs, and the overturned Double-Tailed Land Turtle, it all clicked for him.

Telekinesis!

That was Telekinesis!

This Treasure-Seeking Ghost was an ultra-rare pet beast that had both Ghost and Psychic abilities!

But wasn’t it a beginner-level pet beast?

Even if it could use Telekinesis, it shouldn’t be able to control so many mud bombs and the Twin-Tailed Tortoise at the same time… Lin Yuanqi’s heart raced, filled with uncertainty.

Never mind the energy requirements, this level of control required a mastery-level proficiency in Telekinesis, didn’t it?

Treasure-Seeking Ghost, a beginner pet beast, and mastery-level Telekinesis? Are you kidding me!

Lin Yuanqi, though dazed, still reacted quickly based on experience when he heard Qiao Sang’s next command.

If Treasure-Seeking Ghost were to use Hypnosis, it would need to lock eyes with the Double-Tailed Land Turtle, giving the turtle the perfect chance to hit it with Mud Bomb.

The Double-Tailed Land Turtle, despite its pain, pursed its mouth and began gathering energy, but it was startled by the sudden appearance of Treasure-Seeking Ghost right in front of it, grinning from ear to ear.

"Lu!"

Its body shuddered, and the energy it had just gathered dissipated.

"Xun~"

Little Treasure smiled kindly, and his eyes glowed purple.

Sleepiness overwhelmed the Double-Tailed Land Turtle , and its eyelids closed uncontrollably.

Damn it!

It knows Teleport too!

Lin Yuanqi stood dumbfounded. If the Treasure-Seeking Ghost hadn’t been able to teleport, its usual Ghost-type movement speed might have allowed the Double-Tailed Land Turtle to launch the Mud Bomb, as he had initially planned.

But this Treasure-Seeking Ghost could teleport!

"Dream Eater." Qiao Sang commanded, taking advantage of the successful Hypnosis.

Little Treasure opened his mouth wide.

A pale pink energy emerged from the Double-Tailed Land Turtle's head and slowly floated into Little Treasure's mouth.

"Xun~"

After absorbing the energy, Little Treasure felt his strength recover and let out a satisfied cry.

Lin Yuanqi looked at his four-legged, unconscious Double-Tailed Land Turtle, then at the Treasure-Seeking Ghost, who was completely unharmed and had regained much of its energy through Dream Eater, and was left speechless.

"I’ve lost." After a moment of silence, Lin Yuanqi took a deep breath and admitted defeat.

He waved his hand, recalling the Double-Tailed Land Turtle, and turned to leave in a daze.

"Wait." Qiao Sang called after him.

Lin Yuanqi turned back, forcing a smile as he said, "I'll go outside and get a stronger sparring partner for you."

Qiao Sang blinked, then nodded. "Alright."

Lin Yuanqi turned to leave again, but Qiao Sang called out, "Wait."

"I'm not trying to stop you," Qiao Sang said.

"I just want to ask, those 4 minutes we just spent fighting... does the remaining 56 minutes continue counting now, or does it start over when the new sparring partner arrives?"

Lin Yuanqi: ...