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"The official competition will be held at Changning No. 1 Beast Taming High School. Each player can use only one pet. When one player loses the ability to fight, the competition ends."

The referee teacher stood in the center of the battle field and read out the rules of the game to the two players as usual. "You can use your beast taming talents in the battle, but your pets cannot carry or use special items or resources. Do you understand?"

After receiving affirmative answers from both of them, the referee raised his hands and swung them down heavily, "Then, the battle begins—!"

"Misha, Flame Wheel!" Mu Yixia immediately gave the order to attack.

Flame Wheel is a C-rank fire skill that can increase one's own speed while charging and attacking. It is a very useful offensive skill. Originally, it could only be mastered by pets with fire attributes, but considering that the Sun Flame Wolf also has fire attributes, it is possible to learn fire skills during the Little Cloud Dog stage.

The light-type little cloud dog leaped high into the air, transformed into a burning wheel of fire and rushed forward, so fast that there was no time to dodge.

Mu Liuyue had no intention of avoiding it.

"White Fang, catch it!"

The dark little cloud dog did not dodge or evade, but lowered its center of gravity, spread out its tail like a cloud of smoke, and actually managed to withstand the oncoming flame wheel.

"Ice Fang!" Mu Huiyue spoke again.

Frost appeared on White Fang's canine fangs, and the outline of a huge canine fang appeared in front of him. With a biting chill, he bit Misha hard, who had not yet finished his fire wheel attack.

C-level ice skill: Ice Fang, hits!

While causing damage, Ice Fang will also freeze the target, affecting the target's subsequent agility.

The collision of ice and fire caused a wisp of mist to rise above the battlefield. The two little cloud dogs distanced themselves from each other. White Fang looked fine, but there were sporadic ice spots on Misha's fur.

It shook its fur uncomfortably, but to no avail.

The Flame Wheel is also the Red Flame Fighting Wolf Pari's specialty. After these two months of special training, White Fang is most familiar with this move.

Under the passive effect of [Strengthen the Body], it can even catch the flame wheel after being suppressed by the complete Red Flame Fighting Wolf, not to mention the less proficient flame wheels of the same level.

Mu Yixia held her wrist. Her beast taming talent [Light Healing] could heal the pet's injuries and remove any abnormal conditions, but it could only be used once during a battle.

At the moment, Misha was only slightly frozen, and she was a little hesitant as to whether she should use her beast taming talent here.

Mu Huoyue did not give her a chance to hesitate, and the offensive between the two sides suddenly reversed.

"White Fang, Shadow Ball!"

The dark-type little cloud dog opened its mouth and condensed a dark energy ball, attacking the opponent in front.

"Light Flame!"

At the same time, a white-hot ball of light condensed from Misha's mouth, blocking White Fang's attack just before the shadow ball fell.

The collision of energy balls with completely opposite properties caused a violent explosion in the air. The aftermath weighed Misha down and made him unable to move, and his vision was mostly blocked by the raised dust.

Mu Shuyue curled the corners of her lips slightly, "A sneak attack!"

Similar scenes have been experienced countless times in the [Training Ground]. White Fang had been waiting for this order. As soon as the Beastmaster spoke, he jumped out of the aftermath of the explosion and hit the target with a sneak attack!

The light-type little cloud dog screamed and flew backwards. The light and dark attributes restrained each other, and it was directly hit by the sneak attack, causing heavy damage to it.

"Misha!" Mu Yixia no longer hesitated, and a soft and delicate light appeared in her eyes.

The beast taming talent was activated, and the warm healing power was transmitted to Misha through the contract. The light-type little cloud dog slowly stood up, and all the wounds were healed under the effect of the beast taming talent.

"Woof!" It roared with fighting spirit and stared at the dark cloud dog.

"Use the solar beam!" Mu Yixia waved his hand.

The C-rank Light Skill, Solar Beam, is an offensive skill of the same type as Light Flame. It is extremely powerful and is known as one of the top C-rank offensive skills.

Even if White Fang has the skill to strengthen his body, if he is directly hit by the Sun Beam with restraining attributes, he will receive fatal damage and be unable to fight.

Misha lowered his body's center of gravity and raised his tail high. The fluffy tip of his tail was dotted with sunlight, which then condensed into countless long and thin beams of light and shot out like arrows.

"Get out of the way, White Fang!" Mu Liuyue's expression remained calm.

The dark-type little cloud dog quickly ran to the side, but the sunlight beam was not as concentrated as the light flame. It was a dispersed attack from many directions, and it was impossible to completely avoid it by physical movements alone.

White Fang had a countermeasure for this. Frost condensed on his sharp claws. The ice claws first hit the ground, and the raised dust blocked part of the light beam, which was then frozen in the air by the ice claws, forming an excellent shielding barrier.

"Howl now!"

"Awooo——!" White Fang raised his head and let out a long howl.

This is its core innate skill. The effect of the howl increases its physical strength while temporarily suppressing the opponent's movements, creating an excellent opportunity for attack.

"Sneak attack!" Mu Huoyue tacitly chose the offensive skill that Bai Ya was best at.

The dark-type Little Cloud Dog turned into a black shadow and pounced swiftly at the light-type Little Cloud Dog that was suppressed by the howl.

"Light flame!" Mu Yixia blurted out.

A blazing white ball of light condensed in Misha's mouth. However, sneak attack was an attack skill that could easily gain the upper hand. Before the ball of light fell, White Fang's attack had already hit the opponent.

It launched another sneak attack, leaped backwards, brushed past the deadly ball of light, and landed steadily on the ground.

After two rounds of confrontation, Mu Huiyue and Bai Ya had the upper hand both in active attack and passive defense.

"Why do I feel like Mu Yixia's instructions are always a step behind..."

The students watching were also discussing the situation on the battlefield.

The two little cloud dogs have mutually restraining attributes and their physical abilities are evenly matched. In fact, the light-type little cloud dog looks even stronger because its core talent is the super attack skill [Light Flame].

Most of the Beastmasters who had fought against Mu Yixia before were defeated by this move. In addition, Mu Yixia's healing talent could heal most of the damage he suffered, but his opponents could hardly resist the power of the flame. Even if the damage was exchanged equally, Mu Yixia would win in the end.

However, when it came to Mu Huiyue, her tactics did not work. No matter whether it was the Flame Wheel or the Light Flame, it would always be cleverly resolved by the Dark Little Cloud Dog and turned into an opportunity for her own attack.

"It's the gap between beastmasters." A gentle voice sounded in the crowd. It was Lin Fei who appeared in the spectator seats at some point.

"Master Lin!" The students around were all shocked.

Perhaps it was because of Lin Fei's talent for taming beasts with his spiritual power, when he didn't want people to notice him, even if he was standing in a crowd, people would find it difficult to spot him, making it seem as if Lin Fei was always elusive.

He was still smiling and gentle, and the students around him were happy to listen to the big guy's analysis at this time.

"God Lin, are you talking about the difference in beast taming talent? But Mu Shuyue hasn't used her talent yet..."

"Control of the battlefield, tacit understanding with pets, and familiarity with opponents."

Lin Fei said slowly, "Mu Yixia's understanding of combat is still at the stage where powerful skills equal powerful strength. The light-type cloud dog clearly already has the core talent of [Light Flame], but it still let it learn [Solar Beam] and [Flame Wheel], which are purely offensive skills."

Among them, [Flame Wheel] also has a small bonus effect of speeding up the initiative, while [Solar Beam] completely repeats the position of [Light Flame] in terms of attributes, skill power and effects.

Perhaps in most battles at this stage in high school, Mu Yixia could just rely on his light flame to crush them, but facing opponents whose strength was almost the same as his own, it was questionable whether the offensive method with only powerful attack skills would be effective.

In comparison, Mu Huoyue's little cloud dog had obviously considered the move set.

The core talent that comprehensively improves the status [Howl], the dark melee skill [Sneak Attack], the ranged skill [Shadow Ball], the ice skill [Ice Fang] that can bring control effects, and the [Ice Claws] that causes a freezing effect and can also be used for defense. There is almost no duplication of functions between the skills.

There is no limit to the skills that a pet can learn, but the energy of both the pet and the tamer is limited. How to combine combat moves within the range of proficiency is an advanced course in beast taming combat.

What's more, Mu Huoyue and Xiaoyunquan have a very high level of tacit understanding. She clearly knows and trusts that Xiaoyunquan can withstand the flame wheel and can avoid the solar beam at that time.

There is almost no time difference between the commands given by the beastmaster and the pet. It is not that the little cloud dog acts after hearing the command, but that it hears the command from the beastmaster when it wants to act.

Mu Huoyue didn't even order the use of [Howl] at the beginning. She accurately estimated the combat power of the light-type cloud dog and judged that she did not need to howl to improve her physical fitness and could withstand the attack of the flame wheel.

She and Bai Ya seemed to be standing on the battlefield at the same time, facing the enemy's attack together. In comparison, Mu Yixia was like the only person still in the command seat. This made it seem that her orders were always half a beat slow, her attacks could not hit the opponent, and her dodges were very difficult.

Lin Fei had seen Mu Chuyue's previous battles. When she used the little skeleton, her tactical style was completely different from now, more treacherous and changeable. She adjusted the rhythm of the battle according to the temperament of her pet.

This may also be one of the sources of the tacit understanding between her and her pet.

Seeing the dark cloud dog launching another attack, Lin Fei's smile became even more intense.

Mu Shuyue...is really interesting.

However, due to her strong insight into the battlefield, she would not take the initiative to challenge herself before her pet reached the growth stage.

After realizing this, Lin Fei actually felt a little regretful.

On the battlefield, Mu Liuyue's voice was heard.

"White Fang, jump up and use Shadow Ball-!"

The dark-type little cloud dog leaped high into the air, and dense dark energy gathered in the air. At the same time, dark fluctuations flashed in Mu Chuyue's eyes. She activated her beast-taming talent at the last moment of this battle.

Dark enhancement talent: combat resonance!

Layers of energy gathered around White Fang's body and all poured into the shadow ball. The dark sphere grew larger and larger, almost larger than the little cloud dog itself. White Fang raised his head and launched the huge shadow ball forward with all his strength.

boom--!

A large deep crater was created on the battlefield, and Misha fell in the middle of the crater, unable to stand up again.

"The little cloud dog has lost its ability to fight, and the other little cloud dog wins!" The referee teacher announced the result of the fight in a timely manner and raised his hand towards Mu Shuyue, "The winner of this match is Mu Shuyue!"

The crowd was immediately in an uproar. Mu Yixia and her little cloud dog were the hottest topics in the recent school tryouts. From the first challenge, this duo relied on their overwhelming strength to win all the way and soon reached the seventh place in the qualifying round.

I didn't expect that I would lose so badly when facing Mu Huiyue, who was ranked fifth.

The powerful [Light Flame] didn't actually hit the dark-type Cloud Dog once throughout the game, and even if [Flame Wheel] and [Solar Beam] hit it, they couldn't make it lose its combat ability at once.

On the contrary, Mu Huoyue's last shadow ball attack could not directly take out the light-type cloud dog. If she gave the opponent a chance to breathe, the game situation might have been reversed. However, she decisively used her enhanced talent and defeated the light-type cloud dog with this accurate attack.

Every command and every decision she made in this battle was executed perfectly.

Lin Fei was right, this was the gap between beastmasters.

After hearing the news of victory, Bai Ya ran back immediately and threw himself into the arms of the Beastmaster.

"Woof~" The white-haired puppy no longer had the sharp look it had on the battlefield. Its tail wagged like a small fan, and it looked at Mu Liuyue with anticipation.

Mu Chuyue caught it with a smile, stroking its thick and soft fur, without stopping to praise it.

"That's awesome, White Fang, you are the best and most awesome little cloud dog!"

Bai Ya licked the beastmaster's chin contentedly, then jumped out of her arms and stretched out his claws to scratch Mu Chuyue's shadow.

"Woof woof woof~" The puppy was obviously a little inflated. It was not enough to be praised by the beastmaster, it also wanted to hear praise from Senior Eren.

"Click..." Allen emerged half of his skull from the shadow. Just when he was about to teach the inflated little guy a lesson, he was face to face with the puppy's expectant and bright eyes, and the flapping furry tail. He was speechless for a moment.

"Click!" (Well done, White Fang!)

It clicked quickly and dove back into Mu Shuyue's shadow.

On the other side of the battlefield, Mu Yixia took a few steps forward, picked up the half-conscious light-type cloud dog, and activated his talent to heal its wounds.

"Misha..." She lowered her head, her body trembling slightly, and she was unable to utter the rest of the words for a long time.

The light-type little cloud dog slowly opened its eyes and licked the beastmaster's arm with its pink little tongue, as if silently comforting her.

She still couldn't defeat Mu Chuyue. It wasn't Misha's fault, but because she, as a beastmaster, was still no match for Mu Chuyue.

They are clearly "sisters", with the same talents and the same family. She even awakened before Mu Liuyue in the art of taming beasts and contracted a pet with better qualifications than her.

However, this battle was still the same as before. No matter what she did, she always fell behind Mu Huoyue.

Every failure she experienced seemed to confirm the vague truth deep in her memory.

Mu Yixia is not Mu Huiyue.

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Mu Liuyue held Bai Ya in her arms and looked at Mu Yixia who was standing across the battlefield.

Even though they hadn't seen each other for two months and had just had a fierce battle, she still didn't know what to say to this nominal "sister".

To be fair, Mu Liuyue doesn't like Mu Yixia now, but she doesn't hate her as much as she remembers.

Whether it is Mu Tong or Mu Yixia, Mu Huiyue in the past had such vivid and intense emotions because she had strong expectations and feelings for her family.

Now she no longer longs for her father's approval, nor will she take out her resentment for losing her mother on Mu Yixia, whom Aisha rescued.

If she disagrees with Mu Tong's beast taming philosophy, she will use her own achievements to prove it; if she wants to uncover the truth about her mother's disappearance, she will also find it in her own way.

At least Mu Yixia did not completely inherit Mu Tong's ideas.

Misha had trained the little cloud dog well. Even though she lost the game, she did not get angry and blame the little cloud dog. Instead, she used her talent to heal it as soon as possible.

Just as she was thinking about it, Mu Yixia walked towards her holding the little cloud dog.

"Maybe your White Fang was more powerful in the Little Cloud Dog stage, but after the evolution, my Misha will never lose again." Mu Yixia looked at Mu Liuyue and said.

"Woof!" Misha called in her arms.

This was a rare time when she didn't call him "sister" or act good in public to provoke Mu Chuyue. She looked much more pleasing to the eye than before.

White Fang also barked loudly in the beastmaster's arms.

I don’t know what the future will hold, but we can’t lose our momentum now!

Mu Huoyue shrugged without comment, and it seemed that there was no need for her to say anything more.

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