Chapter 35 You Are My Only Sister (Please Add to Favorites and Recommend)
"How come there's only one left?!"
After muttering in shock, Shang Duojin lowered his head and asked Lei Ting in a low voice, "Lei Ting, you saw it too, right? There were clearly four that day."
Lei Ting did see it, but remembering what Qiao Mei had told Shang Duojin before—that she wanted to hide her talents to avoid attracting the attention of the royal family and being unable to leave the royal family smoothly with her mother—he told Shang Duojin his guess.
After listening, Shang Duojin understood, but he also felt that it was simply impossible to change the attributes of a familiar beast!
But what he forgot was that Ao Cang was not like the five mainstream sacred beasts. He was not a supernatural being that appeared after entering the interstellar era. Instead, he was an ancient god whose lifespan was several times longer than theirs. The power he possessed was such that, if he were at his peak, not only could he not be as strong as several of them, but in a real fight, he would be a formidable opponent.
His chances of winning against them are 70/30, which shows just how strong he really is.
Qiao Mei breathed a sigh of relief as she watched Ao Cang successfully reduce the number of his subjugated beasts to only the Earth-type Little Yellow Steed, following the normal rule of Metal over Thunder and Thunder over Earth.
After that, he focused intently on Ao Cang's performance.
The previous two weeks of training had been a great boost to Ao Cang. At least in the four days leading up to the exam, he was able to defeat the little white wolf 100% of the time by following the routine they had developed together.
So now that she was actually in the exam room, she still used her dragon tail to deliver a critical hit, knocking the little white wolf so hard that it couldn't stand up. She successfully passed the attack rating and entered the most stressful defensive rating stage for Qiao Mei.
She earns very little money, and the amount of spiritual energy she can draw upon for him each day is not much. The healing boost she provides is actually about the same as the life force supplied by the necklace she wears around her neck.
By yesterday, he still hadn't received a B rating four out of ten times, which was extremely dangerous.
As she watched him maneuver the dragon's body into the range of the defensive machine, Qiao Mei's palms were sweating with tension. She gripped the Reverse Scale tightly in her hand, trying to sense Ao Cang's condition.
Upon noticing that he was also extremely tense, Qiao Mei, disregarding the presence of other students and examiners, shouted out to cheer him on: "Cangcang, it's okay, just do your best!!"
For her, the biggest benefit of attending the Federal Academy was making money. If she could get in, that would be great; if she couldn't, it wouldn't bother her.
Therefore, she did not want Ao Cang to put himself in danger in order to help her get into the Federal Academy.
Ao Cang initially disagreed, but after several attempts to brainwash her, he eventually gave in. Hearing her cheers, he raised his dragon eyes and nodded back at her before focusing intently on waiting for the destructive energy to strike him.
Fortunately, fate was on his side and Qiao Mei's side. This time, when he was enduring the destructive energy and sharing the unbearable pain, there were no mistakes. He successfully obtained a B rating just when he was about to vomit blood. He collapsed, exhausted, and was picked up by Qiao Mei, who rushed over and quickly fed him a vial of recovery fluid.
"Close your eyes and rest. You did a great job. Now we only have one last challenge left. Save your energy. If you have anything to say, I will listen carefully to you after the exam today."
As Qiao Mei gently patted Ao Canglong's back to ease his pain, Shang Duojin also took Lei Ting to queue up.
When Ao Cang was able to open his dragon eyes and wrap his arms around Qiao Mei's neck, Lei Ting officially entered the fray.
As the referee blew his whistle, the white wolf on the other side, being a familiar beast that countered the green snake, launched the first attack, using a powerful charge.
Seeing this, Shang Duojin did not order Leiting to dodge, but watched helplessly as it was knocked away by the little white wolf and fell to the ground.
The battle rules for familiars state that if a familiar is knocked down by the other and cannot stand up for more than two minutes, it will be considered a loss. Furthermore, during this period, the knocked-down familiar cannot be attacked again to avoid any life-threatening danger.
And coincidentally, it takes the little green snake two minutes to fully unleash the poisonous mist.
Qiao Mei told Shang Duojin that they could exploit a loophole in the rule by having Lei Ting pretend to be at a disadvantage, secretly release poisonous mist, and plant two parasitic seeds in advance to catch the little white wolf off guard later.
Shang Duojin initially thought this was a bit despicable, but when he saw the little white wolf, who was dizzy and unsteady on its feet from the poisonous fog, being bound by his family's Thunder, who had always been defeated by him, with parasitic seeds and unable to move, he suddenly realized that although despicable behavior was shameful, it was effective!
Having figured this out, the boy was filled with fighting spirit. Just as the little white wolf was about to retaliate against Thunder by barely managing to break free of the third parasitic seed with its claws, he swung out his right hand, which was bound with white bandages, and struck a very chuunibyou (delusional) pose, saying: "Go, Thunder! Use the parasitic seed to bind the little white wolf's limbs. After binding it, step on its face and don't give it a chance to stand up!!"
Damn it, he'd been annoyed watching his Thunder get stomped on the face by this little white wolf, and now that he finally had a chance to get revenge, he was determined to show off!
Thunder had been tormented by the little white wolf for the past two weeks. Following Shang Duojin's instructions, he stepped on the wolf's face with the snake's tail and then, in a very immoral manner, farted at it a few times, which knocked out the struggling little white wolf and rendered it completely unable to fight.
The examiners and other candidates were all seeing such a dirty style of play for the first time. After a moment of stunned silence, their gazes toward Shang Duojin were filled with complex emotions.
But Shang Duojin didn't care what others thought. Anyway, he successfully led Thunder through this level without being affected at all. He was in a good mood and led Thunder all the way through, getting a B rating.
"Sister Qiao, from now on you are my sister, my only sister! Your idea is absolutely amazing!!"
After Shang Duojin finished speaking happily, he suddenly remembered something and changed his words, saying, "No, I have four older sisters, so you will be my fifth half-sister from now on!"
Qiao Mei: "...There's no need for that. It's enough that I can help you."
"Oh, no way! It's a deal. From now on, you'll be my Sister Qiao. What do you want for dinner? I'll treat you."
Qiao Mei waved her hand: "No need, I used the rating machine at your house with Cangcang for free before, so consider it offset."
Otherwise, she wouldn't have bothered giving advice to Shang Duojin. Couldn't she have used that time to care more about Ao Cang?
Shang Duojin was unaware of Qiao Mei's thoughts, but still insisted on inviting her, so Qiao Mei let him go.
However, I wonder if they'll still have an appetite after their final match against the sophomores. If they lose, they'll be able to finish eating.
Those senior members' familiars weren't machine-made mimics; they were all quite clever and wouldn't be easy to fool.
While she was pondering, Qiao Mei's quantum computer bracelet vibrated, related to the final live-action battle.
①: The meme originated from a scandal on Weibo about a minor celebrity who lacked professional ethics and lived off a woman—"Sister, you are my only sister." Just to clarify.
Shang Duojin: Sister, my Sister Qiao, my half-sister!!
Qiao Mei: Get lost, get somewhere else!! (Disdainful face)
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