Beast taming, starting from zero point

"Pengpeng."

Peng Jiami nodded.

Mikaela’s eyelids twitched, and she asked again, "When Qiao Sang came, you guys should already have helped me up, right?"

Peng Jiami fell silent.

Mikaela felt a bad premonition rising in her heart, but she still didn’t want to give up. Seeing Peng Jiami not answer, she turned to Dragon King with a questioning look.

"Momo."

Dragon King waved his claws and called out, indicating that Qiao Sang came too fast—when she arrived you were still lying there, and it was her who moved you onto the sofa.

Mikaela: "!!!"

...

Seven in the evening.

At the dining table in the living room.

"Xun Xun~"

"Xun Xun~"

Little Treasure Spirit was in great spirits, eating while happily chatting with Yaobao and the others, boasting about how powerful its newly awakened Traits and Skills were.

Over the course of the day, through battles and Little Treasure Spirit’s own sensing, all the newly awakened Traits and Skills had already been triggered once.

"You’re saying Little Treasure Spirit even awakened Demon Armor?" Mikaela’s eating motion paused.

Qiao Sang hummed in acknowledgment and sighed, "I didn’t expect Little Treasure Spirit could actually awaken an evil-type Super-level Skill."

Mikaela resumed eating, pondering as she said:

"It’s probably because after Little Treasure Spirit evolved into Nether Ring Monarch, the evil-type Energy in its body surged a lot."

She paused, then added, "This Skill clearly fills in Little Treasure Spirit’s shortcomings in defense. Next, you can focus on training this Skill."

"I get it." Qiao Sang joked, "But honestly, with Little Treasure Spirit’s Traits, it might be better not to defend and just let the opponent land hits."

Mikaela said calmly, "At Emperor Level, the ultimate moves Pet Beasts use can directly defeat their opponents. You only have three Emperor Level Pet Beasts right now, and among all contestants you don’t have the advantage in number of Emperor Level Pet Beasts. You have to at least make sure Yaobao and the others have 1v2 combat strength if you want to keep advancing."

"Little Treasure Spirit’s Mutual Return Trait can only be triggered when you have no other choice."

"Isn’t there still the Life Borrowing Trait..." Qiao Sang trailed off halfway, then asked, "Is there any way to not be affected by Life Borrowing Trait on the battlefield?"

To be honest, after a whole day getting to know Life Borrowing Trait, she’d realized that if it didn’t affect her, this Trait was actually pretty handy.

Little Treasure Spirit has the Mutual Return Trait—if it’s hit by a finishing move, it will cause the opponent to faint at the same time it passes out, and then at a critical moment it can trigger Life Borrowing Trait to restore its State.

In that window of recovery time, it’s already enough for the referee to decide the outcome of the match.

The Master Challenge is full-on combat; you can’t recall Pet Beasts mid-battle, but you can recall them after the match ends.

She could totally recall Little Treasure Spirit into the Beast Taming Codex after the match result is decided, so even if Life Borrowing’s duration runs out, Little Treasure Spirit can quickly recover some State inside the Beast Taming Codex.

Speaking of Life Borrowing, Mikaela instantly recalled the scene from daytime; her expression stiffened, then quickly smoothed out as she said:

"There is a way, but contestants and Pet Beasts aren’t allowed to use it in matches—same as with items and potions."

Qiao Sang frowned:

"What if during the match, the target Little Treasure Spirit swaps States with via Life Borrowing happens to be the contestant?"

"Then let the Pet Beast improvise and keep fighting." Mikaela said as she gracefully used her cutlery, "Luck is part of strength. If it affects the contestant, the Pet Beasts on the field can still continue the battle."

"If you’re lucky, it might even end up swapping States with the opponent."

An S-rank Life Borrowing can affect the villa from out on the open ground—how lucky would you have to be to directly swap States with the opponent... Qiao Sang sighed inwardly and then asked:

"But if the contestant passes out, what happens to the subsequent matches?"

"Once the small round of matches ends, a healing team will come treat you, and then you proceed to the next match." Mikaela said.

Putting it that way, even if Little Treasure Spirit accidentally swaps States with her, as long as she can hold out, there’s still a chance to win... at worst she just embarrasses herself a bit... Thinking of this, Qiao Sang reined in her thoughts, turned to Little Treasure Spirit and said:

"After we finish eating, we’ll continue training and test out this Life Borrowing Trait again."

"Xun Xun~"

Little Treasure Spirit let out a cheerful cry.

"Xiaxia."

At this moment, Shalala called out, indicating it would go too—Lubao wasn’t around right now, so it could help with healing.

Qiao Sang froze for a second, then broke into a bright smile:

"Alright, I’ll be counting on you then."