novelraw Chapter 1499 Rivals
Chapter 1499 Rivals
Time flies.
One week later.
Hotel suite.
"Search."
Little Treasure lay on the sofa, staring at the ceiling, and sighed heavily.
It was eliminated in the first round of the ice sculpture competition.
This is the third ice sculpture competition it has participated in during this period, but it has not made it to the next round each time.
Josang lay beside it, staring at the ceiling, and sighed as well:
"Why is there still no news about the Ice Crystal Fruit?"
"Ice Saint".
Lu Bao called out considerately, indicating that it wasn't in a hurry.
Just as Qiao Sang was about to say something.
Suddenly, a refreshing fragrance wafted into my nostrils, and an inexplicable force, like a spring breeze, swept over my heart. The slight anxiety in my heart instantly vanished, leaving me feeling calm and peaceful. My mood became exceptionally pleasant, and everything seemed so wonderful.
“There’s no rush.” Qiao Sang sat up, feeling relaxed. “Anyway, we have plenty of time.”
"Looking around~"
Little Treasure Hunter also floated up.
It barked cheerfully, indicating that this was only its third time participating in this kind of competition, and it was certain that it would pass the preliminary rounds next time.
After saying that, he picked up his phone and prepared to register again for the ice sculpture competitions he could participate in.
Three minutes later, the familiar feeling of irritability surged back into my heart.
"Search."
Little Treasure lay on the sofa, staring at the ceiling, and sighed heavily.
What's the point of it participating in the ice sculpture competition? It simply can't compete with the others.
Qiao Sang lay down next to Little Treasure Hunter, about to sigh, when suddenly a familiar yet unfamiliar fragrance wafted into her nostrils. Sensing something was amiss, she sat up abruptly and looked at Xia Lala, who was "sunbathing" next to Little Treasure Hunter, and asked:
Has the scent on you changed?
"Xia Xia."
Sharara was taken aback at first, then realized what was happening and barked, indicating that it was just trying to use a new skill.
Qiao Sang's eyes lit up, and she quickly asked:
"You've sensed a new skill again?"
She has no contract with Xia Bao, so she cannot see the relevant data in the Beast Taming Manual, and Xia Bao cannot use the skills awakened by evolution with 100% accuracy from the beginning.
Since its last evolution, it has been trying to unleash its awakened skills through constant sensing and training.
I remember that Xia Bao only had the Venom skill when he was in combat form, and he had already successfully used four skills. I didn't expect him to use one more now.
For a pet, there are far too many awakened skills.
It's important to know that when Ya Bao and the others evolve, they basically awaken three skills at each stage.
"Xia Xia."
Sharara shook her head and barked, indicating that the skill wasn't something she sensed, but something she had learned.
Not an awakening, but something he learned on his own? Qiao Sang was taken aback:
"How did you learn that? Where did you learn the skill?"
"Xia Xia."
Sharara cried out, indicating that it had acquired some memories after evolving, which it learned from the inheritance of those memories.
"Qingqing."
Can skills be learned through memory transfer?
Qingbao tried hard to recall the contents of the inherited memories, but he couldn't find anything about how to learn the skills.
Tingbao stood to the side, seemingly lost in thought.
Josang immediately became interested and asked, "Do you also have memories of how to learn skills?"
"Xia Xia."
Xia Lala nodded.
"Qingbao, Tingbao, do you have any?" Qiao Sang turned her head and asked.
"Qingqing."
Qingbao shook her head.
"Tingting".
Tingbao thought for a moment, then barked, indicating that the content of memory inheritance is different at each stage, and perhaps it can awaken memories about how to learn skills in its next evolution.
"Qingqing."
"You've said all the nice things." Qingbao glanced at Tingbao, then nodded in agreement, indicating that it felt the same way.
As soon as she finished speaking, Michaela walked out of the room with milk and asked:
"Xia Bao learned a new skill through memory inheritance?"
Qiao Sang hummed in agreement and remarked with emotion, "I never imagined that skills could be learned through memory inheritance. Qingbao and Tingbao have never experienced this before."
Michaela laughed and said, "Different races leave behind different memories. Races that love to play leave behind memories of their travels, while races that want to become stronger leave behind memories about how to learn skills."
"Qingqing."
Qingbao frowned.
That's not right. It felt that its entire race also wanted to become stronger.
Do you think you know a lot? Tingbao closed her eyes, unwilling to listen to this annoying human.
Qiao Sang asked in astonishment, "So the Sharara race wants to become stronger?"
She had always thought that the Sharara race was easygoing, loved nature, and didn't particularly enjoy things like fighting.
Michael pondered and said:
"Shalara is a mythical beast, and there may only be one of its kind from ancient times to the present. Therefore, the content of its inherited memories is definitely richer than that of other races of pet beasts. As long as you have experienced it, you should be able to inherit some of the content."
"Qingqing."
Qingbao showed an "I see" expression.
It said that everyone in its race wanted to become stronger, and it was impossible that the seventh brother could inherit the skills related to learning skills while it could not.
Upon hearing this, Qiao Sang's first reaction was surprise, but then she seemed to realize something and said with some worry:
"If there's too much information about memory inheritance, will the personality change a lot afterward?"
She thought of Qingbao, and then she thought of Tingbao.
Michaela paused for a moment, then said, "It's possible, but Sharara may have always been the same one, so even if a lot of memories are passed down, her personality won't change much."
"That's good." Qiao Sang breathed a sigh of relief.
"What skill did Xia Bao learn this time?" Michaela asked.
Xia Lala opened her mouth, about to answer, when Qiao Sang spoke first:
"It should smell like 'worry-free'."
"Carefree Fragrance" is a mid-tier Grass-type skill that allows the target to clear up their troubled thoughts and become carefree for a certain period of time. It is somewhat similar to Lu Bao's Healing Sound Wave, but the former's skill power is gentler and will not force the target to become peaceful, which may cause the target to feel twice as angry afterward.
If the target is resistant or in a state of excitement and high enthusiasm, it will not be effective.
In general, it's not very useful in battles.
"Xiaxia." Xia Lala nodded and called out, indicating that this was the skill.
Michael exclaimed in admiration:
"As expected of Xia Lala, even the skills I see in the memory inheritance are all auxiliary skills that help everyone process their emotions."
"Xia Xia."
Sharara looked embarrassed and barked, indicating that it had seen some other skills, but only the Worry-Free Fragrance was simple, so it only learned that one.
Upon hearing this, Qiao Sang seemed to remember something and gave some instructions:
"Don't spend time learning the other skills that appear in your memory yet. Our most important task right now is to practice the Flying Leaf Blade skill to the ultimate level."
Only when the skill reaches the ultimate level can she safely allow Sharara to evolve.
"Xia Xia."
Xia Lala nodded obediently.
“Actually, there’s nothing wrong with learning other skills,” Michaela disagreed, saying, “The more skills a character knows, the better we can know which skills are suitable for Shabao in battle, and then we can focus on learning those skills.”
Qiao Sang said, "Xia Bao's energy has already reached the late stage of the intermediate level. If it gets the Everstone, it could evolve at any time. I still want it to evolve into a perfect state as soon as possible. It won't be too late to learn other skills then."
"Xia Xia."
Sharara nodded and barked, indicating that it would obey Josang.
Michaela didn't understand, and said:
“You don’t need to be in such a hurry. Your brain hasn’t broken through yet and you haven’t awakened a new contract page. You can wait until you form a contract with Xia Bao before thinking about Xia Bao’s evolution. That way, you will receive more benefits in return.”
“But my breakthrough in brain development will definitely take a long time,” Qiao Sang said. “I can’t let Xia Bao be delayed because of my own slow progress.”
"Xia Xia!"
Xia Lala first showed a touched expression, and then quickly called out to indicate that she was not afraid of being delayed.
Qiao Sang looked at it and said gently, "Just keep training at the current pace and don't think about anything else. I will develop its brain as soon as possible."
"Xia Xia!"
Xia Lala nodded vigorously.
Michaela watched this scene and was about to interject when she suddenly heard something and looked out the French windows.
The same goes for Josan and Ya Bao.
A bird-like pet, about three meters tall and mostly ice-blue in color, wearing steel-like items, was seen flying leisurely between the buildings.
An advertisement is playing on the virtual screen displayed on the item:
"Yi Yi, Yi Yi Yi Yi, Yi Yi Yi"
Qiao Sang was not surprised; in the Pet Kingdom, 80% of the advertisements or news broadcast on television screens were actually broadcast by pets.
Michaela couldn't understand the language, but he could understand the images on the screen. He asked:
"Is this going to be a contest to see who can withstand the cold?"
On the virtual screen, accompanied by subtitles, a white fox-like pet opened its mouth and shot out a beam of extremely cold light at a brown bear-like pet in front of it.
The brown bear pet neither dodged nor flinched, letting the extreme cold light freeze its entire body.
Then, the sun and moon rotated in the background, changing from daytime to nighttime, and then from nighttime back to daytime, and the ice shell around the brown bear cracked open with a "crack".
The brown bear pet smiles and gives a thumbs-up to the camera.
Qiao Sang hummed in agreement and helped translate:
"They said the last day for registration is in three days, and they encouraged everyone to sign up."
The Ice Resistance Competition is the only competition in the Ice Kingdom that does not allow ice-type pets to participate. Participants can be humans or pets, but not ice-type pets.
All contestants are frozen by ice-type pets using ice-type skills. They cannot use any skills to break the freeze effect. Whoever survives the frozen state the longest will be the final winner.
During the event, contestants will wear devices that detect vital signs in case of unforeseen circumstances.
The competition had already been promoted beforehand.
No skill level is required; anyone who isn't an ice-type pet can participate, which is why Qiao Sang had already registered Xiao Xunbao.
"Has anyone signed up for the Little Treasure Hunt?" Michaela asked.
"Looking around~"
Little Treasure Hunter nodded.
It knew that its beast tamer had registered it for the competition.
During the conversation, items flashed across the virtual screen, eventually settling on a map.
Michaela looked at the map on the screen, seemed to realize something, and paused for a moment.
The map quickly disappeared, and the advertisement ended.
"Are these the prizes for the cold resistance competition?" Michaela realized and quickly asked.
Qiao Sang hummed in agreement and sighed, "I've checked all these things. Although most of them are ice-type materials, they are only suitable for King-level pets at best. There's nothing that Lu Bao needs."
"Was the prize that was just shown the last time a map of the Kingdom of Qi?" Michaela asked again.
“It seems to be a quota for entering the Kingdom of Qi,” Qiao Sang replied.
Qi Kingdom is one of the ten most mysterious countries on Tianyuan Star. These countries are either impossible to locate because of the skills of their pets, or they are managed by extremely strict laws, making it difficult for internal information to leak out. Only a very small number of people and pets are allowed to enter each year. Qi Kingdom is the latter.
If any person or pet enters without permission, they will be thrown out and may even lose their memories of their time in the Kingdom of Wonders, without exception.
Michael pondered for a moment, then said:
"You'd better get your hands on the spot to enter the Kingdom of Qi."
"Why?" Josang asked.
“The Kingdom of Wonders has many rare beasts and materials that are not found outside, and there is a high probability that they will be available there,” Michaela said. “If you can’t find the Ice Crystal Fruit in the Kingdom of Ice, perhaps you can find it in the Kingdom of Wonders.”
Qiao Sang smiled wryly:
"But this is the prize for the champion of the cold resistance competition, and there is only one spot. It is said that if a pet that has a contract with a beast tamer wins this prize, only that pet can get the spot and go to the Kingdom of Wonders."
The prize for winning the anti-freezing contest was a bit special. She was curious when she helped Xiao Xunbao register, so she looked it up.
"Search!"
Little Treasure Hunter gave a reassuring look and barked, indicating that it had gone to the Kingdom of Wonders and if it found the Ice Crystal Fruit, it would definitely bring it back!
"Qingqing."
Qingbao rolled its eyes at it and barked, indicating that this was the champion's prize and that it hadn't won the championship yet.
Little Treasure Hunter: "."
Michaela looked at her and said slowly, "If a pet that has a contract with a Beastmaster wins the championship, only the pet can go in. But if the Beastmaster wins the championship, the contracted pet should be able to go in as well."
Qiao Sang was taken aback: "You mean you want me to sign up too?"
Michaela nodded slightly: "The opportunity to enter the Kingdom of Qi is rare, so we should seize it."
That makes sense. I've received a lot of support from Lu Bao, so enduring the freezing conditions for a while shouldn't be a problem. Thinking this, Qiao Sang took out her phone and said:
"I'll sign up first, but I don't think I have much of a chance of winning."
With that, he searched for the official competition registration website and began registering.
"Search."
Little Treasure Hunter looked at his Beastmaster, and four words came to mind:
Competitors (End of Chapter)