Beast Taming Begins with the Inner Circle of Pets

Chapter 74: Using Points to Find a Chat Partner

The male soldier frowned as he looked at Lin Manman, his eyes widening when he saw the iconic bear and tiger emblem. How did I end up with this guy?

"Hehe, it's Miss Lin. Are you going to hunt spirit beasts? There are still quite a few over there... why don't you go take a look?" The male warrior chuckled as he spoke to Lin Manman.

"Huh? Didn't I just hear you say you were going to give away points?" Lin Manman pretended not to understand.

The warrior's eye twitched slightly, and after a moment of silence, he turned to the female mage and launched another attack. "Did you hear that? Team champion Lin Manman is telling you to hand over your points."

Lin Manman raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean? I don't understand. What does it have to do with anyone else if you're giving me points?"

Trying to make her take the blame in front of her?

The male soldier seemed to finally understand Lin Manman's meaning, and looked at the innocent-looking Lin Manman with a mixture of surprise and anger.

"Is Miss Lin trying to steal our points?"

"Didn't you say this is tradition? What? You can do it, but I can't?" Seeing his blunt question, Lin Manman stopped pretending. Riding on Silver Moon's back, she crossed her arms and looked down at him.

The male soldier stared intently at Lin Manman, the resentment in his eyes almost turning into a tangible flame that burned towards her.

The other party was still stalling for time, refusing to hand over the crystal core. Suddenly, the invisible Rainbow Jade appeared beside Lin Manman, with several pouches hanging from its tail.

Most of these contestants come from ordinary families and few have storage space like Lin Manman, so they all use their own packaged crystal cores.

Hongyu went invisible when Lin Manman approached the group, and while Lin Manman was talking to them, she got close and stole from each of them.

At this moment, as if seeking credit, it threw the pouch on its tail into Lin Manman's arms.

Upon seeing the familiar bag, the male warriors quickly checked their own backpacks and found that the crystal cores were indeed gone!

Lin Manman, who had just come to her senses, glanced at Hongyu, who was wagging her tail and waiting for praise. She was surprised that Hongyu had developed a new skill today, and silently gave her a thumbs up.

"Give us back the crystal core!" The male warrior seemed somewhat afraid of Lin Manman, yet unwilling to have the crystal core taken away, so he shouted in a stern but weak voice.

Lin Manman calmly tossed the crystal core in her arms, then waved a handbag in front of him. "Why return what you stole with your own skill? If you're so capable, try taking it back."

"Boss, let's forget it... we can't beat them." The mage behind the male warrior slumped his head and pulled him back to prevent him from rushing forward impulsively.

They had all watched the videos of the previous team and elimination rounds. This girl's spirit pets were incredibly powerful; in the elimination rounds with fifty participants, she single-handedly defeated 49 of the other competitors. Netizens jokingly called her a living Yama, and they were absolutely right!

"Why don't we go look for any lone survivors? We still have some time," another teammate suggested.

The male soldier gritted his teeth, and in a fit of anger, he turned his head and led his teammates away quickly, looking very proud and confident.

Having saved herself the energy of a fight, Lin Manman's gloomy mood improved somewhat.

"Why are you running away? I helped you out of that predicament, and you didn't even say thank you?"

Seeing that Lin Manman had driven away the group of male warriors, the female mage also wanted to take the opportunity to leave together, lest Lin Manman remember them and take their crystal cores as well.

The female mage was stopped by Lin Manman, so she had no choice but to turn around and give a slightly embarrassed smile.

"Thank you for helping us out, Miss Lin. Miss Lin's crystal cores should be enough for our advancement, right? Ours are still a bit short; we were just planning to hunt some more spirit beasts."

"There are less than two hours left in the competition, right? How many crystal cores can you still hunt?" Lin Manman asked the female mage while sorting through the crystal cores in her bag.

The female mage turned around and exchanged glances with her teammates. Seemingly realizing that Lin Manman had no intention of taking their things, she relaxed considerably.

"Hunting as many as possible is fine, I'll do my best..." The female mage racked her brains, trying to figure out how to get away from this jinx. Her feat of advancing to the next round single-handedly had left an indelible impression on many people.

Lin Manman counted them and found that there were only twelve level-three crystal cores, thirty-six level-two crystal cores, and two hundred and fifty-three level-one crystal cores in the eight bags.

After sorting through the crystal cores, she put the first-level crystal core and sixteen second-level crystal cores into two bags and casually tossed them to the female mage.

"I have a suggestion. You guys come with me to the open area ahead and chat for a bit, and I'll give you these points. You couldn't possibly have hunted over 300 points in just over an hour, could you?"

The person who wanted to ambush her was lurking in the shadows, ready to strike again at any moment. Perhaps traveling with the other contestants would be a better protection for her.

Although the points competition was being broadcast live, she had not been able to find the equipment for broadcasting, and she was also worried that her personal live stream could be easily manipulated.

By working with other contestants, you increase the angle and scope of your live stream. Your exposure will increase significantly, and those hiding in the shadows will surely have to think twice.

"R-really?" The female sorceress looked at Lin Manman with an expression of disbelief. Is this really the jinx they're talking about online?! This is practically a living Buddha!

That many points will keep their team busy for a long time. If it were this easy to earn points, who would want to go and fight spirit beasts?!

"If you're willing, these crystal cores are yours." Lin Manman gave them a friendly smile and nodded affirmatively.

"Yes, yes!" The female mage and her teammates nodded repeatedly, their faces showing a hint of surprise.

With so many points, each of them can get more than sixty points. Combined with the points they already earned, advancing shouldn't be a big problem.

Moreover, with Lin Manman, the team champion with explosive fighting power, by their side, they were no longer afraid that anyone would be so foolish as to cause them trouble.

The female mage was filled with regret. If she had known Lin Manman was so easy to talk to, she should have invited her much earlier. Otherwise, they wouldn't have had such a miserable day.

Lin Manman was happy to see that they agreed. She quickly climbed down from Yinyue's back and walked with them. Honey Badger and Yinyue followed at a distance, keeping watch on the surroundings.

The female mage introduced her team to Lin Manman. There were two warriors, a man named Zhao Jingcheng and a woman named Tian Zhenzhen. Another female mage was named Xia Yao, the male mage was named He Yilu, and she herself was named Xu Peipei.

While chatting and laughing with them absentmindedly, Lin Manman remained on high alert.

A group of people walked out of the woods chatting and laughing, and came to the open grassland to wait for the game to end.

The editor has announced that the book will be available on the 9th. If you haven't invested yet, you can do so. It seems like you'll get some coins for publishing the first chapter.

(End of this chapter)