Beast Taming Begins with the Inner Circle of Pets

Chapter 97 Almost a Mishap

Lin Manman rolled her eyes. "Believe it or not!"

She wasn't lying to Fang Yaqi. Ever since she decided to follow Meng Wenbin to the capital, she had the idea of ​​opening a branch of a spirit beast shop there. Although opening one in Jinling and then another in the capital would definitely increase the financial burden.

But there was no other way. The shop in Jinling was already on the agenda, and they were just waiting for her to confirm the school before they could buy the shop. Besides, this shop was also agreed upon with Qiu Xiangjing, so it would be unreasonable not to open it.

Fortunately, Meng Wenbin and the others have no set return date. Once the branch in Jinling opens, with her current earning ability and Amber, it shouldn't be too difficult for her to raise enough funds to open a store in the capital.

"Believe it, believe it, believe it!! You were able to have one of the former twelve councilors of the Alliance as your teacher, how could I not believe in your abilities?" Fang Yaqi hopped over to her side with a fawning smile.

"You can ask Aunt Fang about this first. Don't tell her I'm going to open a shop in Beijing, just ask her if she'd be willing to go if there are any shops in Beijing hiring." Lin Manman pushed away her face that was leaning closer.

"She would definitely be willing. My dad and his relatives come to harass us from time to time. If my mom hadn't been unable to find a better job, she would have taken me away from here long ago." Fang Yaqi was furious when she mentioned her awful father.

Lin Manman nodded; she knew a little about Fang Yaqi's family situation. Taking them to the capital was a way of helping them out.

"Hehe, you're lucky to have a big shot as your teacher. And I'm lucky too, I found a best friend who's about to become a big shot! We both have bright futures~" Fang Yaqi winked playfully.

"Who is it that's living off my best friend at such a young age? Oh, it's me, the lucky one!!" she said, making a heart shape with her arms for Lin Manman in a funny gesture.

Lin Manman laughed as she watched Fang Yaqi clown around, then stretched out a finger and pushed her head away again.

"Alright, save your compliments for later. You'll have to keep my apprenticeship a secret for now, understand?"

"Don't worry! I promise, I'll even seal my mouth shut when I sleep at night, I won't talk in my sleep!" Fang Yaqi solemnly raised three fingers and swore to the heavens.

"Divine Gold," Lin Manman said with a laugh. "I'm going to draw lots."

After saying that, she ignored Fang Yaqi and turned to walk towards the arena.

Today is the last day of the Junior Professional Tournament, which also includes the final semi-finals and finals of the individual competition.

She can go home after this afternoon's event!

Thinking of her brother who was still lying in the hospital bed, Lin Manman was eager to go home!

In the quarterfinals, Lin Manman drew number 4. While waiting, her anxious heart gradually calmed down.

Lin Manman's opponent in the semi-finals was a Holy Sword Warrior.

Looking at the opponent's magnificent equipment and gleaming longsword, coupled with the fact that the class can both buff itself and provide self-healing, the chances of winning are not very high if only Amber is sent into battle.

So after she entered the arena, in addition to Amber, she also summoned Ah-Dai.

Amber was deprived of her extra meal because she disobeyed orders in the morning, so she was in a low mood when she was summoned this time.

"Besides this one, there are two more battles to come. Amber, you'll have a chance for extra training. Do your best!" Lin Manman patted its big head.

Seeing Amber's eyes light up again, Ah-Dai let out a disdainful snort. "How pathetic, trying to get something to eat!"

Lin Manman looked at Ah Dai speechlessly. "Ah Dai, I bought a wind-type skill book today, you know what I mean?"

Ah-Dai, holding the Wise Eagle Eye, glanced at her with a reserved air, then flapped his wings and flew off towards his opponent.

When Amber saw Ah Dai rushing forward first, fearing that she wouldn't be proactive enough and would miss out on the prize, she quickly followed.

Seeing their eager expressions, Lin Manman revealed a sly smile. "You little punks, I can't control you!"

The holy sword warrior in front of me is named Luo Shixun. His family can be considered to be in the second tier of local forces in Jinling.

He had originally led a team to participate in the team competition, but due to bad luck in the knockout stage, he encountered two teams from Beijing in succession and suffered a first-round exit.

Having suffered such humiliation, he was even considering giving up the individual competition, not wanting to experience the fear of being dominated by these geniuses from the capital and Shanghai again.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the individual competition started, he heard that almost all the people he considered his nightmares had left. He suddenly felt that he could do it again and decided to come to the individual competition to regain his former confidence.

That was indeed the case before; until he met Lin Manman, he was enjoying the fun of easily defeating weaker opponents in the game.

But when he discovered that his opponent was Lin Manman, the living devil, after the draw, his world collapsed again!

"It's alright, it's alright, just two level two, I can handle it!!" Luo Shixun muttered to himself as he cast a shield and speed boost on himself.

He had barely finished using his skills when Amber's Fireball and Ah Dai's Wind Blade were already upon him.

With his increased agility after the acceleration, he easily dodged the attacks. Having successfully evaded the first wave of attacks, his confidence returned somewhat.

"Yes, that's right, that's it! Calm down, you can do it!" Luo Shixun encouraged himself, raising his hand and slashing two swords at Amber.

Ah-Dai is agile in the sky, and his profession gives him no advantage in dealing with it. It's more realistic to target the amber on the ground.

Amber easily dodged the two sword gusts and was preparing to pounce on the opponent to fight head-on with her powerful body when, unexpectedly, the opponent's longsword emitted a dazzling light the moment it got close.

Caught off guard by the bright light, Amber let out a howl, closed her eyes, and crashed into Luo Shixun.

After Luo Shixun landed a successful blow, he dodged several of Ah Dai's wind blades, and with his long sword enveloped in golden light, he smashed it toward Amber's head with a whistling sound.

Amber's eyes couldn't open for a while, but its ears twitched, having already caught the traces of the attack from the direction of the sound.

It closed its eyes and summoned a fiery clone to block the direction of the attack, while Ah-Dai in the air released the Wind Binding at the same time.

Several pale blue ropes, like flowing wind, wrapped around Luo Shixun's longsword.

Luo Shixun let out a low shout, and the longsword in his hand once again burst forth with dazzling light, shattering Ah Dai's wind bindings before slamming heavily into Amber's fiery clone.

With just one strike, it shattered Amber's clone.

Lin Manman frowned, surprised that even with Amber and Ah Dai fighting together, they were already at a disadvantage so quickly. Was she really going to be proven wrong?

Suppressing the urge to summon the honey badger, I patiently continued to observe.

Although Amber's clone was defeated, its main body had already moved a distance away and was able to open its eyes.

Luo Shixun clearly anticipated that Amber's vision would soon be restored. He suddenly pointed his longsword upwards, and a powerful wave of light emanated from the sword in his hand.

This move wasn't his own skill, but rather a technique employed by the longsword he wielded, crafted from special materials and forged with a unique technique that contained an attack within it.

When activated by him, this attack can deal damage comparable to a level four attack, and also has a stun effect.

Ah-Dai tried to use his attacks to block the blow for Amber. However, both the series of attacks he unleashed and his Storm Manipulation talent were penetrated by the light wave and struck Amber directly.

Amber, who had just regained her sight, was knocked unconscious again with a howl.

Amber took the hit, and Ah Dai and Lin Manman in the sky both trembled slightly, as they were affected by the spread of the damage.

Lin Manman was startled and immediately summoned Honey Badger and Xiao Qi without hesitation.

Although Honey Badger and Little Seven couldn't know the details of the battle while inside the pet space, they were still affected by the damage being spread out, so they were naturally ready for battle immediately.

The moment Xiao Qi appeared, she threw a white flower at Lin Manman, and the honey badger donned a layer of rock armor and charged towards Luo Shixun.

After this period of battles, Lin Manman has also gained a certain understanding of her second talent, Life Sharing.

The system's explanation was too cursory. She had always thought that this talent would distribute all damage and healing equally, but that was not the case.

Because each spirit pet has vastly different strengths and base attributes, the damage they suffer from the same attack will vary. For example, what might be a scratch on the fur of a flat-headed creature would be a fatal wound for a small seven.

With Amber's injury this time, Lin Manman became even more certain that this talent could only be transferred and distributed among her and her spirit pets when one of them suffered excessive damage.

This means that the attack just now was extremely damaging to Amber. Without Lin Manman's second talent, it might have suffered serious injuries.

Realizing she had underestimated her opponent, Lin Manman felt a pang of self-reproach.

Just to be on the safe side, she should summon the honey badger first and see how things go.

With the addition of the honey badger, Ah-Dai also took the time to use Wind Binding to send Amber back to Lin Manman's side.

Xiao Qi used Life Bloom twice in a row before everyone recovered.

However, the dizziness that amber had experienced hadn't worn off yet, so it hadn't immediately regained its senses.

Having witnessed the peculiarity of Luo Shixun's longsword, Lin Manman dared not be careless again. She summoned Hongyu as well, letting it hide and approach the battle, ready to support Honey Badger and Ah Dai at any time.

Seeing that Lin Manman had finally released her level-three spirit pet, Luo Shixun's anxious heart finally settled down.

He had also carefully studied Lin Manman's combat videos.

He didn't think he could really defeat her with his strength. After all, even the famous genius Feng Moyun in the capital had been defeated by her. He was well aware of the gap between his strength and hers.

He simply couldn't accept that he, like those who were used as sparring partners, had been defeated by a mere level two mythical white tiger. He felt he should at least force her to bring out a level three spirit pet!

However, having just injured the Mythical White Tiger, he'll likely get a severe beating from his sister, who's obsessed with the White Tiger, when he gets back.

However, he couldn't care less about that right now. At least his shattered self-esteem couldn't be shattered here again!

(End of this chapter)