"That Grassland Walking Technique is incredibly fast!"

Gasps of surprise rippled through the crowd.

The students had already witnessed the Turtle Wood Flood Dragon’s tactics before.

At the start of the match, it would lay down a few Grass Seeds. Then, as it advanced, it would circle its opponent, covertly scattering the ground with more seeds.

When its opponent made a move, the Turtle Wood Flood Dragon would suddenly slap the ground with its tail, activating the dozens of Grass Seeds buried across the field. All at once, they would launch a cluster attack at the opponent’s Pet Beast, heavily injuring it in a single blow.

This was the battle that had shocked everyone when Fang Tian Gui debuted in his first match at Qing Lake High School.

At this very moment, Fang Tian Gui seemed to be planning to replicate the fast-attack tactics from his previous battle.

As the Turtle Wood Flood Dragon charged forward, its Turtle Wood Scale Armor emitted a fluorescent green glow. Its belly hugged the ground, continuously planting Grass Seeds.

Anyone watching who didn’t know better would assume it was just the glow of Mana from the Grassland Walking Technique.

In reality, it was the green light from the planted Grass Seeds. If one wasn’t paying close attention, it would be easy to be intimidated by its rapid advance and the innate pressure of its Flood Dragon bloodline.

But Gu Ming had reviewed the battle information provided by his homeroom teacher, so he immediately looked at the grass where it had run.

The green Grass Seeds blended in with the turf, making them genuinely difficult to spot.

However, Gu Ming was well-versed in cultivation theory, and by paying close attention, he noticed a few inconspicuous anomalies. They had to be the Grass Seeds his opponent had secretly buried.

It had already buried several in such a short time. He couldn’t imagine what would happen if he let it circle for another ten or twenty seconds.

The terrifying thing about this fast-attack tactic was that it worked even when completely exposed. The Grass Seeds would just keep accumulating. Once they reached a critical number and detonated simultaneously, they could instantly incapacitate most Pet Beasts with low defense.

The Little Cyan Snake was a Pet Beast that was particularly weak at defense. Gu Ming estimated that if he let his opponent plant seeds for another thirty seconds, Cyan Treasure would be finished.

Instantly, the pressure was all on Gu Ming.

Facing a genuine High-star Potential Pet Beast, its powerful burst was truly enviable.

Gu Ming immediately ordered Cyan Treasure to use Storm Ball, launching a predictive attack at the opponent’s advance path.

Cyan Treasure puffed out its throat and spat forcefully, launching a poison-laced Storm Ball.

This time, the Storm Ball didn’t hit its target directly. Instead, it was a predictive shot, exploding in mid-air.

BOOM! The Storm Ball exploded, covering a wide area right in the dragon’s path.

Droplets of the Heterodox Holy Dragon Poison dispersed rapidly in all directions, carried by the gust from the explosion.

The Turtle Wood Flood Dragon didn’t pause for a second, charging straight into the veiled web of poison mist.

As it passed through, its Turtle Wood Scale Armor began to glow with an even brighter white light.

Just then, his opponent, Fang Tian Gui, let out a small gasp of surprise.

"Wait, there’s poison in the air!"

Fang Tian Gui had been keeping a close eye on the Poison Attacks from Gu Ming’s Pet Beast.

After all, for a Basic Type Pet Beast like the Little Cyan Snake to win, it had to get its poison into its opponent’s body.

The Storm Ball was an excellent ranged tool for avoiding close-quarters combat.

The poison used in a Poison Attack could ignore the Snake Pet’s combat potential. With a high-grade toxin, it could take down even large Pet Beasts.

In other words, if the Little Cyan Snake’s poison was potent enough, it could take down the Turtle Wood Flood Dragon. That was why Fang Tian Gui couldn’t afford to be careless.

As he sent the Turtle Wood Flood Dragon forward, he had it pay close attention to any reaction the poison might have on its scales.

And sure enough, white steam was already rising from the surface of the Turtle Wood Scale Armor with a SIZZLING sound.

It didn’t seem to be a potent green or purple poison.

Fang Tian Gui carefully sensed his Pet Beast’s condition through their Pet Beast Contract. ’Why is there a trace of Light Spiritual Qi?’

He couldn’t help but wonder, "What’s going on? Where is that smell of Holy Light coming from?"

By now, the Turtle Wood Flood Dragon had closed to within a meter of Cyan Treasure. It whipped its head around to strike, its Turtle Wood Scale Armor locking tight. Its tail twisted into a giant chain and swept forward with a tremendous, air-shattering sound.

Cyan Treasure immediately used the Z-shaped Shaking Body Technique. Fast as lightning, it twisted its body into an S-shape to dodge the blow, slipping behind its opponent.

In that instant, Cyan Treasure’s body coiled like a rope. It activated its Breathing Technique and Earth Shifting Technique in unison, and a simple Transportation Array materialized within its unformed Sea of Consciousness.

At the same moment, the Origin Power hidden within its body was channeled to its tail, stimulating the Snake Pet’s muscles and providing an amount of Life Energy that surpassed the Little Cyan Snake’s limits.

Cyan Treasure held the Visualization Array in its mind, its pupils narrowing to slits. Its Essence, Qi, and Spirit synchronized, all channeled in unison.

Its body entered a state of absolute limit. An incredibly powerful force instantly surged from head to tail, integrating all of Cyan Treasure’s muscles and scales, causing its tail to adopt the explosive posture of a Flood Dragon.

The Foundation Establishment Platform inside Cyan Treasure began to hum. Fueled by the Ancient Dragon Illusion, this swing of its tail allowed it to shatter its species’ limits. It was as if it had returned to ancient times, conjuring the true illusion of a Flood Dragon.

The tail whipped down.

A sonic boom instantly erupted, like a sudden clap of thunder, violently compressing the air.

More than twenty meters away, the spectators’ hairs stood on end, their eardrums faintly thrummed, and they were hit by a fierce blast of wind.

The students stared, completely stunned.

"Is that the Little Cyan Snake?"

"What’s going on?!"

The power in that tail strike was like that of a reincarnated Flood Dragon.

A Flood Dragon Tail Swing that could roil the seas and capsize the heavens!

The Turtle Wood Flood Dragon’s defense was indeed top-tier. As the two tails collided, the turtle-wood patterns on its body lit up, channeling the torrent of power from its opponent into the joints between its scales, attempting to dissipate the terrifying force with its turtle-wood Daoist Skill.

Even so, the Turtle Wood Flood Dragon was visibly shocked.

It felt Cyan Treasure’s tail strike like a crashing, unstoppable mountain. The blow had easily reached the power of a full-force strike from a Red Flame Flood Dragon.

How could it not be utterly terrified?

Its defense had been well and truly broken!

CRACK!

After the tremendous crash, the two figures were flung apart.

It was the Turtle Wood Flood Dragon that was sent flying.

It shot backward like a cannonball, crashing into the ground and tumbling for more than ten meters before slamming into the human wall formed by the students.

The Little Cyan Snake on the other side was also knocked back.

But it maneuvered nimbly, shedding the force of the impact with graceful movements in mid-air.

By the time the Little Cyan Snake landed, it had already shed thirty percent of the force.

After landing, it spun twice, then pushed off the ground with the tip of its tail. With a light spring, it performed a backflip to shed the remaining force before landing steadily back on the ground.

The students carefully compared the distances the two Pet Beasts were knocked back and were shocked to discover that the Turtle Wood Flood Dragon had lost the exchange.

Cyan Treasure hadn’t been knocked back far at all—only four or five meters.

In a one-on-one battle between a Snake Pet and a Flood Dragon, the Snake Pet had actually won?

This was freaking insane. Many students in the crowd covered their mouths, unable to believe their eyes.

The visitors from the other school rubbed their eyes, thinking they must be seeing things.

"The one still standing... is the Little Cyan Snake?"