"Gu Ming wins! The battle is over!"

The homeroom teacher shouted as she ran off the field.

Her Pet Beast quickly found the Turtle Wood Flood Dragon that had been sent flying out of the arena, about two hundred meters from the dueling grounds.

That was a ridiculously long way.

...

As the Turtle Wood Flood Dragon flew over the crowd,

it happened to pass over the dueling grounds where Lu You and another top student of the grade, Akagi Shu, were fighting.

Lu You was incredibly tense the whole time, her attention completely focused on her opponent, so she didn’t notice the Turtle Wood Flood Dragon flying overhead.

Akagi Shu, however, was relaxed and quickly noticed the Turtle Wood Flood Dragon flying past.

"Huh? Is that...?"

Akagi Shu blinked, thinking his eyes were playing tricks on him.

’How could that thing that just flew by look so much like a Turtle Wood Flood Dragon?’

"WOAH—"

The crowd of onlookers gasped in amazement.

Many people looked up, watching the Flood Dragon fly away. As if having found some new entertainment, they hurriedly pushed through the wall of people and ran in the direction the Turtle Wood Flood Dragon had crashed.

Immediately after, the homeroom teacher Ling Jun’s Pet Beast soared through the air, kicking up a storm and causing another commotion.

Even the teacher’s Pet Beast had gone to rescue another pet!

’Could it be?’

The crowd exchanged glances, sighing inwardly with pity.

Gu Ming’s battle must have ended.

Seeing the Turtle Wood Flood Dragon get knocked out of the arena, it was clear that the Fang Family had lost.

This incident captured the attention of both Akagi Shu and his Red Flame Flood Dragon, causing them to lose focus for a second or two.

Lu You didn’t look at the sky and had no idea what was happening up there.

All she knew was that her opponent had revealed a huge opening.

Mouse Treasure was no stronger than Cyan Treasure. It only had a few combat moves at its disposal.

The Earth Shifting Technique, the Earth Escape Technique, and the Earth Dragon Stomp Combat Technique.

Beyond these, Mouse Treasure had no other special skills.

If she had to stretch it, the Green Treasure Breathing Technique and its Magic Power Inner Core had increased its combat endurance.

Furthermore, the completion of its Foundation Establishment Platform had raised Mouse Treasure’s combat power by a huge margin.

But winning against its opponent would be very, very difficult.

Just now, the Red Flame Flood Dragon hadn’t even come close. It simply opened its mouth and spewed a jet of flame, several hundred degrees hot, that shot out with terrifying speed.

When Mouse Treasure tried to block the attack, it used the Earth Shifting Technique to channel Earth Element Mana to the surface of its skin. At the same time, it lightly stomped its foot, pulling up the sand and dirt from under the grass to adhere to its body, forming a pseudo-Petrification Skin.

The result was disappointing.

It couldn’t withstand the attack head-on.

The Red Flame Flood Dragon’s flames were too terrifying; with Mouse Treasure’s Mana, it could last ten seconds at most.

Because of this, Mouse Treasure only tried for a second before using Earth Escape to disappear underground, moving into hiding.

Unable to find Mouse Treasure, the Red Flame Flood Dragon grew annoyed. It began bombarding the ground, recklessly unleashing the flame power within its body.

She didn’t know what had drawn their attention away.

At that moment, Mouse Treasure was lying motionless in the ground directly beneath the Red Flame Flood Dragon.

The Red Flame Flood Dragon had been spewing fire for half a minute without figuring out where Mouse Treasure had gone. In truth, it was hiding in the earth right below it.

As the saying goes, the most dangerous place is the safest place.

And now, Lu You was secretly using the telepathic link from her Pet Beast Contract to give it a signal, indicating that it could launch its attack.

Mouse Treasure immediately activated the Magic Power Inner Core on its Foundation Establishment Platform. Manipulating its Mana, the instant it emerged from the ground, it became solid again and stomped its foot, shattering the earth beneath it.

From within the Foundation Establishment Platform, the Dragon Elephant Illusion let out the roar of an ancient Earth Dragon. Mouse Treasure was clearly just a Sunflower Seed-eating Hamster, completely unrelated to the Earth Dragon race.

Yet in that moment, its stomp carried an earth-shattering aura, and a blurry silhouette in the shape of an Earth Dragon briefly materialized behind it.

The Mana clinging to its foot seemed to carry the weight of ages, vastly increasing the reactive force of the Earth Dragon Stomp Combat Technique.

Mouse Treasure shot into the sky. The Earth Shifting Technique and the Breathing Technique began to operate instinctively in its mind, and a simple Transportation Array also appeared in its Sea of Consciousness.

It naturally had access to the same Transportation Array that Cyan Treasure had learned.

Although its Talent was inferior to Cyan Treasure’s, its own master’s teaching was also high-level. Before the friendly match began, she had taught it how to inscribe the Array using its Spiritual Power.

As it burst from the ground and soared into the air, all the surrounding dirt that had been sent flying was gathered up and redirected, converging on Mouse Treasure’s flight path.

Just then, the Red Flame Flood Dragon snapped back to its senses. It instinctively flapped its wings to fly higher while opening its mouth to breathe fire.

Akagi Shu also cursed inwardly. ’Damn it, a rookie Beastmaster like Lu You actually found an opening.’

’I guess all Earth Element Beastmasters fight dirty.’

’Hiding underground for ages without showing yourself? What kind of skill is that?’

’If you want to fight, come out and fight! Why resort to a sneak attack?’

Even now, he was still contemptuous, not believing that a Sunflower Seed-eating Hamster could defeat a Flood Dragon in the sky.

His little Flood Dragon wasn’t a traditional Great Zhou Sub-dragon Pet, but was closer to the Two-winged Flying Dragons of the Western Realm.

It wasn’t fully grown yet, so no matter how hard it flapped its two pairs of small, young wings, it couldn’t fly very high.

But its high-temperature flames pouring down would quickly burn its opponent.

Akagi Shu hadn’t noticed the fleeting illusion that appeared for an instant when Mouse Treasure used Earth Dragon Stomp.

He only saw Mouse Treasure defy gravity, manipulating the flying dirt to rapidly cover its body, especially its right paw, where it was layered the thickest.

SLAP.

The slap was resounding.

The Sunflower Seed-eating Hamster charged straight through the high-temperature flames and slapped the Red Flame Flood Dragon right on its mouth, sending it flying.

Everyone looked up again, their mouths agape, speechless.

The Red Flame Flood Dragon... was sent flying.

Akagi Shu stood stunned. It took him three seconds to realize his Flood Dragon had been knocked away, flying in the exact same direction where the Turtle Wood Flood Dragon had crashed.

"Wait, how did it get sent flying?"

Akagi Shu said in disbelief.

That slap had been too loud. It was like a giant slap across the Flood Dragon’s face, and at the same time, a slap across his own.

’Logically, the Red Flame Flood Dragon should have used its true fire in that last counterattack.’

That was the fiercest and hottest Lifebound Pill Fire nurtured within the Red Flame Flood Dragon’s body.

A normal Pet Beast charging through that fire would have its body scorched, or even spontaneously combust.

However, Mouse Treasure landed lightly and then shook its bottom.

The black, charred chunks on its body cracked and fell to the ground in pieces. PATTER, PATTER.

"Something’s wrong. How is it unharmed?" Akagi Shu’s pupils dilated abruptly.

Mouse Treasure’s body was still fluffy and round; there was no sign of burnt fur.

It was obvious that the Lifebound Pill Fire had only burned its "Petrification Skin."

Akagi Shu didn’t have time to reflect. He walked directly toward the direction his Pet Beast had been sent flying.

"This is your Pet Beast, isn’t it, Akagi Shu?"

A clear female voice suddenly rang out from the crowd.

The homeroom teacher, Ling Jun, parted the crowd and walked out. Behind her, her main Pet Beast was carrying the unconscious Turtle Wood Flood Dragon in one hand and the furious Red Flame Flood Dragon in the other.

Akagi Shu saw that his Red Flame Flood Dragon was fine. Its mouth was a little crooked, it was bleeding a bit, and it had lost a front tooth, but otherwise, it was okay and its future combat ability was unaffected.

However, in the next second, Teacher Ling’s words left him stunned.

"You’ve lost, Akagi Shu. Lu You is the winner of this duel."