23: Are there any experts?
Green Vine Snake
attribute: Wood
Species: Agile High-grade
growth level: Entry-level Intermediate
Energy Value: 169
During this period of rapid pet beast Growth, the Green Vine Snake's Energy Value also steadily increased due to the quality of its food and Lu Chen's cultivation.
However, compared to someone like Li Wen, who possesses two cultivation-type talents, it seemed somewhat unremarkable.
Aside from the Green Vine Snake they had already seen, Chen Ping's Fighting Rock Dog, as one of only two pet beasts to reach Entry-level Intermediate, also had a higher Energy Value than Green Vine Snake.
Fighting Rock Dog
attribute: Earth
Species: Agile Low-grade
growth level: Entry-level Intermediate
Energy Value: 178
A standing dog-shaped pet beast, it immediately gave the impression that it knew martial arts.
Just like his master, Chen Ping's first impression on Li Wen was that he was very capable in a fight.
And so, one dog, one snake, one worm, faced the more imposing Stone Ape.
Seeing such a lineup, the instructor's hanging heart finally relaxed; there were no extremely special pet beasts, and only three were Entry-level Intermediate.
The most, most, most important thing was that there were no monsters that had reached Entry-level Intermediate, unlike the previous year in the neighboring city.
That kid was incredibly sneaky; he kept it hidden at first, then pulled out an Entry-level Intermediate Charcoal Turtle at the end.
It just so happened that his colleague's new pet was wood-attribute, directly leading to his first defeat against a student in his professional career.
Thinking of this, the instructor breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that directly applying someone else's teaching model hadn't backfired.
Bud Treasure: He relaxed too early; the even sneakier one hasn't arrived yet.
"The three of you, come at him together."
The three of them had a greattacit agreement, as if they had discussed it beforehand.
Upon hearing this, Lu Chen and Li Wen made no move, while Chen Ping began to issue commands, "Fighting Rock Dog, use Fighting Spirit!"
"Woof!"
All the fur on the Fighting Rock Dog stood on end, its eyes like two burning lanterns, giving off a Saiyan-like vibe.
"His battle awareness is quite good, but to think he can defeat my pet beast one-on-one is a bit fanciful."
The instructor chuckled inwardly, "My professional-grade, meticulously cultivated new pet, if it can be defeated by you newcomers, then I might as well quit."
My Entry-level Intermediate is not the same as your Entry-level Intermediate.
"After all, they are young and reckless... And rightly so, how can one not be reckless when young?"
"Rock Fist!"
The Fighting Rock Dog's fists turned to stone, and it unleashed a powerful punch. The Stone Ape neither dodged nor avoided, taking the punch squarely.
It caused no damage. The other students didn't understand what happened, but the two Breeders on the field did.
Lu Chen: "Localized petrification, that's Mastered-grade Petrification."
Another Breeder teacher: "That's right, if Chen Ping doesn't have a Mastered-grade attack Skill, it will be completely difficult to cause it damage."
However, to cultivate a pet beast to this extent is not easy, let alone spending a lot of time training its Skills.
Chen Ping, realizing he couldn't break through the opponent's defense, voluntarily retreated, letting Lu Chen, who had the attribute advantage, give it a try.
Without Lu Chen's command, the Green Vine Snake moved forward on its own, activating its Growth Skill, and its body continuously grew larger. Last time it could only grow to four meters, but this time it could extend to eight meters long, as thick as a water pipe.
It truly lived up to its reputation; this Skill, known as Wood-attribute Gigantification, was truly powerful.
Presumably, Lu Chen successfully elevated the proficiency of the Growth Skill to the proficient stage through some learning method.
Giant Vine Whips lashed down on the Stone Ape like rain. Although its entire body was petrified, it still found it difficult to withstand such damage.
Moreover, the Stone Ape didn't have the habit of 'Iron Block hard-receiving Skills' and no longer stood still.
Instead, it moved quickly and used Crushing Stone Throw to interfere with the Green Vine Snake, preventing it from attacking for a long time.
"Use 'Binding Play'."
Li Wen: ... Chen Ping: ... Li Wen: "You're really a genius at naming things."
Lu Chen's expression was also a bit awkward, but he still stubbornly said, "It's my own Skill combination move; I can call it whatever I want."
"And we've both finished our demonstrations, it's your turn next."
"Alright."
The Green Vine Snake quickly stealthily moved around the Stone Ape. Although the Stone Ape was very comprehensively trained, it still couldn't match the speed of a snake-type pet beast.
One Entwine, and the Stone Ape was bound. Next, it was time for the 'play' segment.
Under the suffocating sensation of being entwined like a python, the Stone Ape knew it couldn't continue in this state, otherwise it would surely be 'trained' today.
"Hacha!"
The Stone Ape used Earthquake Wave. The Green Vine Snake, which had the advantage, was immediately knocked away and took a lot of damage.
After all, its volume was relatively large, and it was still in the entwined state. The closer the distance and the larger the area covered, the higher the damage of the Earthquake Wave move.
After retreating, Lu Chen naturally recalled the Green Vine Snake into his pet beast space. Although he was very enthusiastic about breeding, he also cared a lot about his pet beasts.
Finally, it was his turn. Li Wen looked at the Green Vine Snake, who had failed to slack off and had a reluctant expression, "If you can win, I'll take you to earn money to buy delicious food this afternoon."
As soon as it heard 'delicious food', the Green Vine Snake perked up.
"Ying~"
"Win, we must win."
It proactively went forward, a worm flying directly into the sky, demonstrating to everyone present what 'Silk Manipulation Flight' was.
The Insect Silk, having reached Mastered-grade, could now be both hard and maintain its flexible lightness, so it could shoot out like a sword.
And the Green Vine Snake itself traversed the air using these shot-out silk threads.
This move, let alone others, even Li Wen didn't know when the Green Vine Snake had practiced it.
"Indeed, laziness changes the world." Given Green Vine Snake's personality, it probably practiced this because it didn't want to walk.
As the saying goes, amateurs watch the excitement, while experts watch the technique.
"No, how can this Little Green Worm fly?"
"Damn it, I must not be fully awake, I saw a flying Little Green Worm."
...This time, it was Instructor Zhuang, who had always shocked everyone, who was surprised, "This is... Elite-grade Insect Silk?"
"Are you telling me this is a Skill a high school senior's pet beast should have?"
Green Vine Snake's obsession with food wouldn't leave time for his surprise, constantly firing Insect Silk from above towards the ground.
The Mastered-grade Petrification could not completely withstand the Elite-grade Insect Silk's attack. The Stone Ape had no choice but to dodge.
It tried to interfere with Crushing Stone Throw, but found that Green Vine Snake's altitude was too high, and it couldn't be hit.
Earthquake Wave was even out of the question; sorry, air-to-ground combat just allowed for such sneaky tactics.
Just when Green Vine Snake thought it had a guaranteed win, it noticed that the Stone Ape was not flustered at all, still dodging and throwing stones.
But strangely, every time it was hit, it would pick up shattered stones. It had clearly hit it many times, but the opponent seemed unharmed.
Finally, Green Vine Snake's Energy Value was exhausted, and it was weak all over, so Li Wen summoned it back to the pet beast space.
Just as Instructor Zhuang thought it was over, Li Wen lit up a white summoning array again.
"It's not Entry-level Intermediate, so that's it, right?" Chen Ping thought Li Wen was unconvinced.
But Lu Chen knew, it was finally here.
Instructor Zhuang: No, am I really encountering a cunning old fox?