297: Meet to watch the game

“jiling stone can absorb the Mental Power of a Beastmaster, but it has no effect on pet beasts.

Don't underestimate this small piece; it can silently drain the Mental Power of a quasi-Lord-level Beastmaster in a few minutes. Only higher-level ones can perceive the loss of Mental Power.

So Duan Yao and them—”

Coach Huo understood why Duan Yao and the others were so flustered on the field, and his brows furrowed.

“But why weren’t the Lüfei Country players affected?”

Gu Xiaoyue couldn't help but feel suspicious. The ruins could drain her Mental Power even through her Yu Beast Space, yet Mo Zibai and the others were unaffected.

Coach Huo held up the necklace to the light, examining it up and down for a while before slowly speaking.

“It seems to have used a coated material with a restriction. Users can designate allies who are unaffected by the jiling stone. Dragon Country also—”

Gu Xiaoyue’s eyes lit up. Could it be that Dragon Country was also researching this coating?

Coach Huo realized he had let something slip and immediately shoved the jiling stone necklace back into Gu Xiaoyue’s hand.

“Keep it safe. I’ll pretend I don’t know anything!”

“Coach, wait! I’m going to hand this over to the National Team!”

According to Coach Huo, ordinary Beastmasters wouldn't specifically seek out jiling stones, unless they were top Lord-level and had a high enough bond with their pet beast to send it remotely to find one.

Otherwise, it would be like throwing a meat bun to a dog—it would go and never return.

If one were truly unlucky enough to encounter one, then after years of accumulation, that place would be a nightmare for Beastmasters, and novice Beastmasters would naturally avoid it at all costs.

Although humanity's greatest enemy in this world is fierce beasts, it's hard to guarantee that major powers don't have ambitions to annex smaller nations.

Hot weapons can only deal with ordinary people and have little effect on pet beasts.

One could even say—

He who obtains the jiling stone obtains the world!

Lüfei Country having this must mean a major power behind them is using them as experimental subjects.

Using a jiling stone in the World Championships is definitely against the rules.

Even if they knew it was the doing of a Dragon Country player, they couldn't openly pursue it.

Moreover, Gu Xiaoyue had Xiao Hei operate invisibly, leaving no evidence whatsoever.

“Your awareness is quite high! Just tell me directly what you want!”

Coach Huo looked at Gu Xiaoyue with a hint of helplessness. He knew this girl's personality too well.

If she was willing to hand this over, what she wanted was probably something he couldn't afford!

“Hehe, Coach is truly discerning. To be honest with you—

I also obtained a jiling stone in a certain secret realm. If we can also develop this coating, I’d like to buy some.”

Coach Huo closed his eyes and rubbed his temples.

Regarding jiling stones, they were quite confidential in Dragon Country. If he hadn't served as a National Team coach for over thirty years, he might not have known about them.

Seeing the real thing today made him a bit excited, and he ended up letting it slip.

If this girl really obtained a jiling stone, not to mention her extraordinary fortune, it should be smaller than the one embedded in this necklace.

Otherwise, how could she stand safely before him and still participate in various competitions?

“I can’t directly agree to this matter. It needs to go through confidential channels for approval.

You’ll have to wait a while. I’ll inform you when there’s news!”

Coach Huo spoke too officially, and Gu Xiaoyue’s face fell for a moment.

She sighed lightly, nodded silently, and bid farewell.

It seemed she would still be tormented by the ruins for some time.

The system had previously said that because of the original owner's Mental Power outburst, she could have three months of peace, but she always felt uneasy.

With her Mental Power, she would be drained to the point of fainting every three to five days. Was the original owner also very talented?

Was it just that she happened to occupy the body? Otherwise, even with twelve full attributes, would she have shown remarkable performance?

Gu Xiaoyue sighed lightly, not dwelling on it with further internal conflict, as those were all hypotheticals and 'what ifs'.

She wasn't unable to give up control of the body, and the original owner couldn't control her pet beasts, so she could only take it one step at a time.

The next day, Duan Yao, who had been lying in the medical room for a day, returned to the dormitory, still feeling a bit weak.

“Xiao Yue, let’s go eat later. I need to eat more to replenish my Mental Power and physical strength!

I drank your juice. That taste—”

Duan Yao’s features crumpled together, suppressing the urge to gag whenever she recalled that taste.

“But the effect of restoring Mental Power was quite good, thank you! I accidentally fell into their trap!”

“Even a lion uses its full strength to fight a rabbit; you should be more careful.

The world is vast, and there are always people beyond people. Don't forget how we were kidnapped by the Xiao Family before.

Even now, if it were that same person, I still couldn't guarantee getting out unscathed.”

Gu Xiaoyue didn't tell her about the jiling stone. Duan Yao just assumed she had been ambushed by the Lüfei Country people.

Mentioning the past kidnapping, Duan Yao also felt a chill.

That was the closest she had come to death, but her personality was flamboyant, and it was not easy to change it quickly.

“Tonight, Duan Zhuochen has a space-attribute match. Let’s go watch it together.”

“But Chu Li and the senior’s dark-attribute match is just a few minutes later, and the two stadiums are quite far apart—”

Gu Xiaoyue opened her brain to check the schedule.

If Duan Zhuochen's match and Chu Li's match clashed, she would give up on the former.

After all, they weren't in the same competition group, and it wouldn't help her understand the strength of other players.

Moreover, the Duan Family's trump card against Bran Country should be a foregone conclusion.

Perhaps it was because they were both from the Duan Family, and there was also the family head's hope for them to marry, that Duan Yao paid more attention to Duan Zhuochen.

“It’s fine, Brother Zhuochen’s match should end quickly. I also want to see what a space-attribute battle is like.”

Duan Yao didn't have a space attribute, and coincidentally, this World Championships had individual attribute matches.

Space attributes mostly appeared as auxiliary skills, such as hidden spaces, teleportation, and the like.

Normally, there wouldn't be such a good opportunity to see a pure space-attribute battle.

Gu Xiaoyue pondered for two seconds. She had indeed overlooked this point.

She had seen Candle Dragon's attributes, and its time control skill had reached a perfect level.

Her understanding of this skill was that it could pause time or control the flow of time.

But how could this skill alone be effective in battle?

“Then do you know what Duan Zhuochen’s pet beast’s space skill is?”

Gu Xiaoyue guessed that Duan Yao didn't know, but she wanted to try asking, both to subtly get information from her and not to expose what she knew.

Duan Yao pouted, shook her head, a look of helplessness and unwillingness on her face.

“The Duan Family’s secrecy is good. Brother Zhuochen’s pet beast is God Rank. I don’t even know what it is, only that it’s already Lord-level.

So I definitely don’t know its space skill, which is why I absolutely have to go see it!”

“You’re right! I also have a space-attribute match, so it’s good to see more of it!”