Shared skills

Gu Xiaoyue was a bit confused, "What is this?"

Ye Wanrou beamed, "The National Competition needs an audience, and our school has fifty spots. I was selected by lottery, hahaha!"

Gu Xiaoyue hadn't known about the audience requirement before. With over a hundred institutions of higher learning, wouldn't Huaqing have to prepare resting places for seventy or eighty thousand students?

It truly lived up to its reputation as the number one institution in the Dragon Kingdom!

While she was still marveling at Huaqing's formidable strength, her brain received a message from Manager Qin of Hualian Shopping Mall.

The gist of it was that for the National Competition, Hualian wanted her and Chu Li to attend commercial promotional events.

Gu Xiaoyue understood immediately. As the host, Huaqing definitely needed to attract some investment; otherwise, the expenses for seventy or eighty thousand people for this National Competition would certainly not be a small sum.

Ye Wanrou continued, "I was selected by lottery, but Chen Yixuan isn't as lucky as me."

Gu Xiaoyue cast an inquisitive look at her. She felt that Chen Yixuan wouldn't let Ye Wanrou go to Huaqing to be an audience member by herself.

"He spent 3 million star coins to buy a spot from a senior student."

Ye Wanrou pouted, seemingly heartbroken over those 3 million star coins.

"I'm so happy that both of you can come to watch Chu Li and me compete!"

With that one sentence from Gu Xiaoyue, Ye Wanrou immediately felt that the 3 million spent was absolutely worth it!

"Yes, yes, Chen Yixuan and I will cheer for you! Go! Go!"

In front of Gu Xiaoyue, Ye Wanrou started performing a cheerleading dance.

The two girls dissolved into laughter again.

For a while after that, Shui Lingyu kept coming to find Gu Xiaoyue whenever he had free time to practice his summoning skill, and he would transfer 1 million star coins to her per hour.

Sometimes Chu Li would cause trouble for Shui Lingyu, mooching off his training time.

Or, after the team training, he would act all aggrieved and beg Gu Xiaoyue to train with him too.

Days passed by just like that, and the day for the release of the seventh Freshman Ranking was approaching.

That morning, Gu Xiaoyue was surprised to discover that Xiao Qi's Thunderbolt Spell and Xiao Hei's Stealth had both reached the Mastery level!

She called Chu Li to say she needed to take a day off and wouldn't be participating in team training today.

To her surprise, not only did Chu Li agree to let her skip training, but he also said the whole team was taking the day off to help everyone relax.

Excitedly, Gu Xiaoyue drew the curtains, enclosing herself in her own little world.

She took two heavenly crafting stones out of her Yu Beast Space, calmed her mind, and slowly entered an absorption state.

heavenly crafting stones allowed a Beastmaster to share skills that their pet beasts had already mastered.

Gu Xiaoyue chose to share Xiao Hei's Stealth skill first.

The energy generated by the heavenly crafting stone in her hand wrapped around Gu Xiaoyue in wisps, and her body gradually began to turn transparent.

After more than two hours, all the energy from one heavenly crafting stone had been fully activated.

The rays of energy surrounding Gu Xiaoyue suddenly burst like tiny fireworks and scattered onto her body.

Gu Xiaoyue's body also vanished instantly!

Success!

Not only was her body hidden, but her presence was also completely submerged into the surrounding environment.

Gu Xiaoyue wiped the light sweat from her forehead with her hand and picked up the other heavenly crafting stone.

Strike while the iron is hot!

Share Xiao Qi's Thunderbolt Spell as well!

If someone had been next to Gu Xiaoyue, they would have seen a heavenly crafting stone fly up into the air out of nowhere and then gradually turn into wisps of energy light.

The process of sharing the Lightning Strike was easier than Stealth, perhaps because Stealth was a special skill.

In less than two hours, Gu Xiaoyue had finished absorbing the energy from the second heavenly crafting stone.

She could now use both the Stealth and Thunderbolt Spell skills at any time.

She had already tested Stealth earlier, and now Gu Xiaoyue wanted to test the power of the Thunderbolt Spell.

She hadn't had a drop of water since morning, so Gu Xiaoyue grabbed a quick bite to eat before going to find Director Ding XinYu.

She wanted to ask Head Teacher Ding to arrange the beast simulator for her.

Director Ding XinYu arranged it for her without a word.

However, when she found out that Gu Xiaoyue wanted to battle a mid-stage Mature Tier 2 beast, she was taken aback!

Gu Xiaoyue had not disclosed to the school that she had already passed the Intermediate Beastmaster assessment.

Head Teacher Ding set up the simulator, and after she was transported inside, a Dark Twin-Headed Mastiff spawned five seconds later.

The Twin-Headed Mastiff spotted Gu Xiaoyue, drooling and baring its fangs as it charged towards her.

With a thought, Gu Xiaoyue activated the Stealth skill and vanished right in front of the Dark Twin-Headed Mastiff.

The sudden disappearance of its prey startled it, and it spun around in confusion, searching for Gu Xiaoyue's figure.

Gu Xiaoyue attempted to activate the Thunderbolt Spell while in the Stealth state.

After a one-second delay, a bolt of thunder appeared out of thin air directly above the Twin-Headed Mastiff and struck it cleanly.

Xiao Qi's Thunderbolt Spell had a paralysis effect; the Dark Twin-Headed Mastiff's body was paralyzed for over a second before it started howling.

Gu Xiaoyue had indeed controlled her strength just now and did not use maximum damage output.

However, the power of the Thunderbolt Spell she unleashed seemed to be inferior to Xiao Qi's.

Furthermore, when using the Thunderbolt Spell while under the Stealth skill, she would unsurprisingly reveal her form.

Gu Xiaoyue used Stealth once again.

Seeing that she had disappeared again and unable to sense her presence, the Twin-Headed Mastiff became even more agitated.

Holding her twin swords, Gu Xiaoyue slowly approached the Dark Twin-Headed Mastiff. Just as she was about to reach it, she leaped and took advantage of the momentum to slash her twin swords across the Mastiff's neck.

The Twin-Headed Mastiff was clearly in pain; a shallow wound had been cut into its neck. It jumped and turned around, but there was still no one around it.

It panted in anger and howled at the sky, but it was completely helpless.

Using the twin swords to attack did not reveal her form, and her body, which had been strengthened six times, could definitely inflict damage on a Mature Tier 2 beast.

Back then, her body, which had been strengthened five times, couldn't even scratch a Mature Tier 1 Emperor Scorpion.

It wasn't just due to the body strengthening; it might also have had to do with the beast's own defensive strength.

Gu Xiaoyue didn't overthink it and unleashed her full firepower, using the Thunderbolt Spell on the Dark Twin-Headed Mastiff.

This output directly stunned the Dark Twin-Headed Mastiff!

Gu Xiaoyue was very satisfied with this skill test and pressed the remote control to teleport out.

Just as she stood steady, she received a call from Ye Wanrou, inviting her to a big meal that evening.

Gu Xiaoyue had been wondering where she had gone to play; it turned out she was just tired from shopping and was ready to have a big meal.

Following the address Ye Wanrou gave her, she arrived at the restaurant's private room.

As soon as Gu Xiaoyue entered, Ye Wanrou and Chen Yixuan each showered her with a handful of flower petals.

Chu Li and Shui Lingyu held bubble machines, creating many colorful bubbles, while the balloons, banners, and silk flowers decorating the room made it feel both childlike and somewhat romantic.

Looking at the large cake on the table in the center of the room, Gu Xiaoyue asked in surprise, "Whose birthday is it today?"