Beast Familiarity begins with inheritance

"Put the Qiankun Tournament aside for now. Let's all eat first. The top priority is to confirm the roster for tomorrow's game against Lishan Middle School."

After Zhou Mengran spoke, everyone started eating with chopsticks.

The next opponent in the top 16 of the team competition is Lishan Middle School.

There was a projector in the private room. Long Yifei connected the projector with a tablet and played a game video: "This is the video of Lishan Middle School's preliminaries and top 32 games recorded by Xueyi and me."

Each friendly match will actually have a special live recording, and Long Yifei and Sun Xueyi specially choose different angles from the live video to show more details.

Seeing how attentive the two of them were, Zhou Mengran smiled and nodded: "You two did a good job."

"It would be nice to be able to help."

"We can be considered as contributing to the team."

Long Yifei and Sun Xueyi were both happy to be able to help.

While everyone was eating, they watched several competition videos from Lishan Middle School and began to analyze them.

"Lishan Middle School's beast-control style focuses on strength training. The contracted beasts are basically fighting or normal types. I must have abandoned part of the speed training in daily training and only pursue high burst and high defense."

"In the preliminaries, Lishan Middle School played against Mingdong Middle School. The latter's beast-control style focused on speed. At the beginning, they also adopted the tactics of a war of attrition, but they lost in the end."

"Lishan Middle School's pet beast is thick-skinned and has high defense. It can make many mistakes, but Mingdong Middle School cannot. Once a flaw is exposed and Lishan Middle School catches it, it will be defeated in one blow."

"..."

"Which one of you wants to play?" Zhou Mengran looked around at everyone and prepared to decide on the list of players.

Pei Gang was the first to actively request to play: "Let me play. If we compete in strength, my armored dragon will not lose."

Lou Huayu raised his hand with the same expression of excitement: "Count me in!"

"The last candidate, let's go to Zihan." Zhou Mengran turned to look at Xia Zihan.

Among the remaining people, except for Gu Ling, Xia Zihan's mini-doll had the strongest explosive power in an instant.

As long as the mini doll successfully switches forms, its attack power will be greatly improved. There will be no need for defense at that time. Before then, it will be enough to defeat the opponent.

Moreover, ghost-type mini-dolls also have attribute advantages against fighting-type or normal-type pets.

"Okay, Teacher Zhou." Xia Zihan nodded.

"Then the list of the top 16 of tomorrow's team competition will be Pei Gang, Lou Huayu, and Xia Zihan."

After confirming the list of the top 16, Zhou Mengran did not forget to tell Gu Ling and Lu Jiuwen who were not participating: "Although you two are not in the team competition for the time being, you still have to prepare well for the top 16 individual competition the day after tomorrow."

Gu Ling and Lu Jiuwen nodded.

Wan Endong interjected: "The best record of Nanping No. 8 Middle School in the individual competition is the top 8. I hope you can all reach the top [-] the day after tomorrow."

"Director Wan, we will work hard."

"..."

After lunch, Gu Ling declined the invitation to go shopping with Huang Weiwei and other girls, returned to the hotel room, and released the naughty boy.

The naughty ghost used poison resources several times in a row, and now his whole body felt greener.

It's not a dull green, but more like some kind of flowing fluorescent green liquid, which is very conspicuous but also contains hidden dangers.

"Naughty devil, how do you feel?" Gu Ling asked.

The naughty ghost smiled and nodded, patting his belly with his chubby hand confidently: "Jie Jie~"

"It's time to use the ghost incense, please prepare it."

"Jie Jie~"

The naughty ghost took out the ghost incense burner and the special box directly from his stomach, and placed them on the hotel balcony.

Later, while tinkering with the ghost incense burner, the naughty ghost took out the ghost breath jelly from his stomach and swallowed it in one gulp.

Gu Ling first felt the movements of Xian Jiu in the beast space, and felt relieved when he saw that Xian Jiu was still meditating.

After the naughty guy got into the special box, Gu Ling closed the balcony door and went back to watch the game video.

……

The next day.

The fourth day of the friendly match.

——Friendly Match Schedule: Top 16 of Team Match

Gu Ling did not continue to stay in the hotel, but went to the central battle arena with others to watch the game.

Nanping No.[-] Middle School vs Wenshan Middle School
In the first game, Pei Gang came on the field. Apart from a slight injury to the Ankylosaurus midway, he still successfully won the first game.

But in the second game, the players from Wenshan Middle School actually let their pet beast suddenly self-destruct with the idea of ​​perishing together. Xiao Longshi was entangled with the opponent's pet beast and couldn't get away.

After the self-destruction, both pet beasts lost their fighting consciousness at the same time, and the second round ended in a draw.

"Sorry, I couldn't win..."

After coming off the field, Lou Huayu looked remorseful and lacked his usual high spirits.

Zhou Mengran expressed relief: "The opponents also want to win. Xiao Longshi's defense is not weaker than theirs. Wenshan Middle School doesn't want to admit defeat easily, so it can only use self-destruction, a method of self-destruction. If it is replaced by someone with low defense, If the little water leopard or little vine monster comes on the scene, they might win the game back if you're not careful."

He Siruo nodded at the side: "Yes, Xiao Longshi has done very well. You can take him to the medical room for treatment first."

"Ah."

Zhang Huizi summoned the Dilu Egg, and after giving Xiao Longshi a set of treatment, he asked Lou Huayu to take Xiao Longshi back to the pet space.

With Lou Huayu leaving, the intermission ended and the third game began.

Just when Xia Zihan was about to go on stage, Gu Ling saw the message Lu Jiuwen posted in the group:
[Gu Ling, come quickly to the battle site No. C. ]
Gu Ling turned to look at Dai Hao who was standing aside, and asked, "Over at the battle field C, is the match between Qingchuan No. [-] Middle School and Yulan Middle School, right?"

Because several team competitions were held at the same time, Gu Ling and others who did not have to play did not all stay here. Lu Jiuwen, Long Yifei and Sun Xueyi all went to other battle venues to watch the games. By the way Gather intelligence.

"Yes." Dai Hao nodded: "Since Xiaowen told us to hurry up, something must have happened over there."

Xia Zihan still needs to play a third game. Zhou Mengran, as the leading teacher, cannot leave. Pei Gang and Lou Huayu have already taken their pets to the medical room for treatment, and there is no way to go there.

"You guys go quickly, I'll stay and cheer for Zihan."

"Me too."

He Siruo and Huang Weiwei chose to stay.

Gu Ling nodded: "That's good."

Afterwards, Gu Ling and Dai Hao hurried to the battle site No. C.

When the two arrived at the battle site C, they subconsciously saw the score displayed on the big screen:

——Qingchuan No. [-] Middle School vs. Yulan Middle School
- 2:1
"Why are you still playing? Isn't it already over at 2:1?" Gu Ling quickly walked to Lu Jiuwen's side.

Moreover, Qingchuan No. [-] Middle School is clearly in the lead now, but everyone in Qingchuan No. [-] Middle School has a solemn look on their faces, and the atmosphere seems a bit depressing.

Lu Jiuwen explained: "What we are playing now is the Qiankun Game."

"The Qiankun Tournament? Was it started by Yulan Middle School?" Gu Ling looked shocked and turned to look at the pet beasts of both sides who had just started fighting on the C battle field.

The player from Qingchuan No. [-] Middle School was Cheng Zuoming, the captain of Qingchuan No. [-] Middle School. Gu Ling had read the information before and recognized this person.

But the contestant from Yulan Middle School was a very ugly girl with short hair.

At this time, it was almost a one-sided crushing situation on the battlefield, and the rhythm was completely dominated by the short-haired girls. "Who is that girl?" Gu Ling asked curiously.

Lu Jiuwen replied: "Bai Xiuwen, the captain of Yulan Middle School, and Cheng Zuoming, the captain of Qingchuan No. [-] Middle School, both of their pet beasts are warrior-level, one is a super-type skeleton nighthawk, and the other is a fire-type wind and fire pony. .”

Dai Hao on the other side stroked his glasses and his face was slightly condensed: "Qingchuan No. [-] Middle School has always been among the top four in friendly competitions. It is not surprising that captain Cheng Zuoming's contracted beast is a warrior-level beast, but Yulan Middle School also has a warrior-level beast. Pet beast..."

"If I remember correctly, Magnolia Middle School was a private school just established five years ago, right?"

at this time.

on the battlefield.

The Wind Fire Horse screamed in pain, and his body wanted to struggle, but was tightly controlled by the Skeleton Nighthawk's telepathy, stagnating in mid-air and unable to move.

boom!boom!
The Fenghuo Pony was randomly smashed to the ground, and then was controlled to float up, and then continued to be smashed to the ground... It was like a toy in the hands of a child, being smashed and tossed randomly.

Deep pits have been dug out one after another in the rocky site.

"……I surrender!"

Cheng Zuoming looked at his Fenghuoju with distress, clenching his fists tightly, but in the end he could only grit his teeth and say these three words.

So, the referee announced the result of the game.

"...The winner of the Universe Competition is Skeleton Nighthawk! Congratulations to Yulan Middle School for advancing to the top 8 of the team competition."

When Bai Xiuwen heard that the other party had admitted defeat, her eyes were cold and indifferent, showing a bit of ridicule: "Trash."

"you--"

Cheng Zuoming hurriedly ran into the battlefield and was about to check Feng Huoju's injuries when he heard these two words spoken by Bai Xiuwen and immediately glared.

But after Bai Xiuwen took the Skeleton Nighthawk back, he turned around and left without any hesitation.

Gu Ling, who watched the entire game in the audience, was filled with surprise.

Before the game started, no one expected that the favorite Qingchuan No. [-] Middle School would lose to the ordinary Yulan Middle School.

Gu Ling looked at Bai Xiuwen's leaving figure and thought to himself: "Bai Xiuwen, this person is quite strong..."

Cheng Zuoming from Qingchuan No. [-] Middle School is already strong enough.

Qingchuan No. [-] Middle School is famous for its military-style management and learning for all students. The school rules are extremely strict and the competition within the school is fierce. Cheng Zuoming, who can stand out from Qingchuan No. [-] Middle School and become the number one in his grade, is naturally not weak.

But now facing Bai Xiuwen from Yulan Middle School, Cheng Zuoming had no power to fight back.

It's not so much a battle, but more of Bai Xiuwen unilaterally teasing Cheng Zuoming.

……

noon.

Gu Ling and others gathered in the private room to have lunch, and also watched the live replay video of Qingchuan No. [-] Middle School vs. Yulan Middle School in the morning.

In the first official battle, apart from Bai Xiuwen's easy victory in the first game, Qingchuan No. [-] Middle School won the next two games steadily.

In the final Qiankun game, Bai Xiuwen came back on the field, but he didn't expect to beat the captain of Qingchuan No. [-] Middle School so badly again.

Moreover, the most uncomfortable part is that during the game, Bai Xiuwen deliberately commanded his pet beast to repeatedly torture the opponent's pet beast.

Even if the opponent's pet beast falls to the ground, he still attacks.

Huang Weiwei felt a little sorry for the scarred beasts in the video, and said angrily: "This person is too bad! He defeated his opponent and still played with his opponent's pet like this."

"That's right! It's so shameless. It's even lower than Gu Ling's." Lou Huayu nodded in agreement.

Gu Ling:?
"Wait...what does this have to do with me?" Gu Ling felt that he needed to clarify himself.

I always defeat my opponents in an upright manner, right?

However, Bai Xiuwen... did give Gu Ling a strange feeling.

The beast masters Gu Ling has come into contact with so far, although the battles were fierce, everyone could feel that they cared about their pet beasts.

And this Bai Xiuwen seemed to use his pet beast as a tool, with no trace of love for the game or his pet beast in his eyes.

Zhou Mengran turned off the playing video of the game: "Qingchuan No. [-] Middle School has reached the semi-finals with the worst results in the friendly matches in the past five years, including winning the championship once and runner-up once."

"And Yulan Middle School is a private school. It was just established in recent years. The captain of the Yulan School Team is named Bai Xiuwen. It was he who defeated the captain of the Qingchuan School Team, Cheng Zuoming, in the Qiankun Tournament."

Lou Huayu looked worried: "...Now that Yulan Middle School has defeated Qingchuan No. 8 Middle School, isn't our opponent in the top [-] the same as Yulan Middle School?"

"It's obvious." Dai Hao said.

Gu Ling turned to look at Zhou Mengran: "Teacher Zhou, do you have detailed information about Bai Xiuwen?"

Zhou Mengran shook his head regretfully: "The previous friendly matches at Yulan Middle School were all for those who came to run with us. We couldn't even compete in the qualifying rounds, so the school didn't collect a lot of information."

There is a game tomorrow morning, and it is too late to check Bai Xiuwen's information at the last minute.

Lu Jiuwen raised his eyes to look at the crowd and spoke slowly: "Bai Xiuwen is a special admissions student of Yulan Middle School. Yulan Middle School is a newly established private school. Its reputation is not as good as that of old public schools like Qingchuan No. [-] Middle School. She probably wants to be in To make a splash in the friendly match and gain popularity, even if you sacrifice the friendly match prize money, you still have to strive for a higher ranking."

While talking, Lu Jiuwen sent an information document to the competition group.

Lou Huayu patted Lu Jiuwen on the shoulder excitedly: "I almost forgot that your boy is a young master from a rich family! There are a lot of people at your disposal to find out what you want."

"Shut up and look at your information." Lu Jiuwen's voice was cold and he continued: "I didn't pay much attention to Bai Xiuwen before. I only focused on investigating the official player information of the top eight teams in previous years. The information I have at hand is not limited."

Gu Ling clicked into Bai Xiuwen's personal information. When he saw the first line, his eyes paused slightly.

Bai Xiuwen, a grade 15 special admissions student at Yulan Middle School, lost both her parents when she was 10 years old. She died in a pet animal riot in the wild...and was later adopted by her uncle's family...

The change in Bai Xiuwen's family happened very close to the time when Yulan Middle School was founded and started enrolling students. There was only about a year in between.

However, if a school can be built, it will take at least two or three years to build the building alone.

Looking at the several pages of information in the document, Lou Huayu exclaimed: "I'll go, you call this limited information? You can't even find out what Bai Xiuwen eats for three meals a day, right?"

Lu Jiuwen was silent for a moment: "I'm not as perverted as you."

After Zhou Mengran roughly read the information, he sighed softly: "It seems that Yulan Middle School discovered Bai Xiuwen's talent in beast control, and then specially recruited people. Not only did he help transfer the household registration, but also helped with tuition, food, and accommodation. Free of charge…”

"Wow, the school environment of Yulan Middle School is so beautiful."

"Yulan Middle School was founded by a wealthy businessman. He said it was to give back to his hometown, so naturally he had to make it beautiful."

"..."

Huang Weiwei and others were a little surprised when they saw the introduction of some high-end facilities in Yulan Middle School.

Zhou Mengran looked at everyone, with a hint of caution in his voice: "The overall strength of Yulan Middle School is not very good. The only one who stands out is Bai Xiuwen. I'm worried that even if we beat Yulan Middle School tomorrow, we will still start the Qiankun Tournament. .”

Then, Zhou Mengran looked at Gu Ling, who was a little dazed: "The captain must play in the Qiankun Tournament. Gu Ling, you have to be prepared next."

The captain of each team is the No. 1 grader in their respective school, and Nanping No. [-] Middle School is no exception. Gu Ling also holds the position of captain.

Now, Yulan Middle School's competition prize money has been divided into half, so naturally it doesn't care how many schools divide that half of the prize money.

Therefore, even if Gu Ling and the others win the quarterfinals, Yulan Middle School will most likely start the Qiankun Tournament again.

After all, Yulan Middle School is now barefoot and not afraid of wearing shoes.

But Nanping No. [-] Middle School cannot lose. If they lose, it will be Nanping No. [-] Middle School's turn to choose whether to start the Qiankun Competition. In the end, even if they win, their bonus will be deducted.

None of Gu Ling wanted to get to that point.