Chapter 62: Arena Competition Auditions!
Flower Shirt, not far away, saw Ge Bai lecturing her own Pet Beast and came over eagerly like he was climbing a pole.
“Coach Ge, you can’t just talk about your own Pet Beast. Give some feedback on our You Hu too.”
It had to be said that Flower Shirt’s shameless look was really a bit embarrassing to watch.
Ge Bai was somewhat speechless. She didn’t know to what extent other coaches critiqued Sparring Partners, whether it was appropriate to say too much or too little.
Seeing Ge Bai hesitate, Flower Shirt quickly said, “No problem, no problem. Say whatever you want, don’t hold back.”
“You’re sure? Then I’ll really say it.”
Ge Bai thought about it and decided to tell the truth.
“Mm-hmm.” Flower Shirt not only looked at Ge Bai expectantly but also dragged over You Hu who was lying nearby.
“Training volume is too low, progression is too slow, not enough pressure. Time to train hard.”
Indeed, this kind of feeding moves as a Sparring Partner was far inferior to Sparring with wins and losses, and risk of injury.
“Meow!”
You Hu perked up immediately and whined in dissatisfaction. He knew very well that coming to the Martial Arts School for Sparring was different from 1v1 Sparring!
Hearing Ge Bai say this, Flower Shirt wilted a bit and sighed.
“Sigh, I know too. It was already very difficult to persuade You Hu to come to the Martial Arts School for Sparring.”
Heaven knows how much effort he put into coaxing You Hu.
Persuading You Hu for even one 1v1 was hard, let alone one after another all day long.
Seeing this, Ge Bai didn’t persuade him. Each has their own fate. Fortunately, her own didn’t require such worry.
She shrugged, called Big Willow and Thousand Generations to prepare. Flower Shirt also called You Hu back to the starting position, and they continued Sparring. Better than not training at all.
As soon as Ge Bai finished speaking, Big Willow and Thousand Generations clearly put in more effort.
The most eye-catching highlight of every round was always Thousand Generations Sword after Spatial Teleportation and Big Willow’s response.
Although not slacking on You Hu, in the Sparring of the three Pet Beasts, he surprisingly seemed like just a filler.
As soon as two hours were up, You Hu was more excited than anyone, ignoring his Beast Tamer, rushing straight out of the Training Ground, standing at the doorway whining for Flower Shirt to hurry.
Ge Bai shook her head helplessly. This Lynx that couldn’t be helped was just lying flat.
The intellectual beauty Beast Tamer Zhou Er and her Little Sunflower Cockatoo had arrived early. While waiting outside the Training Room for Ge Bai, they watched a few rounds of You Hu’s Sparring.
As soon as this side ended, Zhou Er brought Hua E in.
“I just saw your Weeping Ancient Willow and this Orchid doing Sparring Partner for the Lynx. Does it cost extra? We want to switch to this mode too.”
Ge Bai was naturally happy to agree to Zhou Er’s request.
“No extra charge, same as the original agreement. Mainly my Thousand Generations Spring Sword Orchid wants to join in the fun.”
Zhou Er pushed up her gold-rimmed glasses. “I have one small request. Please communicate with Thousand Generations Spring Sword Orchid to use random Teleportation Skills, not teleporting all the Space Distortion Skills that can erupt onto the Weeping Ancient Willow.”
Ge Bai was surprised. She remembered this Hua E didn’t like training either.
But she still carefully explained Thousand Generations Orchid’s Thousand Generations Sword to Zhou Er. “If hit, the injury won’t be light.”
Zhou Er nodded affirmatively and casually stroked Hua E’s head. Hua E also let out a soft cry in response.
“Ying ka!”
“No problem. I’ve talked it over with Hua E. It’s convenient to book a Healer in Yun He Martial Arts School. We can afford such injuries.”
“Pressure leads to faster progress.”
Since it was made clear beforehand, that’s how they’d do it.
Ge Bai summoned Little Peach.
Three Pet Beasts—no, four Pet Beasts—were having a great time training in the Training Ground.
Hu Ming from Yun He Martial Arts School heard that Ge Bai’s client had booked a Healer and came over uneasily to check.
Ge Bai happened to call him over.
“Does Yun He Martial Arts School have Pet Beasts that just entered Transcendence Realm—um, just reached First Order—for Sparring Partners?” Ge Bai actually preferred the new level terminology for Pet Beasts, but considering the Alliance hadn’t announced it yet, she changed her wording.
Hu Ming was a bit surprised. “Must it be Pet Beasts that just reached First Order? For Big Willow as Sparring Partner? The level might be a bit high. First Order and Zero Order are completely different.”
Ge Bai nodded. She hadn’t forgotten the System Task: Defeat or repel 10 First Order Pet Beasts. Her completion was still zero.
Only 13 days left.
If this task was still quite difficult for Big Willow and Little Peach before, now with Thousand Generations added, it wasn’t so unattainable.
Hu Ming furrowed his brows and thought hard for a while.
“From what I remember, the Martial Arts School has registered First Order Beginner Pet Beasts for Sparring Partners. Specific levels, attributes, need to check properly. Wait a moment.”
Saying that, Hu Ming immediately turned and went back to the Front Desk. Soon he brought Ge Bai a Form.
It listed info on two Pet Beasts.
One was the Green Shell Water Arrow Turtle she saw on her first day at Yun He Martial Arts School, Transcendence Realm level 3, main Attack Skills: Water Arrow, Turtle Shell spin. Note: Excellent Defense Power.
The second was Frost Spirit, Transcendence Realm level 4, main Attack Skills: Blizzard, cold rain. Note: Excellent agility.
Not many choices. Actually, Ge Bai wasn’t particularly satisfied with either opponent.
Green Shell Water Arrow Turtle’s shell was too thick, and it wasn’t used to active attacks.
Frost Spirit’s note said excellent agility, but actually after releasing skills, it entered a semi-invisible state, hard to catch.
Though manageable, if she could pick Sparring Partners, Ge Bai still wanted to select a more suitable Advanced Level opponent for Big Willow and the others.
“The Martial Arts School currently only has these two Pet Beasts that meet your needs.” Hu Ming saw Ge Bai frowning and felt helpless too.
“Ge Bai, what are you looking at?”
At this time, Xiao La Jiao’s clear voice came.
Ge Bai looked up and saw Ran Cai Jiao, dressed in fiery red, bouncing over toward them.
She patted Hu Ming’s shoulder, then squeezed next to Ge Bai, stretching her head to peek at the paper in Ge Bai’s hand.
“Picking Sparring opponents? First Order? It’s only been a few days, and Big Willow already needs First Order Sparring Partners?” Ran Cai Jiao recognized this as Yun He Martial Arts School’s standard Sparring Pet Beast info form, immediately guessed what Ge Bai wanted, and exclaimed in surprise.
Ge Bai didn’t explain in detail, brushing it off: “Contracted a new Pet Beast, want to train coordination among a few Pet Beasts. Challenging First Order Beginner is about right.”
Hearing Ge Bai’s explanation, Ran Cai Jiao nodded. That made more sense.
“The Martial Arts School has few First Order Beginner Pet Beasts. If you want Battle, I know a place that might suit you.”
“Where?”
Ge Bai’s eyes lit up.
Ran Cai Jiao didn’t keep her in suspense. “City Arena Competition Preliminary has already started. Didn’t you know?”
District Arena Competition Preliminary?
Ge Bai was completely baffled. She really didn’t know.
Ran Cai Jiao continued, “Oops, I forgot you wouldn’t know. Several high schools in Jinggang City stipulate that students achieving certain results in the annual Arena Competition Preliminary get extra points on final exams, so quite a few high schoolers join the Preliminary, mostly First Order Beginner.”
“How to register? What format?”
Ge Bai was very interested.
