Beast Taming: Starting From Zero

Chapter 162:

Qiao Sang felt a bit wronged.

If she hadn’t initially thought that only one Baby Shell in the waterway was awake, she wouldn't have let Little Treasure make so many provocative moves.

But complaining was useless. Now that things had happened, she had to figure out how to deal with it.

Reasoning with them was out of the question.

Judging by how the Baby Shell and the Doppelgänger Puppet were chasing them relentlessly, it seemed they were furious.

If they caught up, they'd probably launch attacks immediately.

Qiao Sang couldn't help but wonder, how did a creature with such a bad temper become an NPC? How was it supposed to serve the public?

All it took was a little butt wiggle, a funny face, and some spit, was that really worth getting so upset about?

As she ran, Qiao Sang adjusted her breathing, her mind racing to calculate Little Treasure’s chances of defeating them.

The Baby Shell wasn’t much of a problem, just a beginner-level pet.

Little Treasure had both ghost-type and psychic-type attributes, making him superior in both speed and attack power.

In a one-on-one, it would have no trouble. But there was also the intermediate-level Doppelgänger Puppet to deal with.

The only reason why Yabao had managed to defeat an intermediate pets like before was because he had prior battle experience, and she had done tactical analysis on the opponent’s pet.

This time, things were different.

Little Treasure had never undergone any real battle training.

The only reason he had subdued the Ghost Lamp earlier was because the lamp had lost its core and couldn’t fight back, allowing Little Treasure to land a perfect hit.

Even so, when the weakened Ghost Lamp used Hypnosis, Little Treasure still slept for half the day.

If this were an official match, the referee would’ve already declared it a loss.

Now, in this battle, Little Treasure not only had to face the Baby Shell but also the Doppelgänger Puppet, neither of which she had analyzed beforehand.

At best, the chance of victory was only 10%.

That 10% was based on Little Treasure’s ability to teleport, allowing it to possibly evade attacks long enough for the enemies to exhaust their energy.

“What should we do now? I can’t run anymore!” Fang Sisi asked, her voice trembling.

“Where’s the entrance to the secret room for the third level?” Qiao Sang asked after thinking for a moment.

If they could reach the secret room for the third level and close the passage to the second, they might be able to escape.

“If the second level's script hasn’t changed, in about twenty minutes a Resentful Ghost Orb will appear from the sewer. It's the boss of this level, and you have to defeat it to open the door to the third level.” Fang Sisi said, panting.

A Resentful Ghost Orb, an intermediate pet...

Qiao Sang dismissed the plan in 0.001 seconds.

Not to mention how to defeat the Resentful Ghost Orb, just encountering it would lead to a long battle.

With the Resentful Ghost Orb in front and the Baby Shell and Doppelgänger Puppet chasing from behind, they'd be trapped on all sides without even knowing how they went down...

After running a few more steps, Fang Sisi gasped, “I can’t go on…”

“Why are you so weak?” Qiao Sang couldn’t help but ask.

Due to her recent training, where they ran every day at school, her stamina had greatly improved. Qiao Sang felt she could maintain this pace for another half hour.

Fang Sisi wept inwardly, cursing, "Whose fault is this?!"

Qiao Sang didn’t ponder for long.

Being beaten up by three pets was far worse than fighting two.

The pets working in the city all had trainers. Even if they were furious, they probably wouldn’t attack humans.

After analyzing the situation, Qiao Sang figured they might as well give it a shot. Worst case, she could always recall Little Treasure.

With that thought, Qiao Sang abruptly stopped, turned around, and, to Fang Sisi’s shock, shouted, “Little Treasure! Get ready to fight!”

“Xun!”

Little Treasure Ghost was stunned for a moment, then excitedly turned around.

Finally, a fight!

Fang Sisi, panting heavily, snapped back to reality. She swallowed hard to soothe her dry throat and quietly stepped back to reduce her presence.

She had to admit, Qiao Sang was brave. But Fang Sisi didn’t mind; she could use the time to recover her stamina and run again later...

Unlike in a competition, there were no rules or turn-based systems here, it was all up to the pets’ battle instincts.

The moment Little Treasure turned his head, a hand, still dripping red liquid, lunged towards him.

Little Treasure stood still, as if it had been paralyzed by fear.

But just as the hand was about to touch him, Little Treasure vanished and reappeared elsewhere.

The hand missed its target and, confused, turned back toward Little Treasure.

Little Treasure grinned provocatively and raised his middle finger.

The hand trembled.

Qiao Sang watched in silence. She swore she had never taught Little Treasure to make that gesture!

Not only the hand, but the other dismembered limbs also started trembling and crazily moved toward Little Treasure’s new position.

Little Treasure Ghost teleported again, dodging them.

The limbs, using too much force, collided and fell but quickly got back up, not dazed at all, and accurately pounced toward Little Treasure again, now five meters away.

At the same time, Baby Shell launched a Water Gun attack at Little Treasure.

Qiao Sang, observing the scene, fell into thought.

She had never studied the Doppelgänger Puppet, only knowing it was a ghost-type pet capable of separating its body parts to move.

But why did it seem like the limbs didn’t need to identify their target and always knew where Little Treasure was?

Qiao Sang frowned and thought for a moment before quickly realizing something.

Where was the Doppelgänger Puppet's head?

In the sewer.

Little Treasure continued teleporting, dodging attacks. He was becoming more and more excited with every dodge, not even counterattacking, as if he were playing a game.

At this point, Qiao Sang spoke up, “Take out the Baby Shell first.”

Little Treasure tilted his head.

Baby Shell? Who’s Baby Shell?

“It’s that water-type pet on the ground!” Qiao Sang quickly added when she saw Little Treasure hesitate.

“Xun!”

Little Treasure understood.

He vanished again, disappearing from his original spot. The limbs missed, splattering red liquid everywhere.

In the next second, Little Treasure appeared in front of the still-searching Baby Shell, stuck out his tongue, and gave the exposed head a fierce lick.

“Baby…”

Baby Shell shuddered violently.

Though the lick didn’t paralyze it, the saliva-coated tongue wiping over its head was enough to shatter its mental defenses.

Just as its vision refocused, it locked eyes with a pair of glowing purple ones.

“Baby…”

Baby Shell’s eyelids drooped uncontrollably.

Little Treasure smirked after casting Hypnosis and teleported five meters away.

In the spot where he had just stood, the Doppelgänger Puppet’s limbs appeared, ready to strike. If Little Treasure hadn’t teleported, the limbs would’ve hit it squarely.

But Little Treasure had dodged.

So, the limbs’ target became the nearby Baby Shell.

“Baby…”

Baby Shell, already weakened, took a heavy hit, closed its eyes, and collapsed.

Even after dealing with Baby Shell, Qiao Sang didn’t relax.

Baby Shell was just a water-type beginner pet, and Little Treasure, with his rare ghost and psychic attributes, should have no problem taking it out.

The real problem was still the Doppelgänger Puppet.