Seal

Night had already fallen. From a distance, Little Treasure had only been able to see the outline and changes in appearance. Now that it had floated closer, Qiao Sang noticed that the parts of its body that had always been gray had all turned grayish-black.

Qiao Sang froze for a moment. She had looked up pictures of Ghost Ring Kings before. Even after a Ghost Ring Spirit evolved into a Ghost Ring King, it was supposed to remain gray like its earlier forms...

So the surprise you mentioned was letting me watch a Ghost Ring Spirit evolve... Tang Yi fought back the urge to cough up blood as he looked at the still tiny Ghost Type Pet Beast before him.

He had seen dozens of General-level Pet Beasts in real life, and every one of them had possessed an imposing presence.

Even those under six meters tall had been obviously General-level at a glance, but the Ghost Ring King before him did not seem to have changed in aura at all.

If people did not know it was a General-level Pet Beast called a Ghost Ring King, they would probably believe it was an Advanced Pet Beast, or even an Intermediate Pet Beast.

At that moment, Liu Yao finally steeled himself and walked over. But after getting closer, he suddenly let out a soft sound of surprise.

"Your Ghost Ring King..."

Don't stop halfway through... Qiao Sang looked at the Vice Principal. "What's wrong with Ghost Ring King?"

Liu Yao fell silent for several seconds. "Let's go into the living room first. It's too dark here. It might be a lighting issue."

The moment she heard that, Qiao Sang understood that the Vice Principal was probably referring to Little Treasure's body color.

The three of them headed into the living room one after another.

"Xun Xun~"

Little Treasure eagerly floated in front of the full-length mirror, turning left and right as it admired its new appearance.

After looking for a while, it revealed a satisfied expression.

It looked better than in the pictures. It was just a little small, but that was not a problem. It could learn that Darkness Shadow skill that could make it bigger.

Under the lights, Little Treasure's body color became much clearer than before.

"It seems that after your Ghost Ring Spirit evolved into a Ghost Ring King, its Localized Variant Color has become a genuine variant color." Liu Yao looked at Little Treasure, which was studying itself in the mirror, and sighed.

Qiao Sang nodded. "I noticed it too."

A normal Ghost Ring King was gray and yellow. Previously, only Little Treasure's pupils, hair, and Ring had been golden yellow, distinguishing it from others of its species. Now, even its body color was completely different from its kind.

"Call Ghost Ring King over and let me take a look. I'll prepare some new Energy Meals afterward," Liu Yao said.

"Little Treasure." Qiao Sang waved.

"Xun Xun~" Little Treasure grinned and swiftly floated over.

Liu Yao took out some equipment and began examining it.

Little Treasure cooperatively held still.

Tang Yi watched from the side, opening his mouth several times with an expression that suggested he wanted to speak but hesitated.

"What do you want to say?" Qiao Sang noticed his expression and asked.

"Why was your Ghost Ring Spirit able to evolve so quickly?" Tang Yi finally could not hold back his question.

He did not understand. Under normal circumstances, it was already considered fast for an Advanced Pet Beast to evolve into a General-level Pet Beast within several years. Yet Qiao Sang's situation was simply too surreal. One Yan Qilu was not enough, and now there was a Ghost Ring King too. Both had evolved within a year.

It was even more absurd than a novel.

Hearing this, Liu Yao's hands paused. Then he pretended not to have heard and continued the examination, though his ears subtly pricked in their direction.

Qiao Sang coughed and organized her thoughts before saying,

"It happened like this. When I went to the Nineteenth District, I had originally planned to head straight to a hotel near Cortia Volcano, but on the subway..."

As Qiao Sang narrated the story, Tang Yi and Liu Yao's expressions went through a series of astonishment, disbelief, and realization.

"I didn't expect you to encounter something like that..." Tang Yi's expression was complicated.

He imagined himself in her place and felt that, let alone obtaining an Emotional Energy Collection Bottle, he probably would not even have made it out of the subway station with everyone intact...

Qiao Sang waved her hand. "It was a blessing in disguise."

Liu Yao said with some concern, "Since the Emotional Energy that person collected could directly fill the energy inside an Advanced Ghost Type Pet Beast, they definitely aren't ordinary. You need to be careful."

Tang Yi nodded in agreement.

Qiao Sang smiled. "I'm not who I was back then either. Ya Bao and Little Treasure have both evolved to General Rank now. Even if that person comes looking for me and is stronger than I imagined, don't I still have you, Vice Principal?"

Liu Yao was stunned for a moment, then said solemnly, "You're right."

After chatting for a bit, Tang Yi took out his phone and snapped a picture of Little Treasure. He stood up and said, "It's getting late. I'll head out first."

Qiao Sang looked at him.

"Stay here tonight. There are plenty of rooms."

There really did seem to be plenty... Tang Yi did not stand on ceremony and asked,

"Do you have blankets and things? I don't have a Pet Beast like Ghost Ring King that can carry this stuff around with me."

When he said the words "Ghost Ring King," his tone unconsciously turned sour.

Listen to that jealousy... Qiao Sang nodded. "Yes."

An hour later, Qiao Sang finished washing up and lay down.

"Xun Xun~"

Little Treasure floated over with a laptop in its paws and sweetly asked whether it could stay up all night playing tonight.

Your Darkness Shadow Control had already reached the peak of Ultimate Mastery, and you still wanted to stay up all night playing on the computer? Qiao Sang put on a stern face, ready to lecture it, but then she suddenly thought of something. Her expression softened, and she smiled.

"You can, but tonight you can only use Psychic Power to play on the computer. Same as last night—recast it every minute."

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Little Treasure's Psychic Power had also reached Ultimate Mastery, but it had yet to reach the peak. If it worked as diligently as it had last night without slacking off, it would probably reach the peak within a day or two.

"Xun Xun!"

Upon hearing that, Little Treasure happily hugged the laptop and floated in a circle.

Inside the water tank in the room, Luobao stared gloomily at the circling Little Treasure.

It could not understand...

It truly could not understand...

Why could a lazy guy like Little Treasure evolve so quickly...

Qiao Sang did not know what Luobao was thinking. She closed her eyes, and her consciousness entered the Pet Beast Codex.

The pages turned, quickly flipping to Little Treasure's page.

Name: Ghost Ring King

Attributes: Ghost Type, Psychic Type

Level: General Rank (200000/1000000)+

Traits: First Trait: Receive

Level: A (7967/10000), Status: Extremely Useful, Description: (Can use its Ring to store all physical objects. Current internal capacity: 200 cubic meters.)

Second Trait: Penetration

Level: A (6765/10000), Status: Extremely Useful, Description: (Can penetrate the opponent's Barrier or Substitute to attack.)

Third Trait: Super Perception

Level: C (11/1000), Status: Usable, Description: (In doubles battles, can read allies' attacks and evade damage from their moves.)

Fourth Trait: Cursed Art Body

Level: C (3/1000), Status: Usable, Description: (When attacked, has a 30% chance of causing the target to enter the Immobilization Spell State.)

Fifth Trait: Oppressive Aura

Level: C (1/1000), Status: Usable, Description: (Creates an Oppressive Aura for opponents, making them feel Overlord Aura.)

Hidden Trait: Cursed Body

Level: B (62/2000), Status: Useful, Description: (When attacked, has a 30% chance of causing the opponent to enter an immobilized state.)

Skills: Tongue Lick (Proficient 273/500)+, Hypnosis (Ultimate Mastery 17860/20000)+, Dream Eating (Initiation 17/100)+, Barrier (Minor Accomplishment 1432/2000)+, Psychic Power (Ultimate Mastery 13007/20000)+, Teleport (Ultimate Mastery 20000/20000) max, Darkness Shadow Control (Ultimate Mastery 20000/20000) max, Ghost Fire (Ultimate Mastery 12254/20000)+, Substitute (Perfected 7867/10000)+, Taunt (Major Completion 2232/5000)+, Brick Break (Major Completion 4022/5000)+, Shadow Ball (Perfected 6596/10000)+, Illusion Beam (Minor Accomplishment 1076/2000), Light Wall (Proficient 390/500)+, Space Movement (Ultimate Mastery 12301/20000)+, Psychic Headbutt (Minor Accomplishment 1012/2000)+, Astonish (Initiation 34/100)+, Misfortune Curse (Initiation 11/100)+, Trick (Initiation 1/100)+, Darkness Shadow (Initiation 1/100)+, Seal (Initiation 1/100)+

Points: 23511

Oppressive Aura?

Qiao Sang stared blankly at Little Treasure's newest trait. With that tiny body, it could awaken a trait like this?

She knew a little about Oppressive Aura. It generally appeared in the kings of the same species.

Normally, among groups of the same species, there was always one leader-like individual. The so-called Overlord Aura manifested in such leaders.

It could also appear in rare Pet Beasts that were high-level and large in size.

Ya Bao had not gained this trait even after evolving into Yan Qilu, yet Little Treasure had... Qiao Sang recalled Little Treasure's post-evolution appearance and fell silent for a long while.

Sure enough, Pet Beast traits were a profound field of study...

Her gaze moved downward and settled on the three newly appeared skills at the bottom.

Trick, a High-Level Skill of the Psychic Type. It could seize an opening and exchange the held items of the user and opponent. Once trained to a later stage, it could succeed even if one side was not holding an item, transferring the held item... Information about the skill flashed through Qiao Sang's mind, and she fell into thought.

A High-Level Skill of the Psychic Type sounded impressive, but unfortunately, the competitions she wanted to enter in the future did not allow Pet Beasts to use items. This skill would not see much use... As Qiao Sang thought, she looked at the next skill.

When she saw the words "Darkness Shadow," the corner of her mouth could not help twitching.

She now seriously suspected that Little Treasure had kept thinking about this skill during the early stages of evolution, which was why it had awakened Darkness Shadow upon evolving...

Really, not a single practical one... Qiao Sang grumbled inwardly and looked at the final skill.

Seal? Qiao Sang was first stunned, then overjoyed.

At last, a useful skill had appeared!

Seal was a High-Level Skill of the Psychic Type. If an opponent had the same move as the user, using this move could prevent the opponent from using any move identical to one the user had learned.

In other words, whenever it encountered Ghost Type or Psychic Type opponents in the future, they would mostly be crippled!

Especially Psychic Type Pet Beasts!

Qiao Sang could not help imagining it in her mind.

Little Treasure knew Teleport, the most common move among Psychic Type Pet Beasts. If it faced a Psychic Type Pet Beast and used Seal first, the opponent would be unable to use Teleport for a short time.

A Psychic Type Pet Beast that could not Teleport—heh!

Qiao Sang's consciousness returned to reality. She closed her eyes and happily began drifting toward sleep.

Before long, she fell asleep.

Have you noticed that my word count has been a little higher these past two days?