Desert Tail Fox

"Do you need something?" Qiao Sang had no choice but to stop and ask.

"If you hadn't wasted so much time, I wouldn't have come here for nothing today," the girl complained.

Qiao Sang frowned slightly. "I remember you weren't there when they called your number."

The girl became animated. "If you hadn't gone over so quickly, I would've been the last one to get processed! Do you know you only sat down for two seconds before I got there?!"

Qiao Sang was speechless.

Was something wrong with this kid's brain?

Qiao Sang went around her and prepared to leave. Though she was fifteen now, she was an adult on the inside. The girl before her wore a high school uniform and was still just a child in her eyes.

What was the point of winning an argument with a brat like this?

Yet before she had taken two steps, the girl hurried in front of Qiao Sang again and blocked her path. "Why are you leaving?"

Qiao Sang looked at her blandly. "Do you want to fight?"

If something could be settled with fists, there was absolutely no need to use words.

Arguing with a brat was meaningless, but giving one a beating still had its merits.

"What?" This time, the girl was dumbfounded.

"If we're fighting, go outside. If not, move aside." Qiao Sang had slightly upturned phoenix eyes. Usually, they merely made her look pretty when she was amiable, but when she stared at someone without a trace of a smile, they could be quite intimidating.

The girl froze for a few seconds. She looked over Qiao Sang's school uniform twice, then glanced at Fire Fang Dog and Fat Domestic Pigeon before gritting her teeth. "Fine, let's fight!"

The two went to an open area behind the Hanggang Beast Taming Center. The space was neither particularly large nor small, and scattered around it were people training with their pet beasts.

Qiao Sang looked around in surprise. "Is it really okay here? Shouldn't we find somewhere without people?"

The corner of the girl's mouth curled into a mocking smile. "What? Are you scared?"

Qiao Sang raised an eyebrow. "I was worried you'd lose face. Since you want to do it here, then here it is."

"Come on!" The girl stepped to the side with her right foot.

Seeing that the girl had assumed a stance, Qiao Sang set Fire Fang Dog down beside her.

The girl raised both hands. Before she could form a Hand Seal, a leg swept toward her face. Instinctively, she hugged her head and crouched to the ground.

A gust of wind passed over her head.

"What are you doing?!" Xu Linglan broke out in a cold sweat.

She quickly stood and backed away two steps, her face still pale with fright. She could hardly believe that this girl, who looked younger than her, had actually tried to kick her directly—and at the head, no less!

With the force behind that kick, she'd have gotten a concussion if it had landed on her head!

That was way too vicious!

Qiao Sang looked utterly innocent. "Didn't you say you wanted to fight?"

Who the hell meant that kind of fight?!

Xu Linglan was beyond speechless. She felt Qiao Sang had done it on purpose, but she had no proof.

"When Beast Tamers fight, they use pet beasts. Have you ever seen a Beast Tamer fight with their own hands?!" Xu Linglan shouted at Qiao Sang.

Qiao Sang paused before saying, "I'm not a Beast Tamer yet."

Xu Linglan: "..."

That was true; she had heard it earlier.

But that was only an official certification. You'd already contracted a pet beast, so how could you say you weren't one?

Without another word, Xu Linglan formed a Hand Seal. A white star array abruptly lit up on the ground, and a white figure appeared within it.

Seeing her own pet beast, Xu Linglan felt reassured. "I'm a Beast Tamer, so naturally I'll fight like one. Are you too afraid to use your pet beast against me?"

The vicious girl across from her was clearly a novice Beast Tamer. Fat Domestic Pigeon was an Intermediate Pet Beast, so it couldn't possibly be hers. That Fire Fang Dog, which didn't even look fully grown, was likely the pet beast she had contracted.

Her White Sand Fox had evolved into a Desert Tail Fox yesterday.

What could this girl possibly use against her?

Desert Tail Fox, the evolved form of White Sand Fox, had an exceptionally gentle temperament. Unlike the White Sand Fox's merely beautiful tail, a Desert Tail Fox's tail grew to over two meters after evolution—five times the length of its body—and was also the source of its power.

Qiao Sang looked at the white Extraordinary Creature with amber eyes, and information about it automatically surfaced in her mind. After all, she had only researched it yesterday.

The Desert Tail Fox before her was an Intermediate Pet Beast, while Fire Fang Dog was less than a month old and had only just been contracted. It had barely undergone any training.

It couldn't win.

Qiao Sang had already reached her conclusion.

Since the difference in strength was so great, she wouldn't send Fire Fang Dog out just to take a one-sided beating.

"Fat Domestic Pigeon, you go." Qiao Sang turned to the Fat Domestic Pigeon that had been quietly standing beside her.

"Coo."

Fat Domestic Pigeon shook its wings without refusing and walked straight up to Desert Tail Fox.

Xu Linglan sneered. "That's not your pet beast, is it?"

Qiao Sang nodded without refuting her.

"Hmph, Fat Domestic Pigeon it is, then. I'll still win." Xu Linglan did not stop her.

Commanding someone else's pet beast was fundamentally different from commanding one you had raised yourself; their coordination would never be the same. Though both were Intermediate Pet Beasts, Xu Linglan did not think she would lose.

"Desert Tail Fox, Quicksand!" Xu Linglan decided to strike first and gave the order directly.

"Desert."

Desert Tail Fox lifted its head and cried out. Its tail, over two meters long, swayed once as an earthy glow gradually appeared around it.

"Fat Domestic Pigeon, fly up." Qiao Sang remained calm.

Fat Domestic Pigeon spread its wings and was just about to take off when a red figure shot toward the other side, slamming straight into Desert Tail Fox and forcibly interrupting the Quicksand it had yet to release.

Fat Domestic Pigeon forgot to take off. Its chubby head was filled with question marks.

Wasn't it supposed to be fighting?

It was Fire Fang Dog. Qiao Sang stared at the red figure before her, momentarily stunned.

"Fang!"

"Fang Fang!"

Fire Fang Dog barked at Qiao Sang in dissatisfaction.

Qiao Sang could clearly sense Fire Fang Dog's anger, as well as its grievance.

Fire Fang Dog was extremely unhappy!

Wasn't it her contracted partner?! Why was she letting someone else fight?!

Qiao Sang sensed what Fire Fang Dog meant, and her throat tightened slightly as she was about to speak.

"Despicable! You actually launched a sneak attack! And you're even going two against one!" Xu Linglan cried out in fury.

Although her White Sand Fox had evolved into Desert Tail Fox, her brain domain had only been developed to seven percent. It would still be quite some time before her Pet Beast Codex awakened for the second time, so she could not contract a second pet beast.

Desert Tail Fox was an Intermediate Pet Beast, but so was Fat Domestic Pigeon. Moreover, Fat Domestic Pigeon was Flying Type and naturally countered Desert Tail Fox.

And there was Fire Fang Dog. It might be a low-level pet beast, but it was Fire Type and had powerful attacks. If it became two against one, she would definitely be at a disadvantage!

Xu Linglan glared through gritted teeth at the girl younger than herself.

This person was not only vicious, but also despicable!

Qiao Sang stood there in a daze for two seconds, then suddenly felt enlightened.

Two against one?

Why hadn't she thought of that just now?!

This was a fight, not a competition. As long as she won, that was enough. There were no rules.

Fire Fang Dog happened to want to fight, and she could also see what it was capable of and test the idea in her mind.

Qiao Sang looked at the sulking little fellow before her and smiled. "Fire Fang Dog, come here."