Lightning Marten (Please Keep Reading)

The collision between ice and fire energies produced thick clouds of smoke, concealing the two pet beasts on the battle platform.

"Cough, cough."

Chen Wei had already covered his nose with his hand, but the pungent odor released as the smoke gradually spread still made him cough a few times.

Unable to see what was happening within the dense fog, Chen Wei could only rely on his contract senses.

Color Spirit was still in excellent condition. It seemed there was plenty of fight left in her.

Guo Cheng's expression stiffened. He had never expected the Cold Jade Snake's breath attack to be so powerful that it could actually match his pet beast blow for blow.

Guo Cheng hurriedly used the Beast Master contract to check on the Flame Salamander's condition, but he could not sense any response from the other end of the contract.

Guo Cheng began to panic. His face instantly turned pale as he slumped weakly to the ground.

Remembering his earlier bold boasts, his mood grew heavier and heavier.

After he and the Flame Salamander had painstakingly trained for an entire year, they had ultimately been defeated in a single blow by a student who had only contracted a pet beast a few days ago.

When the smoke dispersed, the first thing Chen Wei saw was the spirited Color Spirit. Then came the frost covering the entire battle platform, along with large chunks of debris scattered across it.

Amid the ice shards lay a Flame Salamander that had fallen unconscious.

The corners of Chen Wei's lips gradually rose. He had not expected Color Spirit to give him such a huge surprise, defeating an opponent of the same rank with just one Cold Breath.

"Winner: Chen Wei."

Seeing that the outcome of the battle had been decided, referee Xia Zhe announced without hesitation.

As a qualified referee, no matter what happened on the platform, he would accurately declare the result at the first opportunity.

Still, he could not help casting a strange glance at the devastated Guo Cheng as he thought to himself, So this is the defeat-in-a-few-rounds you kept bragging about?

I even reminded him before the battle to take it seriously, but he just wouldn't listen. And now he's gone and lost in one blow. It'll probably be hard for him to keep this sparring job!

Xia Zhe shook his head again, his heart full of helplessness.

By then, Chen Wei had calmed down from his excitement.

He glanced at the time, then hesitantly asked Xia Zhe, "I booked a one-hour sparring package, but it's been less than three minutes and the sparring partner's pet beast is already down. How does this work?"

Not far away, Guo Cheng—whose face was already pale—looked as though he had been struck by lightning upon hearing that. His body trembled uncontrollably.

"My apologies. Please wait a moment; this was our mistake."

It was also the first time Xia Zhe had encountered such a situation in his career. He immediately pressed the button in his hand, calling over the nearby medical staff waiting on standby to treat the pet beast.

Then, right in front of Chen Wei, he picked up his walkie-talkie and reported the situation at Battle Platform No. 13 in a low voice.

A moment later.

Xia Zhe received the proposed solution through the walkie-talkie and said with a smile, "Hello, here's the arrangement: your sparring time will remain one hour, and your opponent will be changed to the sparring partner at Battle Platform No. 2. Is that acceptable?"

"That works."

Chen Wei was quite satisfied with this arrangement.

Waiting an hour only to battle for one minute—if the sparring session had ended that simply, he definitely would not have accepted it.

In high spirits, Chen Wei followed referee Xia Zhe to Battle Platform No. 2.

"So this is the genius Beast Master you mentioned?" A frank, husky female voice reached Chen Wei's ears.

Drawn by the voice, Chen Wei looked in its direction.

It was a provocatively dressed young woman. Her fine black hair cascaded over her shoulders, and she wore a blue camisole over her lightly wheat-colored skin.

The small top could barely contain the fullness of her chest, only making her slender waist stand out all the more.

Ning Yi toyed with a transparent glass in her hand, her gaze on Chen Wei carrying a hint of scrutiny.

"Yes. I'll leave this customer to you from here on out."

"This is Ning Yi, your sparring partner. I have some matters to deal with over there, so I'll be leaving first." After tossing those words to Chen Wei, Xia Zhe turned and left at once.

Ning Yi paid no attention to Xia Zhe's departure. Her curious gaze remained fixed on Chen Wei. "Would you like to start battle training directly, or do some other type of ability training?"

Chen Wei asked in confusion, "What do you mean by other ability training?"

"My pet beast, the Lightning Marten, has a skill that can improve a pet beast's training efficiency—for example, speed, accuracy, resistance to attacks, and so on," Ning Yi explained blandly.

"Still, the efficiency boost from that skill is only around ten percent at most, so it isn't very useful."

To keep Chen Wei from choosing ability training, she added that last part.

"Let's stick with pet beast battles."

After giving it some thought, Chen Wei still felt that what Color Spirit lacked most right now was combat experience. As for her other abilities, they could be trained gradually on his own.

"As you wish." A knowing smile appeared on Ning Yi's face.

Only through battle could one witness a pet beast's truest form. She had chosen to become a professional battle sparring partner precisely to pursue more thrilling battles.

Ning Yi was already struggling to suppress the excitement in her heart for pet beast combat.

All she could hope now was that Chen Wei, standing before her, truly possessed the strength Xia Zhe claimed he did!

The referee said, "The battle begins."

Ning Yi immediately gave the order, "A Diao, use Thunder Flash."

The instant the azure rune formation vanished, a golden flash abruptly streaked past in front of Ning Yi.

It was a Lightning Marten the size of a housecat, with a long, slender yellow body. Only the fur on its face was white, and it wore a small mask over its eyes like Zorro's.

Its entire body was wreathed in blinding electricity as it lunged at Color Spirit with its claws at a speed too fast to cover one's ears.

Seeing that Color Spirit could not dodge in time, Chen Wei hurriedly transmitted through his thoughts, "Ice Armor."

"Crack."

That was the sound of Ice Armor shattering.

Color Spirit, driven back continuously by the impact, immediately tensed its muscles and exerted force through its tail, forcibly stopping itself.

"Electric Current Strike." Ning Yi promptly commanded, pressing her advantage.

As the Lightning Marten continued rapidly closing in on Color Spirit, streaks of dazzling electric current immediately emerged across its body, then converged into a massive current that shot forth.

Chen Wei's pupils suddenly contracted. "Use telekinesis to dodge!"

If Color Spirit were hit by that attack, it might lose its fighting ability in an instant.

The current that tore through the sky struck the ground in a flash, kicking up a huge cloud of dust.

"Counterattack with telekinesis."

Sensing through their contract that Color Spirit had narrowly evaded the attack, Chen Wei seized the opportunity to issue the command.

A powerful force of telekinesis instantly enveloped the panting Lightning Marten. After a brief stalemate, the Lightning Marten, still unable to break free, was controlled by Color Spirit's telekinesis and lifted into the air before being smashed violently downward at high speed.