Frost Surrounding (Please Keep Reading!)

"Yiya!" []~(￣▽￣)~*(Easy peasy!)

In the face of praise, Color Spirit proudly lifted her head.

After all, over the past few days, she had practiced this skill dozens of times, if not hundreds. Learning it today was only natural.

"Color Spirit, release Ice Tornado one more time. Keep the scale a little smaller this time," Chen Wei said eagerly after his initial delight.

"Yiya!" (Got it!)

Chen Wei felt that Color Spirit's successful release of Ice Tornado just now might have been a lucky fluke, not proof that she had fully mastered the skill.

The next several practice attempts would help Color Spirit gain a proficient grasp of Ice Tornado.

After a while, a faint dragon's roar sounded beside Chen Wei's ears once more. A snow-white dragon, carrying fine snow drifting down from the sky, formed a whirlwind covered in frost flowers.

But this time, under Color Spirit's careful control, the whirlwind did not expand violently, and the storm it whipped up was far less powerful.

"Looks like she really learned it!" Chen Wei's eyes lit up at the sight, and he could not help letting out a sigh of relief.

Ice Tornado was, after all, a third-tier ice-type skill, and extremely difficult to learn.

During the past several days, he and Color Spirit had practically spent every morning in the ice-and-snow training grounds practicing ice-type skills, hoping to draw inferences from one instance and gain a better understanding of this skill.

In the end, Color Spirit's proficiency in her other ice-type skills had risen rapidly, while Ice Tornado had stubbornly refused to yield even a single clue.

Therefore, upon seeing Color Spirit successfully master Ice Tornado, Chen Wei's mood was like a rainbow after wind and rain. He was immediately brimming with pride and joy.

"Now that you've successfully learned Ice Tornado, let's learn a new skill next!"

Chen Wei struck while the iron was hot. He hoped Color Spirit could learn several more new skills and broaden her combat coverage.

"Huh?" (What skill?)

Color Spirit tilted her head. Right now, her confidence was soaring through the roof.

"Frost Surrounding. It's an advanced skill of Ice Armor, but it's much easier to learn than Ice Tornado." Chen Wei smiled.

"Yiya!" (′▽`〃)(No problem!)

The moment she heard that the new skill was even easier than Ice Tornado, Color Spirit immediately raised her head with some disdain and stuck out her snake tongue.

"Don't underestimate how hard this skill is to learn. Mastering Frost Surrounding isn't easy!"

Chen Wei stroked Color Spirit's head. Though he verbally reminded her not to become arrogant and complacent, his eyes never lost that unmistakable trace of satisfaction.

Though Frost Surrounding was only a second-tier ice-type skill, it demanded a very high degree of ice-type control from a pet beast.

As a rare skill that combined offense and defense, the instant it was unleashed, it could condense four constantly moving rings of frosty protection around the pet beast's body.

Not only could these four rapidly moving rings of frost last for quite a long time, they could also block four attacks from an opponent.

Of course, under the pet beast's control, these rings of frost could also transform into bone-piercing Ice Spikes in an instant, delivering a crushing blow to the opponent at a critical moment.

If Color Spirit successfully learned this skill, her fighting style would become far more varied and colorful.

At the edge of the field, Chen Wei picked up Color Spirit's phone and opened the detailed instructional video for Frost Surrounding.

"Study the video carefully and get a feel for it."

"Yiya!" (Don't talk while I'm studying!)

Chen Wei was instantly rendered speechless, then laughed. He shook his head helplessly and said no more, silently staying at Color Spirit's side to watch the video with her.

The instructional video was not long, only five minutes in total, but every second was packed with detailed, practical information.

"Well? Did you understand it?" After it ended, Chen Wei turned to Color Spirit.

"Ya!" (~o￣3￣)~(It seems a little hard!)

Color Spirit's clear, watery eyes were full of confusion.

"It's fine, no rush. If you don't understand, just watch it a few more times." Chen Wei did not mind and played the instructional video again.

To his shame, Chen Wei normally relied entirely on the phone in his hand when teaching Color Spirit new skills. After all, he did not have the ability to teach her ice-type skills hand in hand.

Time slowly passed within the snowy training grounds.

At this moment, Color Spirit was using telekinesis to make the phone float through the air above the snow, wearing an expression of deep thought.

As she pondered, she carefully watched the Icefeather Penguin in the video gradually release Frost Surrounding under its Beast Master's command.

Meanwhile, Chen Wei sat on a seat some distance away in the snow, meditating and cultivating the Source Star within his mind.

"Bzz, bzz, bzz..." The vibration of the phone interrupted Chen Wei's cultivation.

He took out his brand-new A-li phone in confusion.

After checking the QChat message, an even greater look of delight appeared on his face.

This afternoon, Ragdoll Mall had six Titanium Crystal Ragdolls that needed Appraisal. That meant another sixty thousand Star Coins entering his account.

"Color Spirit, stop for a while. Let's go eat first. I have things to take care of this afternoon, so we'll practice the new skill again tomorrow." Without a second thought, Chen Wei waved at Color Spirit, who was still buried in thought.

"Got it!" (Okay!)

Color Spirit had wanted to rest and eat for ages.

All morning, she had followed the instructional video and practiced over and over, but unfortunately, she had little to show for it. She still hadn't grasped the knack of casting Frost Surrounding.

It was only because she had confidently boasted to Chen Wei earlier, yet had made no progress at all, that she felt too embarrassed to bring it up.

Chen Wei walked over to Color Spirit's side, then habitually held out his arm.

"Whoosh!"

Watching Color Spirit's body coil around his arm in an instant, Chen Wei smiled.

"It's fine! Learning Ice Tornado in a single day is already very fast progress. You can take your time with Frost Surrounding tomorrow—there's no need to rush," Chen Wei comforted her softly.

"When I'm working this afternoon, you just need to practice your meditation technique!"

"Yiya!" (Two days—just two days, and I'll learn it!)

Color Spirit's stubborn, unwilling-to-lose voice immediately rang out in Chen Wei's mind.

"Isn't two days a little too short? We spent more than a week learning Ice Tornado."

Chen Wei's expression turned slightly odd. This strange competitive streak of Color Spirit's...

"Hey!" (Believe me!)

As though she felt Chen Wei didn't trust her, Color Spirit said emotionally.

"Alright, alright. You're the one I trust most."

Chen Wei smiled knowingly, rubbed his cheek against Color Spirit in consolation, then headed toward the Beast Master Association's cafeteria.

Heaven and earth might be vast, but eating came first. As for learning skills, they could take their time.

Honestly, Chen Wei truly didn't understand Color Spirit's obsession with efficiency when learning new skills, even though it was a good thing.

Her skill-learning speed was already fast enough—far beyond his expectations, leaving other pet beasts a whole street behind—so why was she still working this hard?

Was she planning to grind herself to death?

Thinking of that, Chen Wei shook his head helplessly.

Having a pet beast who worked too hard wasn't entirely good either. As her Beast Master, the pressure was enormous!