Beast Taming: Starting From Zero

Chapter 174: Heat Do You Think?

"Fire Fang!" Wang Anqiang's face lit up with joy when he saw the scene and immediately gave the command.

The Blaze Dog wore a fierce expression as his fangs, wrapped in flames, suddenly surged in power, and a scorching aura began to emanate wildly from his fangs.

Without hesitation, he lunged in the direction where Yabao was, a hint of frustration and anger in his actions.

"This Fire Fang is nearly at mastery, isn't it?" Someone in the spectator stands commented enviously.

For ordinary beast tamers like them, without background or resources, training a beast's skill to mastery could only be achieved through long periods of practice or breakthroughs during a critical moment.

Another factor was the beast's innate talent.

Without resources, if a beast had only average aptitude, it was almost guaranteed that they would never attain mastery in any skill in their lifetime.

Everyone shared the same environment, and Wang Anqiang wasn't even that old. Yet his Blaze Dog's inherited skill was about to reach mastery, which truly made others envious.

"Why hasn't the Flame Hound moved yet?" Lin Yuanqi thought anxiously.

"Fire Fang!"

Just as the Blaze Dog was about to reach Yabao, Qiao Sang calmly gave her command.

"The command was too slow." A woman with glasses shook her head.

"She should have chosen to dodge." A slightly chubby man beside her frowned.

"She should have used a skill like Fire Whirl to stop its advance." Another person offered a different opinion.

Most of the people present were sparring partners by profession, habitually analyzing the battles for their clients.

Without exception, they all felt that Qiao Sang's recent command was suboptimal.

In the next second, the crowd, still discussing her supposed mistake, fell silent.

Just as the Blaze Dog was about to bite, the Flame Hound didn’t respond with a violent bite using Fire Fang. Instead, it took to the air...

"What the hell?!"

Isn’t the Flame Hound a fire-type beast? Why is it flying?! The crowd was dumbfounded.

Wang Anqiang was just as bewildered. He was so shocked to see the Flame Hound behind his Blaze Dog that he forgot to issue a command.

Crunch!

The Blaze Dog’s fangs bit into thin air, producing a screeching sound.

As his flames dissipated, he looked up warily, only to feel a sharp pain in his back.

"Yap!"

The Blaze Dog howled in agony.

"Oh my god, has this Fire Fang reached perfection?"

The person who had earlier envied the Blaze Dog's near-mastery Fire Fang stood up abruptly, staring at the center of the arena in disbelief.

There, Yabao's Fire Fang was no longer just about flames enveloping its fangs. Flames gathered in front of his teeth, extending nearly a meter in length.

The air was filled with violent fire energy, and the crimson flames coalesced into two scythe-shaped fire blades in front of his fangs.

Rolling heat surged around the fire scythes, resembling the weapons of a grim reaper, only these were red.

Yabao’s actual fangs never even touched the Blaze Dog, and yet, the scythe-shaped flames barely brushed his body.

In the next moment, the Blaze Dog let out a gut-wrenching scream.

Boom!

Without warning, the scythe-shaped Fire Fang exploded violently.

A wave of fire rolled out from the point where the flaming scythes had fallen, and tongues of flame quickly engulfed the Blaze Dog’s entire body.

The Blaze Dog held on for three seconds before collapsing.

Everyone was stunned.

This was no ordinary Fire Fang!

Perfection!

This was a Fire Fang that had reached perfection!

The audience had barely recovered from seeing the Flame Hound take flight when this display of Fire Fang further shook them to their core.

Perfection, an achievement that many middle-aged beast tamers could only dream of attaining for their beasts!

For a student who hadn’t even reached adulthood to manage this…

It was hard to accept!

Even Qiao Sang found it difficult to stay calm.

Yabao had switched his focus from training Ember after reaching the pinnacle of proficiency and started practicing Fire Fang. It was only during this morning's routine practice that it reached perfection.

She had thought that even with the increased power, it wouldn’t be too overwhelming.

Little did she expect that a perfected Fire Fang could knock out the Blaze Dog in a single blow.

Keep in mind that most beasts have some resistance to attacks of their own element, though ghost-type beasts are an exception.

The Blaze Dog, a fire-type beast with some renown in the Yuhua region, had been knocked out by a mid-level skill of the same element...

Could a perfected Fire Fang really be this powerful? Qiao Sang was a bit confused.

At this point, she misunderstood the true meaning of skill mastery, thinking it was just about increasing the power.

Little did she know that the very nature of a skill could change with mastery.

But the one most shocked was Wang Anqiang.

He had thought his Blaze Dog, now recovered, would put on a spectacular fight in front of his colleagues. Instead, he was completely overpowered, not even close to a proper spar.

"I lost." Wang Anqiang croaked, his throat dry.

"I'm just too weak."

Qiao Sang was startled by his words and began to seriously reflect.

Could it be that the perfected Fire Fang wasn't too strong, but rather the Blaze Dog was just too weak?

Good thing Wang Anqiang couldn’t hear her thoughts, or he might have vomited blood on the spot.

"Does the Flame Hound have psychic abilities?" Wang Anqiang asked next.

Although his mind had briefly gone blank when he saw the Flame Hound fly, now that he thought about it, didn’t it resemble the way psychic beasts levitated?

"Yes." Qiao Sang nodded.

As expected... Wang Anqiang felt a bit dazed.

As the beast tamer of a Blaze Dog, which evolved from the same species as the Flame Hound, his emotions were incredibly mixed.

Qiao Sang saw that he was zoning out and couldn’t help but remind him, "Do you have any other beasts? Let’s hurry up and start; time is money."

Wang Anqiang snapped out of it and replied, "I do, but it would be a waste of time to fight. I suggest you look for a mid-level sparring partner. None of the beginner-level ones here are a match for you."

A group of people who had just come over from the spectator stands: ...

Hey, even if it’s true, how can you say that in front of so many beginner-level sparring partners?

The only one happy to hear that was Lin Yuanqi.

If none of them were better than this tight-fisted rich kid, then how could they mock him? His pride was restored.

A mid-level sparring partner costs 3,000 Alliance Coins per hour...

Qiao Sang sighed, "Mid-level sparring partners are too expensive. I can’t afford it."

The crowd: ...

You have a Flame Hound and a Treasure-Seeking Ghost, and you say you're broke?!

How could a Fore Fang reach perfection without extremely expensive resources?! Even if it had extraordinary talent, that would take years! Yet just over a month ago, your Flame Hound was still a Fire Fang Dog…

Several people froze in place as their thoughts came to a halt.

So, in just over a month, this Fire Fang Dog not only evolved into a Flame Hound, but also trained its Fire Fang to perfection?!

"I have an idea."

A man wearing polished leather shoes and gold-rimmed glasses suddenly spoke up, "You could work for us as a sparring partner."

"You’d earn a salary, and if you become colleagues with the others, I’m sure mid-level or even high-level sparring partners would be happy to train with you in their spare time. What do you think?"