Chapter 16: First Battle!
Chapter 16: First Battle!
Yuan Xiaole looked at the Green Caterpillar behind Wang Che.
He was instantly dumbfounded.
Actually, a fifty-centimeter Green Caterpillar was not considered big.
Outside the War Zone, they were very common.
But…
Ten days ago, this Green Caterpillar clearly only had ten years of cultivation!
“How… how did you train it?”
Yuan Xiaole looked at this Green Caterpillar; it was fierce yet cute.
Its two big eyes were extremely lively.
“Sii wu!”
The Green Caterpillar glanced at Yuan Xiaole, then instinctively looked at his shoulder.
Finding it empty, it immediately lost interest and directly turned its head to look elsewhere.
“Of course, it was artificially trained,” Wang Che said. “I trained it personally, step by step.”
“Then its talent is too strong,” Yuan Xiaole thought for a moment. “I remember, Green Caterpillar’s aptitude is very low, they are silly, and their cultivation speed should be very slow.”
Hearing this, the Green Caterpillar immediately turned its head again, looking at Yuan Xiaole with an unfriendly gaze.
“Sorry, sorry!” Yuan Xiaole was startled and quickly took two steps back. “I wasn’t talking about you, I meant other Green Caterpillars. Your Green Caterpillar has very high Spiritual Intelligence.”
He quickly apologized; one should not underestimate an angry Soul Pet.
The Green Caterpillar coiled its body up, moved next to Yuan Xiaole, and called out twice towards him.
“What does that mean?” Yuan Xiaole smiled. “Is it praising me?”
“It’s cursing you,” Wang Che said.
“Cursing me?” Yuan Xiaole looked for a long time, not quite understanding. “How is it cursing me?”
“Look at how it is now, what does it look like?” Wang Che asked.
“Like a piece of poop… damn…” Yuan Xiaole was suddenly angry and pretended to say fiercely, “Little thing, later I’ll have my Kuka Beast teach you a good lesson!”
“Sii wu!” The Green Caterpillar tilted its head, seeming not afraid at all.
Right after, Yuan Xiaole brought Wang Che inside the club.
There were many people in the club.
The interior venue was very large.
“Soul Pet Battle mainly involves the fight between Soul Pets, while the Soul Pact Master plays the role of an off-field commander. If a Soul Pet runs out of stamina and falls, losing the ability to fight, that counts as a loss.”
“After falling down, no further attacks can be made on the Soul Pet.”
“Based on size, the venues are divided into several levels.”
…
The rules of Soul Pet Battle were not complicated, especially in this kind of relatively professional battle club.
There were detailed rule explanations.
“Young Master Yuan, not battling with us today?”
“Young Master Yuan, Boss Yuan said he would come check on you today, why not practice with us again?”
“That’s right… Young Master Yuan, don’t worry, today we will definitely fight you seriously and won’t go easy!”
As soon as Yuan Xiaole entered, many sparring partners from the club gathered around him.
“Go, go, all of you, move aside. Today I’m battling my classmate, all of you step back!”
Yuan Xiaole’s voice was loud and full of energy.
Those sparring partners ranged in age from twenty to thirty; some were college students, some were amateur Soul Pact Masters.
There were also one or two professional Soul Pact Masters with badges on their chests.
Hearing this, the sparring partners had to scatter and leave, then looked at Wang Che.
They couldn’t help but be stunned.
“Is that a Green Caterpillar?”
“It’s a Green Caterpillar. Judging by its physique, it should be about fifty years. It hasn’t evolved?”
“A fifty-year Green Caterpillar, in terms of potential, is completely inferior to Young Master Yuan’s Kuka Beast.”
“A fifty-year Green Phantom Butterfly could barely compare with the Kuka Beast.”
“Kuka Beast is a Rare Soul Pet; its Racial Potential is one hundred fifty higher than the Green Caterpillar’s… a twenty-year difference in cultivation age can’t make up for it… unless it’s a hundred-year one.”
“No wonder Young Master Yuan is so confident.”
“But for a Green Caterpillar to not evolve at fifty years means there’s something special about it. Young Master Yuan might lose unexpectedly.”
Several sparring partners muttered and discussed among themselves.
Wang Che smiled and also nodded frequently.
These sparring partners were quite knowledgeable; what they said was mostly accurate.
They had a good understanding of the basic situation of Soul Pets.
Soon, Wang Che and Yuan Xiaole came to a small battle arena.
The arena was about the size of two basketball courts, used for battles between Soul Pets below a hundred years of cultivation.
On both sides of the arena, there were platforms about five meters high for the Soul Pact Masters to command from.
The ground environment was made of ordinary rock, very sturdy and easy to repair.
There were rock-type Soul Pets specifically for maintenance.
Even if the entire arena was destroyed, it could be restored in a very short time.
“Shall we begin?”
Yuan Xiaole waved to a nearby sparring partner. “One of you can be the referee.”
After saying that, he first stepped onto the high platform.
“Kuka Beast!”
Yuan Xiaole shouted again.
The next moment, a mighty roar came from a hanging rope on the third floor.
Wang Che looked up and saw many branch-made hanging ropes on the second floor above, apparently used for training.
A Kuka Beast about half a person’s height pulled on a tree rope and landed steadily on the high platform.
This Kuka Beast was not very tall.
Wang Che took a look.
Regarding the physical growth of Soul Pets, normally, the rarer they are, the slower they grow.
Because rarer Soul Pets have naturally stronger bodies, capable of containing much more Soul Power from birth.
For example, a Green Caterpillar grows one centimeter per year of cultivation.
But for this Kuka Beast, it might take two or three years of cultivation to grow one centimeter.
Later, when it reached a certain stage, it would stop growing, and it became very hard to judge Soul Power Cultivation by size.
This Kuka Beast had naturally grown much bigger compared to the first time they met.
It wasn’t much different from the Green Caterpillar.
Wang Che crouched down and patted the Green Caterpillar’s head, whispering:
“This Kuka Beast is a lot stronger than the one you faced during the test that day. But it shouldn’t be too hard for you. This is your first fight, so we won’t use Soul Skills.”
“Do you feel confident?”
“Sii wuu!” the Green Caterpillar immediately straightened its body.
“Good, go now!”
The Green Caterpillar stared intently at the Kuka Beast.
It felt very excited.
It felt like it could finally get revenge.
Although it knew this wasn’t the same Kuka Beast that had bullied it during the last test.
Still, it could vent its anger.
The Green Caterpillar stepped into the arena.
Wang Che also stood on the high platform, watching.
At the same time.
On the third floor of the club.
A middle-aged man and an old man were chatting cheerfully.
“Xiao Yuan, you’ve got a nice battle club here,” the old man said with a smile.
“Master Yan, please don’t make fun of me. You were a Soul Pact Master in the biggest club of Xiyue Continent back then… Even though you’ve moved on to research now, how could my little place catch your eye…” The middle-aged man forced a bitter smile. “Let’s be frank. I invited you here today to take a look at my son’s situation. Please give some advice.”
“Xiaole, right? I know him, he’s a good kid,” the old man still smiled. “I was the one who helped pick that Kuka Beast. School is about to start, and the Dawn Cup is coming up. You want Xiaole to make the top ten, don’t you?”
The middle-aged man coughed and nodded.
“All right, I’ll take a look,” the old man nodded with a smile.
Just then, a training partner came over and whispered something to the middle-aged man.
“Oh, perfect,” the middle-aged man’s eyes lit up. “My son is battling with his classmate right now.”
“What are we waiting for? Let’s go take a look.”
The middle-aged man immediately led the old man out to the Viewing Platform.
“Huh? His opponent is a Green Caterpillar? Did you guys secretly tell him I was coming?” The middle-aged man glanced down and got a bit angry. “Always picking the easy targets, why don’t you go play, you trainers? What’s fun about a one-sided match?”
After saying that, the middle-aged man immediately turned to the old man: “Master Yan, I’ll go make that kid change the match right away. This is unacceptable, bullying his classmate like that!”
“Wait!” the old man stopped him. “No need.”
“Huh?” The middle-aged man looked confused.
“This Green Caterpillar might be a bit different,” the old man said, looking down at Wang Che’s figure with some interest.
“You know that student, Master?” the middle-aged man asked in surprise.
“Met once,” the old man replied.
Right then, a voice suddenly rang out.
“Battle begin!”
In the arena.
As soon as the command was given,
Yuan Xiaole immediately shouted excitedly:
“Kuka Beast, charge! Crush it!”
The Kuka Beast rushed forward majestically.
Its fur was similar to a golden monkey’s, but its body was much larger, more like a sloth.
Yet it was full of energy, moving on all fours, extremely fast!
Almost the moment Yuan Xiaole finished speaking, it dashed out like a golden bolt of lightning.
Speed was the Kuka Beast’s greatest trait.
Yuan Xiaole had been battling for a few days now.
He had some understanding of Soul Pet Battle and knew to play to his strengths.
Soul Pets were different from ordinary animals.
They were very strong, had great destructive power, and their bodies were far tougher than humans’.
Even their most ordinary attacks could cause huge damage.
On an arena the size of two basketball courts, the Kuka Beast closed the distance in just a few seconds.
From a distance, it looked like a fast-rolling wheel charging at the Green Caterpillar.
It seemed like in the next moment, it would run right over the Green Caterpillar.
The Kuka Beast truly was fast.
At that speed, it could probably cover a hundred meters in just six or seven seconds.
In an arena this size, it could reach its opponent in about three or four seconds.
Any ordinary Soul Pet would find it hard to dodge at such speed.
Moreover, Wang Che could tell that the opponent wasn’t using Soul Power yet and hadn’t shown his full strength.
Clearly, Yuan Xiaole was holding back.
Probably out of consideration for him.
With just physical strength and 27 years of Soul Power Cultivation, it could reach this level.
As for this speed, Wang Che could only say, it truly was a Rare Soul Pet.