Chapter 46: Moon-Embracing Jade Hammer, Shocking the Audience!
“Strongest Moonlight Rabbit? What’s that?”
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“…”
“The one named Lian Xing. Isn’t she from your Youlan Academy?” Starlight Academy #3, the girl with glasses, whose ID and personality were both relatively normal, asked, slightly puzzled.
However, the moment the words “Lian Xing” were spoken, the five Starlight Academy members could clearly sense…
The atmosphere in the room changed drastically!!!
Without warning, the entire training room became incredibly quiet, heavy, and oppressive. The three core members of the first team, especially Captain Qi Dong, showed signs of emotional turmoil, her breathing becoming noticeably rapid.
“Lian Xing…”
“She’s not a team member…”
“Do…you know her?” Tao Wan asked cautiously after a long silence, her eyebrows raised slightly.
Was Lian Xing’s current ID Strongest Moonlight Rabbit…?
Well, it was certainly fitting, matching her…persona.
Calling that terrifying, unknown creature the “strongest” among the Moonlight Rabbit’s Biological Species evolution path didn’t seem like an exaggeration.
“No, we don’t know her personally. One of our team members encountered her in a virtual battle and is quite interested in her team composition~~~”
“Do you know how to contact Lian Xing?”
“If possible, we’d like her to participate in the practice match personally…” Zi Wutong, the Starlight Academy captain, said with a smile.
The reason Starlight Academy was conducting these training matches across different regions was to test their own strength and identify any hidden aces in their rival academies. At this moment, she was deeply intrigued by Strongest Moonlight Rabbit.
A 63-0 record, even if it wasn’t in expert mode, was still impressive. Moreover, the opponent had even defeated their vice-captain.
Surely, no sane Beast Tamer would refuse a personal invitation from a Starlight Academy star player, right?
“Alright, I’ll try to contact her~~~” Tao Wan nodded, taking out her phone and sending a message.
As everyone waited patiently, Starlight Academy’s #1 Beauty, the girl with green twintails, frowned. That moment of silence earlier…it was too strange.
The mere mention of an ordinary student’s name, not even a core team member, had silenced the entire Youlan Academy team.
Could it be…
That Strongest Moonlight Rabbit had a secret they didn’t know about?
Lost in thought, the green-haired, twintailed girl scanned the faces of those waiting. As expected, noticing her hesitant gaze, Chi Yan and Ye Zhuzhi quickly looked away.
As if…they were avoiding something…
Were they afraid of her asking about Lian Xing?
Strongest Moonlight Rabbit…might be a problem…
Suspicious, the green-haired girl didn’t ask any questions, only raising her guard and preparing for battle with a serious mindset.
Youlan Academy, student dormitory.
The golden-haired girl with buns and white stockings lay on her side in bed, her arms wrapped around a shimmering golden elemental figure, her expression as gentle as if she were holding her lover.
Ever since her master had revealed her future evolution path a few days ago, Star Sand had abandoned all doubts and complaints, willingly residing within Lian Xing’s body. Although it couldn’t even get a single Mid-Tier energy crystal per day right now, just like her master had said…
It would all come…eventually…
Having just coaxed Star Sand to sleep and about to take a nap herself, Lian Xing’s phone suddenly buzzed with a message notification.
[Tao Tao Tao Tao Tao: Xiao Xing, are you there? Emergency!!!] **Tao means Peach**
[Strongest Moonlight Rabbit: Not here, already asleep??????]
[Tao Tao Tao Tao Tao: Starlight Academy suddenly requested you by name for a match. Did something happen between you and them online?]
[Strongest Moonlight Rabbit: ???????]
[Tao Tao Tao Tao Tao: …]
[Strongest Moonlight Rabbit: Check if there’s a short green-haired…turtle…among the Starlight Academy members??????]
Under everyone’s puzzled gazes, Tao Wan suddenly looked at the Starlight Academy members, her eyes finally landing on Starlight Academy’s #1 Beauty, a look of realization on her face.
Then, as the green-haired girl looked at her, confused, Tao Wan continued texting.
[Tao Tao Tao Tao Tao: There is one~~~]
[…]
[…]
[Strongest Moonlight Rabbit: Is there an appearance fee? I’ll consider it??]
“Is there an appearance fee?” Tao Wan asked, relaying Lian Xing’s question.
“Five Mid-Tier energy crystals, win or lose!” Zi Wutong held up five fingers, her expression indifferent.
The resources that Qi Dong, the Youlan Academy captain, worked a whole month to earn, they could casually offer without batting an eye. Just how rich were they?
Everyone looked envious.
Tao Wan swallowed hard, relaying the offer to Lian Xing. A few seconds later, seeing Lian Xing’s reply, her heart-shaped pupils constricted in disbelief.
“She said…”
“She wants 20 Mid-Tier energy crystals and 3 High-Tier energy crystals!”
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“…”
“Bang!”
“Don’t be ridiculous!!!” Starlight Academy’s #1 Beauty slammed the table, her face furious.
This outrageous appearance fee was even higher than the reward the Dean of Youlan Academy had offered their entire team for two matches. This meant that their trip here would not only be a waste of time and effort but would also cost them extra!!!
Was this a joke?
Only an idiot would agree!!!
“Tell her, if we lose, we’ll pay that price. If we win, she gets nothing!!” Zi Wutong, the Starlight Academy captain, said coldly.
However, Lian Xing’s reply quickly arrived.
[Strongest Moonlight Rabbit: Coming, beautiful??]
To prove she wasn’t making things up or taking a cut, Tao Wan showed everyone her phone, letting them read the chat log. Seeing the words “green-haired turtle” and the emoji, Starlight Academy’s #1 Beauty’s face twisted in anger.
Calling her a turtle was one thing, but what was with the “green hat” implication?
This Lian Xing…she was too much!!!
But…
“She actually agreed to that condition!?”
“It seems she’s really confident that she can win…” the green-haired, twintailed girl muttered in disbelief.
Any Beast Tamer with a functioning brain should know that Starlight Academy was a powerhouse filled with elites, one of the top 16 teams in last year’s league. They were on a completely different level compared to Youlan Academy, the clowns who were 3-1’d by the Thundering Violet Lightning last year!!!
What was this Lian Xing thinking?
If she lost, she wouldn’t even get the five Mid-Tier energy crystals!?
Was she really so arrogant as to think she could easily win a 1v5?
To be fair, Lian Xing wasn’t thinking about any of that. She only knew that Star Sand’s meals for the next few days were secured.
Free resources? Don’t mind if she did~~~
About fifteen minutes later, the door to the training room opened again. The first thing that caught everyone’s eye was a pair of slender legs in shiny white stockings, the suspenders perfectly accentuating the curves of her thighs. If this girl ever stopped wearing stockings, it would be like…drinking hot cola on a summer day. Utterly unthinkable.
A small, cute Moonlight Rabbit sat on the head of the eye-catching, golden-haired girl with buns and starry eyes, chewing on a golden leaf, looking adorable and carefree.
However, who would have thought that this seemingly harmless combination had single-handedly ended the chaotic battle in Youxi Valley with a single attack?
At this moment, the Starlight Academy team members curiously observed the stocking enthusiast. Up close, she was even more stunning than in the photos…
Like a walking…advertisement…!!!
Ye Zhuzhi and Chi Yan nervously swallowed, while Qi Dong buried her face in the ground. Seeing Lian Xing again felt like…choking on sand.
“Beauties, how do we play this? Who am I replacing?” However, Lian Xing seemed completely unfazed by the stares of the strangers. She casually sat down at a connection device, took off her flat shoes, and curled her alluring legs beneath her.
Tao Wan sat down next to Lian Xing. Then, Yin Huomei, Hei Lan, and a Supernova ranked 17th in Youlan Academy followed.
The fifth girl, ranked 23rd, didn’t join them, relieved that she didn’t have to participate and embarrass herself.
“Can I stay and watch?” Half a minute later, just as the connection devices were about to activate, Chi Yan suddenly asked.
Hearing this, Zi Wutong, who was starting the device, paused, then nodded indifferently. The first team members had already seen their lineup. Watching it again wouldn’t make a difference.
So, Chi Yan, Ye Zhuzhi, and the other two first team members stayed to witness the outcome of this practice match. Only Captain Qi Dong remained silent as she was carried out of the room on a stretcher, seemingly unconcerned about the battle’s result.
“Click—”
A few seconds later, as the door to the training room closed, the virtual battle devices lit up. This time, for some reason, Starlight Academy didn’t choose the random map option but instead used the official league’s map selection rules. This meant that six maps would be randomly generated from the map pool, then each side would ban two maps, and finally, one of the remaining two maps would be randomly selected.
[Generating maps…]
[Cloudtop Arena]
[Death Chamber]
[Execution Grounds Ruins]
[Snowfield Secret Realm]
[Underwater World]
[Heaven and Hell]
“Lian Xing, since you’re the opponent Starlight Academy specifically requested, you can choose the bans~~~” Hei Lan suggested after the six maps were generated.
Lian Xing nodded, tapped the screen of her device, and without hesitation, banned [Underwater World]. These were all classic PVP maps from Pet Beast Evolution Battle, and she naturally knew their characteristics and rules.
Underwater World was practically designed for Elemental Species, an extremely unbalanced and utterly garbage map.
After a brief discussion, the Starlight Academy members banned [Heaven and Hell]. This map was also bizarre, with one side starting on high ground and the other on low ground, allowing the high ground team to bombard the other with no chance for counterplay.
Of course, these unbalanced maps were based on real-life historical battles, not the whims of the virtual battle map designers.
Next, it was Youlan Academy’s turn to ban.
Cloudtop Arena and Death Chamber were maps Lian Xing had already played in virtual battles. Since Cloudtop Arena had no environmental objects to throw, Lian Xing used her second ban on it.
Starlight Academy then banned Snowfield Secret Realm. The temperature on this map was close to -30 degrees Celsius. They didn’t want to suffer during a practice match.
Finally, only [Death Chamber] and [Execution Grounds Ruins] remained, one a pure duel map and the other a large-scale battle map. Under everyone’s watchful eyes, the light flickered between the two map icons, finally landing on Execution Grounds Ruins.
[Game Mode: 5v5 Mixed Battle, Single Pet Deployment]
[Map: Execution Grounds Ruins]
[Starlight Academy Team]
[Silver Dragon’s Dog — Hanging Void (High-Tier · Viral Species)]
[Starlight Academy’s #1 Beauty — Misty Rain (High-Tier · Elemental Species)]
[Starlight Academy #3 — Dragonfly Radar (High-Tier · Mechanical Species)]
[Starlight Academy’s Freeloader — Poison Hook (High-Tier · Elemental Species)]
[Licks Zi Wutong’s Feet — Mirror Blade (High-Tier · Weapon Species)]
[VS]
[Youlan Academy Team]
[Can’t Think of a Good Name — Gluttonous Abyssal Grudge (High-Tier · Viral Species)]
[Tao Tao Tao Tao Tao — Five-Colored Peach Blossom (High-Tier · Biological Species)]
[Yin Huomei — Fire Scythe (Mid-Tier · Weapon Species)]
[One Commander-Tier Evolution Away from the Ten Greats — Wind Elemental Commander (Mid-Tier · Elemental Species)]
[Strongest Moonlight Rabbit — Moon-Embracing Jade Hammer (High-Tier · Biological Species)]
“What is…that!?” Seeing Lian Xing’s pet beast, the Starlight Academy members’ expressions changed, and Captain Zi Wutong’s pupils constricted. Their vice-captain had mentioned that Strongest Moonlight Rabbit’s pet beast wasn’t Moonlight Drive but a Mid-Tier Giant Moonlight Rabbit.
But what was this Moon-Embracing Jade Hammer?
They had never heard of it before.
Could this be a High-Tier Biological Species evolution of the Moonlight Rabbit!?
“Whoosh!!!!”
Before they could think further, with a flash of blinding light, everyone’s consciousness was transported to the virtual map.
The night was dark, the crescent moon hanging like a hook.
Execution Grounds Ruins. Countless broken walls and rubble littered the vast battlefield. Tao Wan and the others had already summoned their pet beasts, warily observing their surroundings. Only Lian Xing’s “Moon-Embracing Jade Hammer” seemed to be asleep, its eyes and whiskers drooping as it stared blankly at the ruins.
Back in the training room, seeing the Moon-Embracing Jade Hammer again, Chi Yan and Ye Zhuzhi felt their hearts pounding. As for the other two core members of the first team, who hadn’t witnessed the Star Sand battle, they were stunned, staring at the Moon-Embracing Jade Hammer’s ears.
What the hell was that…thing…?
Was it High-Tier?
Meanwhile, in the virtual battle, Lian Xing clenched her hands, marveling at her different virtual body.
“The competition devices are different from the civilian ones. The delay is so low~~~~”
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“…”
“Uh, Lian Xing, are you…confident?” Ignoring Lian Xing’s awkward exclamation, Tao Wan asked nervously.
A small, multicolored peach blossom grew beneath her feet. The High-Tier Biological Species Five-Colored Peach Blossom, the only High-Tier pet beast in Tao Wan’s lineup, but it had no combat abilities. The reason she had chosen a pure support pet beast this time was because she had complete faith in the Moonlight Rabbit’s combat prowess.
However, hearing Tao Wan’s question, Lian Xing looked at her strangely.
“Confident?”
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“It’s…already over—”
As Lian Xing’s calm words echoed, the Moon-Embracing Jade Hammer’s ear flicked, creating a large hole in a huge piece of rubble. Unlike when it held the Golden Wheels, the spiral bands at the tips of its ears now contracted and compressed, forming a watermelon-sized pouch that spun, grinding the rubble inside into fine dust.
Then, its body lowered, tilting at an unnatural angle, and assumed a throwing stance, aiming at the enemy spawn point a kilometer away.
[Sand Toss (Blue)]
[First Agility Arcane Art: Flurry]
[First Strength Arcane Art: Combo X0]
And…
[Lunar Crash (Purple)]
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