Beast Taming: Starting From Zero

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Wait, Air Absorption! This is Air Absorption!

A high-tier skill, when did you learn it without even knowing?

Qiao Sang stared at Gangbao in disbelief.

To be honest, she wasn’t surprised that Gangbao had learned Air Absorption. After all, Yabao and the others had also mastered high-tier skills in their early stages. At most, she would just marvel at how fast Gangbao had picked it up.

But Gangbao learning a high-tier skill without even realizing it? That was something she hadn’t expected at all.

"Gang Gang…"

Gangbao saw that her beast master seemed serious, thought for a moment, and began inhaling while channeling energy.

"Gang Gang?!"

Feeling the change within her body, Gangbao's’s face filled with shock.

She actually learned it?!

Why didn’t she even know?!

Seeing that Gangbao had mastered Air Absorption, Qiao Sang immediately forgot about the match points and focused entirely on this skill.

"Try using it again." Qiao Sang said.

She had only read about Air Absorption online but had never seen it in reality.

"Gang…"

Gangbao looked at her beast master, fell silent for a moment, then called out, indicating that she had already used the skill just now…

Qiao Sang: ???

Wait, is Air Absorption really this underwhelming?

She learned it without her realizing, and even when she used it, she still didn’t notice!

A heavy silence hung between Qiao Sang and Gangbao.

After a few seconds, Qiao Sang said, "Then use it again."

"Gang."

Gangbao nodded seriously, took a deep breath, and tried to make the effect of Air Absorption more noticeable.

After using it, she looked at her beast master with eager anticipation.

Qiao Sang, who still didn’t feel any difficulty breathing, fell silent once again.

She was starting to doubt whether this Air Absorption skill was even real…

"I don’t seem to feel anything. Wait, let me check where the problem is." Qiao Sang said, picking up her phone.

If you don’t know something, look it up online, that’s the right way to go. The internet always has at least one correct answer.

Gangbao flapped her wings and leaned over, looking at the screen with a serious expression.

She wanted to know where the problem was too.

After staring at the screen for two seconds, she suddenly realized… She couldn’t understand any of it…

Qiao Sang typed in the search bar: "Why can’t I feel anything when Air Absorption is used?"

Soon, she found a post explaining the skill in detail.

Air Absorption: A skill that becomes more effective the larger the beast’s body size.

Air Absorption: A skill that briefly creates a vacuum around the user.

Air Absorption: A somewhat underwhelming high-tier skill.

Why is Air Absorption considered a high-tier skill? Because it has a slight connection to the super-tier skill Absolute Vacuum.

But despite that connection, it is fundamentally different from Absolute Vacuum.

Absolute Vacuum refers to a state where no gas molecules exist in an area, meaning the pressure is zero, and there is no matter at all.

Air Absorption, on the other hand, relies on a beast’s suction force to pull in the air around it, briefly creating an area with no air.

However, since air exists everywhere, it will naturally flow back in, making the effect temporary.

Why is this skill considered underwhelming?

1. If an opponent understands this skill, they can simply move away. Air Absorption removes air only around the user, but stepping just outside that range allows them to breathe freely.

2. The effect duration is too short, air continuously refills the vacuum, making it hard to maintain.

3. Unlike other high-tier skills, which are difficult to counter without enough strength, Air Absorption is easy to counter. Even if the opponent is one level lower, they can escape it, especially psychic-type beasts, which can teleport away instantly.

That said, the skill isn’t completely useless. If a large beast uses it, the effect can be terrifying.

But only if the beast is big enough.

No wonder she couldn’t feel anything when Gangbao used Air Absorption…

After reading the post, Qiao Sang finally understood the reason.

She turned to look at Gangbao, which was still smaller than Little Treasure.

With her current size, she could probably only affect the air within ten centimeters of her body. Any farther, and there would be no effect at all…

"Gang?"

Sensing her beast master’s gaze, Gangbao looked up and asked, Did you find the problem?

"I did." Qiao Sang sighed.

"It’s because you’re too small. I knew the skill’s effectiveness would be weak on small creatures, but I didn’t expect it to be this weak. Looks like you’ll have to wait until you grow bigger before this move can be useful in battles."

"Gang."

Gangbao nodded, easily accepting the situation.

Her beastmaster had mentioned this problem before she started training the skill, and she still remembered.

"Just because the skill isn’t useful now doesn’t mean you shouldn’t practice it." Qiao Sang said earnestly.

"The higher your mastery, the stronger the effect will be when you evolve and grow larger."

"Gang."

Gangbao nodded seriously, showing that she understood.

Then, as if realizing something, she flapped her wings and flew to the table, grabbing a chili pepper from a plate and offering it to Chan Chan Stone.

To grow bigger, she had to eat a lot, not just evolve.

"Chan… Chan…"

Chan Chan Stone hesitated for a moment before opening its mouth and letting Gangbao shove the chili in.

By now, it didn’t find chili peppers that spicy anymore…

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On the fourth day of the friendly match, Qiao Sang spent the entire time reading at the venue, only looking up when the matches ended to check who won.

After about an hour, the list of the Top Five was announced.

"Will the five finalists please come to the stage?" The principal of Sahel Academy spoke into the microphone.

"One of you will be chosen to skip the next round and advance directly to the semifinals."

After speaking, he clapped his hands, and five nearly identical Pouch Birds flew into the air.

Qiao Sang: …

Not again…

Qiao Sang did her best to keep a neutral expression as she walked onto the stage.

After getting a bye in the last round, she was starting to suspect some backstage manipulation.

Everyone had predicted she would get a bye, and she actually did. What were the odds of that?

But she had no idea how the nine Pouch Birds were doing it.

Could they have some ability that let them hide the chosen slip inside their pouches and regurgitate it when she picked?

But she didn’t see any of the birds making a regurgitation motion…

Maybe she was overthinking it and it really was just a coincidence…

As Qiao Sang mulled over these thoughts, the principal of Sahel Academy smiled and said, "Qiao Sang, since you were the one who got a bye last round, you get to pick first."

Time to test it again…

Hugging Yabao, Qiao Sang took a step forward and asked, "Which one do you think I should pick?"

"Yap Yap!"

Yabao, having completely forgotten that all of his previous choices had been wrong, thought seriously for two seconds before pointing at a Pouch Bird, declaring that its intuition said this one was absolutely right!

"I’ll take this one." This time, Qiao Sang decided to trust Yabao.

The Pouch Bird slowly opened its beak.

A familiar slip of paper came into view:

[Congratulations on Getting a Bye]

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