Beast Taming: My System is Bugged-Chapter 119 - 118: Shuiliuliu

Not only was there a person there, but there was also something under the tree.

Mouse Treasure’s Earth Shifting Technique was always active. Through the vibrational waves under its feet, it sensed a small medicine bottle wrapped in the roots of a giant tree about 30 meters away. This piqued its interest.

That spot was right under the heel of another student.

Mouse Treasure turned its head and squeaked twice at its master, indicating that there was a medicine bottle there—a good item worth a hundred points.

Lu You immediately understood. That was the kind of medicine bottle the Combat Beastmasters fought over.

This medicine bottle was no simple matter.

In the past hour or two, she had already seen several instances of Combat Beastmasters fighting to the death over a single medicine bottle.

It was fine as long as the thing wasn’t dug up.

If it was dug up and exposed to the air, the bottle itself would begin to glow.

The Beastmasters taking the exam generally didn’t have a Beast Taming Space.

In other words, these items could only be held in their hands or carried in a bag, and these bags couldn’t completely conceal them.

The moment the medicine bottle was picked up and its light blossomed, the battle junkies in the forest would be like sharks smelling blood, swarming in at the first sign of trouble.

At that point, the one holding the bottle would be besieged by many other students.

It was uncertain whether Mouse Treasure could withstand their siege.

However, just as Lu You was about to go around the giant tree...

The Beastmaster on the other side, who was standing there, saw Lu You as well.

He was using his Water Element Pet Beast, Shuiliuliu, to sense the water vapor in the air and perceive the nearby auras.

The Heart Like Still Water Ice Lotus Dew was itself a combination of the Water and Ice Elements.

As long as one had a Water Element or Ice Element Pet Beast, if they got close enough, they could sense an area with an unusual amount of water vapor or Ice Qi, which very likely indicated the location of a medicine bottle.

This Beastmaster had just sensed the water vapor in this area when he spotted Lu You.

At first, he wasn’t one hundred percent certain if there was a medicine bottle in the soil beneath his feet.

Seeing that the other person had also discovered this spot and was deliberately trying to go around him, he was sure they were up to something.

"Classmate, please wait!"

Lu You, halfway past, had no intention of listening to him.

She had an avoidant personality. Upon seeing a pure Elemental Pet Beast like Shuiliuliu, she subconsciously scooped up Mouse Treasure and started running, hoping to evade the other student’s interception.

But the other guy had different ideas. He immediately shouted:

"Shuiliuliu, use Water Bubble! Trap her!"

Shuiliuliu had a round, cute appearance, about the size of a basketball.

Its body was a translucent blue. Under the sunlight, you could see the light of the water flowing within it, shimmering and sparkling.

It had a large, transparent water-belly and a small head, and inside its head were a pair of round, bright black eyes, like two black gems.

Its entire body had no physical flesh and blood; it was a sphere made of water.

This was a Water Attribute Pet Beast, an Elemental Pet Beast as pure as they come.

A Pet Beast like this wasn’t some common, basic model you’d find anywhere. It was incredibly expensive to raise, a Pet Beast that ordinary commoners could never afford.

Furthermore, raising an Elemental Element Pet Beast was significantly different from raising a normal flesh-and-blood one.

Although textbooks mentioned the Cultivation of Elemental Pet Beasts and its difficulties, that information was all rather superficial, or perhaps, an outdated version.

Lu You had only learned from gossip among her classmates that many major families who raised Elemental Pet Beasts had largely stopped using the Basic Skills taught in school. Instead, they used a different set of Cultivation Methods, and the food they consumed was also incredibly expensive.

Basically, the daily cost of raising one was around a thousand yuan, which meant the monthly expenses started at 100,000 yuan.

This was simply unimaginable for someone from the lower class like Lu You. She reckoned that even a middle-class family would find it difficult to bear such a cost.

Additionally, as far as Lu You knew, Shuiliuliu’s Star Level potential was approaching the Five-star Level.

That’s right, its Star Level potential was exceptionally high—basically the ceiling for the entire school, as far as Lu You knew.

She had previously heard in class gossip that a particularly talented individual had appeared in the neighboring Class 2.

Many students who weren’t up-to-date with the news still thought Gu Ming was number one in their year. Who would have thought that someone from Class 2 had contracted a High-Level Potential Pet Beast?

The reason Shuiliuliu’s Star Level potential was so high was that it was an Elemental Pet Beast. Its energy form was exceedingly pure, and as long as it consistently ate pure Water Element food, it could guarantee high-potential growth for its body.

Furthermore, in terms of Cultivation Techniques, as long as it followed the steps for Cultivation, it could break through from the One-star to the Five-star Level.

Of course, while its Star Level potential was high, its combat ability was highly dependent on its Beastmaster’s nurturing skills.

Why was that?

After all, its rapid Cultivation meant it could be taking shortcuts in various aspects, causing its Basic Skills to lag.

But none of that had anything to do with Lu You.

Since that person had already contracted Shuiliuliu, the nurturing plan he could provide was definitely the "rich-rearing" type.

No matter what kind of Pet Beast it was, once it was being raised with wealth, its weaknesses would surely be specifically addressed, and its combat abilities wouldn’t be left too far behind either.

Although Mouse Treasure had already evolved to One-star and possessed a Cultivation Technique like the Earth Shifting Technique, something Lu You could normally never imagine, when faced with the Five-star Level potential of Shuiliuliu, even if it hadn’t evolved to the One-star stage yet, the Bubble Ball Cage it released was enough to trap Mouse Treasure in a bubble, unable to move.

Therefore, Lu You was terrified as she held Mouse Treasure and ran for her life.

In the brief contact of just over ten seconds, she sprinted wildly through the forest, but the water bubble’s Speed was much faster than a person’s.

In reality, she was too nervous. She should have put Mouse Treasure down and had it use the Earth Shifting Technique to move soil under her feet to help her run.

However, if the Earth Shifting Technique was used by the person and pet separately, its efficiency would be slightly reduced.

Because of this, Shuiliuliu’s water bubble easily caught up with Lu You, imprisoning her within it.

Mouse Treasure brandished its tiny fists, channeling Earth Mana into its paws, and slapped one of them against the thin wall of the bubble.

The bubble was extremely pliable and could dissipate most of the Power by spreading it through ripples across its entire surface, thereby neutralizing it.

The slap only made the bubble cage shudder for a few seconds; it deformed and then returned to normal.

The male student from Class 2 snorted coldly as he walked over and said:

"Since you discovered it, I obviously can’t let you get away so easily. Either defeat me, or surrender."

After he finished speaking, he finally had a moment to look at the thing in Lu You’s hand, which looked like a medicine pouch.

’A student taking the Cultivation Element exam?’

’It doesn’t look like she’s here to fight over the medicine bottle, but you can never be sure.’

During the monthly exam, the rear mountain area wasn’t that large, which meant that Cultivation Element candidates also had a chance to poach bonus points from the Combat Element exam. All they had to do was dig up a medicine bottle and immediately bring it down the mountain.

Therefore, Fang Leng didn’t plan on holding back. He’d rather strike an innocent person than let one slip away.

Lu You was terrified. Her body trembled slightly, and her first instinct was to shout her surrender.

But she looked at the medicine pouch in her hand. The contents of that pouch were worth at least a hundred points.

If she could just get it down the mountain, she could definitely convert it into points for herself.

Surrendering now would be too much of a waste.

’But how can I win?’

"Mouse Treasure, can you break this bubble?" she asked in a low voice.

Mouse Treasure hadn’t moved just now because it had been secretly gathering power, activating its unbelievably high-quality Magic Power Inner Core and continuously channeling Earth Mana.

When its master’s voice came, its right paw struck as if it were moving hundreds of pounds of earth—heavy, powerful, and incredibly dense.

BOOM! It slammed its paw forward!

The water bubble indeed couldn’t withstand the immense Power of the impact. It distorted and twisted to its limit before bursting apart a second later.

This brought a look of surprise to Fang Leng’s face:

"Huh. Your melon-seed hamster can actually break this bubble? It’s not so simple."

Just as the two sides were locked in a stalemate, a rustling sound came from the woods behind them.

Both of them whipped their heads around at the same time, only to see Gu Ming’s head poking out from the trees.