Chapter 325: Little Tricks? Learn Some! Resource Exchange!

Asher obtaining the Jade Silver Snake was quite a special case.

What was supposed to be a dragon-attribute beast, turned into a little white snake.

Fortunately, Asher had a big heart… okay, in others' eyes, Asher had a big enough heart.

Asher simply explained the origin of the little white snake.

There wasn't anything that couldn't be said.

Upon hearing this, Donna and Jacob instead showed somewhat embarrassed expressions.

"So that's how it is…", Donna nodded as she spoke, "If that's the case, then Professor Asher, your Jade Silver Snake might be a dragon species. If so… then it should have a bloodline closer to dragon-attribute beasts."

As she spoke, Donna sank into the academic world.

She took out pen and paper and started writing and drawing.

Beside her, Jacob: "..."

'Just convinced like that?'

But Jacob didn't really care.

In the years of mingling in exploration teams, Jacob had seen no shortage of pet beasts with strange abilities and bloodlines.

Beast tamers who could gain a foothold in Star City's exploration teams all had some skills.

It's just a water-attribute pet beast with a slightly special bloodline, nothing strange.

Donna was unreliable, so Jacob tried to steer the topic back, "Professor Asher, I know you're a genius."

That was something no one could deny.

Just based on the Sky-Shaking Bear, Jacob admired Asher greatly.

Whether his own Violent Bear could evolve was another matter.

If it couldn't, it wasn't Professor Asher's fault, but that he as a beast tamer wasn't working hard enough.

The awesomeness of the evolved form of the Sky-Shaking Bear was self-evident.

That was also the target Jacob set for his big bear.

People, pet beasts, living in this world, you've got to have a few goals, right?

"But the talent in pet research and the talent in pet combat, those are two different things."

"Let alone someone as famous as you, Professor Asher!"

"If you really went to compete next year…", Jacob showed a toothache-like expression.

He could already imagine what kind of scene that would be.

The news media wouldn't go easy on him.

If they didn't turn the cameras and spotlights on Asher, they wouldn't be news paparazzi.

Jacob still wanted to persuade Asher a little more.

Just then, Felter's phone rang.

He pulled out his phone, and when he saw the name displayed on the screen, Felter showed great confusion.

Asher glanced over curiously.

Felter didn't bother to hide it either. Turning his head slightly, one could see the flashing characters "Aria."

"Hello?", After thinking a bit, Felter still answered the call.

Though after exchanging numbers back then, they hadn't contacted each other this way at all, but now that she had called, Felter couldn't pretend not to see it.

After a few words, Felter looked at Asher.

Asher also recalled the previous battle he had seen involving Aria and had some idea.

"Meeting is fate. Let her come," Asher said indifferently.

Felter clicked his tongue, looking a bit displeased.

But he still relayed Asher's response to Aria.

In an instant, Asher could even hear the happy cheering from the other end of the phone.

She was really happy.

Very soon, the Leonheart sisters, Aria and Luna, knocked on the door of Asher's break room.

Asher went to open the door.

Aria and Luna looked up and were immediately met with the impact of Asher's male charm.

"Ahem…"

"Cough!"

The two girls both awkwardly coughed, their cheeks blushing, eyes drifting.

"What are you doing standing at the door?", Felter poked his head out from behind and shouted loudly.

"Getting polite now?"

"Didn't hear you be polite on the phone."

Aria and Luna: "..."

'Don't you understand a girl's heart? No need to expose us like that!'

Though, the little friction with Felter didn't at all affect the sisters' approach and admiration toward Asher.

Just seeing him on screen already made them think Asher was awesome.

Now with a chance to talk face to face, they definitely couldn't miss it.

The sisters didn't know Asher's exact current strength level, only having seen the Jade Silver Snake's battle. They looked at Asher with excitement and began discussing with him.

Asher smiled and very cooperatively shared his experiences in pet beast cultivation and combat with them.

The sisters, who already thought Asher was amazing, found him even more so after the discussion.

Mainly because… they couldn't understand what Asher was saying at all.

"It's not that I totally don't understand…", Luna, confused even more due to the Jade Silver Snake's mismatched attribute, whispered.

Luna blinked, trying to describe her current feelings, "It's like, I know this is a knowledge point, very important."

"But my cerebral cortex is too smooth, the knowledge just can't take root on it, swoosh, and it's gone."

Luna nodded.

'That's exactly how it feels.'

Asher: "..."

"A bit exaggerated," Asher said, amused.

Asher's impression of the Leonheart sisters was so-so. Not good or bad. If they met, chatting was fine.

But it had to be said, although the Leonheart sisters didn't really understand what he was saying, Asher learned quite a few useful little tricks from them.

For example, in pet beast battles, when mentally prepared for a draw, how to let your pet accumulate more energy and hold on in the arena until the last moment.

Hold on a bit longer, the chance of reversing a draw increases slightly. And so does the chance of winning.

This was a small trick Asher had never come into contact with or even considered before.

Hearing it, Asher couldn't help but nod repeatedly.

Seeing this, Felter and Donna both turned to look at Asher.

"Professor Asher, you didn't know these tricks?", Donna looked at Asher with slight surprise and doubt.

Asher shrugged and spread his hands, "I really didn't know."

"If I had known…", Asher's gaze shifted to Jacob.

Donna followed and looked at Jacob.

If he had known, then the result of the previous battle with Jacob might not be so certain.

Jacob: "..."

Jacob's mouth twitched.

'Seriously? How did the conversation come back to me again?'

Just as Jacob's body was stiffening under their gaze, Felter spoke and saved him.

"Totally normal!", Felter looked at Asher with burning eyes, "Asher's combat skills are mostly gained through real combat."

"This kind of turn-based arena-style battle, Asher actually hasn't experienced that much."

"Plus, with his current identity, later on it's hard for people to notice this point."

Asher pondered, rubbed his chin for a moment, then nodded in agreement, "Makes sense. That's true."

Now, Donna and Jacob both fell silent.

The Leonheart sisters looked at Asher with undisguisable shock in their eyes.

'Combat skills were accumulated through real combat? How many battles did that take?'

"Hiss—", Aria let out a sound.

"It's really nothing much," Asher said with a smile, "I haven't been a beast tamer for that long. Excluding research time, the rest has all been spent on pet training."

"Then more precisely… training pet beasts during research?"

Thinking of his time in the military, and other expeditions into forbidden lands… Asher hadn't deliberately tried to gain combat experience.

But the end result turned out like this.

Thinking of it, Asher nodded again.

It would've been fine if Asher hadn't said it.

But with his reminder, everyone except Felter remembered.

Let's not talk about how Asher hadn't been a beast tamer for long.

At most, two years.

And in those two full years, Asher had also spent a lot of time on pet beast evolution research.

Being a genius in pet evolution research wasn't something you could just be casually.

At least that's how everyone except Asher saw it.

Talent was one thing.

Effort was another.

Having only talent without effort, you'd never get what you wanted.

But Asher not only had talent, he also worked hard. And besides his original talent, he could unlock other talents too.

Who wouldn't say "terrifying!" after seeing that.

Asher: "..."

'I am not that special.'

Asher quickly changed the subject.

Looking at the Jade Silver Snake that had mostly recovered in the medical pod, Asher turned his gaze to Jacob and Donna.

"Battle, who's up first?"

Jacob and Donna exchanged a glance.

Originally, they were both going to keep persuading Asher to consider entering next year's national beast tamer tournament.

But after all the interruptions, and with Asher displaying such talent, they had nothing to say. Nothing they could say.

If Asher wanted to try, let him try.

After all, Asher was still young.

Whatever the result, Asher could probably bear it… right?

Thinking like that, Donna and Jacob both felt more uncertain.

They looked at each other again.

Stop thinking too much. Just do the job in front of them first.

"I'll go first," It was Jacob who stood up first, a battle-ready smile on his face, "Last time was my oversight!"

Jacob straightforwardly admitted he had underestimated Asher before, "Since your battle experience was built through actual fights, let me test you first."

"I promise I won't let you down," As he spoke, Jacob slapped his chest loudly, adding credibility to his words.

Asher gestured an "OK" sign.

Asher had a lot of confidence in the strength of Jacob and Donna.

This time, Asher set the battlefield to private encrypted mode.

The Leonheart sisters revealed a look of relief when they saw this.

Thank goodness they had come to Asher's rest room.

Otherwise, without knowing the password, they wouldn't be able to see Asher's next battle.

That would've been such a pity.

However, at this point the sisters still didn't know how Asher planned to fight next.

They simply assumed it would be similar to before.

Until they saw Asher and Jacob summon pet after pet for battle, without pausing after a win or loss.

Only then did the Leonheart sisters realize.

This wasn't an ordinary match.

This was a full-scale battle pushing Asher to his limit.

Understanding this, Aria looked at Asher with more disbelief.

"Asher he…", Aria hesitated, but still said it, "He's going all out?"

Hearing her, Felter nodded naturally, even looked back at Aria, "Is there a problem?"

Aria swore, the one with the problem definitely wasn't her.

A problem? Of course there was a problem.

A huge problem.

This looked wrong no matter how you looked at it.

Asher's situation was indeed special.

But even without special circumstances, Asher would only be a second-year in September.

And under that premise, how many pet beasts had he pulled out already?

'One, two, three, four… wait wait wait!'

'There's a fifth one?'

Aria took a deep breath, silently questioning the inequality of human beings in her mind.

'What? How can the gap between people be this huge?'

'This must be wrong somehow!'

Luna cupped her cheeks with both hands, making a classic thinking pose, "If you calculate it like this, Asher should already be a Tier 3 beast tamer, right?"

Aria's expression also grew solemn, 'Yes, a Tier 3 beast tamer!'

Clearly they were all of the same age, yet the gap between them had grown to the point that it simply couldn't be described in words.

Some people were still working hard to unlock their third contract slot. Some people had already contracted five pet beasts.

The Leonheart sisters, one already the top student and one striving to become the top student, looked at each other.

They had originally thought that they were already strong enough.

Among people of the same age group who could compare with them, there were only Jade Dragon's Dexter and Felter.

But looking at it now… that wasn't the case.

Aria and Luna both had very complicated feelings, but they still earnestly watched the battle between Asher and Jacob on the light screen, trying to firmly imprint every scene into their eyes.

As for the result of the match between Asher and Jacob… naturally it goes without saying.

In the end, Asher still lost.

Although Asher's pet beasts were all very strong individually, in overall performance, endurance, and experience, Jacob, who had years of expedition team experience, was still a cut above.

After a simple recovery, Asher. Did not rest for too long, just healed the injuries on the pet beasts' bodies, altogether it definitely didn't take more than half an hour.

"Actually, you could rest a bit more," Donna couldn't help but say when she saw the situation.

Asher smiled and shook his head, "It's not that I don't want to let them rest more. In a long tournament, it's very possible that a similar situation might happen, right."

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