Donna immediately stopped talking.
This really was one aspect too.
Just like the military and the city defense Beast Tamer teams, when real battles and crises come, most of the time, they don't have much time to rest.
As long as the wounds stop bleeding, what mental state or not. They have to throw themselves into the next battle without stopping.
Even though Donna came from the academic faction, she was well aware of this, and Asher's thinking had no problems.
So, Donna followed Asher's wishes.
Immediately started the battle with Asher.
Aria and Luna listened to the conversation between the two, quieter than ever.
At the same time, deep inside their hearts, a strong fighting spirit and a desire to catch up arose.
It was true Asher was a genius.
It was true Asher had a powerful talent.
But they were also geniuses. Otherwise, how could they have been directly admitted into Flood Dragon at the beginning? Seeing themselves left so far behind by Asher, even if they knew deep down they could never fully catch up to Asher's pace, that didn't mean they would give up entirely.
Chase as much as possible. Even a little bit closer is still a bit.
"But…", As she thought, Aria's gaze still fell on Asher's Jade Silver Snake, "This Jade Silver Snake is really special."
Dragon-type skill, just like that, learned as soon as it said it would learn.
This isn't something that can be done simply by saying it has the bloodline of a dragon-type beast.
There must be something else even more special that she didn't know.
What moved Aria most was still the Jade Silver Snake's own attribute, water attribute.
Because of her own reasons, Aria specialized in water and ice attribute pet beasts.
All kinds of possible situations with water and ice attribute pet beasts, she might not know them all like the back of her hand, but she knew at least seventy to eighty percent.
But a case like Asher's Jade Silver Snake, she had truly never seen.
Luna glanced at her sister and immediately knew what she was thinking.
"I don't doubt Professor Asher's ability, but here's the problem."
"Why would he help you?", Luna said softly.
Aria: "..."
Looking around and seeing that others hadn't noticed them, Aria then looked at her sister.
She whispered in her ear, "What if I use my resources to make a trade with Asher, is there a chance…"
As she spoke, Aria's voice got lower and lower, until even Luna couldn't hear her clearly.
The two of them exchanged glances, very complicated feelings in their hearts.
Others might not know.
But Luna knew what resources her sister was talking about.
The reason the two sisters could contract special elemental beasts, their own talents were one thing, and family support was another.
Clove City, Leonheart Family.
Their family was stationed in Clove City, the central hub of Star City. Precisely because of this, the sisters and other family Beast Tamers would basically all enter Star City. To study at Star City University.
The talented ones would enter the Central Advanced Beast Tamer Academy after graduation.
Those a bit less talented would join adventure squads, the city guard teams, or nearby stationed legions.
The main idea was everything revolved around Star City.
To fight to the death with the beasts outside the island! The heavy side was very heavy.
But to cultivate these Beast Tamers, the resources the Leonheart family could provide were also vast.
As long as someone truly had talent and was a good seedling, the Leonheart family would spare no cost to cultivate them.
And Aria and Luna were the most outstanding Beast Tamers of their generation in the Leonheart family.
The resources they could access were beyond the imagination of Beast Tamers from ordinary backgrounds.
Among Aria's resources were those related to water attribute pet beasts, originally reserved for her Water Monster or Water-Ice pet or other water attribute pet beasts after reaching Tier 7.
Now, she kind of wanted to trade them.
Asher still didn't know Aria's idea.
After finishing the previous battle with Jacob, Asher took a deep breath, his eyes showing a trace of regret, "That last move…"
'So close! So close to winning.'
It wasn't that he underestimated his opponent. Just from paper strength alone, Asher's pet beasts were not weaker than Jacob's.
But pet strength can't be looked at in isolation.
Especially in a one-on-one, turn-based, loser-out format, the Beast Tamer's choices and control, pet cooperation, every aspect is extremely important.
However, in this regard… Asher was a genius.
Just still a bit behind compared to the experienced Jacob.
Jacob saw the regret on Asher's face and rolled his eyes at him without any courtesy, "Bullshit!"
"If I lost to you here, that would be a joke!", As he said this, Jacob waved his fan-like palm, his face full of disdain.
What, like he didn't care about saving face? Lose to Asher? A young professor of pet beast evolution research? Not to mention Asher's level was lower than his.
If he really lost, where would Jacob's face go. But even as he said that, Jacob was actually terrified deep down.
Jacob truly acknowledged. Asher's talent in pet battles was far stronger than he imagined, Asher said he almost won.
And for Jacob, wasn't it also almost a loss. Thinking of this, Jacob gave Asher another deep look, imprinting that overly youthful face into his mind.
If Asher really wanted to participate in next year's National Beast Tamer Tournament, he wouldn't stop him.
By then, maybe he could even place a bet against everyone else's expectations and bet on Asher to win, pulling off an upset.
'Ahem!'
'Definitely not illegal counter-betting!'
This was a legitimate, officially promoted event.
The Beast Tamer community, after all, were extravagant gold-swallowing beasts.
No amount of money ever feels like enough.
When it came time to battle Donna, although Asher now had more experience, his performance wasn't much better than the last time.
Donna's fighting style had traces of the academic faction.
In theory, Asher had stayed at the Advanced Beast Tamer Academy, he should have some experience, should be more familiar.
But only after actual combat could one discover the difference.
In short, it felt familiar. But once in battle, it felt unpleasant. Far more unpleasant than expected.
Just like those little tricks Asher didn't know before, Donna knew even more arena battle techniques.
Always managing to land precisely at the line that made Asher uncomfortable, but not technically a foul.
Asher: "..."
Asher's eyes toward Donna couldn't help but show a bit of murderous intent.
Donna wasn't scared seeing this, instead smiled slightly, gently touched the two small moles at the corner of her lips, looking at Asher with amusement and seriousness, "How is it?"
"Is my strength enough to satisfy Professor Asher?", Donna said softly.
"Satisfied," Very annoyed, but Asher had to admit, it was quite useful.
He never denied this.
"Humph," Donna laughed again, her gaze becoming resolute once more, "Since you're dead set on participating in the National Beast Tamer Tournament, then I won't try to dissuade you. I'll just have to let you personally experience the kind of strength those Beast Tamers you'll face might possess."
Asher's strength exceeded Donna's expectations.
But for some reason, Donna also felt like, this was only natural.
Donna quickly shook away that unreliable thought from her head.
Looking at Asher again, her gaze turned serious.
Asher was very strong.
But Asher could still become stronger.
But in the limited time left, what she needed to do first was fulfill her job responsibilities.
In the end, the battle between Asher and Donna also ended in defeat.
Returning to the lounge, Asher's expression still looked very calm.
Not affected at all by the two consecutive defeats just now.
And the others didn't cast any strange looks at Asher because of his two straight losses.
Lost? That's completely normal.
If Asher had really easily defeated Jacob or Donna in a full 5v5 match, they'd really start questioning life. There can be a gap between people.
But it can't be exaggerated to this extent. Leave an ordinary person a way to live.
"Come on, let's review together," Donna saw that Asher had sent his injured pet beasts into the medical capsule, then waved at Asher.
Battles were an important way to assess one's strength.
Review was also an extremely important process.
Especially in arenas.
Often through review, one can identify and fix weaknesses, realize shortcomings and work to improve them.
The review session lasted about two hours.
Asher's mind didn't feel hazy.
But the Leonheart sisters and Felter who came to listen did feel a bit dizzy.
"Don't you feel…"
"It's like we just took a huge class?"
"Yes yes yes! And it was one of those classes where the teacher stares at you and asks you questions one-on-one."
The three exchanged glances and saw the same pain in each other's eyes.
Aside from drinking water and using the restroom, oh, and when Asher's pet beasts finished treatment, there was no other break time.
And Asher, cuddling his pet beasts, exchanged experiences with Jacob and Donna, looking not tired at all.
Aria, Luna, and Felter couldn't help it and glanced at each other again.
So terrifying. They could already imagine. If Asher were in the same school and same classroom as them, what a terrifying study overlord he'd bem
But, they couldn't even be happy about not being classmates.
Thinking about how Asher was so strong yet still worked this hard, then looking at themselves… the three couldn't help but show expressions like they were injected with chicken blood.
Though they didn't know how long this motivation would last.
But lasting a bit longer is still something.
"Asher, are you free now?", Aria saw that the review session between Asher, Jacob, and Donna had finally ended, and quickly seized the chance.
She told Asher all her previous thoughts.
"That's how it is," Aria looked at Asher seriously and sincerely, "These resources are beneficial to water-attribute beasts. You can trust that."
"In exchange, I hope you can teach me how to better nurture pet beasts."
Aria put forward her terms and needs.
The rest depended on Asher.
Jacob and Donna didn't speak.
This was Asher's private matter; it wasn't their place to say anything.
As a professor of pet beast evolution research, Asher definitely had his strengths and his own ideas and decisions in this regard, without needing any of their teaching.
After thinking for a moment.
Donna took the lead to say goodbye, "Then today's sparring session ends here?"
She smiled as she spoke, "It's been five hours already, right? Let's not bother counting the few minutes."
Asher had no objections.
Those extra minutes, he didn't care, and Donna as a Tier 4 Beast Tamer didn't care either.
No need for back-and-forth over trivialities.
"Same here! Let's count it as five hours," Jacob waved his hand as well.
"This is my contact info," Jacob took out his phone, "If you're ever interested in going to the Forbidden Zone of Star City, let me know, I'll recommend you an adventure team!"
Donna glared at Jacob, then turned to Asher and also took out her phone.
"This guy got ahead of me," Donna's tone carried a bit of unspoken frustration.
"Let's exchange contact info too," As she spoke, Donna sighed, "Actually, compared to participating in the National Beast Tamer Tournament, I'd more recommend you go study at the Central Advanced Beast Tamer Academy."
"Even if it's just for one year."
"With your talent, you should be able to graduate smoothly, right?", Donna spoke very sincerely.
At the side, Aria and Luna looked at Donna with eyes full of great terror.
Looking left and right, they resolutely refused to meet Asher's gaze.
A ruthless person who graduates in one year...
Whether other regions' advanced Beast Tamer academies have had such people, they don't know.
But over all these years, the Central Advanced Beast Tamer Academy has never produced such a ruthless person.
Only Tier 3 Beast Tamers can enter the academy.
And truly graduating... is not that simple.
Even Tier 5 Beast Tamers are not quite enough.
Someone like Donna, for example, has not yet graduated from the Central Advanced Beast Tamer Academy, and is still working hard to break through to the sixth contract slot, such a Beast Tamer.
Not to mention the Central Advanced Beast Tamer Academy has other requirements for whether students can graduate.
Wanting Asher to graduate in one year... in short, it really is just an extremely difficult matter.
As for Donna's suggestion, Aria and Luna weren't exactly unaware either.
Roughly thinking... let's just trick him into going first.
Once he's tricked into going, then we'll talk.
With Asher's talent, entering the Central Advanced Beast Tamer Academy isn't a difficult thing. As for how to get out after entering...
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