Beast Taming: Starting From Zero

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Air cannon? Qiao Sang's first thought was this skill.

But after thinking about it carefully, she realized that this move wasn’t the key to helping Yabao win, and she hadn’t mentioned this technique in front of Gangbao before.

"Are you talking about the move where Yabao practices holding his breath?" Qiao Sang asked tentatively.

"Gang gang."

Gangbao nodded.

As expected... Qiao Sang smiled and explained, "That’s actually a trait called Air Vacuum, not a skill."

"Gang gang."

Traits can also be developed later, can't they?

Qiao Sang was stunned. She hadn’t expected Gangbao to even know about this.

It was widely known that pet beasts’ traits were almost always innate. Apart from cases where evolution awakened new traits, it was rare for a pet beast to develop a trait without evolving.

But rare didn’t mean impossible.

Yabao’s Blaze trait had been awakened later on.

Some beast tamers went to great lengths to develop their desired traits in their pet beasts.

She once read online about a beast tamer who wanted to awaken the Intimidate trait in his Blaze Hound. Every day, he arranged battles and had it roar at the opponent right at the start, trying to build up its confidence and presence.

Over time, even outside of battles, the Blaze Hound would automatically roar at unfamiliar pet beasts on the street.

One day, it roared at a passing small snake-type pet beast.

The next second, that snake-type pet beast grew in size, reaching about 13 meters long, and with a flick of its tail, it sent the Blaze Hound flying to the next street.

When the tamer finally found his Blaze Hound, he discovered it had unexpectedly awakened the Timid trait.

The Timid trait might sound weak, but it was actually quite useful. Pet beasts with this trait gained a speed boost when attacked by Dark, Ghost, or Bug-type moves.

If they were intimidated by a pet beast with the Intimidate trait, they would also receive a speed boost.

This incident even made the top trending list in the Yuhua region.

That beast tamer took pride in it, sharing his insights and experience on various platforms, eventually becoming a minor online influencer with tens of thousands of followers. ꭆÃꞐОΒƐʂ

Many netizens tried to replicate his method, but none succeeded in awakening the Timid trait in their own pet beasts.

Unlike skills, traits depended entirely on a pet beast’s natural potential. If it had the potential, it could awaken; if not, no amount of money, resources, or targeted training could force it to manifest.

Moreover, traits varied greatly. Something as rare as Air Vacuum, which could function like a high-tier skill, was almost impossible to develop through sheer effort.

Qiao Sang asked, "Why do you suddenly want to awaken this trait?"

"Gang gang."

Gangbao flapped her wings and explained.

To become stronger, one should aim to surpass the strongest opponent. Right now, Yabao was her goal.

"Lu?"

From the side, Lubao, who had been resting with her eyes closed, suddenly opened them, looking confused.

You're still awake...? Qiao Sang quickly reassured her, "Gangbao just arrived and hasn’t seen your strength yet."

"Gang."

Gangbao immediately understood the situation and nodded in agreement.

"Lu."

Lubao seemed to accept the explanation and closed her eyes again, only to open them the next second, stand up, and start training in the living room.

Qiao Sang: ...

"Gang..."

Gangbao had an expression of I didn’t expect things to turn out like this either.

"It’s fine, Lubao often stays up late to train."

Qiao Sang said before pausing and stating bluntly, "The trait you mentioned is Air Vacuum. Honestly, I have no clue how to awaken a trait, but I can ask others. To be frank, this trait mostly appears in high-tier pet beasts, so don’t get your hopes up too much. For now, the priority is getting Iron Defense to the beginner level."

"Gang."

Gangbao nodded, indicating her understanding.

Even so, after finishing her study session, Qiao Sang still went online to look up ways to awaken Air Vacuum.

She skimmed through the search results, but all she found were descriptions of Air Vacuum and lists of pet beast species that had a chance of possessing it. There was no discussion on how to awaken it.

Qiao Sang wasn’t surprised.

People marveled at pet beasts with rare traits but never thought about what it would be like if their own pet beasts had them.

Unlike skills, where seeing a powerful move performed by the same species or a similar attribute might inspire trainers to teach their own pet beasts, traits weren’t something people actively pursued.

Then, suddenly, inspiration struck.

Was there a skill with the same effect as Air Vacuum?

With all the studying she had done lately, her knowledge had expanded significantly.

Traits were an important characteristic of pet beasts.

Some pet beasts with Drizzle, Snow Warning, or Drought traits could alter the weather upon entering the battlefield. But similar effects could also be achieved with active skills like Rain Prayer, Hail, and Sunny Day.

The difference was that traits were passive and cost no energy, whereas skills were active and required energy.

Air Vacuum affected the surroundings rather than just the user, so maybe there really was a skill with a similar effect?

With that thought, Qiao Sang started searching.

Soon, she found a relevant forum post.

[Why are pet beasts with Air Vacuum being sold for sky-high prices? It’s just because they resemble the skill Absolute Vacuum. Since that’s the case, why not just teach pet beasts Absolute Vacuum?]

Absolute Vacuum... what a straightforward skill name. But she had never even heard of it before...

For a moment, Qiao Sang forgot her status as an academic underachiever and kept reading.

[Do you think we don’t want to teach our pet beasts Absolute Vacuum? The problem is, they can’t learn it!]

[Haha, that’s like asking why we don’t all enroll in Zhouzhou Laina University.]

[Did the OP forget that Absolute Vacuum is an super-tier skill?]

Super-tier skill...

Qiao Sang sighed internally.

No wonder she had never heard of it, it was an ultra-tier skill.

If it were a high-tier skill, she might still have confidence that Gangbao could learn it, given the precedent set by Yabao and the others. But an super-tier skill…

Qiao Sang quietly closed the post and started searching for similar moves to Absolute Vacuum.

In a world where god-tier skills were considered mythical, ultra-tier skills were already the highest level. Even in top-tier competitions like the Interstellar Cup, representing the peak of beast-taming talent, the highest-level moves used were ultra-tier skills.

For most professional beast tamers, high-tier skills and combo techniques were the standard, while ultra-tier skills were something only the strongest trainers’ pet beasts could learn. Qiao Sang was well aware of this reality.

The reason Water Luriana was so highly valued in the Guwu region wasn’t just because it was nearly extinct, it was also because of its innate skill, Healing Light, which was classified as an super-tier move by the Alliance.

After searching for over five minutes, Qiao Sang finally found a similar skill:

Air Absorption.

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