The classroom was silent.
Knock-off Underwear Bro, Zhang Qiang, froze in place.
He opened and closed his mouth.
His face also turned pale.
He had been desperately flattering and fawning over Palace Master Shang here.
But he had kicked a hornet's nest; Shang Tianque had immediately given him a wild horse's kick, directly hitting Zhang Qiang's mouth and shutting him up.
Zhang Qiang's face flushed red; he usually tried every possible way to show off, but for some reason, whenever it involved Fang Xin, he always failed to do so, as if an invisible force was holding him down.
"Sit down!" Shang Tianque said coldly to everyone. He was already annoyed at being tricked by that white-haired guy into coming to work, and then encountering someone like Zhang Qiang making trouble for his younger brother, Fang Xin. How could he give him a good look?
Fang Xin gave Shang Tianque a thumbs up.
He now knew what to do with the space ring full of divine oil and aphrodisiacs he got from Ximen Boguang.
Shang Tianque stood at the front, "Today, I'll teach you how to fight! Beast Masters' battles can switch perspectives; you can either use a God's-eye view or possess your fierce beast and fight in first-person, but the prerequisite for all of this is that the Beast Master must have a strong resonance with his fierce beast..."
After a long lecture on theoretical knowledge, Shang Tianque said again, "All this talk is just theory. Theory must be combined with practical combat. Is anyone willing to come forward and spar? I can personally guide you. Who among you is the strongest?"
Almost everyone looked in unison at Knock-off Underwear Bro. Zhang Qiang stood up, looking like he didn't want to but everyone was forcing him to.
"What combat level are you at?"
"Level three peak combat power, Teacher!"
Shang Tianque nodded, "Not bad. Who wants to spar with him?"
Hearing Shang Tianque's praise, Zhang Qiang unconsciously puffed out his chest and glanced at Fang Xin from the corner of his eye.
No one in the room spoke.
Zhang Qiang gently nudged his loyal stooge, Xizhi Tang, with his leg and gave him a look. Xizhi Tang immediately understood and said, "Teacher, why don't we let Fang Xin and Zhang Qiang spar?"
Shang Tianque looked at Fang Xin.
"Xin Zai? Care to step up?"
Fang Xin shook his head, "No, my two wolves are quite fierce. What if they kill his spirit beast? Then he'll cry, make a fuss, and threaten to hang himself! Where would I find the time to deal with his antics?"
As Zhang Qiang's loyal supporters, Xizhi Tang and his gang immediately became indignant, "Being cowardly is being cowardly, why pretend to be a big shot!"
"Exactly, his spirit beast will be killed by you, what a load of crap!"
"If you're afraid to lose, just say so. Don't make up all those baseless excuses. Everyone isn't stupid; we can see through your little tricks!"
"Can't you all see this? He's still putting on airs as the top new student of this year, afraid of losing face after a defeat!"
"When the tide recedes, you'll know who isn't wearing Ku Cha'r Ge. Some people are already panicking before the tide has even receded!"
"Our Ku Cha'r Ge must be wearing Ku Cha'r Ge! It's just some who aren't, those who know, know!"
Zhang Qiang's faction supporters all mocked him with words.
And Zhang Qiang, hearing Fang Xin's words, also cleared his throat, "Fang Xin, don't worry. This is just a normal exchange. We're all classmates. I won't make you lose face. Besides, victory and defeat are common in war, so what if you lose?"
"What if I kill your spirit beast then?" Fang Xin asked with an innocent look.
Zhang Qiang said with full confidence, "Don't worry, my spirit beast is a tenth-tier spirit beast; it won't die!"
"No, what if it dies? Wouldn't you blame me?"
Zhang Qiang saw his hesitation and said, "Don't worry, even if it dies, I won't blame you. Everyone present here today can testify! Our Instructor Shang can also testify!"
Hearing this, Fang Xin's eyes lit up.
He had been stalling and playing hard to get all this time, waiting for this very sentence from Knock-off Underwear Bro.
"Lao Shang, you must testify!" Fang Xin added another layer of insurance.
Shang Tianque waved his hand, "I can testify. Don't you brag, kid. Let me see how much you've improved. Even if you kill it, I'll compensate him with another one, alright?"
"Oh, what if I accidentally kill Fang Xin's fierce beast?"
Shang Tianque also said, "Whosever's dies, I'll compensate them!"
A sinister smile flashed in Zhang Qiang's eyes, and then he raised his hand. A fiery red snake shot out, coiling in the open space, its upper body raised high, its triangular head swaying left and right, flicking its forked tongue.
"This is Ku Cha'r Ge's Red Scale Viper! It looks so mighty!"
"What about Fang Xin? Why isn't he making a move yet? After all that dawdling, he's not going to throw out two huskies, is he?"
The Red Scale Viper opened its mouth at Fang Xin, letting out a provocative sound.
Fang Xin raised his hand and waved it.
Two wolves, one black and one white, appeared in front of the snake.
When he saw the two wolves, Shang Tianque's eyebrows and the corners of his mouth involuntarily curled up. He looked at Fang Xin with a half-smile; that little bastard was truly cunning, deliberately luring Zhang Qiang. And Zhang Qiang, caught like a fish, was still oblivious.
Zhang Qiang raised his hand and pointed at the Red Scale Viper, a smile on his face, but in his heart, he muttered, "Kill them!"
The Red Scale Viper secreted viscous venom and spat a cloud of poisonous mist at the two wolves.
The two wolves, both at peak level three combat power, dodged left and right. The white wolf, with its mental power, let out a wolf howl.
In the Red Scale Viper's moment of daze, the black wolf, with its speed talent, had already finished charging and flashed past like a black shadow.
When the black shadow's figure solidified again.
It held half of the Red Scale Viper in its mouth, tilted its head, and tossed it twice, completely swallowing the half of the Red Scale Viper.
The white wolf also flashed forward and swallowed the other half.
With the hidden boost of Slaughter Talent, the two wolves could instantly kill opponents of the same level with ease.
Everything happened too fast, so much so that many people didn't even react.
"Holy crap! Fang Xin's two wolves are also peak level three combat power!"
"Careless! Strong Bro's Red Scale Viper didn't dodge!"
"No!!!"
Zhang Qiang roared.
He was in pain, like Yuan Hua outside the phone booth on a snowy night.
The two wolves tilted their necks back.
As the Red Scale Viper was devoured, a protective film visibly appeared on the surface of each wolf's body.
"Holy cow! They're at level four combat power! They're about to reach level four combat power!" Someone shouted.
"Strong Bro has become a stepping stone!"
"Hahaha, Xin Ge is awesome!"
"Zhang Qiang was just showing off! Why isn't he showing off now!"
"I knew Xin Ge was dawdling for a reason! He was setting a trap!"
Fang Xin raised his hand and recalled the two wolves.
Zhang Qiang roared, "Fang Xin, I'll f***ing kill you! Give me back my spirit beast!"
Guo Gai was the first to stand up, "Damn it! Can't you take a loss? You were the one who insisted on challenging our Xin Ge! You yourself said it was fine if your spirit beast died! Now you're barking again!"
Zhang Qiang's eyes widened, "I was just being polite, not serious! Besides, we're all classmates. Does Fang Xin have to disregard our friendship and kill it completely?"
Fang Xin rested his chin on his hand, leaning on the table, watching the enraged Zhang Qiang, "Heh, you've got two faces, don't you?"
Shang Tianque cleared his throat, "Sit down! Everyone saw the battle just now. There are two drawbacks: first, extremely inexperienced in combat, with no clear understanding of the strength of friendly and enemy forces; second, an insufficient understanding of beast attack methods, you clearly haven't carefully read the Bestiary in the textbook!"
After the discussions ceased, Shang Tianque went on to explain a lot of practical combat experience.
However, Zhang Qiang didn't hear a single word of it; his mind was entirely focused on his spirit beast becoming another's gain.
As class was about to end, Zhang Qiang suddenly stood up and said, "Instructor Shang, when will you give me the spirit beast you just promised me?"
Shang Tianque turned his head, the corners of his mouth curling up involuntarily.