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After resting for half a day and waiting for Taotie's energy to fully recover, Chen Xing took a tennis ball from the school team's warehouse and then took Taotie to the swimming pool behind the teaching building.
Zhou Hao was training his Beast Taming in the pool.
Just as people swim at different speeds, so do beasts.
Their physical strength, power exertion techniques, and injury state all affect a beast's speed.
In the pool, Zhou Hao's Salty Bay Crocodile, carrying several small sandbags, was diligently training.
Seeing Taotie coming over, Zhou Hao's Salty Bay Crocodile stopped its movements. After a week of togetherness, the two beasts of the same species had become familiar with each other.
Zhou Hao's Salty Bay Crocodile lifted its head out of the water and started barking at Taotie incessantly.
"Oh," Taotie replied coolly with just a syllable.
