Chapter 55: Chapter 51: Won?
F-rank Beast Tamers who met the eligibility requirements to compete were numerous, and after an efficient day of battles, the preliminary rounds had not yet ended yesterday.
However, there were only slightly more than 60 contestants left, so it was expected that the preliminaries could be finished in no more than an hour’s time.
Qiao Sang arrived at row 9 in zone C.
Bai Yunmiao had also signed up for this Bai Xinsai and successfully passed the preliminary round.
The two met up like this, having both passed the preliminaries.
“Qiao genius, I’ve inquired about it. The people who pass the preliminaries will be randomly shuffled on the big screen, and the ones paired together will be a group,” Bai Yunmiao said, pointing to the screen above the center of the arena.
Since learning Qiao Sang’s name, Bai Yunmiao had been calling her Qiao genius online.
Qiao Sang nodded; this kind of random pairings by system was common in various competitions.
“Why are you dressed up so… nice today?” Qiao Sang asked.
To be precise, it should be described as formal.
Bai Yunmiao was sitting at her seat in an extremely ladylike manner, with her makeup and hair done perfectly, wearing a little black dress paired with a pair of bright-colored high heels, a true banquet attire.
“Isn’t it to look good on camera? I watched yesterday’s replay online. It was like a death shot, presenting me so ugly. It didn’t even capture one-third of my beauty,” Bai Yunmiao complained.
Indeed, sometimes the live streams without any filters were like mirrors reflecting monsters.
Bai Yunmiao continued, “And since half the contestants have been eliminated today, I think there’s a high chance I will be interviewed.”
Interviews…
Qiao Sang recalled what had just happened and felt a tightness in her chest, no longer wanting to talk…
…
Inside the arena, Qiao Sang unexpectedly saw someone she recognized among the group nine preliminary contestants—Dai Shushu.
Had she not seen her here, Qiao Sang would have almost forgotten about her…
The Pet Beast of Dai Shushu wasn’t one of the five choices for newbie Beast Tamers, but a Water Shrimp.
Not all Water-type Pet Beasts were amphibious Extraordinary Creatures, and even if some could move freely on land, they generally couldn’t exhibit their full strength.
Due to the limitations of the terrain, few Beast Tamers were willing to assign their first contract slot to a Water-type Pet Beast.
Qiao Sang started observing seriously.
She couldn’t deny that in her heart, she still regarded Dai Shushu as a competitor.
56 seconds later.
“Contestant Chen Cheng wins.”
Qiao Sang was stunned for a moment.
This was completely different from what she had expected!
She hadn’t even begun analyzing Dai Shushu and the Water Shrimp’s combat level, and the match was over just like that!
Her opponent’s Pet Beast, a plump pigeon, hit the Water Shrimp twice with aerial strikes, rendering it unable to continue fighting—it was a completely ordinary preliminary battle!
Was Dai Shushu really that weak?!
Qiao Sang felt a bit dazed.
Why had she initially regarded Dai Shushu as a strong rival…
Qiao Sang tried to recall hard.
Back then, they were all self-awakened; the difference was…
Cultural scores…
That’s it, cultural scores…
Dai Shushu was indeed a rival to be reckoned with…
Similar to yesterday’s efficiency, the names of all the contestants who advanced in the preliminary rounds were soon fully logged into the system in less than an hour.
The photos of the contestants inside the large screen in the center of the arena were wildly scrambling.
6 seconds later.
The photos came to a standstill.
All the team pairings had been sorted out, and Qiao Sang saw her opponent among them.
The person in the photo had eyes as big as mung beans and a hairline that was slightly receding, showing a face that seemed older than his actual age.
Xie Jianyin.
Qiao Sang recognized him immediately; he was one of the twenty-one Beast Tamers she had recorded in her memo.
This stroke of luck wasn’t bad, not wasting her hard work researching…
Fire Chain Snake, a Fire-element beginner Pet Beast.
Had she not seriously studied the mid-grade Longtail Serpent for half of yesterday, only for him to bring a beginner Fire-element Pet Beast to the match? ƒrēewebnoѵёl.cσm
And to send out a Pet Beast with the same attributes as the Fire-Toothed Dog, knowing she only had one.
Apparently, he hadn’t taken the Fire-Toothed Dog seriously…
Xie Jianyin indeed hadn’t taken the Fire-Toothed Dog seriously, to be precise, he hadn’t taken Qiao Sang seriously.
He had contracted with his second Pet Beast, the Fire Chain Snake, for two months already.
As a Beast Tamer with two Pet Beasts, of course, he intended for both to take turns in the matches!
For a student fresh out of junior high with newly contracted Pet Beasts, whichever one he summoned would easily be enough to deal with her.
The referee had just announced the start of the match, and Qiao Sang immediately issued the command to act according to the original plan.
At the same time, Xie Jianyin also gave the command for a flame spray.
The energy inside the Fire-Toothed Dog was already brewing.
Thus, it released its skill faster than the Fire Chain Snake.
Outside the arena.
“This is the Spark of a Minor Accomplishment realm!” exclaimed the commentator.
The Fire Chain Snake’s flame spray had just condensed in its mouth and hadn’t even traveled 10 centimeters when the Fire-Toothed Dog’s Spark struck it head-on.
The two forces collided, creating a loud explosion.
At the center of the explosion, the Fire Chain Snake suffered a heavy blow.
“Chain!!!”
The Fire-Toothed Dog didn’t care that the Fire Chain Snake had already been sent flying back to the ground; it immediately created four Shadow Clones and got ready to surround the opponent.
Following the tactics it and its Beast Tamer had devised the night before, it would first use two Shadow Clones to confuse the opponent, as the real body and another clone…
“Victory goes to contestant Qiao Sang!” the referee announced at that moment.
“Tooth?”
The Shadow Clones of the Fire-Toothed Dog, who hadn’t yet formed an encirclement, all abruptly stopped.
They won?
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