Chapter 400: Ancient Mist Region, too terrifying (Recommended to watch with tomorrow's!)

"Ma Zongji from the Ancient Mist Region possesses the high-tier pet beast Thousand-Dao Water Bear. As a dual-attribute pet beast of the Water and Fighting types, the high-tier skills of these two attributes have both been demonstrated in previous matches. Whether on land or in water, it possesses extremely high attack power."

"Deng Tianyue from the Xilü Region has a high-tier pet beast, the Dark-Devouring Giant Demon of the Dark type. It is said to have a terrifying appetite; it eats anything and everything, capable of swallowing any object and converting it into its own energy. When battling, one must be cautious if you see it gnawing on the ground or eating dirt."

"Duan Man from the Lianke Region possesses the high-tier pet beast Steel-Terra of the Steel and Ground types. Its entire body is covered in several segments of plate-like armor. It loves to eat Mad Iron Stone and spring water containing iron, and its defensive power is terrifyingly strong."

Watching the contestants take the stage one by one, relevant data surfaced in Qiao Sang's mind.

It must be said that although her strength had seen a leap in improvement since the beginning of the competition, by the time she reached the divisional qualifiers, she didn't dare guarantee that she could win every match with 100% certainty.

Qiao Sang withdrew her thoughts and couldn't help but think of another matter: should she just add the points and let Lubao evolve... With two high-tier pet beasts, wouldn't her win rate rise in a straight line...

Time flew by rapidly.

By the time it was near noon, the morning matches finally drew to a close.

"Teacher Yi, you can let the next group take the stage!"

The next group of contestants... Listening to the slightly excited voice in his earpiece, Yi Ao's heartbeat inevitably accelerated.

He took a deep breath, placed the microphone to his lips, and tried his best to keep his tone from trembling:

"Next, let us invite Tang Zhongyi from the Lianke Region and Qiao Sang from the Yuhua Region to the stage!"

All the spectators were silent for a second in tacit agreement, and then collectively exploded.

"Ahhhhhhhh!"

"Ice Luqiya! Ice Luqiya! My Ice Luqiya is finally coming!"

"Qiao Sang! Qiao Sang! I beg you! Summon Ice Luqiya!"

"I waited! I finally waited! Heaven knows I was about to fall asleep just now!"

"I, I suddenly want to cry!"

"Ah? Ice Luqiya, is it? I'm going to see Ice Luqiya, right?!"

Although the divisional qualifiers had gathered the teenagers with the most excellent battle standards from all major regions, it was, after all, a high school student competition.

The audience, having seen too many high-level Beast Tamer matches, simply couldn't ignite their emotions.

So much so that for the entire morning, they were like people officially paid to fill the seats and support the scene, and unprofessional ones at that.

When contestants appeared, only a portion of the people would symbolically applaud to welcome them.

Now, the sudden boiling of the audience left the contestants in the contestant area, except for those from the Ancient Mist Region, feeling a bit bewildered.

"Holy crap, you scared me, what happened?"

"The audience came alive?"

"What's the situation? Did someone arrive?"

"I think I know what's going on. The data says this Qiao Sang has a pet beast that is an endangered species from the Ancient Mist Region."

"That's too exaggerated, the whole arena is cheering for Qiao Sang."

"I'm fiercely envious; those who don't know would think it's her home turf."

"To be honest, will the pressure be very high in this situation? What if she loses?"

"That's not something we need to worry about."

Yuhua Region contestant area.

Qiao Sang hadn't reacted at all when a brilliant blue light struck down, and the next second, she appeared on the battle arena.

This scene immediately drew discussion from the contestants again.

"Holy crap, why? How come it's blue light for her?"

"Most importantly, Tang Zhongyi still got white light, it's a naked contrast..."

"Why is the light for Qiao Sang's appearance different from ours?"

"Is the Ancient Mist Region being too double-standard?! I want to protest! I want blue light too!"

On the field, Tang Zhongyi's mentality was somewhat collapsing.

No one could hear the sounds of cheering for their opponent in their ears and remain completely calm.

To be honest, it wasn't like he hadn't competed on other people's home turf before, but never once had it been this exaggerated, to the point where even superficial fair treatment was gone.

It's just an Ice Luqiya, is it worth it...

But what truly made him dejected was the opponent in front of him.

Before the match, Tang Zhongyi had checked the data of all the contestants who had entered the divisional qualifiers and remembered all the contestants who possessed high-tier pet beasts.

As long as he wasn't grouped with a contestant possessing a high-tier pet beast in the first stage of the elimination round, it wasn't like he had no chance of entering the top 40.

But he was just that unlucky, matched against one of the 21 contestants who possessed a high-tier pet beast.

And it was a contestant who was incredibly popular in the Ancient Mist Region.

Tang Zhongyi suddenly felt that his luck today had reached its absolute limit.

The competition venue didn't directly start a countdown like before, letting the contestants summon their pet beasts.

Instead, a passionate BGM started playing.

"Dear friends! It is now 11:01 Ancient Mist time, and this is the last match of the first morning of our divisional qualifiers! Tell me, is everyone tired!" Above, Yi Ao said, then pointed the microphone toward the audience.

"Not tired!"

The audience answered in unison.

"Then let me hear the sound of you cheering for the contestants, okay!" Yi Ao said loudly.

"Ice Luqiya! Ice Luqiya!"

"Qiao Sang! Qiao Sang!"

"Ice Luqiya! Ice Luqiya!"

The audience was shouting only these two types of sounds.

Tang Zhongyi was numb.

"Very good! I believe both contestants have already felt everyone's enthusiasm!"

No, I didn't feel it... Tang Zhongyi thought to himself, 'Heh.'

"Let us count down together to welcome the summons of the two contestants!"

As soon as Yi Ao finished speaking, the holographic number "3" appeared in the sky.

At the same time, the audience shouted in unison:

"3!"

"2!"

Good grief, it even made me a bit excited... Qiao Sang's heartbeat accelerated slightly.

The intention of the people in the Ancient Mist Region to make her summon Lubao couldn't be more obvious, but emotions are contagious.

She had to admit that their emotions had indeed influenced her.

"1!"

As the countdown finished, Qiao Sang formed seals with both hands.

The audience collectively slowed their breathing.

On the green star array, a light blue pet beast, shaped like a fox, with a sky-blue diamond-shaped jade embedded in the center of its forehead, white fluff distributed on its tail fin and neck, and its whole body exuding a cold and aloof temperament, appeared in everyone's sight.

"Lu." Lubao flicked its tail.

"Ahhhhhhhh! Ice Luqiya! It's Ice Luqiya!"

"Qiao Sang! I love you!"

"No, I'm going to cry, I'm so moved, Qiao Sang really summoned Ice Luqiya!"

"Ice Luqiya just flicked its tail! It's so cute it's killing me!"

"I'm going to be a fan of Qiao Sang! Just because she summoned Ice Luqiya in the first match! I'm going to be her fan until I die!"

The audience was screaming, and many people's eyes were even brimming with tears.

The people in the contestant area felt their scalps go numb watching this.

Ancient Mist Region, too terrifying...

While feeling numb, they also felt a bit of relief; it was fortunate that the person matched with Qiao Sang wasn't themselves...

In the heated atmosphere, Yi Ao announced the start of the battle with a voice so excited it cracked. ===== CHAPTER 401 =====