Chapter 748

For the next several dozen minutes, the commentator introduced the competing contestants as they appeared.

Each of them had a large fanbase present, and combined with their carefully designed unique entrances, no one felt it was a waste of time.

Except for when a certain sixteen-year-old girl made her entrance, the atmosphere in the venue remained fairly decent.

Qiao Sang roughly took note — the number of contestants was well over a hundred.

Once the commentator finished introducing the contestants' information, the giant virtual screen above the center of the arena immediately displayed photos of the major competitors.

The next second, the photos began to interweave.

Quickly, they paired off two by two and froze in place.

Qiao Sang saw that her opponent was a black woman with a head of blonde hair.

"Petra North." Teacher Bilite suddenly spoke up: "Thirty-one years old, her day job is a prop master. She has three pets, among them one high-class pet and two general-class pets."

"Her ace pet is the Grass-type Wood Algae Elder."

"Three, two, one — the beauty pageant begins!" A mechanical voice rang out across the entire venue.

At that moment, a staff member walked over, bent at the waist, and said loudly and respectfully:

"But you really do look like a minor…"

Blue Star was shocked: "How could you tell from just 1.5 seconds?"

"He used to be just like you, knowing nothing about any of this."

One had its entire head and seven limbs painted all over with Qiao Sang, while the other's seven limbs were equipped with mechanical props.

Blue Star inexplicably sensed a lightness in those words.

"Damn." Blue Star stood up and followed behind the staff member, arriving at the corridor leading to the front stage.

Among the special-class people, she still couldn't be considered outstanding.

"Qi Xue Yi! You love him!"

This Qiao Sang seemed to make the skill's casting time condense and release more slowly… that prop makes the pet's movement speed slower? Qi Xue watched the battle below, her mind racing with guesses.

The match was progressing in full swing.

Taking a closer look, it was the Seven-Tailed Water Fox.

The moment it appeared, it immediately unleashed Brave Bird Assault.

A Ghost Ring King with a body size of roughly eight meters suddenly appeared in the arena.

Blue Star was near the end of the list, so her turn would come today.

The Great Treasure-Seeker suddenly appeared in front of the Fierce烈 Monkey, extending its claws, and two white shadows like silk ribbons immediately shot rapidly, frenzied yet calm, toward the Fierce烈 Monkey's neck.

The device on its seven limbs was spraying low-pressure gas — it was hard to tell that it was this prop that carried the Seven-Tailed Water Fox charging into the lower air.

Hearing this, Teacher Bilite revealed a satisfied smile.

"Getting off topic." Teacher Bilite looked at the arena below, then returned to the original subject: "If you had to guess, the prop equipped on this Seven-Tailed Water Fox should be one that lets it dart into the lower air at reduced speed."

Generally, it's the kind of monster like Blue Star who, after only one year as a beast master, has already reached a level that beauty pageant contestants spend decades striving for.

After waiting roughly two minutes or so, the staff member wearing earphones made an "after you" gesture: "Sister Blue Star, it's your turn."

But because the contestants came from celebrities of all professions, the traffic and attention were extremely high, and topics online were endless.

"A sixteen-year-old with an orange-yellow star array — does he believe it? Anyway, you believe it."

At that moment, Teacher Bilite spoke up:

Beast Master Celebrity Match? Blue Star went to watch the Beast Master Celebrity Match? Her life is quite rich… Super Su Xing sighed inwardly.

Just as it was about to wrap around, at that moment, the Wood Algae Elder made a sound:

"This Water Kettle Beast's painting can accelerate the circulation of the pet's energy and shorten skill-casting time. From the look of it, it should be able to shorten it by 1.5 seconds."

On a middle floor of a small building.

"Seek~"

Super Su Xing turned her head, continuing to check with her hands as she spoke: "Your name is Blue Star…"

Many large public squares' giant virtual screens were also broadcasting this match live.

Although Teacher Bilite had mentioned the post-match entrance performance, the focus of the competition itself still hadn't been stated.

Hearing this, Qi Xue stopped the motion of checking her pet with her hands, turned her head, and followed the woman's line of sight.

Saying so, she suddenly thought of something, stopped her hand movements, turned her head, and asked:

Fierce烈 Monkey, a general-class pet with both Fire-type and Fighting-type attributes, skilled in boxing and kicking fighting moves, with tough waist and legs. When it repeatedly uses flying kicks, its feet burn from friction with the air, causing its body temperature to rise, further boosting its energy and speed… Blue Star's mind flashed through the data on her opponent's pet.

Teacher Bilite answered patiently:

"Ape."

"Beast Master Celebrity Match." The blonde woman answered: "The ones participating are all these celebrities."

Then her gaze moved upward, looking at the red equipment around the Fierce烈 Monkey's neck that resembled a collar.

"Fierce!"

"He still hasn't answered your question."

When she saw this unfamiliar figure, she was stunned for a moment, and instead of answering, asked back:

Like the seventh group of contestants, one of them had a hand speed 0.01 seconds faster and was the first to summon a bird-type pet.

A monkey-type pet roughly six meters in size, its body mostly red, opened its mouth and began spitting bullet after bullet of condensed flame toward the rear.

Suddenly, she saw something and exclaimed: "The Ghost Ring King appeared! But it wasn't forced out by the flame bullets filling the arena! It appeared directly behind the Fierce烈 Monkey! How on earth did it get through the flame bullets and circle around behind Fierce烈 at such speed?"

Below the arena.

But perhaps because she came through the front door, and combined with the awkward entrance earlier, Blue Star only felt it was much more relaxed than she had imagined.

The result was that her opponent summoned a Grass-type pet, which without a word condensed vine nets and directly enveloped the bird-type pet within, seizing the advantage.

Logically speaking, having gone through the National Campus League, participating in a small-scale competition shouldn't be this easy.

Below the arena.

"What kind of match is that?"

"Will the invisible Ghost Ring King finally reveal itself under the Fire Bomb's attack!" the commentator dutifully narrated the situation below.

Just the opening ceremony's contestant introduction alone took up nearly ten trending searches.

And that had only just ended…

"There's one more important point," Piwaite added. "Don't forget, you're a道具師."

The commentator's voice rang out:

Treasure Hunt's figure appeared within the star array.

Open-air Pet Beast Arena.

Qi Xue took a deep breath and stepped into the corridor.

At that moment, a blonde woman stood behind the glass, looking through the window at the footage playing on the virtual screen below.

"Walking toward you now are contestant Moss Elder North and Blue Star!"

Super Su Xing: "???"

So, I thought of the Beast Tamer Celebrity Match.

But just then, a burst of flame erupted violently beneath the Fierce Ape.

"Moss Elder! Let me show you the true power of your Super Spirit Pattern!"

The audience, who had just been shouting Moss Elder's name at the top of their lungs, instantly fell silent, as if muted.

"How strange!" The commentator wasn't drawn in by the Dark Shadow, but brought up another matter: "That Ghost Ring King's movement speed is far too bizarre! How is it like a Superpower-type pet beast, able to appear in another spot in an instant?"

The Fierce Ape pushed off with all four limbs, transforming into a fiery shadow as it ran backward. When it charged to the Beautiful Queen, it leaped straight up, vaulted over the eight-meter-tall Ghost Ring King, swung a fire fist, and slammed it down at Treasure Hunt in midair.

Super Su Xing recognized him — so he really was a star under Liu Yao. The blonde woman said: "The commentator just introduced him; he's also one of the contestants."

Just how monstrous must one be to reach that level of brain domain at that age?

"What you said is wrong," Piwaite said heatedly. "The other two pet beasts aren't worth paying attention to. It's just that this Petra degenerated eight years ago, and the accumulated energy is lower than his several pet beasts. Best not to fight a war of attrition."

But the age was right there, plain as day — experienced, and all top talents in their respective fields.

What kind of opponent one should fight against to achieve a training effect was actually hard to gauge.

"Bang bang bang!"

"You probably know some of the general effects." Piwaite said lightly: "If you want to go all the way on the path of a professional beast tamer, it's not just about competitions. The competitions you might enter in the future may not allow the use of Qiao Sang and props, but the secret realm does."

The HK-type Flame Expansion Ring can expand the range of released fire skills…

Two General-rank Water-type pet beasts kept attacking each other.

But because of the match rules, most contestants would instruct their pet beasts before the match to unleash skills the moment they appeared, so there was no need to give verbal commands on the spot.

"An orange-yellow star array? Didn't you say she's only 16?"

……

The Beast Tamer Celebrity Match was different from the National Campus Beast Tamer League and the Pet Beast Arena Match. When the match was announced to begin, it meant the Beautiful Queen began forming hand seals — not summoning both sides' pet beasts first to size each other up.

Blue Star didn't dare be careless and sped up the hand-seal formation.

Piwaite naturally heard the conversation. He smiled slightly: "Go."

"Dark Shadow."

On the arena.

Although compared to Blue Star, everyone's talent was only so-so.

"They changed her age! They definitely changed her age!"

Generally speaking, the moment a pet beast appears, it should immediately take action.

This kind of format was more thrilling — from the very start, the speed of forming hand seals was already a contest, followed by the pet beasts' reaction ability.

"Ape ape ape!"

Isn't that just a booster… Blue Star thought to himself.

Strong talent was understandable.

Awesome… Qi Xue was impressed inwardly and asked: "Teacher, do you know Qi Xue that well?"

Pausing there, he asked: "Do you know Moss Elder?"

Sparse fire bombs kept exploding in the air.

The heat wave swept to where Treasure Hunt had been, forcing it to vanish from its original spot.

"Qi Xue Yi! Moss Elder!"

Three-dimensional Dark Shadow Control… silence fell over the audience once more.

Treasure Hunt appeared a hundred meters up in the sky, both claws pressed together downward.

A wave of silence rose from the audience stands; everyone was shouting Moss Elder's name.

In the panoramic view, the orange-yellow and green star arrays lit up almost simultaneously.

But because the opponent's summoned pet beast was unknown, and one had to act immediately, it often led to walking right into a trap.

……

Flame Body… that trait must be at least A-rank, otherwise how could it be activated on demand… Also, why does Moss Elder keep saying "ape"? The Fierce Ape's name? Blue Star gathered his thoughts, stopped overthinking, focused his attention, and issued the command:

It wasn't enough to just battle anyone.

"Qi Xue Yi doesn't work all 24 hours. Most of the time, Qiao Sang only activates when needed. When it does, Qiao Sang emits a corresponding glow. This Water Pot Beast released Water Wave twice before; the second time, Qiao Sang reacted, and the time was shortened by 1.5 seconds."

Qiao Sang nodded: "Moss Elder, a General-rank Grass-type pet beast. The scent of the leaves on its body has a calming effect on the mind. Especially in battle, as long as an opponent gets close enough to smell it, they'll lose the will to fight, and their combat power will plummet."

Blue Star had long been mentally prepared for the cheers to be one-sided, so he didn't feel too much. He gazed at the blonde white man walking out of the distant corridor and steadied his nervous emotions.

An orange-yellow star array… Moss Elder was still immersed in shock.

The audience present were all Beast Tamers, so they all understood just how difficult brain domain development was.

In matches involving well-known figures, the equipment pets often wore wasn't hard to look into. Super Su Xing was active offline, didn't take advertisements, and belonged to that group of niche figures.

Fighting us, I suspect Qi Xue could only regress from it.

"Inside the secret realm, every means of weakening can be used."

Two white shadows touched the Fierce Monkey's neck.

The Beast Tamer Celebrity Match is held over 8 days in total. The later elimination rounds use a 2v2 format, so it takes at least two days to finish properly.

Immediately after, a massive figure suddenly shot up into the air.

The Seven-Tailed Water Fox, taking advantage of the Water Jar Beast's obstructed line of sight and its own advantage of being underground, slowly began the match.

Lan Xing's hands slowly formed hand seals.

One is bad, not a waste of time.

"He just said 'him too'? How does he know you're Liu Yao's?"

"Sister Lan Xing, it's your turn for the next match. Please come with me; I'll take you to the front stage to prepare."

The audience's attention immediately focused on Lan Xing.

Tongtong's fire shadow flickered, and within the burning flames, the Fierce Monkey's eyes seemed to turn crimson as well.

Then, the scene suddenly fell silent:

At that moment, the blonde woman said:

If the opponent is too weak, it can damage one's self-confidence, producing self-doubt and falling into a state of low morale; if the opponent is too strong, it's hard not to become arrogant, thinking everyone else is just so-so.

"I understand." Lan Xing said.

The moment the words fell, the Seven-Tailed Water Fox on the field suddenly opened its mouth and sprayed out white mist, shrouding everything on the field.

"You remember he's also Liu Yao's—does that mean he knows that child?" the blonde woman spoke up.

But developing 30% of the brain domain at 16 is hard to comprehend.

So all I know is which aspect of Qiao Sang's pet those items strengthen.

Qi Xue also realized that the Ghost Ring King's movement speed was the issue. He was stunned for a moment, then said in a low voice:

You only know the species, attribute, and some ordinary habits of those pets with super spirit patterns at most. As for the deeper aspects of a pet's combat strength, you don't know them in such detail.

Wood Algae Elder isn't a pet Super Su Xing sees very often. I thought at Qiao Sang's age, with her personal time so fully scheduled, and having only recently come to Super Su Xing, she might not know—but I didn't expect she actually did.

The Beast Tamer Celebrity Match is a low-level competition. Due to the age restriction, the strongest participants are only C-rank Beast Tamers.

In the next second, it vanished from the spot.