Chapter 1763

Su Yang kissed her forehead and parted from her.

Xia Na was startled when she suddenly appeared in Babao City.

But she quickly recovered: "Didn't you say you'd only be gone for the afternoon?"

"Something came up—I got held back!"

Xia Na sniffed Su Yang and smiled: "Qin Xiaoxiao?"

"Mm."

Xia Na rolled over, turning her back to Su Yang.

Yet a warm body squeezed into Su Yang's arms.

"Master!"

The Seven-Colored Illusory Butterfly cried out sweetly.

In the darkness, Su Yang could clearly see Sister Xiao Die's blushing face…

Sister Xiao Die needed to mimic Su Yang's aura, so last night she slept in the same bed as Xia Na.

"It's not even dawn—let's keep sleeping!"

Su Yang intended to sleep properly.

"Sister Xiao Die, don't move!"

Xia Na turned over, cleared her Sang Sect, and the Seven-Colored Illusory Butterfly finally settled down.

Xia Na gave the Seven-Colored Illusory Butterfly a strange look but said nothing, then closed her eyes beside Su Yang.

To be honest, she really couldn't afford to provoke Su Yang's pet!

Especially those Elder-Level pets!

The Raven of Misfortune had warned her.

Only when the sky was fully bright and neither had any sleepiness left did the two and the beast rise.

Days without missions grew a little dull.

But Su Yang didn't mind.

He could still take the Extinction Phoenix to level up.

It was a long process.

Once the Extinction Phoenix reached God-Rank and formed combat power, Su Yang might no longer need to hide his identity—he could openly bring out the Extinction Phoenix for battle.

Now, Su Yang was not far from God-Rank Mid-Grade.

Once he upgraded all his pets to God-Rank Mid-Grade, across the entire Central Region, he would surely be among the top combat forces!

And what about Xia Na?

She was currently busy caring for the Demon Flame Black Dragon, slowly enhancing its strength.

In the afternoon, Yun Shuying came to Su Yang and Xia Na's villa.

"Chen Zhanglao, any news lately?"

"Nothing particularly important," Su Yang thought for a moment and said, "I'm just training my pets, going out for walks, hunting some ferocious beasts."

Su Yang said with some anticipation: "Has Elder Long issued another mission targeting the Shenlongshang Alliance?"

"Elder Long did have a mission," Yun Shuying whispered, "but it's not targeting the Shenlongshang Alliance! He's just asking for your opinion—if you're too busy, forget it!"

"What is it?"

"The Babaozhai has gathered many talents from various factions—these Emperor-Rank Beast Tamer prodigies all have the potential to become God-Rank Beast Tamers, making them the youngest elite within our Babaozhai's sphere of influence!" Yun Shuying said, "Babaozhai plans to hold a test to select the top ten super-prodigies among them and send them to the Da Jin Empire."

"Do you want me to judge the test?"

Su Yang remembered—he had once served as a judge, testing the prodigies of the Huaxia Federation.

But that was long ago!

"No, you don't need to judge!" Yun Shuying shook her head and smiled, "It's just a test—how could we trouble you?"

"Then what am I supposed to do?"

"Attend the semifinals and finals!" Yun Shuying smiled, "Just show up, offer some comments—that's enough!"

"That's it?"

"Of course! You sit in a chair, sip tea, watch from the stage. If you like any contestant, give them a bit of advice—getting your advice is their eighth-life fortune!"

Yun Shuying's words sounded very pleasant.

Su Yang understood—Babaozhai just wanted him to show his face, to lend prestige!

"Then I'll go."

In truth, Su Yang was also curious about the Beast Tamer prodigies within Babaozhai's sphere of influence!

He wanted to know how far these prodigies had advanced.

"Can I bring Na Na?"

"Of course!" Yun Shuying said, "Just add one more seat!"

With Xia Na's status as a God-Rank Beast Tamer, she was fully qualified to attend.

Besides, she was Su Yang's disciple!

"Are you coming?"

"I want to!"

Xia Na nodded.

Lately, besides training the Demon Flame Black Dragon, she had been wandering around with Yun Shuying—since there was a spectacle to see, she was naturally willing.

"Then let's go together!"

"When can we go?"

Yun Shuying said, "Wait three days—after three days, we'll reach the semifinals, and either Elder Long or Elder Jian will come too, depending on their schedules!"

"Good!"

The afternoon before the semifinals, Yun Shuying gave Su Yang a file on the semifinalists.

Su Yang glanced at it casually—the semifinalists were all Sovereign-Rank Beast Tamers.

Three men, one woman.

The only woman caught Su Yang's attention.

Xiao Chutong, one hundred years old, Sovereign-Rank High-Grade Beast Tamer.

Among the four Sovereign-Rank Beast Tamers who made it to the semifinals, Xiao Chutong was the only one with Sovereign-Rank High-Grade strength.

She was also the youngest.

A Sovereign-Rank High-Grade Beast Tamer at one hundred years old? That was a true genius!

People like Su Yang, Liu Mengyun, Sovereign Jiazi, and Xia Na were just cheats!

She had truly built her strength through slow, steady cultivation.

"She's not bad-looking—Master, are you taken with her?"

"How could that be? I just think she's impressive!" Su Yang snapped, "Don't go questioning your master's integrity."

"Integrity?" Xia Na giggled. "Master, it's late—why not pull out your integrity?"

This, Su Yang truly couldn't answer.

The next morning, around nine o'clock, Yun Shuying brought Su Yang and the others to the outskirts of Bao City.

All were Sovereign-Rank Beast Tamers—any casual strike could shatter heaven and earth.

Of course, they couldn't fight inside Bao City.

Even if Bao City had energy-dampening arrays, they couldn't be used during the match.

Offensive-type beasts would be severely weakened.

Defensive-type and strength-type beasts wouldn't be affected.

This severely compromised the fairness of the competition.

Su Yang specifically asked Yun Shuying about the competition rules.

The rules were unusual—they didn't determine final rankings solely by combat power.

Combat power was merely a major reference standard!

Final rankings also depended on age, battlefield performance, and a series of other factors.

Slightly complicated!

Of course, Su Yang didn't need to worry about rankings.

They were judged by several other God-Rank Low-Grade elders.