Chapter 351

The combat arena is at the outskirts of Mount Yandang, where there is ample space for Platinum-level Beast Tamers to fully unleash their abilities.

There are only two slots for the squad leader and deputy squad leader of the Fourteenth Emergency Squad.

The Southwest Military District selected a total of eight Platinum-level Beast Tamers, including Su Yang.

These Beast Tamers were all cultivated directly by the military.

Among the eight Platinum-level Beast Tamers, including Su Yang, five came from the Emergency Squad, two from the Reclamation Force, and one from the City Garrison.

On the surface, Su Yang is the weakest, with only Platinum Low-Grade strength.

The other seven Beast Tamers consist of three Platinum Mid-Grade and four Platinum High-Grade.

All eight Platinum-level Beast Tamers possess strong abilities and real power, and each has high-ranking support behind them.

Considering upper-level unity and the preferences of the eight Platinum-level Beast Tamers, when the Southwest Military District encounters such situations, they generally resort to the simple, brute method of "combat trials."

In this perilous world, strength has always been the supreme authority!

In the military, this understanding has been passed down for thousands of years.

In an open, fair combat trial, even if one loses and is eliminated, most eliminated candidates can accept it.

Their high-ranking supporters will have no grounds to object.

When abilities and seniority are nearly equal, having a powerful squad leader during missions is undoubtedly crucial!

Su Yang lacks seniority; his candidacy, besides the support of the Emergency Squad and Qin Qin Pengcheng,

also stems from the fact that he is the weakest—under fifteen years old, just reaching Platinum Low-Grade, looking nothing like someone who could win…

He's just here to fill the numbers!

Other high-ranking officials won't fiercely oppose Qin Qin Pengcheng and Yao Xing's proposal for the sake of a guaranteed loser, risking their enmity.

When Su Yang and the other two arrived, over a dozen military Beast Tamers had already gathered.

Among them were Yao Xing, the commander of the Emergency Squad, and Ma Wenhong, the deputy commander.

Beside Yao Xing and Ma Wenhong stood two Colonel-level officers, seemingly chatting casually.

Su Yang didn't recognize anyone else—they were all unfamiliar faces.

Su Yang sized up those people, and they sized him up in return.

But after one glance at Su Yang, they turned their attention to Liu Liu Mengyun.

The official start time for the combat trial is nine o'clock, but at just eight-thirty, Yao Xing ended his conversation and stepped forward to announce: "Since everyone is here, let's begin immediately. All participants, step forward and form a single line!"

The eight Platinum-level Beast Tamers stepped forward and lined up in a straight column before Yao Xing.

Su Yang stood at the far edge.

"I will preside over this combat trial. From left to right, your positions are your numbers!"

A soldier brought forward an opaque box and placed it before the group.

Yao Xing pointed to the box and said: "Inside are slips numbered five, six, seven, and eight. Those with numbers one, two, three, and four will draw an opponent. Cheating will be punished by military law!"

"Yes!"

Four Platinum-level Beast Tamers stepped forward one by one to draw slips.

"Number one, what number did you draw?"

"Report, Colonel, number seven!"

Su Yang is number eight!

"Then I declare the first match: Number one versus number seven. All other Beast Tamers, withdraw!" Yao Xing announced. "Rules: Only your beast companions may fight. The match ends when one Beast Tamer surrenders or is rendered completely unable to fight. Passive combatants will be automatically declared defeated. Anyone interfering in the match will be punished by military law. Understood?"

"Understood!"

All Beast Tamers present mounted their flying beast companions and withdrew from the battlefield.

When Su Yang and the others had retreated two kilometers away, Yao Xing declared the match begun.

The two Platinum-level Beast Tamers immediately summoned all their beast companions and launched into battle.

Su Yang carefully observed the two Platinum-level Beast Tamers' beast companions and realized none of them were ordinary.

Their beast companions were exceptionally strong, many possessing rare-tier talents.

Their combat experience was also extremely rich.

There was strong coordination between beast and beast, and between beast and Beast Tamer, enabling them to execute a series of clever tactics together.

Rarely did Su Yang get to witness such a direct clash between experts—he watched with great interest.

As he observed the battle, he also pondered how he himself would fight.

Zhu Zhu Xiaoshuang, seeing Su Yang's focused observation, couldn't help laughing: "Aren't you nervous?"

"Why be nervous? I feel I won't lose when I step onto the field!"

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