Chapter 89 Chapter 89 [Qingqing, you have lost weight]

Hai Yun understood instantly, her fingertips tightening slightly. "So he dares to use these...forbidden items."

"Ten minutes," Jiang Qing repeated, his gaze sweeping over the struggling Renata and the others below, then looking at the three deformed beasts that had crawled out from the depths of the cave. "It's not about defeating them, it's about obtaining decisive evidence and holding out until outside intervention."

Zhu Tianba made a low gurgling sound in his throat in response, but his huge body dived down with extraordinary agility using the terrain, as if blending into the shadow of the earth.

It did not charge directly at the three conspicuous behemoths, but instead appeared precisely beside several secondary node creatures that were guiding the mutant beasts in a coordinated attack.

Every seemingly casual step of the hooves covered with black and gold armor plates was accompanied by a brief softening of the ground or the precise piercing of rock spikes, and those key node creatures along with the chips on their necks quietly shattered.

The beasts' attack immediately showed unnecessary delays and confusion.

The smug look on Yue Zhe's face froze for a moment.

He lowered his head and quickly operated the controller, trying to recalibrate, but found that the feedback was unusually slow.

"What's going on..." He muttered to himself, scanning the battlefield with a sinister look.

At this moment, Jiang Qing moved.

She walked along the edge of the high ground, using rocks and dead trees as cover, and detoured towards Yue Zhe's location.

Hai Yun's polar fox passed silently in front of her, and the slight chill it brought left a brief white mark in the air, cleverly concealing any movement that might be made by Jiang Qing's movement.

Huo Qiushan commanded the Qingbao Spirit Snake to create a small-scale poisonous fog on the other side of the battlefield, attracting the attention of the remaining mutant beasts and Yue Zheng's followers.

"Your 'work' seems to be unstable, Yue Zhe." Jiang Qing's voice suddenly sounded not far behind Yue Zhe, so calm that no emotion could be heard.

Yue Zhe turned around suddenly and saw Jiang Qing walking slowly out from behind a huge rock.

The corner of his eye twitched, but he forced himself to calm down and shook the controller in his hand. "It's just a minor disturbance. Wait until they are fully adapted, and your companions..."

"Relying on external objects to forcibly distort life forms can hardly be called a 'work,'" Jiang Qing interrupted him, his eyes fixed on his fingers gripping the controller. "It's more like a desecration of life itself. The 'value' you pursue is to create these twisted creatures that howl in pain?"

Yue Zheng seemed to be stung, and his voice suddenly rose: "What do you know? This is power! This is a breakthrough! Those old-fashioned people in the alliance are so rigid that they can't see the possibility. As long as we can prove its power..."

"Who are you proving this to?" Jiang Qing took a step forward. His tone remained calm, yet it carried a penetrating force. "Prove that for the sake of so-called 'proof,' you can disregard life, trample on the rules, and even drag everyone down with you? Can such 'value' really be called value?"

At the same time, on the battlefield below, Zhu Tianba finally faced the three giant beasts.

It uses its unparalleled affinity for the earth to constantly change the terrain of the battlefield.

The ground beneath the beasts' feet sometimes collapsed like quicksand, and sometimes rose up to form steep slopes, leaving them with power but unable to exert it effectively.

Zhu Tianba is like a steady dancer.

The pressure on Renata and Ma Chengying suddenly decreased, and they immediately seized the opportunity to reorganize their formation, switching from defense to rhythmic counterattacks and clearing out the remaining mutant beasts.

Yue Zhe watched the battle below gradually getting out of control, and listened to Jiang Qing's questions that pierced his heart, and his breathing became heavy.

He suddenly raised the remote control, a desperate look on his face: "Enough, since you don't know how to appreciate it, then together..."

"Are you sure that after you press the button, it will destroy us, not you?" Jiang Qing's voice suddenly turned cold. "Look at your feet."

Yue Zhe subconsciously lowered his head. He didn't know when, but the fine sand on the edge of the huge rock where he was standing was slowly flowing in an irrational way, like a living tentacle, quietly wrapping around his ankle.

A force growing from deep within the earth pulled him so hard that he could barely move.

"It's you!" Yue Zhe finally realized that something was wrong.

Of course, Jiang Qing did not do nothing while talking to Yue Zhe.

On the contrary, she communicated closely with Zhu Tianba in the Seal of Contract, and commanded it to extend part of its power and silently entangle Yue Zhe.

"This thing..." Jiang Qing's eyes swept over the silver metal box, "and the data recorded in your controller, are what you call 'evidence'. But have you ever thought about this: once these things are exposed, can you and the people behind you still safely hide behind 'technical risks'?"

Hai Yun's figure appeared silently on the other side, with a cold gleam in the polar fox's eyes, locking onto Yue Zhe and his frightened followers.

Yue Zhe's face turned completely gray, and his fingers holding the controller trembled slightly. In the end, he failed to complete the pressing action.

In the distance, a more rapid buzzing sound, different from the one coming from the game broadcast, could be heard faintly from the sky, getting closer and closer.

Jiang Qing raised his head, looked in the direction where the sound came from, and let out a breath.

"It seems that it won't take ten minutes."

Jiang Qing watched as the last trace of madness in Yue Zhe's eyes died out and turned into complete defeat.

The humming sound of aircraft in the distance became clearer and clearer, like the bell of judgment ringing in everyone's heart.

"It's over, Yue Zhe." Hai Yun walked forward, her voice lacking the joy of victory, only heavy solemnity.

The polar fox gracefully leaped to Yue Zhe's side, and gently touched his stiff wrist with its cold nose. The controller fell out of his hand and was steadily swept away by a stream of water and delivered to Hai Yun's hands.

Yue Zhe slumped to the ground, not even looking at the controller that decided his fate. He just stared at Jiang Qing: "How did you find out...the signal was blocked..."

"Because it's too quiet." Jiang Qing's eyes swept across the battlefield below which was gradually being controlled. Zhu Tianba was using thick rock layers to temporarily trap the three giant beasts that had lost their core energy support.

"The only explanation for the delayed ruling is that someone has blinded the referee." She paused, "and you have both the motivation and the ability to do it."

Huoqiushan and the school team members quickly controlled Yue Zhe's followers, and the silver metal box was carefully confiscated.

"Thank you for your help." Renata walked over slowly and nodded to Haiyun with a complicated look.

Hai Yun nodded slightly and handed the controller to the league referee who had arrived. "The data records inside should be able to explain a lot of problems."

Several flying beast vehicles marked with the league emblem and the Beastmaster Alliance logo landed at the edge of the basin, and fully armed investigators quickly took over the scene.

The mutant beasts were isolated and taken away, and the Ambergris Cave was temporarily blocked.

The game ended early.

The competition venues have all been threatened to varying degrees by the Fourth Academy, and they have remained silent in a rare and unanimous manner.

Due to special circumstances, all teams were left behind after the game.

Jiang Qing saw two people wearing the Beast Taming Alliance's clothing and logo walk onto the stage.

They are the most authoritative personnel from the five major colleges, and fairness and impartiality are absolutely guaranteed.

It is also the most official organization in Yuncang Continent.

"In response to the unusual beast mutations that occurred in the Chongyue Realm, the Beast Taming Alliance established a temporary investigation team to conduct a comprehensive investigation into the Fourth Academy's actions within the Chongyue Realm."

“…”

"...In summary, Yue Zeng, the former commander of the Fourth Beast Taming Academy, and some of his related personnel are suspected of illegally using unauthorized bio-modification technology to release and manipulate mutants during the league, seriously violating the league rules and the Beast Tamer Safety Guidelines." The voice of the head of the investigation team was serious and clear.

"All relevant personnel were taken away for investigation."

The investigators were concise and to the point, with no unnecessary nonsense.

Referee Lin took the investigator's microphone and spoke in his usual official tone: "The Fourth Beastmaster Academy has violated Article 5, Item 8 of the Competition Rules and Regulations, committing a serious violation of discipline. The Fourth Academy is hereby disqualified from the competition, all points have been reset to zero, and all members have been eliminated."

The fourth game ended abruptly in a way no one expected.

......

When Jiang Qing stepped onto the hovercraft to return to the academy, he was still feeling dazed.

The final match was held in Qiuluyuan, where their Fifth Academy was located.

The competition venue has been determined. It is located in the back mountain of the academy, which is within the Broken Star Valley where Ji Changsu had trained her before.

I heard that it was Ji Changsu who decided to decide on this area.

Jiang Qing didn’t know if it was her illusion, but she always felt that Principal Ji had deliberately chosen this place as the competition venue.

She had been to Zhenxingtai before, and both she and Zhu Tianba had felt the power of the law of space there.

Zhu Tianba's awakening is about to reach 100%.

Thinking of this, Jiang Qing felt a long-lost excitement and nervousness in his heart.

Zhenxingtai, Zhu Tianba in a fully awakened state.

Does this mean that she can go home soon! ?

The scenery outside the floating boat flashed by quickly, and the familiar blue-gray buildings stood silently in the moist air unique to the hilly plains.

The students of the Fifth College had already been waiting at the school gate.

Li Xiu locked onto Jiang Qing's figure the moment they got off the flying boat, and rushed over to hug her quickly.

"Qingqing, you've lost weight." Li Xiu pinched her cheek and said with heartache.

"But my pig has gained weight." Jiang Qing introduced Zhu Tianba beside her with great pride.

Zhu Tianba yelled in cooperation.

"It's amazing! I saw it in the live broadcast. Our Tianba can really hold up the sky and do whatever he wants now!" Li Xiu burst out laughing.

"So... to celebrate the return of our hero, why don't we go out for a meal together?" Li Xiu raised her eyebrows and put her arm around Jiang Qing's shoulder.

Jiang Qing swallowed.

I kind of miss the hotpot at Uncle Meng Yanlang's house.

Li Xiu directly took out a number from his pocket and said, "I have reserved a seat in advance this time. Are you going or not?"

Jiang Qing's eyes suddenly lit up: "Let's go!"

There's no better way to de-stress than to enjoy a delicious meal.