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On the third day of the preliminaries, the fourth preliminary round officially kicked off.
He Yu on the battlefield did not expect that he would face a seeded player in the fourth round, and his face looked a little gloomy.
Perhaps it sensed the Beastmaster's mood, the Timid Mushroom became more and more afraid, and was already huddled in place, trembling before the battle even started.
When Mu Chuyue stepped onto the battlefield, others might look down on her because of her performance, but she knew that this was a tactic often used by her beastmaster.
The more fearful you are, the stronger the [Night Glow] produced by the characteristics of the Timidity Mushroom will be, and the longer the blinding and hallucinogenic effects will last.
However, these tactics will not affect the outcome of this battle. Whether it is the characteristic of the Timid Mushroom, Fluorescence, or any other skills, there is no chance to hit her pet.
"Ellen," she whispered to her shadow.
The shadow under the girl's feet suddenly expanded, and a tall and straight white skeleton walked out of the rising black mist. He stood gracefully on the battlefield, and a cluster of faint blue flames ignited in his right eye socket.
He Yu swallowed subconsciously. Here it comes, one of Mu Chuyue's signature pets, the monarch race's Pai Ya Bing!
He couldn't tell whether he was nervous or relieved. At least Mu Huiyue didn't send out the Frost Night Fighting Wolf, a higher monarch race that looked more difficult to deal with.
The referee took his position and announced the official start of the match.
The Pai Ya soldier disappeared into the shadows, leaving only a shivering cowardly mushroom on the battlefield.
He Yu pinched his palms to calm himself down. Having made it through the first three preliminary rounds without any problems, he was no longer a naive novice beastmaster. Of course, he would think about how to deal with strong enemies.
The Tooth Soldier is harder to spot while Shadowstalking, but it cannot wrap its opponents in shadows.
No matter where it hides, it will always show up when it attacks.
As long as he can make the fluorescent light of the Timid Mushroom's characteristic hit him once, he will have a chance to counterattack and win!
"Ellen, attack." Mu Huoyue said calmly.
For a moment, the entire battlefield was filled with black mist. The Pai Ya Soldier sneaked quickly in the shadows and appeared next to the Timid Mushroom in the blink of an eye.
The white skeleton cast a shadow and raised the bone blade in its hand.
"Take advantage of this moment, Cowardly Mushroom, release the glow!" He Yu shouted.
The Timid Mushroom let out a scream of extreme fear. The sight of a mushroom screaming was a bit strange, but what was even stranger was the little dots of firefly that gathered in its body.
As it moved, smoke-like fluorescent spores suddenly sprayed out, covering the soldier's face.
Being hit by a large number of night-wandering fireflies at such a close distance, no matter how powerful its defenses were, it was now helpless.
He Yu immediately showed a look of joy, and took advantage of the victory to pursue: "Cowardly mushroom, mushroom cap attack!"
Normally, after releasing its characteristic fluorescence, the Timid Mushroom would fall into a state of extreme fear and would stop where it was, unable to move. However, He Yu relied on the Thunder Fruit to strengthen the deterrent power of the contract.
Under the influence of the Beast Tamer, the Timid Mushroom ignored its instincts and rushed towards the Pai Ya Bing with its cap raised.
This trick has been proven to be effective in battles. He relied on it to break through the previous three preliminary rounds.
The C-level wood attack skill [Mushroom Cap Assault] hit the front of the enemy, and the tooth soldier instantly shattered, with its white bones scattered all over the ground.
He Yu widened his eyes slightly, he also realized that something was wrong.
Mu Chuyue's Pai Ya soldier is a pet of the monarch race. How could it be possible that he was scattered to the ground by just a single attack from a mushroom cap, like an ordinary Pai Ya soldier of a low-level warrior race?
He was just about to tell the Timid Mushroom to be careful, but it was too late.
A pitch-black bone blade appeared out of nowhere in the center of the white mushroom's body.
Eren, who had appeared from the shadows at some point, had completed the attack order given by the Beastmaster.
Bone blade piercing, accurate hit!
The Timid Mushroom finally stopped trembling, fell heavily to the ground, and lost consciousness.
The referee stepped forward to check the status of the pet and raised his hand to the card soldier.
"The Shrinking Mushroom has lost its ability to fight, the Pai Ya Soldier has won, this battle is the victory of Mu Shuyue——!"
Before the preliminary round was open to the public, the few Beast Tamers who came to watch the game around the battlefield were suddenly in an uproar, and even the referee who made the verdict showed a hint of surprise.
Even though everyone knew there was a difference in strength between ordinary contestants and seeded players, no one expected that He Yu, who had passed three rounds of preliminary competitions, would be defeated by Mu Chuyue and her card soldiers in just one round.
This is not just a difference in the pet's racial level and hidden energy value, but an all-round crushing that includes the beastmaster's combat experience.
He Yu finally came to his senses at this moment. The card-tooth soldier that initially attacked the Timid Mushroom was not the real body at all, but a substitute created by using skills.
B-level undead control skill: Summoning the Dead!
However, the Shredder Mushroom has at least reached the sixth stage of its growth, so it won’t lose its combat capability after just one attack…
As he was thinking about it, he saw Mu Chuyue's soldier put away the bone blade in his hand. There was a dark and sharp liquid flowing on the bone blade, and blue sparks came out of the bone blade as it turned.
C-level steel-type strengthening skill · Bone Fluid, and B-level fire-type attack skill · Netherfire.
The Timid Mushroom is a pet with wood attributes. If it is directly hit by a fire skill, it will have a restraining effect and cause a lot of damage.
It looked like just a bone blade piercing, but it contained the power of three skills. No wonder the Shroom lost consciousness immediately.
After realizing this, He Yu suddenly felt a sense of fear.
He recalled that Mu Huoyue's first instruction was not the name of a specific skill, but a broad concept like "attack".
Normally, when such an order is issued on the battlefield, pets that are not familiar with the battle will simply freeze in place, while pets that have a good understanding with the beastmaster will choose to attack using skills that are convenient to them.
This is an uncontrollable command and is not a choice that a mature beastmaster should make.
However, Mu Huiyue's soldiers even completed a complete set of tactics including feint attacks.
He had never seen someone who could use multiple skills at the same time and connect them with such smooth tactical instructions.
Behind the one-hit kill is the huge gap in talent and experience between the beastmasters and their pets on both sides.
Did this kind of tacit understanding and tactical execution really happen in the [Qualifying Round]...?
The more He Yu thought about it, the more frightened he became, but no matter what, he lost the battle convincingly.
He walked forward and held out his hand to the black-haired girl: "I lost... You are so amazing, Mu Shuyue."
"My Shy Mushroom will probably never be able to fight as brilliantly as the Card Soldier."
Mu Huiyue also extended her hand and shook hands with him politely.
During this period, she used [Energy Condensation] on Eren twice, and it seemed to have a good effect. The skill combinations were smoother and the use was seamless.
Hearing He Yu's words, she turned her head to look at the Timid Mushroom who had fainted on the ground. The little guy didn't even have the chance to struggle before he was pierced by the bone blade and died.
"If it's a normal, trained timid mushroom, it should be able to see the clues during the feint attack." She said to He Yu.
"After evolving from the Timid Mushroom, their personalities have become more cautious and timid, which also means that their perception has become more acute, and they can detect any signs of danger in advance."
"That's provided you don't suppress its instincts with a contract."
He Yu stood there in a daze. Mu Liuyue actually knew about the Thunder Fruit?
...Thinking of Frost Night fighting Wolf, she personally participated in the Elemental Flow Conference, so it was not surprising that she knew about the Thunder Fruit.
But the timid and cautious nature of the Shroom can actually be used to detect danger?
"The characteristics of pets are not [weaknesses], there is only a difference in the direction of use. By forcibly changing their instincts, you may be able to win the battle once or twice."
Mu Shuyue paused, "But you definitely can't get past me."
After she finished speaking, the Pai Ya Bing merged into the Beastmaster's shadow and left the battlefield together.
…
Mu Huoyue finished her game early. She went to the hall to check Wen Li's game schedule and prepared to see her friend's results today.
Unexpectedly, Wen Li won so quickly. Before she reached the battlefield, Wen Li was already jumping towards her with Flame Xi Meow.
"How about the fourth round?" Mu Liuyue asked with a smile.
Wen Li gave her a thumbs up, "Of course I got it done successfully!"
"Meow!" Yan Xi Miao raised his paw in the same posture.
The Fire Velvet Moth landed on top of Flame Cat's head and flapped its wings gently, and they seemed to be getting along pretty well.
"My opponents are students from Lizhou University and the beastmasters of Guava Flower. You have seen them, right, Hiiragi?" Wen Li walked up and chatted with her friend.
Mu Huiyue nodded. Guava is a wood-type pet and was completely restrained by Wen Li, who specialized in fire. No wonder it ended so quickly.
Both of them successfully entered the top 32 and will stand on the much-anticipated Star Battle Arena tomorrow.
The preliminaries did not receive as much attention as the national competitions, but with the previous foundation, they were also quite popular, especially when held at the Xingyao Platform. Many people who loved beast taming competitions would buy tickets to watch.
The beastmaster who wins the first place in the preliminaries will surely become a star player in the national competition or even the world competition in the future. Being able to see these players' young battles in advance, or to place bets in advance and pay attention to some potential players, are both very popular activities for beastmaster enthusiasts.
"Tomorrow's opponents will be announced soon..." Wen Li was inexplicably nervous, "I hope we don't have to face off against students from Beijing University too early. I wonder if anyone has made it to the top 32."
This year's trainee members of Jingzhou University's Battle Club cannot become official members unless they make it into the top 16, so everyone is working hard to make the final sprint.
As the two were talking, an acquaintance walked over from the battlefield.
It was Chen Jiashu with the chaotic thundercloud. Beside him was another pet that looked like a fire element. It was a high-level warrior species [Little Spark] that he had just contracted this semester.
During the daily training of the Battle Club, Mu Huoyue has fought with Chaos Thundercloud and Little Spark many times and is quite familiar with them.
The two pets were not as awkward as the beastmaster. After seeing Mu Liuyue and Wen Li, they floated over, flying up and down around the two of them as a greeting.
Seeing that he couldn't avoid it, Chen Jiashu had no choice but to walk over.
He just won the fourth round of the fight in less than three rounds, and his result was among the best among many contestants.
Strictly speaking, all this should be thanked to Mu Huoyue.
In the fighting club, Chen Jiashu would fight with her every week, and was beaten terribly every time.
When he was in Changning No. 1 Middle School, he was at least the main force of the school team. However, after going to Peking University, he was beaten badly by his peers. He practiced hard every day but still could not beat her in a game.
So much so that when facing his opponents in the preliminary rounds this time, he actually felt... quite relaxed.
After experiencing the intense feeling of oppression like a mountain when fighting against Mu Huoyue, and the suffocating feeling that one could fail if he didn't notice the slightest flaw, ordinary battles were a piece of cake for him, and he didn't even feel nervous.
However, Chen Jiashu was absolutely unwilling to thank Mu Chuyue in person. He was determined not to lose anything and he would defeat Mu Chuyue sooner or later...!
...even one round will do!
Mu Shuyue and Wen Li were unaware of Chen Jiashu's complicated thoughts. The three of them had a brief conversation and waited until the fourth round of preliminaries was over. The candidates who entered the top 32 would be randomly selected in the system to complete the pairing for the first round of the knockout round.
The cell phone beeped and Mu Huoyue received information about the opponent in the first round of the top 32.
She couldn't help but raise her eyebrows. What a coincidence! It was another acquaintance.
Fang Xuyang, a freshman in the Combat Department of Hongzhou University.
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