Chapter 031 Chapter 31 (Part 2)
The second game also ended quickly. Since many people showed their true strength in this game, the two ranking lists flashed rapidly and the rankings changed all the time.
Even among the six teams tied for first place, three suffered defeats, leaving only three still maintaining an unbeaten record of 20 points.
Xia Muqing glanced at the list: "Royal Salute Team, High Energy Team, Winner Takes All Team..."
Wow, it’s the team that holds the top three spots on the individual rankings.
The top three in the individual rankings were also impressive. No matter how the rankings changed, the top three remained unshakable. Yuan Feiyu from the Royal Salute team still dominated Lu Wenshen and was ranked first by the judges.
As for Xia Muqing...
Xu Ling stared at the list eagerly. Seeing that his friend had dropped to 42nd place, he was furious. "Who made this list? Do you have any sense?"
Xia Muqing didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "It's okay, it's normal. I didn't do anything special in the second round, so there's no reason for the judges to give me a high score."
Xu Ling curled her lips.
In this match, she scared off her opponent without using a single move. The judges, perhaps taking into account her wisdom and effort, moved her ranking up one place to 7th.
While the rest of their team also won, it wasn't easy. Ding Ling faced a rather formidable Blue Heavy Weasel, while Jiang Li faced a near-evolutionary Yellow Tear Monkey. Both fought for a long time, exhausting all their skills, before securing a narrow victory.
At this moment, their mysterious beasts were all very tired, and they were even less confident about the third game.
Lu Wenzhen frowned slightly and suggested, "How about you not play the third game?"
Ding Ling and Jiang Li looked at each other without saying anything.
They hesitated for a long time, and finally shook their heads: "I'll try again, maybe I'll draw a good lot."
Xia Muqing also frowned, but looking at the unwilling eyes of her two teammates, she finally nodded in understanding.
She understood what Ding Ling and Jiang Li were thinking: their current individual rankings were 27th and 29th respectively. Compared to the overall ranking, these were considered to be in the upper reaches, but not particularly impressive results for the competition.
Assuming that in addition to the extra points for the team competition, only the top 15 or top 10 students can ultimately receive extra individual points, then they are still a long way from receiving the extra points.
And you won’t lose points if you lose, you just won’t get any extra points, so you can still give it a gamble.
Everyone took the time to rest, and the healing beasts came out to unleash a few skills. Soon, in a tense atmosphere, the third round of the competition began.
After the drawing of lots, Ding Ling couldn't help but scream, "Ah!"
She was unlucky and drew a member of the Royal Salute team, who was ranked 13th on the individual list.
Ding Ling's expression immediately darkened. Peng Li had said that every member of the Royal Salute Team possessed a first-order evolved profound beast, and her profound beast hadn't yet reached that stage of evolution. This battle was a sure loss.
On the other side, Jiang Li breathed a sigh of relief.
She drew the 65th place, one of the last few, so it shouldn't be difficult to beat her.
Jiang Li turned her head and glanced at Ding Ling with regret.
Xia Muqing advised, "It's okay, just think of it as gathering intelligence. We'll face Royal Salute in a team battle sooner or later, so let's gather as much information as possible about them."
After saying that, she looked at her signature.
[Winner Takes All Team: Zhao Lu]
Ranked 8th on the list.
"Well, finally met a decent opponent?"
…
After arriving at the battle stage, Xia Muqing discovered that the girl fighting against her was the girl with two steel-toothed rabbits that she saw in the first game.
Zhao Lu obviously didn't take her seriously. She leaned lazily on the railing, chewing bubble gum in her mouth: "Well, are you from the high-energy team in front?"
"It's not easy to win two games in a row even though the ranking is so low."
Xia Muqing said with a smile: "Good luck, good luck."
Zhao Lu bit the bubble with a "pop" and said vaguely, "It's a pity that you met me in this situation. Be careful, my mysterious beast has very sharp teeth."
Xia Muqing thought for a moment and said, "It's okay, my mysterious beast is thick-skinned."
Zhao Lu: “……?”
Swift Dog & Koi Fish: "???"
At this time, the referee blew the whistle. Zhao Lu stopped talking nonsense and raised his hand to summon two rabbits.
The two steel-toothed rabbits were only the size of a palm, but their eyes were a bright red. Their two sharp fangs were exposed, and the tips of their fangs flashed like cold iron.
The Swift Dog and the Koi Fish also perked up and prepared to join the battle with great enthusiasm.
After acting for so long, I can finally show off my skills!
But suddenly, Xia Muqing whispered, "Xiaofeng, you are not allowed to evolve in this match, nor are you allowed to use your evolved moves."
"Xiao Jin, you are not allowed to use your special features."
Swift Dog: “???”
Koi fish: “???”
No way, still acting?
The two mysterious beasts were dumbfounded.
The opponent in this match is different from the previous two. Seeing that the two rabbits on the opposite side have begun to perform coordinated skills, their bodies gradually merged and turned into a giant rabbit half the height of a human - such a tough opponent, and the owner actually set so many restrictions for them?
"Go ahead, don't be stunned," Xia Muqing reminded, "Why don't you think about how to cooperate - with your strength, even if you don't evolve, you are still stronger than the other party!"
Xia Muqing's expectation was that Zhao Lu would be drawn in the third game.
But she immediately realized that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
This battle can help the Gale Hound and the Koi Fish learn to cooperate with each other instead of fighting separately like before. What's the difference between that and two 1v1 games?
"In a true 2v2 situation, the Mystical Beasts definitely can't just refrain from interfering with each other," she said solemnly through telepathy. "One of you is a Wind-type, and the other is a Water-type. Both of you have attributes that are very suitable for cooperation."
If only they could have some tacit understanding, they wouldn't quarrel every day and give her a headache.
Swift Dog: "Woo!"
It dived sideways to avoid the attack of the Steel-Tooth Rabbit, and turned around to bar its teeth.
It’s okay to cooperate, but the little koi can’t hold it back!
The koi fish rolled its eyes and blew out a string of bubbles: "Gulp gurgle!"
Stupid dog, who are you calling a drag?
If it doesn't use its evolved skills, it doesn't think it's much weaker than the Gale Hound!
…
Inside the judges' room, Ning Xi looked at the tablet in front of him with a frown on his face.
He was watching Xia Muqing's battle - after the previous incident, he always felt something was wrong, so he switched the focus to Xia Muqing for two consecutive battles, wanting to see what secrets she was hiding.
Unfortunately, in the last match, Xia Muqing’s opponent was so weak that Ning Xi still couldn’t see anything.
In this match, seeing that Xia Muqing's opponent was Zhao Lu, Ning Xi inexplicably felt a little bit of anticipation in his heart.
Zhao Lu is very strong, otherwise they wouldn't have ranked her 8th. Facing such a strong enemy, Xia Muqing should definitely use all her skills, right?
Ning Xi's eyes widened, trying to find a clue. But on the screen, Xia Muqing still sent out the unevolved Gale Dog and Koi Fish*.
The dog and the fish were still the same as before, with no tacit understanding at all, and their attacks and retreats were disorganized. After fighting around the combined Steel-Tooth Rabbit, they not only did not gain any advantage, but were almost swept by the strong wind and suffered minor injuries.
Through the screen, Ning Xi saw the koi fish blowing out strings of bubbles, and the hurricane dog also turned back in the midst of its busy schedule, baring its fangs and roaring continuously.
Is this... a quarrel?
Ning Xi was stunned.
"They actually quarreled on the field. How can you train a profound beast like this?"
Even a newbie wouldn't make such a low-level mistake. This only proves that the beastmaster is incompetent and can't even control his own mysterious beast.
Ning Xi began to doubt his life.
He suddenly felt that Xia Muqing was just an ordinary student. Chi Zi deliberately ranked her first in order to set a trap for him, making him focus too much energy on Xia Muqing and ignore the performance of other students.
This way, Chi Zi can snatch others away faster.
"Damn, this woman is too insidious!"
Ning Xi cursed in his heart, switched the screen depressedly, and began to check the performance of other students.
"Xia Muqing, Swift Dog... Humph!" He thought impatiently, "You've delayed me for so long. If I look at you again, I'll be a dog!"
…
On the battlefield, Zhao Lu was also shocked.
She looked at the barking hurricane dog and koi fish in front of her and said in disbelief, "Your two mysterious beasts are... quarreling?"
Xia Muqing was very upset.
The Swift Dog and the Little Koi were indeed arguing, but it couldn't be completely considered an argument. It would be more like... discussing tactics?
However, the negotiation process was full of tension.
“Ouch!”
Could you aim more accurately? All the dragon's breath would have been wasted.
"Gurgle!"
Stupid dog, why are you dodging so quickly? If you dodge every attack, how can you take the opportunity to counterattack?
“Ouch!”
Don’t try to fight back. If I don’t take you away, your belly will be bitten through by the opponent’s steel teeth!
"Gurgle!"
My scales aren't that fragile! The Steeltooth Rabbit moves too fast, so we have to block it before we can hit it with our skills!
The clamor was so loud that Zhao Lu found it so amusing that she couldn't help but burst out laughing. "Hahahaha, I'm dying of laughter! This is the first time I've seen mysterious beasts quarreling on the battlefield. How did you become a beastmaster? I heard you're the captain of your team—hey, whoever quarrels the most will be the captain, right?"
Facing her ridicule, Xia Muqing remained calm and unmoved.
Others only saw the Swift Dog and the Koi Fish quarreling, but she could find that, through repeated attempts, the attacks and dodging of the two mysterious beasts gradually became more orderly, and their cooperation with each other became better and better. Whatever skill the little Koi wanted to use, the Swift Dog would already know what it was thinking as soon as it flicked its tail.
Xia Muqing was delighted to see this change.
"Come on, Xiaofeng and Xiaojin!"
“Ouch!”
The Swift Dog howled towards the sky, its hair stretched out all over its body, and a huge green mysterious current turned into a whirlwind that swirled around and enveloped it.
The little koi also flapped its tail fin vigorously, and the shadows of the turbulent undercurrent gathered under its body, faintly forming waves.
After working together for so long, they finally found a way and took advantage of the gaps when the Steel-Tooth Rabbit's body was stagnant!
“Hula——!”
In a flash, the Swift Dog charged forward, using its body to block the Steel-Tooth Rabbit's powerful wind. At the same moment, the wind and water energies from the two mysterious beasts intertwined and roared, transforming into a water-colored tornado that slammed fiercely into the Steel-Tooth Rabbit's protective wind!
The fierce collision spread out circles of invisible ripples, and the entire battlefield seemed to be shaking.
Zhao Lu's laughter stopped abruptly. She opened her eyes wide in surprise, not understanding why such strong energy fluctuations suddenly appeared in the little koi and the hurricane dog - but it was too late.
"Gurgle!"
Pray and start!
A flash of white light passed by, and the Steel-Tooth Rabbit, which was struggling to resist, trembled all over and closed its eyes staggeringly.
Even though it was only a brief moment, it could no longer resist and was completely submerged by the waterspout.
Zhao Lu: “……!”
"Steel Teeth Rabbit!!"
Across the battle stage, Xia Muqing finally breathed a sigh of relief and smiled happily.
"Xiaofeng, Xiaojin, well done."
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