Chapter 034 Chapter 34 (Update 1)
The newly evolved Starry Sky Oriole was in full force, crushing the enemy with ease and winning two games in a row in quick succession.
In the third round, Xu Ling wanted to continue, but Lu Wenzhen called her back from the stage, "Save your energy, there are still two rounds to go."
After Xu Ling left the stage, the team from City Z breathed a sigh of relief. But then, they saw Lu Wenshen walk onto the stage with a serious expression and directly summon the Auspicious Cloud Beast. Their expressions suddenly became even more bleak.
We are just beating up a team from City Z. Is it really necessary to be so brutal?
All the beasts that appeared were first-level evolved mysterious beasts!
In their entire team, only the captain has an evolved mysterious beast, and he was even arranged to be the last one!
The Xiangyun Beast took action, and with one move of teleportation, no one could break it, and quickly won two more games.
The Z City team looked at Lu Wenshen pitifully. Seeing him take the Xiangyun Beast back to the Xuan Beast Space and seem to have no intention of continuing the third game, they finally breathed a sigh of relief.
The third player is... Oh, it's Xia Muqing.
"Thank goodness, her profound beast didn't evolve," the students from City Z muttered. "Captain, come on! Let's at least get a point and avoid getting shaved off!"
The captain of City Z walked onto the stage.
She was a rather tall girl with pigtails. After she came on stage, she summoned her mysterious beast: "Dead Wood Butterfly!"
A gorgeous, giant butterfly, half a person's height, appeared on the field, its wings covered with orange and yellow patterns. When it flapped, a bleak wind blew up on the field, as if the field had entered a cold autumn day overnight.
Xia Muqing looked at it calmly and raised her hand: "Xiao Jin!"
The koi fish leaped into the air, and beneath it there was a faint surging current, which turned into countless reefs.
"I watched your match yesterday," the girl from City Z said seriously, "Your profound beast is very powerful. It has reached the peak of its unevolved strength, and it also has a strange control technique."
"But mental attacks are useless against my Deadwood Butterfly. It's also the originator of the mental system and is the most effective against it—what the hell, Deadwood Butterfly?"
Before the girl could finish her words, a white light flashed from the koi fish's body, and the blessing was activated!
The dead wood butterfly opposite suddenly fell, stretched its body and floated to the ground, its antennae waving happily.
girl:"???"
Xia Muqing raised her eyebrows slightly: "Who said that my Xiao Jin's control skills rely on mental attacks?"
You wouldn’t believe it, this is a healing skill!
However, the withered wood butterfly's mental resistance was indeed very high, and the koi fish's blessing only caused it to lose consciousness for less than a second. After regaining consciousness, the withered wood butterfly cautiously retreated a few meters, flapping its wings and buzzing.
The girl was confused. "You said... that move just now made you feel like you were back in your cocoon, and it was very warm?"
She turned around in shock, looking at Xia Muqing as if she were looking at some mutant species: "What kind of skill is this? How come I've never heard of it?"
"There are many skills you haven't heard of," Xia Muqing said, "Xiao Jin, are you ready to charge?"
Koi fish: "Gulp!"
Taking advantage of the few seconds when the dead wood butterfly retreated, it mobilized all its mysterious power, slapped its tail hard, and jumped over the invisible threshold in the air.
Leap over the Dragon Gate and start!
A huge dragon shadow gradually emerged, its body coiled, each scale vivid, its head held high, its horns sharp, its pair of black eyes filled with divine power like lacquered wood, spinning around and staring at the dead wood butterfly, its majesty fully displayed.
The moment the huge figure appeared, the teachers in the judges' room were startled and stood up one after another.
"Dragon! It's a sky dragon!"
"This, this is impossible!"
"Isn't that a koi fish? A koi fish that hasn't evolved yet can actually use the Dragon Leap to summon a sky dragon?"
"No, it's not a summon, it's the shadow of the Dragon God..."
"How can there be such a realistic phantom! An average koi fish would be lucky if it could condense half a dragon's head—no, an average koi fish can't even learn to leap over the Dragon Gate!!"
There was a great deal of noise in the judges' room, and on the stage, the girls from City Z were completely stunned.
Not only was she confused, but the dead wood butterfly next to her also froze in place, its antennae trembling, not daring to move.
As a spiritual beast, it is more sensitive to breath and can clearly sense the abundant dragon breath emanating from the giant dragon in front of it.
——That’s dragon’s breath, just one breath can burn it to ashes!
Withered Wood Butterfly was so panicked that her mind went blank and she couldn't use any of her skills. She could only watch the giant dragon open its mouth, revealing its sharp fangs, and then slowly... spit out a light golden bubble.
Dead Wood Butterfly: “……?”
Judges: “???”
The mighty and ferocious dragon spits out a golden bubble, which is a bit funny.
But before the judges could adjust their mood, they watched helplessly as the bubble drifted towards the Dead Wood Butterfly, a gilded light shimmering within it. The light grew stronger and stronger, and gradually exploded—
“Boom!!!”
The golden light instantly covered the entire screen, and even the camera screen flashed a few times. The judges in front of the screen couldn't help but hold their breath, and some even subconsciously raised their hands to cover their eyes, as if the explosion was happening right in front of them.
It was not until several seconds later that the teacher who raised his hand realized that something was wrong and put down his arm awkwardly.
On the screen, the smoke dissipated, and the dead wood butterfly was charred all over, and fell from mid-air with a "thump".
The captain of City Z cried out, "Xiaodie, Deadwood Butterfly!"
The referee's tone was also very surprised: "Xia, Xia Muqing wins!"
There was a dead silence in the judges' room.
After a few seconds, someone whispered, "This destructive power...isn't it too outrageous?"
"Is this a koi fish that hasn't evolved yet?"
…
Inside the venue, Xia Muqing signaled to the little koi and released a torrent of impact.
The scorch marks on the Dead Wood Butterfly's body quickly dissipated - although it looked miserable, it was actually mainly suffering from external injuries, and then the impact of the dragon's breath and the vibration of the explosion caused it to faint.
At this moment, under the treatment of the torrent's impact, the dead wood butterfly slowly woke up, flapped its wings with lingering fear, and touched its owner's wrist with its antennae.
The girl from City Z hugged it lovingly, then turned to look at Xia Muqing: "You win. Your mysterious beast is truly powerful. I am convinced."
Xia Muqing's eyebrows curved: "Your Dead Wood Butterfly is also very powerful, but it's a pity that I can restrain it."
The Dead Wood Butterfly evolved from a small caterpillar, and the insect system is inseparable from the dragon. In addition, the Dead Wood Butterfly is also a spiritual beast. From a certain perspective, the dragon god's phantom of the koi fish has a bloodline suppression on it.
After winning this game, the "Front High Energy Team" successfully advanced.
Although the Z City team still had many regrets, they could only stop here and were eliminated helplessly.
Taking advantage of the break, Xia Muqing ran to watch the game between the "Royal Salute Team" and the "Winner Takes All Team".
The strength of both teams was indeed formidable, clearly a step above the other teams on the field. The "Royal Salute Team" was especially impressive, with five first-tier profound beasts taking turns to battle, each one displaying overwhelming momentum.
Xia Muqing frowned slightly and sighed secretly in her heart.
"It seems like there's not much hope of expecting other teams to eliminate them."
"I'm afraid that in the end, we will still have to fight them hard."
…
While Xia Muqing was observing the other teams, the captains of the first two teams also frowned as they listened to the information reported by their team members.
A koi fish that can summon the shadow of a dragon god?
In the corner of the arena, Zhao Lu bit her lower lip hard.
"I knew she was still hiding her strength. I felt it during yesterday's fight. That Koi Fish and Gale Dog weren't even using their full strength!"
The more she spoke, the angrier she became: "I'm so pissed off. She was clearly using me as a training ground yesterday—ahhhh, I'm so pissed off. This is so contemptuous!"
"Brother, help me beat her up, beat her up hard!"
Zhao Si didn't say anything. He just silently looked at Xia Muqing's name which suddenly jumped to No. 4 in the personal ranking. After more than ten seconds, he grinned.
"Koi fish? That's really interesting."
"But if they use their ultimate move so early, how much strength will they have left later?"
When he said that, Zhao Lu was stunned for a moment, then raised the corner of her mouth with joy.
"Yes, this is a competition of attrition. They don't have many Xuan Beasts to use. After using its special move, the Koi Fish will probably be useless."
"What else can they use to fight in the next two games?"
The two looked at each other and laughed.
But at this moment, the other members of the team ran over and said, "Captain, the results of the second round of draw are out. We will play against the team from City R."
"Well," Zhao Si asked casually, "where are the Royal Salute and the High Energy Ahead?"
Team member: "Royal salute to attack the team from City W. As for the high energy ahead..."
“They have a bye.”
Zhao Si: “???”
…
"Yeah, byes, let's have a bye!"
"My dear Tian Muqing, you are so lucky! We can win with a one in seven chance!"
In the team, Xu Ling jumped for joy and hugged Xia Muqing wildly.
The others were also very excited, especially Jiang Li and Ding Ling. Their profound beasts couldn't play, and they had originally thought they were doomed to lose the team competition. But now that they had a bye and a chance to catch their breath, they suddenly saw a glimmer of hope in their eyes.
Points are awarded in the team competition based on the final ranking. Every additional person who advances will earn you a lot of points.
Now they have been framed by Peng Li and cannot compete. They have no chance of individual ranking and can only pin their hopes on the team ranking.
Xia Muqing glanced at the draw results of other teams on the big screen, stood up and patted Xu Ling on the back: "Okay, go get ready."
"After this match, it will be the semi-finals. Our opponents will definitely be tough, and we may very well face Royal Salute or Winner Takes All."
The others nodded and clenched their fists.
Actually, for Xia Muqing, whether or not she got a free round didn't matter. The koi fish seemed to consume a lot of energy, but after taking a few breaths of dragon breath in the mysterious beast space, it immediately became full of energy again.
If it weren't for the fairness of the competition, where props couldn't be brought into the competition, she could even hang the dragon pill around the little koi's neck and do a "Leap Over the Dragon Gate - Infinite Firepower Version".
Not to mention the Dead Wood Butterfly, even the Gale Dog might not be able to handle that situation.
But a bye was ultimately a significant benefit to Xu Ling and Lu Wenshen, and it also allowed them to gather information about other teams. For the next few minutes, the competitors quickly rested on the spot, while Ding Ling and Jiang Li, notebooks in hand, ran back and forth between the stages, gathering information.
Xia Muqing also found a seat and sat down, and began to think about the next battle plan.
At this moment, a clear female voice sounded not far away: "Hello, is this classmate Xia Muqing?"
Xia Muqing looked up and was surprised to see a young female teacher waving at her with a smile at the front door, with two dimples faintly visible on her face.
"Hello, I'm Chi Zi, the admissions teacher at Yandu University."
She shook Xia Muqing's hand and said, "If you are free now, can you talk to me briefly?"
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