Competitions are mostly lively and thrilling, as battles between Pet Beasts and confrontations between Beast Tamers often ignite the passion of the crowd.
The most electrifying for the audience are the amazing comebacks from the underdogs and the intense clashes between evenly matched opponents.
Most of the people here were school leaders who had seen countless matches.
For them, preliminary rounds like these, which were steady and predictable, often sparked no reaction.
They watched seriously only to analyze competitors from other schools.
Only when it related to their own school’s students did their emotions change.
Yet, this match, which was neither an underdog victory nor an evenly matched contest, quieted down the B sector briefly before the noise erupted like dust being kicked into the air.
"Did you see that? Did you all see that? What’s the deal with that Flame Listening Dog? Has it grown eyes on its back?!"
"How did it do that? How did it suddenly teleport on top of the Sea Gnawing Badger?!"
"This Flame Listening Dog has too strong a sense of battle!"
"I thought it was going to be a match when the Torrent Ability came out, I didn’t expect Shengshui Middle School’s Qiao Sang to not give the opponent a single chance to turn the tables..."
"Honestly, Zhou Jing from Pinghai High School isn’t bad either, just unlucky to run into a freak."
"Speaking of which, I didn’t have any impression of this Zhou Jing from the previous two competitions, I only remember that she had a Pet Beast from another region, but I didn’t expect her to perform so well this time."
"That’s normal, you probably only started coming to the competition arena these last two years, right?"
"How did you know?"
"Because senior year is these students’ last in the National Campus Beast Taming League, and many start doubling their efforts when they reach senior year. There are quite a few emerging talents; if you had followed a batch of students from freshman year all the way to senior year, you would definitely understand."
"What about someone like Qiao Sang? Are there going to suddenly be several of them by senior year?"
"...You think freaks pop up that easily?"
...
The next four matches lacked any suspense, even though Pinghai High School sent out Water-type Pet Beasts, Yaobao had strong Psychic Series powers in addition to the Fire Element.
Water-types might conquer Fire-types, but everything is based on the premise that skills can make contact.
Without hitting the target, it’s all talk.
With the advantage of Telekinesis and Teleportation, there wasn’t a single Water-type move that could get close.
All 18 points were in the bag.
Qiao Sang sat in the Shengshui High School contender seats waiting for Xu Yixuan to finish her match.
Next to him, He Daotao buried his head, seriously browsing his phone.
"What are you looking at?" Qiao Sang asked.
He Daotao didn’t look up, "The school we’re up against tomorrow. I’m checking the forum to see if there’s any information on their school team members."
Losing two matches today really got to him.
"Which school are we up against tomorrow?" Qiao Sang asked.
The list of all participating schools in A2 had already been released, but Qiao Sang always looked up the next opponent only after completing the day’s competition.
"Hangkang Sixth Beast Taming Middle School," He Daotao answered.
Qiao Sang was startled for a moment, "Which one?"
"Hangkang Sixth Beast Taming Middle School," He Daotao repeated, turning to say, "Haven’t you heard of it? It’s in our city."
Saying this, he paused, "But that makes sense, the school isn’t highly ranked and is not very famous."
Qiao Sang: "..."
How could she not know? She almost became a student there...
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