The competition was proceeding in an orderly fashion.
An indeterminate amount of time passed, and a familiar-faced staff member approached, bowing her head respectfully and said: "Miss Qiao, please follow me to the backstage to prepare."
Qiao Sang stood up and followed her to the backstage corridor, standing in position.
Tao Jun, likewise with two General-level Pet Beasts, one with Dual Attributes of Evil Lineage and Water-type—a General-level Evil-Water Toad, and one with Dual Attributes of Water-type and Flight-type—a General-level White Lightweight Goose.
The former had a poison sac in its throat, a call could release a breath that might poison an adversary who got too close.
The latter was a rare Pet Beast capable of moving both in water and air, rumored to dance at dusk, inspiring many artists, and thus was often referred to as a "Vase Pet Beast".
The effectiveness of the Spirit Marks was temporarily uncertain, as Tao Jun would inscribe various Spirit Marks, changing the Pet Beasts’ Spirit Marks from one day to the next. He was the type of competitor who enjoyed re-inscribing new marks before the effects of the old ones had even faded... Qiao Sang recollected her opponent’s basic information, her mind unconsciously beginning to strategize.
Judging by the opponent’s experience, they seemed to be a professional Spirit Rune Master focused on Spirit Marks and not much on Pet Beast training.
She still had Gangbao yet to fight, and every contestant participating in the Beast Tamer Star Contest had at least two General-level Pet Beasts.
Of course, they also had High Level and even lower-tiered Pet Beasts, but this was an annual event, live-streamed across the entire web, even with dedicated channels covering the contest, a prime opportunity for gaining popularity and attracting fans. They were unlikely to summon their weaker Pet Beasts to battle others.
Since the opponents she would face in the future would be summoning General-level Pet Beasts, she might as well deploy Gangbao now, as it would eventually have to fight a General-level Pet Beast anyway.
After all, her purpose for competing here was to train and improve, not like during the National Campus Beast Taming League where she solely considered how to win with the best option...
As she was mulling it over, the commentator’s voice entered her ears:
"Let’s welcome Tao Jun and Qiao Sang to the stage!"
Cheers and shouting suddenly erupted, many calling out Qiao Sang’s name, even seemingly drowning out Tao Jun’s.
In just a few days, from initially being ignored and doubted, to now having fans who managed to get tickets to the scene, was rare within the star-studded competition circles.
Apart from a few invited by the organizers in the front row, the audience members present were mostly die-hard fans of a particular star contestant, specially making the effort to vocally support and show presence, different from those fans who only made noise online and switched idols any time.
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