Rebirth of the Prime Dragon Master novel Chapter 838

After a day filled with meetings that were attended by all the large clans, the Beast Master Contest of the Timber Deity Empire, which was held every three years, finally kicked off.

But even before the contest began, people had already started to guess who would win in the contest, as most of them had their favored clans and warriors. Most of them believed that, barring accidents, it would be the Cao Clan and the Qi Clan who would be competing for the championship at the end of the contest.

The Cao Clan and the Qi Clan were famous for the fact that they each had a beast master who was regarded as a great master in the Wild Spirit Land. Since the contest included three events where they were to evaluate beasts, to tame beasts, and to cure beasts, of course, the Cao Clan and the Qi Clan had their advantages.

Samson of the Qi Clan was a great beast tamer in the Timber Deity Empire, and he was next only to Sheridan in the Wild Spirit Land. Samson had a total of two disciples. The eldest disciple had worked for the royal family of the Timber Deity Empire, while the other disciple, Mabon Wu, would fight on behalf of the Qi Clan in this contest. He had taken charge of all the affairs in connection with taming beasts in the Qi Clan on behalf of Samson, and this was because Samson had gone with Alyssa to fight against the Holy Dragon Empire a few months ago.

Mabon was a disciple of Samson, so the people expected him to be skilled in battle and formidable. It was rumored that the royal family had wanted to recruit him, so, his performance in this contest might be a chance for him to make a difference, just like his senior did.

Although the Qi Clan had a great advantage in taming beasts, the Cao Clan should not be easily dismissed. They had Lucas as the backbone, and as he was the former imperial beast evaluator of the royal family, he had tremendous influence in the Timber Deity Empire and the Wild Spirit Land. Also, his ability to evaluate beasts was comparable to Priest Dean, who was the best beast evaluator of the Holy Dragon Empire.

Lucas' disciple, Queenie, was very likely to win in the beast evaluating part of the contest. Although she was capricious, she had become a seventh-grade beast evaluator under Lucas' tutelage. It was rare to have such strength at her age, so if the Cao Clan wanted to defeat the Qi Clan, her performance was crucial.

Moreover, since beast evaluating had always been a strong suit of the Cao Clan, it was expected that she would have the advantage in the beast evaluating part of the contest.

It was quite interesting that although the Cao Clan and the Qi Clan had their advantages, both of them were not very good at beast curing, so they had to recruit talents as preparation for the contest. And that was why the Cao Clan recruited the Xiao Clan. Although there was no news about who the Qi Clan had recruited, they undoubtedly had good plans in mind, and they would never let the Cao Clan have this advantage over them.

However, of the two clans that were almost at the same level, it was the Qi Clan that had greater advantage, if they competed in the final part of the contest. This was because the Qi Clan was backed up by Princess Alyssa, who was influential in the Timber Deity Empire, and three of the five judges of the contest were from the royal family, while the other two were Lucas and Samson.

These judges would be the key to the final results of the contest if the two clans ended in a stalemate.

All the beast masters would participate in the contest on the behalf of their clans, and they would battle using the 'best of three sets' method. In each event, each clan would send three beast masters to compete with the clan chosen by lot, and the one who would win two sets could then proceed to the next round. Meanwhile, the loser would be eliminated.

There were a total of eight clans that would take part in the contest, and all the other clans were weaker than the Cao Clan and the Qi Clan, so the results of the contest could be easily predicted.

It was still early morning, on the first day of the contest, but there was already a large crowd gathered in the magnificent competition hall that the Qi Clan had specifically set up for this event.