"The match begins!"
In an instant, both sides summoned their contracted spirits.
The immortal kingdom's prodigy's contracted spirit lineup remained incredibly luxurious, consisting of two SS-class and one SS+-class spirit.
And she was merely the third-ranked in her own country.
Such a major nation indeed had the capital for arrogance.
In contrast, the male participant from Lan Nation only had three SS-class contracted spirits. The gap between them was truly immense!
For a moment, his earlier bold pronouncements became a joke, with some in the audience even snorting in derision.
"I thought I was about to meet a true genius? People from small countries are indeed frogs in a well!" Da Feng Novel Net.
"Yeah, perhaps they're just used to being overbearing in their own country."
The male participant on the stage couldn't hear the jeers from below, but he could see the scornful expressions of the crowd.
He remained utterly composed, offering a slight smile as he muttered to himself,
"A bunch of idiots!"
Boom—
In a flash, the protective barrier between the two sides dispersed, and the battle officially commenced!
"Something's not right..."
Chen Shu gazed at the contracted spirit of the Lan Nation prodigy, his eyes filled with a hint of uncertainty.
Generally speaking, to judge the potential rating of a contracted spirit, one would look at its aura.
For experienced beast tamers, this was a basic judgment that would rarely be wrong.
For instance, Chen Shu's three contracted spirits possessed monstrous strength but didn't project a strong aura. Coupled with their bizarre appearances, they were naturally perceived as weaklings.
He could confirm that the Lan Nation prodigy's contracted spirits were all S-class, but his gut instinct told him the opponent was not simple.
"What's not right?"
A Liang turned his head and asked, "There's no suspense in this match."
As soon as he finished speaking, one of the immortal kingdom prodigy's contracted spirits was directly heavily injured.
"Holy cow!"
A Liang exclaimed, his expression incredibly shocked.
Not only him, but the rest of the audience was equally astonished, their gazes fixated on a contracted spirit on stage.
Its entire body was as black as ink, resembling a Qilin. Despite being only S-class, its strength was terrifyingly immense.
It was this spirit that had unleashed a blast of black light, heavily damaging the immortal kingdom's contracted spirit.
"Roar!"
The ink-black Qilin roared, and two beams of black light shot out from its eyes, shattering the defensive skills of the SS+-class contracted spirit.
"The strength of this skill..."
Chen Shu's expression was startled; he hadn't expected the skill's damage to be infinitely close to Gold-tier.
"Are the prodigies from small countries this powerful now?"
The strong individuals in the stands also showed a bit of surprise, sighing,
"It seems it truly is a golden era!"
Even those considered at the peak of Silver-tier now had contracted spirits capable of reaching such levels.
Currently, both the quality and quantity of prodigies far surpassed those of previous eras.
Qin Tian looked towards the King-level beast tamer beside him and said,
"An S-class contracted spirit with such power, and you're all so calm?"
"What's there to be alarmed about?"
A small-country King-level beast tamer shrugged and replied,
"Some people's A-class contracted spirits can be this heaven-defying, so a mutated S-class is reasonable, right?"
"..."
Qin Tian smiled, understanding that the other person was referring to Chen Shu.
With Chen Shu as a point of reference, the Lan Nation prodigy below wasn't quite so astonishing.
He gave the Lan Nation prodigy below a deep look and said no more.
The battle continued, with the crowd spectating like onlookers. Only the people from the immortal kingdom wore grim expressions, unwilling to lose to someone from a small country.
Because of the opponent's surprise attack, the immortal kingdom's participant had lost a contracted spirit first,
The situation was actually quite clear!
In less than ten minutes, the immortal kingdom was defeated and left the competition stage in a sorry state.
Chen Shu turned and said, "A Liang, your judgment is pretty good."
"What?"
"Didn't you just say there was no suspense in this match?"
"..."
A Liang's mouth twitched. I predicted the immortal kingdom would win...
Everyone began to disperse, their gazes fixed on the male participant from Lan Nation, filled with surprise.
The latter, however, remained composed and returned directly to his country's team.
The three Black Iron contestants from Lan Nation showed no surprise, as if it were expected.
They had come for the championship title!
The crowd dispersed and returned to their respective country's accommodations.
Chen Shu took out his phone and sent a message to Xie Sunan:
[Old Xie, how have you been recently?]
[No money]
[???]
Chen Shu's mouth twitched. What kind of self-defense mechanism is this?
[Do I look like someone who would lend you money? Can you help me investigate someone from overseas?]
[No problem, as long as the money is right, I can even investigate aliens for you!]
[That impressive?]
[Our investigation department's system isn't a joke, you know? Besides, I have my own connections.]
[Your investigation department?]
Chen Shu was slightly taken aback, his eyes showing a hint of surprise.
[Thanks to your introduction, I'm now an intern in the investigation department.]
Chen Shu immediately recalled that day. He hadn't expected his casual remark to have found Xie Sunan a good position.
[Congratulations! Congratulations!]
He sent the photo of the Lan Nation participant over. As for the comment about the money being right, he completely ignored it...
Currently, the battle videos of the participants from various countries were likely blocked by the authorities. Finding information would require some special means.
"Chen Pi, you don't have confidence?"
A Liang turned and looked at him, his eyes filled with confusion.
"This has nothing to do with whether I have confidence or not!"
Chen Shu shrugged. While he believed in his own strength, knowing oneself and the enemy leads to victory in every battle.
To be audacious when it's time to be audacious, and steady when it's time to be steady,
This was the reason Chen Shu had never stumbled for years!
...
Days passed, and the subsequent matches proceeded smoothly without any interference.
Soon, the first round of the world competition came to a close...
"Lin Han, a Silver Two-star beast tamer, his three contracted spirits' potential ratings are..."
Chen Shu lay on his bed, intently reading the information Xie Sunan had sent him.
He murmured to himself, "To have such a Chinese-sounding name..."
Knock, knock, knock!
"Chen Pi!"
At this moment, A Liang knocked on the door and called out, "Today is the second round of the world competition, aren't you going to watch?"
"Coming! Coming!"
Chen Shu turned off his phone and left the room.
The group collectively headed towards the competition stage, preparing to watch today's matches.
"Huh? Principal, where's Old Liu?"
Chen Shu was slightly startled and looked at Qin Tian, his eyes filled with inquiry.
"I don't know."
Qin Tian shook his head and said, "He's been distracted lately. A couple of days ago, he told me he had something to deal with and left Origin Island."
"Left?!"
Chen Shu's brow furrowed, and he felt a vague sense of foreboding.
"Don't worry, what trouble could a Gold Three-star beast tamer get into?"
Qin Tian smiled upon hearing this and said, "As long as he doesn't dig up anyone's ancestors' graves, it'll be a blessing."
ps: Chapter three might be a little late, please understand!