Cang Town Beast Taming Academy is located in the heart of Cang Town, covering a vast area with magnificent buildings.
The people living in this town consider enrolling in the Beast Taming Academy as their goal, because once admitted, they are guaranteed to become professional beast tamers.
However, the admission requirements for the Beast Taming Academy are extremely high. In addition to requiring students to be under 14 years old, their aptitude is also assessed.
The Beast Taming Academy places great emphasis on students' practical combat skills, hence a giant beast taming arena was built within the academy. This arena was strictly constructed according to the standards of professional beast taming competitions.
It can be switched to different environments such as forests, snowfields, oceans, and volcanoes according to the needs of the competition, and it can also be split to accommodate multiple competitions simultaneously.
In recent days, this beast taming arena has been exceptionally grand, with a constant stream of visitors.
However, a competition for first-year students alone would not have such drawing power. This is because a message was released that a mysterious guest would be attending the closing ceremony tonight! Moreover, insiders revealed that this mysterious guest is one of the Ten Elders!
As the news spread, the entire Cang Town erupted!
The Ten Elders are the most powerful existences among professional beast tamers, the pursuit of countless beast tamers. Their appearance fee for just one exhibition match is astronomical!
The beast taming arena was packed, with many people standing to watch. The enthusiasm of the audience made the academy staff reluctant to drive them away, and they could only do their best to maintain order and prevent accidents.
Amidst thunderous cheers.
In the center of the beast taming arena, a mechanical female voice broadcasted.
"Now announcing the current points standings for each class in this beast taming competition!"
"Class 1, average points 61.9."
"Class 2, average points 62.1."
...
"Class 7, average points 63.1."
...
"Class 10, average points 64.2."
The broadcast gradually faded.
In a lounge, several students from the Beast Taming Academy, appearing to be around 14 or 15 years old, were anxiously stomping their feet.
"What should we do? If Lu Fei doesn't come back, his score will be defaulted to 0! Our class will be last!"
A girl with pigtails anxiously stamped her feet. Her name was Ke Xin, the class monitor of Class 2.
As soon as she spoke, others chimed in.
"That's right! If we're last, our class won't get any rewards!"
"Well, even if Lu Fei comes back, what can he do? He doesn't even have a contracted beast. Are you going to let him fight by himself?" A student wearing a baseball cap said leisurely, lying on a chair.
Ke Xin angrily walked over and grabbed the boy's ear.
She scolded, "Tang Ao, don't just stand there and make sarcastic remarks! You only scored 10 points yourself, and I haven't settled with you yet!"
"It hurts... it hurts! Let go!" Tang Ao whimpered in pain and muttered, "It's not my fault, my big macaque had a stomach ache."
Ke Xin let go and continued to stomp her feet.
The few youths bickered amongst themselves but couldn't come up with a solution.
At this moment, a voice sounded from outside the door.
"Xin Xin! Has Lu Fei returned?"
Upon hearing Ling Lu's voice, Ke Xin felt as if she had found a savior, her voice tinged with a hint of tears.
"Teacher Ling! Lu Fei hasn't returned yet, what should we do!"
Ling Lu frowned slightly, feeling equally anxious. Lu Fei's phone had been unreachable, and she didn't know where the child had gone.
"First-year Class 2 student Lu Fei, please proceed to the competition!"
"First-year Class 2 student Lu Fei, please proceed to the competition!"
...
The broadcast voice sounded again, calling out only Lu Fei's name. This was because students from all ten classes had already participated in the competition, and only Lu Fei had yet to take the stage.
When they were at a loss, Ling Lu's phone rang.
"Lu Fei?" She took out her phone with a look of pleasant surprise.
Upon seeing the screen, her face revealed unconcealed disappointment.
"Hello, Teacher Zhang." Ling Lu suppressed the emotions in her heart and smiled.
From the other end of the line came a middle-aged man's magnetic voice, "Teacher Ling, has your student Lu Fei returned?"
"He... he hasn't yet." Ling Lu replied truthfully.
There was a moment of silence on the other end of the phone.
"How about this, considering student Lu Fei was just discharged from the hospital a few days ago, you can assign another student to compete in his place."
After saying that, he hung up the phone.
Ling Lu was stunned for a moment, then filled with wild joy.
"Quick! Xin Xin! Get ready, the organizing committee said we can find someone to replace Lu Fei!"
Ke Xin's tightly furrowed brows instantly relaxed.
She exclaimed excitedly, "Yes! Teacher Ling!"
As the class monitor of Class 2, Ke Xin naturally possessed extraordinary abilities. Her beast taming theory and practical skills were both ranked first in the class, and she had also captured a B-grade rare contracted beast – the Shadowless Cat.
Under everyone's gaze, Ke Xin walked into the beast taming arena. Since only she was participating in the assessment, the entire beast taming arena had been merged together. Thus, all eyes were focused on her.
She bowed in four directions around the stage. Despite her young age, she was not at all timid; on the contrary, she was very confident!
Young girls are always vain, and she was enjoying this feeling of being the center of attention.
However, there was a burst of noisy discussion from the audience.
"Why is it Ke Xin? Didn't she already participate in the assessment?" a student from Class 10 said.
"Yes! I remember she scored 86 points!" someone added.
The assessment content for this grade competition was that students would command their contracted beasts to battle against contracted beasts raised by the academy. Regardless of victory or defeat, the teachers would score based on the students' overall performance.
However, after several rounds, very few students managed to defeat the academy's contracted beasts, so their scores were generally around 60.
Therefore, Ke Xin's performance of 86 points was particularly memorable.
As everyone was still discussing, the competition had already begun.
Opposite Ke Xin, a contracted beast with black and white fur walked out from a glowing archway. This contracted beast looked a bit like a panda, but it walked upright. It was holding two red plastic balls in its hands, constantly playing with them.
"It's a Mischievous Panda!" someone in the audience said, holding a beast taming illustrated book. But he quickly noticed that the level of this Mischievous Panda was somewhat abnormal.
In the center of the beast taming arena, the broadcast voice sounded again.
"Challenger, First-year Class 2, Ke Xin!"
"Level Challenge! [Lv15] Mischievous Panda!"
"The match officially begins!"
As the broadcast voice fell, there was an immediate uproar.
"Level Challenge! The only student daring to attempt a level challenge in this grade competition is Chen Lei from Class 10!" someone exclaimed.
"Alas, this young girl's previous performance was quite good. If she were challenging other contracted beasts at a higher level, I think she would have a chance, but to face a Mischievous Panda..." a parent hesitated to speak.
As everyone was still discussing, Ke Xin's battle had already begun.
"Come out! Shadowless Cat!" Ke Xin let out a delicate cry.
"Meow!" A cat-like contracted beast, completely black with claws like knives, appeared in everyone's sight.
"Shadowless Cat! Use [Claw Slash]!"
Ke Xin initiated the attack first. The Shadowless Cat lunged towards the Mischievous Panda, its body turning into an afterimage, moving extremely fast!
The Mischievous Panda is a contracted beast with high physical attack and defense stats, but its speed is average. It couldn't dodge in time and could only raise its arm to block.
"Clang clang clang!"
The sound of metal clashing echoed.
Mischievous Panda's skill [Hardening]!
The skill effect is to increase its physical defense by 20%. Although not very powerful, it completely countered the Shadowless Cat's [Claw Slash]!
The first wave of offense was ineffective, and Ke Xin immediately launched the second wave!
"Shadowless Cat! Use [Intimidate]!"
As if sensing it, the Mischievous Panda closed its eyes to avoid the effect of the [Intimidate] skill.
At the same time.
A meaningful smile curved Ke Xin's lips.