After Liu Qingfeng left, the judge announced the result of the match. Without a doubt, Xu Kuang had won. He had secured a spot in the Top 10!
The judge left the stage as well after the announcement. He wanted to calm himself down and settle accounts with Xu Kuang.
Xu Kuang had almost lost his life. No matter what, he wanted to double the pay for being a judge!
Moreover, he wanted to request for another referee or bodyguard to be assigned to him. If they wanted him to continue being a referee alone, he would definitely not agree to it!
Once the seal was closed, who could tell if there would be more horrifying monsters?
He was lucky that he didn't lose control this time. If he lost control the next time, he would be doomed!
The more he thought about it, the angrier he became. He wanted to cry but no tears would come out.
The position of a referee in the Elite League had been turned into a high-risk job by these monsters!
Being a titled battle pet warrior and trying to make a living here would put his life in danger. Life was so hard!
Hearing the referee's announcement, the dazed audience snapped back to reality. When they saw Liu Qingfeng, who had already left the stage, and the huge burn marks on the ground, they realized that the incredible battle they had witnessed earlier was actually real.
Liu Qingfeng was defeated within a second!
Not even the judge could have stopped Xu Kuang!
What was more horrifying was that the mature dragon that the judge had summoned was suppressed as soon as it showed up!!
That was even more horrifying than Su Lingyue's battle!
After a short moment of silence, the audience burst into enthusiastic applause and cheers.
The cheers grew louder and louder until they resounded throughout the stadium!
At that moment, the young man on the stage had become the most dazzling person.
Xu Kuang stood on the stage and looked around. His eyes were blazing with excitement as he clenched his fists. His body was trembling slightly.
That was how a man should live!
Live a flamboyant, frivolous, and proud life!
At the same time, he should live a life that matched his strength to satisfy his willfulness!
"Sir …"
Xu Kuang looked at the audience. He couldn't see Xu Kuang's face but he still looked at him with respect.
…
"He won …"
In the staging area, the nine Top 10 contestants and the nine who were trying to make it to the finals were all there. They could not believe what they had just seen.
They didn't expect Xu Kuang to win, let alone win in such a dominating manner.
Also, the Dark Dragon Hound's strength was unimaginable!
Tier 9 skills were as if they were free, covering all five major elements. This Comprehension was monstrous!
"Such a monster … there's actually a second one."
Many people looked away from Xu Kuang and shifted their attention to a girl in the waiting area. Their eyes were filled with fear. They thought that the appearance of one girl was already terrifying enough. They didn't expect that there would be another one.
"This guy …"
Ye Longtian wore a solemn look on his face. He didn't think it was a big deal to kill Liu Qingfeng within a second. However, it was a bit shocking to see that Ye Ping had defeated the mature dragon summoned by the judge.
The other party was just a minor character that he hadn't paid any attention to. But at this moment, the danger level in his heart was even higher than Qin Shaotian's. He was on the same level as that young girl.
On the other side, Qin Shaotian was frowning. He was no longer as relaxed as he was before the Top 10 matches. He didn't even bother to look up at the sky.
When he ran into Xu Kuang at Su Ping's store, he didn't think much of him. He didn't expect that this average-looking guy with mediocre skills would have such a horrifying battle pet.
"He went to that store as well … Could it be …" Qin Shaotian thought of something. He squinted his eyes. He had a feeling that Xu Kuang and Su Lingyue had something in common, and that was because of their battle pets.
Many students from Ares Academy were seated in the audience seats outside the waiting area. Mu Chen was one of them. Although Mu Chen could have sat closer to the front of the Mu Family, he did not do so. Instead, he chose to sit with the other students from the academy.
After all, there were some outstanding students among those students who could become his connections in the future. When he became the Mu Family's successor, they would become the Mu Family's connections.
Sitting in the center, Mu Chen was still respected by all the students, like the moon surrounded by stars.
It wasn't easy to make it to the Top 100 after graduating. Mu Chen's performance in the Top 100 was outstanding as well. He could at least make it to the Top 30.
At the moment, all the students of the Ares Academy, including Mu Chen, were staring at the man on the stage in a daze.
That familiar figure made all of them feel a sense of unfamiliarity.
Was this really the Xu Kuang they knew?
Mu Chen was the one who felt it the most. He couldn't come back to his senses. He still remembered how Xu Kuang had challenged him many times in the academy and how Xu Kuang had lost every time.
This guy who had lost to him at least a hundred times had not only made it to the Top 100, but also to the Top 100. In the end, Xu Kuang had made it!
What kind of strength was that?!
Even the referee almost couldn't stop it!
He was only at the sixth rank, but his battle pet was able to defeat a dragon of the ninth rank?!
Mu Chen's mouth was agape. He stood there in a daze for a long time.
…
In the front row of the auditorium.
The powerful warriors from the major families and the government were wearing grave expressions.
They had seen more. The Dark Dragon Hound's combat strength, the strength of its skills, the number of skills, and the murderous intent that made them tremble were all rare and horrifying.
This battle pet was even rarer than the Long Chong, which was one of the three rarest pets of the dragon rank!
They were all wondering if this wasn't the Dark Dragon Hound, but an unknown monster in the Dark Dragon Hound's disguise!
But it was clear that this was a Dark Dragon Hound, the real deal!
The only explanation was that the Dark Dragon Hound was too rare, too freakish!
The upper limit of a pet's rank depended on its bloodline, but the strength of a pet depended on its aptitude!
Without a doubt, this was a battle pet with the highest aptitude. Not only that, the Dark Dragon Hound had received professional and comprehensive training!
Combat strength, energy, skills, and ferocity. It had all of these!
Some pets could reach a high level in the first three aspects but they lacked ferocity. Like students who had just graduated from the ivory tower, they were nothing more than flower vases. When they ran into some ferocious beasts, some pets would be so scared that their legs would give out and they would have less than one tenth of their strength.
But this Dark Dragon Hound was not lacking in ferocity.
Not only was it not lacking in ferocity, but it was also ferocious. That murderous intent alone was enough to intimidate most of the average battle pets.
"I think the Dark Dragon Hound can make it to the international stage …" an elder of the Zhou family said in a low voice.
The others said nothing. No one disagreed.
Even the judge at the intermediate position of the titled rank was almost killed by the Dark Dragon Hound. Even they were afraid of the Dark Dragon Hound's strength.
The thought that the Dark Dragon Hound was just a sixth-rank battle pet made their hearts ache.
They were at the ninth rank and yet they were threatened by a sixth-rank battle pet. How humiliating!
"Ask the principal of the Ares Academy where this guy is from. If he's not from any organization, the Mu family will take him," an elder of the Mu family said with a smile.
"Hmm."
The others snorted. They were thinking the same thing.
…
Amid the cheers, Xu Kuang stepped down from the stage. He had attracted everyone's attention.
"I won." Xu Kuang went to Su Lingyue and grinned.
At that moment, everyone's gazes were burning.
The two most powerful monsters were standing together and they seemed to know each other. Were they making a declaration of war?
Some of the hot-blooded audience members had even imagined the conversation between the two —
"I won. You're next."
"Hmm, it's still too early for you to beat me."
"Is that so? I'm curious to see if your Long Chong or my Dark Dragon Hound is stronger!"
"We'll find out when the time comes."
"Sure. Let's wait and see!"
What an explosive conversation between two powerhouses!
…
In reality, Su Lingyue smiled after hearing Xu Kuang's words. She exclaimed, "I thought he was going to lend you that dragon or that skeleton. I didn't know that he was only going to lend you that black dog. I didn't know that … that black dog is so powerful. It's even more terrifying than my Frosty."
"Dragon? Skeleton? "
Xu Kuang was surprised. Those two were Su Ping's other two battle pets?
"Are you talking about the Inferno Dragon?" Xu Kuang asked curiously.
Su Lingyue nodded.
"Well …" Xu Kuang didn't know what to say. His eyes glowed. The first thought that came to his mind was to ask Su Ping to let him borrow the dragon for fun.
Even the Dark Dragon Hound was so powerful. How powerful would that dragon be?
…
After chatting for a while, the two of them parted ways and sat down at their respective tables.
At the same time, the stage was quiet.
The judge was nowhere to be seen.
The commentator didn't seem to understand what was going on. He had to talk about the fight between Xu Kuang and Liu Qingfeng before the judge showed up to warm up the stage.
Of course, the commentator didn't dare to say too much for fear that he would exaggerate the fight. Of course, that would liven up the atmosphere. However, Liu Qingfeng was from the Liu family and the Liu family cared about their reputation. If the commentator said too much, the Liu family might come to their door.
A small commentator like him couldn't afford to offend such a big family. Otherwise, no one would care if he was killed.
That was the hard part of his job!
Luckily, the commentator didn't have to wait too long before the judge showed up again.
But this time, there were two referees.
After the introduction, the audience learned that the other person was also a judge, a titled battle pet warrior.
The reason why there were two referees was that the previous judge didn't want the contestants to get hurt if they couldn't rescue them in time, which would affect the rest of the match.
However, only a few sharp-eyed people could see that the referee was clearly afraid of death!
That being said, they could understand why the referee had almost been killed. Who would have thought that the level of the Elite League in the Longjiang Base City would be so horrifying?
The Elite League could be compared to the Top 10 matches of the entire continent!
Then, the two referees went on stage at the same time. The sprint match continued!
Many contestants were speechless as they stared at the two referees on stage. That was probably the first time since the Elite League was held in the Longjiang Base City that two titled battle pet warriors had appeared on stage.
The rules that had been in place for a long time had been changed in this year's Elite League.
Some contestants were smiling bitterly to themselves. How unlucky they were to be born in the same year as those freaks.
As the sprint match continued, the contestants began to choose from the remaining nine contestants.
Almost everyone avoided looking at Su Lingyue and Qin Shaotian.
After what they had done in the previous match, no one would be stupid enough to pick them. Up until then, both on the Internet and in the minds of the contestants, the two of them had been recognized as the top two.
Challenge them? Wasn't it better to be alive?
Soon, Ye Hao and Su Yanying, who had been playing by the rules, were chosen by the judges one after another.
After a fierce battle, the two of them had defended their spots in the Top 10. Both of them only had one battle pet, but their performance had amazed the audience. Both of them had eighth-rank combat strength.
This kind of strength was not particularly strong in the top ten, but it was still considered outstanding. It could even be ranked around the seventh or eighth place.
Some of the contestants who had been playing by the rules were challenged as well. But almost all of them had defended their spots. Only one of them had been successfully challenged.
None of the contestants who had been challenged could be challenged again.
That was to say, several of the nine contestants had to give up their right to compete.
After all, they had to be confident enough to challenge the other contestants first, or they would have to face Su Lingyue and Qin Shaotian who had been left unchallenged.
But in that case, it wouldn't make a difference whether they challenged the other contestants or not. That way, they wouldn't be injured. On the off chance that they were unlucky, they might even lose their lives.
As the sprint match came to an end, the Top 10 contestants were decided.
Almost no changes were made.
Only two of them had become the new Top 10 contestants.
In the previous Elite League, the sprint match was just an appetizer. After all, the truly powerful ones would stand out in each group. Some of the unlucky ones would be in the same group as two powerful ones. The loser would challenge the other contestants at the very beginning of the sprint match to win a spot in the Top 10.
Xu Kuang had done that.
As for those who were hesitating, even if they could make it to the Top 10, they weren't the targets of the Elite League.
After all, the Elite League only had five spots to choose from.
Every base city could only submit five spots.
Without absolute strength, the host and the major families wouldn't care if the contestants didn't make it to the Top 10. Being outside of the Top 5 would only bring honor and benefits to the contestants themselves.
…
When the sprint match came to an end, it was time to draw the Top 10 contestants.
Before the names were drawn, cheerleaders came to the stage to ease the tension and warm up the audience. It was the half-time break.
The audience had to wait patiently for the suspense of the Top 10. Some of them took the chance to leave the stage and go to the bathroom to relax.
Not long after, when the atmosphere had almost calmed down, the cheerleaders left the stage. Following the commentator's impassioned voice, everyone's eyes were focused on the big screen.
The random selection of the Top 10 had begun!
The audience and the contestants held their breaths, waiting.
Soon, the names of the groups popped up on the screen.
Su Lingyue was relieved to see that her opponent wasn't Qin Shaotian. She had defeated him but she didn't want to face him again. She had a feeling that he was dangerous and the only thing she could rely on was the Moonfrost Dragon.
"I wish I could defeat them with my own strength …" Su Lingyue thought to herself.
Soon, the results of the five groups came out.
Su Lingyue's opponent was Ye Hao.
Xu Kuang's opponent was the future family head of the Zhou family.
Qin Shaotian's opponent was Su Yanying.
Ye Longtian's opponent was the same as Xu Kuang's.
Mu Yuanshou from the Mu family was up against a contestant from the academy.
…
When the results came out, Su Lingyue couldn't help but turn to Ye Hao.
Sitting in the distance, Ye Hao looked at Su Lingyue as well. He curled his lips and forced a bitter smile.
Su Yanying, who was sitting next to Ye Hao, turned to Qin Shaotian. She was startled when Qin Shaotian turned his head to look at her. She felt that the future family head of the Qin Family wasn't as easy-going as before.
"Am I going to be killed?" Su Lingyue wondered.
Su Lingyue looked away and exchanged a look with Ye Hao. She put on a bitter smile as well. They were in the same boat.
"I think the Top 10 is your limit …" Ye Hao heaved a sigh.
Su Yanying nodded. "Yes. But I'm content with what I have. Yesterday, many private companies came to me, hoping to sign long-term contracts with me. The remuneration and benefits they offered were very generous. I would be paid even better than if I were an explorer!"
Ye Hao looked at her. "Be careful when you're looking for a private company. Private companies tend to take on dangerous jobs. Try to find a good team. It's safer and you can make more money than a private company."
Su Yanying nodded. "I will. Some teams have sent me invitations as well. I will think about it."
Ye Hao nodded. At the same time, he looked into the distance. When he saw Xu Kuang's smug smile, his face suddenly darkened. He gritted his teeth and said, "This guy, he's obviously not that strong, but he actually rushed here. And looking at him, it's not a problem for him to enter the top five!"
Su Yanying followed his gaze and immediately saw Xu Kuang, who was making faces at them and constantly using his tongue to provoke Ye Hao.
Su Yanying forced a smile. "If I'm not mistaken, his Dark Dragon Hound was trained in Mr. Su's store as well."
Ye Hao was surprised. "Also trained in Mr. Su's store? Then why didn't ours … "
"I don't think we paid as much as he did," Su Yanying said.
She had a deep understanding of Instructor Su's character.
Ye Hao: "…"
…
At the family area.
Su Ping leaned back in his chair, yawning.
He was so bored that he almost fell asleep.
If it weren't for the fact that Xu Kuang lost control of the Dark Dragon Hound, he would have fallen asleep.
I have to be careful when renting pets in the future. The Dark Dragon Hound is only at the sixth rank. Even a fourth-rank battle pet warrior can sign a contract with the Dark Dragon Hound. That being said, it will be difficult to keep the Dark Dragon Hound in check.
Su Ping sighed. Xu Kuang was such a troublemaker. If it weren't for the fact that Su Ping had intervened through the contract, the judge and the young man from the Liu family would have been killed.
Su Ping didn't think it would be a pity to kill the young man from the Liu family. However, Xu Kuang would be disqualified if the Dark Dragon Hound lost control and killed the judge. By then, Su Ping's promise to make it to the Top 5 would be for naught.
As far as he was concerned, the life of a young man from the Liu family was not worth the damage to his store's reputation.
After all, if he really wanted to kill that young man from the Liu family, he could just go to their door and do it.
It wasn't necessary to sacrifice Xu Kuang's spot in the Top 5. If he did that, he would have one less person on his list.
It wouldn't matter much if Su Lingyue won the championship. However, things were looking good at the moment. Both Ye Hao and Su Yanying had made it to the Top 10 as promised. Then, he had to make sure everyone was on the same page.
One less person wouldn't look good enough.
If two of them were missing, he could still ignore them.
"Again, there is no suspense in the Top 10 …" Su Ping heaved a sigh and closed his eyes. He wasn't in the mood to read the list. He closed his eyes and began to study the rules of thunder.
As the saying goes, a master can show you the way, but it's up to you to learn.
He had taken one step into the world of the rules of thunder. He could study them on his own. The progress would be slow and it would depend on his understanding. Still, as long as he could study them, he would be able to make some progress. That would be more beneficial than watching those boring matches.
If it weren't for the fact that he had to protect Su Lingyue in case the Liu family would attack her, Su Ping wouldn't have bothered to go to the stadium.
While Su Ping was studying the rules of thunder, the Top 10 had begun.
Qin Shaotian and Su Yanying were the first to step up.
As soon as Qin Shaotian summoned the Bloody Servant, Su Yanying gave up on the match and admitted defeat right away.
The next match was between Su Lingyue and Ye Hao.
Before Su Lingyue could summon the Moonfrost Dragon, Ye Hao had given up and entered the loser's group without any hesitation.
Two matches in a row ended with one side surrendering. The audience was speechless. But they could understand. That way, they could see how terrifying Qin Shaotian and Su Lingyue were.
However, Xu Kuang's opponent, the future family head of the Zhou family, gave up as well.
Since Liu Qingfeng had lost, the future family head of the Zhou family didn't plan to "communicate" with Xu Kuang. He didn't want to lose more.
Only Mu Yuanshou and Ye Longtian fought. But they ended quickly. Both of them won with only one battle pet. The gap between them and their opponents was huge.
In just an hour, the Top 5 had been selected.
Like the Top 10, the loser's group was qualified to make it to the Top 5. However, all of them had given up.
The gap between them and the Top 5 was too big. They were on two different levels. None of them overestimated themselves. After all, they had made it this far.
After the Top 5 had been selected, it was time for the loser's group.
The five would fight for the sixth to the tenth place.
Of course, apart from the audience, some powerful warriors from the major families and the government didn't care about the rankings. Some of them had already left the stage.
The competition for the sixth to the tenth place was fierce. The five people in the loser's group were of similar strength. Therefore, they had all given it their all. It was a feast for the eyes of the audience.
As for the Top 5 ranking battle, it would be postponed until the next day.
"I think the five of them will be representing the Longjiang Base City."
A powerful warrior from the government glanced at the five people in the staging area and smiled.
Another person nodded.
"Well, I don't think so." The Old member of the Qin family suddenly opened his mouth. Once again, that mysterious smile appeared on his face. "Of the five, at least one of them will be selected. I just don't know if that person will be the guardian of the Liu family or the young man from the Ye family."
The two powerful warriors from the government were surprised to hear that.
The elders from the Mu family and the Ye family seemed to have thought of something. Their faces were clouded.
"With that young lady here, it doesn't matter even if our Mu family is defeated. After all, the guardian of our Mu family only needs to do his best to protect the young master. Unfortunately, your Qin family's young master lost to an academy student. I think she's in her first year, tsk …"
The elder of the Mu family smacked his lips. He was amazed.
The Qin Clan elder's expression changed slightly. He sneered and didn't say anything.
The elder of the Ye family cast a sidelong glance at him. He snorted but didn't say anything.
Among the Top 5, Su Lingyue and Xu Kuang were the most powerful. Qin Shaotian was second. The guardians of the Ye family and the Mu family were the weakest.
That being said, he was aware of the Ye family head's combat strength. Even though the Ye family head was at the bottom of the list, the Ye family head was still capable of defeating Qin Shaotian. Even if the Ye family head couldn't defeat Qin Shaotian, the Ye family head was still better than the guardian.
The Mu family was the only one that would be pushed out.
All of a sudden, the elder of the Zhou family asked a powerful warrior from the government, "Speaking of which, that young lady will be here tonight, right?"
The strong man from the government was stunned. After hearing the old men's words, he realized that he had overlooked the most important person.
"Well, we don't know where that young lady is," the powerful warrior from the government answered vaguely.
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