Chapter 314 — The Lucky One Crushed by a Slime

"This is Donghuang Broadcasting and Television Headquarters, Donghuang Broadcasting and Television Headquarters!!!"

"An utterly inconceivable scene has appeared!!!"

"After contestant Shi Jin used Canbao's Sweet Aroma skill to attract a massive number of ferocious beasts, he—he actually annihilated all of them in an instant!!!"

"Ten Monarchs, thousands of Commanders, a hundred thousand Transcendents—unimaginable! According to recorded data, even on the frontal battlefield of the Totem War, there was never a record of a Monarch-level pet beast instantly killing a hundred thousand ferocious beasts!"

"Th-this should still be Deterrence, right???"

After the initial shock and astonishment, the two hosts, Han Lu and Gu Yu, quickly recovered and immediately resumed their commentary.

Since they had no idea how to explain such a phenomenon, they simply repeated the live footage in words—old fundamentals.

They were professionals, after all!

【Listening to your words is like listening to your words!】

【I'm not blind, I can see.】

【Can someone explain what the hell is going on? Is this even reasonable!! I'd believe it if you told me this was an Overlord-level Iron-eating Beast.】

Question marks from the audience.

Boom.

In the footage, thunderclaps kept rolling, though arcs of lightning were landing on Shiyi.

Shiyi was using natural lightning to recharge, shrinking as it recovered.

In the blink of an eye, the giant beast that had grown to a hundred meters had returned to its adorable mini form, leaving the audience momentarily and utterly speechless.

【I remember, when Shi Jin took the professional assessment, its Iron-eating Beast could also giantize, but only up to ten meters—an acceptable level...】

【And now, this size... reminds me of those totem giants in films and shows.】

【Can other contestants even play anymore? It's like one-shotting a little kid!】

"Contestant Shi Jin's performance has exceeded everyone's expectations. Regarding contestant Shi Jin's performance, Director Zhong Yan has something to say."

Host Gu Yu also knew that the two of them alone could not commentate on this situation, and could only turn to the three guests for help.

Soon, the camera shifted to the rostrum, to the three figures: Director Zhong, President Xia, and Legend Xiao.

At this moment, the three wore silent expressions as well. After a moment of deliberation, Director Zhong spoke: "It is indeed as Master Gu Yu said—this is the Deterrence skill!"

"However, it is a very unusual Deterrence."

"The Deterrence skill, once trained to the Mastery level, can form a Monarch's Aura, capable of stunning in a wide area those creatures whose will and spirit are unsteady and whose strength is far weaker than one's own."

"But the Monarch's Aura still has its limits—it absolutely cannot reach the level of stunning ferocious beasts of the same tier. Moreover, just now, contestant Shi Jin's Jiuli War Beast did not display an obvious Monarch's Aura. Instead, it stunned a hundred thousand ferocious beasts with a thunderclap that resounded across the heavens. This is no longer a Monarch's Aura at all, but a Deterrence of a higher order!"

"Not Perfect-level, nor even Transcendent-level, but a realm that surpasses Transcendent-level—where a single thought gives rise to heavenly thunder, transforming lightning into will, intimidating all things on one's behalf. This technique even surpasses the Entanglement technique of Transcendent-level Deterrence. Since ancient times, animals have feared fire, feared thunder, feared all natural disasters—this is a fear carved into their bloodline. And that Deterrence just now has reached the level of fusing the power of nature to intimidate all things."

"As for why this Jiuli War Beast could train Deterrence to such a degree, I also find it extremely difficult to understand..."

"However, a Deterrence capable of stunning Monarchs of the same tier—that Jiuli War Beast is, without question, a born king. This pet beast that contestant Shi Jin has raised may have created a record, a miracle."

Overlord-level creatures that have mastered Transcendent-level Deterrence are already exceedingly few. As for creatures that have mastered an even higher order of Deterrence, within the realms accessible to humanity, they are far too rare.

When Director Zhong finished speaking, the venue fell into dead silence. A Deterrence surpassing Transcendent-level proficiency???

For the vast majority of the audience, the Deterrence skill, though powerful, had always been impressions of a god-tier skill for crushing noobs and a liability in same-tier combat. But after witnessing Shi Ying's Iron-eating Beast instantly kill a hundred thousand ferocious beasts, they could no longer bring themselves to call this skill merely a noob-crushing trick.

If it can only crush noobs, that just means your proficiency isn't up to par!

Didn't you see? Even Monarch-level ferocious beasts of the same tier were instantly killed—10 of them!!! Plus a hundred thousand low-level ferocious beasts on top of that!

"Hahahaha." At this moment, in the Ancient Capital University spectator stands, Feng Jin, after his shock and a long silence, burst out laughing.

"We here might be able to provide an explanation!"

Beside him, Xiong Qijie and Lin Zhuo, their little faces flushed with excitement, watched the changes on screen—Shiyi charge, charge, charge; Shi Cen charge, charge, charge.

Their commotion immediately caught Xiao Shuang's attention. The camera shifted to the Ancient Capital University spectator stands, to Feng Jin and Xiong Qijie.

"Feng Jin, what are your thoughts on your school's contestant Shi Jin's performance?"

"That was indeed a Deterrence surpassing Transcendent-level. As for why Shi Ying's Iron-eating Beast could train Deterrence to that degree—that is because Shi Ying's Iron-eating Beast is of the royal bloodline among Iron-eating Beasts, and the royal bloodline among Iron-eating Beasts is inherently one of the most powerful among king beasts!!!"

"According to archaeological findings, it is said that the legendary Beast Tamer Emperor Wu, upon seeing an Iron-eating Beast of the royal bloodline, even entertained thoughts of replacing his ace! This is enough to prove the potential of the Iron-eating Beast!"

"And the one who discovered all of this is none other than Shi Jin. By tracing history through the Ancient Capital's Iron-eating Beast ruins, he cracked the Emperor Wu ruins in Wuling City, uncovered this lost truth, and even found the method to help Iron-eating Beasts awaken their royal bloodline. His Jiuli War Beast, building upon the already published Jiuli War Beast data, has once again completed its final evolution toward the King of Iron-eating Beasts!"

"Now, the racial tier of his Iron-eating Beast has reached High Overlord race—the undisputed strongest race, a true king beast. That it can perform like this is only natural."

When Feng Jin finished speaking, the entire Donghuang domain was shaken once more. Countless viewers turned incredulous gazes toward the old man on the screen.

This person was, naturally, no stranger to the crowd.

The president of Ancient Capital University, one of the most renowned figures in the field of archaeology.

No one had any reason to doubt what he said.

Shi Jin, after the evolutionary method for the Iron-Eating Beast's king-tier race, had now also archaeologically discovered the evolutionary method for its overlord-tier race?

The King of Iron-Eating Beasts?

A high-tier overlord race???

Legend had it that the legendary beast tamer Martial Emperor had once wanted to make the Iron-Eating Beast his ace?

As the old president of Ancient Capital University let this news slip, countless people widened their eyes and once again stared in disbelief at the little Iron-Eating Beast on the screen.

Holy shit, holy shit, holy shit, holy shit, holy shit—a high-tier overlord race???