Chapter 314 — The Lucky One Crushed by a Slime

Shi Jin had already contracted a mid-tier overlord race, the Butterfly of Imagination—and now he had a king of a high-tier overlord race as well?

Even higher in race grade than Gao Xuan's Ultimate Holy Dragon Beast???

Damn, no wonder Shi Jin was ranked 81st by the Sequence Contest Committee!!!

Everyone believed without a doubt the race grade Feng Jin had stated, because if it were not a king beast of a high-tier overlord race, that earlier display of deterrence—instantly killing something of the same level—could not possibly be explained.

Now, everyone watching the screen was deeply shaken. The King of Iron-Eating Beasts—so powerful.

Shi Jin—so powerful.

Barring any surprises, after today, the Iron-Eating Beast would immediately become the species every beast tamer chased after! More frantically than ever before!

Beside them, Sister Xiong Qi was still thrilled. "Yes! Yes!!!"

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The national tournament commanded no small amount of attention. Now, this display of king-tier deterrence, combined with Feng Jin's certification, sent the fame of the King of Iron-Eating Beasts sweeping across the nation in an instant.

This left Yu Shu, Yin Huan, and the other young friends who had clashed with Shi Jin back during the professional examination both silent and bewildered.

A feeling of déjà vu.

Back then, it was during the professional examination that Shi Jin had publicized the archaeological discovery of the Iron-Eating Beast's evolved form.

Again?

Addicted to it?

If you really do end up going to a world tournament, are you going to use that as another chance to publicize archaeological discoveries—and show off in front of the Totem alien races while you're at it?

"This old man..." Director Zhong looked at the smug Feng Jin with a pang of melancholy. Good heavens—an archaeological discovery of a high-tier overlord race's evolved form. This time, Old Feng had truly picked up a super genius.

Beside him, President Xia was somewhat taken aback. In his impression, Shi Jin being able to raise a pet beast like the Butterfly of Imagination was already impressive enough—and yet he had another one of an even higher race grade???

"Hey, hey, hey, no way..." Legendary Xiao Shuang was silenced by it too. Though shocked, at this moment she was still more focused on that Ginseng Baby than on the Iron-Eating Beast!

Had these people forgotten something?

That Ginseng Baby had summoned a hundred thousand ferocious beasts in an instant—no, beasts from other parts of the island were still arriving one after another. That was terrifying too, even more terrifying than that Iron-Eating Beast, wasn't it? And on top of that, it had the suspected record of crushing two overlords...

[I suddenly feel like Captain Gao isn't so secure anymore.]

[Damn, a high-tier overlord race—I've only ever seen one on TV.]

[Captain Gao is definitely still secure. Don't forget, the most incredible thing about mechanical pet beasts is that they can fuse with the beast tamer—and Captain Gao has the same beast-taming talent as that person.]

Many of Gao Xuan's supporters at Imperial Capital University suddenly wavered.

But a large portion still firmly believed Gao Xuan was stronger.

"Contestant Shi Jin has once again made us reacquaint ourselves with his astonishing achievements in the field of archaeology."

"The King of Iron-Eating Beasts—the King of Iron-Eating Beasts who instantly killed a hundred thousand ferocious beasts. Impressive!!"

Hosts and commentators Han Lu and Gu Yu were on the verge of tears. It wasn't their fault—with an unpublished new archaeological discovery like this, there was nothing they could commentate on.

Fortunately, at this very moment, there was other content to commentate on.

"Contestant Shi Jin's Ginseng Baby is still continuously producing fragrance, and the thunder continues to rumble above Contestant Shi Jin. The tremendous commotion here, besides drawing in large numbers of ferocious beasts from the vicinity, seems to have attracted some contestants as well."

"I had thought it would be a while before any contestants met, but I never expected that because of the commotion Contestant Shi Jin created, two contestants would already be on the verge of encountering each other so soon."

This turn of events once again caught the two hosts and commentators off guard. Damn—twenty-one contestants, and they had only just introduced two. They had originally thought they could stretch out the introductions to fill some time, but now it looked like they would have to get straight to the point.

The entire Li Island covered forty thousand square kilometers, larger than several Magic Cities put together. That contestants deliberately spread out could encounter each other so quickly was something they had not anticipated. This Shi Jin—sure enough, besides deliberately attracting ferocious beasts, he was also deliberately attracting contestants from other parts of the island!

"Let's see which contestant is about to encounter Contestant Shi Jin..."

The screen switched.

What met the eye was a pet beast over three meters tall, cyan from head to tail, resembling a large sparrow. Though it looked like a bird, a closer look revealed it was no animal at all, for its body, every single feather, was like a cyan tornado, drifting in wild disorder.

[Name]: Tornado Sparrow

[Species Rank]: High Monarch

[Growth Level]: Monarch

[Description]: A wind-element lifeform. A single beat of its wings raises a tornado. Extremely dangerous!

Astride this Tornado Sparrow sat a young man in cyan combat gear, fully armed. The crowd recognized him at a glance; after all, there were only twenty-one competitors in all, far too few to lose track of.

"It's Lingdu University's team captain, Li Qiu, and his pet beast, the Tornado Sparrow!"

Lingdu, the City of Elements, was famed for its elemental pet beasts. As Lingdu University's representative, Li Qiu's ace pet beast was likewise an elemental lifeform, and one renowned for its speed and destructive power: the Tornado Sparrow.

At this moment, Li Qiu and the Tornado Sparrow had been drawn here not only by the fragrance but also by that tremendous thunderclap from afar. For a time, neither of them thought there might be a competitor nearby; the bewitching aroma, the scent that set the Tornado Sparrow's heart racing, merely made them assume that some heaven-and-earth treasure had appeared in the vicinity.

Yet the ground around them, littered with Blood-eating Ants, Murder Hornets, Gale Sparrows, and other ferocious beasts, gave them a creeping, spine-chilling feeling.

"Something's wrong. Something's wrong. Something is very wrong. This is definitely not as simple as a treasure appearing. Look at them, they all seem to have been stunned senseless by the thunder. What on earth happened? For safety's sake, we can't go over. Let's observe first, and stay hidden."

A sense of crisis rose in Li Qiu.

"Chirp!!!!" But the Tornado Sparrow, breathing in that fragrance, could scarcely hold itself back any longer. Its whole body was restless and agitated; as the air surged, the fierce wind chafed Li Qiu's lower body with a strange ache.

Something tasty!!!

The Tornado Sparrow cried out.

"Hold it in. Hold it in. With a commotion this big, the other competitors are bound to be drawn over too. We can't make any rash moves yet!"

Li Qiu did not possess the strength of Gao Xuan or Shi Jin, and did not dare let his guard down too far.

The limits of his thinking also kept him from realizing that someone was deliberately fishing.

"You foolish boy, run! Run! Ah, yes, yes, yes, don't go! Turn around right now and leave. Don't be curious!" The teachers and students of Lingdu University all cried out in their hearts to their own representative.

The president of Lingdu University did not for a moment believe his student could defeat that little monster, Shi Jin.