Beast Taming: Bloodline Golden Hand-Chapter 566 - 358: The Bear King Competition Begins
Jack and his party entered the city without drawing any suspicion.
In the western region of Cangling Ancient Country, many white people live there, and with the Bear King Competition being hosted by Thunder City, it attracted a lot of foreigners.
They had been here for just two days when they quickly learned about the legend of the Thunder Emperor, even including the matter of the Hell entrance.
"Hell entrance?" When Jack heard this, he quickly became interested.
The cultural differences between East and West are actually very large. In this era, there are relatively few myths about deities, and legendary figures like the Thunder Emperor are actually just regarded as experts in historical tales.
So, regarding things like Hell and divine sites, people have only heard through word of mouth, and it hasn’t reached the level of belief.
However, Jack was still quite curious. Although there are cultural differences between the East and the West, both cultures have historical legends about Hell.
Both cultures define Hell as a place for sinful people, a land of demons, creating a sense of terror.
"Do you think there could truly be a Hell down below?" Jack said with interest.
"Compared to this Hell entrance, I’m more curious about their balanced space," the nearby teammate Bruce said, "this involves the power on the Laws level."
Jack agreed with this, so he said, "Then let’s stay here and gather more information."
....
The new rules were announced, making things much more interesting.
Originally, everyone thought they’d follow the old rules of group matches, but now it’s a competition of the same level, so levels didn’t matter.
Instead, the level, skill, and number of skills became the decisive advantage.
So, high-level Spirit Beasts still had a huge advantage.
However, this didn’t mean that low-level Spirit Beasts didn’t have the possibility of defeating their opponents, as everyone’s level was the same.
Under such rules, instead, more people came to sign up. Some even became interested and contracted with a bear-type Spirit Beast on the spot to participate in this competition.
This also led to an increase in the prices of bear-type Spirit Beasts in Thunder City, and sales were excellent.
This is the charm of the Bear King Competition, and it’s a kind of positive cycle.
As long as more Beastmasters contract bear-type beasts, the number of people in Thunder City and the sense of belonging will increase.
This way, the strength of Thunder City could continue to expand, which is the model that Jiuxing City always aspired to.
It’s just that Jiuxing City has declined, and its scale couldn’t be like Thunder City’s.
Lin Chen also successfully registered and was recognized by many people.
"Lin Chen is here too?"
"If he’s here, then he’s a seed-level contestant."
"Indeed, each of his Spirit Beasts is powerful. Luckily, this isn’t the Cow King Competition, or else they could directly announce the champion."
"Hahaha, but you can’t say that. In recent years, the three major families of Thunder City have taken turns winning the championship. They have a set method for training bear types."
Many people nodded.
There are many Bear Taming experts in the world, and the three major families each have their own specialties:
The Xu family with Fire Bears, the Liu family with Thunder Bears, and the Chen family with Ice Bears.
These are the core secrets of their families, and almost every year they can cultivate exceptional bear-type Spirit Beasts, which is the real reason they’ve always been leaders in Thunder City.
On Blue Star, there’s already a widely accepted unwritten rule:
To become a noble family, you must understand the techniques for developing and nurturing Spirit Beasts.
Thus, the cost is huge.
Like Thunder City, almost every year the Catalyst Masters born in Thunder City and its surroundings are approached by the three major families at the beginning of their careers and are tested. If they pass, they are directly "sponsored," with no worries for the rest of their lives.
Five days later, finally reaching the day before the preliminaries, Thunder City announced the final number of participants, with this year’s Bear King Competition attracting a total of 20,078 participants.
This number surpassed any previous editions.
When this was announced, everyone was in awe.
The preliminaries were a super melee, expected to be chaotic then.
Some people worried that such competition rules would face the risk of alliances.
Some would team up to eliminate the seed contestants.
"Everyone, rest assured...." Thunder City told everyone that there’s no need to worry about this, the balanced space is randomly distributed and very far apart.
Some people wouldn’t even be able to meet.
Moreover, the rules this time are extremely terrifying.
The number of people who can advance to the second round is 64.
Thunder City’s words were like a thunderbolt, directly astonishing everyone.
According to this, wouldn’t it mean 20,014 people would be eliminated in the first round?
"Oh my, this is too brutal."
"I’m so excited."
Everyone was in a frenzy.
This time Thunder City would also live broadcast the entire event via a crystal ball.
....
The next day, when Lin Chen arrived at the competition entrance, it was already a sea of people, and Lin Chen received a number and a Space Token.
The number was 007, and the Space Token could be crushed to transport out in case of danger.
"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Thunder City...."
All of the patriarchs from the three major families were present, and Xu Pingzhi began to speak.
Lin Chen stood among the crowd, also attracting a lot of attention.
However, his attention was on the young man beside Xu Pingzhi.
He realized that this should be someone from the Xu family, and the shocked murmurs of the audience helped confirm this for Lin Chen.
"Are the three major families going crazy?"
"Yeah, how did I forget this?"
"Since it’s a level match, they can all compete."
"Who exactly are they talking about?"
"The champions of the past three years, Xu Yi, Liu Zhou, and Chen Bai."
"The three champions together?"
Many people were surprised, the spectacle of this competition would surely surpass previous editions.
Sure enough, Xu Pingzhi personally announced their identities, causing a huge uproar.
He then introduced other powerful contestants, all being scions of major families.
"And there’s one more person, he’s from the Spirit Academy and also the vice president of the Southern Monster Hunter Guild. He had achieved many outstanding feats for the Cangling Ancient Country...." Xu Pingzhi pointed towards Lin Chen, saying, "We welcome our friend Lin Chen to Thunder City."
Everyone followed his gaze, and many were already cheering.
Lin Chen’s reputation now was extremely high.
"I see his Fire Spirit."
"Lin Chen is even more handsome than I imagined."
"Don’t swoon, not many in the world can match Lin Chen."
The crowd was abuzz, and Lin Chen also slightly cupped his hands towards the stage. At this moment, Xu Yi and others were also looking at Lin Chen.
The next second, Xu Pingzhi loudly declared:
"Ladies and gentlemen, I now announce the official start of the 101st Bear King Competition in Thunder City!"
As he spoke, a bear appeared from the void, massive in size, emerging into the air. It waved its bear paw, instantly creating a spatial gate on the ground.
"A bear of Space Law...."
Many swallowed hard, and Lin Chen was also quite surprised.
The heritage of Thunder City was indeed quite deep.
Judging by its strength, it should have reached the level of the Tree Ancestor.
