Beast Taming: I Can Bestow Entries-Chapter 98: Superstar Neon Cat

"Contestants, please open the Daoist School Competition app now to check your identity cards."

Soon, the host’s voice spread to every corner of the venue through the broadcast.

Contestants began to check their roles.

"Big brother, what’s your role? I am an Assassin!"

Sixth Sister Liu Qingzhao asked.

"Assassin."

Lin Lan showed his phone screen for a moment.

"I, as well as our fifth brother, are Assassins! Isn’t the ratio of Assassins to Civilians supposed to be 1:19? How come all of us here are Assassins."

Fourth Brother Bai Zhan expressed his confusion.

He and his twin brother were both Assassins too!

"I am a Civilian."

At this time, Second Brother spoke.

"I’m also a Civilian."

Third Sister showed a "sorrowful" expression.

Her Spiritual Beast’s breakthrough couldn’t have come at a worse time; advancing to the rank of Commander meant she had to compete in the Commander group.

She would rather be the king of lower ranks than cannon fodder at the higher ranks.

"Spirit of the heavens and the earth, Xuanwu the elder, please show your power! Please grant me a Civilian card!"

She Pili muttered to himself beside her.

His mutated Thunder Qilin Turtle had strong defensive power, but its agility was poor, having a Civilian card would allow him to do as he pleases, since this Daoist School challenge did not allow Spiritual Beasts to attack Spirit Masters.

But if he got an Assassin card, he could only watch helplessly.

"Crap! An Assassin card!"

She Pili couldn’t help but curse aloud.

"It shouldn’t be! Even Elder Xuanwu didn’t bless me. Little brother, what role did you get?"

"I haven’t checked yet."

Chen Mo took out his phone and asked his Blazing Flame Fox:

"Xiao Jiu, which card do you want?"

"Chiu!" (Assassin!)

The Blazing Flame Fox said without hesitation.

Being an Assassin is so much fun! You can chase people around, being a Civilian is boring.

"But as a Civilian, you can also chase Assassins, right?"

Sensing the little guy’s thoughts, Chen Mo said matter-of-factly.

Although Xiao Jiu’s current growth level in electricity is only Transcendent Third Stage, and fire is just Transcendent Second Stage, his actual combat power is enough to rival that of a Low-level Commander Spiritual Beast!

In the Transcendent disciples’ match, most contestants probably wouldn’t be Xiao Jiu’s opponents.

"Chiu!"

Xiao Jiu thought for a moment, suddenly feeling that what Chen Mo said made sense.

Even getting a Civilian card and chasing Assassins seemed... even more fun!?

Chen Mo clicked on the card with a question mark in the center of the screen.

The card started to spin rapidly on the screen.

"The familiar feeling is back!"

Chen Mo inexplicably felt the thrill of opening a pack again.

The card’s spinning slowed down more and more, and finally, it stopped spinning, revealing a Civilian’s symbol.

Beneath the symbol was a golden number—0999

Representing Chen Mo as the 99th contestant in the ninth match.

Getting a Civilian card did not surprise Chen Mo.

Though he had a luck bonus, the identity cards seemed not to be randomly assigned, mainly based on the growth level of each player’s Spiritual Beast.

Those with higher growth levels become assassins, and the rest become civilians.

Chen Mo found that to be quite normal.

Assassins overall had stronger capabilities than civilians, which made the competition more entertaining.

"Junior brother, it would’ve been great if we could switch roles."

She Pili couldn’t help but sigh after seeing Chen Mo’s cards. freeweɓnovēl.coɱ

"Don’t panic, just find the maze exit when the time comes and act as a gatekeeper, switching to gatekeeper mode will do the trick."

Chen Mo offered some comforting words.

"That seems... feasible!"

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The next morning, people from the Thunderbolt Daoist School arrived early at the Sky Dome Arena and took the elevator to the floating audience stand.

Although they didn’t have a match that morning, this type of competition was also new to them, and watching the earlier matches could accumulate some experience.

Standing on the floating stands, the entire Mechanical Maze could be seen at a glance, and Chen Mo noticed that the 200 competitors for the first match were already in place.

In addition, floating above the Mechanical Maze were basketball-sized silver metal spheres, each with a mechanical eye on two sides that could rotate 360 degrees.

These were Mechanical Spirit Beasts, the Magnetic Sphere Monsters, with a slight spiritual intelligence, generally used as mobile cameras for large-scale events.

"Welcome everyone to the Daoist School Challenge!"

Soon, the host’s voice, amplified by a certain Spiritual Beast, could be heard in every corner of the arena.

Looking up, Chen Mo found that today’s host was quite interesting.

One of the hosts was a tall and slim man fashionably dressed, standing on a flying skateboard, seemingly another Mechanical Spirit Beast.

The other host was a cat with a unique heart-shaped tail and paws that emitted a myriad of dazzling colors, the Light Element Spirit Beast, the Neon Cat.

"Our match is about to start meow!"

Neon Cat waved its paw and spoke in human language, triggering a round of enthusiastic cheers from the crowd below.

This Neon Cat was a superstar among hosts with a high popularity. In fact, some spectators came just to see the cat and incidentally to watch the match.

"The name of this preliminary round is ’Maze Escape’, and next let meow introduce the specific rules meow~"

After Neon Cat introduced the rules of the competition, the sound of not-so-distant cannons signaled the start of the match!

190 "civilian" players, with their Spiritual Beasts, entered the maze from four different entrances, making a rather spectacular scene.

After entering the maze, these players quickly dispersed.

Their bracelets had maps of the Mechanical Maze, but since the locations of the Mechanical Keys and maze exits had not yet been refreshed, they could only find a relatively safe place to hide for now.

Some "civilians" chose to team up temporarily, but most players preferred to go solo.

After all, there were only 10 keys available, every man for himself, and it was hard to ensure that one’s companions wouldn’t attack them the moment they got a key.

Plus, a team is a bigger target and easier to spot.

After watching from the suspended platform for a while, Chen Mo observed that watching the live broadcast was better than being at the scene.

On the tablet, the entire Mechanical Maze looked more straightforward, and it was easy to switch to any player’s screen he wanted to see.

After watching the match for some time, Chen Mo identified an issue.

Spirit Masters generally couldn’t run as fast as their own Spiritual Beasts, factoring out the mount-type beasts, which rather wasted time.

The importance of regular physical exercise was evident at this moment.

"Chirp!"

Xiao Jiu held a cup of fatty cola tightly, staring intently at the screen of the tablet.

"Ying~"

As the scene had too many people, Tuantuan, who was socially anxious, could only hide inside the Spiritual Space to watch the live broadcast. The Isolated Island Spirit had to nestle in the Heart of the Sea due to its size.

2 minutes flew by, and the Mechanical Keys were refreshed.

After the keys were refreshed, many players rushed straight for them.

However, Chen Mo noticed that some players who drew the "civilian" card didn’t move and continued to lie low, hoping to wait for the majority of assassins to complete their capture missions and advance before making a move.

Chen Mo thought this tactic was not very effective.

After all, assassins and civilians had only a total of 10 spots to advance. Civilians must escape the maze as soon as possible; the longer it took, the fewer the spots available would be, and the fiercer the competition.

Besides the assassins, other civilians were competitors as well!