The King of Beast Trainers-Chapter 193 - 123 King of Sudden Death: Thunder God!!!_1
193 Chapter 123 King of Sudden Death: Thunder God!!!_1
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It was clear that Lu Ran was highly regarded in the eyes of the apprentices at the Prism Arena.
Facing their flattery, Lu Ran didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
Next to him, Fang Lan also wore a smile, always feeling that the vibe of this arena was going to skew even more because of their oddball senior brother Lu Ran... It was already a bit off now.
"Ah..." Jiang Dou sighed as well.
"I mean... whether it's a dog grasping sword or a cat grasping sword..." At this moment, Lu Ran looked at the handsome and elegant Junior Brother Ning, Junior Brother Jin with a sword ponytail, and the round-faced Junior Sister Fan, earnestly explaining, "It's fine to interact and have fun with your pet beasts on a daily basis, but don't really invest your energy into it and go astray."
Next, pursuant to Master Jiang Dou's request, Lu Ran also mapped out a future path for the Three Swordsman of Prism, further persuading them to abandon impractical ideas like cats grasping dogs and dogs grasping swords.
Why not save money for fusion skills and become a beastman swordsman? Isn't that fragrant?
Beast Trainer swordsmanship talent, version 2.0 of Super Beast Mimicry, combined with the pet beast's own sky-defying comprehension—achieving a beast grasping a sword requires all of these, none of which can be missing.
Without any of these, Mr. Husky would find it very difficult to grasp sword momentum.
Had it not been for meeting all the conditions by chance, Lu Ran would have definitely gone for fusion in the end. Even now, he hadn't completely given up on it; it was an alternative cultivation direction for the future.
"Oh~~~"
Facing the guidance of Senior Brother Lu Ran, the three junior disciples chose to listen. It just remained to be seen if they would rebel.
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"Let's go."
Near evening.
Lu Ran and Fang Lan stepped out of the arena and hailed a taxi, ready to go out for dinner.
They had arranged to meet up at a Huaiyang restaurant with friends who had already arrived in Jinling, marking their first in-person meetup with online friends.
"How did your master look like he was in a bad mood?"
After tidying up the room, Fang Lan had gone to find Lu Ran at the training ground. At that time, Lu Ran was sparring with Master Jiang Dou, and beside them was a Husky—Master Jiang Dou's expression was even uglier than a dog's.
"Hahaha, no worries, it's just that the old man feels he has new motivation." Mr. Jiang Dou Sr. had been stimulated. Seeing that Mr. Husky could now understand sword intent, he insisted on grasping it too, and all Lu Ran could say was... good luck.
The old man getting a Contract Card was hopeless, so Lu Ran could only see if he could find a suitable pet beast for him in Green Sea City in the future. Even if a contract couldn't be formed, spending day and night with a pet beast that had special abilities might give the old man a chance to take that step.
Pet beasts had all sorts of strange abilities and countless breeding directions. For example, undead pet beasts could possess humans even without a contract, granting them extraordinary strength. Perhaps other pet beasts had similar abilities!
"Hmph hmph, you definitely upset the old man." Fang Lan guessed it must have been Lu Ran showing off Mr. Husky's sword intent... in front of this sword dao master.
That was a blow to the heart!
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After a short while, the two arrived at the restaurant.
In the private room.
Lu Ran and Fang Lan were the last ones to arrive. Dining together in Infinite City or meeting offline wasn't much different, since they were all quite familiar with each other.
Soon enough, seven people started chatting as if it were any ordinary day.
"What are your assessment numbers?" asked the pork-raiser.
This number would determine the order of their assessments the next day.
Students who had signed up for the new student competition could check on the official Beast Training University APP.
"Hmm... 0001." Lu Ran smiled.
"I'm 0002." Fang Lan also smiled, hooray for the front row!
The others were surprised.
"Ah?? So early on?" Lu Dingding was astonished.
"Because I asked for a favor and had someone help register early, it might be related to that. Are your numbers very late?" Lu Ran asked.
"No, we registered pretty early too." Lu Bing spoke up.
"We asked the pork-raiser to pull some strings for us, as he seems to know some people at the officials."
"Oh, I contacted Sister Hua and asked her to help with registering through connections," said the pork-raiser.
Lu Ran was speechless: "..."
It seemed they were all going in circles, but it was really just Little White Dragon maneuvering everything.
Sister Hua must have relied on Little White Dragon's connections, considering Little White Dragon worked at the Beast Training University.
"Anyway, let's all do our best!" Lu Bing said, "Beast Training University hasn't given a clear quota on how many people can make it to the main event, so we need to give it our all during tomorrow's assessment; otherwise, it would be embarrassing not to even make it through the preliminaries."
"It does feel quite risky." Lu Yi couldn't help but say, "Out of a hundred thousand candidates, the number who can make it to the main event will definitely not be high, especially since rewards are only announced for the top 100. Maybe only a few hundred will advance to the main competition."
"That would be too cruel." Lu Dingding said.
"So tomorrow is going to be a massive event where the examiners beat up the candidates???"
"That's going to eliminate so many people... Out of a few hundred, I'm afraid only one will pass through the preliminary assessments..."
"National resources are limited after all. The number of fourth-generation they can invest heavily in definitely isn't large; a hundred seems about right," someone guessed.
"But I guess those ranked lower will still get other rewards, like academic credits after admission, or some crystal coins, even RMB. There can't be no reward at all," Lu Bing speculated.
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The pork-raiser and the others were clearly worried about the new student competition, as their pet beasts were only level 10 and hadn't been to the Breakthrough Secret Realm yet, unable to be as composed as Lu Ran and Fang Lan.
"By the way, I've heard a little rumor," the pork-raiser said, "If this news is true, then the number of people who can pass the preliminaries shouldn't be small."
"They say the main event of the new student competition will have two stages, and in this preliminary assessment, the best-performing Beast Trainers can become seeded players. They'll bypass the first half of the event with a green light and directly enter the latter half of the competition."
"Where did you hear that from?" Fang Lan asked, surprised, "How good does one have to be."
"I hope it's true." Lu Ran also looked on questioningly.
If he could skip part of the battles, Lu Ran would naturally be happy. With that time, he would rather do anything else.
Even if he went down to the Secret Realm a few times, he felt that would be more valuable than battling on the stage.
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"I saw it on the forum too, but the post was deleted shortly after."
"Anyway, the idea is to show off as much power as possible, right..." Fang Lan said.
The examiner... must have resistance to poison, right? She pondered slightly...
Soon, their conversation shifted from the newcomer competition to the topic of the Breakthrough Secret Realm.
When they learned how brutal Fang Lan's breakthrough task was, everyone's hearts tightened.
However, when they found out Lu Ran's task was a culinary evaluation, they were even more baffled, feeling that no matter the task, it wouldn't be easy to pass.
"Mine's not difficult. If you face this breakthrough task, as long as you have the ability to hunt Dominator Species' creatures and possess basic firework skills to gauge the cooking process, you can generally pass based on the quality of the ingredients," Lu Ran said with a smile.
A certain Sister White Tiger got through this way.
The others were speechless:...
Damn, how is that not difficult? Although they could defeat Dominator Species' creatures by teaming up, doing it solo would be outright suicidal!
"The food's here, let's eat quickly." Just then, the waiter started serving dishes. Seeing this, Fang Lan quickly changed the topic; she wanted to get back to familiarize herself with fusion skills, and since she had to get up early the next day, she didn't have time for much entertainment that evening.
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That night, after returning to the Prism Arena and parting ways with Fang Lan, Lu Ran thought back to their dinner conversation.
Is there really such a thing as preemptively choosing outstanding competitors?
He couldn't help but call Manager Ying.
"What's up?"
"Manager Ying, I heard that some participants would be selected as potential favorites in the preliminaries, allowing them to skip some matches and advance to the higher ranks directly. Is that true?"
Manager Ying said, "Let me think... how much money should I charge you for that info..."
Lu Ran said, "By the sound of it, it does exist, huh? After all, you wouldn't have the nerve to charge for false info, thanks, and goodnight."
Saying this, Lu Ran hung up the phone.
Manager Ying was dumbfounded: ???
You scoundrel!!! You're not willing to shell out a dime, are you!!!
On Lu Ran's end, he obviously didn't want to waste too much time battling with people of no significance.
Battling wouldn't take up much time, but still required arriving early at the arena; the back-and-forth hassle could inevitably waste a few days.
If he could become a selected favorite and skip some matches, of course, Lu Ran would want that.
"They don't just advance Divine Pet List Beast Trainers directly, but rather promote students who perform exceptionally in the prelims."
"What a hassle..."
"Wait, there aren't any shady deals, are there? Someone trying to push their own people through this phase..." Lu Ran shook his head, that shouldn't be possible, how could he have such dark thoughts.
Even if some city leaders really wanted to cheat the League's resources, the problem was that this time, the examiners were temporarily summoned from other places. Besides, without real strength, wouldn't the fraud be exposed during a real fight?
In the preliminaries... and battling the examiners... to perform outstandingly, Lu Ran was troubled. How would they define 'outstanding'? What if he let Mr. Husky fight? Going all out, he might be able to suppress the examiner for a moment, which should definitely count as outstanding.
But he had already agreed to let the King of Sudden Death into the fray. Tomorrow's preliminary assessment was in a 1VS1 format, and only one of Mr. Husky and the King of Sudden Death could compete.
If he chose the King of Sudden Death, it would only take hits and wasn't aggressive unless severely injured, but the examiners wouldn't go as far as to seriously injure it. This fellow could normally pass the assessment, but whether it could guarantee Lu Ran a spot as a selected favorite, he wasn't so sure.
"I've got it!"
Suddenly, a flash of insight struck Lu Ran.
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The next day, early in the morning, before dawn had even broken.
Lu Ran took Mr. Husky and the King of Sudden Death into the Training Secret Realm.
They were both quite puzzled; why was Lu Ran getting up so early?
"King of Sudden Death, today I'll teach you a new tactic!!!"
"You can use it in the assessment later."
"I shall name it: Thunder God! It's a move with immense destructive power."
The King of Sudden Death was confused: ?
It looked down at itself—destructive power? What kind of joke is this?
I haven't even mastered Discharge, where is this Thunder God coming from?
"Your Overlord's Heart talent allows you to absorb damage, accumulate 'domineering', and strengthen your next attack."
"Tomorrow before the assessment, we'll sneak into the restroom of the arena and enter Infinite City's Training Secret Realm, let Mr. Husky beat you half to death, let you absorb enough damage, then use the Divine Deer Pendant to heal your wounds. That way, you can enter the arena injury-free, and you'll have a whole lot of 'domineering' stored up. When the time comes, unleash the damage accumulated from Mr. Husky onto the examiner's pet beast. You get what I'm saying, right?"
"Woof woof woof woof!" Hearing this, Mr. Husky was shocked; I might not be human, but you really aren't human, taking a moment of silence for the King of Sudden Death.
The King of Sudden Death was also shocked, its face full of astonishment; wow, how can there be such a devilish Beast Trainer.
Absolute Defense, Overlord's Heart, Divine Deer Pendant—are they meant to be used this way??!
Charging a powerful move in advance??
This move, the examiner's pet beast would probably not even know what hit it.
"Come on, let's try it out first to see the power..."
"Once you get good at this tactic, it will be very useful later. It feels like it doesn't pale in comparison to a Storm Slash reinforced tenfold or more."
For any similar matches or Secret Realms that allow for advanced preparation, it can be used.
Lu Ran held the Divine Deer Pendant, and Mr. Husky gripped the Icy Sky Great Sword prepared by Lu Ran. Both expressed their willingness to help the King of Sudden Death practice the new tactic.
The King of Sudden Death: "Roar!!!"
[That's it, I'm really going to die suddenly, thanks so much, Orz…]
