Beast Tamer: The pet is just to help me build a bond

Chapter 261: First Defeat [Subscribe]

January 1th, the third round of the final qualifying competition.

Chen Wen faced a strong opponent, Li Gang from the senior elite class.

Li Gang has been a prominent figure in Sichuan University since his freshman year. During that time, he served as the vice president of the Battle Society. Now he has resigned from all positions in the Battle Society in order to prepare for the global competition.

Ranked 7th among senior members last semester, he is one of the most competitive players on the school team.

Although both Chen Wen and Li Gang won two rounds, this does not mean that Chen Wen and Li Gang are at the same level.

Li Gang didn't say much. After entering the court, he nodded to Chen Wen and prepared to fight.

Seeing this, Chen Wen returned the salute and prepared for battle.

Soon, the first round began.

Po versus Golden-armored Tiger.

The Golden Armored Leopard is a very rare pet with great potential. Its bones are like steel, it is covered in golden armor, its claws are like sharp blades, it is bloodthirsty and ferocious, and it is one of the pets that is best at close combat.

As soon as the game started, Jinjia Biao pounced on Abao.

When his opponent wanted to fight him in close combat, Po was naturally not afraid and rushed forward as well.

The battle between the two sides became fierce from the beginning.

For a moment, there were heavy fist shadows, sharp claws breaking through the air, and the sound of metal and stone colliding was endless.

There is no doubt that Bao, who has mastered Xingyiquan, has better close combat skills, and Bao has the advantage in this close-range fight.

Often, Po would hit Golden-Armored Biao with three punches before Golden-Armored Biao could hit Po with one claw.

However, Po did not gain the upper hand.

Li Gang was slightly surprised to see that Golden Armor Biao was slightly inferior in close combat skills, and he decisively ordered Golden Armor Biao to use his golden armor.

In an instant, golden light spread across the body of the golden-armored Biao, and then the golden light quickly condensed into a thick layer of metal armor.

For a moment, the golden-armored leopard seemed to have turned into a beast-shaped mecha made of alloy.

After putting on the golden armor, Po was immediately at a disadvantage.

Unlike ordinary defensive skills, the golden armor of the Golden Armored Leopard seems to have its own life. It can not only thicken the area that is about to be attacked, but can also produce spikes to assist the Golden Armored Leopard in attacking.

Po first used a gravity field to try to crush the golden-armored Tiger, but the golden-armored Tiger was strong and was not affected at all.

Seeing that the gravity field was ineffective, Po put on the rock armor and fought hand-to-hand with the golden armored tiger.

Both sides continued to inject spiritual energy into the golden armor and rock armor. Po had more time to attack the golden armor tiger, but Po's fists could not break the golden armor's defense, while the golden armor tiger's sharp claws could easily tear through the rock armor on its body.

The two sides fought for dozens of rounds. Po's rock armor was torn again and again, and the spiritual energy in his body was quickly consumed.

The close combat was unable to make a breakthrough, so Po used a fight to create some distance between himself and the Golden Armored Biao.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, it lowered its waist and hips, condensed a large amount of spiritual energy and swung out a dragon-subduing palm.

In an instant, the sound of breaking wind was like the roar of a giant dragon. The spiritual energy in A Bao's body gathered into a huge yellow dragon, rushing towards the golden-armored tiger in the distance with its fangs and claws bared.

The Golden Armored Biao seemed to have expected this and began to retreat the moment Po performed the Dragon Subduing Palm.

Facing the oncoming dragon-shaped energy, it roared and spewed out a huge ball of energy.

After a collision and explosion, the dragon-shaped energy quickly defeated the energy ball.

However, during the collision, the direction of the dragon's attack was also changed by the energy ball, allowing the Golden Armored Tiger to dodge it easily.

Unconvinced, Po used his Dragon Subduing Palm again, but Golden Armored Tiger still responded with energy bombs.

Chen Wen discovered that the Golden Armored Tiger's energy bombs were often fired after Po's Dragon Subduing Palm was performed. Although the power was not great, the speed and accuracy were extremely amazing. They always hit the dragon-shaped energy from the side, causing the aftermath of the collision to deviate the direction of the dragon-shaped energy.

Close combat was unable to break the deadlock, and the Dragon Subduing Palm was ineffective, so Po had to try other methods again.

Splitting Palm, Dragon Catching Technique, Earthquake Technique...

Po displayed a kaleidoscope of skills, but they had no effect on the Golden Armored Beast.

When Abao's spiritual energy was almost exhausted, Chen Wen raised his hand to admit defeat.

He did not share his spiritual energy with A-Bao. The difference in combat power between the two sides was not just the difference in spiritual energy reserves. Sharing spiritual energy with A-Bao would only delay its defeat, which was not very meaningful. In the second round, Chen Wen chose to summon the Sky-Swallowing Snake.

Erzhuzi is more capable of dragging the game into a draw, but it has not yet mastered a special skill, so it is basically impossible for it to defeat an elite extraordinary pet beast by leaps and bounds.

Chen Wen wanted Orochimaru to try using the giant mouth to swallow the sky to see if he could change his fate.

Unfortunately, Li Gang did not give Chen Wen this opportunity.

Li Gang's golden-armored leopard is capable of both offense and defense, but his second pet, the golden-patterned leopard, is a purely offensive pet. When its speed increases, all you can see on the battlefield are flashes of golden light.

At this speed, Orochimaru couldn't even use his huge mouth to swallow the sky, and he wouldn't be able to hit the golden leopard with his petrifying eyes.

Moreover, the golden leopard's attack was amazing, but it was retreated after just one strike.

Orochimaru was exhausted and was always at a disadvantage. His rock armor was torn again and again, and he was completely unable to resist.

Seeing this, Chen Wen knew that the game was over.

"It's worthy of being in the top ten. The gap is too big."

Shaking his head with a wry smile, Chen Wen decisively admitted defeat again without waiting for Orochimaru to get hurt.

Po, Orochimaru, and Jīla are undoubtedly genius pets, but they are given too little time to grow.

When facing ordinary pets, they may be able to counterattack with their own powerful skills or talents.

But facing the pets of elite beastmasters like Li Gang, they were inferior in all aspects in terms of strength, skills and experience, so that Li Gang's pet won the game just by using some simple skills.

After the game, Li Gang nodded to Chen Wen and left the field just like he did at the beginning.
Chen Wen didn't stay long either.

Logically speaking, given Chen Wen's strength, losing to Li Gang was actually a normal performance, but this defeat still attracted some criticism against him.

On the campus forum, some people said that his true colors were finally revealed, and that the victory in the first two games was just the result of Chen Wen's extraordinary luck and some shady tricks that were not worthy of being shown on the public.

Many people said that once senior members take Chen Wen seriously, it will be difficult for Chen Wen to win again. This is Chen Wen’s first defeat, but it is just the beginning.

They completely ignored Li Gang's strength as he was ranked seventh on the list and treated him as just an ordinary senior member.

This phenomenon is quite common. Chen Wen's outstanding performance makes many students look dull.

If they can’t find a sense of existence in real life, can we still prohibit them from talking nonsense online?

He Xiong frequently visited campus forums during this period, so he naturally saw the online arguments.

When he saw others slandering Chen Wen, he couldn't help but confront them, and then he even ran over to comfort Chen Wen.

"Awen, you are already very good. It's nothing that you lost to Li Gang... I heard from my cousin that Li Gang is very strong. He has never fallen out of the top five in the grade since he entered the school..."

Chen Wen rolled his eyes and said speechlessly: "Do you think I'm mentally retarded? I'm so easily influenced by other people's words?"

He Xiong chuckled when he heard this, and he also felt that he was overthinking.

Chen Wen said calmly, "I know there is definitely a gap between me and Li Gang and the others. I just want to get into the top 30 in this final qualifying match. The wins in the previous two games and the loss in this game have not made me change my goal."

He Xiong heaved a sigh of relief after hearing that, and then smiled and said, "That's good. It's pretty impressive to be in the top 30 in your freshman year. You still have to work harder!"

He Xiong completely forgot that he didn't think Chen Wen could make it into the top 30 at the beginning.

"Of course!"

Chen Wen smiled and nodded.

Although he lost the match against Li Gang, Chen Wen also discovered the shortcomings of his three pets.

Because of the sharing of skills, the three pets have mastered many skills, but in the use and development of skills, the three pets still have a lot of room for improvement.

For example, Po, although he has mastered the unique skill of Dragon Subduing Palm, he cannot exert its powerful power in battle.

Because the Dragon Subduing Palm consumes a large amount of spiritual energy, Po needs a certain amount of preparation time every time he uses it, which makes it impossible to perform it at close range and can only be used for long-range attacks.

Not only are long-range attacks easy to dodge, they can also be easily deflected by skills like the Golden Armored Biao.

And if Po can overcome this shortcoming and perform the Dragon Subduing Palm at close range, then its melee combat ability will be elevated to a higher level.

(End of this chapter)