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

Chapter 290 Preparing for the Singles Tournament [Subscription Request]

Monday, October 3.

Everyone in the winter vacation special training class received an important notice.

The on-campus trials for the National College Students’ Beast Taming Competition will officially begin on March 3.

The reason why the individual competition selection is arranged one week after the team competition selection is mainly to leave sufficient recovery time for students participating in the team competition selection.

Different from the team competition selection, all students in the winter vacation special training class are eligible to compete for the final place.

There are 30 candidates applying for 5 places, including 2 main places and 3 substitute places.

The reason why there are 5 places is because of the virtues left by our predecessors.

The seniors of the previous session made it to the semi-finals, so Sichuan University has two places directly entering the top 2 in the country.

As for the remaining three substitute places, those are the qualifications that Sichuan University, as a university in Xichuan Province, already has to participate in the provincial competition.

Therefore, two main players can directly advance to the top 2 in the country, while three substitutes can only participate in the provincial competition first.

If Chen Wen just wanted to gain some experience, being a main player or a substitute would be fine, or even being a substitute would be better.

After all, substitutes can play more games and earn more system points.

However, as a main player of Sichuan University, he can become a seeded player in the national competition.

The seeded players will not meet each other in the early stages, which makes it easier for them to achieve better results and stand on a higher stage.

After comprehensive consideration, Chen Wen decided to strive to become the main player of the school team.

Having participated in the national competition for high school students, he knows that one competition on the top stage can bring greater rewards than dozens of ordinary competitions.

After determining the goal, Chen Wen spent the new week preparing for the battle, basically going back and forth between various training venues every day, and even skipping a few classes.

Teachers of all subjects expressed understanding for this.

Chen Wen's ability has now widened the gap with ordinary students. Most practical classes have little impact on Chen Wen's improvement, but Chen Wen can completely learn textbook knowledge by himself, so it doesn't matter much whether he attends classes or not.

More importantly, Chen Wen was not skipping classes to play games, but preparing for the national competition.

The national competition is a competition between individuals, but also a competition between schools.

There is no reason for teachers to stop their students from winning honor for the school.

Five days passed in a flash.

During this period, the strength of Chen Wen and his three pets did not improve substantially.

Chen Wen is still stuck at the upper ordinary level, just a step away from the lower elite level, but Chen Wen doesn't know when he will be able to break through.

Maybe next day, or next week, but definitely not next month.

After Abao digested the blood bodhi, the growth rate of his spiritual energy returned to normal, but he was still some distance away from the middle elite level.

Orochimaru and Nijimaru have just broken through to the ordinary high level, and are still far from the next stage.

Although the individual strength has not improved, the strength of the team has improved a lot.

During this week, Chen Wen mainly taught Orochimaru and Nijirusa the knowledge and experience he learned from the team competition, and then improved their tacit understanding and cooperation through training.

The three pets and Chen Wen had a telepathic connection, and their cooperation improved rapidly, with significant improvements in just one week.

Sharpening your knife will never stop you from chopping wood!
Chen Wen joined the team class, not only gaining more resources, but also learning a lot of knowledge about team cooperation, which greatly enhanced the strength of his pet team.

……

March 3th, evening.

Inside a private training room.

Bang! Bang! Bang! ——

The fire-breathing ape and the iron-eating beast both waved their arms, leaving behind afterimages. The fists of the two pets collided one after another, making a series of dull sounds.

Bang!
Suddenly, the two pets simultaneously delivered a heavy punch, and then their bodies staggered backwards. At this moment, a green python head broke out from the ground nearby.

"Petrified Eyes!"

Divine light flickered in Orochimaru's golden vertical pupils, and he shot a petrifying light at the unstable Charizard.

At the same time, the second pillar in the sky opened his mouth and spewed out a basketball-sized fireball towards the position behind the fire-breathing ape.

The next moment, the fire-breathing ape that was retreating was hit by the petrifying light, and its body began to show signs of slight petrification.

The fire-breathing ape roared and burst out its spiritual energy to try to break free from the petrified state, but was directly hit by the fireball that followed.

"Roar--!"

After being hit by the fireball, the Charizard roared in dissatisfaction, and blazing flames suddenly burst out of its body, clearing the petrified state on its body.

Gong Zikun nodded and said, "The cooperation just now was good. The fire-breathing ape had almost no time to react."

Chen Wen threw the schoolbag on the ground onto the battlefield.

Watching Po distributing snacks to other pets, Chen Wei smiled and said, "You're too kind! If it were in a competition, your Charizard would never face Po and the other three alone. Besides, your Charizard hasn't even used the Multiplication Technique yet!"

Gong Zikun rolled his eyes at Chen Wen and said, "Didn't your Iron-eating Beast also fail to use its dragon transformation skill? It was just training."

Chen Wen nodded, then looked at Gong Zikun in confusion.

"Old Gong, you really don't want to participate in the singles competition? With your strength, you can definitely get a place in the singles competition, and the probability of getting a place in the main force is also very high."

On Monday, Gong Zikun suddenly announced in the team group that he would not participate in the individual competition and asked everyone to cheer him on.

Chen Wen saw it, so he invited him to be his sparring partner these days.

Gong Zikun said calmly: "My self-protection ability is insufficient, and my three pets are all attack-type pets, so I won't embarrass myself by participating in the singles competition."

"With your strength, how could you be embarrassed?"

Chen Wen knew that Gong Zikun was not lying, but he also knew that this was not the only reason.

Team competitions and individual competitions are held alternately. In theory, one person can participate in both individual and team competitions.

However, if we fight on two fronts, there will be too many games.

By then, the pet will not get enough time to recuperate and may be injured in frequent competitions.

Therefore, most beastmasters only participate in one competition, and even if they participate in two competitions, they have their own focus.

There is no doubt that Gong Zikun withdrew from the individual competition because he wanted to focus on the team competition.

As the captain, he does need to be responsible for the team's performance in the competition.

Gong Zikun didn't say much about this topic. He put away his pet and said, "That's all for today. Let your pet have a good rest..."

As he spoke, he patted Chen Wen on the shoulder and said, "We'll see how you perform tomorrow."

Chen Wen smiled and said, "Do you think so highly of me?"

Gong Zikun said: "You were born for the singles competition. You will definitely get one of the five places."

"NO!NO!NO!——"

Chen Wen raised his index finger and waved it, saying, "It's not five places, but two places!"

Gong Zikun was stunned at first when he heard this, and then a look of approval appeared on his face.

“Confident enough!”

Chen Wen smiled and said, "Confidence comes from strength!"

If Gong Zikun participates in the competition, he must defeat one of Gong Zikun and Su Xing in order to seize the main position.

Now that Gong Zikun has withdrawn from the competition, it doesn’t matter if he loses to Su Xing. The pressure is suddenly much less.

(End of this chapter)