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

Chapter 328 Raising the Flag [Subscribe]

“I hope that all teams and players can perform at their best in the Round of 16 and continue to break through themselves!”

"That's all for today's draw. Dear viewers, we'll see you on May 5st for the Round of 1!"

As the host waved goodbye, advertisements began to play in the live broadcast room.

Despite this, the live broadcast room was still full of barrages, and many viewers were venting their emotions or making their own comments.

"Kyoto University and Demon University are in the upper and lower halves of the group. It looks like the other teams will miss out on the finals."

"It's Kyoto University versus Demon University again. I'm tired of watching it."

"I feel that Sichuan University has a chance. Gong Zikun, Su Xing and Chen Wen are all quite capable."

"What chance do we have? Sichuan University has never won against the two major teams since the national competition."

"Sichuan University can only reach the semi-finals this year. I, Zhao Ritian, have made this clear."

"..."

“The bottom half of the singles competition is so comfortable!”

"Yeah, they are basically the second seeds of the four major universities. Their overall strength is indeed a bit weaker."

"I don't know if it's weak or not, I just know that there will probably be three battles between Kyodai and the Demonic Association today."

"Oh my god, it's really possible! The team competition will be between Beijing University and Demon University. The final of the singles competition in the upper half will probably be between Gao Yuan and Liu Yu, and the final of the lower half will probably be between Long Ming and Dongfang Jue."

"Three duels in one national competition???"

"By the way, where did you put the others? Apart from anything else, you have to respect Chen Wen, the miracle beastmaster."

"How can I respect him? Isn't it enough to make it to the quarterfinals as a freshman? Is he going to win the championship too?"

……

There was a lot of commotion on the Internet, and Chen Wen and others had already left the venue.

On the way, He Tao gave Chen Wen some knowledge about the Beast Tamer family.

"...As far as I know, the top three beast taming families are the Dragon, Phoenix and Turtle clans, all of which have epic or even legendary beast tamers in charge."

"Among them, the dragon represents the Long family. They occupy the Tianlong Secret Realm and raise and cultivate a large number of pets with dragon blood. Most of the clan members have the talent to purify dragon blood."

"The phoenix represents the Dongfang family. Their ancestors once met a phoenix, so their family has the blessing of the phoenix and is naturally loved by birds..."

"Phoenix blessing?"

Chen Wen's eyes lit up and he interrupted, "What does this have to do with the Phoenix Blessing obtained by touching the Young Phoenix Cup?"

He Tao pondered for a moment, then replied: "The blessing effect obtained by the Dongfang family is even more powerful. After all, it is said that it is a blessing given by the Phoenix itself."

Chen Wen nodded and motioned He Tao to continue.

"As for the turtle, I only heard that the family that is good at controlling turtles is named Wang, but I don't know much more."

Upon hearing this, Chen Wen jumped to Wang Gang's side and asked with a smile: "Brother Wang, tell me, are you the eldest son of the Wang family of Bailongyufu?"

Wang Gang didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said, "I actually hope I am one, so that I can also contract an epic pet."

Everyone laughed for a while, and He Tao reminded them, "Dongfang Jue and Long Ming are both from the top beast taming families, and they entered the top universities in the country. You can imagine how deep their background is, so you can't take it lightly."

The instructor suddenly interrupted and said, "The descendants of top beast taming families usually have two beast taming talents. You should pay attention to this."

"Two talents?"

Chen Wen thought of the second talent that Ma Tianxing had used to make Tianma bleed, and nodded heavily, "I will pay attention."

As they were talking, everyone arrived at the door of the Beastmaster's house.

Hong Bo stopped and announced, "Everyone has worked hard in the past few days. Don't think about anything tomorrow. Take a good rest. Just leave the collection of opponent information to me."

Having served as a team leader for many times, he is well aware of the principle of combining work and rest.

The continuous matches have made everyone a little tired. If they continue to be tense, it will be disadvantageous for the next knockout round.

"Yes, Mr. Hong!"
Chen Wen and others answered happily.

……

In the blink of an eye, April turns to May.

At 5 o'clock in the morning on May 1st, the Kyoto Arena was once again packed with people. Long queues had formed at the entrance of the Phoenix Nest, and more and more spectators were gathering from all directions.

In order to avoid being surrounded by fans, players participating in the national competition, whether participating or watching, must take the bus to the venue.

The singles round of 16 eliminations will be held this morning. Chen Wen and Su Xing must be present, and others also come to cheer for them.

Looking at the long queue outside the window, Chen Wen's eyes flashed with gold, and he almost drooled at the corners of his mouth. Seeing this, He Tao also looked outside curiously.

After taking a few glances, he complained with a look of disappointment on his face: "Do you really have to look so stupid? I almost thought there were rows of long legs outside."

Chen Wen wiped the non-existent saliva and cursed: "Oh, vulgar, am I, Chen Wen, that kind of person?"

Although everyone loves beauty, in his eyes, the audience standing in line are all moving system points.

After the group stage, the system points had reached more than 23 million.

He thought he had to at least reach the finals to have a chance to earn a small target of system points.

What he didn't expect was that the May Day holiday led to an explosive growth in audience attendance, so much so that the knockout rounds began to use the Phoenix Nest as the venue.

This means that there will be at least 100,000 live spectators for each of his games, which will greatly speed up his ability to earn points. It may only take two or three rounds of games to accumulate 100 million system points, thereby upgrading the system.

While chatting and laughing, everyone entered the Phoenix Nest.

"come on!"

"Relax! Fight like normal!"

"Charge! Charge! Charge!"

"..."

After high-fiving Gong Zikun and others, Chen Wen and Su Xing went to the contestants' lounge with everyone's blessings, while the others went to the viewing area.

……

At nine o'clock in the morning, admission was completed and the round of 16 officially began.

"5!"

"4!"

"3!"

"2!"

"1!"

With the final countdown, the headlights in the Phoenix Nest began to go out one by one.

In an instant, the venue was plunged into darkness, with only a faint light left in the auditorium.

Following a burst of exciting background music, the logo of the national competition appeared in front of the audience, and then the team portraits participating in the 2023 National College Students Beast Taming Competition appeared in front of everyone one by one.

Then, school emblems appeared on the big screen.

Click! Click! Click! ——

I'm coming! finally come!
Hearing the sound of the stage spotlight being turned on, many audience members showed anticipation.

This is the flag-raising segment that is popular in the national university competition.

Looking at the flags rising next to the center battlefield, the audience cheered enthusiastically.

"Kyoto University! Kyoto University!——"

"Magic City University! Magic City University!——"

"Nishikawa University! Nishikawa University!——"

"..."

Every time a flag is raised, it means that a school team or player remains in the national competition.

Soon, all thirty-two flags were raised.

It is worth mentioning that the sixteen flags on the left are different, while the sixteen flags on the right are repeated.

The left side is the top 16 of the team competition, and the right side is the top 16 of the individual competition.

Among the thirty-two flags, Kyoto University and Magic City University are unique with four flags.

Following closely are Xichuan University and Zhejiang University, both of which have three flags, also showing their strength.

After that are schools such as Chang'an University and Renmin University, which have one or two flags.

Someone once said that the number of flags represents the strength of the school.

The highest honor of the national competition is to have the school emblem engraved on the two flags that ultimately stand tall.

(End of this chapter)