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

Chapter 469: Knockout Round Draw [Subscribe]

On the morning of August 8st, the New York Arena was packed again.

The huge competition center is dotted with hundreds of huge advertising light boxes and personal bus stop signs.

The advertising light boxes display the teams and players that have entered the top 16, while the other teams and players that were eliminated in the group stage are ordinary signboards.

The New York Arena is completely open to the public free of charge except for the battlefield, so countless tourists from all over the world are happy to enter the arena to take photos with the teams or players they support.

There were quite a number of tourists queuing in front of Chen Wen’s signboard, most of them had yellow skin, but there were also quite a few white and black people holding Chen Wen’s Q version avatars.

In addition to these tourists who came to check in, many spectators who really paid attention to the event had already gathered in front of the Phoenix Arena, watching the upcoming draw ceremony through the big screen erected in front of the arena.

……

Naturally, not many viewers were willing to pay for tickets for the lottery ceremony.

Therefore, any relevant personnel from schools participating in the global competition can go to the site to watch the draw ceremony for free.

Everyone from Peking University, Sichuan University and Zhejiang University came.

It was the Demon University, but only Gao Yuan and their team leader came.

Ever since being eliminated in the group stage of the team competition, Mo Da has been being led by the rhythm. If Gao Yuan had not advanced to the top 16 of the individual competition, the two of them would not have wanted to come to the live broadcast.

Among the four major universities, although Peking University and Magic University often fight with each other, they have also established a good relationship in the competition.

Therefore, people from Peking University and Shanghai University sat together, while people from Sichuan University and Zhejiang University gathered together for warmth.

With the tacit "care" of people from both sides, Chen Wen and Fang Qing sat together as expected.

Chen Wen reached into the air and instantly grabbed a pear-shaped spiritual fruit out of thin air.

The skin of this spiritual fruit is golden in color, and a faint spiritual energy lingers around it like clouds and mist. It looks like a fairy fruit from the sky.

Holding the Spiritual Fruit, Chen Wen passed it to Fang Qing and said, "The lottery ceremony will not begin until later. Try the spiritual fruit I planted."

"Did you grow it?"

Smelling the dense spiritual energy, Fang Qing felt a little greedy, but did not reach out for it. Instead, she looked at Chen Wen in confusion.

"Just take it..."

Chen Wen slowly approached Fang Qing and whispered to her, "The fourth pet I contracted is a wood elf. This is the spiritual fruit of its symbiotic body. It only takes some time and spiritual energy, and it doesn't cost much."

As he spoke, Chen Wen placed the spiritual fruit in his hand into Fang Qing's.

Feeling the hot wind blowing beside her ears, Fang Qing's neck turned slightly red. She hummed softly, took the Spirit Gathering Fruit and took a bite.

The flesh melted in the mouth, and the sweet taste instantly occupied Fang Qing's entire mind. Then the juice quickly flowed from her throat to her dantian, turning into wisps of warm gas, moistening every pore of her body.

For a moment, Fang Qing squinted her eyes comfortably, and a feeling of clarity and comfort arose spontaneously.

Suppressing the comfortable feeling without crying out, Fang Qing looked at Chen Wen with bright eyes and said, "High-level spiritual fruit?"

She only took a small bite, but the rich and pure spiritual energy already filled her whole body.

There is no doubt that this is definitely a high-level spiritual fruit.

Chen Wen nodded and said, "It is indeed a high-level spiritual fruit, but my spiritual fruit does not have any special effects. It just contains pure and attributeless properties."

Generally, high-level Lingling materials have various special effects to a greater or lesser extent. They can not only improve the various attributes of pets, but can even help pets awaken their talents, such as the Lotus Seeds of Fortune that Po has eaten.

Although the Spirit Gathering Fruit is also a high-level spiritual fruit, it does not have any useful special effects.

The only thing worth mentioning is that the spiritual energy of the Soul Gathering Fruit is pure spiritual energy without attributes. It can restore the spiritual energy of any pet and help any pet improve its strength.

Fang Qing's eyes lit up, and she saw the value of the Soul Gathering Fruit at a glance. "There are very few medicines that can quickly restore spiritual energy. If the Soul Gathering Fruit can be preserved for a long time, its value is not low."

Chen Wen shrugged and said, "There's not enough for me and A-Bao to eat. How can we have any extra Spirit Gathering Fruit to sell?"

Now he, Po, Orochimaru and Hashira have all been upgraded to rare level, and the two true dragon incarnations are also rare level. The daily consumption is a bottomless pit.

Mu Ling'er is not even at the elite level now, and her results can only satisfy her appetite.

After chatting for a while, the drawing ceremony finally began.

After a brief speech and introduction by the vice president of the Global Beastmaster Association, two hosts appeared on the stage in the middle of the venue, holding microphones and began to introduce the players and teams participating in the draw to the audience on site and in front of the live broadcast room.

As they were introduced, the big screen above the battlefield played the wonderful performances of each team or player.

When Sichuan University and Chen Wen were introduced, there was a lot of applause from the audience. He Tao even whistled exaggeratedly, and the sound was quite loud.

"Now let's proceed with the draw ceremony for the team competition!"

"Let us once again welcome the sixteen teams that have entered the 2023 World Championship Knockout Stage!"

"they are……"

"The Imperial Beastmaster University from England--!!!"

The host used the ejection technique to draw out the ending, and the camera was focused on the five contestants of the Empire Beast Tamer.

The five imperial beast masters stood up at the right time and performed a gentleman's salute. The audience applauded and countless English comments filled the live broadcast room.

"From the University of Paris in France--!!!"

The five members of Paris University sang in unison, blowing kisses to the camera.

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"It's bad. Didn't we fail in our mission?"

Zhao Yue was dumbfounded. "Teacher Hongbo didn't tell us to prepare a move?"

Chen Wen and others nodded and looked at Hong Bo in unison.

"I forgot... Winning the game is enough. What's the point of doing these crooked tricks?"

Hong Bo was a little embarrassed at first, but became more and more confident as he spoke later.

Chen Wen and others were speechless.

"From Xichuan University in China——!!!"

Hearing the host's call, Chen Wen and others stood up together. Without any preparation, they could only simply wave their hands.

Fortunately, the audience applauded, which made them feel relieved.

"The United States Federation is still the dominant force!" He Jie said as he looked at the list of the top 16. "Three teams in the team competition have made it to the knockout stage. Phoenix University and the University of Washington are both first in their groups, and the University of Chicago has even defeated the Magic University to enter the knockout stage."

Su Nian at the side smiled and continued, "The United States Federation is indeed strong, but our performance this year is not bad either. Although only two teams, Beijing University and Sichuan University, made it to the knockout stage, they both ranked first in their groups and almost secured two places in the quarterfinals."

In the team competition, among the top 16, China took two of the eight group first places. This result is the best after the United States.

The draw was very quick and easy, and soon it was Xichuan University's turn.

"Good sign!"

Seeing the emblem of the University of Paris appear below the emblem of Xichuan University, Chen Wen immediately applauded.

Fang Qing saw this and said after a moment of hesitation: "The University of Paris is quite strong, don't underestimate them."

Chen Wen nodded and said, "Don't worry!"

The director was very perceptive and immediately cut the camera to focus on the two of them.

For a while, the audience in China's live broadcast room exploded.

"???"

"When did Chen Wen and Fang Qing have an affair?"

"Chen Wen is still a child?"

"A girl who is three years older than me is as good as a mountain of gold. You don't know how good my sister is!"

"If Sichuan University avenges Zhejiang University, I will agree to this marriage."

"Who are you to me? Do I need your consent to get married?"

"Speaking of which...you don't even want to talk about love?"

"..."

While the audience was chatting, the draw for the team competition finally ended.

Chen Wen looked and found that his luck seemed to be exhausted after entering the global competition.

In the lower half, apart from Sichuan University, the other three group leaders are Phoenix University, University of Tokyo and Kyoto University.

Phoenix University is the favorite to win the championship, and Kyoto University and the University of Tokyo are also considered to be teams with top four strength, and they are all tough opponents.

In the subsequent singles group stage, Chen Wen's luck was not very good.

In the round of 16, he faced Oliver Arthur Charles of the United States. The group leaders in the same half were Adam of the Vatican, Azim Premji of India and George Davis of the United States.

Liv Arthur Charles is a prince of England. All three of his pets have epic potential, and with the accumulation of resources, they all possess rare mid-range or even high-range strength. He ranked second in the group only because he had the misfortune of meeting LeBron Johnson, the number one in the United States Federation.

Adam is known as a living angel, with six wings on his back, he has a speed comparable to teleportation. What's more terrifying is that no one knows which pets he has contracted.

There is no need to say much about Azim Premji. His two head-to-head defeats against Dongfang Jue have already proved his strength.

George Davis is the second best beastmaster in the United States after LeBron Johnson. Nicknamed the Devil, he is extremely brutal in combat.

Seeing the roster for the lower half of the singles competition, countless viewers watching the live broadcast let out heavy sighs.

Hong Bo, Gong Zikun, Fang Qing and the others all looked solemn.

On the contrary, the person involved, Chen Wen, not only looked calm, but also had a slight smile on his face.

Faced with such a bad ticket, he smiled brightly.

(End of this chapter)