Beast Taming: My spirit beast bloodline is overloaded

Chapter 100: The record can be checked
"You can even get a Beastmaster cub?"

Li Zhen was surprised.

Lin Chen was also extremely surprised.

"It cost a lot," Xu Youzhen said. "Li Jiuxiao is a beginner beast tamer, and the Beast King Cub is his second spirit beast. The spirit beast is now at level 19."

Upon hearing "level 19," Lin Chen frowned.

Xiaobai is only level 16, which is a natural disadvantage in terms of level.

However, with the blessing of barbaric blood, they are not incapable of fighting.

"Besides that?" Lin Chen continued to inquire.

Xu Youzhen thought for a moment and said, "I don't know much about other cities, but there are quite a few promising teams in our Black Mountain City."

For example, Jiang Yue.

"Teacher, please don't say anymore." Jiang Yue blushed.

Compared to Lin Chen, her plow-horned beast is nothing.

"What's there to be ashamed of?! Fight if you can win, admit defeat if you can't, just do your best," Xu Youzhen instructed, then added, "But inviting the Li family is mostly the Wan family's idea."

"That Wan family in your city?"

Lin Chen hadn't heard of it, but Li Zhen knew.

The Wan family's status is roughly equivalent to the Ning family's status in Nine Star City, akin to a small-town aristocratic family. However, the Wan family also highly values ​​cattle, and many of the best cattle in Black Mountain City are controlled by the Wan family.

“This year, Wan Ming, the third young master of the Wan family, contracted with a beast king’s bloodline. He strongly suggested inviting the Li family this time, probably hoping to use this opportunity to rise in status,” Xu Youzhen said.

The so-called secondary Beast King bloodline is actually a bloodline from a previous generation, born to the son of the Beast King.

Li Zhen was not surprised.

In the Cangling Ancient Kingdom, families that want to increase their influence have already moved beyond the stage of fighting and killing; they basically have to rely on influence to improve their status in the martial arts world.

"In addition, this competition is groundbreaking in our Black Mountain City. In addition to the King of Cows Award, there are two other awards: the Most Popular Award and the Best Skill Award."

"Skills also come with awards?" Lin Chen asked in surprise.

"Haha, it's just for fun, but the rewards are pretty good," Xu Youzhen said. "Your combination skill has a good chance of competing for the Best Skill Award. As for the Savage Bloodline..."

After hesitating for a moment, Xu Youzhen said, "The competition does not prohibit the use of this skill, but if it gets out of control and injures others, the referee will intervene and directly declare the player a loser."

"Understood." Lin Chen nodded.

Late at night, the two said goodbye and left. Although it was late, there were still quite a few people on the streets of Black Mountain City.

As they passed a brothel, a woman standing in front of the door quickly approached and asked, "Esteemed gentlemen, would you like to relax a bit so late at night?"

Li Zhen and Lin Chen were ignored.

Indeed, no matter the world, there is always a color with the surname yellow.

During the journey, Li Zhen chatted with Lin Chen about the development of Nine Star City.

“If Nine Star City continues to decline like this, many families are preparing to leave,” Li Zhen said. “The Ning family sent Ning Zimo out this time, firstly for cultivation, and secondly to begin expanding outwards.”

Lin Chen also understood the seriousness of the situation.

Although powerful families are like vampires, a city without a powerful family to protect it will be much weaker and in great danger if it encounters a large beast tide.

Residents will quickly evacuate if they feel unsafe in the city.

The development of a city today is inseparable from large amounts of capital.

The number of jobs that can be affected by the Ning family is terrifying.

“I can understand the Ning family. Ning Ye wants to stay in Nine Star City, but Nine Star City is too small and has no reputation. If the Ning family stays here, it will be very difficult for them to rise to the next level.” Li Zhen spoke with obvious worry.

Lin Chen thought of a question and asked, "Is it getting harder and harder for the Monster Hunter Guild in Nine Star City to recruit new members?"

“That’s right.” Li Zhen nodded and said, “Good talents also go to more distant places. For example, Black Mountain City deliberately increases monthly benefits just to compete for talent.”

"It's too curly," Lin Chen sighed.

“If cities don’t participate, they’re doomed.” Li Zhen sighed and said, “The future belongs to the big cities.”

After chatting for a while, they returned to their lodgings. Lin Chen was really tired, so he washed up and went to sleep with Xiao Bai and the others.

The next day, the competition did not start; instead, attendance was recorded.

Lin Chen took the sign that Zhu He, the dean of Tai Niu Academy, had given him and went to sign in.

"Lin Chen? You're Lin Chen from Nine Star City?" The staff member didn't expect to recognize him, probably because of his "mad bull bloodline."

"Yes." Lin Chen nodded.

The staff looked Xiaobai up and down before finally saying, "Let's draw lots."

"Is it random?" Lin Chen asked.

"Correct."

The draw uses a singles/evens format, meaning if you draw number 1, your opponent will be number 2.

Opponent number 3 is number 4.

Lin Chen randomly drew one, number 77.

"Your opponent is number 78."

Then, the staff wrote the following on the large board next to it, number 77:

Lin Chen, a plow-horned beast.

Lin Chen glanced at it and found that number 78 was still blank, then left.

Shortly after Lin Chen left, Jiang Yue arrived, accompanied by her best friend.

When looking at the drawing board, Jiang Yue had already seen Lin Chen's name at position 77, so she was a little nervous when drawing lots.

Her best friend noticed and asked, "What's wrong?"

"nothing."

Jiang Yue was actually thinking about Lin Chen's "One Breath Transforms into Four Oxen" technique from yesterday.
Jiang Yue is currently at a loss for what to do.

Therefore, the best way to deal with it is to avoid drawing these abnormal numbers.

A moment later, she took out a number from the box:
136.

Jiang Yue secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Looking at number 135 again, I found that someone had already taken it.

Number 135, Anand Dasa.

"A foreigner?" her best friend exclaimed in surprise.

Upon hearing this and recognizing the name, the staff member immediately recognized him and said, "He is indeed a foreigner from the ancient kingdom of Nanfan."

The Southern Burning Ancient Kingdom is located to the south of the Cangling Ancient Kingdom. It is also a very powerful nation, but it is still much weaker than the Cangling Ancient Kingdom.

However, relations between the two countries are not good.

Although wars are rare between Beast Tamer nations nowadays, competition between human nations is far from insignificant.

In the primordial era, the period with the fewest wars in the human world was when humanity's greatest enemy was the monsters.

Then came the first year of the Heavenly Beasts, when humans and demons reached an agreement, and humans started fighting each other again.

The reason for this fight is to compete for high-end spirit beast resources.

With the development of Earth, the resources of spirit beasts in various countries around the world have basically taken shape, but each still has its own unique characteristics.

Basic spirit beasts are abundant in the Cangling Ancient Kingdom, with chickens, cows, pigs, cats, and so on, all in relatively equal numbers.

But the ancient kingdom of Nanfen is different. Their beast tamers have a unique affection for cattle. According to official data, cattle-related beast tamers account for 30% of the total in this country.

This is an extremely exaggerated proportion.

They also have plough-horned beasts there, but plough-horned beasts are a specialty of the Cangling Ancient Kingdom. The most common spirit beasts in the Nanfen Ancient Kingdom are:

【Triangle Beast】

Its appearance is not black, but white, with three horns, making it a unique existence in the world.

In the eyes of the people of the ancient Nanfen Kingdom, their cattle breed was the best in the world, bar none.

However, the Cangling Ancient Kingdom didn't care much about cattle, so they didn't argue about it.

But if you say dragons...
The people of the Cangling Ancient Kingdom will definitely get angry with you, at least until you win the argument.

Jiang Yue glanced at it; next to Dasa, it said:

Wild Horned Bull

Jiang Yue was Xu Youzhen's disciple, so she naturally knew about him.

This type of ox is also entirely white and triangular, belonging to the high-grade Ling Tui (spirit-transformation) category.

"Yueyue, you have to keep it up. You can't let the Cangling Ancient Kingdom down," her best friend said.

Jiang Yue felt quite pressured, but she still nodded and said, "I will do my best."

Just as the two women were about to leave, they heard an excited shout from beside them:

"Haha, a Ploughshare Beast! My opponent is actually a Ploughshare Beast!" The two looked over and saw that the number the young man was holding up was 78.

Jiang Yue glanced at the other party's spirit beast again:

【Burning Mountain Ox】

【Level: 16】

Jiang Yue was immediately ashamed.

Although the Burning Mountain Ox is one of the evolved forms of the Plough Horned Beast, Lin Chen's Plough Horned Beast is far superior to that of an ordinary Burning Mountain Ox.

The staff member next to him immediately poured cold water on the situation, saying, "Look closely, his name is Lin Chen."

"I'm not illiterate, I know his name is Lin Chen, so what? Lin Chen, that sounds familiar." The man asked, "Is he some kind of young master from a prominent family?"

Helpless, the staff could only remind him: "Nine Star City, Lin Chen."

The man then remembered, his face turned pale, and he said in great alarm:

"Which one are you talking about: mad cow disease?!"

At that moment, his smile froze, and the Burning Mountain Ox beside him trembled with fear after hearing this.

However, the young man quickly comforted him:

"Our quality is better, so we are not without opportunities."

The entire check-in period lasted two days, and on the evening of the second day, Tai Niu Academy released the final data.

The total number of applicants is:

512 people.

The competition lasts for one month and is divided into four rounds: preliminary rounds, qualifying rounds, knockout rounds, and finals.

All matches are 1v1 arena battles, and players can withdraw from the match midway. The rules for winning and losing include falling to the ground and voluntarily surrendering. In addition, a high-level spirit beast will be dispatched to the side to provide support in each match and take action when necessary to prevent death.

"The event held in Black Mountain City this time was indeed a success," Li Zhen remarked with emotion.

The extremely rare material, the Heart of the Bull King, is indeed able to attract a large number of people.

Desire is always the primary driving force.

Lin Chen's match was scheduled for the day after tomorrow, so Qin Hao, having nothing else to do, suggested they place bets.

For such large-scale competitions, it's natural that casinos will offer betting odds.

However, to avoid giving anyone cause for criticism, Black Mountain City strictly forbids betting more than 20,000 per person.

Lin Chen, having nothing better to do, went along to gather some information as well.

After all, Lin Chen understood very well that the dealer was the real expert in appraising animals.

As you can see, the outer casino area is packed with people. When Lin Chen and his group entered, staff members were handing out free information.

"Thank you." Lin Chen took it, and Cai Yuanji and the other two also came over to take a look.

The casino's data collection was indeed detailed, clearly introducing information about many of the top players.

As expected, Li Jiuxiao ranked first.

[First Place: Li Jiuxiao, Bone Armor Ox, Advanced Spirit Transformation, Level 19, Beast King Cub, Young Master of the Li Family, Battle Experience Unknown, Champion Odds: 1:5.]

[Second Place: Wan Ming, Thunder Bull Beast, Advanced Spirit Transformation, Level 19, Sub-Beast King Cub, Young Master of the Wan Family. He once fought against a higher-level spirit beast at level 15. His fighting style is aggressive. Odds to win: 1:8.]

[Third Place: Li Qiuqiu, Purple-Eyed Ox, Advanced Spirit Transformation, Level 18, Member of the Li Family, Direct Descendant, Battle Experience Unknown, Champion Odds: 1:10]

As you can see, many of the people below belong to the Li family.

Lin Chen is ranked seventh. The sixth-ranked person ahead of him is Jiang Yue's opponent, Dasa from the Southern Burning Ancient Kingdom.

[Sixth Place: Anand Dasa, Wild Horned Bull, Advanced Spirit Transformation, Level 17, from the Southern Burning Kingdom, Strength unknown, Champion Odds: 1:16]

When it came to Lin Chen, it was a long text description, longer than anyone else's:
[Seventh place: Lin Chen, Plowhorn Beast, Low-level Mortal, Level 16, from Nine Star City, with rich combat experience, the newcomer king of the Nine Star City Monster Hunter Guild, once overpowered two Inner Academy experts, suppressed a level 18 spirit beast 4 levels higher, the originator of the cave-within-a-cave concept, and the spirit beast has combination skills, awakened the Mad Bull bloodline, weak on paper, but the battle record is verifiable, champion odds: 1:20]

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Lin Chen was speechless, wondering if the people in this casino were spies, since they seemed to know everything.

Xiao Bai saw the words "mad cow bloodline" and was displeased.

This bull is under control now; it's no longer a mad bull.

Cai Yuanji and the others nearby burst into laughter, with Cai Yuanji even saying, "Brother Lin, here's your resume."

Qin Hao and Bai Jiajia laughed even harder.

However, not everyone provides such detailed information; most people only give a simple description of the spirit beast, and some even write it like this:
[Rank 200: Yang Hua, Burning Mountain Ox, Low-level Spirit Transformation, Level 16, Random Player, Strength Unknown, Odds 1:100.]

Lin Chen was speechless, thinking that the casino was being disrespectful by simply naming people "Passerby A".

However, Lin Chen was unaware that this Yang Hua was his opponent in the first round.

The odds for all rankings below 200 are 1:100.

"Who should we buy?" Cai Yuanji asked, initiating the conversation.

Qin Hao immediately said, "Of course I support Brother Lin."

After saying that, he took out five thousand yuan and bought Lin Chen's.

Lin Chen was moved, and Xiao Bai nodded in agreement.

Qin Hao and I have known each other for a long time, and there is still some friendship between us.
But the emotion lasted less than three seconds before Qin Hao told the staff, "Give me the remaining 15,000 yuan to buy Li Jiuxiao's."

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The man and the beast remained silent. After Qin Hao finished buying, he turned to Lin Chen and said, "Brother Lin, you can't blame me. You know I'm short of money. I've already spent five thousand."

Qin Hao definitely supported Lin Chen in his heart, otherwise he wouldn't have spent five thousand to support Lin Chen.

"Hypocritical!" Cai Yuanji cursed angrily, then stepped forward, took out 20,000 yuan, and said, "20,000 yuan, all in on Li Jiuxiao."

Lin Chen was speechless again and said, "You really don't think much of me?"

“If Xiaobai awakens a different third skill, I’ll definitely buy you.” Cai Yuanji was speaking the truth.

"I think you two are just greedy for money, not even supporting your own people," Bai Jiajia scolded. She placed the third bet, spending 20,000 yuan to bet on Lin Chen, and then turned to Lin Chen and said, "I'm a loyal former captain, aren't I?"

Lin Chen and Xiao Bai gave her a thumbs up.

"Brother Lin, are you going to buy it?" Qin Hao asked.

Lin Chen naturally wanted to buy as well. He took out 20,000 yuan and bought it all for himself without the slightest hesitation.

He definitely wants to snatch the heart of the bull king, and he has full confidence in Xiaobai.

After putting away the receipts, he was about to leave when the little fox tugged at his clothes.

"You want to buy it too?" Lin Chen asked in surprise.

"Goo~~"

The little fox glanced at Little White, indicating that it also wanted to support Little White.

"How many do you want to buy?" Lin Chen asked in surprise.

This little fox has always loved money, and he actually dared to spend it, even on gambling.

The little fox counted on its fingers, then mumbled something, meaning five hundred.

Lin Chen was astonished; five hundred was half of the little fox's fortune.

"Okay, five hundred of these twenty thousand yuan is yours." Lin Chen smiled. "If you win, I'll give it to you according to the odds."

Little White also bellowed, indicating that it would do its best to ensure the cow wouldn't lose money.

"Goo~~"

The little fox also cried out, though its heart was bleeding, it believed in Little White.

Moreover, Xiaobai is its leader, how could it not support it?

The three people standing nearby were all envious of this scene.

Just like humans, spirit beasts need to be coordinated even if they are contracted with a beast tamer, just like the first and second pregnancies.

Putting aside Lin Chen's combat prowess, the personalities of his two spirit beasts are exceptionally good.

Just
They all have a few quirks.

On the third day, Lin Chen went to watch the opening ceremony, followed by the opening match.

Jiang Yue's match is today. Although Lin Chen is not familiar with her, they have met once, so he plans to go and watch.

Jiang Yue's opponent is Dasa, and there is a gap in combat strength.

However, although Jiang Yue's Ploughhorn Beast was no match for Lin Chen's, it was still quite strong after being taught and trained by Xu Youzhen.

Unexpectedly, as soon as Lin Chen and his companions arrived, they saw Jiang Yue's spirit beast lying on the arena, severely injured and bleeding profusely.

Jiang Yue panicked, and the medical staff next to her quickly stepped in.

Nadasa stood to the side, stroking his wild horned bull, and made outrageous remarks, scanning the entire audience as he said:
"Our ancient Nanfen Kingdom has the best cattle in the world."

(End of this chapter)