Beast Taming: My spirit beast bloodline is overloaded

Chapter 156 Public Announcement from Tian Shu Pavilion: National Gift Rewards
That evening, Lin Chen had the little fox prepare a big meal to celebrate.

To be honest, Lin Chen couldn't wait to find someone to test it out.

Just two days ago, Liu Gu had a small meeting with him:
"The Spirit Academy has high hopes for you in this Beast Fighting Tournament."

"There are nine spots across three grades. You and Fang You, as freshmen, must take the lead."

"This beast fighting tournament involves a wide range of interests, especially the Heavenly Beast Island, which is related to the nation's future top-level combat power."

"That's why the six major powers are taking this very seriously. Don't be fooled by the calm on the surface; war has already broken out in secret."

The war Liu Gu was referring to was information warfare.

Not to mention other countries, even the Cangling Ancient Kingdom sent spies to the other five major powers to learn about the list of participants and formulate plans.

Therefore, Liu Gu told Lin Chen that if he wanted to compete for the championship, he should try not to reveal his strength in front of the public before the start of the Beast Fighting Tournament.

If your combat strength is thoroughly analyzed, you will be at a great disadvantage.

Therefore, Lin Chen had no choice but to endure the thought of the generous reward.

The little fox's ten-piece evolution set is all about this.

Three days after Xiaobai's Soul-Suppressing Hoof evolved, the Spirit Academy issued another announcement, this time also concerning the Six Kingdoms Beast Fighting Tournament.

[Announcement of the Beast Fighting Tournament]

The Six Kingdoms Beast Fighting Tournament is a matter of national importance. After deliberation by the Tian Shu Pavilion, it has been decided that all official participants will be granted national gifts.

Lin Chen was not surprised to see this.

This isn't an upgrade to the reward; the ten-piece evolution set is a reward from the Spirit Academy.

As the foundation of the nation's resources, the Beast Fighting Tournament is discussed and rewards are given by the Tian Shu Pavilion every year, with slight variations in the rewards each year.

[The Tian Shu Pavilion has decided to award the following prizes to those who qualify for the competition and achieve excellent results:]

[First, achieving second place will result in a national gift: a thousand-year-old demon core.]

[Second, winning the championship will result in an additional national gift: a spirit egg produced by Heavenly Beast Island]

Lin Chen's eyes lit up when he saw the two rewards.
A thousand-year-old demon core is equivalent to a walking spiritual spring, greatly increasing the speed of cultivation.

As for the spirit eggs of Heavenly Beast Island, they are even more precious treasures.

The Heavenly Beast Island is tacitly forbidden to humans by the six great nations. Only when it is open will the six great nations send people in to allocate resources according to the rankings of the Beast Fighting Tournament.

The vast majority of these resources are spirit eggs.

There are many examples of these spirit eggs evolving into mythical beasts.

One year, a spirit egg from the Heavenly Beast Island fell into the hands of ordinary people, which resulted in a fierce battle and the downfall of many forces.

Therefore, this championship reward is absolutely tempting.

Lin Chen also understood why Lord Tian Shu had invested so heavily this time, because since the Beast Fighting Tournament began, the Cangling Ancient Kingdom had been ranked number one for the number of tournaments.

However, in recent years, the ranking of Cangling Ancient Kingdom has declined significantly.

Before the last edition, the Cangling Ancient Kingdom had ranked second for five consecutive editions, and last year it even lost to the Beiming Kingdom, taking third place.

Fortunately, the later players stepped up their game, otherwise even the Eastern Sakura Kingdom would have lost.

The Eastern Cherry Kingdom and the Cangling Ancient Kingdom are sworn enemies, and the reason is simple:
Since the beginning of the Tai Chu era, Dongying Kingdom had always been a vassal state of Cangling Ancient Kingdom. Later, in the era of Beast Tamers, Dongying Kingdom turned its fortunes around, integrated the resources of the eastern region, began to establish itself as a nation, and started to vigorously promote themselves as the main country.

It's practically saying that the entire planet Earth is its territory.

Moreover, during the great war between the two nations, the Eastern Cherry Kingdom was the most ruthless in its attacks on the Cangling Ancient Kingdom.

Therefore, the relationship between the people of the two countries is the worst, and a saying circulates among the people:

We cannot lose to Dongying Kingdom, no matter who we lose to.

The Eastern Cherry Kingdom is the bottom line for the Cangling Ancient Kingdom.

They almost lost last time, so it's normal that Tian Shu Pavilion is afraid.

With more than a year to go before the competition, the Tian Shu Pavilion has decided to extend the registration period by three months. All qualified students of the Spirit Academy are now eligible to register.

[Registration closes in three months, and the selection process officially begins]

[Signature: Tian Shu Ge/Ling Yuan]

After reading it, Lin Chen took many deep breaths.

Even someone as indifferent to fame and fortune as him would lose his composure like this.

Others see this reward
Wouldn't he just go crazy?

Sure enough, the number of applicants surged on the same day.

Many students previously had a deep understanding of themselves, believing that with ruthless figures like Lin Chen and Fang You around, they had little chance.

They don't think that way anymore.

Therefore, if the ghost refuses to push the millstone, it must be because the profit is not big enough.

Three days later, a rumor spread that, according to incomplete statistics, two-thirds of the students had already signed up for the upcoming beast fighting tournament.

Given the overwhelming number of applicants, the Spirit Academy issued another announcement, closing registration three days early and immediately commencing the selection process.

The rules of the Beast Fighting Tournament are simple: it's all about people fighting each other.

The term "human versus human" does not refer to beast tamers going into battle, but rather that the beast tamers in the battle must use all their spirit beasts.

There are two competition formats:
First, the mixed beast competition, which is a battle in which two or more spirit beasts fight together.

Second, individual beast battles, where the spirit beasts under the Beastmaster's name fight separately.

In other words, not only Xiaobai, but Xiaohong, who has now formed a contract with Lin Chen, will also be involved.

The two competition formats are not completely fixed or decided by the participating students, but are determined by drawing lots.

According to the founder of the Feast Fighting Club:
Luck is also a form of strength, and it can reveal a nation's destiny.

After all, the contestants' abilities varied.

In previous years, there have been many instances where individual beasts were very powerful, but not good at mixed battles, resulting in them being drawn into mixed battles during the lottery.

The Cangling Ancient Kingdom ranked third in the previous competition, largely because several students were drawn into competition formats they were not good at.

Given this situation, the Spirit Academy is now extremely cautious in selecting Beastmasters.

The preliminary rounds will begin a year in advance to determine the final roster and provide resources, subsidies, and rewards.

The official roster will be determined one year later.

After all, it's a long time, and no one knows what will happen in a year. Some people might even experience a qualitative change in that year.

Three days later, the selection competition officially began at the Spirit Academy, and the academy became quite lively. The usually popular Spirit Spring area was practically deserted.

Lin Chen also faced his first battle, but fate is a mysterious thing.

His opponent in the first round was none other than Li Jiuxiao.

When Lin Chen told Xiao Bai about the lottery results, Niu Niu, remembering the power of the Bone Armored Ox, also appeared unusually nervous and cautious.

Strictly speaking, Li Jiuxiao belongs to Ning Tian's class.

However, Li Jiuxiao voluntarily gave up his first spirit beast and started training from scratch, so the Bone Armored Ox became his first spirit beast.

Lin Chen also learned some information about Li Jiuxiao from Zhao Li. His Bone Armored Ox did not evolve at level 20, but planned to save it until level 30, and combined with the evolution opportunity at level 40, so that the Bone Armored Ox would have two chances to become a Sacred Beast.

The lower the level, the more difficult it is to evolve.

Those who can successfully evolve at level 20 have virtually unlimited potential for the future.

However, unlike Li Zaiqing, Li Jiuxiao's first spirit beast was not abandoned due to failed evolution.

On the contrary, Li Jiuxiao's basic spirit beast successfully evolved, but he still abandoned it.

This was actually related to Lin Chen. Ever since his defeat in Black Mountain City, it had caused a great uproar in the clan. Because of Li Jiuxiao's domineering nature, many people had long harbored resentment. In the end, he directly severed the contract with the first spirit beast, intending to contract a stronger spirit beast to suppress the voices within the clan.

Therefore, his first spirit beast, the Bone Armored Ox, is currently level 26, while his second spirit beast is only level 15.

This time, Lin Chen drew a mixed battle lot.

Lin Chen's match date was scheduled for five days later because there were too many applicants, and the arena in the ranking area had to be rescheduled.

On this day, Lin Chen began the first joint training session with Xiaobai and Xiaohong within the team.

Overall, Xiaobai and Xiaohong have a very clear division of labor: one engages in close combat on the front line, while the other throws out skills from the back.

"Let's use this wooden stake as our target," Lin Chen said.

Little White and the little fox nodded simultaneously. Then, Little White suddenly started moving, and just as the Thousand Shadows returned to one, Lin Chen's voice rang out again:
"Little Red, Little White needs your help now!"

Xiao Hong spotted the wooden stake and threw out a huge fireball.

Boom~~
Accurate hit.

The aftershocks of the massive fireball directly affected Xiaobai's surroundings.

Although Xiaobai is no longer afraid of such attacks, Lin Chen immediately called for a halt upon seeing this.

The two spirit beasts lowered their heads, clearly knowing that Lin Chen was dissatisfied.

Unexpectedly, Lin Chen said, "This is your first time working together. If you could have mastered the technique right away, you wouldn't need to practice."

The two spirit beasts raised their heads and regained their spirits.

Lin Chen didn't say that to encourage them. Beastmasters have many spirit beasts, but they generally don't gang up on each other because it's easy to accidentally injure each other.

Generally, a two-person system or a one-person system will be used.

Unlike humans, spirit beasts do not have such strong learning abilities. When they fight, they become extremely ferocious, and their combat skills generally have a wide range of effects.

Therefore, using two spirit beasts as a combination has become a standard tactic.

Historically, there were indeed beast tamers who operated on a three-thirds system, but they were extremely rare.

The combination of spirit beasts is not just about everyone being able to cooperate; it also depends on the power of the combination.

If 1+1+1 is less than or equal to 3, then there is absolutely no need for this.

There are many tragic failures in "The Beast Taming Manual". The most tragic one is about a beast tamer who thought he had completed the three-three system reorganization. However, in a life-or-death battle, the spirit beast made a mistake and the main spirit beast was accidentally injured by his own spirit beast, which caused the game that should have been won to be lost and directly cost him his life.

Of course, there are also successful cases. For example, there was a beast tamer who contracted triplets of spirit beasts. With the cooperation of the three spirit beasts, he often challenged opponents of higher levels.

Lin Chen trained them a few more times, and their teamwork improved.

But Lin Chen could tell that Xiao Hong and Xiao Bai were under a lot of pressure, especially Xiao Bai, who couldn't let go at all.

Lin Chen also understood that the key to relieving this pressure was Xiao Hong.

It's not that this is the little fox's fault, but rather that, currently, Little Red's combat strength is too weak, and she's not of much help to Little White's level of combat.

Instead of asking it for help, you might as well just brute force it yourself.

Lin Chen naturally sensed their thoughts and made them sit down.

"Xiao Hei, sit down too."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Hei also plopped down, and all three spirit beasts were very serious.

"Xiao Bai, first of all, I need to correct one of your views. No matter how weak the power, anything that can injure you is ultimately fatal." Lin Chen gave an example, saying, "Like a unicorn, it's harmless, right? If the three of you wanted to beat it up, wouldn't it be easy?"

The three beasts nodded.

"But if you don't have a unicorn when facing the Ghost Wolf, can you seriously injure it?" Lin Chen asked.

Xiao Bai pondered for a moment, shook his head, then narrowed his pupils as if he understood something, and immediately became more proactive.

"Little Red, although Little White is the main force, the key to the battlefield still lies with you." Lin Chen stretched out one hand, waving it towards the Great White Bear, and then stretched out another hand, pretending to wave, saying, "What is your task? To anticipate all possibilities on the field."

"Before my hand appears, you need to be aware that my hand is about to join the battle, and your task is to stop it in advance."

"In this way, Xiaobai won't feel uncomfortable fighting. On the contrary, with your addition, Xiaobai no longer needs to be afraid and can fight with all his might."

The little fox seemed to be deep in thought.

The polar bear, on the other hand, looked aggrieved.
If you're going to teach, then teach. Why did you hit me?

I thought I was going to sit down and learn something, but it turns out I'm here to be a punching bag.

Lin Chen rubbed its bear head and continued, "Take a break, we'll continue later."

Little White went to take a bath, while Little Fox stared at the location of the wooden stake, lost in thought.

Lin watched from behind, not saying much.

Of the three spirit beasts, the little fox is the most intelligent, and Lin Chen noticed this as soon as the little fox came to this home.

Therefore, Lin Chen had already planned its growth path early on:

Image control mage.

However, controlling the flow of images is not that simple; it requires being observant and attentive to all aspects.

It requires relying on minute details in battle to grasp and predict the enemy's movements, thereby making effective judgments and improving offensive efficiency.

This is actually Lin Chen's forte, but there is a reason why Lin Chen does it this way.

As the level of the spirit beasts increases, their combat range will inevitably expand infinitely, and at that time Lin Chen may not even dare to be on the battlefield.

Therefore, by training the fox cub in advance, it can step forward and take his place in places where he cannot see it in the future.

After five days of training, Xiao Hong and Xiao Bai's teamwork improved rapidly. Lin Chen's tactics for them were simple: have Xiao Hong accommodate Xiao Bai.

If the two spirit beasts were to compromise with each other, then both would inevitably be constrained.

Currently, the two spirit beasts cannot achieve a synergy greater than 2, but they are certainly equal to 2.
"Very good, the future is promising." Lin Chen would say this every day, which greatly excited Xiao Hong and Xiao Bai.

Five days later, Lin Chen's schedule was finally filled.

Li Jiuxiao arrived at the ranking area before Lin Chen.

In fact, Li Jiuxiao's emotions were more complicated. During the time when he thought he was invincible, he encountered a monster like Lin Chen.

If Xiaobai were a spirit beast of the same quality as the Bone Armor Ox, that would be one thing.

However, Xiaobai's disadvantages are not only in quality, but also in level, which is three levels lower.

Since Lin Chen entered this place, Li Jiuxiao has naturally taken notice of Lin Chen's presence.
He knew that Xiaobai was going further and further down the path of perversion.

The old Xiaobai was not something that Bone Armor Ox could defeat, but now that Xiaobai has evolved, its strength has inevitably undergone a qualitative change.

Therefore, the key to winning this battle lies in the second spirit beast.

"He's really had it tough, running into Lin Chen."

"I heard that he had encountered Lin Chen before coming to the Spirit Academy, and was defeated by him."

The students were buzzing with discussion. With Lin Chen being so famous, someone was bound to dig into his past.

Although Nine Star City, where Lin Chen came from, is located in a remote area, it is still a minor celebrity. It is very easy to find out about him if you ask around.

"Not necessarily. He was originally a year ahead of us, but now he's basically a newbie. Fighting with two beasts is different from fighting with one beast."

"What difference could there be? With Lin Chen's incredible strength, he can completely ignore one side's attack and take down one of them first."

"Yes."

Many people nodded in agreement, not optimistic about the match, but others believed that Li Jiuxiao might be able to make a comeback.

After all, a melee is different from fighting one-on-one.

(End of this chapter)