Beast Taming: My spirit beast bloodline is overloaded

Chapter 359 The Bear King Tournament Begins

Jack and his group entered the city without arousing suspicion.

The western region of the Cangling Ancient Kingdom is inhabited by many white people, and the Bear King Tournament held in Leicheng has also attracted many foreigners.

They had only been here for two days when they quickly learned about the legends of the Thunder Emperor, including the entrance to Hell.

"The entrance to hell?" Jack became interested immediately upon hearing this.

The differences between Eastern and Western cultures are actually quite significant. There are relatively few legends about gods in this era. Legendary figures like the Thunder Emperor are just considered skilled fighters in historical stories.

Therefore, people only hear about hell and places of miracles; they don't have that level of faith in them.

However, Jack was still quite curious. Although there are differences between Eastern and Western cultures, both cultures have records of hell in their historical legends.

Both cultures define hell as a land of sinners, a land of demons, creating a message of terror.

"Do you think there might really be hell down there?" Jack asked, intrigued.

“I’m more curious about their balance space than this entrance to hell,” said Bruce, his teammate. “This involves the power of laws.”

Jack agreed, so he said, "Then let's stay here and gather more information."

The situation becomes much more interesting once the new rules are announced.

Everyone originally thought the competition would be held in groups as usual, but now it's a competition among teams of the same level, so the ranking is meaningless.

Conversely, skill level, rank, and quantity are the decisive advantages.

Therefore, high-level spirit beasts still have a huge advantage.

However, this does not mean that lower-level spirit beasts have no chance of winning against their opponents, since everyone is at the same level.

Therefore, under these rules, even more people came to sign up, and some even became interested and immediately formed a contract with a bear-like spirit beast to participate in the competition.

This has led to a surge in the price of bear-type spirit beasts in Thunder City, and sales have also been booming.

This is the charm of the Bear King Competition, and it's also a virtuous cycle.

The more beast tamers who contract bears, the more people will live in Thunder City and the greater their sense of belonging will be.

In this way, Thunder City's strength can continue to expand, which is the model that Nine Star City has always hoped for.

Unfortunately, Nine Star City declined and could not grow to the size of Thunder City.

Lin Chen successfully registered and was recognized by many people.

"Lin Chen is here too?"

"If he comes, he'll be a seeded player."

"Indeed, every one of his spirit beasts is powerful. It's a good thing this time it's not the Bull King Championship, otherwise we could just declare him the champion."

"Haha, but you can't say that. In recent years, the three major families in Thunder City have taken turns winning the championship. They have a training program for bears."

Many people nodded in agreement.

There are many skilled bear tamers in the world, and the three major families each have their own unique characteristics:
Xu's family has a fire bear, Liu's family has a thunder bear, and Chen's family has an ice bear.

This is the core secret of their family: they can cultivate top-quality bear-type spirit beasts almost every year, which is the real reason why their three families have always been the leaders in Thunder City.

On Earth, there has already been an unwritten rule that everyone agrees on:
To become a prestigious family, one must understand the secrets of developing and nurturing spirit beasts.

Therefore, this expenditure is enormous.

In places like Thunder City, almost every year, the three major families would approach the Catalysts who were born in Thunder City and the surrounding areas to conduct assessments on them in the early stages of becoming Catalysts. If they succeeded, they would be directly "taken care of" and their lives would be worry-free.

Five more days passed, and finally the day before the preliminary round arrived. Lei Cheng announced the final number of participants: a staggering 20078 people had joined the Bear King Championship.

This number surpasses any previous edition.

These words caused a stir among the crowd.

This preliminary round is going to be a huge free-for-all; it'll probably be a complete mess by then.

Some people are worried that this competition rule may lead to the risk of forming teams.

Some people will band together to eliminate the top contenders.

"Please rest assured, everyone," Lei Cheng told them. There was no need to worry about that; the balancing spaces were randomly placed and the distances were extremely far. Some people would never even meet.

And this time the rules are extremely terrifying.

The number of people who were able to advance to the second round was 64.

Lei Cheng's words were like a thunderbolt, leaving everyone speechless.

If that's the case, doesn't that mean 20014 people will be eliminated in the first round?

"My God, this is so bloody."

"I'm so excited."

The crowd erupted in excitement.

This time, Thunder City will also broadcast the entire event live via a crystal ball.

The next day, when Lin Chen arrived at the competition entrance, it was already packed with people. Lin Chen received a number and a spatial token.

The number is 007, and the space token can be crushed to teleport out when in danger.

"Welcome, everyone, to Thunder City!"

The heads of the three major families all arrived, and Xu Pingzhi began to speak.

Lin Chen stood in the crowd, attracting a lot of attention.

However, his attention was focused on the young man next to Xu Pingzhi.

He realized that these must be members of the Xu family, and the uproar from the audience around him confirmed this to Lin Chen.

"Have the three major families gone mad?"

"Oh right, how could I forget that?"

"Since it's a tie-breaker, they can all play."

"Who exactly are they that you're talking about?"

"The champions of the last three editions: Xu Yi, Liu Zhou, and Chen Bai."

"Three champions in the same frame?"

Many people are pleasantly surprised, believing that this competition will be far more entertaining than any previous edition.

As expected, Xu Ping personally revealed their identities that night, causing a sensation among the audience.

He then introduced the other strong competitors, all of whom were scions of prominent families.

“There is another person, he comes from the Spirit Academy, and is also the vice president of the Southern Monster Hunter Guild. He has achieved many outstanding results for the Cangling Ancient Kingdom.” Xu Pingzhi pointed in Lin Chen’s direction and said, “We welcome young friend Lin Chen to Thunder City.”

Everyone looked in that direction, and many people started cheering.

Lin Chen's reputation is extremely high now.

"I saw his fire spirit."

"Lin Chen is even more handsome than I imagined."

"Stop being infatuated. There aren't many people in this world who are good enough for Lin Chen."

Amidst the various opinions, Lin Chen slightly bowed towards the stage, and Xu Yi and the others also looked at Lin Chen.

The next second, Xu Pingzhi shouted:
"Ladies and gentlemen, I hereby declare the 101st Thunder City Bear King Championship officially open!"

As they were speaking, a bear suddenly appeared from the void. It was enormous and soared into the air, swinging its paws and creating a spatial portal on the ground.

"The Bear of the Space Laws"

Many people swallowed hard, and Lin Chen was quite surprised as well.

The foundation of Lei City is indeed quite profound.

Judging from its strength, it should have reached the level of the Tree Ancestor.

(End of this chapter)