Beast Taming Begins with the Inner Circle of Pets

Chapter 56 The Grand Finals! (Part 1)

The final round of the team competition was in the afternoon, so Lin Manman and her team decided not to go back to the hotel to rest, but instead eat and rest in the staff lounge of the organizer.

With her teammates' unanimous approval, Lin Manman sent Xia Ming a message. Not long after, Xia Ming and Qiu Xiangjing, carrying two extra-large lunch boxes and followed by Xu Yuemei, entered the lounge.

"Luckily you didn't leave. After the competition, the audience was still gathered at the venue exit. We even paid the staff to bring these meals in for us." Xu Yuemei patted her chest with lingering fear as she recalled the scene of the crowds outside.

It would have been better if she hadn't brought it up, because the moment she did, Lin Manman was reminded of her mysterious teacher.

"Uncle Xia, the White Tiger has such a great influence, didn't the teacher say anything to you about it?"

Xia Ming smiled slightly, exuding a calm and elegant aura. "Elder Meng only instructed me to help Miss handle all the trivial matters and not to delay your cultivation and training."

Lin Manman ate her rice while wearing a suspicious expression.

"Hurry up and eat. The order of your afternoon matches should be announced soon. I heard that one team has already forfeited, so there will only be three teams competing for the final rankings this afternoon," Qiu Xiangjing reminded everyone after distributing the food.

Upon hearing that someone had forfeited, the five guessed it was probably Hu Yuehong's team. Although they were quite strong, they were no match for the remaining three teams.

Knowing that there were still two tough battles to fight in the afternoon, the five of them ate their rice even faster.

After finishing my meal, I opened the official website of the competition, and sure enough, the order of the final matches had been released.

The first match was between Feng Moyun's team and Hui Mingxu's team; the second match was between Hui Mingxu's team and Lin Manman's team; and the third match was between Feng Moyun's team and Lin Manman's team.

Because they were worried that the audience's emotions might not have calmed down in time, which would affect the competition, they didn't go to the stands for the first match and watched the live broadcast in the staff lounge.

The staff lounge was equipped with a holographic projection device, which Xia Ming turned on for everyone, and he joined in watching the game.

On the projected arena, Feng Moyun's team consisted of a shield warrior, two mages, a priest, and herself, a beast tamer. On the opposing team, Hui Mingxu was an ice mage, with teammates including a holy sword warrior, a berserker, a water mage, and a beast tamer.

The beast tamers on Huimingxu's team haven't made many moves since the elimination rounds began. Each time they go on stage, they only summon one spirit pet, a level 2 low-grade silver-level horned gibbon.

Hui Mingxu's premature exposure of his domain skills was likely primarily aimed at attracting more attention and making others overlook the Beastmaster in the team.

Upon entering the arena, he summoned four spirit pets. In addition to the horned gibbon that had appeared earlier, there were two level-three high-grade gold-level Blood Devouring Wind Wolves and one level-two high-grade silver-level Mudstone Turtle.

This was the first time Lin Manman had ever seen a Beast Tamer contract two identical spirit pets. Generally speaking, a Beast Tamer can only contract a limited number of spirit pets, but the types of spirit beasts are countless. Most Beast Tamers will prioritize whether the pet suits them and complements their existing contracted spirit pets. It is very rare for a Beast Tamer to contract multiple identical spirit pets.

Of course, Lin Manman was an exception. She still had two pet slots available, and she hadn't opened them herself, despite the system's notification that they needed to be opened manually. After all, with pet slots still available, she really didn't want to experience that kind of soul-deep pain again.

Seeing that Hui Mingxu's beast tamer had released two identical spirit pets, Lin Manman curiously checked them out using the system. She was surprised to learn that these two Blood Devouring Wind Wolves possessed a talent called Blood Devouring Sky Wolf. The talent's effect was that as long as an opponent was inflicted with bleeding, the Blood Devouring Wind Wolf could continuously increase its combat power by devouring the opponent's blood.

Lin Manman inwardly exclaimed, "Wow, this has the effect of weakening the opponent while simultaneously strengthening itself!" No wonder the Beastmaster was willing to use a pet slot to contract another one. As long as one opponent's defense is broken, inflicting bleeding, both Bloodthirsty Wind Wolves can receive a power boost. Moreover, Bloodthirsty Wind Wolves themselves have high attack speed, so two together will be much more efficient at breaking through defenses.

Lin Manman smacked her lips with envy, deciding that next time she would also find a spirit pet with similar talents.

Just as the spirit pets on this side were starting to look on with envy, Feng Moyun on the other side also summoned four spirit pets. In addition to the Ironback Dragon, Thorn Vine, and Swift Shadow Leopard that appeared at the beginning, there was also a level 2 high-grade gold-level Flame Domain Hound that had never been seen before.

While Lin Manman was still wondering why this wasn't the trump card she had imagined, she saw the Flame Domain Hound's domain skill—Earth Fire Domain. Well, that's exactly what she was thinking. If Feng Moyun didn't have a way to counter Hui Mingxu's domain skill, then winning wouldn't be easy for her.

Hui Mingxu didn't possess Lin Manman's ability to see through spirit pet skills, but he could guess that this newly appeared spirit pet must have some trump card skill. Originally, he wanted to strike first and use his domain skill, Eternal Freeze Domain, but to his surprise, it was immediately neutralized by the Earth Fire Domain released by the newly appeared Flame Domain Hound. He finally understood the special nature of this new spirit pet.

Another spirit pet with a domain skill? Hui Mingxu couldn't help but frown, remembering that there was also a spirit pet with a domain skill, Lin Manman. Did this year's Junior Professional Tournament disturb the nest of some perverted beast tamer?

Without his domain skills, Hui Mingxu had lost his advantage against Feng Moyun. Both sides wisely gave up maintaining their domain skills and chose to confront each other head-on.

On Hui Mingxu's side, two Bloodthirsty Wind Wolves and a Berserker were the first to attack Feng Moyun's team. Feng Moyun's shield warriors immediately cast protective skills on the entire team. Under Feng Moyun's command, the Ironback Armored Dragon charged ahead towards the two Bloodthirsty Wind Wolves, while the Swift Shadow Leopard hid in the Ironback Armored Dragon's shadow, and no one knew when it would attack.

Feng Moyun wanted to use the Ironback Ankylosaurus's extremely high defense to suppress the two Bloodthirsty Wind Wolves. However, the Bloodthirsty Wind Wolves not only had amazing speed, but also possessed wind-type skills to further increase their speed, making it impossible for the Ironback Ankylosaurus to even touch the two Bloodthirsty Wind Wolves.

The Blood-Devouring Wind Wolves weren't targeting the Ironback Dragon; its defense was too insane, making it virtually impossible for them to break through. Therefore, they initially set their sights on the mages and beast tamers behind them.

As the Blood-Devouring Wind Wolves broke through the Iron-Backed Dragon's defenses and pounced backward, Feng Moyun remained calm and composed. She waved her hand, and the Thorn Vine beside her swung its arms, unleashing dozens of thorny vines that lashed out at the two Blood-Devouring Wind Wolves.

The wood-elemental mage beside her also unleashed a binding spell, causing dozens of vines to burst forth from the ground and shoot towards the Blood Devouring Wind Wolf from below.

Two Bloodthirsty Wind Wolves unleashed wind blade skills from different directions, completely severing the vines that had entangled them. At the same time, the Bloodthirsty Wind Wolves used the force to launch attacks in both directions, one targeting the wood-type mage on one side and the other targeting the priest on the other.

Feng Moyun commanded the Flame Domain Hound and Thorn Vine to provide support, but unexpectedly, the two Blood Devouring Wind Wolves were feinting. Missing their first attack, they immediately combined their attacks on the wind mage who was assisting the Ironback Dragon in interfering with the enemy. Each wolf's tail unleashed a wind blade; the combined power of the two wind blades not only successfully shattered the level 2 shield warrior's protective shield but also tore a rift in the level 3 mage's robe. In an instant, blood stained the white mage's robe.

Upon seeing the mage on Feng Moyun's side bleed, Lin Manman knew things were going to get bad.

(End of this chapter)