Super God Pet Shop

Chapter 350 Two Referees

After Liu Qingfeng left the field, the referee announced the result of the match. Without a doubt, Xu Kuang won the battle and secured his place in the top ten!

After announcing the result, the referee left the arena to calm himself down and also to settle scores with someone.

He almost died just now, so no matter what, he demands that the referee's fee be doubled!

Moreover, he demanded that the higher-ups provide him with another referee or bodyguard, as he absolutely refused to allow him to continue acting as a referee alone inside!

Once the barrier is breached, who knows if even more terrifying monsters will emerge from behind?

We're lucky this time it didn't completely spiral out of control. If it does next time, then we're doomed!

The more he thought about it, the angrier he became, and he felt like crying but had no tears left.

This elite league referee position has been turned into a high-risk profession by these monsters!

Being a low-level player with a title is incredibly difficult; even just trying to make a living here is life-threatening.

Upon hearing the referee's announcement, the stunned audience was jolted awake. When they saw Liu Qingfeng leaving the stage in dejection, along with the huge burn marks on the ground, they realized that the incredible battle they had witnessed earlier was actually real.

Liu Qingfeng was instantly defeated!

And even when the referee intervened, he almost couldn't stop it!

The most terrifying thing is that the fully grown dragon summoned by the referee was suppressed as soon as it appeared!

This is even more terrifying than Su Lingyue's last battle!

After a brief silence, the audience erupted in enthusiastic applause and excited cheers.

The sound grew louder and louder, like waves crashing in, until it finally resounded throughout the entire venue!

At that moment, the boy on the stage became the most dazzling presence in the entire venue.

Xu Kuang stood on the stage, looking around with a burning light in his eyes. He clenched his fists in excitement, and his body trembled slightly.

This is how a man should live!

Live flamboyantly, recklessly, and proudly!

Similarly, one must live with the power to match one's willfulness!

"master……"

Xu Kuang looked towards the audience area. Although he couldn't see the face clearly, he still cast a deep and respectful gaze upon it.

……

"They actually won..."

In the waiting area, the nine top ten contestants who had left earlier, as well as the nine sprint contestants, were all here, their faces filled with shock and disbelief.

They didn't expect Xu Kuang to win, let alone win so decisively, a complete annihilation!

Moreover, the power unleashed by that dark dragon hound was simply unbelievable!

The ninth-tier skills are practically free, encompassing all five major systems; this level of comprehension is nothing short of monstrous!

"There's actually a second monster like that."

Many people turned their attention away from Xu Kuang and towards a girl in the waiting area, their eyes filled with fear. They thought that the appearance of one such girl was already terrifying enough, but they didn't expect another one to appear.

"This guy..."

Ye Longtian's eyes were extremely solemn. He didn't think much of killing Liu Qingfeng instantly, but directly suppressing the fully grown dragon beast summoned by the referee was quite terrifying.

The other party was originally a minor character whom he hadn't paid any attention to, but at this moment, the level of danger he felt in his heart was higher than that of Qin Shaotian, and on par with that girl.

On the other side, Qin Shaotian also had a solemn expression, his brows furrowed, completely unlike his previous calm and relaxed demeanor before the top ten battle, and he did not leisurely look up at the sky.

He hadn't taken Xu Kuang seriously when he first encountered him at Su Ping's shop, but he never expected that this unassuming guy, with his mediocre combat skills, would possess such a terrifying battle pet.

"This person also went to that store... Could it be..." A sudden thought flashed through Qin Shaotian's mind. He narrowed his eyes slightly, feeling that Xu Kuang and Su Lingyue had something in common, and that commonality was the reason for this terrifying battle pet.

In a spectator stand outside the waiting area, many students from the War God Academy were sitting, including Mu Chen. Although Mu Chen could have sat in a more forward position where the Mu family was located, he did not do so, but instead chose to sit with the students from the academy.

After all, there are some outstanding individuals among these trainees who can be developed into his network of contacts in the future. Once he succeeds to the throne, they will become the Mu family's network.

He sat in the center, still surrounded by admirers, deeply respected by all the students.

To be able to break into the top 100 right after graduating from the academy is already quite an achievement, and Mu Chen's performance in the top 100 is also outstanding, at least enough to get into the top 30.

At this moment, all the students of the War God Academy, including Mu Chen, stared blankly at the figure on the stage.

That familiar figure made them all feel a sense of unfamiliarity.

Is this really the Xu Kuang they know?

The one who felt it most deeply was Mu Chen. He was still a little dazed, and the memory of how this guy had challenged him repeatedly in the academy, only to be defeated time and time again, still lingered in his mind.

This guy, whom he had lost to at least a hundred times, not only made it into the top 100 this time, but also fought for a spot in the final sprint, and in the end, he actually succeeded in the final sprint!

Moreover, what level of power is that!

Even the referee could barely stop it!

He's only at the sixth tier, yet the power of his battle pet suppressed a ninth-tier dragon beast?!

Mu Chen stared blankly for a long time, his mouth agape, a look of utter bewilderment in his eyes.

……

In the front row of the audience.

The powerful figures from various families and the municipal government all wore solemn expressions.

What they saw was even more: the dark dragon hound's combat power, the strength and quantity of its skills, and the astonishing killing intent that made them all tremble—all extremely rare and terrifying things.

Such a battle pet is even rarer than the top three rarest dragon pets in the dragon tier!

They all suspected that this was not a Dark Dragon Hound, but an unknown monster disguised as a Dark Dragon Hound!

But it's obvious that this is a Dark Dragon Hound, no doubt about it!

The only explanation is that this dark dragon hound is just too exceptional, too monstrous!

The upper limit of a pet's realm depends on its bloodline, but the strength of a pet depends on its aptitude!

Without a doubt, this is a battle pet with top-tier aptitude. Moreover, in addition to its extremely high aptitude, it has received very professional and comprehensive training!

Combat prowess, energy, skill, ferocity—it has it all!

Some pets may excel in the first three aspects, but lack ferocity. They are like students who have just graduated from ivory tower, merely high-level ornaments. When encountering some ferocious beasts, some will be so frightened that their legs go weak and their strength drops to less than one-tenth.

This dark dragon hound is clearly not lacking in ferocity.

Not only are they not lacking, but they are also incredibly ferocious. Their thick, bloody killing aura alone is enough to intimidate most ordinary battle pets.

"With such combat strength, they could probably make it onto the global league's martial arts stage..." an elder of the Zhou family said in a deep voice.

Everyone else remained silent; no one objected.

Even the mid-level referee with a title was almost killed. The power of this dark dragon hound was something that even those present were somewhat wary of.

The thought that this was just a Tier 6 battle pet made their hearts clench.

Having cultivated to the ninth rank, yet being threatened by a sixth-rank battle pet—this is too humiliating!

"Let's ask the principal of the War God Academy where this person is from. If he's not affiliated with any organization, our Mu family will take him," a Mu family elder said with a light laugh.

"snort."

The others scoffed, but were also making the same calculations in their minds.

……

Amid cheers from the audience, Xu Kuang stepped off the stage, drawing everyone's attention.

"I won." Xu Kuang walked up to Su Lingyue and grinned.

At that moment, all eyes in the audience turned fervent.

The two strongest monsters are standing together, and they seem to know each other. Are they declaring war?

Some enthusiastic, even somewhat imaginative, viewers have even started to envision a conversation between the two.

"I won, you're next."

"Hmph, you're still a long way from defeating me."

"Is that so? I'd like to see whether your dragon pet is more powerful, or my Dark Dragon Hound is stronger!"

"We'll see when the competition starts."

"Alright, we'll see!"

What a tense and explosive dialogue between powerful figures!

……

In reality, after hearing Xu Kuang's words, Su Lingyue smiled and said with deep emotion, "I thought he lent you that dragon beast or that skeleton creature, but I didn't expect it to be just this black dog. I didn't expect... this black dog to be so ridiculously strong, even more terrifying than my Little White."

"A dragon beast? A skeleton species?"

Xu Kuang was surprised to hear this. Were these Su Ping's other two battle pets?

"The dragon beast you're talking about, is it the Hellfire Candle Dragon Beast?" Xu Kuang asked curiously.

Su Lingyue nodded.

"This..." Xu Kuang was speechless for a moment, his eyes shining brightly. The first thought that popped into his mind was to ask Su Ping to rent that dragon beast for him to play with.

If even the Dark Dragon Hound is this strong, what kind of combat power must that dragon beast possess?

……

After exchanging a few words, the two parted ways and each sat down at a separate table.

At this moment, the stadium fell silent.

The referee is missing.

The commentator didn't seem to understand the situation either, so before the referee appeared, he brought up the fight between Xu Kuang and Liu Qingfeng again to warm things up and prevent it from getting too dull.

However, the guide didn't dare to say too much, for fear of over-exaggerating. While it might liven up the atmosphere, Liu Qingfeng belonged to the Liu family, and the Liu family cared about their reputation. If they said too much, the Liu family might come knocking on their door later.

For such a large family, a mere tour guide like him couldn't afford to offend them; otherwise, he would be killed and no one would care, his death a tragic injustice.

That's the difficulty of the job.

Fortunately, the commentator didn't have to wait too long before the referee came back on stage.

But this time, there were two referees.

Only after the referee's introduction did everyone learn that the other person was also a referee, and also a titled powerhouse.

The reason for using two referees, as given by the previous referee, was to avoid delays in rescue efforts, which could lead to injuries to athletes and affect subsequent matches.

However, only a few sharp-eyed people saw that it was clearly the referee who was afraid of dying!

However, they could understand the earlier close call where the referee was nearly killed. Who would have thought that the level of this year's elite league in Longjiang Base City would be so terrifying?

This is almost comparable to the top ten matches of an entire continent!

Next, both referees entered the field simultaneously, and the sprint race continued!

Many players were speechless as they looked at the referee on the stage. This was probably the first time since the Elite League was held in Longjiang Base City that two titled referees had appeared on the stage.

The rules that had been in place for so long were actually changed in their generation.

Thinking about this, some contestants were secretly laughing bitterly. Being born in the same year as these monsters was truly the worst luck.

As the sprint race continued, the finalists began to choose from the remaining nine finalists.

Almost everyone avoided looking at Su Lingyue and Qin Shaotian.

After their performance in the previous battle, no one would be so foolish as to directly pick the two of them. So far, these two are recognized as the number one and number two, both online and in the hearts of the players.

Challenge them? Isn't it good to be alive?

Soon, Ye Hao and Su Yanying, who had performed relatively well among the top ten, were both chosen by others.

After a fierce battle, both of them defended their spots in the top ten. Although they only had one battle pet each, their performance was quite amazing to the audience, as both of them had the combat power of the eighth tier.

Such strength, while not particularly strong among the top ten, is still quite excellent, perhaps even ranking around seventh or eighth.

Several other people who performed moderately were also challenged, but almost all of them managed to defend their spots in the top ten. Only one person was successfully challenged.

Once someone has been challenged, they can never be challenged again.

This means that several of the nine sprinters will have to give up their chance to sprint.

After all, you either need to be confident enough to take the initiative and challenge them first, or you'll have to face Su Lingyue and Qin Shaotian, who have no one to challenge you.

But in that case, there's no difference between taking on the challenge and not taking it, and you'll avoid getting injured. Besides, if you're unlucky, you might even lose your life.

With the sprint race over, the top ten have been decided.

There were almost no changes.

Only two players changed, becoming the new top ten.

In previous Elite Leagues, the top ten sprint battle was just an appetizer; the true champions would emerge in each group's challenge matches. Sometimes, two strong competitors would be paired together, and the loser would directly challenge the other in the first round of the sprint to claim their spot.

Just like Xu Kuang.

Those who hesitate, even if their strength can barely make it into the top ten, are not the targets this league is looking for.

After all, the league only has five spots to select.

Each base city can submit five slots.

Without overwhelming strength, even if one enters the top ten, but ranks outside the top five, it is meaningless to the organizers and various families; it only brings honor and benefits to the participants themselves.

……

Once the sprint race is over, the next step will be to draw the top ten for the final showdown.

Before the rankings were drawn, cheerleaders swarmed the stadium to ease the tension of the previous matches and warm up the crowd, serving as a kind of halftime break.

In order to keep up with the suspense of the top ten showdown, the audience had no choice but to wait patiently. Some audience members also took the opportunity to leave the venue to relieve themselves in the restroom.

Before long, once the atmosphere had calmed down, the cheerleaders left the stage, and with the narrator's enthusiastic voice, everyone's attention turned to the big screen.

The top ten battles will begin with random selection!

The entire audience and the contestants held their breath at this moment.

Soon, groups of names popped up on the screen.

Su Lingyue stared intently, and when she saw that her opponent was not Qin Shaotian, she breathed a slight sigh of relief. Although she had defeated him before, she was still unwilling to face him again, always feeling that he was very dangerous, and the only thing she could rely on was the Silver Frost Star Moon Dragon.

"When will I be able to defeat them with my own true strength...?" Su Lingyue thought to herself.

Soon, all five sets of results came out.

Su Lingyue is fighting against Ye Hao.

Xu Kuang was fighting against the young master of the Zhou family.

Qin Shaotian is facing off against Su Yanying.

Ye Longtian was facing off against the same contestant who had charged forward, just like Xu Kuang.

Another one is Makihara Mamoru from the Maki family, who will face off against an academic player.

……

When the results came out, Su Lingyue couldn't help but turn to look at Ye Hao.

Ye Hao, who was sitting some distance away, also looked at Su Lingyue, his lips twitched, and he gave a bitter smile.

Su Yanying, who was sitting next to Ye Hao, looked at Qin Shaotian. When she saw the latter turn his head and glance at her, she was startled. She felt that this young master of the Qin family was not as easygoing as before.

"Won't I get killed?" she couldn't help but wonder.

She looked away, exchanged a glance with Ye Hao beside her, and immediately gave a bitter smile, as if they were in the same boat.

"It seems that reaching the top ten is the limit..." Ye Hao sighed.

Su Yanying nodded and said, "Yes, but I'm quite content. Yesterday, many private companies contacted me, hoping to sign long-term contracts with me. The compensation and benefits they offered were very generous, even better than what I would have received as a pioneer!"

Ye Hao glanced at her and said, "You should be careful when looking for a private company. Private companies are more likely to take on dangerous jobs. Try to find a good team. It's safer, and you'll definitely earn more than with a private company."

Su Yanying nodded, "I will. Some teams have already extended invitations to me, and I will consider them carefully."

Ye Hao nodded, glancing into the distance. When he saw Xu Kuang's smug smile, his face darkened instantly. He gritted his teeth and said, "This guy, he's clearly not that strong, yet he managed to get here. And judging by his appearance, he could easily make it into the top five!"

Su Yanying followed his gaze and immediately saw Xu Kuang, who was behaving amazingly, making faces at them and constantly provoking Ye Hao with his tongue making "lè lè lè" sounds.

She paused for a moment, then smiled wryly, "If I'm not mistaken, his dark dragon hound was probably bred at Instructor Su's shop as well."

Ye Hao was taken aback and said, "You were also trained by Instructor Su's shop? Then why didn't we have any..."

"I guess we didn't spend as much money on in-game purchases as he did," Su Yanying said.

She had an extremely deep understanding of Professor Su's personality.

Ye Hao: "..."

……

Family quarters.

Su Ping leaned back in his chair, yawning.

It was so boring to watch, I almost fell asleep.

If Xu Kuang hadn't failed to control the Dark Dragon Hound and caused it to go out of control, he probably would have already fallen asleep.

"It seems I'll have to be more careful about renting pets in the future. Although the Dark Dragon Hound is only a sixth-tier beast, even a fourth-tier battle pet master could sign a contract with it, but it would be very difficult to suppress its ferocity."

Su Ping thought to himself, and sighed. This Xu Kuang was too much of a worry for him. If he hadn't intervened through the contract, the referee and that Liu family brat would probably have been killed.

Although Su Ping didn't feel sorry for killing that Liu family brat, if the pet beast went out of control and killed someone, Xu Kuang's qualification for the competition would be canceled, and then his guaranteed spot in the top five would be meaningless.

In his mind, the life of a Liu family boy was naturally not worth the damage to his shop's reputation.

After all, if he really wanted to take that Liu family brat's life, he could just go to his door and take him easily.

Sacrificing one of Xu Kuang's top five spots for this is unnecessary; otherwise, his list of guaranteed admissions would be one less.

Although this won't have much impact after Su Lingyue wins the championship, since the current situation is optimistic and Ye Hao and Su Yanying have both made it into the top ten as expected, then everyone should be in the same boat.

It's never quite right if one is missing.

If he were to lose two out of ten, he might just give up and ignore it.

"This top ten showdown is going to be a foregone conclusion again..." Su Ping sighed when he saw the selected match list, his eyelids drooping. He had no interest in looking at it and closed his eyes to study his insights on the Dao of Thunder.

The saying goes, "The master leads you through the door, but the practice is up to you."

He has already stepped into the world of Thunder Path and can study it on his own. Although the speed of study will be extremely slow and depends on his comprehension, as long as he studies it at all times, it will help and improve him to some extent. It is more beneficial than watching these boring competitions.

If it weren't for the fear of being attacked and the need to escort Su Lingyue, Su Ping wouldn't have bothered coming to this venue.

While Su Ping was studying the Thunder Dao, the top ten matches on the field also began.

Qin Shaotian and Su Yanying were the first to appear.

When Qin Shaotian summoned the Blood Demon Servant, Su Yanying immediately gave up the match and readily admitted defeat.

The next match will be between Su Lingyue and Ye Hao.

Before Su Lingyue could even summon the Silver Frost Star Moon Dragon, Ye Hao immediately conceded defeat and chose to enter the loser's bracket without any hesitation.

The audience was speechless, but also understandable, as the two consecutive battles ended with one side admitting defeat. This also highlighted how terrifying Qin Shaotian and Su Lingyue were.

However, in the subsequent battles, Xu Kuang's opponent, the young master of the Zhou family, also directly admitted defeat.

Since Liu Qingfeng had already lost, the young master of the Zhou family had no intention of "exchanging" a few blows with Xu Kuang, lest he lose even more miserably.

Only the battles between Muyuan Shou and Ye Longtian took place, but both ended quickly, with both winning using only their battle pets, demonstrating a significant gap in strength between them and their opponents.

The top five were selected in just one hour.

Although the people in the losers' bracket, like those in the top ten, were qualified to compete for the top five, all five in the losers' bracket gave up on making that run.

The gap between them and the top five is too obvious; they are simply on two different levels. No one is overestimating themselves; after all, they have the insight to have made it this far.

With the top five determined, the next stage will be the losers' bracket battles.

Five people are vying for the rankings from sixth to tenth place.

However, apart from the audience, some powerful figures from prominent families and the municipal government present didn't care much about this ranking, and some had already left the scene.

The battle for sixth to tenth place was fierce. The five players in the loser's bracket were evenly matched, so they all gave it their all and fought hard, making it a spectacle for the audience.

As for the battle to determine the top five, it's scheduled for tomorrow.

"It seems that these five will be the ones representing Heilongjiang this time."

A powerful figure from the municipal government glanced at the five people waiting in the waiting area and smiled slightly.

The person next to him nodded slightly.

"Hehe, that's not necessarily true." The Qin family elder sitting next to him suddenly spoke up, his face once again revealing that unfathomable squinting smile, and said, "Among the five of them, at least one more will be chosen. It's just unknown whether the chosen one will be this guardian of the Dao from the Liu family or this young man from the Ye family."

Both powerful figures from the municipal government were taken aback upon hearing his words.

The elders of the Mu and Ye families standing nearby had slightly changed expressions, as if they had thought of something, and their faces turned somewhat ugly.

"With that young lady here, it doesn't matter if our Mu family is defeated. After all, our Mu family's guardians only need to fulfill their duty of protecting our young master. It's a pity that your Qin family's young master was defeated by an academy student, I think he's only a first-year student, tsk..."

The elder of the Mu family smacked his lips, looking astonished.

The Qin family elder's expression changed slightly, he sneered, and said nothing more.

The elder of the Ye family next to him glanced at him sideways and snorted coldly, but said nothing.

Among these top five, judging from the current ranking, Su Lingyue and Xu Kuang, who just unleashed his power today, are indeed top-tier fighters, followed by Qin Shaotian, while the guardians from the Ye and Mu families are at the back.

However, he knew that although his young master's combat strength was ranked low, he might still be able to fight Qin Shaotian. Even if he was no match for Qin Shaotian, he was still stronger than a mere guardian.

If anyone is to be squeezed out, it will only be the Mu family.

"Speaking of which, that young lady will be coming tonight, right?" Suddenly, an elder of the Zhou family asked a powerful figure from the municipal government.

The city government official was taken aback. Hearing the words of those old guys, he realized that he had overlooked the most important figure.

"Well, we don't know where that lady is either," the powerful city official replied vaguely.

(End of this chapter)