The next moment, the shadow ball and the ice spike collided, causing a violent explosion.

Taking advantage of the shockwave from the explosion affecting the owl's flight, Lu Ming immediately commanded Zoroya, "Little Spirit! Dark Pulse!"

"Awooo!" After a howl, a black, chain-like wave of malicious energy struck the owl. In just one strike, the owl lost its fighting ability.

However, because the arena was imbued with special magic, Zoroah's Dark Pulse did not cause much damage to the owl.

"The winner is Baron Lu Ming, the Sword-Biting Wolf!"

As soon as the normal person announced Lu Ming's victory, Lu Ming and Kata Kata immediately stopped fighting, quickly separated, bowed slightly, and then left the arena with their respective partners in their arms.

"I played pretty well, right?" After entering the tunnel, Zoroya nestled in Lu Ming's arms and asked with a grin.

"It's alright!"

"You call this 'not bad'?" Hearing Lu Ming's less-than-stellar evaluation, Soroya immediately bit Lu Ming's arm. However, this time, she didn't bite hard, so Lu Ming only let out a strange cry of pain without being injured or bleeding.

Why did you bite me?

"You know it yourself!"

Lu Ming looked helplessly at Zoroia in his arms, speechless. He returned to the rest room with Gloom and Lu'er, waiting for the next match. Although this tournament didn't prohibit the same monster from being used three times in a row, constantly using Gloom or Zoroia would affect the second round of matches tomorrow. But could Lu'er, the little fire fox, really defeat their opponents?

If Lu Ming still had mana, this would be unquestionable. But now he's almost out of mana, and can barely cast any spells or skills. If he doesn't regenerate mana, relying solely on Lu'er, his chances of winning are slim.

Contemplating this contradictory problem, Lu Ming faced his second match. However, to his surprise, his opponent this time was a child he knew.

"Brother-in-law, please give me your guidance!"

Looking at Muka opposite him, who was accompanied by a magical beast that looked like a snow fox, Lu Ming had absolutely no idea what to do.

Does your sister know?

Yes! She knows.

“…” Lu Ming glanced speechlessly at Sham, who was covering his face with his hands in the audience. His mind was in turmoil.

Muka is still very young, and although he's almost ready to surrender to avoid the uproar about a nobleman beating a child, wouldn't that be disrespectful to Muka? After all, he's a viscount now, a person of high status.

After much deliberation, Lu Ming could only say, "Mukka, let's just command the monsters in the match later. After all, the gap between us is quite large..."

"I understand, brother-in-law."

"..."

"Now our Sword-Biting Wolf, Baron Lu Ming, has encountered a problem: the young Wasp, Muka Hatu! They are relatives and allies, but now they are opponents on the field! However, this is not the only difficulty for Sword-Biting Wolf! What is troubling Sword-Biting Wolf is that Wasp is just too young! At only six years old, he might not even be enough for Sword-Biting Wolf to bite!"

"Where did the Earl find this bastard?" Looking at the host spouting nonsense in the commentary booth in the distance, Lu Ming couldn't help but sigh and rub his forehead.

"Regardless of the final outcome, the match will now determine a winner. So, let the match begin!"

As the match began, Lu Ming and Muka both summoned their own monsters: Lu'er and a white snow fox.

"Lu'er, flame powder!" "Xue'er, frost powder!"

Under Lu Ming and Muka's command, both the Fire Fox and the Snow Fox sprayed out a large amount of magical powder to attack their opponents.

"The red flame powder mixed with the blue frost powder was a spectacular sight!"

"Xue'er, Ice Spike!" "Lu'er, jump up!"

"Ohhhh~!! Viscount Hatu's snow fox launched a barrage of ice spikes at Baron Lu Ming's fire fox, but Baron Lu Ming's fire fox easily dodged them with a light leap!"

"Flame powder!" "Xue'er, run away!"

"After leaping to dodge the ice spike spell, the fire fox once again spewed out a large amount of fire powder, aiming at the snow fox. However, the snow fox dodged this attack with a very fast run. However, judging from Baron Lu Ming's expression, he should have another move up his sleeve!"

Ignoring the annoying explanation, Lu Ming watched the running snow fox, calculated its trajectory, and finally shouted to the fire fox Lu'er: "Four o'clock, flame powder!"

Immediately, Lu'er once again spewed out a large amount of fiery powder. However, this time the fiery powder was not aimed at where they were, but directly in front of the snow fox.

Because of her young age, Muka did not make a quick judgment, which resulted in the snow fox being attacked by the fire powder.

Because of its running speed, the snow fox couldn't stop immediately, so it stepped into an area covered in fire powder and was burned by the intense heat of the fire powder.

"The correct judgment and preemptive deployment of the terrain cornered Viscount Hatu's snow fox! Truly worthy of being called the cunning and treacherous Sword-Biting Wolf!"

Lu Ming, who was about to give other orders, stumbled upon hearing the host's explanation.

"Now is the opportunity! Snow Frost Powder!"

Muka astutely seized the opportunity when Lu Ming failed to capitalize on his victory due to the host's interference, and immediately had the Snow Fox spray out a large amount of blue powder, making Lu'er shiver with cold.

"Oh no! Lu'er, Flame Powder!" "Seize the opportunity, Xue'er! Frost Powder!"

Chapter Twenty-Four - Kong Lan's First Round

"I didn't expect it to be a draw. But Lu'er is still a cub, it's normal that he can't beat Muka's adult snow fox. There's no need to be sad." In the rest room, Lu Ming held Lu'er, who had fought to a draw with Muka's snow fox, and gently comforted him, saying that he was just a little fox.

"Are you sure it's sad? I think it's enjoying your touch?" Soroya looked up at Lu'er, who was nestled in Lu Ming's arms, and said somewhat indignantly.

"Judging from your tone, you want it too?"

"Watch out or I'll bite you!"

"Don't bite people so easily!"

Just then, there was another knock on the door of his lounge.

"Baron Lu Ming, your match is about to begin. Please proceed to the arena."

"Chucky Flower is gone. Now it's your solo show!" Standing up, picking up his weapon, Lu Ming opened the door, waved to Chucky Flower, and said.

"Doo~!" Chou Chou Hua responded and hurriedly followed. Together with Lu Ming, they walked into the long tunnel and headed step by step toward the arena.

At this moment, the tunnel was filled with many contestants, some eliminated and others watching the competition. However, the only thing they looked at Lu Ming with was reverence.

Lu Ming is a recognized powerhouse, his record of narrowly defeating a third-tier opponent while being a first-tier warrior is unmatched. He is also an expert in commanding magical beasts. Although they drew in the previous match, that was only because the opponent was letting his brother-in-law win; it's not something to boast about.

Now, Lu Ming is going to bring out his trump card, the Stinky Flower, to fight against his third opponent, filling the tunnel with people eager to see how Lu Ming will crush his opponent!

Step by step, Lu Ming and Chou Chou Hua walked out of the somewhat dark tunnel and slowly entered the area illuminated by the magic lamp.

In an instant, the audience erupted in cheers. This was going to be the most exciting match of the day!

"Now, our Sword-Biting Wolf, Baron Lu Ming, with his ace, the Plant-type Gloom, has arrived at the blue team's position!! On the other side, the red team, is our strongest player tonight besides Baron Lu Ming, Earl Ramaire Rasfar, the Golden Lion from the capital! His magical beast is the Griffin, known as the Flying Lion!!"

"The Earl of the capital?" Upon hearing the host's introduction, Lu Ming couldn't help but glance at the earl opposite him. Although he didn't know why the man was wearing a mask, his aura of authority was indeed that of an earl.

Lu Ming had felt this kind of aura from Yusaha's mother, Countess Luyanari Sachs.

Count Artus Lecorde, being a military advisor, lacked this imposing presence. Count Nero Catolo, having been kept in captivity for a long time, also lacked this presence. Otherwise, neither of them would have been able to converse with Lu Ming in a manner bordering on friendship.

This kind of aura is a combination of arrogance and aloofness. People with this kind of aura find it difficult to speak to others on an equal footing.

"The Farran Undead Legion, Lu Ming!" Because the other party was a nobleman from the capital, local nobles like those from Erebus did not need to announce their titles and coats of arms. Therefore, Lu Ming had to use the name of the Farran Undead Legion, otherwise he would be looked down upon.

"The Earl of the Imperial Capital, Orenos, the Golden Lion, Ramaire Rasfar." The Earl spoke with an extremely arrogant tone, and his gaze toward Lu Ming was icy cold.

But for some reason, Lu Ming sensed a hint of appreciation in the other person's cold gaze!

"One is a powerful member of the Undead Legion, the other a renowned general from the capital. What kind of match will they bring us?! Let the match begin now!"

"Strike first! Stinky Flower Sleeping Powder!" The opponent put a lot of pressure on Lu Ming, and Lu Ming, who did not want to lose, immediately took the initiative to command Stinky Flower.

Upon hearing the command, Gloom instantly released a large amount of sleeping powder, which was then sprayed onto Count Rasfar and his griffin.

But Count Rasfar remained as calm as if a mountain had collapsed, and ordered, "Flap your wings and disperse the powder!"

At Count Rasfar's command, the giant griffin stood upright, spread its wings, which were over eight meters long, and fanned a gale that scattered the sleeping powder and knocked the stinky flower down onto the arena.

"A Flying-type Gale Force? This is troublesome." Lu Ming glanced at the Gloom struggling to its feet not far away and muttered to himself. But he didn't give up on this match.

"Gloom, use Sunshine and Photosynthesis!" Since Gloom was injured by the gale caused by the griffin flapping its giant wings, Lu Ming first had Gloom use the Sunshine and Photosynthesis recovery combo to heal its injuries.

"Doo~!" Gloomy cried out, then released a miniature sun that shone brightly and heated up, and recovered its strength and injuries under the sun's light.

Watching coldly as the Gloomy Flower's body glowed green under the effect of the clearing sky, Count Rasfar immediately ordered, "Grace! Charge and attack!"

His griffin immediately slammed its paw on the ground and rushed straight towards the stinky flower.

"Block it with your shield, then attack with the dissolving liquid!" Lu Ming shouted as soon as he saw Count Rasfar's griffin charging towards his stinky flower.

Upon hearing Lu Ming's shout, Stinky Flower immediately erected a dark green shield to forcefully block the griffin's fierce attack, while spitting a mouthful of purple liquid at the griffin that looked like it was something bad.

Upon being sprayed with the dissolving liquid, Count Rasfar's griffin let out a miserable cry, hurriedly flapped its giant wings, and leaped back to the Count's side.

"Venom?" Count Rasfar glanced at the dissolving liquid clinging to the griffin's fur and emitting wisps of blue smoke, and his eyes immediately filled with wariness as he looked at the Gloom.

Photosynthesis!

"Do~!"

Under the clear sunshine, Lu Ming let the Stinky Flower use photosynthesis to completely heal its injuries.

"Using the clear skies to heal your injuries? But what good is that? Gryss! Wind pressure!" Seeing that Gloom had completely healed its injuries, Count Rasfar sneered and gave the order to the griffin.

"Screech!!" The griffin suddenly swooped down, letting out a mournful cry at the stinky flower, and placed a magic circle at the tip of its beak!

"This... Oh no! Gloom protect!" As soon as Lu Ming saw the magic circle, he knew something was wrong and immediately had Gloom use its protection.

"Doo~~!!!"

Unfortunately, Gloom's protective barrier was crushed by an invisible pressure surge the moment it was activated! Furthermore, during the second pressure surge, Gloom was unable to activate its barrier again. It was thus blasted away by the pressure!

But just like Lu Ming, Chou Chou Hua refused to give up. Just as she was about to be blown off the stage, she forcefully grabbed the edge of the stage with her tiny little hands to prevent herself from falling. And, using photosynthesis, she defied the air pressure and climbed back onto the stage!

"While its spirit is commendable, it's a pity that your magical beast doesn't have the strength to fight against my Glace!" Rasfar sneered at Lu Ming, who rushed to Gloom Flower to shield it from the oppressive atmosphere.

"Perhaps! But we still have our trump card to play!" Lu Ming forcefully used his body to block the powerful air pressure impact of the Griffin Wind Pressure spell, managing a weak smile as he responded to the Earl's cold laugh. Then, pointing at the Earl's Griffin, he roared, "Oinkbloom, maximum power, Solar Beam!!"

"Doo~!!" Instantly, the Gloomy Flower absorbed all the remaining light and heat from the clearing sky and concentrated it in the bud, emitting an extremely bright light!

"What!?" Count Rasfar was shocked upon seeing this. He never expected that the ugly little plant, the Stink Flower, would have such a powerful side.

"What is this?! Could it be that Baron Lu Ming's Stink Flower possesses magic even more terrifying than that of a griffin?"

Ignoring the host's exclamation, Lu Ming revealed an unusually dangerous smile.

"Although this arena is protected by invulnerable white magic, I don't know just how powerful that magic is. So please don't die, Your Excellency!"

"Doo~!!" As soon as Lu Ming finished speaking, Gloomy unleashed its Sunfire Blaze at Count Rasfar and his griffin!

"What kind of magic is this! Its power completely surpasses that of a fourth-tier spell; it's almost at the fifth tier, where a Grand Magister resides!!"

"Oh no! This power is too great for the white magic in the arena to withstand!"

"Go and save people!"

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