The contestants who advance to the top 16 in the Daoist school tournament often have spiritual beasts that have reached the peak of the Extraordinary Ninth Rank, on the verge of a breakthrough.
If they want to break through, they can do so at any time.
"Can this even happen?"
Xiao Jiu, in its Blazing Flame Fox form, strongly protested against such behavior.
"This counts as normal procedure."
Seeing Chen Mo’s surprised expression, Senior Brother Lin Lan explained with a smile:
"In the first Daoist school tournament, there was a spiritual beast that broke through during the match, advanced to the Commander Stage, and defeated its opponent. Many people began to imitate this."
"Later, the committee stipulated that the results of the breakthrough match count, but in the following matches, the Commander Stage spiritual beast cannot compete again. The contestant must choose another spiritual beast to compete or directly forfeit."
"So some disciples from major Daoist schools often prepare two or even three spiritual beasts capable of breaking through at any time. They only choose to break through when they can’t win."
"After all, the gap between the Commander Stage and the Extraordinary Rank is quite large. If the opponent wants to win, they must also choose to break through."
"Can’t you interrupt the opponent’s spiritual beast breakthrough?"
Chen Mo asked subconsciously.
"It’s allowed by the rules, but few people do so. If you interfere with their spiritual beast’s breakthrough, it might fail and suffer serious injuries, or even worse, it might never be able to break through again."
"That would almost become a lifelong enmity."
"And the contestants who can advance to the top 16 are basically disciples from major Daoist schools and care a lot about their reputations."
"A bit outrageous..."
This somewhat feels like moral blackmail.
"Jiu Bao, it seems we can’t afford to slack off. Our opponents seem to be masters at exploiting loopholes."
He softly told Xiao Jiu.
At the beginning, Chen Mo only wanted to rank in the top 10 in the tournament full of elites. After a lot of effort, Xiao Jiu evolved twice, and that feeling of playing at the Baby Cup came back!
But in the end, everyone was exploiting loopholes, collectively bullying him with his low spiritual beast growth level.
"Woo~" (Whatever, I’ll take action!)
Xiao Jiu was full of confidence in itself.
With the enhancement from the two evolutions and the bonus from the entry, its true combat power was already comparable to a fourth-stage Commander spiritual beast, a full major level higher than its growth level!
On Friday morning, the quarterfinals took place, while the semifinals were held in the afternoon.
In the quarterfinals,
Chen Mo’s opponent was a girl from a local force in the Spirit Realm. She was a disciple of the Spiritual Water Sect, and the Spiritual Water Palace was an affiliate of Dongxia.
A long time ago, a Spirit Master from Dongxia saved the Spiritual Water Palace from destruction. After some time of adjustment, the Spiritual Water Palace smoothly joined Dongxia, becoming a Blue Planet foothold in the Spirit Realm.
Regarding this blue-haired young lady, Chen Mo showed no tenderness or mercy.
Giving his all is the greatest respect for the opponent.
And then, in less than 2 minutes, this girl’s spiritual beast, Jade Linglong, was knocked out by Xiao Jiu.
In the second round, this Spirit Realm girl felt the terrifying dominance of Chen Mo.
But she still didn’t expect that even after her spiritual beast broke through to the Commander Stage, it still lasted less than 2 minutes before being defeated.
Indeed, the Spirit Masters from Blue Planet are all monsters.
the opponent was the chief disciple of the Fierce Sun Daoist School, and his spiritual beast was the Fierce Fire Fox, an evolved form of the Blazing Flame Fox, following the Fiery Sun Fox Lord’s path.
His Fierce Fire Fox was well-trained, with impressive speed and explosive power, but unfortunately, it encountered Xiao Jiu.
Then, it was completely overwhelmed in all aspects.
Thus, Chen Mo successfully advanced to the finals.
As for the final opponent, Chen Mo was not unfamiliar.
It was Bai Qi from the Tiangong Daoist School, and his spiritual beast was the Starfire Mecha.
Chen Mo watched his semifinal and quarterfinal matches, discovering that the Starfire Mecha was brand new, fresh off the production line. The titanium longsword had been replaced with a laser blade, and it was further equipped with a laser cannon.
However, the original dark gray metal shell was now light pink, but judging by its battle performance, this metal was evidently tougher.
Besides the cosmetic changes, the Starfire Mecha’s internal components also seemed to have undergone a comprehensive upgrade. Its speed, strength, and explosiveness were much stronger than before, its combat power akin to a second-stage Commander spiritual beast.
While watching the semifinals, Chen Mo observed the barrage of comments, all claiming that Bai Qi, so young, had succeeded in wooing a rich woman.
Whether true or not, nobody knew.
On Sunday, at the Yanhuang Arena.
The finals of the Daoist school tournament disciples’ competition were about to commence.
"Junior Brother, don’t feel pressured! Even if you lose, achieving runner-up at your age in the Daoist school tournament is already very strong."
"Look at this brat devouring food so happily, what pressure could he have?"
She Lei couldn’t help but quip from the side.
Half an hour before the match began, Chen Mo and Xiao Jiu were still indulging in gourmet food.
Of course, this wasn’t ordinary food but rare-grade pastries.
If they exploit loopholes, then I’ll have to use my cheat!
The boost from [Food Hunter] was maxed out!
After 10 minutes, Chen Mo walked onto the arena, looking at the pale pink mecha beside Bai Qi, he couldn’t help but ask:
"Dude, why did your mecha turn pink?"
"What’s wrong with pink!? This is the sakura pink I specifically mixed!"
Bai Qi seemed a bit agitated, but quickly regained his composure and asked:
"Have you ever heard a saying on the street?"
"The pinker you dress, the harder you fight!"
Bai Qi admitted with a laugh, saying suavely:
"Besides, my Starfire Mecha was originally a female mecha, so pink shouldn’t be surprising."
Chen Mo courteously responded.
Judging by this kid’s expression, he most likely did catch a rich woman.
The two did not continue talking, each running through simulations of the impending battle and anticipated tactics the opponent might employ. Both spiritual beasts were also adjusting their states.
Another 10 minutes passed, and various scenes appeared on the large central screen of the arena, rapidly scrolling through options.
This was the selection of the competition venue. Starting from the top 16 matches, each bout would randomly select a scene, and the corresponding spiritual beast would modify the venue.
The scrolling speed of the screen slowed down, eventually settling on the Quicksand Tower.
Quickly, a Monarch Level earth-type spiritual beast, the Rockburst Earth Dragon, entered the arena and then used its Sand Sculpting move.
The arena filled with yellow sand, with a 50-meter high tower made entirely of mud and sand emerging from the ground.
Seeing the tower formation, Chen Mo and Xiao Jiu exchanged a knowing smile.
This time, [Heaven-descending Hero] could once again show its prowess!
Shortly after, following the referee’s command, the finals of the Daoist School Transcendent Group officially began!