Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
The Bamboo Bear was a cute pet, a continental pet of the West Peak Continent and a mascot of the Eastern War Zone.
It was different from the green caterpillar.
It had status and strength.
Be it the West Peak Continent or the Eastern War Zone, they would definitely spend manpower and resources to study its evolution.
The other war zones had their own mascots and representative soul pets.
Bamboo Bear was the mascot representative of the Eastern War Zone.
Naturally, the direction of its evolution had been studied and developed.
The third round of the competition began.
The battle stage arrived at the central combat area.
It was a battle zone of 3000m x 3000m.
It was specially given to soul pets over a thousand years old to fight.
In the central combat area, the audience seats were the most.
Currently, there were only 60 contestants who had entered the third round.
Among the tens of thousands of students, the sixty or so contestants who were eliminated were naturally the experts among the experts.
Because there were no battle zones, half of them were eliminated per day according to the number of matches.
On the third day, according to the number of contestants, there would be an appropriate additional round to determine the top 16.
The top eight on the fourth day, the top four on the fifth day, the semi-finals on the sixth day, and the finals on the seventh day.
This would end in a week.
Every day was crucial. The slightest mistake would result in being eliminated.
Among these 60 contestants, their soul pets’ soul power cultivation was around 700 years, and a small number was above 700 years.
Very few could reach 800 years.
Most of them had similar strength.
The first day of the competition was bustling with noise.
Every day after that, the number of competitions decreased and the intensity increased.
From the fan cards hanging in the audience, one could see the popularity of many soul pets.
At the same time, there would also be special guests and guest judges watching from different seats in the third round.
These special guests included but were not limited to the representatives of the border army, the professional Dao Arena owner, the West Peak headquarters’ soul pet research base, the Martial Soul Research Department, and the person in charge of the top universities in the West Peak Continent…
The guest referee would be the Glory Capital City’s city guards, city inspector, and the official experts sent by the West Peak Continent’s Tower Peak Army. Once a situation that the referee could not determine happened in the competition, these experts who were good at fighting would give their opinions.
The Aviation Cup had a special meaning.
It represented the future Contract Soul Masters of the West Peak Continent.
Basically, as long as the contestants entered the second round, they would be talents that the West Peak Continent would pay attention to in the future.
The contestants who entered the third round were genius youths that needed to be paid attention to.
These young geniuses would be able to shine in the war zone and even the Federation in the future.
There were only sixty such contestants in a year, so it was not a lot.
“Old Zhao, why are you here so early for the Aviation Cup this year? Didn’t you watch it from the top eight in the past few years?”
In the special guest seat, a few energetic old men were chatting happily.
A gray-robed old man was smiling at Zhao He, “Is martial soul research no longer interesting, or is training soul pets no longer fun?”
“Get lost.” Zhao He waved his hand, “My interest is piqued, understand? Looking at your weak constitution, you probably won’t understand. Your West Peak Academy has the title of the number one academy in our West Peak Continent. How did you end up nurturing the champion of the Aviation Cup last year and the previous year?”
“I really didn’t expect that in this year’s academic joint competition, the Deer Chasing Cup, they actually didn’t even enter the top eight in the group competition? In the individual competition, they were at the bottom of the top 16.”
“Among the nine war zones, out of more than ten top academies, and dozens of first-rate academies, your West Peak Academy’s results are unworthy of the reputation! It’s so embarrassing!”
Zhao He had something to do two weeks ago and did not watch the Aviation Cup.
The gray-robed old man said calmly, “What does the problem of the contestants have to do with me, the vice-principal? I’m not the one going to the competition.”
Zhao He: “…”
“Forget it, it’s not the first time you’ve been so thick-skinned.”
Zhao He perked up and watched the match attentively.
“Hahahaha, Principal Zhou, fortunately, I didn’t go to your West Peak Academy but chose the Battle Soul Academy instead. As expected, without me, your West Peak Academy won’t be able to do well.”
A middle-aged man with a stiff expression laughed.
“You’re just a small city guard captain. After so many years, you’re still a captain. So what if you came from the Battle Soul Academy? You have the nerve? If you were a student of my West Peak Academy, you would have been kicked out long ago!” The gray-robed old man also reprimanded him mercilessly.
The middle-aged man was not angry and only smiled.
The Battle Soul Academy was an academy specially used to train Battle Soul Masters.
It was also the most popular university in the war zone.
After all, who did not have the dream to fight freely as a combatant?
Battle Soul referred to the martial soul and soul pet.
They were Contract Soul Masters who had combined their body and martial soul to the limit and possessed the highest combat strength among humans!
Among professional Contract Soul Masters, Battle Soul Masters who were good at close combat were forever the dreams of countless Contract Soul Masters.
They were the peak of human combat strength.
It was not a problem for the body to resist a hundred thousand-year soul beast or a million-year soul beast.
They could even step into an even more distant world of the cosmos…
There was only one Battle Soul Academy in the war zone.
Unlike the various universities, there was a Battle Soul specialization in this academy.
As the only academy that nurtured Battle Soul Masters as its cradle, the status of the Battle Soul Academy was extraordinary.
“Alright, you old fellows are already so old. Every year, when you watch a competition, you won’t stop shouting.”
He Huan walked over and frowned, “Hurry up and retire. The future belongs to the young.”
“Since Director He has spoken, everyone shut up!”
“Director He is getting more and more lazy every year… Please, comb your hair.”
“When I was twenty years old, Director He was twenty years old. Now that I’m forty, Director He is still twenty years old. Sigh, time waits for no man.”
“Her martial soul is a humanoid martial soul. As long as women with a humanoid martial soul continue to cultivate, it’s comparable to eternal youth! To them, decades are just a fleeting moment.”
“Director He, aren’t you thinking of dating at this age? My grandson is about to be born. It’s not good to continue being young.”
“Don’t say anymore. In Director He’s eyes, there are only soul pets. How can a man be as attractive as soul pets? Right, Director He?”
Once He Huan arrived, the special guests teased.
Even the guest referee in the first row, a few men with firm and unmoving expressions, turned around and greeted with smiles.
“Alright, alright. Let’s watch the competition. It’s about to begin.”
He Huan smiled and said, “The soul pet that appeared in the first match today is the new evolution direction our West Peak soul pet base has developed for the Bamboo Bear in recent years. It’s the Mountain Bamboo Bear.”
When everyone heard that, they immediately became serious.
“Mountain Bamboo Bear?” Zhao He was puzzled, “What direction is this evolutionary type? I’ve only seen three evolutionary directions of the Bamboo Bear. Lightning Bamboo Bear, Qi Grasping Bamboo Bear, and Diamond Bamboo Bear. What does this Mountain Bamboo Bear mean?”
Currently, the West Peak Continent had developed the evolution direction of the Bamboo Bear. According to the different materials and the characteristics of the martial soul, a total of three types of Bamboo Bear had been developed.
It was for the Contract Soul Master to choose the Bamboo Bear as his first soul pet.
The three Bamboo Bears represented the Lightning, Fighting, and Rock types.
Each of them specialized in different aspects. The Lightning Bamboo Bear specialized in using lightning to strengthen its body. It was extremely fast and could also use powerful lightning-type soul skills.
The Qi Grasping Bamboo Bear had strong comprehensive abilities and was considered a fighting-type. It was good at various combat techniques and could adapt to many harsh environments. It could fight in any environment. It was the best choice for wilderness exploration.
The Diamond Bamboo Bear belonged to the rock-type and had specialized in defense. It was especially resistant and was a soul pet that many Skill Soul Masters chose as their protection.
The three Bamboo Bears were all good-looking and had different colors, but the evolution requirement was still high.
“Mountain Bamboo Bear is a rare ground-type soul pet that specializes in strength.”
He Huan said, “Its power can shake a small mountain. According to our estimations, after possessing a thousand years of soul power cultivation, it can easily lift a small mountain. That’s why it’s called the Mountain Bamboo Bear.”
When everyone heard that, they were stunned!
“In the current stage and range of the Aviation Cup, only some peerless soul pets with strength are stronger than it.”
He Huan said, “I took a look. In the third round, in terms of strength, there should only be one person stronger than it. If nothing goes wrong, as long as it doesn’t encounter water, grass, or flying-type soul pets, it will be very difficult for other soul pets to win.”
“Even if it does, it’s hard to say who will win.”
“A definite top eight?” Principal Zhou asked.
“Something like that,” He Huan said.
“Oh, then this first round is not good. Who is so lucky to encounter a small monster?”
Zhao He also smiled.
Yet, when the two contestants went on stage, his smile froze.
“Why is it him?” Zhao He asked in surprise.
“Oh?” He Huan also looked at the competition ground and could not help but be stunned.
On the competition stage.
“Today is the opening ceremony of the first match of the third round. Now, let’s invite the contestants from both sides to go on stage!”
The third round of the competition began.
A tsunami of cheers erupted.
A beautiful woman with soul wings on her back explained to the audience.
The venue was huge. Every audience was divided into different categories.
The distant audience was not in front. Those who could not see the situation of the match were equipped with many large screens.
At the same time, the audience in each seat had a miniature voice transmission device around them.
Although the commentator’s voice was very loud, because the venue was too far, even if the voice spread in real time, it might still take more than ten seconds.
They could not hear it either.
Therefore, there were miniature voice transmission devices on the distant audience seats, similar to communication devices that could transmit the voice of the commentator.
There were also more than ten Alert Eagles flying in the sky. Without hindering the contestants, they could capture any details of the battle and the highlights of the various terrain in the air.
It was naturally impossible to enter the battle platform at the edge.
Instead, they took the stage from the center of the arena.
The Contract Soul Master stood on the center stage and gave orders to the soul pets.
To the ordinary audience, it was naturally impossible to see clearly. They could only look at the big screen.
Only Contract Soul Masters could see the situation of the competition from such a distance.
“The venue this time is… the mountainous rock terrain!”
The beautiful commentator smiled and said, “The contestant on the right, his soul pet is very familiar to everyone. It’s the most popular soul pet in this Aviation Cup… a very cute and very strong green caterpillar!”
The central ground also gradually changed.
Artificial hills twenty to thirty meters tall kept rising from the ground.
Dense gravel covered the central area.
It was the mountainous rock terrain!
At the same time, a tsunami of cheers erupted.
Countless spectators raised all sorts of green caterpillar tokens and nameplates as they waved them.
In the central combat area, Wang Che stood on a platform five to six meters high. He looked around and felt that this scene was similar.
“It’s a small matter,” Wang Che said.
On the other hand, the contestants on the opposite side.
It was a little fatty named Yang Xiaoshan.
He was chubby, less than 1.7 meters tall, but not extremely fat.
He was very excited.
In reality, the center battlefield was very large, but to a hundred year soul pet, it was too large.
The range of the battle was concentrated in the central area, but it could unleash greater power.
With Wang Che’s vision, he could clearly see Yang Xiaoshan and his enormous soul pet on the high platform more than a hundred meters away.
Of course, Yang Xiaoshan might not be able to see Wang Che’s green caterpillar clearly.
After all, it was a small tiny bug.
“As for the contestant on the left, the audience who paid attention to it before will know his soul pet. This is the evolved form of our West Peak Continent’s Bamboo Bear, the Mountain Bamboo Bear! It’s an extremely powerful soul pet!”
“Of course, it’s also very cute!”
“Now, please have your soul pets enter the arena!”
“The match is about to begin!”