Chapter 121 - The Final Ranking Battle Begins (1/2)
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Although he said that he didn’t care, Shi Yu still felt a little sad when he saw his exciting videos.
“At that time… Why didn’t I prepare more?”
Until now, Shi Yu still stubbornly believed that their cooperation was pretty cool.
Sword kinesis, wasn’t this more handsome than beast taming?
But the problem was that his clothes and behavior didn’t match at all.
He was riding a panda and wearing a panda short-sleeved shirt. He was using a wooden sword to fight the enemy, so he looked a little strange.
What Shi Yu wanted the most now was not to delete the video, but to regret not wearing some strange clothes back then.
If he were like other candidates and wore some strange clothes, the contrast might not be so high now.
“Learn from this lesson. Be careful next time.”
Shi Yu turned off his cell phone and found an empty place to enter the ruins.
At that moment, he only wanted to enter a weakened state through adding points to numb his brain. Then, he wanted to hold on until the competition began..
He had agreed not to add points, but Shi Yu didn’t want to go anywhere now.
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Ancient Capital Arena.
Although the exciting episode of the survival assessment just now was very interesting and worth analyzing, the most important thing now was still the assessment.
As the assessment time arrived, battles had already begun everywhere in the venue.
For a time, the sounds of battle in the huge venue shook the sky and earth, and the roars of pets were endless.
“Roar!!!!”
“Wuu!!!”
In any arena, extraordinary creatures with outstanding races could be seen fighting each other.
At the various rings, examiners stood solemnly at the side. Among these new vocations, only a few could control the battle situation well. Most of the time, the examiners and judges had to judge the winner.
“Excuse me, can I interview you?”
After an examinee left the assessment area, they were immediately pestered by the media.
The various media outlets began to look for candidates for interviews.
Only a reporter team walked pessimistically among the audience, looking for something.
“No, no. Looks like Shi Yu didn’t come.”
After the survival trial ended, the female reporter and the cameraman who interviewed Shi Yu were abnormally regretful.
She remembered how she said to “delete this part”. The female reporter wanted to slap herself.
How could they know that the random passerby they found would be the super hot topic examinee in the future…
“Ahhh—”
It was not only them. At this moment, many financial groups and even other top-level institutions were searching for Shi Yu.
Although Shi Yu had already decided to enter the Ancient Capital University’s Department of Archeology, they had to at least try to get him.
These were adults, after all. If they couldn’t get Shi Yu, that meant one thing… Their offer wasn’t good enough.
Currently, the 16 seeded examinees were the main targets of the various large factions.
Of course, the remaining 700 or so examinees were also not to be missed.
On the first day, the ranking assessment was carried out in full swing.
In a remote corner not far from the arena, in the ruins bead, Shi Yu silently added points to recuperate.
The next day, the ranking battle reached its most intense moment.
Shi Yu was still lying flat and resting.
On the third day, excluding the seeded candidates, the top 16 of the ranking battle were announced.
Shi Yu finished increasing his points and the recuperation ended.
He was like a wuxia cultivator in isolation from the outside world. He would occasionally go out to eat and look at the progress of the ranking battle on his cell phone. As for his own news, Shi Yu didn’t click on it at all.
“Alright…”
Shi Yu browsed through the information on the candidates who advanced as well as the seeded candidates.
There were a total of 32 people. There seemed to be 30 people who had commander-rank pets?
Only he and a Gu Master named Miao Dongdong had transcendent pets.
However, although Miao Dongdong’s pet was of a transcendent race, it parasitized the corpse of a monarch species creature. It was also a cheat.
After seriously reading the current known information, Shi Yu began his final preparations.
After three days, Eleven didn’t change much, but the changes in Buggy weren’t small.
Green Silkworm
[Level of Growth]: transcendent
[Skill]: Worm Silk (MAX), Absolute Sleep (expert), Illusory Phantom (expert+4), Deterrence / False Dragon Might (proficient), Super Sight (proficient), High Speed Healing (proficient)
Shi Yu also taught it super vision and high-speed healing.
High-speed healing and supervision were both intermediate-level skills. With supplements, the pressure to teach wasn’t high unlike high-level skills.
During the ranking battle, due to the restriction of the rules, Buggy couldn’t use the Ice Dragon Whiskers. It could only use a level-three ice-element energy crystal that Shi Yu had bought. However, using this and transforming into an Ice Dragon wouldn’t be able to unleash much strength.
It was probably only within the medium range of the commander race.
This way, even with Eleven protecting it, if it encountered any accident… Buggy would be in great danger. After all, its physical fitness was really weak.
Therefore, for the sake of the worm’s safety, Shi Yu arranged for it to have super vision and high-speed healing skills. He even specially upgraded them to the proficiency level. After all, entry-level skills definitely had many flaws and weaknesses, so they were easy to counter.
With more skills, Shi Yu felt much more at ease.
…
Until August 10.
Shi Yu only appeared at the most critical moment of the professional assessment ranking battle.
This time, he changed into a black and red battle suit, even wearing a black cap and black sunglasses. His aura changed drastically.
Now that he was a celebrity, in order to not be harassed by the reporters, he should pretend…
“Uh, you are…”
In the examination candidates’ passageway outside the arena, the security personnel looked at Shi Yu with a stunned expression. Why was he dressed so strictly?
“…” Shi Yu took off his sunglasses slightly, took out his candidate certificate, and showed it to the other party.
The security personnel immediately widened his eyes as if he had seen his idol.
“You’re Shi Yu…”
“My eight-year-old daughter likes your performance! Please do your best for the assessment.”
“I’m curious. Are you still going to fight today’s assessment yourself?”
Shi Yu: “???”
Shi Yu: “???”
Today was the last day of the ranking battle assessment.
According to the rules, the top 32 contestants today were to have their ranking completely determined!
There were several battles in a row without any rest.
After a battle every day, they would have to rest for a day or two. This was showbiz.
There was no need for such a performer in the professional field. Though, what was needed was an elite Beast Tamer with strong resistance abilities. Without stamina and energy eight times a day, it was as if one had kidney deficiency and would not be suitable to be a professional Beast Tamer.
After all, if another disaster really happened in the future, professional Beast Tamers would face high pressure. No ferocious beasts would give the enemy sufficient time to rest.
However, in order to be relatively fair, after every battle, professional medical staff would still provide supplements, medicine, and treatment services, helping examinees and pets recover to their peak state as much as possible.
“Have you seen Shiyu?”
In the arena, Zheng Yingjie, the head of the seven archeological elites, asked.
Although the viewing spots for the vocation assessment were an internal invitation system, they originally did not have the right to come, but they treated Director Li to a meal, after all…
In any case, the arena was very large, so they successfully joined the student recruitment team of Ancient Capital University.
This meal wasn’t for nothing…
“I understand. It’s social death. If it were me, I would definitely escape from Planet Blue overnight and go to the Moon to live.” Lin Yu’er smiled secretly.
She really wanted to know how Shi Yu had suddenly escaped from the research institute… He was too good at it!
“He said he’s already here.”
Senior Panda looked at the message on her cell phone and said, “He should be in the prep room.”
“As long as he’s still alive. I thought Junior had taken his own life.” Qi Yingjie and the others nodded.
It was not a big problem if he could still participate in the final assessment.
As the saying went, youth was wasted if you didn’t do stupid things. Everyone had gone through this before, so they understood.
With that said, everyone looked at the surrounding audience and discovered many important figures.
Although the ranking battle of the vocation assessment was essentially a competition, the current atmosphere was not like that of a regular competition.
There were no VIP guests or commentators, only candidates and examiners participating in the battle.
Regardless of the identity, background, or strength of the audience, they would find a place to watch the battle themselves.
Be it the student recruitment instructors of the nine academies, the representatives of the five major consortiums, or the officers of the Beast Tamer Corps… The members of many factions were all sitting obediently in their seats, watching the big screen in the main venue.
Among the people from the nine great academies, the audience from Ancient Capital University who came to the scene was the most important.
After all, Ancient Capital City was the home ground of Ancient Capital University. Most of the Beast Tamers who came to Ancient Capital City to participate in the vocation assessment would also choose Ancient Capital University or related businesses.
Therefore, the recruitment instructors from the other colleges were purely here to gather information and see if they could find an opportunity to scout people.
On the seats of the Ancient Capital University, the Dean of the admissions office, Lu Dongsheng, and a group of student recruitment mentors were all here. Apart from the regular customers of the vocation assessment, Dean Li of the Archeology Department, Teacher Ding, and a group of members led by the beast-eared girl White Brook also came to join in the fun.
Lu Dongsheng looked at the group helplessly. He knew very well why they had come.
“Haha, Student Shiyu was internally decided by our Archeology Department. Dean Lu, you don’t have to help other departments to dig people up. I know you have a good relationship with Old He from the Battle Department,” Director Li said with a smile.
The corners of Lu Dongsheng’s mouth twitched. He had indeed asked him to help recruit Shi Yu to the Battle faculty if he had the chance, although the chances were indeed not high.
Shi Yu’s archeological discovery of the evolution of the iron-eating beast was no secret to some leaders in Ancient Capital University.
“I know, I know.”
Dean Lu smiled and shook his head. He didn’t intend to trouble himself on this matter. The mission of their enrollment was not to serve a certain department and target a certain person, but all of them. They wanted to try to invite the 700 new professional Beast Tamers to study at Ancient Capital University.
Only if the students were outstanding enough could these top educational institutions obtain more education funds, then become more comprehensive and stronger, and finally attract more outstanding Beast Tamers. This was a positive cycle, and they couldn’t fall behind any year.
“Big Sister, is it really good to slack off to watch the assessment?”
On the Ancient Capital University side, apart from the Archeological Seven Elites and the others, some people from the battle club had also come.
Faced with the other members’ questions, White Brook rolled her eyes and said, “Who asked you to come along? When we go back, our training will be super doubled.”
Everyone: “?”
“I have to think of a way to trick Shi Yu into joining the battle club.” White Brook looked at the screen again. That day, after White Brook saw Shi Yu’s video performance, she was silent for a long time.
As expected of someone she had taught. Her battle style had been deeply imparted to him, and he was a malleable talent.
White Brook had the urge to drag Shi Yu to various places to compete after he entered school.
In any case, how could there be so many ruins for Shi Yu to explore during his university days? It was better to nurture his strength first and follow them to compete.
Well, only by nurturing Shi Yu’s battle power could Shi Yu be a better tool for Senior Lu. There was nothing wrong with that.
Apart from these people, there were also many important family members of the examination candidates.
For example, Yu Shu’s mother, the top-notch Dragon Tamer, was quietly smoking in the corridor, waiting for the assessment to begin.
There was also Legend Yin, who was very concerned about his son, standing calmly on the high platform of the venue with an old friend, looking down quietly.
Every candidate had a separate prep room.
At this moment, Shi Yu had experienced many difficulties and finally arrived at the prep room. He felt exhausted.
It was too difficult.
The pains that he had taken to come all this way… It was one thing to be wary of passers-by and the media, but why did the assessment staff also climax when they saw him?
He even said, “You’re the idol of my eight-year-old daughter. My daughter thinks you’re very handsome.” He directly forced Shi Yu to comprehend the Earth Escape skill, almost using his toes to dig out an escape path.
Shi Yu sighed slightly and looked at the supplements, medicine, and nutritional supplements filling the prep room. Then, he shook his head and finally looked at the most critical small television.
The opponent matching in the assessment had not been updated…
The other 31 candidates were probably waiting outside, looking at the big screen outside. However, Shi Yu was out of place. In order to avoid trouble, he hid in the prep room and waited.
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8 a.m.
In the main venue, as the assessment time approached, the main examiner, Master Qu Jie, appeared again.
After he appeared, the assessment was about to begin. The thousands of spectators present looked at the big screen in the venue.
At this moment, the screen was playing the exciting battle episode of the 16 candidates who advanced in the previous ranking battle.