Chapter 36 (1/2)

“That’s… the Rumbling Tail Strike…”

The youth muttered, his face ridden with disbelief. “Impossible, no way! How can a mere green caterpillar use the Rumbling Tail Strike? How can it have such immense power!”

It wasn’t just him who had been stunned by the turn of events.

Everyone in the audience could only look on with their mouths agape.

That might, that immense power, that tail emitting white light!

Without a doubt, that was the soul skill, Rumbling Tail Strike!

Countless questions began popping up in the minds of the audience. In just a few seconds, they burst into an uproar.

Did the green caterpillar actually learn the Rumbling Tail Strike soul skill?

“Victory goes to Contestant No. 23 of Zone J!”

The referee reacted very quickly this time. After all the confusion he experienced from the previous matches, he had gotten somewhat accustomed to being surprised by the green caterpillar.

Wang Che nodded in acknowledgement before walking down the stage once again.

A soul skill like the Rumbling Tail Strike was truly powerful.

While its opponent was busy sharpening its claws, the green caterpillar had already charged forward and shattered them, crippling its vital points.

The effects were unimaginable.

Regardless of how strong a soul pet was, it would still have to kneel in the face of such power.

Since he had already revealed his Spit Thread soul skill in the previous match, Wang Che initially assumed that the Strength Rat would sharpen its claws in preparation to deal with the threads.

As such, he had already decided beforehand that he would allow the green caterpillar to use the Rumbling Tail Strike to counter its vicious claws.

Wang Che had no qualms about exposing himself this time.

At this rate, he would have a high chance of winning the next two rounds, even if he were to meet Lin Xi’s Cloud Cap Snake then.

Following the end of the match, the crowd erupted again.

“Damn, he can really put up a fight!”

Meanwhile, in the waiting area, Yuan Xiaole cursed when he saw the results of the previous match. “Brother Che’s green caterpillar really did learn the Rumbling Tail Strike… No, how can it be that strong with such a soft tail? The Strength Rat’s claws didn’t stand a chance at all… How ridiculous! What’s the point of fighting?! If you end up facing him, just admit defeat!”

Fortunately for him, his Kuka Beast had managed to learn a brand new soul skill and increased its cultivation base.

He got a free pass earlier as well, which allowed Yuan Xiaole to advance all the way until now.

Even after watching the green caterpillar’s earlier battle, where it spat out extremely durable threads, he had still believed that the Kuka Beast would be able to avoid them with its tremendous speed.

From the look of things then, it wouldn’t have been too much of a problem.

Therefore, he had still been confident that he could win and continue to progress.

Looking at it now, Good god… Certain defeat was spelled for him.

Not just him.

The mouths of the other contestants in the waiting area began to twitch as well.

They finally understood the strength of this green caterpillar. It was like seeing an experienced veteran bullying little children.

“This kid is getting more and more extraordinary with each match!”

Meanwhile, on the third floor observation deck.

“Still, if it hadn’t used the element of surprise, the tail attack might not have been as effective.

“Since the soul pets here will not have fully developed their intelligence by this Enlightenment Cup, their combat performance still depends heavily on the commands given by their Contract Soul Masters… Yet, this fellow definitely has considerable fighting experience. He doesn’t look like a high school student or a beginner in soul pet fights at all. Even if he recognises every single soul skill like the back of his hand, there’s still no way he could have calculated his opponent’s every step so accurately.”

The blind old man clapped his hands in excitement. “There’s something strange, there’s definitely something going on here! Back when I participated in the Enlightenment Cup, I barely made it to the top ten… Even then, I only won all my matches by just a tiny edge. Look at him, he’s practically trampling on his opponents, who can’t fight back at all.

“There aren’t many soul pets here today that I can say with certainty are stronger than this green caterpillar.

“Let’s take the Triangular Hard Rock for example. It knows two soul skills, and is at its second stage of evolution already. Many people assumed that it would be able to get a solid position among the top four, and yet, it was destroyed in just a few strikes! It didn’t even have the chance to use any soul skills!”

“On top of that, I’ve never seen a green caterpillar learn to use the Rumbling Tail Strike either.”

Professor Yan had a solemn look on his face.

“Alright, blind old man, let’s continue watching. If nothing goes wrong, there’s a high chance that this kid will be competing with Miss Xi.”

The competition went on.

Wang Che’s luck was pretty good. In the second round, he managed to get the free pass.

Then, the names of those in the top four were released.

Wang Che, Yuan Xiaole, Lin Xi, and a youth from Xingyue High School.

When he saw this, Wang Che couldn’t help but think that if the Triangular Hard Rock had been in any other district, Yuan Xiaole would have surely been kicked out of the top four.

Besides Lin Xi, the one from Xingyue High School also had an extremely rare soul pet.

Wood Warlord.

Wang Che had seen it for the first time when he visited the soul pet base.

An extremely powerful and rare infant soul pet.

Nevertheless, Wang Che’s luck was still pretty good.