An Anxious Zack

Inside the Custom Magic Plant Competition committee office.

One of the Formal Wizard judges smiled after hearing Advanced Breeder Jonas Cortes. He raised a document bearing Green Sprout Studio's name. "The champion will most likely come from one of those studios. It's very difficult for an individual to surpass them."

"Those studios have greater advantages in cultivating combat Magic Plants. They also possess comprehensive data accumulated over the years for reference."

"Individual Breeders, on the other hand, must rely entirely on their talent to maintain their standards. They also lack complete production procedures, accumulated combat data from previous years, and so on, making it difficult for them to compete with studios."

"Even if they rely on a flash of genius to develop a Magic Plant with impressive paper data, or even decent real-combat results, those Magic Plants will still have subtle flaws that are hard to notice."

"It isn't like the combat Magic Plants developed over generations by the major studios. Their flaws have already been refined as far as they can go, and their techniques are extremely mature!"

"Besides, our Combat Department has long-term experience using this kind of Magic Plant. The advantage is enormous."

The Formal Wizard raised the Magic Plant materials sent over by Green Sprout Studio. "The apprentice-level Magic Plant Green Sprout Studio submitted this time, Gear Iron Thorn, has been improved quite well."

"They enhanced Gear Iron Thorn's response speed and even used the Mana Resonance Cultivation Method to trigger a specific beneficial mutation in the plant. Although its defense hasn't increased much, its toughness and durability have greatly improved."

"The person in charge of this project is Mary from Green Sprout Studio."

The Formal Wizard chuckled. "I have to admit, she really came up with something. She actually found a direction for improving an