Is This Grass a Devil?

If Liang Quan's actions were too heavy-handed, Meng Daoxuan could still find an excuse, but when he gave commands to his own Mud Monster, even Meng Daoxuan frowned.

This had clearly gone beyond the scope of the exam.

The examiners for the combat exam were present to quickly issue commands to stop the candidates if they were in danger, and also served as a metric for passing the exam.

Although it had become a way to adjust the exam's difficulty, they wouldn't normally issue skill commands.

If it were a battle between individuals of the same rank, the examiner issuing skill commands would be fine, but this was the preliminary combat exam.

Facing three students who had just contracted spirit pets during the exam, and then commanding your spirit pet to release skills, that was practically murder!

If that was only the opinion of a minority, then when Liang Quan stood up with a second Mud Monster behind him and grabbed Huohuo's Sticky Baby that was thrown over, everyone thought the same thing.

A second-tier dual-birth Mud Monster, one body, two forms.

"A very clever plan, but you seem to have forgotten, I have another one here!" A trace of hysterical madness flashed in Liang Quan's eyes.

Xu Yilong's disdainful and contemptuous gaze flashed through his mind...

My future? It vanished the moment I was expelled from the Pioneer Army!

Suddenly, he felt something poke his foot.

He looked down and saw that, at some point, the Dream Rain Flower's grass had spread to his feet.

A small blade of grass was looking up at him.

Why did he have the feeling that a blade of grass was looking at him?

As Liang Quan was wondering, the small blade of grass before him actually used its vines to form an expression...

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Not good! This grass is a spirit pet! Since when?!

The next second, countless vines erupted from Huohuo's body.

Liang Quan was indeed an elite Beast Tamer. The moment Huohuo used [Entangling Vines] on him, a card appeared before him.

Beast Tamer Skill Card, [Recall].

[Recall]: Beast Tamer Skill, causes your designated spirit pet to return to your side.

Compared to retracting and resummoning with a Beast Taming Card, [Recall] was extremely fast.

However, what shocked Liang Quan happened at this moment: his Mud Monsters, whether the one that was shattered or the intact one behind him, did not move.

They had indeed responded to Liang Quan's summons, but it seemed something in their shadows below was firmly gripping them.

This was... the principal's Shadow Eater Insect!

And at this time, behind Huohuo, a continuous Vine Step sprang up from beneath the ground, extending all the way to Zhou Lu's feet.

The moment Zhou Lu put Huohuo down, the spot by his feet had been swapped with a branch of Huohuo.

The real Huohuo, as the battle progressed, used its earth-burrowing skill to sneak through the clumps of Dream Rain Flowers that were madly growing, eventually standing before Liang Quan.

The moment Huohuo retracted the Vine Step with its added wild growth, Liang Quan felt like he was flying.

Under Huohuo's pull, his body was irresistibly flying towards Zhou Lu.

If he continued at this speed, Liang Quan estimated he would suffer the same fate as Huohuo's many flower pots, crashing into a wall and being severely injured.

However, under Huohuo's deliberate control, his flying speed was significantly reduced.

Then... what was the price?

Huohuo pressed Liang Quan into the muddy ground, and with the retraction of the vine, dragged him directly to Zhou Lu.

Hmph! You call my master a farmer? Then I'll use you to plow the field!

Huohuo looked at Liang Quan, covered in mud, and happily swayed its leaves, proudly presenting its achievement to Zhou Lu.

Zhou Lu looked at the disheveled Liang Quan on the ground. Huohuo's binding method was clearly meticulously designed, causing Liang Quan's entire body to arch backward like a bow.

It's just... this kind of binding is usually used to accentuate the curves of the bound person! This is clearly an illustration from that book on the art of bondage!

Huohuo, what exactly have you learned...

Zhou Lu thought speechlessly.

He glanced at the motionless Mud Monsters in the distance and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

He had been worried about whether the Mud Monsters would go berserk if Liang Quan was tied up. From the current situation, it seemed more optimistic than he had imagined.

He had already prepared for Xu Wuhu's brother to come to the rescue.

With Liang Quan falling into Huohuo's hands, regardless of the subsequent judgment, Zhou Lu considered this exam passed.

This method of winning by ambushing the opponent's Beast Tamer in ancient competitions now only existed in academy combat exams.

The earliest Beast Tamers were truly fierce individuals; their matches were often spirit pet versus spirit pet, and Beast Tamer versus Beast Tamer, emphasizing fighting side-by-side.

Modern Beast Taming competitions, for the sake of personal safety, have prohibited Beast Tamers from entering the arena, only allowing them to provide support using skills.

"He's crazy! This guy is insane!" Meng Daoxuan shouted preemptively, seeing everything that had happened in the arena.

Wu Sicheng ignored Meng Daoxuan's yelling and simply said coldly, "You can explain yourself when the inspection team arrives."

With that, he clicked the Beast Taming Card in front of him again.

Countless pitch-black insects formed a giant piranha that shot out from Wu Sicheng's shadow, swallowing him whole.

As the piranha fell into the shadow, Wu Sicheng's figure disappeared from his original spot.

The next moment, ripples appeared in the shadow of the Mud Monster in the center of the examination area.

Accompanied by sounds like splashing water, a pitch-black piranha leaped out from the Mud Monster's shadow.

The piranha split into countless pitch-black insects, and Wu Sicheng's figure reappeared as the insects dispersed.

"You have passed," Wu Sicheng said, glancing at Zhou Lu and the others, nodding with a smile. Then he turned to the referee beside him and said, "I will be the examiner for the previous two groups who need to retake the test."

As he spoke, he raised his hand and clenched it in the air.

Sounds of insects crawling came from the Mud Monster's shadow, and then its shadow began to writhe.

The Mud Monster's main body, during this process, seemed to become a puppet, moving according to the twists of its shadow.

"For the first round of the exam, I will be conducting it," Wu Sicheng said to the remaining candidates. "Your opponents will still be the Mud Monsters."

The Mud Monster beside Wu Sicheng seemed to have truly become his spirit beast, letting out a compliant roar.

After calming the candidates, Wu Sicheng finally looked at Liang Quan, who was in a sorry state on the ground.

He was still bound by Huohuo with vines in a very strange and alluring pose.

As if to prevent him from shouting or speaking, Huohuo had also stuffed vines into his mouth.

Wait... what is this semi-transparent liquid?

Wu Sicheng looked at the Sticky Baby beside him, and he was speechless.

This little grass, in order to retaliate against Liang Quan for his disdain and insult towards Zhou Lu, intended to fill Liang Quan's mouth with the Sticky Baby's mucus.

Are you a devil, you grass...

"Alright, you can go prepare for the next round of the exam," Wu Sicheng said. "Liang Quan violated school rules and the Beast Tamer Code, and will be investigated by the disciplinary team."

Zhou Lu naturally had nothing more to say about this.

Huohuo swayed its leaves in confusion: Is it over?

"It's over," Zhou Lu said to Huohuo. "Let's go to the venue for the next round."

Huohuo obediently burrowed into Zhou Lu's embrace, and then coincidentally released all the scattered branches on the scene.

In an instant, this place turned back into a muddy swamp.

Liang Quan, who was still struggling, was directly swallowed by the sudden mud. With his mouth blocked, he couldn't even utter a single word.

Zhou Lu glared at Huohuo impatiently: Were you doing that on purpose?

Huohuo: (^▽^)

One more card, coming right up.