Dean Xiao smiled as he looked at the eight students from the Summoning System, his gaze lingering briefly on Mo Fan and Jiang Yuan.
Then he asked, "Have you decided? Who's going up first?"
Hai Dafu was the first to step out of the team.
"Me. Let me go first!"
Dean Xiao nodded and let Hai Dafu take the platform.
He immediately started provoking the freshmen, wanting to fight many opponents alone, and in the end, things did go exactly as he wished.
The Beast Taming Competition officially began.
Hai Dafu summoned the White Armor Battle Sting, drawing a wave of startled cries.
"Jiang Yuan, when are you planning to go up?"
Jiang Yuan was watching the match when someone clapped a hand on his shoulder.
It turned out Qin Yun had somehow snuck over from the teachers' viewing seats.
He could hardly wait to see the Undead element shine brilliantly before all the new students in the school. This was an honor the Undead element had never had before!
Jiang Yuan shook his head. "It's not time yet. No rush."
Only after more people lost at the start, when everyone felt the Summoning System had no hope of winning, would he go up and turn the tide.
That was what would truly get people fired up!
Mo Fan in the original timeline had done the same, though he had only been forced to stay until the end because Old Wolf had been injured.
Jiang Yuan told Qin Yun his idea.
Qin Yun nodded, suppressed the excitement in his heart, and returned to the viewing seats.
On the platform, Hai Dafu's White Armor Battle Sting was defeated, also announcing his own defeat.
He had taken down fifteen opponents.
After him came Zheng Xiaobing, Yang Yi, and the others, going up one after another and dealing with dozens of people.
By the time it was Wang Liting's turn, there were still dozens of people left before they reached the target of one hundred. Even if each person only threw one spell at him, it would be enough to beat his Bone Eater Demon down.
"Jiang Yuan, aren't you—" Wang Liting started, then stopped.
He knew Jiang Yuan had a Warrior level undead. Among Beginner level and Intermediate level mages, it could basically be said to have no match.
As long as Jiang Yuan went up, he would definitely be able to complete the target of one hundred with ease.
But Jiang Yuan had stayed still the whole time, so Wang Liting could only go up first.
Wang Liting clenched his fists and strode onto the platform, fighting spirit blazing.
Damn it, he was doing this!
Even if he lost, he had to lose beautifully!
Today was the day he, Wang Liting, made his name. No one could stop him!!!
Fifteen minutes later.
Wang Liting's Bone Eater Demon was frozen by Luo Song's Ice element magic and fell down.
He left the platform in fury.
He had been just a little short of taking the whole competition.
But why did that Luo Song have to be an Intermediate level mage?!
"Huh, is it my turn?" Mo Fan grew excited, rubbing his hands together as he prepared to go up.
Jiang Yuan held him back. "You're so handsome, you should make the grand finale. I'll go first."
After saying that, he headed straight for the platform, his steps extremely quick.
Mo Fan had been delighted at being called handsome by Jiang Yuan, but then suddenly remembered something.
Jiang Yuan's undead was Warrior level. How would there still be any chance for him to make the grand finale after that?
Holy crap!
By the time he reacted, it was already too late.
Jiang Yuan was already standing on the platform.
His model-like appearance instantly drew attention, and people started discussing him one after another.
"Sister Mu, isn't that the person we ran into at the restaurant that day?" In the stands, the more Ai Tutu looked at Jiang Yuan, the more familiar he seemed, so she asked aloud.
"I think so. He's an Undead element mage?" Mu Nujiao heard the discussions around her and learned that Jiang Yuan was a new student of the Undead element.
"The Undead element? I've never seen that before!" Ai Tutu's interest was piqued, and she stared over without blinking.
Mu Nujiao was also very curious.
Would the undead he summoned be a zombie or a ghost?
Or perhaps an evil spirit from a horror movie?
Elsewhere.
At this point, they were still more than forty people short of the hundred-person goal.
Almost no one was optimistic about the Summoning System college. They all believed this year's Beast Taming Competition would fail to reach the goal of one hundred challengers.
Yet, facing all the freshmen, Jiang Yuan asked Dean Xiao loudly, "Dean, if I can accept even more challengers after reaching the hundred-person goal and win against them—say, two hundred, three hundred—will there be any reward afterward?"
The moment he said this, the entire venue erupted.
"Hm?" Qin Yun was stunned. He had never expected Jiang Yuan to say something like that.
If it had been anyone else, he would only have thought that person was boasting shamelessly and indulging in a fantasy.
But Jiang Yuan truly did have the ability to face this many freshmen!
Jiang Yuan really had gone out of his way. He was willing to go this far for the Undead element.
Qin Yun decided that once the competition ended, he would spare no effort in nurturing Jiang Yuan!
Dean Xiao chuckled and likewise raised his voice. "If the Summoning System college can withstand the magical bombardment of two hundred people, then all cultivation resources for every department this year will belong to the Summoning System college!"
At that answer, the vast beast arena instantly boiled over.
"Then this student will respectfully accept!"
As Jiang Yuan's words fell, his aura abruptly changed, and his eyes became indifferent.
As though nothing in the world was worth his notice!
"Come on. Let me test my limits."
"Arrogant!" Luo Song shouted. Ice element magic bloomed in his hands, and several chains of ice flew out.
Jiang Yuan lightly raised his right hand, and the gray Star Particles representing the Undead element linked into a splendid Star Track in an instant.
Undead aura surged out before him, shrouding his entire body.
"Playing cheap tricks!" Luo Song sneered in disdain, and the flying ice chains sped up even more.
The ice chains pierced into the undead aura and locked around a faint, indistinct figure.
The smile on Luo Song's face widened. "So that's all. You were locked down so easily. Turns out you're just putting on an act. If this is all the strength you have, hurry up and get off the stage!"
However, just as everyone thought Jiang Yuan amounted to no more than this—
That faint, indistinct figure actually grew taller and taller, reaching over three meters in the blink of an eye!
The huge figure within the undead aura revealed itself.
Cries of shock rang out from the stands.
It turned out what Luo Song had locked down was not Jiang Yuan at all, but a massive Bone Soldier!
The aura this Bone Soldier displayed was far, far stronger than that of any summoned beast before it. It could even be called crushing!
That was absolutely not a Servant level undead!
At the same time, hidden beneath the cover of the immense undead aura, Jiang Yuan used intermediate Water element magic.
Surging water vapor carried the undead aura up into the sky, completely blocking the sunlight falling from the heavens like dark clouds.
Originally, under the suppression of sunlight, the Three-eyed Underworld General could only display the strength of a lesser Warrior.
Now that the sunlight was gone, it would unleash its perfect Great Warrior strength!
Luo Song's face instantly turned deathly pale.
"This is a Warrior level undead!!!"
"Three-eyed Underworld General, you've stayed in the Underworld long enough. It's time to stretch your bones in the mortal world," Jiang Yuan said calmly.
Ghostfire gently flickered in the Three-eyed Underworld General's eye sockets.
With just one step, all the ice chains locked around its body shattered, turning into ice powder and scattering away.
Not good!
Luo Song was horrified.
He retreated several steps in succession, and all the Ice element magical energy in his body erupted!
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