It wasn't only Ran Feng who had erupted unexpectedly. Wan Mo, who had still shocked all the students despite concealing his strength, had done the same.
Wan Mo specialized in flesh-and-blood puppets.
On the surface, these flesh-and-blood puppets looked no different from living creatures.
There were battle beasts, monstrous creatures, and even humanoid forms. The weakest were Bronze-tier, most were Silver-tier, and the lead demon-shaped flesh-and-blood puppet was even a powerful Gold-tier puppet. Compared to ordinary puppet Battle Puppets, flesh-and-blood puppets were easier to control and more powerful. Their strange outer flesh could use energy crystals and certain mysteriously arranged Heaven Realm rune patterns for enhancement, amplification, self-healing, and recovery. It could be said that they combined the advantages of two utterly different forms of existence: living creatures and Battle Puppets!
If not for their fatal weakness of possessing no intelligence whatsoever, these flesh-and-blood puppets would practically have been stronger than genuine battle beasts.
Even so, the moment the flesh-and-blood puppets appeared on the battlefield—
The students facing Wan Mo were instantly dumbfounded, brutally battered until they were covered in wounds beneath countless watching eyes.
Jin Qi had originally been a popular favorite to win the championship. After Yue Yang, the Little Titan, won the Saint-Tier Goose-Feather Pen invention contest, he too had gained recognition from some people. But aside from well-informed people such as Pearl Prince and Chi Mu, ordinary students knew nothing at all about Ran Feng and Wan Mo.
"Jin Qi's in danger!" Right after the first day's battles, students were already discussing it in the square.
"What? Jin Qi? He's complete trash. He doesn't even deserve a place in the top five!" someone said disdainfully.
"I wonder whether Ran Feng's Platinum Battle Puppet is stronger, or Wan Mo's flesh-and-blood puppets are stronger. I really hope they