"Hmm? Who is that woman? She's gorgeous!"
"Why is she going onstage with this Freelancer?"
"Are you stupid? Other than his contracted Divine Beast, who else could go onstage with Ling Zhan?"
"Huh!? No way, how can a contracted Divine Beast be human?"
"Damn, you're seriously ignorant. Divine Beasts are favored by the heavens and can assume human form from the moment they are born."
"Then what is that Divine Beast's true form?"
"Who knows? The officials never reveal information about each contestant's contracted Divine Beasts!"
"..."
Seeing Ling Zhan take the stage with a beauty at his side, the audience naturally broke into fervent discussion.
There was envy, amazement.
There was confusion, jealousy.
But it was clear that the audience's enthusiasm had risen even higher than before.
Not only because this was Ling Zhan's first time bringing a Divine Beast into a match.
More importantly, his opponent, the vampire Andy Holdan, had also brought a Divine Beast onto the stage!
Dressed in a black robe, the handsome yet exceptionally pale Andy held an exquisite staff wreathed in blood-red magical energy.
Beside him stood a beautiful woman whose complexion was just as pale as his!
A pair of black wings resembling bat wings grew from her lower back.
As she smiled, the two slightly elongated fangs at the corners of her mouth became visible.
This beautiful woman, dressed as though she and Andy were wearing matching outfits, had the true form of the Blood Spirit Divine Bat, ranked twenty-fourth on the Divine Beast Rankings.
The Blood Spirit Divine Bat was regarded by the Darknight Empire as an auspicious beast of the nation.
The seal and totem of the Darknight Empire were both emblazoned with the Blood Spirit Divine Bat's image.
And now, Andy Holdan, the future emperor of the Darknight