The competition officially began at 1:30 PM.
The first match is a team competition, in which all the registrants from the martial arts schools must step onto the ring and engage in a free-for-all.
The martial arts school that is eliminated first will be ranked last, while the martial arts school represented by the last remaining contestant will be the champion of this team competition.
"Let's go." After saying this, Zhao Zhidong, who was leading the team, led Jiang Fan and the others onto the arena.
Five elite martial arts schools, each with seven selected students, for a total of thirty-five students.
Less than a minute into the match, the audience erupted in tremendous enthusiasm.
For no other reason than that the Yuanwu contestants have become the common target of other martial arts schools.
It's obvious they want to kick the weakest one off the stage first.
"This is going to be interesting."
The Little Turtle poked its head out of Wang Yao's pocket.
Seeing its interest, Wang Yao couldn't help but tease it.
"Didn't you say you weren't interested in watching children's playhouse?"
"I didn't expect it to be so interesting."
The Little Turtle's head stretched out as far as it could possibly go, its eyes wide open and round, perfectly embodying the fine tradition of the Great Xia's love for watching a spectacle.
"I wonder how long your fat guy and the others can hold out?"
" Xiao Sanjin has Four Star Golden One-Horned Lion. In a one-on-one fight, few on the stage can match him. But with Xiao Gang included, the Yuanwu camp only has eight combatants, while the opposing team has twenty-eight. Not to mention, there are definitely Beast Tamer among those twenty-eight."
"That Jiang Fan isn't Beast Tamer either?"
"You forgot what Xiao Sanjin said: the demon beast Jiang Fan contracted was only One Star."
"You reminded me, that's when I remembered."
On the Shenwu players' platform, the teacher leading the team was watching Jiang Fan on the stage with a gloating expression.
The female teacher leading the team was Zhou Yi, who was the representative from Shenwu who had previously gone to Fortress No. 31 to specially recruit Jiang Fan.
At that time, the principal, who was assigned by Yan Shuai, specifically requested that Zhou Yi, a great beauty, be the one to recruit Jiang Fan.
Unexpectedly, Zhou Yi pretended to be clever and forced Jiang Fan to reveal his destiny, which led Jiang Fan to ultimately choose Yuanwu.
" Jiang Fan, Jiang Fan, because of you, I got a severe scolding from the principal, a pay cut, and was sent to the Outer Wilderness Zone where I almost died. Today, I'm going to humiliate you in public and let everyone see you get a brutal beating."
Before the competition began, Zhou Yi secretly gathered the main players and instructed them to quietly contact the other martial arts schools besides Yuanwu and work together to take down Yuanwu first.
This proposal would also be beneficial to other martial arts schools, so they would naturally be happy to accept it.
"Damn it! They're shameless! They actually teamed up against us!" the fat man said indignantly.
Although Zhao Zhidong was also angry, he felt more helpless and resentful.
"There's nothing to be angry about. They always pick on the weak. We're the weak ones, so who else would they pick on if not us?"
"What's the point of lamenting at a time like this? What should we do now? We can't win a fight, are we just going to admit defeat?"
Just as the fat man said this, their escape route was also surrounded.
"What's going on? They won't even give me a chance to admit defeat?" Zhao Zhidong's expression gradually turned cold.
Looks like they're planning to give us a good beating.
"Why would they do that?" the fat man said angrily.
"It's obvious." Jiang Fan realized it too.
Zhao Zhidong chimed in, "That's right. It seems they want to give us a warning, preferably by seriously injuring us so that even with Body Restoration Pill, it will be difficult to recover quickly. This will weaken or even reduce our opponents in the individual competition."
Watching this scene on stage, Ye Qizhen couldn't help but say to Lan Shengxue beside her, "When it comes to area-of-effect attacks, no profession can compare to the Spirit Master."
Lan Shengxue: "But it's not time for him to reveal his identity as Spirit Master yet."
"But given Jiang Fan's personality, I doubt he'll admit defeat easily," Ye Qizhen continued her analysis.
At this point in the conversation, Lan Shengxue suddenly thought of something and looked at Ye Qizhen.
Do you know what kind of monster he contracted with?
Ye Qizhen shook her head, her gaze returning to the arena.
"Barring any unforeseen circumstances, we'll see it soon."
The fat man wanted to summon Xiao Gang immediately, but facing twenty Martial Artist, even if he did, it wouldn't be of much use.
" Brother Fan, what do we do?"
Jiang Fan glanced around, his pupils slightly contracting.
Jiang Fan could see from their eyes that they were like fish on a chopping board.
"Want to gang up on us? Let's see who gangs up on whom."
Upon hearing this, the fat man became visibly agitated.
"Does Brother Fan mean he wants to take them down?"
Su Xiaoyan, Zhao Zhidong, and the others listened to the conversation between the two, wondering where their confidence came from.
The contestants from the other four martial arts schools exchanged glances.
"Everyone, stop standing there and attack together!"
After saying that, they didn't waste any more words and rushed forward.
"This is terrible!" Zhao Zhidong and the others looked extremely grim.
" Brother Fan!" the fat man shouted.
Jiang Fan nodded, then slammed his palm on the ground.
Upon seeing this, Ye Qizhen subconsciously took a step forward and craned her neck to look.
Lan Shengxue was also very curious about what kind of demonic beast Jiang Fan had contracted.
Not only them, but many people in the audience were also curious and stared at the stage.
Then they saw a powerful demonic beast emerge from the magic circle diagram.
It's Four Star Earth-Splitting Rhinoceros!
"It's actually Four Star monster!"
"What's so surprising about that? Jiang Fan's Soul Power has reached 99. Contracting Four Star demonic beast is difficult, but it's not impossible."
"You're really foolish. Is this simply a matter of strength? You need to know Jiang Fan's background—a poor kid from the slums of Fortress No. 31. Where did he get a Four Star demon beast? The key point is that it's a live demon beast, not a dead one! Do you know how precious a captured Four Star demon beast is?"
"Only after you said that did I realize what you meant."
"Tsk! What terrible taste! To actually contract such an ugly monster." The Little Turtle's words were full of disdain.
"My master has such good taste; all the monsters he contracts with are good-looking."
Wang Yao was amused by the Little Turtle's words, "Except for you."
"I'm angry!" The Little Turtle jumped out of Wang Yao's pocket, pinched her waist, and made the little braid on her head stand up even straighter.
Suddenly! A clamor arose.
"Holy crap! There's another Four Star Earth-Splitting Rhinoceros!"
What?!
Two!!
Even the Little Turtle had to take notice. Forget about arguing with Wang Yao, and immediately turned its attention to the stage.
It would have been better if I hadn't looked; once I did, my eyes nearly popped out of my head.
At this moment, the magic array under Jiang Fan's palm had not disappeared, and one after another Earth-Splitting Rhinoceros was continuously emerging.