Chapter 89: Chapter 88: The First Battle at Gao Cheng
Translator: 549690339
An hour of rest passed quickly, and Gao Cheng and his friends, full from food and drink, returned to the examination site in front of Little Ling Mountain, rubbing their bellies.
President Qin and Cui Ming had already been waiting there early, but there was an old man about President Qin’s age next to them.
“Let me introduce you. This is the referee of your ranking fight, Master Mo Guan, a Master of the Sunrise Level.”
Another Master of the Sunrise Level!
Hearing Mo Guan’s name, the candidates immediately became solemn and looked respectfully at Mo Guan.
They had naturally heard of Mo Guan, the number one man below the Legendary level. In a way, Mo Guan’s stature was even higher than that of the two association presidents.
“No need to be so nervous. I am just a referee today.”
Mo Guan waved his hand, signaling everyone to relax, and said, “In order not to waste your time, let’s start grouping first.”
Mo Guan pointed to the screen next to him, and a match list immediately appeared on the screen.
“First match, Bai Qi vs Gao Cheng.”
Seeing that he was matched up with Bai Qi right off the bat, Gao Cheng’s face turned bitter.
“How come I ended up with you? My luck is really too bad.”
The ranking battle adopted a knockout system in order to save time. If he was eliminated in the first round, there’s no way his ranking would be good.
“Gao Cheng, let’s go buy lottery tickets when we get back. You buy first, I’ll buy the next number.”
Han Wei patted Gao Cheng’s shoulder sympathetically, but his facial expression and words completely betrayed what he was actually thinking. “Don’t be smug. You might be next in the next round!”
Gao Cheng glared at Han Wei and then climbed onto the ring with grand strides. He said, “Come on, Bai Qi, I also want to see just how big the gap between us is.”
Bai Qi nodded and said, “Alright, I’ll fight with all my strength.”
Among the top twenty, the number of people from Gusu City and Lingxi City didn’t differ much, so it was normal to encounter one’s own people. But Bai Qi didn’t expect to run into Gao Cheng directly.
However, since Gao Cheng had already said so, Bai Qi naturally had to take it seriously.
Based on Gao Cheng’s personality, if Bai Qi went easy on him and made it obvious, Gao Cheng would definitely end their friendship.
Bai Qi climbed onto the ring and, at Mo Guan’s signal, summoned their respective beasts.
Gurgle gurgle?
(Master, is this the enemy?)
Because they had once taken on a task together, Alpha still had some impression of Gao Cheng’s Fire Armor Scorpion.
“Not an enemy, so defeat him lightly. Don’t hit too hard.”
Alpha nodded, heavy ice armor instantly covered his entire body, and his arms took the shape of bone blades.
“Are you all ready? Then let the competition begin.”
Mo Guan waved his hand, and an invisible barrier instantly sprang up around the ring, separating the two of them from the other candidates.
“Fire Armor Scorpion, Extreme Heat Ray.”
At the start of the match, Gao Cheng initiated the attack first, but he didn’t rashly approach Alpha. Instead, he used the Extreme Heat Ray for ranged attack.
Thanks to the spiny tip at the end of the Fire Armor Scorpion, the Extreme Heat Ray, which was extremely fast, instantly turned the field into a bullet hailstorm, leaving no space for Alpha to dodge.
However, after soaking in Mind Spring, although Alpha didn’t undergo a dramatic change like Husky did, his spirit power had skyrocketed. The Fire Armor Scorpion’s concentrated attack didn’t seem any different from slow motion in his eyes.
Subsequently, under Gao Cheng’s surprised gaze, Alpha easily maneuvered his way through the gaps of the Extreme Heat Ray, quickly moving closer to the Fire Armor Scorpion.
“Fire Armor Scorpion, Extreme Heat Ray Sniping Mode!”
Seeing Alpha close in, Gao Cheng immediately roared. The Fire Armor Scorpion’s storm-like attacks paused suddenly. Not long after, a single Extreme Heat Ray, far superior in speed and power than before, burst from the scorpion’s tail, heading straight for Alpha.
This ray was extremely fast. With Alpha’s current distance, there was no way he would be able to dodge in time, but Alpha indeed didn’t intend to dodge. His arms crossed over each other, swiftly turning from bone blades into a gigantic bone shield.
But that was not the end. In an instant, a layer of frost spread over the bone shield, swiftly solidifying into a smooth surface of ice. Stranger still, there were peculiar runes on the outer layer of the ice.
“It’s useless. This Extreme Heat Ray has accumulated most of the Fire Armor Scorpion’s energy. Even a second stage beast might not be able to withstand it.”
Seeing this, Gao Cheng immediately wanted to advise Bai Qi, but Bai Qi did not show any panic.
“Who said I have to block it?”
As soon as the words fell, the high-heat ray hit the ice surface. After a brief stalemate, it was reflected back.
Ice Clan Rune: Solidify, Polish
The rays immediately hit the surrounding barriers, but they caused no ripples, silently merging into the barriers.
“Lao Qin, did the kid just use a rune?”
Mo Guan immediately noticed the rune on Alpha’s ice shield and asked President Qin next to him.
“Heh heh… Isn’t that obvious?”
President Qin’s face was full of indifferent smiles, but in his heart, he was confounded.
What trick is this little brat using now?
Seeing that Alpha successfully blocked the Fire Armor Scorpion’s high-heat ray, Bai Qi nodded in satisfaction.
Ever since soaking in Elf Spring, Alpha’s control of the Frozen Power had become increasingly effortless. It could even condense runes directly on the ice surface to achieve a similar effect.
However, it was only limited to the Ice Clan, the Shadow Department couldn’t do it.
“Alpha, attack freely, don’t give it any more chances to snipe you.”
Creak, creak.
(Boss, rest assured, the same move can only be used on me once.)
Alpha shook its head, its arms formed bone blades again, then extended a bone spur. It swiftly etched several runes on the bone blade and attacked the Fire Armor Scorpion.
Seeing this, President Qin was immediately startled.
The Federation’s research on runes had never stopped, but most of the applications were for decoding the Secret Realm Tower or creating the Legendary Secret Realm Tower, or carving on tools like the Rune Puppet.
He had never seen someone like Bai Qi directly engraving on a pet beast.
Don’t let this guy break his own pet beast.
Seeing Alpha coming close, the Fire Armor Scorpion also gave up its plan for long-distance combat. It waved its double pincers to defend and simultaneously used its tail sting to attempt a sneak attack. It began a defensive counterattack.
With Alpha s combat power, it was definitely impossible to resist head-on, so Gao Cheng could only rely on this tactic.
Moreover, the defense of the Fire Armor Scorpion wasn’t low. Alpha might not be able to break through its defense.
But after only repelling Alpha’s attacks a few times, the Fire Armor Scorpion inexplicably started to show chaos. Regardless of how Gao Cheng controlled it, the Fire Armor Scorpion was randomly attacking. The weak point was easily seized by Alpha, and it was directly kicked out of the arena.
“I lost.”
Gao Cheng willingly admitted defeat. He asked Bai Qi, “Just now the Fire Armor Scorpion suddenly lost control, did you do it?”
Bai Qi nodded, “I temporarily added a Dark Rune: Chaos, to Alpha’s bone blade. If struck multiple times, it will affect the pet’s mood. But because it was temporary, the effect wasn’t very good.”
If the effect is already like this when it’s not good, what would happen if it were better?
Gao Cheng sighed, then quickly came to terms. “You’ve really opened my eyes today. It’s just a pity I couldn’t push you to use your full power.”
Bai Qi smiled and didn’t respond.
“The runes you mentioned, aren’t they the ones learned from the Rune Department?”
Bai Qi paused, “More or less, but the specific application might be a bit different.”
“I suggest you study them, it will help you in the future.”
The Secret Realm Ring of the Gemini Tower is now in President Qin’s hands, the total opening to Gusu City is inevitable. If Gao Cheng wanted to rise higher, he obviously couldn’t do it without the help of runes.
“Okay, I’ll look into it.”
Gao Cheng nodded, then he remembered his pet beast still lying outside. He rushed over with an aching heart.
Alpha faithfully executed Bai Qi’s orders, attacking with full force but without hurting the crucial parts. Even though it was just a kick, it still had Shadow Department Power. So at this moment, the Fire Armor Scorpion was not only still in chaos, but its shell was also slowly being corroded by the Shadow Department Power.
Still, it hit too hard…