90: The first unlucky guy

Li Wen's eyes suddenly lit up, and an indescribable excitement welled up in his heart; he felt that this matter was becoming increasingly interesting.

He didn't care about the other rules, but he understood the last rule with exceptional clarity.

"Simply put, even the examiners can earn points!"

Li Wen's lips curved slightly upward, forming a cunning smile.

At this moment, a rather mature thought gradually took shape in his mind.

Unlike the City League, this College Entrance Examination was a grand event led by the officials and broadcast live throughout, with even specialized Beast Taming channels generously retransmitting it.

In this era of universal Beast Taming, such a scale was unprecedented.

This College Entrance Examination had contestants from eight cities, with each city selecting two outstanding seeded players. Therefore, the live broadcast screen was divided into sixteen sub-screens, showcasing the splendid performances of all the contestants.

Just as the other seeded players were still fully engaged in pursuing and hunting Commander-Rank pet beasts.

An unexpected situation suddenly arose on Li Wen's side—he stopped in his tracks without any warning.

Not only that, but he even instructed his pet beast, Qing Yan, to weave an exquisite "Insect Silk chair" with its unique ability, then sat on it leisurely, as if the fierce competition around him had nothing to do with him.

This sudden turn of events immediately attracted the attention of the live broadcast host.

"What's going on? Why did contestant Li Wen suddenly stop moving? Could it be that he has some even more profound and inscrutable tactical arrangement?"

This host was indeed experienced and highly professional; even if he couldn't immediately discern the true intention behind Li Wen's actions, he could quickly throw out a topic, skillfully maintaining the lively atmosphere in the live broadcast room and preventing the scene from falling into an awkward silence.

The other male host was also not to be underestimated. Facing such an inscrutable situation, he chose to speculate based on his imagination.

After all, no matter what, he couldn't let the conversation go silent; he had to keep it going.

The male host's eyes flickered with the light of thought, and after a brief pause, he spoke.

"In my opinion, it's highly likely that his main pet beast—that unique Slime—expended too much energy in the previous intense battle, which is why he decided to rest for a bit before continuing."

And at this time, Wang Mian, who was the chief examiner for this assessment and the one who had just questioned the "cat and mouse game."

Although he behaved rather honestly and dutifully in front of this junior disciple who was several years younger than him but far surpassed him in strength, once he started acting alone, all those so-called rules and caution were thrown to the winds.

Someone once asked him why he acted this way, and he always replied nonchalantly, "How many such formidable individuals are there? How could I be so unlucky as to encounter one right at the beginning!"

But as luck would have it, he did run into one.

Wang Mian stepped into the screen area exclusively for Li Wen, and his gaze instantly caught Li Wen, who was resting.

To be honest, before this, he had secretly hoped to witness Li Wen's panicked and nervous expression, like a mouse seeing a cat.

However, the scene presented before him was vastly different from the image he had pre-sketched in his mind.

Li Wen sat calmly on that chair, which resembled a "throne," his posture as straight as a pine, his eyes as still as water, quietly gazing at Wang Mian as he gradually approached.

His demeanor was as if he was eagerly anticipating the swift passing of those twenty seconds. So much so that Wang Mian couldn't help but feel a hint of doubt at this moment—who was the true "cat"?

"Student, aren't you going to run away?" Wang Mian broke the silence first and asked.

Li Wen gently shook his head at the words, his lips curving slightly upward, revealing a faint smile as he responded, "Indeed, that was my original plan."

Hearing this, Wang Mian frowned slightly and pressed, "It seems you are quite confident in your own strength!"

However, facing Wang Mian's skepticism, Li Wen still shook his head firmly, elevating his demeanor to the extreme.

"Not so. It's merely because I didn't have many points to begin with. Since that's the case, why bother expending effort to escape?"

At this moment, the atmosphere in the live broadcast room instantly became incredibly heated, with various comments and bullet screens surging in like a tide.

The comment section below was filled with a chorus of curses.

Netizen A angrily commented, "Oh, what's going on? Are all the seeded players from Tianlan so arrogant?"

Immediately after, Netizen B also chimed in, "Exactly! What kind of big shot is this guy pretending to be here?"

Finally, Netizen C coldly dropped a harsh remark, "Hmph! Let's wait and see if he can maintain this pretentious attitude once he loses!"

The host also responded to various sudden situations based on the direction of the bullet comments.

"At this moment, this is actually a viable approach, as Li Wen does not have a mount pet beast."

...Wang Mian secretly thought, "It seems I'm not so unlucky as to encounter a BOSS right after stepping out."

He immediately relaxed and prepared to train his newly contracted Dragon Faction pet beast.

[Wind Speed Dragon]

[attribute: Wind / Dragon]

[Species: King-Rank Beginner]

[growth level: Entry-Level Advanced]

...[Skill ①: Dragon Blood Surge]

As a non-purebred dragon, the Wind Speed Dragon can instantly accelerate through the Dragon Faction bloodline in its body and enhance its physical strength, making it closer to a purebred dragon.

Seeing that the opponent did not directly send out a Commander-Rank pet beast, Li Wen should have been very happy, but such a stat panel was completely tempting him, providing another reason to act.

He could only pretend to be even happier, saying.

"My sin, my sin, but there's nothing I can do, I didn't want to."

"Yuan Wang, 'Conqueror's Haki'!"

Immediately, the air vibrated, and a hemispherical aura rapidly spread, causing the [Wind Speed Dragon] to instantly lose its combat capability.

Halfway through the incident, Wang Mian realized something was wrong and summoned his main Commander-Rank Intermediate [Half-Moon Cat], an assassin-type pet beast known for its agility.

Although unaffected by [Imperial Might], it was restrained as soon as it was summoned, with no room to display its strength.

Then, with several [Insect Silk] attacks from Qing Yan, it met the same fate.

Everything happened very quickly, one might say it was a crushing victory, and the entire lively live broadcast room fell silent, even the two hosts were stunned.

The next second, it was the turn of the contestants and examiners to be shocked.

"Contestant Li Wen defeated Examiner Wang Mian, earning 1000 points."]

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