69: Chapter 69 Chasing after others to steal? What a devil!

The audience in the square watched this comical yet shocking scene through the light screens.

They no longer knew whether to laugh or be amazed.

"This year's competition is absolutely insane! While others are hunting Vicious Beasts, Jiang Yun is... hunting other people..."

"Look at the faces of the Principal of Bedrock Middle School and Principal Lei; they're almost turning Amethyst in color!"

...On the high platform.

Several big shots could no longer maintain their poker faces.

Every single one of them had twitching lips.

How did a perfectly good competition... turn out like this?

Principal He stood to the side.

Although he tried his best to remain solemn, the uncontrollable smile at the corners of his eyes and brows betrayed his inner satisfaction.

Jiang Yun could be considered to have truly given Qingquan No. 1 Middle School...

...a moment to hold its head high!

In just the past half-day.

Relying on the Wind Thunder Cloud Sparrow's aerial advantage and high efficiency, Jiang Yun had robbed almost all students from the other two schools, except for a few like Xiao Yutian and Lin Kuo.

For many students of Panshi Middle School and Leiting Middle School, their hard work for half the day had gone to waste.

Their points growth was zero... Principal Shi Pang watched the screen as his own student was blocked by Jiang Yun again, skillfully handed over the beast cores, and then fled in a sorry state... He finally couldn't take it anymore.

He slammed his palm onto the armrest of his chair, stood up abruptly, and pointed at Principal He's nose, cursing loudly:

"He Tiangang! Look! Look at the 'good student' your school has taught! Does he have even a shred of a Beast Tamer's grace? How is this any different from a highway robber!"

Beside him, Principal Lei Lie's face was also as gloomy as water, and he chimed in coldly, "Principal He, the rules allow competition, but your school's Jiang Yun's actions are perhaps a bit too low-class, aren't they? Picking on the weak and plundering repeatedly—this is no longer competition; it's malicious destruction of the competition's balance!"

Being cursed at to his face by the two of them, Principal He's old face flushed slightly, and he muttered to himself about that little fox cub Jiang Yun:

"Stinky brat, you can't just keep shearing the same sheep until it's bald..." But on the surface, he quickly put on a helpless and slightly apologetic smile, stood up, and cupped his hands toward the two of them:

"Oh, you two, you two, calm down, please calm down!"

As he spoke, he motioned for them to sit. "He's a young man; he doesn't know his own strength. Maybe... maybe it's because he was blocked by several students before and had some fire built up in his heart, so his behavior is a bit extreme, just a bit extreme."

Shi Pang was so angry his beard was almost curling upward.

"Extreme? He's clearly gotten a taste for it! Look, how many waves has it been? My Panshi Middle School has almost been completely robbed by him!"

Principal He coughed twice, his eyes wandering a bit as he tried to smooth things over:

"Ahem... well, that's where you're wrong. The competition rules are written in black and white: competition between students is encouraged, and defeating an opponent allows for the seizing of their points. Student Jiang Yun hasn't hurt anyone, nor has he broken any rules; he's just... just making full use of the rules. Can't this be considered a kind of... er... highly efficient innovation in field strategy?"

"Strategy innovation?!"

Lei Lie almost laughed out of anger.

"He's treating the elimination round as his personal harvest field! What kind of strategy innovation is that! If he just eliminated people, fine! But he's actually fattening them up before slaughtering them..."

"He simply doesn't treat the students of our two schools as human beings!"

Hearing Lei Lie's words.

Principal He felt a wave of embarrassment. Seeing that playing nice wouldn't work.

He simply steeled himself, and his tone became a bit firmer.

The smile on his face instantly vanished:

"Then, in your opinion, what should be done? Should I use telepathy to command my Qingquan No. 1 Middle School students to take a detour whenever they encounter your students, or simply stand still and let your students rob them? That would probably... be even more against the rules, wouldn't it?"

He paused, his gaze sweeping over Jiang Yun's figure on the light screen.

It carried a hint of subtle pride.

"The path of a Beast Tamer is inherently full of competition. If one's strength is insufficient and their intelligence is outdated, being robbed... can't be blamed on others. If you want to blame someone, you can only blame certain people for not being skilled enough, or... for believing false rumors?"

These words were laced with barbs.

They directly choked Shi Pang and Lei Lie, leaving them speechless.

Their faces turned red and white in turns.

They were indeed in the wrong.

It was their own students who had made the first move and had faulty intelligence.

Now that they were being robbed.

It could only be considered a case of going for the wool and coming back shorn.

In the end, Shi Pang could only give a heavy huff, flick his sleeve as he sat down, and growl through gritted teeth, "He Tiangang, you... just you wait! I hope this good seedling of yours doesn't run into Yutian or Lin Kuo!"

"Even if his Wind Thunder Cloud Sparrow is powerful, so what? As long as Yutian and Lin Kuo join forces, they will surely eliminate this kid."

Principal He didn't care when he heard this.

Jiang Yun still had trump cards he hadn't used yet, didn't he?

Even if those two geniuses came.

They would probably only end up being robbed themselves.

He couldn't help but feel gleeful inside.

"Come on! Come on! You two old fogies! Just don't cry when the time comes! Hahaha!"

...Inside the Misty Forest.

Jiang Yun easily collected the beast cores that those students hadn't had time to pick up while fleeing in panic.

"Black Iron Ninth Tier, another nine points."

He weighed the beast core in his hand.

His Divine Sense swept through his storage ring.

He saw that various elemental beast cores had already piled up into a small hill inside; the number was probably close to two hundred, and the vast majority were Black Iron Eighth Tier or Ninth Tier.

"My points should have broken a thousand by now, right?"

A faint curve formed at the corner of Jiang Yun's mouth.

"First place in this competition seems to be in the bag."

He couldn't help but feel emotional again.

"Sure enough, compared to hunting Vicious Beasts yourself, it's much faster to receive points from these enthusiastic classmates!"

Speaking of which.

He thought of Lin Kuo and Xiao Yutian, whom he hadn't met yet.

"Those two guys, as the aces of their respective schools, must be dripping with points right now. If I can take the points from them too, then first place will truly be set in stone without any suspense."

Thinking of this.

Jiang Yun was full of motivation and immediately set off to search this area carefully.

However.

After circling the area, he found that...

...let alone Lin Kuo and Xiao Yutian.

He couldn't even see a single student from the other two schools; the entire area seemed to have been cleared out.

"It seems they've all learned their lesson and hidden in other areas?"

Jiang Yun sighed.

He shook his head helplessly.

"It seems my deeds have already been exposed."

"But... run? You can run, but you can't hide forever. The competition is still going on, and as long as you're within the competition grounds, I don't believe you can escape."

Jiang Yun spoke.

He decided to head deeper or search areas he hadn't scavenged yet.

In the square.

Through the light screens.

When everyone saw Jiang Yun's relentless posture.

There was another uproar.

"My god! He's still chasing?"

"Everyone else is avoiding him, and he's actually going to actively look for them? Does he want to strip every single contestant clean before he's satisfied!?"

"A demon! This is simply a demon!"

"I think after this competition, these students will all have psychological trauma regarding competitions."

...On the high platform.

Shi Pang and Lei Lie, seeing this scene.

Their faces turned several shades darker.

They were clearly beyond furious.

But the boy hadn't broken any rules.

Apart from staring helplessly, there was nothing they could do.

Principal He Tiangang's lips twitched slightly.

He wanted to defend Jiang Yun with a few words but found that this time, he couldn't even bring himself to say it was a 'strategic adjustment'.

After all, Jiang Yun wasn't even pretending anymore... He could only awkwardly rub his nose.

Pretending nothing was happening.

To the side.

Elder Li and the Mayor looked at each other.

They also shook their heads helplessly.

Rarely did expressions of being caught between tears and laughter appear on their faces.

Clearly, it was their first time seeing such an... efficient and persistent contestant... The scene returned to the forest.

Jiang Yun was planning to explore other areas in the inner circle.

When he was suddenly drawn by the sound of energy collisions and shouting coming from the front-left.

"There's movement?"

Jiang Yun raised an eyebrow.

An unconsciously kind smile appeared on his face.

"It seems there are still classmates who need help."

"Then I won't be polite."

As Jiang Yun spoke, he slowly approached the direction of the noise.

To avoid alerting the targets.

He thoughtfully recalled the Wind Thunder Cloud Sparrow into his Beast Taming Space.

At the same time, he restrained his own aura.

Like a ghost, he silently crept toward the source of the sound.

This scene made everyone exclaim.

What a devious guy... However.

When he pushed aside the thick bushes.

And saw the situation in the clearing clearly.

The kindness on his face instantly vanished.

Replaced by a cold surge of anger.

The ones confronting each other weren't students from other schools.

But Qin Feng, also from Qingquan No. 1 Middle School, and Zhao Tiezhu, a friend he had interacted with many times.

The two were in combat.

Their beasts were fighting each other.

However.

Zhao Tiezhu was being forced back step by step.

His beast, the Wood Armor Savage Ox, already had several wounds of varying depths on its body and was panting heavily, clearly at a disadvantage.

In contrast, Qin Feng's beast, the Sabertooth Flame Tiger, was arrogant, its claws still stained with blood.

Qin Feng's face was filled with undisguised ridicule and ruthlessness.

He pointed at Zhao Tiezhu and cursed, "Zhao Tiezhu, you simple-minded fool with more brawn than brains! You opposed me at every turn in school and even dared to stand up for that trash Jiang Yun? Today, I'll let you know the consequences of offending me, Qin Feng!"

The lackey beside him also chimed in sycophantically:

"Brother Feng, why waste words with him? First, cripple his Wood Armor Savage Ox and turn him into a commander without an army, then see how arrogant he can be! Then grab his beast cores and kick him straight out of the competition!"

Qin Feng gave a sinister laugh:

"Well said! First, I'll cripple your beast to give you a lesson! After I'm done with you, I'll go find that shrinking turtle Jiang Yun, who only knows how to hide, and send him on his way too!"

Although Zhao Tiezhu was at a disadvantage.

His temper was still fiery. He glared with wide eyes.

He spat:

"Qin Feng! You're only capable of this! Launching sneak attacks! Bullying your own people! If you're so capable, go rob Lin Kuo or Xiao Yutian! To rob my beast cores, what kind of thing are you!"

"You're looking for death!"

Qin Feng was poked in his sore spot; his gaze turned cold, and he was about to command the Sabertooth Flame Tiger to strike a heavy blow.

At this critical moment.

A cold voice exploded in the clearing like a clap of thunder:

"Qin Feng! Moving against your own from Qingquan No. 1 Middle School and robbing your own classmates' beast cores—do you truly have no shame at all?!"

The two of them whipped their heads around at the sound.

They saw Jiang Yun, his face icy and his gaze as sharp as a blade, walking step by step out of the shadows of the forest.