77: Fighting

“Hmph!”

Facing Wei Hao’s disdainful shout, Li Ming’s expression turned ugly as he coldly snorted, not giving the other party any response.

It was impossible for him to surrender without a fight; he couldn’t afford to lose face like that.

Moreover, if he truly surrendered without a fight, his father would never forgive him when he returned.

“Stubborn fool!”

Wei Hao watched Li Ming’s expression, which seemed to indicate he was ready to fight him to the death, and his face gradually turned cold.

Before the two even started fighting, the entire high platform was already filled with a sense of tension.

“The second semi-final match, begin!”

“Lightning Tiger, use Lightning Arrow!”

“Raging Thunder Ape, charge over there and use Wild Thunder Vajra Fist to beat him up!”

As the referee announced the start of the duel, Li Ming immediately had his Beast launch a full-force attack.

Watching the attack coming his way, Wei Hao remained indifferent.

“Overestimating yourself!”

“Elephant Armor Behemoth, show them some color!”

Following Wei Hao’s command, the Elephant Armor Behemoth directly blocked in front of him, facing the Lightning Arrows unleashed by the Lightning Tiger.

The Elephant Armor Behemoth neither dodged nor avoided, allowing these arm-thick bolts of lightning to strike its body.

A series of crackling thunderous sounds rang out, and the Elephant Armor Behemoth’s entire body glowed with streaks of lightning.

But the Elephant Armor Behemoth seemed oblivious, its body shining with a layer of earthy yellow light, preventing the lightning from harming it in the slightest.

Dong!!!

Just then, the Raging Thunder Ape, under the cover of the Lightning Tiger’s attack, quickly rushed to the Elephant Armor Behemoth’s side, swung its sandbag-sized fist, and heavily smashed it onto the Elephant Armor Behemoth’s body, producing a dull thud like a muffled drum.

Blue lightning surged on the Raging Thunder Ape’s fists, descending with immense power, also creating a thunderous boom.

“Roar—”

Facing the Raging Thunder Ape that had charged right up to its face, the Elephant Armor Behemoth let out an angry roar.

Although the Raging Thunder Ape’s punches on its body were no different from a tickle, aside from causing it a slight tingling sensation.

But the Raging Thunder Ape’s attack had successfully enraged it.

With that, a thick elephant trunk lashed out like a long whip.

Its speed was incredibly fast, and in the blink of an eye, it struck the Raging Thunder Ape’s sturdy chest, sending the Raging Thunder Ape flying.

The Elephant Armor Behemoth’s trunk was powerful, and this single strike directly tore the Raging Thunder Ape’s skin and flesh, causing blood to flow and making it let out a painful roar.

“Now, kill!”

The Raging Thunder Ape was heavily injured, but Li Ming, on the other side, his eyes lit up, and he shouted loudly.

With that, Li Ming’s other Beast, the Lightning Tiger, took advantage of the Raging Thunder Ape and Elephant Armor Behemoth’s engagement, its body like lightning, swiftly bypassed the Elephant Armor Behemoth, and charged towards Wei Hao.

Seeing its sharp claws already reaching for Wei Hao, even the Lord-level Beastmaster referee had already slightly raised his hand, preparing to save Wei Hao at the last moment.

However, just as the Lightning Tiger was about to succeed, its body suddenly felt a huge pressure, making every cell of its body bear ten times the gravity it had before.

This sudden change caused the Lightning Tiger’s body to stagger, and it was directly pressed down, heavily smashing onto the ground.

“Heh heh, still trying to create a diversion?”

“Little do you know, I was already guarding against this move of yours!”

“Since you’re unwilling to surrender, then I won’t be polite!”

Looking at the Lightning Tiger, which was pressed down and struggling to move beside him, Wei Hao’s face revealed a cold sneer.

At his unspoken command, the Elephant Armor Behemoth raised its hind leg high, about to step on the Lightning Tiger caught in the gravity trap.

If the Elephant Armor Behemoth’s foot landed, with its massive body and weight, the Lightning Tiger would be crippled even if it didn’t die.

“Stop!”

“I surrender!”

Watching this scene, Li Ming gritted his teeth and shouted, his face ashen.

“Wouldn’t it have been easier to surrender earlier, why waste time!”

Hearing Li Ming’s unwilling voice, Wei Hao immediately had the Elephant Armor Behemoth stop.

At the same time, he didn’t forget to speak to Li Ming, his expression arrogant.

Li Ming didn’t respond to this, only quickly recalled his two Beasts, and walked off the stage dejectedly.

He was inferior in skill, so he had nothing to say.

Moreover, this Wei Hao, although his family background was not as good as his Li family’s, it wasn’t far off.

He couldn’t possibly utter harsh words to the other party.

Furthermore, the other party was an A-Rank talented Beastmaster, destined to become a powerful Beastmaster in the future.

After the trip to the Misty Forest, Li Ming had learned his lesson.

Since he knew the other party’s talent and strength, he naturally wouldn’t provoke a powerful enemy for himself by seeking a momentary advantage in words.

“This Li Ming, after a few months, is truly impressive.”

“And he noticed me here earlier; whether from his demeanor or the reactions of other Experts from the Li family around him, it doesn’t seem like he was the mastermind who hired people to kill me.”

“If Li Ming didn’t hire people to kill, then who hired the three people in the Voodoo Jungle?”

In the VIP section, Su Yuan, who had witnessed all of this, his eyes flickered as he fell into deep thought.

“Brave and resourceful, with extraordinary talent! Old Wei, congratulations, your Wei family has produced a true Dragon!”

“Yes, Old Wei, your boy will surely surpass you in the future, and in time, he might even achieve the Rank of King-level Beastmaster!”

“Wei Hao’s Elephant Armor Behemoth is of Excellent Nine-star quality, and has a Rank of Awakening Six, with this combat power, winning the championship of this competition and becoming Tianyang City’s top core student shouldn’t be a problem!”

“We are here to congratulate Patriarch Wei first!”

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In the VIP section, seeing Wei Hao’s performance in this battle, many people congratulated a burly middle-aged man sitting in a side seat in the first row.

This person was Wei Hao’s father, the current head of the Wei family, Wei Chen.

“You all praise my son too much! That little girl Shi Qianying is also not to be underestimated, it’s too early to say who will take first place.”

Hearing everyone’s compliments, Wei Chen spoke humbly, but the corners of his mouth couldn’t be suppressed.

“Old Wang, it seems that after the college entrance examination reform, the honor of Tianyang City’s first core student will fall to a student from our Tianyang No. 2 High School.”

On the other side, at the location of the principals of Tianyang City’s seven high schools, the principal of Tianyang No. 2 High School, next to Wang Gang, stroked the stubble on his face, turned to look at Wang Gang, and said with a smile.

Tianyang City’s seven high schools have both cooperation and competition.

The competition between Tianyang No. 1 High School and Tianyang No. 2 High School was the most intense.

If the honor of the first core student of Tianyang City after the reform fell to Tianyang No. 2 High School, with a little publicity and embellishment, Tianyang No. 2 High School would not have to worry about quality students in the future.

Hearing the words of Liu Ren, the principal of Tianyang No. 2 High School next to him, Wang Gang looked at the other party’s confident expression and only found it amusing.

Regarding Liu Ren’s words, Wang Gang simply said with a calm expression:

“Old Liu, it’s not over yet, you don’t have to be so quick to draw conclusions.”

Seeing Wang Gang’s composed demeanor, Liu Ren’s hand, stroking his stubble, paused slightly.