149: Battle lineup and shopping

Wang Chen felt a bit strange about Teacher Chen's evaluation when he thought about how he had repeatedly jumped around at the entrance of the Sacred Mountain in the Secret Realm, making Zhao Mingkong and the others' eyes burn with fury.

This Teacher Chen's focus was truly unique!

Thinking playfully, he looked at Chen Xiaolin and politely asked,

"Teacher Chen, are there no other arrangements after this?"

"No."

Hearing this, Chen Xiaolin shook his head. "Next is free time. If you have anything to do, go ahead and do it. Just remember to come back tonight."

"Oh, right."

As he spoke, Chen Xiaolin paused, pulling Wang Chen, who was about to leave, back.

Looking at Wang Chen, Chen Xiaolin asked with a smile, "Don't be in such a hurry to leave. Which position do you plan to take in tomorrow's arena battles?"

"Teacher, is there a difference?"

Hearing his words, Wang Chen scratched his head.

The arena battles in the official competition were randomly matched team duels by the intelligent brain, adopting a best-of-five system.

Generally speaking, top universities had an overwhelming advantage over other ordinary universities.

Basically, the first person to fight could usually sweep through an ordinary university's team.

So Wang Chen didn't care which position he fought in.

"Of course there's a difference!"

Seeing Wang Chen's expression, Chen Xiaolin smiled and shook his head, saying,

"The arena battles not only determine the final ranking but also concern who will be crowned the strongest freshman."

"If your ranking is low, the victory points you personally obtain will be very few, and then you won't be able to compete with others for the title of strongest freshman."

"Oh!"

Wang Chen nodded upon hearing this.

He hadn't expected such a connection.

"Then Teacher, please arrange it for me."

After thinking for a moment, Wang Chen directly handed the problem over to Chen Xiaolin.

After all, it was his first time participating in such a competition, and in terms of understanding, he certainly couldn't compare to Chen Xiaolin.

Awakener matters should still be handled by Awakeners.

Hearing his words, Chen Xiaolin nodded.

"Then, how about this: you fight third in the team, after Zhou Wu and Zhao Li."

"This way, they get a chance to fight, and it won't affect your victory points."

"And most importantly, if you fight third, you can just turn the tide if you encounter an unfavorable situation."

Chen Xiaolin seemed to have already planned it out, directly analyzing it for Wang Chen.

"Alright, I'll listen to Teacher."

Wang Chen nodded upon hearing this, agreeing to Chen Xiaolin's arrangement.

"Then that's settled."

Seeing this, Chen Xiaolin let go of his hand. "Go explore. Come back early."

...

...

Jingdu.

As the capital of the Dragon Country, it was one of the leading super cities on Blue Star today.

Its prosperity was astonishing.

Jingdu alone had four entire trading districts.

After Wang Chen emerged from the Grand Stadium, he hailed a hovercar and headed to the nearest Eastern Trading District.

At this moment.

Upon arriving at the Eastern Trading District, as soon as he got out of the car, the bustling atmosphere left Wang Chen, the "country bumpkin," dumbfounded.

The flow of people coming and going was like weaving, with heads densely packed as far as the eye could see.

Moreover, among these people, over ninety percent were Awakeners.

After a quick glance, Wang Chen even discovered that the weakest of these Awakeners were nearly Rank 3.

"Damn it!"

"As expected of Jingdu, the super city everyone yearns for!"

For a moment, Wang Chen entered the trading district with emotion, curiously looking around like someone who had never seen the world.

But he couldn't be blamed for it.

In the trading district, all kinds of items were available, including equipment, props, Spirit Medicine, beast pets, and skill books.

Moreover, even at the more civilian-oriented small stalls, the level of goods sold was quite impressive.

After walking less than a hundred meters, Wang Chen saw several stalls selling B-grade skill books, Materials, and props.

If it were in Dongling City, items rated B-grade or higher could be considered the prized treasures of those shops.

But here, they were commonplace.

"I hope I can find a satisfactory beast pet today."

This prosperous scene made Wang Chen involuntarily look forward to it.

Next, he followed the street signs and began walking towards the area where beast pets were sold.

"Spirit Beast Leopard-Patterned Cat, for only two million gold coins, you can own a powerful beast pet with a cute appearance, gentle personality, and decent combat power!"

"Come in and take a look, passersby! Origin Beast-level beast pet, Azure Moon Demonic Wolf, loyal and reliable, with powerful combat strength, it's the first choice for both leveling up and traveling! Only twenty million gold coins!"

"Blood-spitting big sale! Blood-spitting big sale! Newly arrived rare beast pet, Thumb-Sized Pixie, for only one million gold coins, you can give your child a perfect childhood companion!"

"..."

Upon arriving at the beast pet sales area, every shop had salespeople shouting hoarsely in front of their doors.

At the same time, they continuously introduced the creatures in the beast cages beside them to the passing pedestrians.

After hearing them, Wang Chen also looked a few times out of curiosity.

The Spirit Beast Leopard-Patterned Cat and the Origin Beast Azure Moon Demonic Wolf were ordinary, with extremely low potential.

However, that litter of Thumb-Sized Pixies had quite good potential.

They were originally only Demonic Beasts, but their growth potential reached the Origin Beast level, and they were truly very cute, attracting many children who couldn't move.

However...

The potential was still too low.

After a few glances, Wang Chen withdrew his gaze and randomly chose a shop to enter.

The truly good goods still had to be checked inside the store.

"Welcome!"

"Excuse me, what type of beast pet do you need, customer?"

As soon as he entered the shop, a salesperson greeted him with a smile.

"I'll just look around first."

Wang Chen nodded politely, then began examining the goods on the shelves.

Swift Wind Leopard (Spirit Beast), ultimate evolution state: Wind-Riding Leopard (Origin Beast).

Blazing Eagle (Spirit Beast), ultimate evolution state: Blazing Divine Eagle (Origin Beast).

Lightning Tiger (Spirit Beast), ultimate evolution state: Thunder Tiger King (Origin Beast).

...

After looking around, Wang Chen left the shop under the salesperson's disappointed gaze.

The quality of individual beast pets in these Jingdu beast pet shops was indeed extremely high, comparable to those in the Blazing Dragon University trading district.

However, Wang Chen didn't find anything satisfactory among them.

Wandering around.

Soon, Wang Chen had visited every shop on the entire beast pet street.

Under the Bloodline Identification Technique, he found that the beast pet with the highest potential was only at the Sacred Beast level at its limit.

Fire Crow (Spirit Beast), ultimate evolution state: Sun Divine Crow (Sacred Beast).

Although it was already quite terrifying for others, compared to Ice Purity and Susu, it was like heaven and earth.

"Forget it!"

"It seems I won't find what I need in the Eastern Trading Market. After tomorrow's competition, I'll go check out the other three trading markets."

Seeing that dusk was falling, Wang Chen helplessly got into the hovercar for the return journey.