100: test

There are a total of thirty participants in the Beast Taming Grand Competition, with Imperial Capital Beast Taming University taking ten spots.

The other four universities each have five spots.

The top five from Imperial Capital Beast Taming University directly enter the Elimination Rounds, while the bottom five must participate in the Group Stage alongside Beast Tamers from other schools.

This means the twenty-five Beast Tamers will be divided into five groups for the Group Stage, with participants from the same school placed in different groups.

Within each group, every two participants will face off once, with the winner earning one point. The top two in group points advance to the Elimination Rounds, totaling ten qualifiers.

At this stage, whichever Beast Taming University has the most qualifiers brings glory to their school, and the school also receives rewards.

After the Group Stage, the competition is no longer for the school but for oneself.

These ten qualifiers will join the top five from Imperial Capital Beast Taming University, making a total of fifteen participants for the next round of elimination.

This continues until a champion is selected.

The Group Stage will be divided into two tiers: the top one to three participants from each school will be shuffled and split into three groups, avoiding placing participants from the same school together.

The remaining fourth and fifth participants will be divided into two groups.

This means Su Ze, as the fourth-ranked participant from Azure Dragon Beast Taming University, will not face the top one to three participants from other schools.

And either Shen Kui or Shen Xu will definitely be grouped with Su Ze.

That's why they wanted to probe Su Ze's true strength.

Seeing Wang Zi lean in to whisper something in Su Ze's ear, Shen Kui and Shen Xu immediately scolded, "Fatty Wang, what are you doing? Trying to leak our information to a participant from another school?"

As they spoke, they aggressively pressed forward.

Their mental pressure felt as if it were one entity, like a collapsing city wall.

But while their words seemed directed at Wang Zi, the majority of the pressure actually fell on Su Ze.

To their surprise, Su Ze remained unfazed even under their combined pressure.

After all, Su Ze had even withstood Jiang Sheng's mental pressure, and that was before Feng Qingyi returned.

Two Beast Tamers who had just barely passed level forty, with unstable levels at that, were nothing to fear even when combined.

The Shen Family Brothers' expressions turned grave. "How is this possible? He's just a freshman, so he must rely on high-level demon beasts to compete. But why is his own mental level not inferior to ours?"

They were puzzled, but Su Ze had already walked up to them under their mental pressure and said, "Fighting seems to be prohibited in the Imperial Capital's urban areas, so I'll let you off today."

"But remember this: only a few people can call him 'Fatty,' and you two definitely aren't among them!"

Faced with Su Ze's threat, the two felt an overwhelming pressure, struggling to breathe and unable to speak.

They even saw their own shadows rise, with sharp claws extending from within to lightly scratch at their necks.

But then the claws retracted, and everything returned to normal.

Their shadows were still at their feet, and Su Ze and the other two had already passed by them unnoticed.

Shen Kui touched his slightly sore neck. If not for the faint traces of blood proving what had just happened, it would have felt like an illusion.

Looking at the blood on his hand, Shen Kui said, "Brother, it seems the intel was wrong. He's not some weak freshman or the lowest-ranked fourth participant."

"Whichever of us gets grouped with him should prepare to fight for second place in the group to advance."

Shen Xu nodded and said, "I understand."

The two brothers' strengths were nearly equal, with the older brother Shen Kui being slightly stronger.

If even he said so, it meant they truly were no match for Su Ze.

"Brother, what should we do now? We really just wanted to borrow some money!"

In truth, they had initially come to borrow money. The brothers knew too little about the Imperial Capital's prices and had some expensive, energy-consuming personal hobbies.

Upon seeing the high-end products in the Imperial Capital, they couldn't resist taking turns splurging. The consequence was returning with not a single coin left, almost getting detained by the sellers.

Even revealing their Beast Tamer identities couldn't intimidate the other party.

That's why they thought to borrow some money from Wang Zi, who was accompanying the team as a spectator, to get through the competition period.

As for repayment... that was another matter.

As for Su Ze, they only thought to probe him because they happened to see him next to Wang Zi.

Now, not only did they fail to borrow money, but they also got a small lesson from Su Ze.

In the end, they shamelessly went to find Luo Xingyu, the Person in Charge when the Principal was absent, and finally borrowed money to fill their stomachs.

Meanwhile, Wang Zi, who had thought there might be trouble and was prepared to spend money to avoid disaster, discovered that Su Ze had easily suppressed the Shen Family Brothers.

Wang Zi said with someFeeling, "You really are something. I can't see through you at all now."

The reason he went to White Tiger Beast Taming University far from home for the Beast Taming College Entrance Examination, unwilling to wait another year, was because he felt he might fall behind Su Ze.

Relying on the Golden Scale Pig's unique leveling method, he thought he could catch up to Su Ze, but now he found the gap between them was only widening.

Wang ZiFeeling着 returned to the room booked by their school, while Su Ze and Xu Yao each went back to their own rooms.

Su Ze also invited Xu Yao to discuss life together, but unfortunately, she still refused... The next morning, Xu Yao was woken by a familiar, tantalizing aroma.

Rubbing her eyes, she followed the scent to Su Ze's room and saw the feast he had laid out on the table, waiting to be enjoyed.

"You're awake? Brush your teeth first. I'll go call Wang Zi over," Su Ze said with a smile.

As soon as he stepped into the hallway, he saw Wang Zi still in his pajamas, sniffing around as he approached.

"What are you doing?" Su Ze asked, laughing.

"Don't you smell it? This scent is exactly like last night's Charcoal-Grilled Demon Beast Egg, no, even more fragrant. I thought it was just my craving playing tricks on me, but I followed it all the way here," Wang Zi explained.

He even sniffed Su Ze's clothes twice, then gave him a suspicious look.

Because Su Ze seemed covered in this aroma.

"Come with me quickly. Everyone's making such a fuss. Let's hurry back and turn on the exhaust fan, or we might attract others."

As soon as Su Ze entered the room, he saw Xu Yao couldn't resist taking a bite, her cheeks bulging with egg white.

Wang Zi was even more stunned by the sight before him.

"Charcoal-Grilled Demon Beast Egg, Boiled Demon Beast Egg, and Demon Beast Egg Custard? My goodness... what have you done?!"