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"Su Ze, you're quite famous in our family now. Great-uncle Jiang Liu's branch suffered a lot at your hands. Especially Big Brother Jiang Tianlong, who even died because of you, haha."

Jiang Ying lived up to his name, possessing a sharp, aquiline nose.

Although he called Jiang Tianlong his elder brother, there wasn't a hint of sadness over the man's death in his tone; in fact, he sounded somewhat gleeful.

The Jiang Family was a newly risen great family. After they developed, they found that most resources were already occupied by the other three ancient great families.

If they wanted to develop, they could only seize resources from ordinary people and stretch their hands into the darkness.

But even so, it was still far from enough to support the continued growth of the increasingly massive Jiang Family.

The decline of Jiang Liu's lineage meant that other branches could obtain more resources.

In great families, clan affection might exist, but it definitely wouldn't last beyond three generations.

Su Ze was also sizing up Jiang Ying before him, then said, "I didn't expect you to actually be a member of the Jiang Family. I thought you just happened to have the surname Jiang."

"What? Are you scared?" Jiang Ying said smugly.

But Su Ze shook his head and said, "Not really. I just felt that since the Jiang Family is one of the Four Great Families, their younger generation should be among the top five of Imperial Capital University who don't need to participate in the elimination rounds."

"But I didn't expect that as a member of the Jiang Family, not only do you have to participate in the elimination rounds, but you're also... ninth place. Pfft, that's really weak enough," Su Ze mocked.

Facing Su Ze's mockery, Jiang Ying barked, "My Jiang Family naturally has someone in the top five, you're just not worthy of seeing him!"

"Right, right, right, I get it. It's not that the Jiang Family is incapable; it's just that you are. Understood," Su Ze nodded, speaking with a look of serious sympathy for the other party.

"You... bastard! Since your tongue is so sharp, I'll tear it out!" Jiang Ying said furiously.

As soon as the referee gave the order and the match officially began, he immediately lunged forward.

Simultaneously, a pale blue eagle appeared behind him and then transformed into a pair of sharp claws in his hands.

Jiang Ying seemed provoked to the point of losing his mind, but at least half of it was an act.

Facing Su Ze, who had thwarted the Jiang Family several times, he didn't dare be careless.

Su Ze also pulled the Void Spirit Turtle from his coat, which directly transformed into a shield to block in front of him.

The sound of clashing metal rang out. Su Ze remained motionless, having blocked the blow with the void spirit shield in his hand.

He also used this to judge the opponent's strength—just barely over level forty. That pale blue eagle should also be a platinum-level demon beast.

Although there was a bloodline gap, the Void Spirit Turtle was already at level forty-eight. A level difference of seven or eight wasn't something a platinum-level bloodline suppression could erase.

"Good! Go for it, Brother Su Ze!"

"Su Ze, go, take him down!"

Xu Yao and Wang Zi were shouting from the spectator stands. Having waited all day from morning to night, they finally got to see Su Ze take the stage.

During the wait, they had even been so bored they fell asleep. Only when Luo Xingyu competed would Wang Zi return to the White Tiger Beast Taming University's viewing area to cheer a few times for encouragement.

On the arena stage, Jiang Ying looked at Su Ze in utter surprise as he blocked his attack.

He knew Su Ze's information and understood that this shield was the Weaponization of a Gold-rank demon beast, the Void Spirit Turtle, yet it was now performing as an equal against his own platinum-level demon beast.

This meant the level difference between the two must be at least five levels!

"This... how is this possible?" Jiang Ying hastily pulled back to retreat, but Su Ze had no intention of pursuing him at all.

Because as a water-attribute turtle-type demon beast, the Void Spirit Turtle's characteristics were high defense, low attack power, and slow speed.

Su Ze didn't plan on revealing too much strength for the time being. It wasn't impossible to defeat the opponent relying solely on the Void Spirit Turtle.

The Void Spirit Turtle had a skill he hadn't used in a long time called 'Full Return', which could return an enemy's attack back to them.

However, Jiang Ying's attack just now was merely a probing one, so even if it were reflected, it wouldn't pose much of a threat.

He needed to wait for a more powerful attack.

And Jiang Ying did not disappoint him. The contract array glowed again, and surprisingly, another platinum-level demon beast crawled out—a beetle that looked like it was topped with a long black spear.

Its Beast Spirit Weaponization was also unsurprising: a short black spear that looked extremely sharp in his hand.

"This was a demon beast I originally intended to use in the elimination rounds. I didn't expect to be forced to use it here. Now, I want to see whether your shield is harder or my spear is more invincible."

He transformed the other Goshawk Demon Beast into beast taming armor, adding its power to this strike as he lunged to pierce Su Ze.

This time, Su Ze was finally shaken, retreating several steps in succession and looking very strained.

He was pushed all the way to the edge of the arena stage.

The spear and shield in their hands had yet to determine a victor, but Jiang Ying already saw the hope of victory.

Who said he had to break Su Ze's defense?

This was an arena; wouldn't it be enough just to knock Su Ze off?

Thus, he further increased the strength in his hands, wanting to use all his power to simply and directly push Su Ze off.

Su Ze was indeed as he expected, with half a foot already hanging off the arena stage. Just as he seemed about to fall at any moment...

He suddenly looked up and smiled, saying, "I'm falling... just kidding. Full Return, activate!"

Jiang Ying instantly sensed something was wrong, but having committed all his strength, how could he possibly dodge in time?

Moreover, at that moment, he felt as if his feet were entangled by something and he couldn't break free at all, forced to stand there and take the hit.

Brilliant light flickered on the shield, and a beam of light shot out, hitting Jiang Ying squarely and sending him flying. The restraint on his legs was gone as if it never existed.

The knocked-back Jiang Ying had already sustained heavy injuries and lost consciousness. Although all the matches for the day were over, whether he could survive until tomorrow was still an unknown.

In the stands, Xue Yu also nodded and said, "So that's how it is. No wonder the students from White Tiger Beast Taming University would surrender; their strength is indeed not on the same level."

"To have level forty-eight Spiritual Power in just the first year of university—he must be the first one in history, right?"

"And... if I didn't sense it wrong just now, there was the aura of a Shadow Realm demon beast for a split second. A Platinum Lord, comparable to a Diamond."

Su Ze had relied on the Shadow Moon Wolf King hidden in the Shadow Realm to control Jiang Ying's feet, making him unable to avoid taking the hit.

He thought he had done it very covertly and that no one would notice.

But in reality, the five principals in the stands saw through it at a glance.

The first day of the Beast Taming Grand Competition matches thus came to an end... Meanwhile, in Beishan City.

A Great Xia Spirit Guard belonging to the Thirteenth Detachment under Su Ze's command went out at night with a face full of conflict. He contacted a man in black and then sold the military-grade quenching thought bead he had recently received from Su Ze.

Unexpectedly, just as the transaction ended, the lights in the room were suddenly switched on.

Jiang Chen and his elder brother Jiang Donglin walked out from the adjacent room, holding a video camera that had recorded everything that had just happened.