79: Repairing insects

Jiang Yiyi recalled everything Chen Fei had done to the Ghost Curse Crow earlier and couldn't help but feel he was a bit... off.

She couldn't help but respond cautiously, "What do you want? If you don't give me a reason, there's no way."

She felt the same way as Shen Lin; it was better to be on guard.

Seeing her cautious appearance, Chen Fei scratched his head. Had Jiang Yiyi seen through his objective?

"Senior, it's my first time seeing a demon, so isn't it natural to be curious?"

"Just because of curiosity?"

Chen Fei nodded heavily!

"If you're curious, go to the Imperial City's largest beast taming exchange center; you'll eventually run into one!" Jiang Yiyi dismissed him directly, refusing to let Chen Fei touch it no matter what.

Having been rebuffed, Chen Fei returned to his seat and looked at Tang Jian and Su Can beside him. "You guys..."

Before Chen Fei could finish, Tang Jian and Su Can hurriedly interrupted him:

"Can't do it!"

"Impossible!"

"Don't even think about it!"

Chen Fei: ...I haven't even finished speaking yet!

...The top four of the division had been decided, and they also welcomed a precious period of rest.

Even if the humans didn't need to eat, the beast pets couldn't handle such skill bursts without rest.

The Spiritual Qi of the vast majority of beast pets had hit rock bottom and needed time to recover.

Chief Instructor Sun took the opportunity to come over and say a few words:

"Everyone has worked hard. To be able to reach this step is already quite remarkable.

In previous years, Shanhai Academy would stop right here.

But this time, with you all here, I believe we can go even further.

Next, I will talk about our opponent for the top 4 to top 2 match, An Shenling Academy..."

From Chief Instructor Sun's words, Chen Fei and the others learned about the background of An Shenling Academy.

It was located in the southwestern part of Great Xia, near a primeval forest.

The terrain there was complex, with canyons and cliffs everywhere; one could fall into an abyss if they weren't careful.

It could be said that their learning conditions were extremely arduous.

But because of this, they possessed a level of perseverance and natural affinity that ordinary people lacked.

Consequently, the students of this school owned many Wood-type Yao Beasts and even Demonic Plants.

It wasn't that no one contracted Demonic Plants, but they were relatively rare.

Compared to Yao Beasts, the speed disadvantage of Demonic Plants was too obvious.

However, that didn't mean Demonic Plants were weak; if they lacked speed, they made up for it with control and defense.

For example, take the S-Rank Spirit-Devouring Demonic Willow of An Shenling Academy's first-year leader.

It possessed countless willow branches that could form shields, as well as perform attacks and control.

The willow branches even had the ability to absorb Spiritual Qi. Once bound, if one didn't break free in time, they would have to be withdrawn into the beast taming space because their Spiritual Qi would hit rock bottom.

Even if its movement was slow, it remained a formidable existence.

Besides the Chief, there was another strange guy who constantly wore a cape and sunglasses.

He was a genuine Insect Cultivator. Unlike Chen Fei who only had one Gu insect, all of his Three Beasts were of the insect race.

When it truly came down to numbers, it was hard to say who had more.

"This is the general situation of An Shenling Academy. Whether it's the first-year or second-year matches, it will be a tough fight!"

By the time of the top 4 to top 2 matches, there were no more weaklings.

If they won, they would be in the division's top 2.

Then they would participate in the final championship match.

The first place in the division would compete for ranks 1 to 10.

The second place in the division would compete for ranks 11 to 20.

"Shanhai Academy versus An Shenling Academy, the match officially begins!"

Following the referee's command, both sides summoned their respective beast pets.

Duanmu Jie took off his sunglasses with a weird smile on his face. "You over there, I heard you're also an Insect Cultivator. Why don't the two of us play a bit, just the two of us?"

"No problem!" Chen Fei did not refuse.

Having finally encountered a real Insect Cultivator, he also wanted to see the opponent's strength.

But before that, he pulled out his forty-nine Third-level Beasts to help Tang Jian deal with the Spirit-Devouring Demonic Willow.

However, he heard Duanmu Jie give a light laugh. "Brother, you look down on me too much. Your beast pets can use Parasitism to control others, but who's to say mine can't?"

Duanmu Jie also released a batch of Third-level Beasts, reaching a total of sixty, even more than Chen Fei's, though their strength was relatively weaker.

Most of them were at Level 3-3 or Level 3-4.

Unlike Chen Fei, who had many at Level 3-5.

One side had quality, while the other had quantity. If they truly fought, there wouldn't be much of a difference.

Consequently, both of them withdrew these batches of Third-level Beasts.

Since the outcome would be similar, there was no need to waste energy.

Because of their actions, the atmosphere of the scene instantly surged:

"Whoa, an Insect Cultivator who manages to grow up is truly like they're using a cheat."

"But how many can actually make it? If you're not a big spender, don't even try this path!"

"Then again, it's rare to see a duel between Insect Cultivators. We can gain some knowledge today."

"..."

Since the swarms of Third-level Beasts for [Corpse Control] were no longer useful, it could only be a battle of insects.

Two types of small insects continuously crawled out from Duanmu Jie's body.

One was a black crawling insect, an A-Rank Aptitude Black Frost Spider.

The strength of the swarm was at Level 3-1, which meant the Mother Bug was at least around Level 3-3.

They mainly used spider webs for control and support.

The other was a brown flying insect that looked like a withered leaf on the outside; it could hide itself better in a forest.

[Withered Leaf Cicada Bug (Second Generation Bug)

Strength: Level 3-1

Attribute: Elemental System, Poison-type, Mental-type, Assassin Class

Aptitude: S

Potential: Expected to promote to SSS-Rank Potential.

Skills: ...]

This insect could not only perform Parasitism for control but also absorb the life force from their bodies to form the energy it needed.

Its development direction was somewhat similar to Little Gu's.

The last type was rather special...