122: Sycamore tree

Su Ze followed behind and walked to Xu Yao's side, asking, "What happened just now while I was away?"

Xu Yao spoke with a face full of amazement, "Brother Su Ze, you didn't see it just now. When Teacher Lin Xi first appeared, the other teachers all looked down on him."

"Then I saw them all fall down at once, as if they had fallen asleep in an instant. After that, they all woke up together, and their attitude toward Teacher Lin Xi changed completely, becoming very respectful!"

Su Ze nodded understandingly.

The teachers who could accompany the team here for the Beast Taming Grand Competition were all senior teachers with deep seniority. They had taught at Azure Dragon Beast Taming University for over ten years, meaning they were all once teachers under Lin Xi.

Because Lin Xi never showed his face and always issued tasks through dreams, no one knew Lin Xi's true identity except for Xu Yiming, who was both a teacher and Lin Xi's student.

It wasn't until just now, after they entered that familiar dreamscape again, that they realized this old man, who had been responsible for raising low-level monster beasts and sanitation work at the school, was actually the former principal known as the Dream Demon.

However, Su Ze frowned as he listened to Xu Yao's narration.

It wasn't that he thought there was any problem with these teachers being so in awe of Lin Xi, but rather he found it strange why he would suddenly jump out and stop hiding his identity at this critical juncture.

If it were merely to watch Su Ze's performance, he wouldn't believe it.

"This Old fellow wouldn't happen to have some kind of conspiracy, would he?" Su Ze couldn't figure it out.

At this time, the teams from the other four schools, excluding Imperial Capital Beast Taming University, had all gathered together.

The reason Imperial Capital Beast Taming University was excluded was that the venue for the Elimination Rounds of this Beast Taming Grand Competition was right inside their campus.

Compared to the other four universities, the scale of Imperial Capital Beast Taming University was clearly much larger.

It was possible that the combined area of the four schools was not even that large.

If not for specialized guides, they would probably wander for a whole day without finding the competition venue.

Soon, under guidance, everyone arrived at the Department of Botany of Imperial Capital Beast Taming University and met up with the Imperial Capital Beast Taming University team, who had been waiting there for a long time.

Besides them, the principals of several schools were also here.

Among them, the moment Xiao Xu saw Lin Xi, he immediately walked down with a smile and let the other party take his place as the team leader.

Lin Xi wasn't polite at all, walking straight up to take Xiao Xu's position.

The other principals were a bit surprised at first, but when they saw it was Lin Xi taking the stage, they looked away. They clearly recognized Lin Xi and even secretly pulled away to create some distance.

After all, compared to this person's illustrious and fearsome reputation, they, as fellow Beast Taming University principals, were far too kind and gentle.

The oldest among them, Liu Yao, the principal of White Tiger Beast Taming University, said, "Principal Lin, long time no see. How come even you have come this time?"

"What? Am I not allowed to come?"

"You can, you can, of course you can."

Lin Xi waved his hand impatiently and said, "Alright, hurry up and open the venue. I've never even seen the wutong tree of your Imperial Capital Beast Taming University. Are you finally willing to cooperate and bring it out this time?"

Xue Yu, the principal of Imperial Capital Beast Taming University, said irritably, "The Great Xia Spirit Guards and the Beast Tamer Association have joined forces to pressure me, and there seems to be the shadow of that good student of yours behind it. How would I dare to continue keeping it for myself?"

"However, I must state in advance that the Giant Wutong Tree has been a bit unstable recently. If something really goes wrong, you can't blame me."

Lin Xi waved his hand and said, "It doesn't matter anymore. I forgot to inform you that just before I came, the anchor point on my side had completely broken off."

"What?" The principals, who knew what this meant, instantly asked with anticipation, "Then what was the result? Has it developed in a good direction?"

Lin Xi shook his head and said, "No. On the contrary, the distance between the Monster Beast World and us is getting closer and closer. I think... our previous judgment of the anchor points might have been wrong."

"Alright, I'll tell you the details of these matters later. First, open the Wutong Space."

The group exchanged glances upon hearing this, and then, including Lin Xi, they all injected power into the space before them.

Like a curtain on a stage being pulled open, a crack appeared in the space as they injected their power, slowly expanding.

A massive space appeared before everyone's eyes.

As the space appeared, the sound of deep breaths began to rise one after another.

"Hoo... what fresh air!"

"I feel like the cells all over my body have become activated because of this!"

"Oh my god, everyone, look ahead!"

"What a huge tree! Is this the wutong tree that can bear wutong fruit?"

Everyone stared dumbfounded at that Giant Wutong Tree. A single one of its leaves was the size of a rooftop, and a residential building for an entire neighborhood could be placed on its branches.

If one were willing, they could even move two or three entire cities onto the tree.

Such a massive wutong tree was located right inside Imperial Capital Beast Taming University, yet it was completely invisible from the outside.

This was because it existed alone within a special space.

This wasn't some array-based space, but an independent space propped up by the leaves and branches of the wutong tree itself.

It could only be opened by force from the outside, and its discovery was entirely a matter of chance.

"Alright, this Wutong Space is where your Elimination Rounds will take place. Everyone, get inside quickly."

The crowd, who had been shocked into a daze, finally began to walk into the Wutong Space through the crack.

Compared to the previous group stages, the Elimination Rounds did not have a sea of spectators attending.

Besides the teachers and participating students from the five Beast Taming Universities, only people like Xu Yao and Wang Zi, who had obtained spectating qualifications, were allowed to enter.

However, this didn't mean that ordinary people couldn't see the situation of this grand competition; they could still watch it at home via live broadcast.

As for the live broadcast equipment, it had all been arranged over the past few days.

As the crowd walked closer, they realized that this incredibly massive wutong tree had been transformed into a combination of technology and biology.

Many giant light bulbs were fixed to its branches; otherwise, the leaves that blotted out the sky would have completely blocked the sunlight, leaving the area below in total darkness.

The equipment used for the live broadcast was naturally placed on the wutong tree in the same way.

As the space closed again, the live broadcast image flickered slightly but eventually stabilized.

At the very top of the wutong tree, a giant fruit several dozen meters wide hung from a branch.

Several searchlights were pointed at it, indicating that this was the final prize of this Beast Taming Grand Competition—the wutong fruit that could enhance a monster beast's bloodline!