142: Rating items
However, once the beast evolved, Luo Chen handed it over to the cold-faced Beast Master on his platform.
He handed the beast to him, letting him take it to the judges' panel.
Although the Breeder competition didn't have cool combat effects or tense, exciting confrontations,
the evolution of a beast from one form to another deeply captivated the audience's attention. Some viewers even constantly switched between the main perspectives of various contestants.
Like a badger in a melon patch, they wanted to glimpse every contestant's match.
The time Luo Chen took to evolve his beast was only average. He waited for about three more hours before the evolution processes of the other Breeders gradually concluded.
Overall, the first day's assessment wasn't very difficult. After all, these were Breeders chosen from thousands in their respective cities, so there were no instances of anyone failing to meet the requirements.
As soon as it ended, the judging panel began the scoring process.
Due to the requirement for visual appeal, the screen not only displayed detailed information about each beast but also had a dedicated Beast Master communicate with these newly evolved beasts, having them demonstrate their Skill effects.
The first to appear was none other than the Baicao Deer.
It looked somewhat similar to the sika deer from Luo Chen's previous life, but its markings were patterns of different plants, and its two antlers had a more wooden feel.
[race: Baicao Deer
Rank: Spirit Beast First Rank
Type: Wood Type
State: Cautious
Aptitude: Good
Skills: 1. Lush Vegetation (Profound Rank): The Baicao Deer injects abundant Wood Type energy into plants, causing them to grow rapidly in a short period.
2. Baicao Liquid (Profound Rank): The Baicao Deer condenses Baicao Liquid on its antlers. Baicao Liquid has highly effective hemostatic and restorative properties for external skin wounds.
3. Wood Leaf Flying Dagger (Profound Rank): Leaves like flying daggers, condensed from a large amount of Wood Type energy, can cause damage to targets.
4. Wood Leaf Shield (Profound Rank): A wood-patterned shield formed from Wood Type energy, providing a certain degree of protection to targets.]
Looking at the screen, its information appeared on the left, while its real-time live broadcast was on the right.
The environment beneath the Baicao Deer's feet had, at some point, transformed into a grassy field.
The Baicao Deer gently lifted its two front hooves, then lowered them. A soft green light wave spread outwards from its front hooves.
The range was only about a dozen square meters, and then the green grass on the field grew wildly, reaching its belly in just a moment.
A clear cry emanated from its mouth. First, a soft green glowing shield condensed around it.
Following that, two arc-shaped, half-meter-long flying dagger-like leaves appeared. Following the instructions of a nearby Beast Master,
it controlled the two Wood Leaf Flying Daggers to slash at an empty space not far ahead.
"Bang"
A slightly muffled sound rang out, and the Wood Leaf Flying Daggers left deep imprints on the ground.
After doing this, the Baicao Deer had already demonstrated three Skills. One Skill, Baicao Liquid, seemed to be restricted and was not displayed.
However, the judges' scores were already revealed. The final score was 408 points.
Luo Chen frowned slightly. He didn't quite understand this score. If it wasn't out of a hundred, was it out of five hundred?
While Luo Chen was still pondering how these judges were scoring, the next moment, the scoring categories were displayed on the screen.
Offense: 72 points
Defense: 75 points
Healing: 82 points
Crowd Control: 43 points
Quality: 70 points
Rarity: 66 points
Luo Chen mused that if there were six aspects, with each aspect being a perfect hundred, then the judges' scoring was indeed quite rigorous.
If that were the case, it was likely that no beast would achieve a perfect score, as it was very difficult for a Spirit Beast to excel in all five of the first aspects.
As for the last aspect, Rarity, he wondered if an unprecedented beast could receive a perfect score.
Sure enough, when it was the Frostwind Spirit Wolf's turn, its score was only 348 points, not even reaching the passing line.
The scores for that good-grade Frostwind Spirit Wolf were as follows:
Offense: 78 points
Defense: 50 points
Healing: 20 points
Crowd Control: 85 points
Quality: 80 points
Rarity: 35 points
Logically, the Frostwind Spirit Wolf had no healing Skills, so it should have received zero points in that category. However, the judges still gave it 20 points.
Was it a sympathy score, or a baseline score for a certain category?
But the next instant, Luo Chen shook his head. Given the strictness of these judges, they probably wouldn't give a baseline score, which was clearly a face-saving gesture.
He was more inclined to believe that this score was given due to the Frostwind Spirit Wolf's self-healing ability.
Indeed, none of the subsequent beasts ever received a zero in any category.
Perhaps even without offensive Skills, they could still use body charges and Tear, so even purely supportive beasts had scores in the offense category, though not high.
Soon, it was the turn of the Fire-crested Golden Pheasant, evolved by Luo Chen. The appearance of such a novel beast always attracted a lot of interest.
As usual, the Fire-crested Golden Pheasant demonstrated its Skills, just like the beasts before it.
Next was the scoring segment, and Luo Chen was also very much looking forward to what score the judges would give the Fire-crested Golden Pheasant.
One by one, the scores appeared on the large screen:
Offense: 80 points
Defense: 45 points
Healing: 25 points
Crowd Control: 85 points
Quality: 75 points
Rarity: 95 points
Total Score: 405 points
Luo Chen could understand the low scores for Defense and Healing, but he was truly curious about how the Quality score was judged.
Was personality also a factor in the judgment? Otherwise, this score seemed a bit low to Luo Chen,
because if physical Quality was being judged, the energy within the Fire-crested Golden Pheasant's body was definitely much more profound than that of most beasts he had seen.
However, Luo Chen looked at another constantly lit large screen serving as a scoreboard, and his ranking position steadily rose.
It stopped only when it reached the second place. What was noteworthy was that this screen not only showed the contestant's name and current score but also had the city they came from as a suffix.
So when Luo Chen's name and the three large characters for Qingyang City behind him appeared in the top three positions, it caused a stir in the audience.
It was as if they couldn't quite believe that such a high position would be occupied by a Breeder from the Lower City.
However, only half of all the beasts had appeared, and the beasts evolved by some talented Breeders from their Liuguang City had yet to appear.
They firmly believed that Luo Chen's ranking would soon be suppressed, so they were not too alarmed.
As the scores for each beast were announced, the rankings on the scoreboard constantly changed, but Luo Chen still firmly held the second position without moving.
Just when the audience had given up hope, Luo Chen's ranking finally dropped by one spot.
Not only Luo Chen, but even Tang Lingyun, who had firmly held the first position, also dropped one spot.
The person who took the top spot was also from Liuguang City, named Xie Lingguang, with the current highest score of 416 points.
He was eleven points higher than Luo Chen and eight points higher than Tang Lingyun.
Xie Lingguang's ascent to the top created a small climax in the venue, and then the excitement continued until all the beasts' scores were revealed.
The top three rankings remained unchanged:
First Place: Xie Lingguang, 416 points
Second Place: Tang Lingyun, 408 points
Third Place: Luo Chen, 405 points
Fourth Place: Qin Linger, 400 points
...
By the time the competition ended, it was already eleven o'clock at night.
However, it wasn't too late. Tomorrow during the day, there would be Beast Master battles, and the Breeders' competition would only be in the evening, so it didn't matter if the current competition ran a bit late.
When Luo Chen returned to the lounge, Luo Yang immediately came over and said worriedly,
"Brother, are you alright? It's just the first match; dropping a few points isn't a big deal."
All the way back, everyone else was congratulating him on achieving third place in the first round, yet only Luo Yang had absolute confidence in him, believing he shouldn't have been in just that position.
Luo Chen patted Luo Yang's shoulder and said indifferently, "Do I look like I'm taking it to heart? Don't worry."
While speaking, Luo Chen saw Ban Mo behind Luo Yang, looking a bit awkward.
Luo Chen immediately understood why he looked like that. He had originally wanted to congratulate him, but after hearing Luo Yang's words, he was probably in an awkward situation of not knowing whether to congratulate or not.
Luo Chen waved his hand dismissively and said to both of them:
"You two still have matches tomorrow, so hurry back and rest. Strive for a clean sweep tomorrow."
Luo Yang puffed out his chest and promised, "I will."
Ban Mo, however, put away his awkward expression, a hint of helplessness on his face,
"Captain, don't make it hard for me. With my current strength, winning five matches tomorrow would be good enough."
Luo Chen smiled at Ban Mo, "Tomorrow evening, after my match, bring your Shadow Bat to find me."
Ban Mo's eyes showed a trace of hesitation, "Captain, are you going to train my beast? Will that affect you in any way?"
Luo Chen spread his hands, "No, it won't. But the cost of the beast's evolution will be on your tab. With a discount, it'll be 2 million spirit coins, deducted from your salary."
Ban Mo's eyes revealed deep gratitude. Hearing Luo Chen deduct from his salary, he had no objections, but instead said excitedly:
"Okay, thank you, Captain."
"No need for thanks. Just work hard in the future as repayment."