157: Suzaku Appears

"I also didn't expect that I would actually be forced to use my full strength," Duan Yao said softly.

Confident in her four God-Rank Pets, she didn't take anyone else seriously.

But now, she was facing the five strongest people from the nation's top academy.

Just by fighting against the crowd alone, she was already at a disadvantage.

Gu Xiaoyue curled her lips slightly. Is she using her full strength already?

That gave her some food for thought.

A massive bird screech rang out, and a beam of red light shot into the sky from Duan Yao's body.

A Ferocious Bird that looked somewhat like a Fire Phoenix flew straight into the sky.

"Is that a Fire Phoenix?" The audience was stunned by the bird's cry, and upon seeing the appearance of this pet, some couldn't help but ask.

"No, no, that's not a Fire Phoenix, it looks different!"

"The brain can't scan it, but a Fire Phoenix can be scanned!"

[Name]: Zhuque [Grade]: God Rank [Attribute]: Fire [Skills]: Fireball (Advanced), Fire Ring (Advanced), Fire Sea (Mastery) [Level]: Mature Seventh Rank Early Stage

Zhuque flew into the sky, its fiery red feathers painting half the sky.

With just one strike, the flying pets of Lv Hao and the others were defeated, suffering heavy injuries and crashing to the ground.

Lv Hao, Su Anxi, and Ye Junhe heart-wrenchingly withdrew them back into their Yu Beast Spaces.

Burns, frostbite, and poison wounds are difficult to treat; I'm afraid these three flying pets won't be able to fight for at least five days.

With the addition of Zhuque, the tide of battle began to turn.

After dealing with the pets in the sky, Zhuque and the Azure Dragon began to look down from above, ruthlessly crushing the pets on the ground.

As for Huaqing, their ground pets had limited attack range and couldn't reach Zhuque or the Azure Dragon at all.

Zhuque used a Fire Ring to restrict the movement area of Huaqing's pets.

The Azure Dragon used a lightning-type area-of-effect skill, and before long, several pets were injured to varying degrees.

"Duan Yao is still holding back," Gu Xiaoyue muttered.

Chu Li and Charlie beside her were confused. Didn't she just say she was using her full strength?

"Hey Yue, what do you mean? Duan Yao just said herself that she was using her full strength."

Gu Xiaoyue had previously told them about Zhuque, so she didn't elaborate further now.

"Zhuque's level is Mature Seventh Rank, and its skill, Fire Sea, has already reached the Mastery level."

Hearing this, Chu Li and Charlie immediately understood.

Since Duan Yao had already used the Fire Ring to control Huaqing's pets, wouldn't it have been faster to just use Fire Sea to burn them all?

Of course, even if those pets didn't die, they would be severely injured.

And for the next few days, Huaqing might have no pets to use!

Looking at it this way, this Duan Yao—she's actually quite kind!

Seeing that his and his teammates' pets were only on the receiving end of the beating with no power to fight back, Lv Hao was about to raise his hand to concede when Vincent shouted from the side.

"Lv! I don't believe you will lose to that girl on the other side! Keep fighting, you must win! Win for me!"

Since it concerned his title, how could he let Lv Hao concede?

Su Anxi was worried about her Golden Crane and was anxious to send it to the infirmary for treatment. She looked at Lv Hao pitifully, tears seemingly flashing in her eyes.

Lv Hao comfortingly took her hand and firmly raised his own. "Referee, I concede!"

The situation was lost; cutting losses in time was the wise choice.

This wasn't his first time conceding; last year, when he encountered that freak Gu Xiaoyue, he had also conceded.

It was just a domestic competition; why risk the lives of his pets!

The referee immediately blew the whistle to end the match, ruling that Huaqing had lost.

The Huaqing team members scrambled to the infirmary to treat their pets.

Vincent was so angry on the sidelines that he stomped his feet and cursed a few times before heading to the infirmary as well.

Duan Yao also withdrew Zhuque, the Azure Dragon, and the Black Tortoise back into her Yu Beast Space.

As she turned to leave the stage, she glared fiercely at Cao Yuyang and the others.

Cao Yuyang didn't dare to look grim; he could only smile and fawn over Duan Yao, coaxing her.

"I knew that the beautiful Duan had extraordinary methods! You saw it too; with the levels of Huaqing's pets, we really couldn't help much!"

Duan Yao rolled her eyes at him and didn't say much else.

The fans offstage were extremely excited, cheering for Duan Yao's victory.

Gu Xiaoyue saw a few business professionals in professional attire chasing after Duan Yao, discussing something with her.

She had no interest in Duan Yao's private matters and sat where she was, waiting for the next match, Chongbei's battle.

During the wait, she glanced at Charlie. He was blushing, holding back laughter.

"If you want to laugh, just laugh. Why hold it in?"

As soon as Gu Xiaoyue finished speaking, Charlie burst out laughing, unable to hold it back anymore. Then, he erupted into a fit of laughter.

"Hahahaha! Yue, did you see that? Vincent's expression, I'm going to die laughing! They don't take him seriously at all!"

Gu Xiaoyue also chuckled; Vincent probably treated Lv Hao and the others as tools.

Furthermore, with the idea that the Duke would inevitably pass the title to him, he hadn't promised Lv Hao and the others any benefits at all.

Instead, he used the training opportunity to mooch quite a few benefits off of Lv Hao and the others.

Lv Hao and Su Anxi were children from big families; they thought about the big picture and wouldn't haggle with Vincent.

Even if there were interests involved, Lv Hao wouldn't sacrifice the lives of his pets for him.

Not to mention that there was nothing, only a piece of paper for the exchange student agreement between the Dragon Kingdom and Sun Never Sets.

Vincent made Lv Hao continue fighting; any hesitation for even a second was just Lv Hao considering diplomatic relations between the two countries and giving Vincent face.

The following battle between Chongbei and Sheng Tao had no suspense.

Although Sheng Tao didn't concede at the start, facing Chongbei's flying pets, they were beaten to the point of collapse.

After the referee declared Chongbei the winner and Sheng Tao the loser, Gu Xiaoyue stood up and said to Chu Li and Charlie, "Let's go, it's our turn."

After the team members from Nanya and Luoshui were all present, the two sides prepared for battle. The captain of Luoshui conceded immediately.

His behavior provoked all sorts of dissatisfaction from the audience below.

"Nanya is not the same as it used to be; what is there to be afraid of fighting?"

"Up until now, they haven't even summoned a decent pet! Did they get too cocky last year and get their pets killed by someone seeking revenge?"

"Exactly, exactly! They haven't even shown any proper pets, and Luoshui still doesn't dare to fight!"

The captain of Luoshui's face alternated between red and white.

Ye Wanrou started arguing with some audience members who were speaking about Nanya.

"Our Nanya is the strongest! It was last year, and it is this year too! Nanya is number one, no argument allowed!"

"Pah! Nanya is number one? Just wait until our baby Duan Yao beats you so hard that even your teachers won't recognize you!"

"Baby Duan Yao can take on six from Huaqing by herself; can Gu Xiaoyue do that?"

"Gu Xiaoyue might have some strength, but she's far worse than our Duan Yao!"

Ye Wanrou still wanted to continue arguing with them, but Gu Xiaoyue pulled her away.

"What's the point of arguing with them? When it's time for the battle, we'll naturally slap their faces."

Gu Xiaoyue said this lightly. The next match was Yuanquan versus Yiheng.

The captain of Yiheng originally thought that since Jiang Yi had been heavily injured by Duan Yao, today's match was just a formality. He didn't expect to still be defeated by Jiang Yi and his team members.

After watching up to this point, Gu Xiaoyue no longer had any desire to continue watching.

Xiangzhong and West River also seemed to have no suspense.

The members of West River had relatively average strength, with no particularly outstanding players.

And Qian Mingyu's Mental Power, combined with his teammates, was enough to make West River's pets kill each other.

Thinking of this, she didn't wait for the referee to declare Yuanquan the winner; she turned and left, heading to the infirmary.