81: Nanya First

Gu Xiaoyue's side revealed yet another pet beast—a Nine-Headed Snake!

It turned out that when Gu Xiaoyue summoned Xiao Qi, Qingqing, and Little Bear just now, Xiao Jiu had been making a fuss in the Yu Beast Space—the ace Nine-Headed Infant was requesting to join the battle!

"Four pet beasts!"

"This is Human Level talent? What the hell kind of Human Level talent is this!"

"Oh my god, oh my gosh, my brain is toast!"

The entire audience erupted, and three spectators were so shocked they actually fainted!

Gu Xiaoyue looked at the dumbfounded Lv Hao and Su Anxi. "Student Su is right; I also think we'll only know after we fight!"

Before her words had even faded, a row of Earth Shields had already materialized in front of Xiao Qi, Xiao Jiu, and Little Bear.

Lv Hao snapped back to reality and commanded his White Brocade Armored Elephant and Yellow Sand Giant Ape to use Earth Armor, increasing their defense.

At the same time, he commanded the Silver Moon Thunder Deer to unleash a combo of Thunderbolt and Lightning Strike.

Xiao Qi dashed out from behind the Earth Shields with excitement. Just as Lv Hao thought his lightning-attribute skills were about to roast Xiao Qi, Xiao Qi opened its mouth and swallowed all the lightning into its stomach.

Xiao Qi smacked its lips, looking as if it hadn't had enough, and then stood in place with its mouth wide open.

It was as if it were saying, "Continue, I still want to eat."

Lv Hao's face darkened; his strongest output skill, which he was so proud of, had become a snack for the opponent's pet beast.

Su Anxi roared, "This is going too far!"

She commanded the Shallow Red Golden Crane to release several Wind Blades. Visible to the naked eye, the Wind Blades acted like transparent boomerangs, slashing toward Xiao Qi's neck.

The Wind Blades were fast, but not as fast as Xiao Qi using its Wind Control skill.

Before the Wind Blades arrived, it had already taken flight on the wind, easily dodging Su Anxi's skill.

"It can actually fly too!"

"My brain has crashed!"

"Who am I? Where am I? What is that thing?"

The audience below was stunned. Gu Xiaoyue's pet beasts had completely overturned their understanding, and they paid no attention to Su Anxi, who was jumping with rage.

Lv Hao adjusted his state. Since ranged attacks weren't working, he would go for close combat!

The White Brocade Armored Elephant and Yellow Sand Giant Ape charged toward Xiao Jiu and Little Bear.

With a thought from Gu Xiaoyue, several Earth Shields rose from the ground, surrounding the two pet beasts.

This was something she had thought of after facing the Emperor Scorpion during her Beastmaster assessment; it could be considered a crowd-control skill.

Chu Li also commanded the Fire Phoenix to release a ring of fire around them, effectively trapping them completely.

Teng Snake released Wood Thorns with poisonous attributes at them. Since the attributes were inherently conflicting, the Earth Armor of the White Brocade Armored Elephant and Yellow Sand Giant Ape was gradually disintegrated.

Looking at his two controlled pet beasts, Lv Hao was burning with anxiety.

Even the Silver Moon Thunder Deer's skills were being neutralized; what was he supposed to do?

Su Anxi directly ordered the Ice Crystal Butterfly to use its Freezing skill, attempting to freeze Xiao Jiu and Little Bear, who were still on the ground, in order to distract Gu Xiaoyue and Chu Li.

The Fire Phoenix was busy controlling the White Brocade Armored Elephant and the Yellow Sand Giant Ape. Even if that Nine-Headed Snake had fire attributes, its level shouldn't be higher than the Ice Crystal Butterfly.

That was what Su Anxi thought, but she had underestimated her opponent after all.

Xiao Jiu was also at the middle stage of the Mature First Rank; the Ice Crystal Butterfly's Freezing skill was nothing in its eyes.

An ice path spread out from beneath the Ice Crystal Butterfly, extending all the way to the feet of Little Bear and Xiao Jiu, threatening to wrap them up.

Xiao Jiu spat out a burst of flame, directly cutting off the path of the spreading ice.

Lightning Strike, Thunderbolt, Wind Blade, and Freezing—none of these skills were working. There was no need to even test Light Blade or Ice Spikes, and the two melee pet beasts were also being controlled.

No matter how unwilling Su Anxi was, she knew that the current situation was beyond saving.

Lv Hao sighed. It wasn't that they were too weak, but that Gu Xiaoyue was too strong!

He had always thought of himself as a favorite of the heavens, but until now, Lv Hao even had the feeling that even if their Huaqing Team A went out to battle, they wouldn't be able to beat Gu Xiaoyue and Chu Li.

Was Gu Xiaoyue really Human Level talent?

Then what did his talent, which was above Heaven Level, count as?

The White Brocade Armored Elephant and Yellow Sand Giant Ape were still being controlled and attacked.

The Silver Moon Thunder Deer had already released several Thunderbolt Spells, but they were still swallowed by Xiao Qi to no effect.

Lv Hao clenched his fists and had no choice but to shout, "I concede! I concede!"

Hearing this, Gu Xiaoyue and Chu Li immediately stopped their attacks and recalled their pet beasts into the Yu Beast Space.

The White Brocade Armored Elephant and Yellow Sand Giant Ape, freed from control, returned to Su Anxi's side, and she immediately cast Light Healing on them.

Sun Jian and Zhao Huaiyao shouted from below the stage, "Nanya First!"

Many audience members also started shouting along, "Nanya First! Nanya First!"

Huaqing had firmly held the first place in the National Competition for years, but now it had finally been broken!

The excitement of the crowd could not cover up a gaze of resentment directed at Gu Xiaoyue.

Gu Xiaoyue sensed it and wanted to use her Mental Power to find the source of that malice.

But because there were too many people, the malice disappeared before she could sense who it was.

In the evening, Gu Xiaoyue returned to her dormitory and claimed the reward for the National Competition team tournament first place issued by the system.

The official reward was a stalk of Golden Herb; the system wouldn't be stingier than the official, right?

Gu Xiaoyue rubbed her hands in anticipation.

As the system's notification sound rang out, a stalk of Golden Herb, a shaping flower, and a heavenly crafting stone were placed into Gu Xiaoyue's Yu Beast Space.

Gu Xiaoyue's eyes lit up; she was very satisfied with the system's reward. She was even looking forward to what the reward for the system's individual competition mission would be.

The team tournament ended, and there was a two-day rest period.

Among the top ten ranked teams, each team selected three contestants to participate in the individual tournament and submitted the contestants' information to the competition officials.

These two days were a rest period for the other contestants, but Gu Xiaoyue and Chu Li were not idle.

They were dragged by Manager Qin of Hualian Shopping Mall to do promotional activities.

Gu Xiaoyue felt it was much more tiring than fighting fierce beasts. This endorsement money was really hard to earn; if it weren't for the thought of discounts and premium transactions, she would have wanted to just pack up and leave!

The format for the individual tournament was a knockout system; the losing side was directly eliminated.

The opposing sides were randomly matched by the official brain.

The first day was the round of thirty to fifteen, with a total of fifteen matches.

Gu Xiaoyue's opponent was Ye Junhe.

Before the match, she asked Ye Junhe if Lv Hao and Su Anxi were not participating in the individual tournament.

Ye Junhe explained that Lv Hao felt very guilty because his choice to engage in a two-on-two battle with Gu Xiaoyue and Chu Li had caused Huaqing to lose its position as national champion.

So he let other teammates participate in the individual tournament.

The four of them decided the qualification for participation by drawing lots.

Ye Junhe, Yang Zheming, and Xiao Yun were selected; only Lin Zhiyi did not qualify for the individual tournament.

Gu Xiaoyue understood. She also knew that Ye Junhe was a warmonger similar to Fang Xiaoyu.

When she fought against Ye Junhe, she only summoned Xiao Jiu, and they had a satisfying battle against his Feilian.

Of course, there was no suspense about winning.

However, during the battle, Gu Xiaoyue felt a bit strange—Ye Wanrou actually hadn't come to watch the match.

Others were one thing, but Gu Xiaoyue was fighting Ye Wanrou's cousin!

Not until Gu Xiaoyue returned to her dormitory did she find a letter stuck to the door.