26: Arena
Today was a school day.
Because they had contracted their beasts on Friday, many people had entered Secret Realms or fed their beasts Heaven And Earth Treasures over the weekend to accelerate their beasts' strength.
When Li Yao returned to the classroom, many people's gazes fell upon him.
Needless to say, it was all because of the bet from Friday night.
Sitting behind Li Yao, his best friend, Zhang Quandan, leaned over curiously.
He nudged Li Yao's arm with his elbow and asked curiously, "Li Yao, you're not actually going to accept that guy's duel, are you?"
"Don't do anything foolish."
"Don't worry, I know what I'm doing."
"Besides, what's wrong with a Blazing Fire Monkey? Is it really worse than other exotic beasts?"
Theoretically, exotic beasts have no evolution limits.
As long as one can find a way for an exotic beast to evolve, it can continuously evolve, thereby improving its quality.
Unfortunately, if it were that easy to find, there wouldn't be so many people stuck at the Scholar-Ranked Beast Tamer level in the world.
Of course, a large part of the reason is also the lack of resources.
After all, resources are also a part of strength.
"Li Yao! Are you sure you want to duel me?"
"Duel you? You're not qualified yet."
"You're not worthy of dueling me."
After hearing Wang Bushi's words, Li Yao responded with a look of disdain.
This guy was truly annoying; his beautiful morning was just ruined like this.
"Hmph! I knew you were afraid of contracting a Blazing Fire Monkey, and thus afraid of ruining your future!"
"But it's true, who told you to be afraid of me, give up contracting a Blazing Fire Monkey, and worry about your future?"
"Who told you I gave up contracting a Blazing Fire Monkey?"
When everyone heard Li Yao's words, they all thought he was crazy.
Brother, did you really contract a Blazing Fire Monkey?
You're not joking, are you?
Everyone was shocked. The Blazing Fire Monkey was one of the most commonly summoned beasts.
Not only was its quality low, but its attack methods were also singular.
If he really contracted a Blazing Fire Monkey, his future would likely be ruined.
However, thinking about Li Yao's family background, everyone didn't say much.
At the very least, as long as he reached Soldier-level strength, he could contract a second beast.
But to waste a precious contract slot just out of spite was utterly foolish.
"You're not joking, are you?"
Wang Bushi looked disbelieving, clearly not expecting Li Yao to actually give up his future to fight him.
However, thinking of this, Wang Bushi secretly felt thrilled.
To be able to single-handedly make a Young Master waste a slot, it would give him a lot of Face to talk about!
"Why don't we just settle it with our hands? Since it's still early, how about we go to the arena and compete?"
Basically, every high school has an arena for students to test their strength.
However, the arena's opening time is after the Contract Day each year.
Now was exactly the arena's opening time, perfect for teaching this guy a lesson.
In an instant, the news of Li Yao dueling Wang Bushi spread throughout the entire school.
Early in the morning, almost everyone who knew the news rushed to the arena to watch this battle.
Zhu Changqing, the homeroom teacher of Class 3-E, naturally also received this news.
Upon learning that the duel involved two of his own students, Zhu Changqing was already stunned.
Especially after learning about Li Yao and Wang Bushi's duel, he was even more bewildered.
By the time he reacted, he found that the teacher who had informed him of the news had already rushed to the arena.
"What in the world are Li Yao and Wang Bushi up to!"
As the homeroom teacher of Class 3-E, he naturally knew what beasts they had first summoned.
He had also glanced at their conversation in the group chat, but he thought it was just children's bickering, so he didn't take it to heart.
After all, Li Yao's family background was incredibly strong; anyone who had a slight understanding of society would know how powerful the Li Corporation was.
The duel's content was Li Yao contracting a Blazing Fire Monkey to fight Wang Bushi's Fiery Vajra.
There was simply no comparison between the two!
Even if Li Yao had a good family background and directly fed the Blazing Fire Monkey Heaven And Earth Treasures to accelerate its strength, it wouldn't matter.
But to waste a precious contract slot for such a duel was simply self-sabotage!
When Zhu Changqing arrived at the scene, he found Li Yao and Wang Bushi already standing opposite each other in the arena.
Wang Bushi was extremely excited at this moment because he discovered that Li Yao actually dared to accept the challenge, which meant he must have contracted a Blazing Fire Monkey.
Based on his understanding of those wealthy families, they would do anything for Face.
Seeing Li Yao's confident expression, he clearly had made ample preparations.
He was just relying on his family background to buy some Heaven And Earth Treasures for his Blazing Fire Monkey to accelerate its strength, that's all.
Even if he won, what then?
As long as he accepted the challenge, even if he lost, in a sense, he still won!
After all, his true intention was to make Li Yao waste a precious contract slot!
Zhu Changqing had also realized that agreeing to this battle meant Li Yao had already contracted a Blazing Fire Monkey.
He could only sigh helplessly, saying, "Why bother?"
"There's absolutely no need to waste one of your precious contract slots for this guy."
Not only Zhu Changqing thought this, but everyone else did too.
"Li Yao! Release your Blazing Fire Monkey!"
"If you win this match, from now on, I will not appear before you."
"If you lose, then from now on, you will have to follow my lead!"
"This match of yours is truly meaningless."
"I'm not dueling you for that."
"Haven't you always looked down on the Blazing Fire Monkey?"
"Then I will tell you, even a Blazing Fire Monkey can have an infinite future!"
With Li Yao saying that, Wang Bushi almost forgot what his goal was.
Immediately, he slapped his Beast Tamer watch, and the two-meter-tall, massive body of the Fiery Vajra appeared before Wang Bushi.
It looked a bit like a silverback gorilla, but silverback gorillas are black, while this Fiery Vajra was covered in golden-yellow flames.
The moment it appeared, the Fiery Vajra continuously pounded its chest to display its power!