173: Chapter 173 Lightness Skill: Walking on Water

Seemingly sensing that the topic of conversation among the people in the waiting hall had changed.

The director of the big screen caught on quickly and immediately split off a section of the screen, switching the view to the Sequence Competition leaderboard.

Everyone's eyes were instantly drawn to it, fixed tightly on the constantly changing rankings on the screen.

One could see that the person named Yi Chen was rising at a staggering speed!

Every two minutes, his ranking would rise by one, as if challenging the limits of everyone's perception!

Even Yun Zhiyao couldn't help but glance over, a flash of surprise appearing in her eyes.

"He's already at 800th place? That should mean he has at least mid-fourth-tier strength."

"No, that's not right. This guy seems to be raising his rank solely by fighting virtual Beast Tamers. Combined with such speed, he should have strength around the seventh or eighth stage of the fourth tier."

"That's strange. Is there any other high-tier fourth-tier prodigy who hasn't climbed the rankings? In my memory, they've all done it, haven't they?"

Seeing this, Bai Song chimed in cheerfully, "Maybe it's like us, and he only just prepared to form a contract recently! But he's certainly not as impressive as you, Zhi Yao!"

Yun Zhiyao nodded without saying a word.

She quietly watched the name Yi Chen on the big screen, her willow-leaf eyebrows slightly furrowed.

An indescribable feeling welled up in her heart.

This Yi Chen did not seem like an ordinary person!

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Time ticked by second by second.

Before long, Chen Yi and his group had reached 501st place!

They were just one step away from the top five hundred!

They were currently waiting for a match!

"By the way, Little Brother Chen Yi, we've actually always been curious: what is your own combat strength really like?"

"Yeah, yeah! That move you used to insta-kill the Phoenix Puppet, where did it come from?"

"Eh? Is Big Brother Chen Yi's own combat strength also very strong?"

"That's for sure! Little Yu, you might not know, but Brother Chen Yi once insta-killed a monster that none of us could defeat. It was too strong!"

"Really? That's amazing! Big Brother Chen Yi, I want to see you fight a Spirit Beast!"

The girls chattered away, all looking at Chen Yi with expectant eyes.

Regarding this, Chen Yi shrugged and said, "Since you all want to see my combat, I'll show you a little something in the next fight!"

"Hehe~~ Big Brother Chen Yi is the best!"

[Match Successful!]

As soon as this AI prompt finished speaking.

The scene before Chen Yi and his group instantly changed, and they were all teleported to the side of a tranquil lake.

There was still a mercury figure in front of them.

However, judging by the subtle body movements, the opponent seemed to be a real person.

If it were a virtual Beast Tamer, they would just stand there like a wooden dummy before the battle started, without the slightest movement.

Since reaching 2000 points, Chen Yi had only been matched with virtual Beast Tamers, and he had no desire to fight at all.

Now, he had finally encountered a real person!

On the other side, the mercury figure felt the same way upon seeing the opponent.

Having just gone through three battles, all of which were unchallenging virtual people, he felt bored.

He could finally meet a real opponent and let off some steam!

He was Gao Wenyu, the eldest young master of the eighth-ranked Beast Tamer family in Yancheng, the Gao family, and a tenth-stage fourth-tier Beast Tamer.

The talent he awakened was an SS-rank talent—Tyrant!

It could greatly enhance his own combat strength and allow him to master some basic Spirit Beast skills.

Not only that, but his Contracted Spirit Beast would also see a significant increase in strength after entering battle!

However, this talent also had a small drawback: it was quite violent and prone to losing control.

Previously, Gao Wenyu had not been focused on climbing the rankings.

After all, his information channels spanned the entire country, and he could know the bloodline awakening lists of various cities at the first opportunity; he didn't need to attract other Spirit Beasts through advertising.

Therefore, apart from initially reaching the five-hundreds, his ranking had not moved since!

The reason he was fighting now was because of a Spirit Beast Girl he had recently contracted—Qi Lianmeng, the second young lady of the Qi family in Huacheng!

She was also a prodigy who possessed an SS-rank Bloodline—the Heart Lotus Qilin!

As a Spirit Beast Girl from a prominent family, she naturally wanted to prove herself through the Sequence Competition.

Unable to resist Qi Lianmeng's request, Gao Wenyu had no choice but to come and challenge the leaderboard.

But he didn't expect to encounter only AI Beast Tamers, which left him truly speechless.

"Lian'er, this battle is against a real person, so that Spirit Beast will be handled by you!"

"Finally, a real person. I hope I can have some fun~~"

Qi Lianmeng was teleported out cheerfully.

At the same time, Chen Yi made the decision to let Su Taotao participate in the battle.

She wanted to make a clean break with the past in this Beast Taming Contest.

Those AI Beast Tamers could not allow Su Taotao's power to be fully unleashed, nor could they test her true combat strength.

Now that they had finally encountered a real person, he had to let her train her ability to fight against Spirit Beasts no matter what!

[Battle Start!]

Qi Lianmeng instantly switched to her Armed Form and dashed towards Su Taotao.

At the same time, Gao Wenyu also took a sudden step forward, rushing towards Chen Yi from the side.

Flying through the air, stepping on the waves!

The water in the river by the bank was, under his feet, as if he were walking on flat ground!

Could it be the Lightness Skill: Water Walking?

"What the f*ck? Is this fake?"

Chen Yi was completely stunned.

His current physique value had already exceeded 180 points, but he still couldn't perform this Lightness Skill: Water Walking.

Yet the guy in front of him did it easily?

Could he be some hidden big shot?

Thinking of this, a layer of sweat broke out on Chen Yi's forehead.

He had just been showing off in front of The girls, saying he would show them a thing or two, but now he felt a bit guilty.

If he failed to show off later, wouldn't his favorability ratings drop significantly?

Just then, Gao Wenyu had already reached Chen Yi, lightning flickering in his hands, carrying a fierce momentum.

Lightning Fist!

"Damn it, even if I don't want to show off, I have to now!"

In order not to lose the favor of The girls, Chen Yi gritted his teeth and braced himself to meet the attack.

He didn't dare to hold anything back; all his strength was concentrated at one point at this moment, and he threw a punch with full force.

At the same time, he leaned back slightly, ready to retreat, intending to put some distance between them first!

However, the next second, something unexpected to everyone happened.

Just as the mercury figure's Lightning Fist collided with Chen Yi.

He was sent flying backwards like a cannonball, even faster than he had come.

He slammed heavily into the barrier not far away, emitting a dull, loud thud!

"What the heck?"

Chen Yi was completely bewildered.

He had originally thought that this guy who could perform the Lightness Skill: Water Walking was a formidable character, but it turned out he couldn't even take one of his punches?

Could it be that this guy's talent skill was just this so-called Lightness Skill: Water Walking?

Wasn't this just a pure paper tiger?