214: Chapter 214, Second Phase Ends

A week passed quickly.

Chen Yi and The girls spent every day holed up in the hotel cultivating their affinity, and everything seemed calm and peaceful.

Black Rose and Bai Song seemed to have evaporated from the face of the earth, with no further movement, and it was unknown what they were brewing in the shadows.

The first phase of the Beast Taming Contest, the open qualifiers, also officially came to an end, and Chen Yi successfully made the cut with a score of 100 points.

After this week of consolidation and high-intensity cultivation, Chen Yi successfully learned several new skills from The girls.

Among them, the Fire Cloud Sword he secretly learned from Chu Feiyu was particularly practical.

Not only could it summon a cloud of fire to rain down dense flaming slashes with a large area of effect and high damage, but it could also directly condense a Fire Cloud Sword in his hand for combat!

It felt like a man's romance really had to be a sword!

After the final group lists were announced, it caused quite a stir.

To avoid encountering monster-level contestants like Chen Yi and Leng Wuhen early in the round-robin tournament, a large number of participants chose to manipulate their scores, strategically controlling their points between 60-70 or desperately pushing above 150 points.

Chen Yi's 100 points were neither high nor low, and he happened to be assigned to the seventh group, which was the range for ranks 601-700.

As soon as the news came out, the forums and chat groups of the other contestants in the seventh group were filled with wails of despair!

【Hellish Group Seven!】

【Yi Chen has descended upon Group Seven!】

【The nightmare of the score-manipulators!】

【Actually, it's not much different; everyone gets slapped, which means no one was singled out!】

Various topics instantly flooded the screens; those who didn't know better would think Chen Yi was some kind of evil ghost!

After all, everyone understood that only the top ten from each group could advance to the third round's free-for-all.

The average strength of Group Seven, based on past situations, was only around the first or second stage of Rank 4, which was originally considered a comfort zone.

Now, with the addition of a super boss like Chen Yi and several other experts who had the same idea of manipulating their scores to get in, the difficulty of qualifying instantly skyrocketed geometrically!

The mindsets of many contestants who had originally hoped to scrape through in Group Seven completely collapsed.

The upcoming round-robin challenge was still not a big deal for Chen Yi; the combat rules were similar to the qualifiers, except the opponents were now a fixed set of 99 people within the group.

Chen Yi's matches had no suspense; his opponents all surrendered at light speed to save time and preserve stamina for other matches, resulting in Chen Yi's match records being essentially instantaneous clears.

After he came out, his attention was focused more on Bai Song in Group Ten, and Luo Yuqing and Leng Wuhen in Group One.

Through the live broadcasts, he discovered that Luo Yuqing and Leng Wuhen seemed to have obtained a great opportunity or were being nurtured with the full effort of their families; their levels had soared, surprisingly reaching the third stage of Rank 5!

In contrast, Chen Yi, after seven days of bitter cultivation with the accumulation of various resources and system assistance, had only improved to the second stage of Rank 5.

This leveling speed caused even Chen Yi to feel a hint of surprise and pressure.

It had to be said that the foundations of the great families truly could not be underestimated!

【So strong, Luo Yuqing's Bloodline Griffin is so cool!】

【If only I could contract a Griffin—】

【Brother, it's still daytime! Save the dreaming for the night!】

【I watched the battle between Chen Yi and Bai Song before, and it was so satisfying! I wonder if we'll get to see Luo Yuqing and Chen Yi's Contracted Spirit Beast fight during the free-for-all phase; it would definitely be exciting!】

The bullet comments praised Luo Yuqing for her extraordinary talent and Leng Wuhen for his unfathomable strength.

Some even started a commotion, wanting to see a fight between Luo Yuqing and Chen Yi's Contracted Spirit Beast, Luo Shiyin.

Luo Shiyin, who was watching the live broadcast nearby, saw these comments, and a raging fighting spirit instantly ignited in her eyes as she clenched her small fists!

“Luo Yuqing! Just you wait, in the free-for-all, I will definitely defeat you and take back everything that belongs to me fairly and squarely!”

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As for Bai Song—his matches were exceptionally steady, with a continuous winning streak.

Most of his opponents also chose to surrender, making it hard to see much of his true depth or any changes in his combat style.

But this instead made Chen Yi feel even more strange.

After all, a guy like Bai Song looked like the typical playboy type no matter how you sliced it.

How could he suddenly become so quiet after being beaten down—

“Did this guy change his personality? Beaten into submission? Or was he modified more deeply by Red Snake with the Demon Seed Contract, becoming more gloomy?”

He privately contacted Luo Qinghe to inquire and received a reply that Bai Song had been keeping a low profile lately and rarely showed his face.

That made it even more suspicious!

If the original Bai Song could even be called 'White Gift'!

The current him was indeed unnervingly steady!

“Forget it, it's actually better if he doesn't cause trouble!”

Chen Yi muttered to himself.

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Time flew by, and another seven days passed.

The second phase of the round-robin tournament ended, and the undefeated winners from each group advanced to the final free-for-all.

This week, under the abnormal assistance of Su Taotao's Taotie Power guiding the spiritual energy, the protagonist group's levels took another collective leap!

The final levels were as follows!

Chen Yi, by absorbing the spiritual power of those scumbags, successfully broke through to the third stage of Rank 5;

Lin Mengxue, Luo Shiyin, and Su Taotao, all three reached the height of the fourth stage of Rank 5;

And Yan Jiuyue, due to the large amount of fire-attribute heaven and earth spiritual treasures sent by the Yun Family, accumulated strength and broke through to the fifth stage of Rank 5 in one go;

The twin sisters, Hua Yuetong and Hua Xingtong, also caught up from behind, successfully advancing to the second stage of Rank 5;

Although Chu Feiyu and Yun Zhiyao were slightly behind, they also successfully stepped through the threshold of the first stage of Rank 5; catching up to the rest of the sisters was only a matter of time!

The Yun Family was overjoyed to learn that Yun Zhiyao had broken through to Rank 5 in such a short time.

They unhesitatingly sent over a massive amount of cultivation resources, spiritual equipment and jewelry, and even a large villa located in Yanjing!

Seeing this, Yan Jiuyue sighed repeatedly from the side!

Both being young misses, why was the gap so huge?

Su Taotao and Lin Mengxue also marveled inwardly, deeply feeling the extravagance of a top-tier wealthy family.

Luo Shiyin silently watched all this, her heart becoming even more determined to reclaim the Luo Family in the future and pile all the resources onto Chen Yi!

She even fantasized about being able to say dominantly to Chen Yi: “Chen Yi, from now on you're kept by this young miss, you're not allowed to look for other girls!”

Of course, it was purely just a thought.

After all, which powerful Beast Tamer didn't have a crowd of beautiful women following them?

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And so, another day of the break period passed!

The much-anticipated third phase—the free-for-all—finally arrived!

The competition would officially begin at exactly 12:00 PM noon.

Before entering, every contestant received a specially made Communication Token that could not only call for help, locate positions, and check the leaderboard and map, but also allow them to purchase various supplies in a virtual store, and even set up simple temporary defensive outposts!

Basically, all the additional functions needed for wilderness survival could be realized here; it was very advanced!

Of course, the currency used to purchase supplies here was not cash, but points!

Killing AI Magical Beasts would yield varying amounts of points based on their level, while defeating other Beast Tamers would allow one to obtain all the points the opponent carried. Rankings would be determined based on points after three days!

Exactly how to use these points would be a test for the Beast Tamer teams!