219: Ranking

Don't say that Xuan You only has strong defenses and its offense isn't as good as Azure Water Blue Dragon. If the fight continues, with Azure Water Blue Dragon's physique and its healing skills, dragging out the battle, the final outcome is still unknown.

As spirit beasts of the same water attribute, the moment Azure Water Blue Dragon couldn't break through the opponent's defense, yet Xuan You could inflict damage on Azure Water Blue Dragon, the outcome of this battle was already decided. The only difference was the amount of time it would take.

Moreover, the opponent also possessed that extremely terrifying suppressive power. Even when Xuan You wasn't giving its all before, Lin Jin couldn't guarantee that Azure Water Blue Dragon could withstand it, let alone now that it had clearly become even stronger.

Turning the scene to Xu Yan, compared to Lin Jin's heavy blow, Xu Yan had long anticipated the current situation.

Not gaining a fortuitous encounter during Xu Yan's personal training didn't mean Xuan You hadn't grown and improved.

On the contrary, the benefits it gained from that enlightenment after contracting with Xu Yan were no less than what Zhu Yan and Xiong Nian received.

As a Mythical Bloodline descendant and a second-generation Holy Spirit, Xuan You already possessed extremely powerful strength. After that enlightenment, its own strength improved, and with no lack of resources, Xuan You's power naturally rose to the Monarch Rank limit, and its various abilities also greatly improved.

After the Shadowlight Realm's sublimation, to test Zhu Yan's strength, Xuan You, a spirit beast with extremely strong defensive power, naturally became the best 'test target'.

After multiple battles, the final result was: without the power of Ruomu in the Shadowlight Realm, even Zhu Yan couldn't cause too much effective damage to it.

Isn't it normal for such a Xuan You to perform this way when facing an Azure Water Blue Dragon whose own strength hasn't even reached the Monarch Rank limit?

Of course, it must be said that to be able to enter the Third Academy and grow into a Monarch Rank Beast Tamer in just over two years, Lin Jin possessed not only outstanding Innate Talent but also a very stable mindset.

After confirming that he couldn't even break through Xuan You's shield, Lin Jin decisively changed his thoughts and objectives.

Xuan You's unremarkable offensive power gave him another idea.

After trying to withstand a few of Xuan You's attacks and finding that they weren't too strong and were still within Azure Water Blue Dragon's tolerable range, Lin Jin commanded Azure Water Blue Dragon to begin its 'performance'.

Elemental control, domain, speed, physical strength, combat skills, flying techniques, and various other abilities were displayed one by one before everyone.

Although the abilities displayed by Azure Water Blue Dragon had no effect whatsoever against the two shields Xuan You held up, the expressions of the School Team members watching from the sidelines changed differently.

And the Coaching Team members, including Kong Ji, were stunned for a moment upon seeing this scene, then quickly understood Lin Jin's intention.

Since it was already confirmed that he couldn't defeat the opponent, he might as well showcase himself properly.

Let the Coaching Team know his and Azure Water Blue Dragon's strength and potential, as well as the shortcomings and deficiencies that he and Azure Water Blue Dragon hadn't noticed, providing the Coaching Team with sufficient information.

Even if the Coaching Team's resource allocation for him would be limited due to the rankings, he could still get more suitable resources and guidance from it, couldn't he?

As for whether doing so would expose his strength to other School Team members, making it unfavorable to hide moves and thus leading him to a disadvantage in subsequent battles, Lin Jin had no such thoughts at all.

His strength was in the 5-8 range. Hiding moves was something the big shots competing for the championship needed to consider. Someone like him just needed to perform his best in front of the Coaching Team.

Furthermore, showcasing one's strength, while exposing one's information, isn't it also a form of tactical intimidation?

Seeing Azure Water Blue Dragon's actions, after a brief moment of surprise, Xu Yan quickly understood the opponent's intentions.

Xu Yan was also happy to give the opponent some time to showcase himself, not letting Xuan You directly suppress the opponent. Instead, after the opponent had displayed most of their strength, he commanded Xuan You to launch a counterattack.

The Black Tortoise Seal, carrying an even more terrifying suppressive force than last time, reappeared, easily suppressing Azure Water Blue Dragon once again. With Lin Jin voluntarily conceding, Xu Yan successfully won this battle.

At this, while everyone present marveled at Xuan You's strength, a sense of security also grew within them.

After all, such a powerfully defensive spirit beast was their teammate, and in the upcoming University League, it would become the most solid shield in the Third Academy School Team.

Not allowing the crowd to ponder for too long, at the Coaching Team's call, the two sides of the second battle came to the dueling arena, and the fight began again.

Zhang Che (5) fought against another unnamed School Team extra who had risen up. As soon as the battle began, a single Dragon's Breath from the White Bone Giant Dragon ended the fight.

In the third match, Lin Heng (7) fought against another unnamed extra from the newly promoted trio. Empty Mirror Fox and the opponent's spirit beast disappeared together, reappearing a few breaths later, with only Empty Mirror Fox remaining on the field, revealing no information throughout.

The fourth match, Cheng Ye (4) against Chen Ling (1), as the first battle between two top-seven ranked members, naturally attracted much attention.

However, the two opposing sides didn't seem to intend to fully display all their strength in the first round. The battle between Cheng Ye's Profound Nether Ice Phoenix and Chen Ling's Golden Thunder Tribulation Spirit was very restrained.

Even though any single move from either side exhibited power stronger than Azure Water Blue Dragon's previous offensive, everyone present could feel that neither side had used their full strength. The battle ended with Golden Thunder Tribulation Spirit having a slight advantage and winning.

In the fifth match, Zhao Zhen (2) against Qian Ming (3), the Fu Yue Kui Niu faced the Blazing Fire Qilin. Both sides similarly had no intention of going all out in the first round and fought very conservatively. The match ended with the Blazing Fire Qilin unable to break through the Fu Yue Kui Niu's defense, and Zhao Zhen winning.

Afterward, the ten School Team members swapped opponents and fought in pairs.

Then, the other eight opponents who fought Xu Yan also experienced Lin Jin's previous encounter.

When facing Xuan You and realizing that they, too, couldn't even budge the opponent, the sense of security they felt while watching earlier was now replaced by an equal amount of disgust and frustration.

Ultimately, relying on Xuan You's unreasonable defensive power and suppressive force, Xu Yan successfully claimed the first place in the first round of the training camp's ranking matches.

It's worth mentioning that Lin Heng, also a newly joined School Team member and in his sophomore year like Xu Yan, successfully secured second place with a record of eight wins in nine matches, losing only to Xu Yan.