Chapter 271 – Just Kidding

Five days passed in a flash.

Whether it felt like a long and arduous wait or a blink of an eye, time continued its passage.

On this day, the second round of the Summoner All-Star Competition officially began.

Two hundred and fifty-six Summoners who advanced from the preliminaries gathered in the largest arena in Saint Master City to participate in the competition.

This round of matches will eliminate two hundred and forty Summoners through four rounds of battles, selecting the strongest sixteen Summoners to enter the third round!

As soon as the battle began, Su Hao clearly felt the difference.

Nearly all of these over two hundred Summoners had their own unique skills, with their Summoned Beasts manipulation reaching the pinnacle of perfection. Watching their matches was like watching a magnificent art performance, a feast for the eyes.

Harmony was different from what he imagined: the two sides arrayed, charging with the sound of horns, then descending into a chaotic melee.

These Summoners were extremely rhythmic when organizing their attacks.

Each Summoned Beast was like a living chess piece on the board, and the Summoner was a master chess player, engaging in a peak duel.

The two Summoners concentrated, constantly probing with attacks and defenses, seeking weaknesses in their opponents to deliver a fatal blow.

Just like a high-stakes League of Legends match, they wouldn’t make a move easily, and when they did, they would go all out.

It’s just that the Summoners here, each controlling more than ten, or even more, Summoned Beasts simultaneously in battle, the difficulty is imaginable.

These dazzling operations still greatly shocked Su Hao, who had seen much of the world.

These world-class Summoners had truly cultivated their combat skills to the peak; even he could not find any fault.

Specialization is indeed the key to mastery.

Fortunately, Su Hao also had his own unique skill: brute force works wonders, just charge in and smash them!

As for Su Hao’s operational skills…

Ahem! Because it’s not professional, there’s no basis for comparison, so let’s not mention it!

Soon, it was Su Hao’s turn to enter the arena.

The arena here is much larger than the one in the preliminary rounds.

It can accommodate tens of thousands of spectators.

As soon as Su Hao took the stage, the audience erupted in a frenzy of cheers for Catalyst.

Su Hao’s opponent was a young man with black-rimmed glasses. He calmly walked onto the Summoner’s platform, adjusted his glasses with one hand, and extended the other, successively summoning his Summoned Beasts.

A red-haired War Elephant, a Fire-tailed Lion, followed by a sharp-beaked Wyvern, an Iron-winged Swift Bird, and other purely aerial Summoned Beasts.

Clearly, he had studied Su Hao’s combat recordings.

A smile crept onto the black-rimmed youth’s lips. “White Jing Zhong, huh? Heh, experience the crushing power of air-to-ground dominance!”

The battle began!

The black-rimmed youth’s Fire-tailed Lion immediately jumped onto the red-haired War Elephant’s back and charged forward, continuously spitting out large amounts of acid onto the ground, forming a long line.

Meanwhile, the other flying Summoned Beasts all ascended and circled, with the sharp-beaked Wyvern beginning to spray venom horizontally.

Before long, the entire vast arena was divided into fragmented terrain by the acid from the Fire-tailed Lion and the venom from the sharp-beaked Wyvern.

Su Hao was curious about what the opponent was planning.

Su Hao’s thought-power stirred. The Destroyer King Snow Wolf and the Mad Fiend Big White Rabbit charged out first, rapidly approaching the red-haired War Elephant and the Fire-tailed Lion, intending to eliminate those two Summoned Beasts with brute force first.

The black-rimmed youth smiled slightly and flicked his fingers. The Fire-tailed Lion suddenly flicked a spark, which landed on the sprayed acid.

“Boom!”

Azure flames ignited, spreading along the trails and truly dividing the entire arena into many small squares.

Su Hao’s Destroyer King Snow Wolf and Mad Fiend Big White Rabbit were then trapped within different squares.

The black-rimmed man immediately controlled the circling Summoned Beasts in the air to dive down.

Su Hao chuckled joyfully. “It seems you’ve put effort into researching my lineup. Focusing on flying Summoned Beasts directly avoids being poisoned by the Slaughter King, while using the Fire-tailed Lion to divide the terrain aims for an ‘eliminate one by one’ strategy, and the flames effectively inhibit the Manipulation King’s abilities.”

Then, Su Hao smelled the scent of gasoline wafting through the air and exclaimed in surprise, “You even used gasoline! That red-haired War Elephant is spraying gasoline with its nose.”

Fighting amidst flames, most of Su Hao’s Summoned Beasts were indeed restricted and unable to perform effectively.

For example, the Manipulation King, Shadow King, Pervert King, and Slaughter King.
These Summoned Beasts appeared incredibly fragile in the face of the flames.

It can only be said that the Summoners in this world are indeed intelligent people.

However, they are also naive!

Su Hao’s remaining [Sky King], [Ricochet King], and [Destroyer King] are still invincible!

Su Hao reached forward and grabbed fiercely.

[Destroyer King] Snow Wolf let out a long roar towards the sky.

“Roar–“

His muscles began to swell, and his body rapidly grew to over ten meters. He lunged towards the charging Swift Bird.

[Mad Fiend] Big White Rabbit also roared, its body growing to ten meters, and it leaped mightily.

“Bang!”

The ground cracked, and the giant Snow Wolf and Big White Rabbit leaped into the air like cannonballs.

The youth in the black frame was stunned, his expression changing drastically: “This is bad!”

He immediately controlled his flying Summoned Beasts to fly away in reverse.

But it was too late. The Snow Wolf bit the Swift Bird’s neck and then plummeted downwards fiercely.

“Bang!”

Their massive bodies landed precisely on the red-maned War Elephant, emitting a dull thud.

The Fire-tailed Lion was controlled by the youth in the black frame, who saw the situation was not good, and dodged.

And the muscular Big White Rabbit punched the sharp-beaked Wyvern, sending it flying and crashing to the ground.

In just one round, the youth in the black frame lost two flying Summoned Beasts.

No! Three!

After biting off the Swift Bird’s neck, the Snow Wolf flipped over and bit open a huge hole in the red-maned War Elephant’s neck.

It wasn’t over yet. [Sky King] Iridescent Phoenix and [Red-Cheeked Messenger Bird] soared into the sky, heading straight for the youth in the black frame’s flying Summoned Beasts.

[Ricochet King] Antelope disappeared from the ground, its hooves launching, and a straight vacuum channel appeared where intense flames had been.

“Pfft–“

The Fire-tailed Lion’s neck was more than half cut open, and it fell softly to the ground.

Not far from the Fire-tailed Lion, an Antelope revealed itself, its sharp, spiraling horns still bearing a trace of blood.

The youth in the black frame was full of unwillingness, but he knew his defeat was set. To persist would only result in more severe losses of his Summoned Beasts.

He sighed and pressed the surrender button!

The entire venue erupted in cheers!

This brings up an interesting question: do the spectators prefer aesthetically pleasing, high-level, intelligent Summoner duels, or do they prefer to watch Summoner powerhouses dominate!

Perhaps they have different preferences, or perhaps they enjoy both!

More likely, they just want to be entertained!

As long as it’s exciting, it doesn’t matter if it’s unmatched strategy with a fan and silk robe, or fist-to-flesh combat with blood and gore flying.

Su Hao’s battle once again refreshed everyone’s understanding of the “Destroyer King” Snow Wolf.

The Summoners lowered their heads in thought: if I were to face Bai Jing Zhong, how would I fight and win?

If Su Hao could hear their doubts, he would surely smile and reply, “No need to think about it. Facing me, just surrender. Resistance is meaningless beyond the loss of your Summoned Beasts.”

However, it was precisely because of today’s match that Su Hao became more vigilant.

Although the opponent’s Summoned Beasts were not as strong as his Mutant Beast, their minds were active, and it was hard to say they wouldn’t find a weakness to target him.

For example, in today’s match, the opponent actually thought of using gasoline and the Harmony Firetail Lion in combination to create a fiery terrain that restricted the performance of most of his Summoned Beasts.

“But it’s okay, I have plenty of trump cards. Hahaha!”

When the opponent thought they had found Su Hao’s weakness and were targeting it, Su Hao would draw another card and say with a grin, ‘Oops, sorry, I have another one.’

After continuously probing and exhausting Su Hao’s cards, Su Hao could simply flip the table and say, ‘Just kidding, let’s find another place to play cards.’

(End of chapter)