Chapter 190 — A Friend from Afar Must First Have His Resolve Tempered
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The veterans were stunned, but the freshmen wore expressions of elation.
Yu Shu and the others in particular sighed inwardly—what a pity it wasn't Shi Jin himself who transformed, cleaving that leg apart with a single sword; otherwise the shock on Fu Di'an's face across the field would have been even greater!
"What is this!!!" Watching his strongest attack casually blocked by his opponent, Fu Di'an's eyes went wide with utter disbelief. How could this be? Even a clash of that magnitude wasn't the limit of this Shi Yan's Iron-Eating Beast???
Evolution? The Iron-Eating Beast could evolve? He had never heard of such a thing.
And even if it had evolved, it shouldn't be this absurd.
His Thunderlight Beast was a quasi-Overlord species!!!
"Eleven," Shi Jin called out.
Zzzzt.
The hardened right arm of the giant Eleven swiftly erupted with fierce arcs of electricity, coiling round and round, producing a violent din and spraying dazzling electric light!
With its entire arm blazing, the palm that had been holding back the Trample suddenly condensed a black sphere wreathed in intense blue lightning!
The Thunderlight Beast's super-tier skill was nothing to write home about—only at the Entry level. At the same energy level, it was actually inferior to Eleven's maxed-out Hardening and its transcendent-grade Thunder Palm; the gap in proficiency grades was simply too great.
Super-tier skills had higher growth potential, true, but they only became formidable after growing. What was more, with its edge erupting as it was now, Eleven's energy value had likely already broken through the hundred-thousand mark—and it was still suppressing the Thunderlight Beast!
At this moment, under everyone's gaze, that hardened sphere wreathed in blue lightning abruptly spun at extreme speed in irregular patterns, lightning swirling around it as though forming a miniature thunderstorm, emitting a fierce "zizz-zizz" shriek. In an instant, the blue electric light tore through the surface of the Trample of Sanction, ripped it to shreds, and utterly dispersed the white thunder!
Boom!
The next second, what shocked everyone even more was this: the enormous black sphere, with a "bang," transformed into a massive blue beam of light and shot fiercely outward. The awe-inspiring blue wave moved at extreme speed, continuing to tear apart the giant white pillar of light; the sound of colliding energies was like thunder roaring!
In a flash, this "railgun" pierced clean through the Trample of Sanction and tore it apart!
Bang!
And it exploded in the sky, its internal and external metal and thunder power all bursting forth in that instant.
The terrifying torrent of energy became a thunderstorm, like a tangible giant hand, smashing the Thunderlight Beast in the sky violently downward!
With a "boom," it landed upon the giant Eleven's left palm. Now the giant Eleven gripped the Thunderlight Beast, its gaze fixed on the blank-faced, shattered Fu Di'an across the way.
"Wooo~~!!!!"
Clenched in the giant Eleven's hardened gauntlet—vast in power, explosive in intensity—the Thunderlight Beast's eyes rolled white, its face contorted in agony.
Utterly and completely crushed; the gap in combat power was nothing short of immense!
In this moment, not only had Fu Di'an lost the ability to think—the Battle Society veterans, including Vice President Li Ze, all swallowed hard, staring in disbelief at the giant beast's power.
"Gulp." Someone glanced at the dumbstruck Hong Xiao.
Catching the look, Hong Xiao gave a sheepish laugh.
Everyone turned their eyes back to the field.
This was a freshmen?
No wonder Director He had handed the task of receiving the challenger so confidently to Shi Jin.
With strength like that—he was a monster!!!
In a one-on-one duel, it was likely that apart from Bai Xi, almost no one at the Ancient Capital University could contend with Shi Jin!
Speaking of which, once the in-team ranking matches began later, how were they supposed to face Shi Jin?!
Beads of sweat the size of beans rolled down the foreheads of this pack of upperclassmen.
"I... this is impossible." At the same moment, Fu Di'an shook his head violently and said.
This was a freshman? This defied all reason—why was the evolved form of the Iron-Eating Beast so terrifying...
For a long while, Fu Di'an had no idea how to counterattack.
"Let us stop here." At that moment, Director He's voice rang out. "It seems the outcome is decided."
Those words both eased Fu Di'an's heart and gave it a sharp twist.
"Oh, OK." Shi Jin nodded. The next moment, Eleven's body slowly shrank, devolved, and healed itself, and throughout this process, it gently set the Thunderlight Beast down on the ground.
Back on the ground once more, the Thunderlight Beast had already lost all will to fight!
"I..." Fu Di'an, who had come to challenge the school, was at a loss.
He raised his head in disbelief and looked toward Director He and Shi Jin.
"He is a freshman? I do not believe it! How can a freshman be this strong—then how strong must the upperclassmen be? And the Iron-Eating Beast, can it evolve too..."
"And, from beginning to end, he used a beast-taming talent..." Fu Di'an was going mad.
Though he had always heard his father say that Donghuang was the strongest nation, that its beast tamers were incomparably powerful, Fu Di'an had never imagined it could be this absurd.
"Er, of course he is a freshman, but it is also true that Shi Jin is very strong. As for the Iron-Eating Beast's evolved form... that is actually the latest discovery—right, the person who discovered the evolved form of the Iron-Eating Beast is Shi Jin himself."
"As for his beast-taming talent, he has the telepathy talent... not a combat type. He is in the Archaeology Department."
After Director He finished explaining, Shi Jin smiled slightly at Fu Di'an.
Te... telepathy?
By now, Fu Di'an's worldview had shattered. The other Ancient Capital University students wanted to say something, but in the end could not get the words out... Ahem, even their own people found it absurd—they just hoped this Fu Di'an would not come away with any mistaken notions...
"I!"
In that instant, Fu Di'an felt only that the beast tamers of Donghuang were far too terrifying.
By comparison, were the beast tamers of Rongguang all just little lambs...? He suddenly had a feeling that perhaps Donghuang's atmosphere would better let him pursue the pinnacle of beast taming—but the rivals here were far too frightening...