Chapter 572 — The Divine Ascension War Begins

With bad enough luck, last tournament's first and second place could be paired together in the very first round, and one of them would be eliminated.

Such things had happened before.

So every beast was treating the upcoming opponents with the utmost seriousness.

After all, the early rounds came thick and fast; run into a strong foe right away, and even if you won, it was easy to fail to recover your condition and then lose the next match.

Of course, to guard against that, Shi Jin and the others had prepared plenty of tonics in advance, and Kong Di and Lin Feng had supplied no small amount themselves.

"A bye, huh. Boring—I wanted to fight." Seeing this, Lin, in the form of the ship-spirit avatar aboard the mini battleship, wore a look of displeasure.

Chi Tong, Su Su, and the others glanced at Lin's blatant humblebrag and simply pursed their lips.

You got a bye and you're still unhappy about it?

"Forget Lin. Hurry and look up who your opponents are—see if there are any strong ones." Shi Li.

If you were matched against a contender who had fought in a previous Apotheosis War, you could check their historical record.

"Jii."

"Eep!!"

"Ning!"

In no time at all, the pet beasts began clamoring all at once, airing their complaints.

Weak. Far too weak.

The opponents they had been matched against all had battle records to their names, but not a single one of those records was any good.

Every last one of them ranked beyond the millionth place.

There was no need to even think about it—a single casual move would probably be enough to one-shot them.

Chongchong, Baby Ginseng, Crimson Eye, Susu, Yaya, Xiao Ji, Guigui, Xiao Bing, and the Munchkin Cat all wore expressions of utter boredom.

"Normal. It's only the first battle," Shi Li said. "Where's Shi Yi?"

At that moment, Shi Yi was the only one who had not spoken.

Just then, Shi Yi was cradling a laptop with a complicated expression, yet the corners of their mouth could not help brimming with a smile.

"Ying ying ying."

Seeing Shi Yi's expression look so strange, everyone crowded around.

Some of them, meanwhile, pulled out their own computers and began searching for Shi Yi's opponent.

That one search struck the entire Shi Jin team utterly silent.

Even when Lin had drawn a bye, the whole team had never been this silent—because Lin's good fortune was plain for all to see.

But Shi Yi's situation... was this not just a little too damn outrageous?

Match number: 2022. Match roster: [Kahn] VS [Shi Yi]!

Shi Yi's first opponent... was Kahn of the Cicada Crow Clan, who had clinched first place in the God-Sealing Battle seventy-nine times running! Right from the start, they had run into the previous champion!