Chapter 206: Crushing Defeat?
Chapter 206: Crushing Defeat?
This Green Caterpillar was no ordinary Green Caterpillar!
With a long cry, the Glazed Azure Luan waved its wings.
It intended to use a Soul Skill, aiming to defeat the Green Caterpillar in one move.
But…
The Green Caterpillar seemed to anticipate this. It opened its mouth and spat, releasing a glowing net that trapped the just-taken-off Glazed Azure Luan!
The Insect Net was many times more binding compared to the Silk Spitting skill!
The Glazed Azure Luan sensed a great danger.
Especially due to the scorching flames coating the net, which caused it pain.
In the next moment,
the Green Caterpillar’s tail flashed with light, and a huge fireball, spinning rapidly,
smashed directly into the Glazed Azure Luan.
By then, the Green Caterpillar’s Spiral Flame Sphere had reached Proficiency Level A.
Its power and launch speed far exceeded what it had during the Qihang Cup.
Almost every day, the Green Caterpillar trained with this move in the Dream Space.
Its skill proficiency improved very quickly.
Progress only slowed down after reaching Level A.
One could imagine how strong a self-created Soul Skill at that proficiency would be.
The blazing flames exploded across half of the Soul Pet Battle Arena, even affecting the nearby arenas.
Caught at the center of the explosion, the Glazed Azure Luan seemed to be burning all over, letting out sharp, agonizing cries.
Apparently injured, it glowed all over, attempting to use some Soul Skill to recover.
“Use X-shaped Blazing Charge!”
Wang Che said.
Instantly, the Green Caterpillar burst into fierce flames, looking like a fiery caterpillar.
The flames around it rose over two meters high, and the intense heat distorted the air nearby.
Its training with Blazing Charge in the Dream Space had already reached the maximum level:
Level S.
Once the Green Caterpillar’s Soul Power Cultivation reached Millennium Spirit Power Cultivation, it could start to learn Explosive Flame Stomp.
How powerful was a Level S Blazing Charge?
One could tell from the fact that Wang Che often used Little Caterpillar to heat up various foods and refine pills and snacks.
At this point, the flames surrounding the Green Caterpillar reached a terrifying intensity!
Because Wang Che often used it for refining pills and snacks,
the Green Caterpillar could maintain this fiery state for a long time!
Without launching the Blazing Charge,
it moved again, spitting a silk thread that accurately hit the Glazed Azure Luan, which was glowing faintly as it fell.
The Green Caterpillar bit the silk thread and flicked its tail, then unleashed Blazing Charge, rushing toward the Glazed Azure Luan like a blazing sunbeam.
The Glazed Azure Luan let out a pained cry and was sent flying through the air.
But at that moment, the Green Caterpillar, now on the other side midair, turned and elegantly spat silk again, hitting the Glazed Azure Luan once more as it flew backward.
With a light tug, it used Blazing Charge again, transforming into a meteor and crashing accurately into the Glazed Azure Luan.
This back-and-forth attack pattern left faint fiery traces in the air, forming a distinct ‘X’ shape.
Hence the name: X-shaped Blazing Charge.
It was an advanced technique possible only after Blazing Charge reached Level S proficiency, allowing free-form execution of the skill.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
The Glazed Azure Luan had high endurance—its Soul Power Cultivation was over 1700 years after all.
After performing several X-shaped Blazing Charges, the Little Caterpillar, following Wang Che’s order, landed on the ground.
Then it turned back with a cool look.
At the exact moment it looked back, the Glazed Azure Luan crashed onto the ground, defeated…
Suddenly, the whole arena fell silent!
The whole thing happened so fast!
Really too fast!
From the moment the Little Caterpillar took the stage and attacked until the Glazed Azure Luan fell, less than two minutes passed…
But in those two minutes… all the watching students stared, mouths wide open and never closing…
Even the nearby senior students were stunned, so distracted that they didn’t notice their own Soul Pets being defeated.
Their minds went blank.
Who am I?
Where am I?
What did I just see?
This is a dream.
It must be a dream!
A Green Caterpillar defeating the Glazed Azure Luan so thoroughly?
Impossible!
Slap! Slap!
Some students slapped their own faces, trying to wake themselves up.
Keep in mind, earlier not a single Soul Pet had lasted more than ten moves.
Now, the Glazed Azure Luan couldn’t even withstand ten moves?
The freshmen felt dazed.
Their worldview seemed shaken, as if broken and rebuilt.
Even the seniors felt their minds deeply shaken!
Meanwhile, Shen Mingluan,
after being confused by Zhao Yixia’s words,
discussed with Tian Xiaoyu and,
ignoring the situation with the Glazed Azure Luan, went with Tian Xiaoyu to check on a certain freshman who seemed suspicious to Tian Xiaoyu:
Wang Che.
Because after Zhao Yixia left the stage, Tian Xiaoyu soon remembered:
Wasn’t Wang Che’s Soul Pet a Green Caterpillar?
And Wang Che also came from Xiyue Continent!
So, Tian Xiaoyu and Shen Mingluan immediately searched online for the name Wang Che.
This search turned out to be quite shocking.
There were many people named Wang Che.
But with the key factors of having a Green Caterpillar, being handsome, and coming from Xiyue Continent combined,
it made finding him relatively easy.
“Shocking! The champion of the Qihang Cup in Xiyue Continent actually crushed all opponents with just a Green Caterpillar!”
Among the many miscellaneous news, this one instantly caught Tian Xiaoyu and Shen Mingluan’s attention.
Then… they were stunned.
“What kind of monster is this?” Tian Xiaoyu grew more and more shocked as she searched. “Xiyue Continent takes Soul Pet Battles very seriously. I’ve heard of the Qihang Cup—the champion status carries a lot of weight… Is this really the same Wang Che?”
The two of them went directly to the Xiyue Continent’s Soul Pet Battle App and found various battle videos.
They couldn’t stop watching and became completely engrossed.
Since the Qihang Cup was fully recorded, all the recordings were stored in the official Xiyue Continent Soul Pet Battle App.
Unauthorized distribution of match videos was not allowed.
So, to watch the match videos, they had to download the Xiyue Continent Soul Pet Battle App and register first.
After some effort, they finally managed to see the series of Qihang Cup matches.
Just after watching a few matches, both of them were dumbfounded.
“Isn’t this too insane?” Tian Xiaoyu was stunned. “What in the world… How can a Green Caterpillar be this strong? In the final match, it even beat a Dragon-type Soul Pet? No, no, I feel like my worldview has been completely shaken…”
“We can confirm it now,” Shen Mingluan said softly after a moment of silence. “The new student Principal Gu mentioned is him. A champion of a continent… With such incredible combat talent and nurturing ability, his entrance exam scores must have been extremely high too… Why would he come to Forest Sea Academy? And choose the Agricultural Planting Major?”
“A genius like this could have gone to any top-tier academy, like Battle Soul Academy, Central Academy, Shendu Academy… He could have picked any of them…”
It was too shocking.
Besides the shock, what they felt more was confusion.
They couldn’t understand it.
“But that’s not even the key point—his Agricultural Planting skills are incredibly high!” Tian Xiaoyu said, still in disbelief. “In this year’s small test, he was the only one who completed everything. And for the second test, he even completed it casually…”
Tian Xiaoyu briefly told Shen Mingluan about what happened the day before.
“His level is that high?” Shen Mingluan was even more surprised. “He could even identify some aspects of the instructor’s Agricultural Planting skills…”
“Yeah… Who would have thought that such a genius would come to our Forest Sea Academy?” Tian Xiaoyu grew excited. “He’s the champion of the Qihang Cup! In the high school stage, across the entire War Zone, there are only nine champions like him from the nine continents.”
“I only know that the champion from our North River Continent went directly to Battle Soul Academy…”
“Wow, a champion from another continent actually came to our Forest Sea Academy?”
“Northern River University must be completely confused right now, huh? Hahaha…”
“And the key thing is, he’s so handsome and has such a great personality! I interacted with him yesterday! When he realized that three of the twelve pieces he mentioned might belong to the instructor, he took the initiative to say he was mistaken… I felt there was something special about him… I was deeply impressed.”
As she spoke, Tian Xiaoyu held her chest. “No way, this genius junior seems way too perfect… I can’t handle it!”
Shen Mingluan thought for a moment and said:
“This genius junior really does have a good personality. He doesn’t like to show off and is quite low-key. As you said, you were the one who picked him up along with the other students… Given his qualifications, I wouldn’t be surprised if Principal Gu went to pick him up personally… It must have been his own request.”
“And on the way here, the small wooden house he stayed in, the environment, even the assigned farmland—everything was exactly the same as the other students’… He didn’t receive any special treatment at all. If it wasn’t his own request, it wouldn’t have been possible.”
“It’s rare to see a genius like this.”
“But from his matches, when it was time to act, he was extremely decisive. Especially after entering the second round, every match was handled decisively. He didn’t worry about exposing himself at all.”
Tian Xiaoyu nodded repeatedly. “Sister Luan, you really think things through… With a genius like this at our Forest Sea University, things probably won’t stay calm for long.”
“Wait! Sister Luan, aren’t you going to face him soon? All students in the Agricultural Planting Major have to challenge you. He’s in Class 4 of the Agricultural Planting Major…”
“Your Glazed Azure Luan… Could it be in danger?”
Only then did the two of them snap back to reality.
It felt like they had returned to the world…
And then…
Smack!
The Glazed Azure Luan crashed to the ground…
The two of them stared in shock.
“Sister Luan, your Glazed Azure Luan was defeated… by that Green Caterpillar!”
Tian Xiaoyu pointed at the little caterpillar that was now walking away. “What just happened… It was defeated just like that…”
“Is this the power of the Qihang Cup champion from Xiyue Continent?”
“Isn’t that too terrifying?”
Shen Mingluan fell silent for a moment. Luckily, she had just watched those match videos and gained some information.
Otherwise, she might not have been able to accept it either.
The Glazed Azure Luan lying on the ground looked at Shen Mingluan:
“ε(┬┬﹏┬┬)3”
I was defeated.
Defeated by a Green Caterpillar.
This was a huge blow to it.
It had been calling out to its Soul Pact Master earlier.
But at that time, Shen Mingluan and Tian Xiaoyu were still watching the match videos, completely absorbed and shocked, and didn’t respond.
They didn’t hear the Glazed Azure Luan’s calls at all.
Plus, the battle was too short. Wang Che’s match videos were actually very brief, only a few minutes each.
But there were many of them, and the more they watched, the more engrossed they became…
“It’s okay…”
Shen Mingluan thought for a moment, walked over, and comforted it. “Your loss wasn’t in vain. That was a champion Green Caterpillar. We didn’t even win the Raging River Cup in North River Continent… And you weren’t prepared earlier…”
Hearing this, the Glazed Azure Luan immediately understood and regained some confidence.
So it was a champion. That made sense.
Shen Mingluan took a few steps forward and looked at Wang Che, who was about to leave the stage. The freshmen around them hadn’t snapped out of it yet.
The distant battle seemed frozen: a senior’s Flame Sparrow holding a freshman’s Kaka Beast hadn’t moved at all… just staring in their direction…
“Junior, you caught me off guard!” Shen Mingluan said with a light laugh. “I accept this loss completely. Next time, let’s have a proper match and you can give your senior some pointers, how about that?”
She was serious, especially after watching those videos.
“I wouldn’t dare say ‘pointers.’ Let’s improve together,” Wang Che nodded, understanding her meaning.
This victory was somewhat opportunistic, catching her by surprise and finishing the battle quickly without giving her a chance to react.
But that was part of the charm of Soul Pet Battles.
This senior had been staring at her communicator with Tian Xiaoyu earlier—probably searching for information about him.
It seemed she now knew his identity.
Wang Che stepped off the stage, and the surroundings slowly began to return to normal…
As he walked back to his class.
His classmates stared at him in disbelief…
Kong Shijin had many things he wanted to say but didn’t know where to start. He scratched his head and said:
“Big shot, is this what you meant by ‘actually not bad’?”