Chapter 29: Bought Over Just Like That?
Chapter 29: Bought Over Just Like That?
The blazing sun hung high in the sky, its rays scorching hot.
Inside the stadium, however, a cool breeze gently wafted.
On Platform 1 in Zone J.
Wang Che walked up with his Green Caterpillar.
“Yoshi, Green Caterpillar, I know you, you’re Wang Che!”
Before the referee could speak, the opponent immediately whistled.
“Much honored,” Wang Che replied.
The Triangular Rock Soul Pet actually looked quite handsome.
It was made of three triangular, brownish stones. The upper two stones each had a pair of eyes.
The bottom stone had a mouth.
None of the three stones were sharply angular; instead, they were somewhat rounded.
When combined, they formed a larger triangle. From the side, it looked like a stone block dozens of centimeters thick.
At first glance, it gave off a very sturdy, hard-to-break feeling.
And this opponent’s Triangular Rock had a Soul Power Cultivation of around forty-five years, which was quite remarkable.
After all, Triangular Rock was only an ordinary-type Soul Pet, but its defense was especially outstanding.
“But you’re going to lose this match.”
The opponent grinned. “A Soul Pet like Green Caterpillar, even with sixty or seventy years of Soul Power Cultivation, is just so-so. It definitely can’t break my Soul Pet’s defense.”
Wang Che nodded and said, “I think you make a good point.”
“I watched your last match. Don’t even think about throwing my Triangular Rock off the stage. In terms of size, your Green Caterpillar can’t wrap around my Triangular Rock.”
The opponent continued.
At that moment, the referee glanced at both sides and raised the flag in his hand:
“Contestants, please get ready!”
Wang Che coughed and patted the Green Caterpillar’s head.
“Sii wu!”
The Green Caterpillar nodded, as if understanding Wang Che’s meaning.
“Begin the match!”
The referee immediately announced loudly.
The moment the words fell.
The opponent reacted quickly.
“Triangular Rock, anchor yourself to the ground! Let it be as fast as it wants. Against a mere Green Caterpillar, we can just outlast it…”
As soon as he finished speaking.
The three stones of the Triangular Rock fit tightly together and landed firmly on the competition ground.
A dull thud echoed from the impact.
It showed just how astonishingly heavy the Triangular Rock was!
“Charge straight at it!”
Wang Che said casually.
The Green Caterpillar’s body straightened and it charged directly toward the Triangular Rock.
Like a green giant python, it accelerated in a straight line, turning into a streak of light as it crashed forward.
“Going in like that, is it really okay?”
The opponent laughed immediately.
Facing the Triangular Rock head-on, especially when it was anchored firmly on the platform—
after all, the triangular structure was extremely stable, and with the incredibly heavy Triangular Rock settled on the platform—
at the same level of Soul Power Cultivation, almost no Soul Pet could shake it.
Especially in the early stages, when they hadn’t even mastered Soul Skills yet, without elemental attacks, Triangular Rock was basically one of the most troublesome Soul Pets to deal with.
Charging directly like this, wouldn’t it just rebound from its own force?
Many spectators shook their heads repeatedly.
Even the referee felt puzzled. Charging straight in… wasn’t that just…
However.
The next moment!
The moment the Green Caterpillar’s head struck the central point where the three stones of the Triangular Rock joined—
Bang!
A sound like a mountain being moved suddenly erupted.
The Triangular Rock let out a howl, and cracks instantly appeared in the three stones that were tightly joined.
A long trail was scraped across the competition platform.
Finally, with a loud crash, it was sent flying.
That scene left many spectators stunned before they could even process it.
The Triangular Rock had been knocked flying.
The Green Caterpillar rubbed its head with its tail; it was a little red.
So hard!
“Well fought, well fought.” Wang Che waved at his opponent. “Let’s go.”
The Green Caterpillar immediately followed behind Wang Che, rubbing its head with its tail as it walked off the platform.
“Platform 1, contestant number 23… wins!” The referee snapped back to attention and hurriedly announced.
“How could…” The opponent still stood on the platform in a daze. “Did his Green Caterpillar practice an iron head skill? How is a normal charge so powerful… Why? Is the gap in Soul Power still too big?”
…
Wang Che walked back to the waiting area and checked the time. It was already noon.
There was still one match in the afternoon.
“Let’s grab some food first,” Wang Che said.
“Wait, boss! How is your Green Caterpillar’s charging power so strong?” A contestant in the waiting area immediately came up and asked.
“Triangular Rock,” Wang Che glanced at him and said casually, “Triangular Rock is a Soul Pet formed by merging three stones. It’s very unique, and its defense is indeed strong in the early stages, but it’s not without weaknesses. If you hit its center of gravity and create gaps between the three stones, it will lose balance and can be easily knocked away.”
“When Triangular Rock reaches sixty years of cultivation and evolves into Triangular Steel Rock, this weakness disappears.”
“Is that so? The books didn’t mention it.” The contestant murmured, then his face lit up with excitement. “Thanks, boss! My next match happens to be against an opponent with a Triangular Rock Soul Pet…”
He walked away excitedly.
“Sii wu sii wu!”
The Green Caterpillar called out to Wang Che twice.
‘You tricked him!’
“I didn’t trick him,” Wang Che coughed. “As long as there was enough strength, it could indeed be done. Let’s go, let’s go, time to eat first.”
The Green Caterpillar: “(¬_¬)”
It watched that contestant walk enthusiastically into the competition, looking somewhat pitiful in its eyes.
Wang Che indeed had not tricked him.
Theoretically, it was possible.
But in essence, sufficiently powerful strength was still needed.
Although the Green Caterpillar didn’t attack with its tail, directly hitting with its head was still very powerful.
Like the Triangular Rock standing right there on the competition platform, it was practically a sitting duck.
Wang Che was afraid that if the Green Caterpillar swung its tail, it might directly smash the Triangular Rock apart, which would have been troublesome.
So, it simply used a headbutt directly.
The stadium had a cafeteria with free meals for contestants, which made Wang Che feel it was very reasonable.
“Wow, this Green Caterpillar is huge! Pet~”
“Why hasn’t it evolved?”
“After evolution, it becomes a Green Phantom Butterfly. I don’t like that personally. I think not evolving is better.”
“With such a big Green Caterpillar, it should spit lots of silk, right? Could make money!”
…
Wang Che found a seat to eat in the cafeteria, while the Green Caterpillar ate leaves in the Soul Pet supply area.
Many other Green Caterpillars were also eating together.
Wang Che counted; probably around seven or eight.
“They’re all lucky ones,” Wang Che mused.
Hatching into a Green Caterpillar definitely wasn’t from a bought Soul Pet Egg; these were hatched from free Soul Pet Eggs.
Out of about a thousand contestants, only seven or eight were Green Caterpillars…
The Green Caterpillar chewed its leaves and squeezed out pitifully from the group of many Green Caterpillars.
“No backbone,” Wang Che said. “Since you belong to the same kind, you should get along well with them.”
The Green Caterpillar felt Wang Che’s words were not good.
It spat a leaf at Wang Che’s face, as if saying: ‘I don’t want to. You try being touched and groped by them to see how it feels.’
Wang Che was just about to speak when a sudden voice rang out.
“Can I sit here?”
The voice sounded a bit odd; it was a girl’s voice.
Wang Che glanced over; it was a pretty girl with pale skin, lovely looks, and a graceful figure.
“No,” Wang Che refused.
Years of experience told him this visitor meant harm.
Just after he said that, the girl sat right down.
“Thanks, then I won’t hold back,” the girl said.
“…”
The Green Caterpillar made a couple of cries at the girl, as if saying: move over, that’s my spot to sit.
“Good little one,” the girl pulled two fragrant leaves from her front, fed them to the Green Caterpillar. “Go eat over there, okay?”
The Green Caterpillar sniffed the leaves, its eyes instantly lit up, bit onto the leaves, and obediently ran off to the side.
“…” Wang Che.
Was it bribed that easily?
Wang Che watched the Green Caterpillar’s back and thought to himself; it seemed he’d have to increase training in the future.