Chapter 30: The Battle for Zone Dominance
Chapter 30: The Battle for Zone Dominance
“In the last round tomorrow, if you haven’t lost yet, you will meet me.”
The girl said.
“Why?” Wang Che asked.
“Because the Dawn Cup is sponsored by Dino Tech, and I am the niece of Dino Tech’s boss.” The girl said, “So, you will definitely meet me in that round.”
“…” Wang Che.
Wow.
So direct?
“So what?” Wang Che glanced at her.
“My surname is Lin. Lin Xi is my sister. I heard she suffered a setback from you.” The girl continued, “So when the time comes, I will teach you a lesson without any mercy.”
“Sister complex?” Wang Che glanced at her.
“Eh… my deepest secret, and you saw through it just like that.” The girl was shocked.
“You and your sister are not very alike.” Wang Che shook his head.
“How are we not alike?” The girl asked.
“Your sister is a normal person.” Wang Che glanced at her, “You… are not quite normal.”
“Haha.” The girl laughed, not getting angry.
“Don’t believe me? Want to take a test?” Wang Che said casually, “A test about mental illness. If you test normal, I will admit defeat when the time comes. How about that?”
“Fine.” The girl propped her chin with her hand, looking seriously at Wang Che, “I want to see what trick you are playing.”
“Okay.” Wang Che nodded and smiled, “Say: The bathtub is full of water. There is a basin, and in the basin there is a small spoon. Now, to get rid of the water in the bathtub, what should a normal person do…”
“So simple?” The girl sneered, “Can’t you just use the basin to scoop out the water from the bathtub? When the water gets low, use the spoon to scoop it.”
After saying that, she looked at Wang Che with a proud face.
“Wrong. A normal person should pull out the plug at the bottom of the bathtub.” Wang Che said.
“…” The girl.
She was stunned for a long time.
Wang Che stood up and left, saying, “See, I said you’re not quite normal, right? Go see a doctor quickly. Mental health is a big issue.”
The girl thought for a long time, then called her family’s private doctor, half-believing, half-doubting.
After listening, the doctor said, “Ahem… Young Miss, that is not a real mental test question. It’s just a simple joke… Your mind is fine, but you really shouldn’t be asking me this…”
“Damn!” The girl’s face turned red, and she let out an angry shout.
The afternoon match started very soon.
Wang Che did not take that matter to heart.
His opponent in the afternoon match was even easier.
Wang Che finished the battle in just a few moves.
Leaving aside other factors, just the Soul Power Cultivation advantage meant that many Soul Pets, no matter how strong, could not possibly beat the current Green Caterpillar.
After three rounds on the first day, over eight hundred people were eliminated almost instantly.
Only a little over a hundred remained.
The second day would be relatively more difficult.
The third day would be the most intense, when only about ten people would remain, competing for the championship and the top ten spots.
Wang Che rested and conserved his energy.
Early the next morning, he arrived at the Stadium.
Although the first day eliminated the most people, there were even more spectators in the Stadium.
Those eliminated had gone to the audience seats.
In the class group chat, there was a lot of commotion.
Teacher Zheng: “Those who made it to the second day, type 1. Let me see how many there are.”
After a long time, only one 1 appeared in the group.
Then, after a while, two more appeared.
“Only three? Not bad, you are the best class I’ve ever taught. Lin Xi, what about you?”
“1, I had a bye yesterday. I smoothly made it to the second day today.”
“Very good. By the way, Wang Che?”
“1.”
“… Impressive. For a Green Caterpillar to make it to the second day is quite good. If you can hold on for one more round today, you’ll secure a top hundred spot. The higher the rank, the better the rewards. Teacher is rooting for you!”
“Wang Che, you really haven’t been eliminated?”
“A seventy-year Green Caterpillar, so strong. The Soul Power Cultivation level advantage is just unreasonable.”
“It feels a bit off. Can a Green Caterpillar be raised to be this strong…”
“I watched the match. Brother Che’s Green Caterpillar is ridiculously strong… literally the fighter jet among Green Caterpillars.”
“It might be difficult today… Today’s contestants mostly have Soul Pets with cultivation over fifty years, around sixty years. The Soul Power gap isn’t as obvious.”
“The second round today will determine the ace of 26 zones. The third round will be the clash of aces from various zones, and there are no byes in this round. This round is the only one with no byes. This year’s competition rules have changed a bit.”
…
Wang Che glanced at it but didn’t pay too much attention.
That was zone J.
Their zone had fewer contestants, and only four remained now.
The bye wasn’t in their zone either.
Contestant 3, Contestant 9, Contestant 11, Contestant 23.
In the first round, Wang Che’s opponent was Contestant 11.
Compared to yesterday, the audience in zone J today was much larger than in other zones.
Most came specifically to see Wang Che.
“Today, we’ll probably have to use Soul Power.”
Wang Che patted the Green Caterpillar’s head.
“Sii oo!”
The Green Caterpillar nodded.
Yesterday, the Green Caterpillar didn’t even use Soul Power at all.
It bulldozed through effortlessly.
Today would be harder. Wang Che checked: the other three contestants had Soul Pets with cultivation ages over fifty years.
One of them even had over sixty years.
If they had learned Soul Skills, they could be considered potential top ten contenders.
Contestant 11’s Soul Pet was an Explosive Fruit.
Explosive Fruit, a Plant-Type Soul Pet, was born with the explosive Soul Skill. The sticky goo from the explosion made Soul Pets lose their fighting ability and stay in a weak state for a long time.
It took at least half a day to recover.
This kind of Soul Pet was very disgusting.
It looked like a harmless orange, with two leaves on its bald head and squinting eyes that made it seem confused.
Among ordinary Soul Pets, it was one of the most disgusting.
The referee glanced at Wang Che’s side with some worry and waved the flag.
“The match begins!”
Natural Soul Skills were innate and easy to comprehend.
Just like the Green Caterpillar’s Silk Spitting.
It naturally knew how to spit silk, and comprehending the Soul Skill was relatively easy as long as it had Soul Power cultivation.
But the power was hard to say.
The Explosive Fruit’s natural Soul Skill was not only strong but also very disgusting.
The moment the match started.
“Use Explosion!”
Number 11 calmly gave the command.
With a loud bang, the yellow orange exploded.
Countless pale yellow sticky goo scattered.
It covered the entire arena.
At the same time.
“Use Soul Power, jump up!”
Wang Che said immediately, as if he had expected it.
The Green Caterpillar’s tail sprang up like a spring, and its highly flexible body made it fly up instantly.
It reached at least ten meters high!
Countless sticky goo passed by it.
This made many in the audience gasp in surprise.
They were shocked that the opponent exploded right away, and also surprised that a Green Caterpillar could jump so high?
“Hilarious, Brother Che’s Green Caterpillar is practically all-purpose. Such a petty trick couldn’t harm him. It’s like a fantasy!”
Yuan Xiaole said with a laugh from the spectator stands, “But Brother Che’s Green Caterpillar is getting stronger and stronger, jumping so high so easily… it’s just unbelievable.”
Probably no one expected the Green Caterpillar to avoid it in such a way.
“Self-destructing right from the start, tsk… seems like there’s something behind the scenes.” Yuan Xiaole shook his head.
The Self-destruct Soul Skill was quite damaging to the Soul Pet itself.
It was a mutually destructive Soul Skill. The Explosive Fruit wasn’t weak; even if it couldn’t beat the Green Caterpillar, it didn’t need to self-destruct right away.
It could have tried first, and if it couldn’t win, then self-destruct, eliminating both sides wouldn’t be too late.
“Number 23 wins!”
The referee, who had already moved far off the stage, announced immediately.
Wang Che walked off the stage and took the Green Caterpillar to the recovery center for some treatment.
Although it avoided most of the sticky goo, a few drops still got on it, but relatively, those few drops weren’t too troublesome.
Then, the second round came quickly.
As the competition for the top spot in District J, this match was quite crucial.
And Wang Che’s opponent was Number 9.
The Soul Pet was a Triangular Steel Rock that had completed its second stage evolution, with Soul Power Cultivation reaching sixty years, and it was already a Rare Soul Pet.
As if karma had come full circle, this Triangular Steel Rock seemed to be here to avenge the Triangular Rock that Wang Che had defeated instantly…