Chapter 166 – Mangalica Pig
“Jing Feng! Jing Feng! I love you…..”
The Jiu Yu City women were as crazy about Jing Feng as Quinyang’s are, and Jing Feng flirted his way back to the dressing room.
Although Jing Feng was expected to win the fight over Tang Tian Feng without any issues, many of the Quinyang Sect’s disciples still congratulated him in praise.
“Jing Feng, well done!” Even Luo Xiao Tian praised Jing Feng.
Ling Xin Ya nodded with satisfaction: “A neat victory like that one is the key to winning this contest, and there’s no need to unnecessarily beat up your opponents.”
Ling Xin Ya’s comment was obviously directed towards the rest of the disciples, and it seemed like he was trying to instill some composure inside the fervently pa.s.sionate dressing room.
“Number two, Wu Ji Sect’s Xuan Ming Yang and City Sect’s Su Yang, please report to the stage.”
Xuan Ming Yang was also one of the Six Diamonds of the Wu Ji Sect. He had been luckier than Chao Rui, and had made it to the third round without any difficulties so far.
But this time, his opponent was City Sect’s Su Yang, who had finished in the top ten last time. Su Yang was at the peak of the ‘transformation’ layer, and was known to be a very difficult opponent.
Even though Xuan Ming Yang was over the mid-level mark of the ‘transformation’ layer, Su Yang’s face reflected no stress.
Even though neither of the two men made any advances, their momentum had already started to rise as they took to the stage.
Xuan Ming Yang wasn’t looking shy either, and the sharp look in his eyes was clearly reflecting his self-confidence.
The moment the referee announced the start of the fight, Xuan Ming Yang stated in a loud voice: “Come out my partner.”
Suddenly a Mangalica Pig appeared besides Xuan Ming Yang, and it was apparent that Xuan Ming Yang had managed to pet the beast.
The beast looked quite st.u.r.dy and his ‘transformation’ layer strength was surely going to be very difficult to deal with.
“Roar!” The Mangalica Pig’s hair shook as he roared, and it was obvious that he was ready for a fight.
Su Yang’s originally confident look had now changed into a gloomy one.
Beast pets are hard to come by, and many of the powerful youngsters in the young generation had been working on procuring their own.
Su Yang had also tried to tame a beast, but hadn’t been able to achieve any success so far.
Now, however, his opponent had a beast pet to aid him in the battle, and Su Yang was already kicking himself mentally. Had he known that he would have to face beast pets in the tournament, he would definitely tried harder to get one for himself.
“Attack!”
Xuan Ming Yang and the Pig charged side by side as they launched their first attack.
Xuan Ming Yang employed ‘The Ying Yang Sword’ whereas the Pig launched a direct attack.
Su Yang quickly snapped out of his regretful thoughts, since he realized that he’d have concentrate harder in this fight.
The City Sect had a feud with the Wu Ji Sect, so even though the odds were now stacked against Su Yang, he wouldn’t allow himself to lose the fight very easily.
Su Yang made no attempts to back off as Xuan Ming Yang directly charged towards him.
Su Yang launched a fierce attack of his own, which clearly reflected his strategy: concentrate on Xuan Ming Yang, and dodge the Pig.
Even though Su Yang’s tactic was quite good, the Pig’s attacks were constantly distracting him, so he was unable to employ his true strength.
In a very short while, Su Yang was already finding himself in a disadvantaged position.
“I didn’t expect that a beast pet would be this effective in a match.” Bi Fan was quite astonished.
The thought of the Chimera crossed Bi Fan’s mind, but the Chimera hadn’t woken up yet, since his evolution phase hadn’t completed yet.
Bi Fan was afraid that the Chimera’s evolution into an ‘Emerging from the Womb’ layer beast might get affected negatively since his current evolution was taking a very long time to finish.
Anyway, Bi Fan could always just give the Chimera an Ogre flower petal, which would help the Chimera in making that breakthrough.
But as it turns out, the bottleneck of the ‘Emerging from the Womb’ layer is a lot harder for the beasts as compared to humans, and even an Ogre Flower petal may not guarantee success.
But for now, Bi Fan was only praying for the Chimera’s successful evolution, and a timely one at that.
As for the Marten, well, even though he was awfully agile, he wasn’t much good at fighting.
When it comes to devouring herbs, no other creature can match his expertise and desire, but when it comes to facing an opponent, the Marten’s strategy was to quickly find refuge and pray for Bi Fan’s victory.
Su Yang was so busy attacking Xuan Ming Yang that he didn’t notice the Pig as it charged right into him.
The Pig’s attack landed quite hard on Su Yang’s body, and he was sent flying out of the ring.
The contest was over, and Xuan Ming Yang had managed to strengthen his claim, with his beast pet’s support.
The City Sect’s dressing room was full of downcast faces, and they simply couldn’t get over the fact that a Wu Ji Sect disciple had beaten one of their finest fighters.
A defeat is a defeat, and on top of that, Su Yang had lost the fight in a square manner.
“I hope I don’t b.u.mp into Xuan Ming Yang in the contest later…. Being thrown out of the ring like that will be very a shameful thing.” Mo Nan expressed.
“The Wu Ji Sect isn’t to be trifled with… they are defeating the most elite contestants with ease. It seems that I’m going to end up becoming a ‘free points pouch’…. I’d prefer giving them to you guys, and I hope that I only get to face my Brothers in the future rounds; at least I’ll be of some use to the Sect that way.” Ji Ying Lan stated in a gloomy manner.
Indeed, Ji Ying Lan’s luck wasn’t going to help him in this round.
In this list of twenty eight contests, Ji Ying Lan was on the wrong end of the strength curve.
The third set pit two Wu Ji Sect disciples against each other: Xuan Yuan Wu Ji and Xuan Yuan Xiao Yu. Even though Xuan Yuan Wu Ji seemed more powerful than Xuan Yuan Xiao Yu, he directly conceded the fight, allowing Xuan Yuan Xiao Yu to get three easy points.
A lot of people were very surprised by this turn of events, since most people were under the impression that Xuan Yuan Xiao Yu had been lucky to get this far, since she hadn’t done anything exceptional thus far in the tournament.
Xuan Yuan Xiao Yu is a very pet.i.te little belle, and no had been taking her seriously.
But now, Xuan Yuan Wu Ji, who was adorned with the t.i.tle of ‘Six Diamonds’ had immediately conceded his defeat to her, which was a clear indication of her underlying strength.
“The Wu Ji Sect is too strong, and their current younger generation is even stronger than their previous ones…. They must be working very hard on training their youngster. I’m afraid that the Quinyang Sect may not be able to catch up with them.” Ling Xin Ya stated in a defeated tone.
“…..not only that, since the Wu Ji Sect is a very famed name in this region, they automatically attract the best talent every year, which keeps adding more firepower to their lines.” Luo Xiao Tian added.
“I don’t know how long it will take for us to bring up a young generation that’s as strong as the Wu Ji Sect’s…” Ling Xin Ya wondered.
Bi Fan was beginning to wonder about the Quinyang’s future now.
Soon, the fourth match was announced and it was time for Bi Fan to take the stage. Bi Fan’s opponent was Ba Gua Sect’s Chen Kang.
Both Bi Fan and Chen Kang had emerged in this Jiu Yu Hidden Dragon List, and both men were being considered as ‘dark horses’.
It was dark horse vs dark horse, and the crowd seemed very excited to see the result.
The Ba Gua Sect wanted to replace the Quinyang Sect in the top five Sects in the rating system, which meant that Chen Kang was obviously going to fight very ferociously. The Quinyang Sect was also attaching a lot of importance with this fight, and both, Ling Xin Ya and Luo Xiao Tian, had urged Bi Fan to put his best effort.
The moment they took the stage, their eyes intertwined and sparks started to fly.
There was no room to politeness here, and their momentums started to rise.
“Come out my Brother!”
Chen Kang’s momentum was falling short of Bi Fan’s, so he called out his magical pet, a Mangalica Pig, just like Xuan Ming Yang. The beast emerged out of his pet belt and showed its ugly face to the crowd. Chen Kang’s beast was also inside the ‘Transformation’ layer.
“Bi Fan, you can admit your defeat right now, and save yourself from a world of pain ah.”
“Oh, this is what your brother looks like…. I can’t imagine that you share your bloodline with a swine, really?…..” Bi Fan sighed and shook his head, almost as if he pitying his opponent.
Bi Fan’s comment gave rise to an uproar of laughter from the stands.
Chen Kang was naturally quite furious with Bi Fan’s remark, and his face started turning red.
“He’s my pet; a pet is like a friend or a partner, which is why I call him Brother.” Chen Kang explained.
“Your cover-up explanation isn’t going to conceal the truth… I feel sorry for you…” Bi Fan started laughing.
Chen Kang’s face became even more distorted, while the initial redness had turned to a shade of black now.
“Attack! Let’s kill him!” Chen Kang roared angrily.
“Slow down, the contest hasn’t even started yet.” Bi Fan’s smile stretched even further.