Beast Taming: Bloodline Golden Hand

Lin Chen nodded in reassurance.

At the same time, in the residence of the Ancient Kingdom of Xijun, Bruce was analyzing Lin Chen's strength with Marjorie.

"From what we can see now, Lin Chen's strength is beyond our imagination..." Marjorie started, setting a premise for Lin Chen.

Unexpectedly, it was met with a cold laugh from Bruce, who said, "Just because he defeated Gao Ben in that battle?"

Marjorie fell into a brief silence. Bruce, being a candidate of the Divine Hall, would definitely be part of it even if he didn't become the Hall Master.

As a result, his current status was even higher than Marjorie's.

This also led to Bruce becoming somewhat arrogant.

"It's not that I underestimate him," Bruce said, "I know his cow is a mutant species, with Barbaric Bloodline and Soul-Calming Hoof indeed being very powerful skills."

"But don't forget, their quality is a tier lower than mine."

"Look at that first-ranked competitor from East Sakura Country, didn't I crush him easily?"

Hearing his analysis, Marjorie then understood the source of Bruce's arrogance.

The Gao Ben whom Lin Chen had easily defeated ranked second among the freshmen.

The one Bruce defeated was the first rank of East Sakura Country.

In a previous analysis meeting, Marjorie also advised Bruce to be cautious. Who would have thought that the top contender of East Sakura Country would be so underwhelming, defeated by Bruce's spirit beast in just a few moves?

Moreover, Bruce was participating in a single beast battle where he was at a disadvantage.

And Bruce's real strength lay in melees.

...

As the elimination matches approached, the floating population of White Emperor City increased significantly.

Due to previous incidents of leaking information and the arrival of Zhong Nan, White Emperor City's security was heightened.

At that moment, Zhong Nan sat by the window and asked, "Does the elimination match start today?"

"Yes."

Zhang Jin replied, "There will be matches involving our country."

"So, that Lin Chen, who is Bai Ling's fellow disciple, will also compete today?"

"Yes."

Zhang Jin didn't know why he suddenly mentioned Lin Chen.

Unexpectedly, Zhong Nan stood up and said, "I want to go over and take a look."

"You..." Zhang Jin was taken aback because Zhong Nan had never mentioned this before.

He also understood Zhong Nan's personality; once he decided on something, it was hard to change.

He hurriedly said, "You may need to wait a moment, I'll go make arrangements."

After speaking, he walked away, and after a while, Zhang Jin came back and said, "Teacher, due to security constraints, we can only arrange to observe secretly from afar for a short while. Is that acceptable?"

Zhong Nan nodded, stood up from his wheelchair, and headed downstairs.

.....

At the Beast Fighting Conference

The Beast Fighting Conference was bustling with people.

Today's matches only involved the Cangling Ancient Country and the Ancient Kingdom of Xijun, the main hosts, so the turnout was overwhelmingly large.

As Lin Chen and his team entered, they were greeted by roaring cheers.

On Blue Star, there are three ancient countries, all names preserved from the Era of Spiritual Energy.

Among the three ancient countries, Cangling Ancient Country and the Ancient Kingdom of Xijun are the most prosperous, retaining the most cultural heritage to this day.

However, since the Celestial Beast Era, Blue Star's structure has changed, and the emergence of the Youlan Empire greatly reduced the influence of the two ancient countries.

But in fact, most of the elites in the Youlan Empire originated from these two countries.

The competitions for the three years are held separately. According to the rules, Wu Chen and his peers would compete first, and the freshmen last.

As Lin Chen, accompanied by Fang You and Zhang Suqing, entered the venue, the surrounding cheers grew louder and louder. Lin Chen could see many holding cartoon versions of Xiaobai and Xiao Hong, shouting their names, and Fang You also had many fans, with the popularity of the Nine Tribulation Beasts being quite high.

As for Zhang Suqing, their popularity was the lowest.

Once Lin Chen found the competitors' area, news soon spread:

"The senior tier's matches have started."

After a while, good news arrived.

The junior tier's team secured a solid start, Wu Chen decisively suppressed his opponent, winning with all victories.

Another half hour passed, and more good news came, the junior tier students performed exceptionally well:

Their final record was two wins and one draw.

Seeing this record, the audience from Cangling Ancient Country breathed a sigh of relief, as did Lin Chen and his companions.

Two wins and one draw, the opponents were off to a catastrophic start.

However, Lin Chen also heard that the Ancient Kingdom of Xijun had targeted strategies, and although the junior tier students won, they were pushed to their limits.

Next was the sophomore tier matches, which were much more even, with the result being one win, one loss, one draw.

Currently, Cangling Ancient Country secured four wins and two draws, while the opponents had two wins and one draw.

This meant that as long as the freshmen tier won one match, they'd directly advance to the next round.

After those two matches concluded, Lin Chen saw Wu Chen approaching with a broad smile, saying, "Junior Brother, there's no pressure now, we certainly don't want a tiebreaker."

If the freshmen were to lose all three matches, they'd have to send one of their own for a tiebreaker match.

Lin Chen smiled wryly and said, "Senior Brother, it was fine until you said that, now I suddenly feel more pressure on my shoulders."

"Haha," Senior Brother chuckled, just offering an encouragement before sitting down with the junior tier students.

Lin Chen also discussed with Fang You and the others about who should start first.

In the end, it was Lin Chen who said, "I'll go first."