Beast Taming Patrol

"What are you looking for? Once we're in the Secret Realm, we need to look out for ourselves first, figure out how to eliminate a few more competitors. As for him..." the infuriated Beast Tamer scoffed coldly again, "He came in alone. He's likely to be eliminated soon enough—he deserves it! We kindly offered to team up with him, and he even had the nerve to refuse."

"Let's go, let's not talk about this anymore," another Beast Tamer patted his shoulder, "I'll make the first move to scout the surroundings."

"Hmm."

The Beast Tamer quickly commanded his pet to check their surroundings, and soon the four of them set off.

Li Yi, trailing at the end of the group, hung his head slightly. The guilty expression on his face rapidly dissipated, replaced by a cold indifference that only he was aware of.

Out of the four, he was the most reluctant to have Lin Su join the team.

During the elimination rounds and the round-robin, Li Yi had measured everyone's abilities, fully aware that among the five participants from Yongnan City, he was stronger than the other three, yet still not as strong as Lin Su.

Lin Su's strength was not much higher than his own, and therefore he could offer limited help to the team.

However, once the team eliminations reached a certain point, there would inevitably be competition within the team, and at that time, Lin Su would pose a great threat to him.

So for him, it would be better if Lin Su did not join the team.

Everyone is selfish, and the current team affiliations are temporary.

They were teammates, but at the same time, they were rivals in the final competition.

Last night, the four had secretly gathered without including Lin Su.

At that time, the other three considered whether or not to bring Lin Su along.

Therefore, Li Yi had to take measures to prevent this from happening.

He was the first to suggest inviting Lin Su, the most adamant about it among the four, and he successfully convinced the others.

Then, today, in front of the president and vice president, he extended the invitation to Lin Su.

Finally, at the moment the teleportation was about to start, he used an extremely covert technique to let go, leaving Lin Su to fend for himself.

The reason he made such a roundabout play was to avoid suspicion and to at least hold the moral high ground.

Now, the other three teammates readily believed his words, thinking that Lin Su had deliberately pulled away from him, clearly showing his plan was effective.

The indifference in Li Yi's eyes faded, and he lifted his head, resuming his friendly smile.

It was just someone he didn't know well—no harm done if he was tricked.

...

"I've been had..."

Standing in a randomly teleported cave, Lin Su shook his head slightly and sighed softly.

He was certain that the other party had let go on purpose at the last moment.

Although he didn't know what the other person was thinking by first inviting him and then intentionally letting go, Lin Su didn't care too much.

If they were in the same group, he could have easily carried the other person.

Since the other person deliberately did this, there was no need to talk about hometown favors.

Glancing around the cave, a smile appeared on his face and golden light weaved under his feet, as Qiuqiu's and Ghostie's figures quickly materialized.

As the area was intended for competition, there were no beasts placed inside this mysterious realm. Other than the contestants and their pets, there were no other living beings.

At this moment, starting inside a cave meant he was in a relatively safe spawning point.

Although he was unaware of the outside situation, the low temperature inside the cave allowed Lin Su to guess that he was probably in an ice environment area.

Another piece of good news.

He casually looked at the Secret Realm Pearl that, since he landed, had mysteriously appeared in his hand. Your journey continues at My Virtual Library Empire

[Number of contestants in the Secret Realm: 124

Number currently eliminated: 0

Current ranking: 65]

There were a total of 126 contestants, and just upon entering the Secret Realm, 2 had already been eliminated...

Impressive.

Lin Su couldn't help but click his tongue.

His own elimination count was 0; the reason for his high ranking was probably because most people had an elimination count of 0 and were tied.

"Qiuqiu, Ghostie, let's wait here for a while," Lin Su said casually, sitting on a stone in the cave and occasionally glancing at the Secret Realm Pearl in his hand.

For now, he would bide his time.

Most others were in teams, and there probably weren't many Beast Tamers like him who were alone.

He would have to wait for the number of people in the Secret Realm to drop to double digits before considering moving out... Oh no!

Lin Su's expression changed slightly.

He had already heard faint footsteps slowly approaching from outside the cave.

And there was more than one set of footsteps.

Tsk, he really wanted to hold out a bit longer...

With a slight sigh, Lin Su quickly gave orders to Qiuqiu and Ghostie using telepathy.

Without a word, Qiuqiu's eyes erupted with frost, rapidly using Ice Palm to solidify rocks around the cave, turning them into explosives for Snow Explosion.

Meanwhile, Ghostie swiftly submerged into the dark shadows of the cave, pre-emptively setting up Dark Traps ahead.

The battle was on the verge of breaking out.

Just then, the slow footsteps approaching the cave suddenly paused.

Then, they gradually receded.

Lin Su raised his eyebrows slightly.

Hearing movement inside the cave and unable to discern the reality, they chose to retreat?

Now, the pressure was on Lin Su.

The other party had confirmed there was someone inside the cave. It definitely wasn't possible for him to stay put and avoid confrontation.

Yet, going out might lead to walking right into an ambush.

With that thought, Lin Su let out a sigh.

The next instant, he felt the stone he was sitting on vibrate slightly.

An earth type academic skill, Earthquake Wave?!