Chapter 225: Chapter 196: The Arrival of the Demon Crocodile
The Qinghai competition officially kicked off under the live broadcast of major media from around the world!
On the beach, camera positions were all set up one by one,
In the sky, Beast Tamers were riding their flying beasts, carrying heavy cameras, soaring through the heavens.
Some of the flying beasts' sharp claws clung tightly to the cameras, all professionally trained, flying stable and strong to ensure the camera lenses were always focused on the competition field.
On the beach, enthusiastic dance and dense drumming intertwined.
On the sea, rows of white dolphins emerged in pairs, and from time to time, curved water columns sprayed out, turning into bridges that the dolphins leaped through.
In the spectator seats by the beach, Chen Xing had today changed into a loose-fitting competition suit, carefully prepared by the event organizers for the contestants and guests.
The pure white short sleeves and gray shorts fitted well, but the back of the clothes bore the logos of the various sponsors.
Wearing large sunglasses on his face, he lay leisurely on a beach chair.
Seeing Chen Xing looking so relaxed, Qiu Qingqing next to him couldn't help muttering anxiously, "Why do you look more relaxed than any of us?"
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She had been busy reading up on the information of the contestants last night, and the more she read, the more worried she became for Chen Xing.
Although Chen Xing was considered a hot contender in many media reports, it seemed that several other contestants who received attention from foreign media had a seemingly greater advantage in winning.
The main reason was that Chen Xing was unwilling to accept interviews. When several media outlets came to interview him yesterday afternoon, they were all rejected by him, resulting in very little media hype for him before the competition.
Only some self-media and other posts casually mentioned him when talking about hot contenders.
It gives the impression of a supporting character who exists solely to highlight the protagonist's strength.
Qiu Qingqing was very dissatisfied when she saw this yesterday,
Taotie is the evolved form of their Qiu family's beasts. Do they look down on their family's evolved form that much?
Deciding to defend her family's dignity, she went online to argue with others, but inexperienced Qiu Qingqing found herself at a disadvantage in the argument, and ended up going to bed late, fuming with anger.
When she got up this morning, she found some dark circles under her eyes, but fortunately, it wasn't noticeable with sunglasses on.
"Relax," Chen Xing said calmly.
Anyway, the competition was about to start, and it was too late for any last-minute cramming.
The strength of the beasts was basically fixed at this level now.
So Chen Xing knew that being anxious was pointless.
Besides, he had not completely neglected to learn about the other contestants. Yesterday, when he looked at the other contestants' information, the more he read, the stranger it seemed, until he finally just turned off his phone.
He felt that these contestants seemed unreal, with the revealed strengths being almost laughable.
The strongest one was only in the seventies for Energy Level? It was impossible that there weren't any breaking eighty.
It's impossible the top young Water Element Beast Tamers geniuses from around the world could be this weak. Chen Xing felt like he had guessed the truth.
On the sea, an announcer on the back of a huge white seashell floating on the water loudly explained the rules of this Qinghai competition, with a microphone in hand.
Each contestant could only summon one beast, and it had to be a Water Element Beast!
No restrictions on the species! As long as the beast has the Water Attribute, it qualified for the competition.
At the same time, the competition was divided into eight major areas, and within each area, the fighting had no rules; the final surviving contestant would become the king of the area.
After the last king of the eight areas is determined, the kings will fight in a battle royal, with the order of their downfall determining their rankings!
Barbaric, brutal, the same rules as in previous years.
It wasn't that no one had questioned the rules, but the organizer's response was that a true Sea King would not fear the provocation of small fries, and in a real battle, would others really fight you one-on-one?
Of course, in reality, many people knew the underlying reason.
Because the organizers of the event were the three biggest countries of Blue Star, and these three countries had the most Beast Tamers.
Also, in actual combat, there wouldn't be excessively unfair gang-up situations, partly because the eight areas wouldn't have an over-concentration of Beast Tamers from any one country.
The eight areas would divide contestants proportionally, and even Beast Tamers from the same country wouldn't necessarily stand united.
And the Beast Tamers from smaller countries would also ally and group together.
Lastly, the contestants were young Beast Tamers, and under live broadcasting from world media, young people still cared about their reputation...Sometimes winning the competition but losing the reputation... ended up a loss rather than a gain.
"Now, let's welcome the contestants to the stage!" the host called out loudly.
On the sea, the markers for the eight major competition areas had been set early.
In the sky, photographers filmed directly.
In front of the TV, Chen Guohai and his wife sat watching.
Chen Xing had called them last night, telling them that he would participate in the Qinghai competition today.
So they turned on the Nan State TV station's live broadcast of the Qinghai competition ahead of time.
In a classroom at Azure Dragon Eighth Middle School, Lu Junxiang stood focused on explaining the test paper on the podium.
However, he noticed that students below the stage were frequently looking down, clearly no longer focused on the class.
After lecturing a while, teacher Lu sighed softly, tossed the chalk onto the podium, and understood that the students' minds were no longer in the classroom; even if he forced the lesson, the effect would be greatly diminished.
"Alright, let's have a self-study session for this class," Teacher Lu announced, and simultaneously twisted open his thermos cap to take a sip of water to moisten his throat.
Although summer vacation had started, the school still had to have half a month of supplementary classes.