Beast Taming Era: I Became Groudon

Chapter 167: Numb, completely numb
"Boss, how did I do? I hope I didn't embarrass you." Dark Pegasusmon looked at Siriusmon who was running away in disgrace and asked Zhong Cong proudly.

"It's OK, as long as we didn't lose." Zhong Cong yawned and said, "Since everything has been resolved, we should go back to sleep."

"Okay, Boss." Hearing this, the Giant Crocodile said:
"I feel like I never get enough sleep lately. Maybe I'm going to have a spring sleep."

"Spring sleep? You just want to sleep." Dark Pegasusmon cursed angrily upon hearing this.

But the giant crocodile was too lazy to pay attention to him. It just followed Zhong Cong and went to the old place to sleep.

"Giant Crocodile and Groudon really like to sleep as always." Seeing Zhong Cong and Giant Crocodile leave, Xu Tingting walked to Dark Pegasus and said, "Dark Pegasus, let's go back to the hotel. It seems that no one will come to challenge us in the short term."

"Okay, Tingting." Dark Pegasusmon, who wanted to curse a few more times, immediately flew towards the hotel with Xu Tingting on his back after hearing this.

"The intelligence was wrong. Xu Tingting from the Magma City Beast Tamer Association was too strong. I was defeated before I even faced his Groudon."

On the back of the swollen-faced Sirius beast, Hou Xingsong was typing in the group to report the situation of this challenge to everyone.

"No way? Your Sirius Beast lost? Is Xu Tingting from the Lava City Beast Tamer Association so powerful?"

"Yeah, yeah. You're one of the most powerful people in our group."

After hearing the news, everyone in the group said in disbelief.

Hou Xingsong was the one among them who had the best chance of collecting enough badges to sign up for the Beast Tamer Competition. How could he lose without even seeing Xu Tingting's Groudon?
"I can only say that a great reputation is worthy of its name. Xu Tingting's beast control ability is too strong, so I suggest that you challenge other associations when the time comes, and never come to Lava City." Hou Xingsong typed back: "Her Mountain Moving Crocodile has evolved into a Giant Crocodile, and Dark Pegasus is even more powerful."

"As for his Gudora, even though he didn't attack, I can still see that he is very strong."

"Her strength is at least at the seed level in the Beast Tamer Competition. You coming here will only be a waste of time."

"Is it so scary? No way."

"Yeah, the Lava City Beastmaster Association is not going to give us badges, right? Why would they send such strong people to guard here?"

"That's right. If all regional associations are like this, then what's the point of our challenge?"

The external beast masters of the Lava City Beast Master Association are so strong, so are they going to get the badge or to compete in the quarterfinals? How can they possibly beat such a player?
"That's why I advise you to take the risk and fight here if you have failed in other challenges."

"Otherwise, this place is hellish in difficulty from the beginning. I'm worried that you won't have the confidence to take on the challenge any more." Hou Xingsong explained, "I will never come to this damn place again. There's no point in arranging such a strong goalkeeper here to beat him."

"Indeed." Everyone who saw this sentence in front of their mobile phones nodded and put a cross on the Lava City Beastmaster Association.

The purpose of establishing this group is to communicate which region's association is better to challenge and easier to get badges.

Now that they know that the badge of the Lava City Beastmaster Association is so difficult to obtain, they must be crazy to waste their time challenging it.

With this much time, they can challenge other regional associations.

But it's pretty good for him to be a goalkeeper in LY city. At least he doesn't have time to collect badges and participate in the Beast Tamer Competition.

Otherwise, given the opponent's strength, they would probably be finished if they met him.

"Mr. President, the president wants to see you for something." Inside the hotel of the Volcano Training Field, the president was tasting fine wine when he heard the voice of a staff member. He turned around and saw a white crane falling from the sky.

"What's wrong? What happened? Why would the president look for me for no reason?" The president asked when he heard it, but he didn't seem to be in a hurry.

Anyway, the president didn’t notify him of the meeting some time ago, so what does it matter if he’s hanging around here?
"It seems to be about the Beast Tamer Competition, President." The staff member who came to report said, and handed the association's internal phone to the president.
After the president took it, the staff member left immediately. The general manager wanted to speak to the president, which was not something he could listen to.

"Mr. President, is there anything you want to talk to me about?" After seeing the staff leave, the president asked while holding the phone.

"It's like this. The quadrennial Beast Tamer Competition is about to begin. I would like to ask if you have any suggestions on how to conduct the competition?"

The president on the other end of the phone went straight to the point.

"Isn't this something you should consider, President? Why are you asking me?" Upon hearing this, the President asked, "Don't you plan to do it the same way as before this year?"

"Of course not. The previous method was too slow and it took a long time to compete, so I plan to try a new way this year."

"The goalkeeper method is like a badge-grabbing system." The president said with a smile, "I plan to design ten levels for these beastmasters to pass. Those who make it to the end will be eligible to enter the finals. What do you think of my method?"

"That's good, there have been competitions done this before, but how do you plan to design the levels, President?" Upon hearing this, the president thought this was a good idea.

After all, the contestants don’t get tired of competing every day, but he gets tired of watching them.

"Since you also think this is a good idea, then let Tingting come to be the goalkeeper of the seventh level of this Beast Tamer competition. What do you think?" The president asked with a smile.

"Ah? No way." The president was surprised and said, "Tingting is our region's battle beastmaster. President, you have borrowed her. What should we do?"

"If someone comes to challenge Tingting, who will help us fight if she's not there?"

"Isn't that easy? Just let him participate in the Beast Tamer Competition. If they can't even get in, then their strength is just that and they are not worthy of challenging Tingting." The president said with a smile upon hearing this.

He plans to set up ten levels for this competition, namely wind, fire, thunder, ice, light, darkness, gold, wood, water and earth, and Tingting is the beastmaster of the "fire" level who represents the association.

As for the other nine levels, he has already found other beastmasters in the association. In other words, if the contestants this time want to enter the finals?
You have to pass ten levels, and this competition is not that simple.

In order to increase the difficulty for each challenger, they will also make changes to the environment of each level to create an environment suitable for the beastmasters guarding each level.

"Well, it seems that you, the President, have made all the arrangements." After hearing this, if the President could not tell that the President had made up his mind, he would be really stupid.

"Yes, but Tingting is not the beastmaster in your area? So we still have to ask for the opinion of your president." The president said with a smile.

"Do you still need to ask for my opinion? President, you have already made the plan. What's the point of asking me for my opinion?" Upon hearing this, the president said, "Just do as you say, but there is one thing I need to make clear to you."

"My agreement doesn't count. You have to ask Tingting for her opinion yourself."

"Of course, of course." The president smiled and said, "But first we have to get your opinion, right, as the regional president?"

"Yes, yes." The president nodded and said, "Then you can ask Tingting for her opinion now."

"Well, then I'll hang up and go find Tingting first." The president said with a smile, then hung up the phone and called Xu Tingting.

At this time in the hotel, Xu Tingting was combing the hair of Golden-winged Roc. Although she now owns many beasts, Golden-winged Roc is the only beast she raised herself after Groudon.

Afterwards, she no longer let the Golden-Winged Peng out to fight, but would let it out every day to play and get some fresh air.

"Golden-winged Peng, you've grown so tall now. I'm afraid I'll have to go outside to comb your hair in a few months." Xu Tingting said with a smile as she put away the brush.

"That proves that I've grown up, which is a good thing." Hearing this, Jin Chi Peng rubbed the back of Xu Tingting's hand and said, "Tingting, I really want to upgrade. When can I get enough materials for the upgrade?"

Being suppressed by three giant beasts all the time, he felt so miserable that he even dreamed of reaching the king level as soon as possible.

Recently, this idea of ​​his has become stronger and stronger.

"I've already bought most of your materials through the association, so don't worry." Xu Tingting smiled and said, "You're only a year old now, so you should lay a good foundation and work hard to improve your skills instead of always thinking about improving your strength."

"Otherwise, even if you reach the King level, it will just be for show."

She understood very well Jin Chi Peng's determination to become stronger, but there was no point in being anxious.

Firstly, he had too little combat experience, and secondly, his skill proficiency was not high enough. If he rashly evolved into a king beastmaster, it would only be a facade, with all the power but no way to use it.

"But isn't Boss Groudon about the same age as me? He doesn't exercise either." Golden-winged Peng muttered when he heard this.

"Grawoman is different from you. He fought his way up in the Volcano Training Ground. You are far inferior to him, Xiaopeng." Xu Tingting said, "Although Groudon has not trained deliberately, he is very familiar with the use of skills in battle. This is why he is victorious in every battle."

"Xiaopeng, if you want to become as strong as Groudon, you still have a long way to go."

"Then Tingting, when will you arrange the battle for me?" Jinchi Peng asked after hearing this.

Tingting always lets the boss and the others fight, and never gives him any chance to show up. If Tingting had let him fight more often, he might have reached the king level by now.

"There will be a chance, there will be a chance. Don't worry, Golden Winged Peng." Xu Tingting smiled and said, "There are so many beast masters in the Volcano Training Factory. Can I help you find them to fight?"

"Okay, okay, then when are we going to find them?" Hearing this, Jin Chi Peng asked impatiently.

He was fed up with the feeling of being a younger brother for thousands of years, and now he just wanted to become stronger as soon as possible.

"We..." Xu Tingting had just started to say this when the phone in her pocket rang: "Golden Winged Peng, shall we start the challenge tomorrow? I'll take a call first, please be quiet."

"Yeah." Hearing this, Jin Chi Peng nodded, and Xu Tingting answered the phone: "Hello, President, what do you want to talk to me about?"

"Of course I have something to do. If not, how could I dare to bother Xu Tingting, the youngest and most promising beauty in our association?" The president on the other end of the phone said with a smile: "Tingting, you should know about the Beast Tamer Competition to be held next year, right?"

"I know about this matter, but it seems to have nothing to do with me, President."

Hearing this, Xu Tingting said, the Beast Tamer Competition is a competition organized by the association and the country, this kind of thing should not have much to do with her, right?

Moreover, she is a combat beastmaster in the Lava City Beastmaster Association. Even if she wants to participate, she doesn't seem to be qualified.

"You can't say that." The president smiled and said, "This year we held a meeting and decided to change the rules of the Beast Tamer Competition. We will set up ten levels and cancel the boring ring competition."

"And Tingting, you are the master of the seventh level among the ten levels."

"Uh, why was I chosen as the gatekeeper?" Xu Tingting said in surprise after hearing this.

"Because your Gudora's strength is obvious to all, we all agreed to let you represent the fire attribute beastmasters in the competition after discussion at the meeting." Hearing this, the president smiled and said, "Tingting, don't worry, you won't be guarding the checkpoints in vain. The more contestants you can stop, the more rewards you will get."

"If you stop enough beastmasters, your reward may be higher than that of the champion."

The prizes will be given to anyone anyway, so why not give them to the people within the association instead of the contestants?
If these contestants cannot win, then sorry, the registration materials will not be returned, they are here just for a day trip.

"Will you be rewarded as long as you stop them?" Xu Tingting, who was originally a little uninterested, suddenly became interested after hearing this.

If she was going to work for free, she would certainly not go, but if the association paid her in this way, then it would be a good opportunity to earn some money.

After all, there are so many beasts to raise, which is not an easy task for her.

"Yes, and the more people we stop, the richer the reward will be." The president nodded and said.

"How many days will the competition last? President." Xu Tingting asked after listening. Since the president said so, she was now worried that there would not be enough days and she would not be able to earn more.

"Eight days, the competition will last for eight days." Hearing this, the president smiled and said, "Tingting, ask this place if they have agreed to be the master of the seventh level."

"Yes, the reward is so generous. I am still very tempted." Xu Tingting nodded. In the adult world, there is no such thing as intrigue and deception. Everything is for the sake of profit.

She felt that the price offered by the president was appropriate, so she would naturally agree to it.

"That's right." Hearing this, the president smiled and said, "Then it's settled. I'll let you know when the Beast Tamer Competition starts. Now let's explain the rules for next year to the Beast Tamers so that they don't get confused."

"Okay, President." Xu Tingting replied, and the president hung up the phone.

A few days later, the Beast Tamers who were working hard to collect badges for the Beast Tamer Competition discovered an updated announcement on the official website of the Beast Tamer Competition.

"Hello, dear beast masters!"

"First of all, I would like to thank all the beastmasters for their consistent attention and love for the Beastmaster Competition. Now I have an important announcement to tell you."

"After discussion between the Beast Tamer Association and the National Beast Tamer Alliance, it was decided to abandon the original elimination rules of the Beast Tamer Contest and use the breakthrough rules instead."

"This challenge involves ten levels, namely wind, fire, thunder, ice, light, dark, gold, wood, water, and earth. Each of the attributes represented is guarded by an excellent beastmaster."

"The following list is the names of the masters of each level this time..."

Looking at the list of gatekeepers representing various attributes, the faces of the beastmasters who saw this notice changed instantly.

"What the hell? Is the Beast Tamer Competition so fancy now?"

"This is not just a fancy move, this is not allowing anyone to compete in the finals. Look at the roster. Everyone here is at least a champion. Who can beat this kind of ordinary beast tamer?"

"Yeah, a gatekeeper of this level is just a joke."

"You see, the leader of the fire attribute is Groudon, who is known as the best beastmaster under the legend. I heard that this guy is very powerful and has never lost a battle. The guys who went to Lava City to challenge him didn't get the badge. Why did the organizer of the beastmaster competition send him out?"

"Grawoman is okay, not particularly outrageous. Look at the names of these people, they are all well-known beast tamers. We want to beat them and get a ticket to the finals. How much do the organizers of the Beast Tamer Competition think of us?"

For a while, the Beast Tamers who saw the announcement of the Beast Tamer Competition were discussing that the difficulty of the Beast Tamer Competition was too high.

How could they let such a powerful beastmaster out to guard the gate? Did they deliberately not want him to enter the finals?

"It's all over, it's all over."

"We didn't challenge the Lava City Beast Tamer Association. We didn't expect to face her again in next year's competition."

"Yeah, it's really unlucky. Can anyone tell me how to defeat that Groudon?"

In Hou Xingsong’s communication group, the beastmasters who read the new announcement felt their heads aching.

With such a strong lineup of level masters, how can they defeat them?

Now I just hope to collect their battle records and weaknesses so that they can be used in the big competition.

"It's not clear what this Groudon's weakness is at the moment. Some people speculated that he is not good at flying and should be able to be defeated through a war of attrition, but it turned out to be wrong."

"Yes, some people think he is afraid of ice and water, but last year's National College League has already demonstrated his strong high temperature, so it has no effect on him. Even ice can't freeze him for a few seconds."

"Yes, if the weaknesses of other beasts can be guessed, then no one knows the weakness of this Gulado."

Everyone in the group was constantly talking, and the beastmasters on the Internet were also studying ways to deal with the ten gate masters, and they also discovered that Groudon's weakness was difficult to find.

Because they observed the video of Groudon and found that although Groudon cannot fly, it is not afraid of attacks from the air and even has means to counter them.

Although it is a fire-attributed Beast Tamer, water and ice are completely useless to it, as can be seen from the videos circulating from the college league and the Beast Tamer Association's rookie competition.

This put all the Beast Tamers in a difficult position. As Groudon was a new type of Beast Tamer that had never appeared before, it was impossible to find its weakness.

"These guys don't think they can defeat the masters after finding their weaknesses, do they? First of all, they have to be able to pose a threat to the masters."

"Yeah, these guys think things are a little too simple."

There was a lot of discussion on the internet, and when the top officials of the Beast Tamer Association and the Beast Tamer Alliance found out, they couldn't help but shake their heads and laugh.

The level master of a level is selected by them after discussion. If he is easily defeated by them after finding the landing point, then he is not the level master.

Moreover, there is still more than half a year before the start of the competition. During this period of time, the gate masters are not standing still. They will only progress faster than the beastmasters who are studying weaknesses.

Therefore, no matter how they discussed, it was useless; plans could never keep up with changes.

"Tingting, if I met you, would you give me some special treatment and let me go?" Bai Xiaojuan asked pitifully into the phone. She had been collecting badges very well, but suddenly heard this bad news. She felt numb all over.

"As long as you can pass the first six levels, I promise that when you reach the level I'm guarding, I will never attack you." Xu Tingting said with a smile after hearing this.

Of course there is no problem in letting Xiaojuan go, but the prerequisite is that she can pass the first 6 levels, otherwise she won't be able to see her at all, and she can't let her pass.

"Then what you said is the same as saying nothing." Bai Xiaojuan sighed and said, "The masters of each level of this Beast Tamer Competition are all well-known Beast Tamers. I am thankful that I can pass the first few levels. How can I make it to the seventh level?"

The levels in the front are too low, so the gatekeepers may let up a bit, but as the number of people decreases towards the back, the gatekeepers will become more serious.

"In fact, I think you will most likely not pass the first level." Hearing this, Xu Tingting said weakly, "The president of the Beastmaster Association told me that the more contestants you stop, the higher the reward you will get in the end. I don't know if he tells others the same thing? But if he does, I think it will be very difficult for you to pass the first level."

"Also, I have another piece of bad news to tell you. The locations of the levels this time are not arranged according to everyone's strength, but according to the environment of the location chosen for the Beast Tamer Competition."

"That means that in the first level, not only do I have to face a powerful level master, but I also have to be careful of the environment that matches his attributes?" Bai Xiaojuan said weakly.

"Yes." Xu Tingting nodded and replied, "That's why I said you might not even be able to pass the first level."

"What the hell is that?" Bai Xiaojuan sighed, "Tingting, do you know any of these gatekeepers? Can you help me smooth things over?"

Since forceful fighting doesn't work, Bai Xiaojuan hopes to rely on connections.

"Sorry! Xiaojuan."

"I don't know any of the other nine gatekeepers. You want me to talk to them for you? I'm afraid that's not realistic." Xu Tingting spread her hands.

"Ah! Then don't I have to go there just to make up the numbers?" Bai Xiaojuan said blankly.

"Xiaojuan, don't be discouraged. There are still a few months before the competition starts. I believe that if you practice hard, you will be able to pass the first few levels." Xu Tingting said comfortingly.

"Do you think it's possible?" Bai Xiaojuan complained, "Do you think I'm a cheater and can pass the test in a few months?"

"Come on, I'd better study their weaknesses."

"Then I wish you good luck." Xu Tingting said, expressing that she really had no one to help her.

(End of this chapter)