Why isn't what I command considered a beast?

After all, it's not easy to train a pet from a beginner level to an advanced level.

Three or five years is not a long time; some people have even failed to succeed after ten or eight years.

The internal selection competition of Changheng Group stipulates that only beast tamers under the age of 17 can participate. This means that without natural awakening, these contestants can only become beast tamers for a maximum of two years.

It's unlikely that a pet can be trained from a beginner to an advanced level in two years.

Mingxi guessed that these nine people were likely to have Soul Keys of four stars or higher, and that their pets were of intermediate level when they formed contracts, just like Mingxi.

With the addition of various acquired 'advantages,' it's not impossible to raise a pet to a high level within two years.

Besides, the world is full of geniuses.

No wonder Mingxi felt something was off before.

Looking back now, that's definitely not right.

In previous internal selection competitions, the maximum number of participants was three high-level pets.

This year, two teams from their sea-boat division alone have appeared!

Obviously not normal.

It's also because she's too slow to realize it.

Ugh!

Fu Yifan also sighed: "It was already difficult for a small junior high school student like me to make it through a group of high school students, and now it's even more difficult."

"My grandfather still insists that I must qualify for the World Cup. He doesn't even consider that I, his grandson, have only been awakened for a short time. Sigh!"

you do not say.

It's so tough being a junior high student.

Mingxi clutched her chest.

What does it mean to add insult to injury?

She seemed to see her spatial button flapping its wings and speaking to her:

'We were never meant to be, and indeed we were.'

It stings.

"Fanfan, what are you doing?"

Not far away, a boy who looked somewhat like Fu Yifan was glaring at them with arrogant and indifferent eyes.

His arrogance was no less than that of Gu Shengxi, whom Mingxi had encountered in the elimination rounds in Haizhou City.

They were all geniuses who had their eyes in the wrong place and were stubbornly focused on their own ideas.

Fu Yifan: "Mingxi, my cousin is calling me. I'll head over now. You can contact me if you need anything. This place is practically my home turf."

By the way, I don't think I've added your personal terminal number yet.

"Hurry, hurry, add it!"

After a series of swift and decisive actions, Fu Yifan bounced like a spring to his cousin's side.

He's completely lost his composure as a campus heartthrob; he's just a total goofball.

On the other side.

Fu Sushu raised an eyebrow, glanced at Mingxi sideways, and asked, "That girl just now wasn't your girlfriend, Fanfan, was she?"

Fu Yifan immediately shook his head vigorously: "How could that be? She's my junior from Haizhou No. 3 Middle School. I didn't expect her to participate in this selection competition as well."

Fu Sushu: "Junior sister? Naturally awakened?"

Fu Yifan: "Hmm, it seems like it was awakened about half a month ago."

After the match with Mingxi that day, he had someone inquire about Mingxi's situation.

Fu Sushu asked in surprise, "Only half a month? How can you pass the regional competition?"

"Her situation is rather special. Her family is in dire straits, and what she awakened happened to be the Rainbow Key, so she directly performed the Rainbow Summon and formed a contract with a Thunder Demon Bird."

"Thunderbird?"

"Ah."

"...That's not surprising, she managed to sneak in."

Seeing his cousin's noticeably colder attitude, Fu Yifan knew that he didn't care much about Mingxi.

It's not that he has a problem with Mingxi, but rather that his cousin admires strength, and the stronger the opponent, the more it ignites his fighting spirit.

After all, she was his cousin, so Fu Yifan kindly reminded him, "She's very capable. If you encounter her, don't let your guard down."

If her cousin looks down on her because she made a contract with a Thunder Demon Bird, Mingxi will feel wronged, and he will regret it later.

Fu Yifan was unaware that Mingxi had already eliminated an E-level Beastmaster with a high-level pet in the Haizhou regional competition. If he had known, he would have definitely told his cousin.

"Ha, impressive? Is it because she has a Thunder Demon Bird?" Fu Sushu's tone was somewhat sarcastic.

Fine.

Believe it or not, it's up to you.

That's all he had to say.

The regional competition had a total of 236 participants, and the first round of the elimination round determined the top 118.

Just like in the regional tournaments, all ten matches will be played simultaneously.

Mingxi was randomly matched with player number 184, Wei Xuanming, and the two took their positions in court number 10.

On the stage, the host, who was sitting next to the specially invited commentator Wang Rui, noticed them immediately.

His voice could be heard coming through the loudspeaker:

"Let me see. The players who are about to start their match on table 10 are number 96 and number 184. According to the player information I have, player number 96 is the youngest participant in this year's Changheng Cup, and it can even be said that he is the youngest participant in the history of the competition."

As the organizer, Changheng Group naturally has basic information on all the contestants.

It's only natural that someone as representative as Mingxi would receive attention.

Upon hearing this, Wang Rui couldn't help but ask curiously, "How old is she?"

"I just turned 14 a month and a half ago."

"It's so young, so it must have awakened naturally, and the awakening time is not long."

In the history of the Alliance, the youngest Beastmaster to awaken their powers was 13 years and 11 months old.

This record remains unbroken to this day.

That means that when No. 96 naturally awakened, he must have been over 13 years and 11 months old.

Therefore, she has only been awakened for two or three months at most.

"I bet her first Soul Key was of very high quality, at least 4 stars, and she directly contracted a mid-level pet, which is why she was able to stand out from the regional competition."

Wang Rui is a commentator for a beast-taming competition. Although he is a newcomer, he still possesses this kind of simple common-sense reasoning ability.

Mingxi could hear the voices coming from the podium, but she was used to being completely focused on what she was doing.

Once on the competition stage, all she could see were her own pet and her opponents.

After both parties exchanged polite greetings...

The whistle blew, and the competition officially began.

Both sides summoned their pets.

Two ethereal pet spaces appeared simultaneously, one white and the other red.

Wei Xuanming stared in disbelief at the dazzling crimson pet space opposite him, as bright as a raging fire.

The hand seals were almost interrupted.

"A Rank E Beastmaster?"

Did he step in dog poop when he went out?

I encountered an E-rank Beastmaster in the very first round!

Something's not right.

He had just clearly heard the host mention that his opponent, contestant number 96, was the youngest in this selection competition.

She looks to be only 14 years old.

So this girl awakened her second Soul Key at the age of 14?

What a monster!

Mingxi is certainly not an E-level Beast Tamer.

To be more precise, she isn't yet.

Once a Beast Tamer awakens their first Soul Key and successfully contracts their first pet, regardless of whether the pet has hatched, they can successfully register as an F-rank Beast Tamer at the Beast Taming Center.

However, upgrading to E-level Beastmaster is not so simple.

First, a beast tamer must possess two pet beasts, including unhatched pet beast eggs.

Secondly, one of the two pets must be at least at the intermediate level.

Finally, complete the E-level Extreme Tower challenge mission in the Beast Taming Center.