Chapter 54: Alxibeas
Chapter 54: Alxibeas
"Qiao Sang, contestant?" the reporter asked again.
"Go ahead and ask", Qiao Sang replied.
Bai Yunmiao looked disheartened on the side.
"May I ask why you decided to participate in the Newcomer Competition?" The reporter turned to signal the cameraman to get ready before asking.
"Because of a person", Qiao Sang answered.
"Oh? Could you tell us who that person is?" The reporter's eyes lit up.
A good journalist needs to have a keen sense for news. From Qiao Sang's response, she had already thought of a headline.
["Fire-type's Top Choice, Qiao Sang, Joins Newcomer Competition for Him!"]
"Bai Yunmiao, my friend and rival", Qiao Sang said, reaching out to pull Bai Yunmiao to his side.
The camera naturally panned over.
Bai Yunmiao: "!!!"
Qiao Genius, I love you!
...
The afternoon session was still the qualifying round for the top 64.
Qiao Sang took a car to the open familiar training ground he had visited frequently recently, instead of heading to the competition site.
Two days ago, his funds had run out, and Fangflare's training had come to a halt.
Without Miracle Milk to replenish his energy, whether it was speed training or skill practice, Fangflare would exhaust his stamina in just an hour or two, and it would take half a day to recover.
Fortunately, today was July 1st, payday for his allowance.
Early in the morning, his mother had transferred him 5000 Union Coins.
After bonding with Fangflare, his monthly allowance had increased fivefold.
Although 5000 Union Coins were a mere drop in the bucket for training a familiar, for Qiao Sang, who had just run out of money, it was a timely rain.
After Fangflare had made no progress with the Super Spicy Wings for several days, he finally heeded Qiao Sang's advice and resumed his regular training.
Four hours later.
[Name: Fangflare]
[Attributes: Fire]
[Level: Junior (156/1000)+]
[Skills: Bite (Novice 74/100)+, Ram (Proficient 344/500)+, Flame Fang (Intermediate 563/2000)+, Spark (Intermediate 697/2000)+, Shadow Clone (Novice 62/100)+, Flame Vortex (Novice 92/100)+]
[Points: 141]
Two days ago, most of the fire Fangflare had released during his self-training with the wings was Flame Vortex, so the value behind Flame Vortex had increased rapidly.
The Points at the bottom had risen by 32 points due to two battles.
This time, it was a clean division...
The level of the familiars he had battled was about the same.
After training, Qiao Sang went home and immediately watched the replay of the afternoon Newcomer Competition on his phone.
After a while, he felt something was off.
Five minutes later, he realized what it was.
Why were there so few comments?
Usually, even though the number of viewers wasn't high, there were still enough comments to cover half the screen. Today, there were only a few scattered comments.
A while later, a comment floated by.
["Brothers, hold the fort, I'm off. Lin Ya's match has started."]
Lin Ya.
In the Dragon Nation, only one person was called "God Lin", and that was Lin Ya, who had represented the nation three times in the Interstellar Cup.
Qiao Sang quickly shut off his phone and went to the living room to turn on the TV.
There was no need to change channels. Once the Interstellar Cup started, almost every channel broadcasted it.
On the screen, an orange-feathered bird familiar with a purple crest, black short beak, and three pillar-like protrusions on its back was hovering in the air, panting heavily.
Its body was surrounded by terrifying lightning, forming a daunting magnetic field.
Even through the screen, one could feel the terrifying power radiating from the scene.
Qiao Sang immediately recognized the creature—it was the Imperial Beast, Thunderhawk.
As a familiar of the God of the Edge, every detail about when it bonded and evolved was meticulously documented, and even its romantic history was not spared from public scrutiny.
When it was dumped, it made the headlines of major news outlets the very next day.
It had no privacy whatsoever.
Several hundred meters away from Thunderhawk, a white, human-shaped familiar floated in the air.
It's worth noting that most Supernatural Creatures grow larger as they evolve.
The Thunderhawk, an Imperial Beast, had a massive body nearly a hundred meters in length.
In contrast, the white familiar facing it was roughly the size of a human, comparable to an adult male.
This was indeed a rare sight.
The stark difference between the two familiars was evident when placed side by side. The white familiar was smaller than even one of Thunderhawk's claws.
In the scene, the human-shaped familiar raised its claw-like hand, and the entire area instantly darkened, its white figure vanishing into the shadows.
Qiao Sang was taken aback and quickly pulled out her phone to search for information.
As a participant in the Interstellar Cup, the details of the familiars were readily available online.
Qiao Sang soon found the information about the white familiar.
Its name was Alxibeas.
Upon further inspection, she was shocked.
This human-shaped white familiar turned out to be a Dark Beast!
Shouldn't Dark Beasts be black?
Why is it white?!
However, Qiao Sang didn't dare to question it for long, given that she was a slacker...
"Fangflare, come here quickly!" Qiao Sang called out.
"Yah?"
Fangflare lazily sauntered over after slurping a mouthful of milk from the kitchen.
"Which one do you think will win?" Qiao Sang pointed to the TV and asked.
The two familiars were already engaged in battle.
Alxibeas moved through the darkness, its white afterimages occasionally visible.
Qiao Sang couldn't help but comment.
If you were a normal black Dark Beast, being hidden in the darkness would make your afterimages invisible.
Meanwhile, Thunderhawk let out a long, ear-splitting roar, and terrifying bolts of lightning descended from the sky, like fire-laden thunder serpents, writhing through the dark environment created by Alxibeas.
The thunderous booms were truly terrifying.
After watching for a while, Fangflare made a judgment.
"Yah."
It pointed at the Thunderhawk, which wore a purple crown, with a serious tone.
Qiao Sang suddenly had a bad feeling.
The God of the Edge... isn't going to lose, is he...
The two familiars clashed for about three to four minutes. The power of the lightning gradually diminished, but the white figure still faintly appeared in the darkness.
"Azhi, dodge!"
Qiao Sang finally heard Lin Ya's command after watching for so long.
A black hole suddenly appeared above Thunderhawk, and a white clawed hand emerged from it, holding a rapidly spinning ball of dark energy.
In the next moment, this energy ball viciously struck Thunderhawk's head.
"Zi yi!!!"
"Good heavens! What am I seeing! Alxibeas suddenly appeared above Thunderhawk! Two Alxibeas! Was the Alxibeas in the black mist a decoy?!" the commentator exclaimed.
As Thunderhawk fell from the sky, the black mist dissipated, and there were no more white afterimages.
From the black hole, a figure slowly emerged.
It was Alxibeas.
"Let's congratulate Clique on winning this match! He is the second top ten finalist in this year's Interstellar Cup!"
As the commentator's words faded, Qiao Sang turned to look at Fangflare, who had an innocent expression.
A half-formed idea suddenly popped into her head.
Perhaps she could use Fangflare to predict the winners and losers of the Interstellar Cup and place her bets...
(End of Chapter)
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