Chapter 353 - 209: The Instantly Defeated Genius

Chapter 353: Chapter 209: The Instantly Defeated Genius

"Everyone you face in the fifth Ranking Competition match is also on their fifth match."

"Winning four in a row means you have some decent Talent."

"I didn’t expect you to be a Guardian Beast Master. Your Guardian Beast looks a lot like you!"

Zhong Yi could sense that Huo Rui was completely relaxed.

This relaxation meant one thing: Huo Rui didn’t see him as a real opponent.

Huo Rui must have extreme confidence in her own strength, or she wouldn’t be so relaxed in a tense duel.

’In a moment, when the Destructive Energy accumulated in the Resurrection Celestial Lord’s Withered Oasis lands on Huo Rui...’ Zhong Yi thought to himself.

’Even with her incredible Defense Power from the Heroic Soul Protection Ability, she’ll still be instantly obliterated.’

’After all, Huo Rui is only at the First Level, while my Resurrection Celestial Lord has healed the injuries of an Eternal Tier Guardian Beast.’

Besides healing Tao En’s Eternal Tier Guardian Beast, Zhong Yi had also treated Immortal Tier Guardian Beasts like the Cloud-Stepping Immortal Leopard.

’The Destructive Energy from that level of damage is simply not something a First Level like Huo Rui can withstand right now.’

’I just hope the currently relaxed Huo Rui doesn’t get so crushed by this battle that she never recovers.’

"That’s right, I’m a Guardian Beast Master. My Guardian Beast is about to attack, so be careful."

Hearing this, Huo Rui couldn’t help but smirk.

This was the fifth Ranking Competition match, after all, so Huo Rui wasn’t careless.

Energy surged from her body, and a Giant Beast, so enormous it was hard to make out its full form but resembling a multi-tailed bobcat, appeared behind Huo Rui.

Immediately after, Zhong Yi felt the ground beneath his feet begin to tremble ceaselessly as a domain rapidly expanded with Huo Rui at its center.

Zhong Yi was at least five hundred meters away from Huo Rui, but the domain still looked as if it would encompass him.

The sound of her Bloodline surging echoed from within Huo Rui’s body, and one by one, Fierce Beasts not much larger than an adult human appeared by her side.

As soon as these Fierce Beasts appeared, they charged toward Hong Ji and Ice Glaze, and the three sides became entangled in a brawl.

The six tentacles behind Hong Ji met the attacking Fierce Beasts while simultaneously moving closer to Huo Rui.

Standing in the very center of the Earth-bound Beast Realm, Huo Rui wasn’t the least bit panicked. She allowed the attacking tentacles to strike her body.

Under the protection of Heroic Soul Protection, just as Zhong Yi had expected, Hong Ji’s attack failed to break through her defense.

On Ice Glaze’s side, she used the Skill Ice Jade Fox Sculpture to summon a total of four Ice Crystal Bodhisattvas.

On the Ice Crystal Lotus Platform beneath each of these four Ice Crystal Bodhisattvas, an Ice Fox was prostrated.

These four Ice Crystal Bodhisattvas intercepted four Fierce Beasts, and the two sides engaged in a fierce battle.

Huo Rui thought nothing of it. Manifesting Fierce Beasts was an easy task for her.

With her current Beast Soul strength, she could split off more than twenty Fierce Beasts.

Right now, Huo Rui wasn’t even using her full power!

As it continuously absorbed the Energy from the environment, the area of her Earth-bound Beast Realm would also continue to expand.

Huo Rui wanted to see how the Guardian Beast Master she’d been matched with would react when trapped inside her Earth-bound Beast Realm and facing her ferocious Fierce Beasts.

Hong Ji ignored the Fierce Beasts attacking her from behind and instead wrapped her six tentacles tightly around Huo Rui.

The moment Hong Ji’s tentacles seized her, Huo Rui first felt a burst of the Power of Rules.

Immediately after, a grayish-green light descended upon her.

Before Huo Rui could even react, she realized that the Ancient Beast Heroic Soul that had been protecting her had turned to dust in an instant.

Just like the Ancient Beast Heroic Soul, before she could even process what was happening, she found herself back on the Soul Fighting Platform.

Standing on the Soul Fighting Platform, Huo Rui was stunned for a moment. She immediately realized she had lost to her opponent in the fifth Ranking Competition match.

’I actually lost my fifth Ranking Competition match!’

This was a possibility Huo Rui had never even considered before the battle.

The middle-aged couple standing below the Soul Fighting Platform, as well as the Soul Fighting Bar staff, all looked stunned when they saw Huo Rui suddenly open her eyes on the platform and start to move.

It was over so quickly!

The final Ranking Competition match hadn’t even lasted five minutes from start to finish.

Keep in mind, for her fourth Ranking Competition match, Huo Rui had fought for nearly half an hour before defeating her opponent.

Even if you couldn’t beat your opponent in the Soul of Battle space, you could at least dodge and evade for a while.

’Could it be that her opponent in the fifth Ranking Competition match was just throwing the game?’

At this thought, the middle-aged couple both shook their heads.

’Only an idiot would throw a match that determines if you’re a C Level Talent.’

Subconsciously, neither of them considered the possibility that Huo Rui had been eliminated from the Soul of Battle space by her opponent in under five minutes.

The few staff members inside the Soul Fighting Bar glanced at each other, and they could all see the shock, awkwardness, and disappointment in one another’s expressions.

The shock and awkwardness stemmed from the fact that these Soul Fighting Bar staff members had already realized that Huo Rui had lost her fifth Ranking Competition match.

If Huo Rui had won the fifth Ranking Competition and been automatically promoted to a C Level Talent, they should have already received a notification on their Soul Fighting Bracelets.

When a C Level Talent was born in a Soul Fighting Bar, it was considered an honor for that establishment.

As the Soul Fighting Bar that produced a C Level Talent, its staff would receive a reward from the Wanyu Soul Fighting Company.

The Ancient Beast Race of the Fierce Beast had specifically booked out the entire Soul Fighting Bar to ensure Huo Rui wouldn’t be disturbed during her Soul of Battle duel.

If this young lady from the Ancient Beast Race of the Fierce Beast had successfully passed the Ranking Competition to become a C Level Talent, all they would have had to do was say a few auspicious words, and the Ancient Beast Race of the Fierce Beast would surely have given them a generous reward.

Such naturally privileged races were extremely concerned with face and were incredibly lavish with their rewards.

But now, these Soul Fighting Bar staff members had no idea what to say, let alone how to get a reward.

The Soul Fighting Bar staff members tactfully refrained from approaching and instead retreated to the work area by the entrance.

Seeing Huo Rui still standing dazedly on the Soul Fighting Platform, the beautiful woman in magnificent clothes frowned and asked.

"Ruirui, did something unexpected happen during the Ranking Competition?"

From the Soul Fighting Bar staff’s recent behavior, the beautiful woman in magnificent clothes knew that Huo Rui had finished her Soul of Battle duel so quickly not because she had killed her opponent...

...but because she had been killed by her opponent instead!

Although her daughter had always been mischievous since she was young, she had always handled important matters well.

She had repeatedly warned her before the duel that Huo Rui absolutely had to take the final Ranking Competition match seriously.

The Ancient Beast Race of the Fierce Beast was more skilled at defense than offense.

Huo Rui’s Bloodline had already reached the Second Transformation Beast Soul Level, and she had an excellent grasp of the Secret Technique, Heroic Soul Protection.

Even if she lost the initiative at the start of the fight, with the Secret Technique Heroic Soul Protection activated, there was no reason for her daughter to lose the duel so quickly.

Huo Rui knew very well how much was expected of her.

To get the chance to be designated a C Level Talent through the Ranking Competition, Huo Rui hadn’t been like the other members of her race, who would log into the Virtual Source Network and immediately start fighting indiscriminately in the Soul Fighting Bars.

Huo Rui had only started participating in Soul of Battle duels after capping her strength at the upper limit of the First Level.

This self-imposed limit had wasted at least four years of Huo Rui’s time.

Losing this fifth Ranking Competition match was not only hard for Huo Rui to accept, but it was also difficult for the Ancient Beast Race of the Fierce Beast to accept.

For a naturally privileged race like the Ancient Beast Race of the Fierce Beast, a member of the younger generation becoming a C Level Talent through the Ranking Competition was extremely important.

Such a talent symbolized the race’s foundation and was a genius figure worthy of praise throughout their entire ecosystem.

If one failed to become a C Level Talent through the Soul Fighting Ranking Competition, there was only one other way to be designated as such.

That was to grind Soul Fighting Points up to 2,000 and then participate in the talent grand examination held by the Wanyu Soul Fighting Company at a specific time each year.

All Creatures with 2,000 Soul Fighting Points or more could participate in this examination.

Grinding Soul Fighting Points to 2,000 was a very time-consuming and exhausting affair.

Huo Rui couldn’t stay capped at the First Level forever just to grind 2,000 Soul Fighting Points; she would definitely have to raise her own Level.

By the time she ground out 2,000 Soul Fighting Points, Huo Rui’s Tier would have probably already risen to the Third Level.

If she only became a C Level Talent by then, her status within the race and the resources she received would be greatly diminished.