CHAPTER 32: CHAPTER 7: THE FIRST MATCH

Lin Fei waved his hand, dejectedly saying, "Wooden Wolf, deal with the opponent."

As soon as he finished speaking, a loud bang exploded next to Lin Fei’s ears. When he lifted his head, the Wooden Wolf in front of him had disappeared, and there was no sign of the Wooden Wolf on the battlefield either.

Invisible?

The Wooden Wolf hadn’t learned the invisibility skill.

Hearing the sound of the iron net vibrating behind him, Lin Fei stiffly turned his head bit by bit, and under the shaking net lay the unconscious Wooden Wolf.

Was the Wooden Wolf knocked away and crashed into the net?

No, impossible.

How could the Wooden Wolf be knocked away by a small Slime?

It must be an illusion.

No good, this Slime knows illusion techniques and has dragged me into an illusionary realm.

Lin Fei pinched his thigh, immediately realizing it wasn’t an illusion; he hadn’t fallen into an illusion.

Illusions are hard to master, especially early on, and pinching the thigh with pain could dispel them.

Since it wasn’t an illusion, could it be real? Was the Wooden Wolf defeated by a single strike from the Slime? How is that possible?

This reality was hard to accept.

In a Beast Master competition, when the pet beast is defeated, the Beast Master loses, but Lin Fei couldn’t bring himself to admit defeat for a long time.

"I can’t lose; as the future King of the Forest, the first battle of my competitive career cannot end in defeat by a useless Slime."

With that belief, Lin Fei drew the curved blade from his waist.

"Even though I don’t know what despicable trick you used to defeat my Wooden Wolf, I haven’t fallen yet, so the match isn’t over."

Upon hearing this, Li Cunxu’s face turned black.

Despicable trick? Clearly, you were overconfident, not paying attention to the battle, and you missed the water ball defeating the Wooden Wolf, so you blame me for using a despicable trick.

Alright, since you put it that way, I won’t hold back.

Li Cunxu said coldly, "Water ball, knock him down."

Xiaoruan spat out a ball of water; Lin Fei still wanted to show off, planning to use the famous Lin Family Forest Step to dodge the water ball, but the water ball was too fast, hitting his face before he could move aside, and immediately knocking him down.

The referee said, "If you can’t get up in ten seconds, the match is lost."

"1."

"2."

...

"10."

"Lin Fei is defeated."

Li Cunxu found it strange; humans aren’t as physically strong as pet beasts, so he deliberately had Xiaoruan hold back a bit, just enough to knock him down. Lin Fei wasn’t unconscious and should have been able to get up, but why didn’t he?

He indeed could stand up, but Lin Fei knew that getting up wouldn’t matter; the Slime’s water ball was just too fierce.

He couldn’t win, sobbing!

Lin Fei lay on the ground, tears streaming down his cheeks.

The future King of the Forest was defeated, defeated by a Slime, a stain on his life’s record that could never be erased.

When the battle ended, people could finally enter the arena, and Li Anle ran in, jumped up, and hugged Li Cunxu’s neck, shouting loudly.

"Oh yeah! Brother won, beat that arrogant guy on the other side."

Hearing this, Lin Fei cried even harder.

Li Cunxu playfully tapped Li Anle’s nose, chuckling, "Mischievous."

There was still another round in the afternoon; the qualifiers consisted of ten rounds in total over five days, with the top 256 performers qualifying for the main competition.

In the afternoon match, with a look of astonishment from the opponent, victory was easily secured.

Li Anle lifted Xiaoruan high for a spin, "Xiaoruan, so amazing, I also want to contract a Slime like Xiaoruan."

Sigh, no matter how many times it’s explained, Slimes aren’t strong; it’s the talent that’s strong, but Li Anle just won’t listen.

Of course, the adorable appearance of Slimes plays a part as well; what girl could resist a Slime that’s both cute and powerful?

Restraining won’t work as well as channeling.

Li Cunxu said, "I know an interesting Slime, and when the time comes, I’ll have you contract it."

It was a very special Slime, one that even Kings would be moved by.

"Yay!"

"But before that, you’re not allowed to contract any other Slimes, or I won’t find you one."

"Okay, okay."

Back at the ranch, Li Cunxu received some good news.

The Mechanical Annihilation Hunter pointed at a pile of parcels, "Ranch owner, your packages have arrived."

Li Cunxu tore open the outer cardboard box; the Slime Observation Box had arrived.

He summoned Xiaoruan and released the mini Slimes from the Slime Observation Box, feeding them diluted breeding agents.

The next morning.

Li Anle ran barefoot into the bedroom, shaking Li Cunxu awake.

"Brother, overnight the mini Slimes haven’t multiplied."

"Really?"

Li Cunxu got up and counted, finding they indeed hadn’t multiplied, pondered for a moment, then smacked his right fist into his left palm.

"I understand now, the seller injected the mini Slimes with sterilization agents, no wonder they’re the only one selling mini Slimes online."

Sterilization agents render mini Slimes unable to reproduce, ensuring that no one else could breed mini Slimes, making the Slime Observation Box the seller’s exclusive business.

A form of monopoly.

Li Cunxu thought, "No wonder they’re bold enough to sell the Slime Observation Box at such a high price."

A box with five mini Slimes, a regular decorative Slime Observation Box, and the seller dares to sell it for 255.

"I’ve learned a lesson; I’ll do the same."

Li Cunxu decided to sell his Winged Slimes the same way as the seller.

Previously, Li Cunxu didn’t pay much attention to selling Winged Slimes. He’d registered an online store but hadn’t listed the Winged Slimes because the business model was too easy for others to replicate.

After a hard promotion, the Winged Slimes became popular, others could easily buy a few Winged Slimes from Li Cunxu, use diluted breeding agents, and equally carry out the business.

It was highly unfair.

Li Cunxu made up his mind to buy some sterilization agents from the Pet Beast Hospital the next day and then list the Winged Slimes in his online store.

"Brother, what should we do? The mini Slimes aren’t multiplying, without the mini Slimes, Xiaoruan’s shrinking skill can’t be developed."

"That’s simple."

Li Cunxu laughed, stretched out his foot, and stepped on all the mini Slimes.

Li Anle asked puzzled, "Brother, what are you doing?"

"You forgot? Xiaoruan can revive them."

"Oh, that’s right. Once revived, they won’t be affected by the sterilization agents anymore, and they can reproduce normally, thus bypassing the effects of the sterilization agents."

Li Anle understood Xiaoruan’s Soul Kingdom talent of the Slime; Li Cunxu hadn’t kept it a secret from her.

The two qualifying rounds today were also simple, both resolved with a single water ball.

Li Cunxu checked the time.

2:02 PM.

Morning’s qualifier started at nine, and the afternoon’s qualifier started at two.

"Only took a two-minute delay, and it was over."

Li Cunxu said to Li Anle, "Come on! We need to head to the Saint Lotus Li Family."

Li Anle’s mood instantly dropped.

The ancestral home of the Saint Lotus Li Family, a courtyard full of ancient charm.

In front of the old house, there were two guards, with two majestic Vigorous Lions lying at their feet.

The guards noticed Li Cunxu and Li Anle, and warily said.

"This is the ancestral residence of the Li Family, please halt."

Their imposing presence made Li Cunxu unconsciously take a few steps back.

The guards’ pressure was overwhelming.

Were they Bronze-level Beast Masters? Or Silver-level Beast Masters?