CHAPTER 35: CHAPTER 10: HYUGA BYAKUGAN?

Chen Baiyan hurriedly commanded, "Ice Mirror Shield."

A mirror-like ice shield stood in front of the White Lion.

The water sphere collided with the ice mirror shield, causing it to tremble slightly.

Chen Baiyan felt a tiny bit of pride; my Ice Mirror Shield is a bronze-level skill.

Just as he was feeling smug, he was immediately proven wrong.

Another water sphere came, breaking through the bronze-level Ice Mirror Shield.

Li Cunxu said, "Xiaoruan, Plan A."

The so-called Plan A wasn’t a brilliant tactic—it was just a strategy for Xiaoruan to hold back, not use full strength, because using full strength wouldn’t achieve the training effect.

Why not just directly shout to hold back?

Directly shouting to hold back would make the opponent feel insulted, leading to a fierce attack, and in the confusion, inexperienced Xiaoruan might exert full force, defeating the opponent.

"White Lion, Ice Spike."

Cone-shaped ice spikes flew towards Xiaoruan.

Li Cunxu could tell at a glance that the White Lion was unfamiliar with this skill; normally, Ice Spikes are fired in threes, but the White Lion only managed one.

"Dodge."

Chen Baiyan sneered, "Your Slime can’t dodge; my Ice Spike is extremely fast."

Chen Baiyan dared to say this because, in his understanding, Slimes are slow, and his White Lion’s Ice Spike was indeed fast, even faster than Xiaoruan’s water sphere by a third.

As soon as he finished speaking, he was proven wrong again.

Xiaoruan lightly jumped, dodging the Ice Spike.

Chen Baiyan felt a bit embarrassed and annoyed.

"White Lion, continuous Ice Spikes."

"Blow wind."

Xiaoruan took a deep breath, puffing out its small cheeks, and when the Ice Spike approached, it blew a strong wind, blowing the Ice Spike away.

The audience was stunned, some even gaping in disbelief that a Slime could go toe-to-toe with the White Lion, ruler of the icy lands.

Some even pinched themselves, suspecting they were under an Illusion Technique.

Seeing that its strongest Ice Spike wasn’t working, Chen Baiyan changed tactics.

"Get close, use Ice Claw to finish it."

The White Lion charged quickly.

Li Cunxu’s response was simple: blow it away.

Xiaoruan blew out a fierce wind, causing the White Lion to halt, eyes closed, gripping the ground firmly with its claws.

The wind was too strong to open its eyes, and it might even get blown away.

A teacher spectating stood up in surprise.

"This blowing skill has surpassed limits, which school is this student from, managing to train a Slime to this level!"

Li Cunxu thought it was time to raise the intensity.

"Wind Water Sphere."

As the name suggests, it was blowing combined with a water sphere, spitting out a water sphere then using the wind to accelerate it.

One sphere hit, struck the White Lion on the head, sending it flying over two meters, crashing down.

"Lost? No, I haven’t lost yet; I have the ultimate White Blind Eye."

Chen Baiyan’s eyes turned white, resembling cataracts.

Li Cunxu was shocked, "Tongdu has someone who knows the Hyuga Family’s White Eye?"

The next second, both Xiaoruan and Li Cunxu’s eyes turned white, their vision filled with blank whiteness.

"I was born with the White Blind Eye; I admit your strength, but you are unlucky to face me," Chen Baiyan arrogantly declared.

As soon as he finished speaking, a water sphere sent him to the ground, sleeping.

Li Cunxu was speechless; he thought it was an impressive bloodline talent, but it just made the vision go white.

And why babble? Unable to see yet still can’t locate by sound? Xiaoruan couldn’t do it, but he could, being a forty-year veteran player, though specialized in curses, his combat skills were not lacking.

Some teachers couldn’t sit still.

"A wind skill surpassing limits, a prototype of a combination skill Wind Water Sphere, and combat awareness for sound location, such talent!"

"Is there any data on him? Can we recruit him?"

"We can recruit, but I feel it’s not worth it."

"How is it not worth it? Such a talented youth isn’t worth recruiting, I don’t get what you’re saying."

He took the tablet and looked at it.

"It’s a pity he has the talent of a Breeder; if only it were a Beast Master talent, uh...three contract slots, and one defective contract slot that can only contract weak pets. No wonder he contracted a Slime; it’s a pity, you’re right, not worth recruiting."

Is Li Cunxu excellent? Yes.

But the investment is too great; he’d need three expansion items to complete the set of six pets to compete professionally.

Moreover, one of Li Cunxu’s contract slots is defective, with Xiaoruan’s remarkable performance, but to others, it’s still just a Slime with limited potential and can’t even break through bronze level.

Excluding the defective contract slot, Li Cunxu needs four expansion items.

Which school could afford to give four expansion items at once?

Afterwards, Li Cunxu headed straight to the bookstore to buy a comprehensive guide on bloodline talents.

Today’s duel made Li Cunxu realize there are so many strange bloodline talents, it’s important to understand them and avoid unexpected failures.

The following matches proceeded smoothly as usual, with difficulty only slightly higher than the prelims, making Li Cunxu feel like he was fishing in a barrel.

Until the quarterfinals, the difficulty increased.

It wasn’t that the opponents were weak, but that Xiaoruan was too strong.

...

Lin Jiusan returned home, looking exhausted.

Madam Lin urgently asked, "How did it go? What did Master Yin Quan from Shendu say?"

Master Yin Quan, the most renowned Curse-Breaking Master—if he couldn’t break the curse, nobody else probably could.

"The Master said the curse is unbreakable."

After saying this, Lin Jiusan seemed to have exhausted all his strength, collapsing into a chair.

"How can this be? My daughter is just blossoming and has to suffer such misfortune."

Suddenly, Madam Lin seemed to grab onto a thread of hope, shaking Lin Jiusan violently.

"That young man who told us Qingwei was cursed by the evil dragon, he said he has a way."

"A mere youngster, what could he possibly do? If even Master Yin Quan can’t break the curse," Lin Jiusan retorted.

"But what if he really can?" Madam Lin cried, "Besides, that young man is unusual; we visited so many curse masters, and very few could recognize the evil dragon’s curse at a glance."

Lin Jiusan thought and realized it might be true, suddenly feeling restless.

"I’ll go visit him."

Lin Jiusan knew Li Cunxu’s address and went straight to his ranch.

The guard dog Ah Huang was currently sparring with Xiaoruan, who jumped around, swiftly dodging in the air.

A fully enclosed truck slowly drove into the ranch.

The Mechanical Annihilation Hunter silently stood up, subtly reaching for the gun behind his back with his right hand, while gripping the hunting knife at his waist with his left.

Li Cunxu paused the sparring session.

"Ah Huang, stop for a sec, let’s go see."

Lin Jiusan jumped down from the driver’s seat.

"Young man, I beg you, save my daughter."

"You can’t even bring yourself to say ’sir,’ so it seems you have no sincerity."

Since the other party was the father of Lin Qingwei, who had bullied him throughout his childhood, Li Cunxu gave him a small bit of trouble.

Lin Jiusan looked dumbfounded for a moment, immediately saying, "Young man, I beg you, sir, save my daughter; I will give you a generous gift in return."

"A generous gift?"

"Young man, please come with me."

Lin Jiusan said mysteriously.

Li Cunxu followed him to the back of the truck, where Lin Jiusan opened the door.

Inside the truck was a small calf.

"Young man, if you can cure my daughter, I’m willing to give you this cow."