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Chapter 407 - 386: Not Losing on Purpose, Right? (Supplementary)

Chapter 407: Chapter 386: Not Losing on Purpose, Right? (Supplementary)

Kainan Pet Beast Battle Field.

The announcer’s voice rang through the broadcast: "Qiao Sang from Shengshui Middle School, Xu Yixuan from Shengshui Middle School, please enter the field!"

Having both finalists from one’s own school was such a thrilling feeling... Wang Weidou stood up straight, his smile growing wider and wider.

Sun Boyi beside him was looking down, scrolling on his mobile phone.

Wang Weidou turned to look at him: "We’re in the middle of a competition and you’re still on your phone."

Sun Boyi said, "The award ceremony is coming up, and I suddenly realized I’m not wearing anything decent."

Wang Weidou froze for a moment, then looked down at his own outfit.

He had specifically worn formal attire for the occasion, but thinking about the upcoming ceremony made him feel that what he was wearing now might not be quite right.

In the past, the first-place winner received the most camera time during awards, and the interviews were almost always with Huang Renbiao.

Speaking of which, now that Qiao Sang was the first-place winner, and he, the principal, will probably be interviewed by the two star channels just like Huang Renbiao was, with a few minutes of close-ups on camera...

The expression on Wang Weidou’s face slowly changed. After pondering for a while, he asked, "What does clothing have to do with you looking at your phone?"

Sun Boyi replied, "I’m placing an order now. With Didi Express Delivery, as long as it’s in the same city, they can deliver within 10 minutes of ordering, guaranteed."

Wang Weidou looked at him seriously: "Are you sure?"

"Positive," Sun Boyi said. "You must always shop in physical stores. Try ordering on your phone sometime, and you’ll see."

That’s exactly what Wang Weidou was waiting to hear and he nodded slightly:

"Do it now then. Buy it on your phone for yourself, and I’ll pick out an outfit to try on as well."

Upon hearing this, Sun Boyi looked Wang Weidou up and down, puzzled: "Principal, don’t you look quite handsome as is?"

Wang Weidou said earnestly: "Whether I’m handsome or not isn’t important. What matters is that I want to try out the ten-minute delivery service."

Sun Boyi: "..."

...

On the field.

Xu Yixuan took a deep breath.

She remembered how, during the live broadcast by the two major star channels in the past two years, her family would gather around the TV, eating sunflower seeds and watching her compete.

This year should be no exception...

She decided that at least she couldn’t lose too badly... Xu Yixuan summoned her Dream Spirit with a serious face and hands clasped together.

Qiao Sang summoned Xiao Xunbao.

A Treasure-seeking Demon... Xu Yixuan breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing the pet beast in front of her.

Out of Qiao Sang’s three pet beasts, she most hoped to face the Treasure-seeking Demon. It wasn’t that she was confident of winning, but facing the Liaoxing Dog meant nothing but getting beaten up, and going against Binglu Qia required some serious mental preparation—it was still a competition, but there was always a sense of being on the brink of visiting the police station.

Comparatively speaking, the Treasure-seeking Demon was better...

"Yin Yin..."

"Xun..."

The Dream Spirit and Xiao Xunbao looked at each other.

"Ready!"

The whistle blew.

"Hypnotism!"

"Dream Inducer!"

Qiao Sang and Xu Yixuan both issued their commands simultaneously.

Using hypnotism right off the bat...

Xu Yixuan was taken aback.

She thought Qiao Sang would have the Treasure-seeking Demon use Teleportation to get close to the Dream Spirit first.

After all, from watching so many matches, the Treasure-seeking Demon’s first move was almost always just that. She had even spent a considerable amount of time planning for the moment the Treasure-seeking Demon approached, she would let the Dream Spirit lure it into the dream realm... As expected, gauging Qiao Sang’s unfathomable thoughts was not an easy task...

Although they were in the same school and on the school team, when it came down to individual battles, everyone very tactfully avoided asking about matters as private as skill proficiency levels.

However, proficiency could be easily judged, as each stage had detailed explanations and classifications in the textbooks related to skills.

Xu Yixuan knew that the Treasure-seeking Demon’s proficiency in hypnotism was very high, but she was unclear as to which stage it had reached.

While Xu Yixuan was pondering, the Dream Spirit and Xiao Xunbao looked each other from a distance.

Two Pet Beasts, one with eyes emitting a purple glow, the other with eyes emitting a blue glow.

In the presence of hypnotism, the Dream-Calling Trait should have the upper hand at this level of competition, it wasn’t just her bragging—once a same-tier Pet Beast fell for it, it was essentially a guaranteed defeat. Xu Yixuan’s thoughts circled back as she looked towards the composed Qiao Sang, and then something hit her, causing her to freeze momentarily.

Come to think of it, the Treasure-seeking Demon had once hypnotized the Smooth Sly Owl. But at that time, after a lot of commotion, the owl was in a bad state, so it was possible for the Dream Spirit to lure it into a dreamscape for a while.

"Bang!"

Though many thoughts had raced through Xu Yixuan’s mind, in reality, only three seconds had passed in the real world. Just as this thought struck her, the Dream Spirit closed its eyes and fell from mid-air onto the ground.

"Xun Xun~"

Xiao Xunbao covered its mouth and snickered mischievously.

Xu Yixuan: "!!!"

"King of Nightmares!" Xu Yixuan cried out in agony.

The spectator seats fell into utter silence.

Just three seconds, a mere three seconds...

Even though it was just a high school competition, it was after all a provincial final—it was an outcome that nobody had anticipated, and if word got out, they were certain to be the laughingstock of other provinces...

"Well, I think we can’t really blame Xu Yixuan. With Dream-Calling and hypnotism, maybe she didn’t expect to lose," someone in the spectator seats commented in an attempt to save face.

Xu Yixuan had decided to participate in the regional competition, which meant she was representing the face of Zhehai Province.

It’s okay to lose, but not to lose in such an absolute social death!

They had to recover some dignity!

"I also think that maybe this Treasure-seeking Demon is much older than the Dream Spirit, plus it has the Psychic Series attribute, so its spiritual power is definitely a lot stronger..."

"Hmm...sounds logical..."

...

On the field, after the moment of grief had passed, Xu Yixuan’s face slowly began to redden.

Thinking back on the recent match, she felt an unprecedented level of embarrassment and social mortification.

Back at school, she had faced off against Qiao Sang’s Treasure-seeking Demon several times, but never had she lost in such a manner...

"Whistle!"

With the whistle, the second match quickly began.

Xu Yixuan steadied her emotions and, suppressing her shame, summoned the Blazehound.

The Blazehound and Xiao Xunbao had faced each other at school before; they were old rivals.

Almost as soon as the starting whistle sounded, the Blazehound opened its mouth and a stream of wild, energetic flames surged towards where Xiao Xunbao was.

Xiao Xunbao didn’t dodge, instead raising its short toes, and a light wall less than half a meter tall quickly formed in front of it.

The flames engulfed the light wall, temporarily blocked.

Because the ejected flames were wide enough, and both Xiao Xunbao and the light wall it created were too small, from Xu Yixuan’s perspective, it looked like the flames were held back, hiding Xiao Xunbao from sight.

Why not use Teleportation to dodge... Xu Yixuan felt something was off.

Just then, the flames broke through, the light wall shattered, and the scorching flames crazily enveloped Xiao Xunbao.

Witnessing this scene, the audience began to murmur among themselves.

"Qiao Sang isn’t planning on deliberately losing a match, is she?"

"It’s possible, after all, they are from the same school. She might not want the other side to lose too badly."

"Is there a worse loss than the first match..."

"Even if she’s throwing the match, she wouldn’t do it so blatantly, right? If the Treasure-seeking Demon loses because of this attack, anyone with eyes could tell there’s a Black Curtain."

On the field.

Something’s wrong, very wrong... Xu Yixuan’s sense of alarm was ringing.

Come on, this is Qiao the freak!

Her Treasure-seeking Demon was an unfathomably mysterious Pet Beast, even Ding Yanjing’s Teleporting Raven couldn’t match its speed for a while, so how could it be hit by a single attack from the Blazehound’s flames?

There’s a plot! Definitely a plot!

And at that moment, as the burning flames dissipated, there was no sign of the Treasure-seeking Demon in mid-air!

A decoy... Xu Yixuan’s expression changed, and she urgently warned, "Be careful!"

Tsk, showing improvement in your reaction... Qiao Sang thought inwardly.

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