Free Web NovelChapter 429: Chapter 220: Let Advisor Chen Taste Defeat (3)
After a long while,
two severely injured Pet Beasts fell to the ground almost simultaneously. They tried their best to lift their heads, staring at each other from a distance, their cries full of reluctance.
Although both sides fell into a coma at the same time, Xia Heng still had a wounded Ink Tree Spirit.
"The Winter Dog has lost its ability to fight, so the winner is contestant Xia Heng!"
As the referee raised the flag high, the entire arena trembled.
"The Zhuang Jianbai we had high hopes for ultimately fell in the final four!"
"Go on, Xia Heng, your next task is to defeat the demon king."
"It seems that the academic school Beastmasters are not invincible."
"I feel the advantage of the academic school lies in stability, ensuring a lower limit. The fact that so many students made it to the main tournament proves the point, but the upper limit still needs to be fought for personally."
In Lv Hao’s livestream room,
Lv Hao looked at Zhuang Jianbai on the stage, gritting his teeth: "You...how could you lose?!!"
Qin Province’s top genius Beastmaster, whose elimination from the finals, was surely going to break the defense of countless fans and invite curses.
But seeing Zhuang Jianbai standing dumbfounded on stage, Lv Hao could only sigh quietly, then look toward the camera: "I heard there will be a riding competition in Qinling soon, so I’ll go there for wilderness survival, and livestream the competition for you."
"Let’s focus on the upcoming match, Advisor Chen against Advisor Shi."
Speaking of this, Lv Hao stared straight into the camera, his expression serious, his tone earnest, and he spoke slowly and clearly: "From now on, the livestream will not be involved in anything related to gambling!"
"This Da Feng Cup, the host lost too much because of betting."
In the arena,
Zhuang Jianbai still stood there dazed. His expression was somewhat blank, his eyes unfocused.
At that moment, many images flashed through his mind like a slideshow: the excitement when contracting the Winter Dog, the exhilaration of Winter Dog’s first victory over an opponent, the frustration and confusion from the ruthless defeat by Advisor Chen...
Too many images surfaced one by one, but the loud cheering forcefully pulled back his thoughts.
Zhuang Jianbai looked at the fallen Winter Dog, the confusion in his eyes quickly dissipated, replaced by a layer of determination.
No need to care about the past, only what is happening now is worth focusing on.
He marched forward in large strides, first squatted down, and stroked Winter Dog’s head, his voice gentle: "You’ve worked hard, you did great, now have a good rest."
"Woof!"
Maybe it heard the Beastmaster’s words, Winter Dog groggily lifted its head, rubbing against Zhuang Jianbai’s palm.
It didn’t open its eyes, but the tightly furrowed brows gradually relaxed.
After retrieving Winter Dog back into the Pet Beast space to rest, Zhuang Jianbai continued forward, shaking hands with Xia Heng across from him: "You’re very strong."
"Of course I know." Xia Heng smiled without modesty.
Looking at this opponent who defeated him, Zhuang Jianbai felt no more frustration or dissatisfaction, instead, he smiled: "Keep going, make Advisor Chen taste the feeling of failure as well."
Xia Heng’s smile was as bright and brilliant as the morning sun: "I will."
Zhuang Jianbai nodded slightly. He was about to turn and leave but added: "But with your current strength, defeating Advisor Chen is like climbing the sky, you need to become even stronger."
Xia Heng frowned slightly: "Have you fought him?"
"I have." Zhuang Jianbai didn’t look back, simply waved his hand, his voice drifting in the wind, "That was my most powerless battle."
Returning to the audience seats, Jiang Yuntao said nothing more, just smiled slightly: "Enjoy the match."
But Zhuang Jianbai said: "Teacher, I have understood a principle."
"What principle?" Jiang Yuntao turned his head to look.
Zhuang Jianbai’s gaze was deep: "Failure is a compulsory course for every Beastmaster."
On the other side,
"Yuan, look at this comment." Zhang Hao handed over the phone.
Chen Yuan glanced down to find a comment from a netizen: Zhuang Jianbai’s failure taught me a lesson, failure is a compulsory course for every Beastmaster. Yes, even a favored child like Zhuang Jianbai might encounter failure, so why should we ordinary people fear failure? If we fail, we can start again.
Then there was another comment below: You are right, but Advisor Chen, who wins every battle, taught me another lesson. If we can keep winning, why fail? Why must it be a compulsory course, can’t it be an elective?
Chen Yuan chuckled: "Netizens are humorous indeed."
With that, Chen Yuan left the audience seats, heading to the participants’ waiting room.
Though many spectators sighed at Zhuang Jianbai’s defeat, there was no time for much sadness, as Advisor Chen’s match was about to begin.
After several days, the two former opponents from the Taibai Cup exhibition match met again, Chen Yuan and Shi Gang exchanged nods from afar.
They had fought many times before, especially for Shi Gang, the misery and pain of the Combat Club match were still fresh in his mind.
Shi Gang took a deep breath, first waving to the audience from every direction, then looking up straight ahead at the black-haired youth, his voice loud and clear: "I’m ready."
He was ready to face Advisor Chen and defeat the Gale Hunting Dog.
After this battle, he didn’t want netizens to see his exhibition match record as a moment of glory, but hoped they would point at him and say: "Look, this is the Advisor Shi who defeated the Gale Hunting Dog, who forced Advisor Chen into a corner."
Thinking of this, Shi Gang smiled, eagerly sending out his first Pet Beast.
Boom!
With a thunderous thud, the enormous Rock Meteor Giant stood on the field. The spotlight illuminated its thick, dark gray stone armor, and one could faintly see the powerful limbs hidden within the armor.
