Chapter 719: 713: The Gluttonous Beast Makes a Move

Running away is shameful, but it works.

Faced with David Jones’s question, the splitting headache-stricken Goldy simply rolled its eyes back and passed out.

Seeing this, David Jones exchanged a helpless look with Rainbow.

“Perhaps I pushed it too hard.”

David Jones sighed and put Goldy into the Star Ring.

The Hegemony Race was about to start, and it was evidently too late to have Goldy take the lead.

It looked like he needed to switch to another pet.

“Roar!” David Jones’s mechanical wrist guard emitted a faint light.

“You want to fight? Fine, but remember to leave an opponent for Goldy!”

As David Jones’s voice faded, the light from the mechanical wrist guard on his hand immediately calmed down.

…

After entering the top eight in the Waterland City Hegemony Race, the battle rules were basically three-on-three Trainer Battles, rarely escalating to six-on-six King battles.

After all, the number of Kings among Waterland’s trainers could be counted on one hand. If they were to adopt Level I city’s Hegemony Race format of six-on-six Trainer Battles, there would hardly be a few participants throughout the whole city who could meet the standard.

When David Jones returned to the backstage area of the arena, the previous pet battle had just finished.

Epic combatant Romeo Sora had just dealt with his opponent with overwhelming force, and the two happened to meet in the players’ corridor.

Feeling David Jones’s gaze, Romeo Sora revealed a faint smile on his face, nodded slightly in a somewhat aloof greeting, and continued walking into the players’ rest area without changing pace.

“Your next opponent is David Jones. Are you confident about winning?” Romeo Sora said to Leitnis Grant.

“I’ve been paying attention to his matches these past few days. If he only brings that Red-tailed Goldfish, I’m ninety percent sure I’ll win,” Leitnis Grant said with a somewhat solemn expression.

The defense facilities of the Waterland City Battle Square are relatively average—barely able to accommodate Class VI King battles, utterly insufficient for the antics of Epic fighters.

This was naturally understood by the Waterland Trainer Guild as the organizer.

Therefore, the Epic fighters participating in the competition all knew they couldn’t summon their main pets to fight, lest the remnant waves of the battle shatter the protective measures of the Battle Platform and wreak havoc on the innocents.

With the constraint that Epic trainers couldn’t use their full strength, Leitnis Grant could only use pets with Potential for the battle.

“The new waves push the old waves. For me, trying to defeat David Jones with two against three is also a considerable challenge,” Leitnis Grant remarked.

Indeed, the pets under contract with Leitnis Grant were almost all stepping into Class VII Overlord status, with only two still remaining at Class VI yet to fully realize their Potential.

“Don’t worry, with your brother here, you can fight boldly. Even if you lose, I can win back the fight on your behalf,” Romeo Sora added, “After all, losing to the once-in-a-millennium genius is no disgrace!”

Hearing these downbeat words, Leitnis Grant shot a somewhat speechless glance at the other, “If it weren’t for you, I wouldn’t bother wading into this mess.”

Romeo Sora displayed a knowing smile, “Alright, alright, blame me. But if you didn’t want to try out David Jones’s strength, I couldn’t have forced you.”

“Tch.” Leitnis Grant couldn’t be bothered to argue further and stood up to look at the big screen in the rest area, where his and David Jones’s names had already appeared.

Meanwhile, the audience, eagerly anticipating this Epic battle, also erupted with fervent cheers, but the cheers supporting David Jones were even louder.

“You fry a fish, I fry a fish, chaos turns into an Epic showdown!”

“Can’t comprehend, a city’s Hegemony Race actually attracted three Epic combatants to participate!”

“Wait, I almost forgot that battles between Epic fighters are destructive. Is it still possible for me to leave the arena now?”

“Rest assured, the Federation of Trainer Guilds has regulations in place. Except for special circumstances, Epic powerhouses are not allowed to fight with full strength within the city; otherwise, we would be able to witness the exciting and unparalleled battles of the Epic class,”

As the most popular contestant lately, David Jones received cheers from the entire audience the moment he made his appearance, causing the barrage of comments to explode instantaneously.

Guildmaster Maud glanced at the barrage of comments and took the initiative to explain, “Today, the strength of David Jones’ opponent is quite formidable. The upcoming battle will surely be a fierce competition between dragons and tigers.”

“Exactly,” said Gregory Louise. “As the officially recognized number one Epic by the Mascot City Trainer Guild, I’m sure everyone is familiar with Leitnis Grant, the Epic Grant.”

“In the Star Calendar year 1008, the Level II city of Mascot City was invaded by a Calamity. At the crucial moment of life and death, it was Epic Grant who stood up to confront the legendary Calamity, leading the city’s Trainers through a perilous night, and successfully endured until support from the Federation of Trainer Guilds arrived, saving tens of millions of citizens.”

“To accomplish such a feat, Epic Grant is undoubtedly the strongest Epic Trainer in the hearts of the people of Mascot City. Now, let us enter today’s competition.”

As Gregory Louise’s respectful words concluded, the camera switched, and David Jones and Leitnis Grant were already standing on opposite sides of the battle platform.

“So young!”

Looking at the vibrant David Jones, a trace of reminiscence flashed in Leitnis Grant’s eyes,

Then, a shimmer of light twinkled from the Star Ring on his finger, and a deep, almost pitch-black purple summoning rune circle appeared in front of him.

“Kusuo!”

Suddenly, a massive beast about ten meters tall with an imposing presence appeared.

In front of the entire audience, it spread its sky-blue dragon wings with abandon, the brilliance it emitted was so dazzling that it felt like a dream.

Bright purple antlers extended backward and protruded, while the ferocious head, back, and limbs were all covered in radiant ice crystals.

Only the scales on its chest and abdomen were free of sharp ice crystals, instead surrounded by a terrifying chill.

“Pet Name”: Ice Winged Pegasus

“Pet Type”: Ice, Dragon

“Species Level”: Epic Overlord

“Grade”: Class VI Upper-level

“Species Skill”: Crystal Ice Zone, Guardian of the Snowy Sky, Rapid Freeze Outburst, Mass Freeze, Icy Tomb, Overlord Domination

“Pet Profile”: As an exceedingly rare Ice-type Pegasus, the Ice Winged Pegasus not only boasts speed far surpassing that of Wind-type pets but also can absorb Arcane Force of the Ice-type to achieve a terrifying vitality comparable to, or even surpassing, that of Giant Dragons.

After swiftly identifying his opponent’s information with a keen eye, David Jones thought to himself, “A Class VI upper-level Ice Winged Pegasus should let the Gluttonous Beast fully unleash its desire for battle!”

BOOM!

At the same time, a golden summoning rune circle emerged in front of David Jones, from which a pitch-black dragon claw covered in green lightning reached out.

“Roar!”

Accompanied by a deafening Dragon Roar, under the incredibly shocked gazes of all the spectators, a Terror Emperor Dragon of such enormous size that it blotted out the sky and the sun appeared with a thunderous boom.

Compared to the vast body of this terror-inducing Dragon, the spacious battle platform seemed extraordinarily cramped, and the Ice Winged Pegasus, which seemed like an ancient beast in the eyes of the spectators, was reduced to a mere foil.

Under the bright spotlight, looking down from on high, the Gluttonous Beast gazed at its opponent, radiating a dragon’s domineering presence that shook the heavens and the earth.

“Hiss, what a terrifying Giant Dragon!!!”

At that moment, all eyes were drawn to the Gluttonous Beast.

As the Gluttonous Beast loomed above all, its crystal black dragon body exuded a fearsome power, as if it could command the Dragon race itself!