Chapter 54: Alcyoneus

"Mr. Qiao?" the reporter asked again.

"Go ahead and ask," Qiao said.

Beside him, Bai Yunmiao looked dejected.

"May I ask why you came to participate in the Hundred Newcomers Tournament?" The reporter turned and signaled for the camera to be ready before asking.

"Because of a person," Qiao answered.

"Oh? May I ask who it is?" The reporter's eyes lit up.

As a competent journalist, she needed to have a keen sense for news. From Qiao's response, she had already thought of a headline.

["Fire-type Top Choice Qiao Participates in the Hundred Newcomers Tournament, All for Him!"]

"Bai Yunmiao, my friend and my rival," Qiao said, reaching out to pull Bai Yunmiao to his side.

The camera naturally shifted its focus.

Bai Yunmiao: "!!!"

Qiao, you genius, I love you!

...

In the afternoon, the matches for the top 64 were still ongoing.

Qiao took a car to the open pet beast training ground he had frequented recently but did not go to the venue.

Two days ago, due to running out of money, the training intensity for Firefang had stagnated.

Without the Qi Yuan milk to replenish energy, whether it was speed training or skill release training, Firefang would run out of energy after just an hour or so, and it would take half a day to recover.

Fortunately, today was July 1st, the day for allowance distribution.

Early in the morning, his mother had transferred him 5000 League Credits.

After contracting Firefang, his monthly allowance had increased fivefold.

Although 5000 League Credits were a drop in the bucket for pet beast training, it was a timely rain for Qiao, who had just run out of money.

After eating super spicy wings for several days without any progress, Firefang finally listened to Qiao's persuasion and resumed regular training.

Four hours later.

[Name: Firefang]

[Attribute: Fire]

[Level: Beginner (156/1000) +]

[Skills: Bite (Beginner 74/100) +, Tackle (Proficient 344/500) +, Fire Fang (Intermediate 563/2000) +, Ember (Intermediate 697/2000) +, Shadow Clone (Beginner 62/100) +, Flame Whirl (Beginner 92/100) +]

[Points: 141]

The flames Firefang had spewed during his self-training with the wings were mostly Flame Whirls, so the value after Flame Whirl increased rapidly.

The points at the bottom increased by 32 points due to two battles.

This time, it was divisible...

It must be because the level of the pet beasts in the battles was similar.

After training, Qiao went home and watched the replay of the afternoon's Hundred Newcomers Tournament on his phone.

After watching for a while, he felt something was off.

Five minutes later, Qiao realized what it was.

Where were the comments?

Usually, although there weren't many viewers, there were still enough comments to cover half the screen. Today, there were only a few scattered comments.

After a while, a comment floated by.

[Brothers, hold on, I'm leaving, Lin Ya's match is starting]

Lin Ya.

In the Dragon Nation, only one person was called this, and that was Lin Ya, who had represented the nation three times in the Galactic Cup.

Qiao quickly turned off his phone and went to the living room to turn on the TV.

There was no need to change channels; as soon as the Galactic Cup matches started, almost every channel broadcast them.

On the screen, an orange-feathered pet beast with a purple crest on its head, a black short beak, and three pillar-like protrusions on its back was breathing heavily in the air.

Its body was covered in terrifying lightning, forming a daunting magnetic field.

Even through the screen, one could feel the power's terrifying nature.

Qiao immediately recognized it as the Imperial-level pet beast, the Purple-Crested Electric Falcon.

As Lin Ya's pet beast, every detail about its contract and evolution was well-known, even its emotional experiences were not spared.

When it was dumped, it made the headlines of major news the next day.

It had no privacy at all.

A few hundred meters away from the Purple-Crested Electric Falcon, a human-shaped white pet beast was floating.

Most extraordinary beings grow larger as they evolve.

The Purple-Crested Electric Falcon, an Imperial-level pet beast, was nearly a hundred meters tall.

The white pet beast opposite it, however, was not only similar in size to a human but also the same height as an adult male human.

It was quite rare.

The difference between the two pet beasts was obvious; the white pet beast was smaller than even one of the Purple-Crested Electric Falcon's claws.

In the scene, the human-shaped pet beast raised its claw-like hand, and the entire area instantly darkened, its white figure disappearing.

Qiao was taken aback and quickly searched on his phone.

As a participant in the Galactic Cup, the pet beast's information was available online.

Qiao soon found the information about the white pet beast.

It was called Alcyoneus.

Upon seeing this, he was shocked.

This human-shaped white pet beast was actually an Evil-type pet beast!

Shouldn't Evil-type pet beasts be black?

Why is it white?!

However, Qiao didn't dare to question it for long, as she was a poor student…

"Firefang, come here!" Qiao called out.

"Fire?"

Firefang took a sip of milk in the kitchen and leisurely walked over.

"Do you think who will win?" Qiao pointed to the TV and asked.

The two pet beasts on the screen were already engaged in battle.

Alcyoneus moved through the darkness, and occasionally, its white afterimage could be seen.

Qiao couldn't help but comment.

If you were a normal black Evil-type pet beast, you wouldn't be visible in the darkness even as an afterimage.

The Purple-Crested Electric Falcon let out a long cry, and terrifying lightning bolts rained down from the sky, like fiery lightning snakes, darting around in the dark environment created by Alcyoneus.

The thunder was deafening and terrifying.

Firefang watched for a while and made a judgment.

"Fire." He pointed to the Purple-Crested Electric Falcon with the purple crest and called out seriously.

Qiao suddenly had a bad feeling.

Lin Ya… wouldn't lose, would he…

After a few minutes of intense battle, the energy of the lightning gradually weakened, and the white figure still faintly appeared in the darkness.

"Alcyoneus, dodge!"

Qiao finally heard Lin Ya's command after watching for so long.

Suddenly, a black hole appeared above the Purple-Crested Electric Falcon, and a white clawed hand emerged from it, holding a rapidly spinning Evil-type energy sphere.

In the next second, this energy sphere viciously struck the Purple-Crested Electric Falcon's head.

"Purple!!!"

"Heavens! What did I just see! Alcyoneus suddenly appeared above the Purple-Crested Electric Falcon! Two Alcyoneuses! Was the Alcyoneus in the black mist a fake?!" the commentator exclaimed.

As the Purple-Crested Electric Falcon fell from the sky, the black mist dissipated, and there was no white afterimage left.

A figure slowly emerged from the black hole.

It was Alcyoneus.

"Let's congratulate Clicka on winning this match and becoming the second top ten contestant in this Galactic Cup!"

As the commentator's words echoed, Qiao turned to look at the innocent-looking Firefang beside her.

She suddenly had an immature idea.

Perhaps she could use Firefang to predict the winner and then bet on the Galactic Cup…