Chapter 838 The Contest Began


    After a day filled with meetings that were attended by all therge ns, the Beast Master Contest of


    the Timber Deity Empire, which was held every three years, finally kicked off.


    But even before the contest began, people had already started to guess who would win in the contest,


    as most of them had their favored ns and warriors. Most of them believed that, barring idents, it


    would be the Cao n and the Qi n who would bepeting for the championship at the end of the


    contest.


    The Cao n and the Qi n were famous for the fact that they each had a beast master who was


    regarded as a great master in the Wild Spirit Land. Since the contest included three events where they


    were to evaluate beasts, to tame beasts, and to cure beasts, of course, the Cao n and the Qi n


    had their advantages.


    Samson of the Qi n was a great beast tamer in the Timber Deity Empire, and he was next only to


    Sheridan in the Wild Spirit Land. Samson had a total of two disciples. The eldest disciple had worked


    for the royal family of the Timber Deity Empire, while the other disciple, Mabon Wu, would fight on


    behalf of the Qi n in this contest. He had taken charge of all the affairs in connection with taming


    beasts in the Qi n on behalf of Samson, and this was because Samson had gone with Alyssa to


    fight against the Holy Dragon Empire a few months ago.


    Mabon was a disciple of Samson, so the people expected him to be skilled in battle and formidable. It


    was rumored that the royal family had wanted to recruit him, so, his performance in this contest might


    be a chance for him to make a difference, just like his senior did.


    Although the Qi n had a great advantage in taming beasts, the Cao n should not be easily


    dismissed. They had Lucas as the backbone, and as he was the former imperial beast evaluator of the


    royal family, he had tremendous influence in the Timber Deity Empire and the Wild Spirit Land. Also,


    his ability to evaluate beasts wasparable to Priest Dean, who was the best beast evaluator of the


    Holy Dragon Empire.


    Lucas'' disciple, Queenie, was very likely to win in the beast evaluating part of the contest. Although she


    was capricious, she had be a seventh-grade beast evaluator under Lucas'' tutge. It was rare to


    have such strength at her age, so if the Cao n wanted to defeat the Qi n, her performance was


    crucial.


    Moreover, since beast evaluating had always been a strong suit of the Cao n, it was expected that


    she would have the advantage in the beast evaluating part of the contest.


    It was quite interesting that although the Cao n and the Qi n had their advantages, both of them


    were not very good at beast curing, so they had to recruit talents as preparation for the contest. And


    that was why the Cao n recruited the Xiao n. Although there was no news about who the Qi n


    had recruited, they undoubtedly had good ns in mind, and they would never let the Cao n have


    this advantage over them.


    However, of the two ns that were almost at the same level, it was the Qi n that had greater


    advantage, if theypeted in the final part of the contest. This was because the Qi n was backed


    up by Princess Alyssa, who was influential in the Timber Deity Empire, and three of the five judges of


    the contest were from the royal family, while the other two were Lucas and Samson.


    These judges would be the key to the final results of the contest if the two ns ended in a stalemate.


    All the beast masters would participate in the contest on the behalf of their ns, and they would battle


    using the ''best of three sets'' method. In each event, each n would send three beast masters to


    next round. Meanwhile, the loser would be eliminated.


    There were a total of eight ns that would take part in the contest, and all the other ns were


    weaker than the Cao n and the Qi n, so the results of the contest could be easily predicted.


    It was still early morning, on the first day of the contest, but there was already arge crowd gathered


    in the magnificentpetition hall that the Qi n had specifically set up for this event.


    In the crowd were also several famous figures and royal members of the Timber Deity Empire. As


    such, it was a lively, crowded, and grand contest.


    Thepetition site was in the center of thepetition hall, and it looked like a round tform about


    one meter high.


    During the contest, two ns wouldpete with each other in evaluating beasts, taming beasts, and


    curing beasts, and the n who would win two events would be dered the winner.


    For each event, three beast masters wouldpete against the three beast masters of their rival n,


    and if the three beast masters of any side were defeated in this event, that side would automatically


    lose the event.


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    The contest was indeed fierce and cruel, and each n only had one chance. A simple mistake or a


    single loss could cost the n their win, and they would be trampled on by the other ns.


    To make the contest more interesting, the Cao n took part in the first round, which attracted


    numerous attention.


    Their opponent was the Huang n, who were well-known in the Timber Deity Empire and were also


    known for their disciples'' ability to evaluate beasts. Butpared with the Cao n, they were still


    very weak.


    At that moment, Rocky was already standing beside Luci and the beast masters of the Cao n,


    and they were watching the contest indifferently. Luci appeared quite calm, as she perceived their


    opponents to be weak, and she didn''t expect them to put up much of a fight.


    However, Queenie, who came to the hall with Luci, had been staring at Rocky strangely, as if Rocky


    had done something unforgivable to her. Of course, Rocky just ignored Queenie and focused on the


    After the lots were drawn, the first event started, and the two ns were tasked to evaluate beasts.


    The Cao n were confident that their disciples would win because evaluating beasts was their strong


    suit. ording to Luci''s arrangement, the Cao n would first send a sixth-grade beast evaluator


    who was a weak one in the Cao n, but with his strength, he would be able to win against his


    opponent.


    In fact, a sixth-grade beast evaluator was very powerful even in the Wild Spirit Land. After all, for beast


    evaluators above fifth grade, there was a world of difference in strength between two grades.


    Soon Rocky, who had been watching thepetition, found that thepetition of the Beast


    Evaluation Skill was simr to the beast evaluationpetition that he had seen in the Super Beast


    Farm in the Imperial City. The judges would pick out a spirit-manipted beast, and the beast


    evaluators of both sides would evaluate it. Afterward, the side that could quickly and correctly identify


    the star level, grade, nature, and talent of the spirit-manipted beast would win. Therefore, it required


    both speed and uracy from each evaluator, and if there was a mistake, it would give the opponent a


    chance to win.


    As soon as the beast evaluators of the two ns came to the tform, the atmosphere of the


    match.


    Soon after, a spirit-manipted beast was taken out and ced inside a locked cage in the middle of


    the round tform. Then, two beast evaluators were allowed to approach the cage, and they began to


    disy their respective Beast Evaluation Skills.