I Can Contract Beauties-Chapter 256: Freshmen Grand Champion

"Ready, set, fight!"

The referee announced the start of the fight before stepping out of the two contestant’s way.

The moment the referee announced the start of the match, the two fighters immediately went into action.

Simon immediately retreated and chanted to summon his grimoire.

Since this was already the Grand Championship match, the previous rule where summoners could summon their grimoire and shield in advance was no longer available or else it would be too disadvantageous for the Martial Artist.

As a summoner, Simon knew that he would be at a huge disadvantage if he fought a Martial Artists head-on.

For Martial Artists, closing in on a defenseless Summoner has always been the number one rule.

It was a known fact that Summoners are generally weak and they only rely on their summons to fight.

Hence, before a Summoner could summon their shield and creature, neutralizing them in advance was the best strategy to go.

Simon’s opponent did exactly that. The moment the fight started, with a sword in hand, he immediately dashed forward with great ferocity.

He knew how strong Simon’s Violent Flame Bear was so he did not dare to be careless and planned to finish the battle before Simon could summon his Violent Flame Bear.

However, he seriously underestimated Simon’s chanting time.

Before the Martial Artist could arrive in front of him, Simon’s grimoire materialized in front of him out of thin air.

The next moment, a Bronze-colored shield also appeared, covering his whole body from harm’s way.

With the shield successfully casted, a smile appeared on Simon’s face as he immediately turned to the second page of his grimoire.

The Martial Artist clicked his tongue in annoyance. He did not expect that Simon would be able to summon his grimoire that quickly. Now that the shield was up, he knew that the only way for him to contend and defeat Simon would be to defeat his beast. And knowing what kind of Beast Simon has, he knew that defeating it would not be easy.

While Simon turned his grimoire to the second page, the Martial Artist forcefully stopped his action and immediately took a few steps back, waiting for the Violent Flame Bear to appear.

A moment later, the Violent Flame Bear materialized with a deafening roar. Accompanying it was a [Fireball] that hurled toward the Martial Artist with a quick speed.

The Martial Artist student was not to be outdone either. He immediately evaded the [Fireball] as an explosion ensued on the same spot he was standing earlier.

Grasping the sword, he ran forward and slashed the sharp sword toward the Violent Flame Bear.

The Violent Flame Bear seemed to have become enraged, it let out a deafening roar before swiping its paw toward the Martial Artist student.

Seemingly prepared for this, the Martial Artist actually slid back and was able to evade the bear’s attack.

However, with an order from Simon, the Violent Flame Bear actually released another [Fireball] toward the retreating figure.

Caught off guard, the Martial Artist student could only grit his teeth and raised his sword to block. Unfortunately, his action was not enough to negate all the damage.

A minor explosion ensued, his sword endured the full-blunt of the [Fireball], causing scorch marks to appear on its blade. Not only that, the minor explosion also caused his body to be sent back a few meters.

The student Martial Artists forcefully planted his feet on the ground, trying to stop the momentum.

In the end, his feet stopped a few meters away from the edge of the stage.

Heaving a sigh of relief, the student Martial Artist looked at the Violent Flame Bear with a grieved face.

Although he knew that the bear was strong, he did not expect that it was actually this strong.

Being an Intermediate Apprentice Martial Artist, his strength should be able to contend with a Normal Level 2 beast without effort. However, the Violent Flame Bear was obviously more than that.

Not to mention the bear, the student Martial Artist knew that Simon, the summoner, contributed a lot to the opening skirmishes earlier.

However, as a Martial Artist, he was not someone that would give up after a slight inconvenience or set back.

Gritting his teeth, he moved forward with an even more dazzling speed and tried to attack the Violent Flame Bear.

Simon was safe and sound inside the shield so he could only deal with the beast first.

Going toward Simon directly would be foolish as well as no summoned beast would allow a threat to come close toward their master.

Simon would have guarded against such tactics too so there was no need to bother doing it.

As for waiting it out for the shield duration to be over, he did not think that it was feasible as well since the bear would just attack him relentlessly in the given time. And that way, the Violent Flame Bear would be the one having the initiative so it would be disadvantageous for him.

Hence, the most obvious course of action would be to deal with the Violent Flame Bear head-on.

The moment he defeated the Violent Flame Bear, the shield would obviously shatter and he would be able to deal with Simon easily.

His plan was perfect, and he only needs to execute it.

Unfortunately, plans could not keep up with the changes.

Hailed as a genius by the entire Blazing City, how could Simon be a normal summoner.

Capitalizing from the Martial Artist’s slight mistake, Simon immediately ordered the Violent Flame Bear to end the battle with a decisive strike.

The student Martial Artist conceded defeat at the last second with a bloody wound on his chest.

The medical staff and summoners with healing beasts came to the arena to deal with his wounds.

On the other hand, the referee announced Simon as the Grand Champion of the Freshmen Division.

The cheer of the audience was deafening, the rush of excitement from the battle earlier was still apparent.

Simon raised his hands in the air proudly, announcing his glorious victory. Claiming the Grand Champion trophy and title further cemented his standing as an outstanding genius of Blazing City and the Red Family.