The Cockroach-like Girl Is My Beast-Chapter 460 - 421: Expedition (Part 2)

——Last year we won the championship.

——This year, we’re much stronger than last year, so we’re even more likely to win the championship!

7:00 AM.

The gates opened, and ticket verification began.

entrances opened simultaneously, and the crowd poured in like a flood.

There was no cumbersome security check, only efficient identity verification.

In less than forty minutes, all 90,000 seats were filled—this speed even broke the historical record of the sports center.

The officials didn’t let everyone just sit around.

8:00 AM.

The pre-game warm-up began.

Several Tier Four mechanical Spirit Beasts called [Projection Insects] that resembled winged projectors took to the air. With the help of professional projection Spirit Masters, they unfolded a massive rectangular light screen in the center of the venue.

Highlights of the matches from the past left by members of the three school teams were played in turn, and the commentator’s passionate voice echoed throughout the arena:

The Six-winged Holy Light Beast and the boy in black stood high in the sky, raining down countless rays of light as if delivering judgment.

That was a battle recording of Du Qing in Nanhai City.

The commentator’s voice resounded in the venue: "Du Qing from Nanhai City’s Celestial Star Sect, whose Six-winged Holy Light Beast has attained mastery in various light attribute skills, like an angel from another realm!"

A girl clad in Ice Brave armor brandished her giant sword, unleashing a furious storm of Cold Ice Sword Qi.

The voice continued to introduce: "Cold Shengnan from the Ice Sword Daoist School is a rare Ancient Martial Spirit Master, whose battle talent has even been praised by her mentor, True Man Bai Wu!"

The next appearance was a boy with black hair and dark gold eyes.

"Participant Lin Guang, competing a year early!"

Lin Guang’s combat scenes were relatively simple, mostly from point matches, with a few from previous exchange matches.

But... the commentator didn’t find it difficult; instead, there was a strong sense of anticipation in his voice, even raising it a notch.

"It’s [Strong Spirit Thought]! From start to finish in the point matches, Lin Guang and his contractual partner have defeated all opponents with this single move! No frills, just pure strength! And this is probably just the tip of the iceberg of his power!"

The implication of his words was self-evident.

Lin Guang’s combat performances seemed simple, but that only meant he was too strong.

So strong that no one, including people from the top two private schools, had forced him to use a second move in the point matches.

Because even though they didn’t know any other Mystical Techniques of Lin Guang, or the abilities of Lisa and Chelina, anyone who knew Lin Guang knew that his [Explosion Fist] was definitely more accomplished than [Strong Spirit Thought]—he could even execute [Explosion Fist] barehanded when he was just a One-Star!

The atmosphere instantly became heated, with cheers rising and falling.

"This is the Experimental School, this is the strength of the new generation in Zhen Sheng City!"

"Next up, from Lingyu Middle School..."

Not everyone had the time to gather and watch these geniuses’ combat footage, so unlike annoying "recap episodes" of animations,

everyone was in high spirits.

Of course, a small portion of combat enthusiasts had already watched these clips online, weren’t that interested in this recap, and set their sights on the top of the sports center.

Today didn’t seem like a lucky day; a thick, heavy cloud hovered above the venue, blocking even a single ray of sunlight, as if a torrential rain was about to pour down.

But there wasn’t a trace of worry in these people’s eyes; instead, they watched the cloud with great interest, as if trying to find something within it.

Because the weather in Zhen Sheng City, what the sky says doesn’t matter.

What people say counts!

......

9:27 AM.

Departure passage.

The Experimental Middle School team, along with True Man Bai Wu and Doctor Kaiwen, stood inside the specially designed elevator, this metallic space capable of accommodating giant Spirit Beasts should have been silent enough to hear a pin drop, but the overwhelming and fervent sounds from outside inevitably seeped in.

All the participating players’ Contracted Spirit Beasts had been released.

Vishdair looked at the screen inside the elevator, showing a somewhat baffled expression: "What’s with these people?"

"It’s all just the same talk over and over, the footage doesn’t show much information... just departure, not like they’ve won, is there really a need to get this excited?"

"When it comes down to it, what are they here for today, isn’t it just a departure ceremony?"

However, at this moment, she noticed the slight smile on the boy’s lips beside her.

At that time, Lin Guang was wearing an unknown source of a long black hooded coat, his slender hands covered with thin black gloves—to conceal the different colors of his hands.

He said softly, "To people elsewhere, it might seem like us in Zhen Sheng City are indeed a bit strange."

"But this is a tradition in Zhen Sheng City."

Seeing Lisa and Chelina also curiously looking over, Lin Guang didn’t keep them guessing, a hint of reminiscence and nostalgia in his eyes.

"Seven years ago, when I was ten."

"You know, I definitely didn’t have money to buy tickets for the subsequent matches back then."

"But I was lucky enough to grab one of the few free departure ceremony tickets and came here alone."

"Because the lineup of all three teams in Zhen Sheng City that year was incredibly grand, so the atmosphere on site was tremendously lively."

"At that time, everyone, regardless of age or gender, was extremely excited, with cheers almost breaking through the sky."