"I haven't seen the coal smoke skill yet, let Xiaoruan give it a try."

The Coal Slime spat out a black cloud of smoke, and Li Cunxu reached out to touch it. When he pulled his hand back, it was as black as if he had touched coal.

"The smoke is made of coal dust, so can it catch fire?"

"Xiaoruan, have the Coal Slime spit out coal smoke again, then you hit the smoke with a fireball."

As Li Cunxu expected, the coal smoke ignited in an instant, and simultaneously, the fire also set the Coal Slime ablaze.

With the Coal Slime on fire, it jumped around frantically.

"Don't set the house on fire too."

Li Cunxu threw a water ball to extinguish the flames on the Coal Slime.

"From now on, don't let the Coal Slime indoors."

Letting the Coal Slime inside not only posed a safety hazard, but it also dirtied the house. Every spot the Coal Slime jumped on left a black coal mark.

Xiaobai Spider commented, "The Miner Slime discovered a coal mine underground."

"In Divine Beast Land, coal mines are the least scarce; there's no need to mine it. Save it for Fire Slime and Coal Slime as food."

After millions of years of change, Divine Beast Land has abundant underground coal resources, but too much of something makes it worthless. Besides, the alliance advocates for the use of cleaner energy, Spiritual Energy, making the use of coal less necessary. Even if there were uses, the market would have already been occupied by others.

...

"Li Cunxu awakened the Holy Lotus Eye?"

Li Shiji was initially pleased, then saw the below information, realizing it was only half awakened, and his smile faded. As someone with old-generation values, he couldn't be immune to 'single-eye'.

"He awakened a Half-Saint Lotus Eye yet didn't come to find me. Seems he has quite an opinion about me. Oh well, if he doesn't come, he doesn't come."

...

The Strongest Rookie Cup, the finals commence.

The venue is a large, enclosed arena with a capacity of 3,000 spectators at a time.

Around the battle area is a four-sided holographic screen, allowing spectators, no matter how far, to clearly see the battle in the arena. The holographic screen also provides slow-motion replays, thoroughly analyzing battle details.

This battle is also equipped with commentary.

"Now, let's welcome the Beast Master for today's first battle."

"On the left is the contestant from Chongpupu District, Xiang Chong. He's remarkable, having awakened the Heavy Pupil Eye from the Xiang Family at birth, winning the strongest rookie cup of Chongpupu District with an unbeatable posture."

Xiang Chong appeared with a displeased expression; his name is Xiang Chong, with repeated Zhong, not weight Zhong.

Though a bit chubby, he wasn't heavy.

Ugh! The aunts were too annoying, feeding him treasure medicines daily, making it hard for him to lose weight.

"On the right is the contestant from Holy Lotus District, Li Cunxu. He's even more incredible, having won the strongest rookie cup of Holy Lotus District using just a Slime. Is it that the students from this year's Holy Lotus District aren't good, or is Li Cunxu too strong?"

The audience erupted in boos, unable to envision a Slime being powerful, generally thinking this matchup would be a crushing defeat without much interest.

Li Xucun appeared, not looking too happy – who arranged for him to be in the first match? It was too showy.

The referee announced, "Both sides ready, summon your respective pet beasts."

Xiang Chong's pet beast was the Power Cauldron Monkey.

The Power Cauldron Monkey, a dual-attribute pet beast of martial and gold types, had a quaint little bronze cauldron on its head, filled with indecipherable runes. Its thick, strong eyebrows resembled two iron hammers, adding an air of majesty; with its body covered in green fur, it looked like a bronze statue.

Li Cunxu disliked fighting with scion children, always envying their pet beasts.

The Power Cauldron Monkey, in later stages, was capable of bashing dragon pets, a supreme pet beast.

"Commence battle."

Xiang Chong loudly commanded, "Power Cauldron Monkey, swift battle, finish it quickly."

"Cauldron~ Cauldron~"

The Power Cauldron Monkey yelled, hammering its fists against its chest, a fierce aura flowing out.

It was the Monkey King Intimidate skill, able to instill fear in weaker pet beasts, rendering them immobile.

"Who do you think you're scaring with that little aura? Xiaoruan, bombard away."

Countless fireballs dropped on the Power Cauldron Monkey like cannonballs. The Monkey Cauldron Monkey delivered a mighty punch to the ground, raising a dirt wall.

"Grass Blade, chop down that dirt wall."

A two-meter-long grass blade flew out, and Xiang Chong knew the dirt wall wouldn't hold.

"Power Cauldron Monkey, Tornado Smash Punch."

The monkey stomped hard, leaping up, its body extending like an eagle spreading its wings, reaching the highest point. With hands joined above its head, it spun rapidly, descending towards Xiaoruan like a tornado.

That's why I dislike fighting with scion children; they have too many advanced skills.

"Xiaoruan, dash dodge."

Having surpassed the collision skill seven times, Xiaoruan developed a displacement skill based on it, dashing forward with an abrupt speed increase, narrowly avoiding the Power Cauldron Monkey's Tornado Smash Punch.

The Power Cauldron Monkey crashed into the ground, forming a big pit.

Tornado Smash Punch, martial type, gold skill, fast and powerful, but not without drawbacks. After execution, it needs a moment to overcome the intense dizziness.

The Power Cauldron Monkey swayed unsteadily in the pit, having spun too much and feeling dizzy.

Li Cunxu said, "Continue the bombardment."

Xiaoruan's fireballs spat out once more.

Xiang Chong shouted loudly, "Power Cauldron Monkey, Iron Wall."

A cyan-white glow flickered on the Power Cauldron Monkey's body, as if coated in steel, raising its defense greatly.

The damage from fireballs impacting the Power Cauldron Monkey lessened significantly.

Li Cunxu's expression darkened slightly, these advanced skills just wouldn't stop.

Nevertheless, he didn't change tactics.

He let the fireballs keep raining down since Xiaoruan had abundant Spiritual Energy. Even after exhausting the fire element, there were other attributes of Spiritual Energy.

Once the Power Cauldron Monkey recovered from dizziness, Xiang Chong issued a command.

"Power Cauldron Monkey, Vajra Break, crush it."

The Power Cauldron Monkey's fist shone with a layer of golden light as it charged towards Xiaoruan.

Li Cunxu's expression changed slightly; the Vajra Break could shatter defenses, and even if Xiaoruan became ironized, it wouldn't withstand the attack.

Meanwhile, Xiang Chong activated the Heavy Pupil Eye; his pupils transformed from one into two, appearing somewhat eerie. He pressed his hand downwards.

Heavy Pupil Eye·Gravity.

The whole arena was enveloped in gravity, causing both the Power Cauldron Monkey and Xiaoruan's speeds to slow under the weight, but the monkey only paused briefly and adapted immediately.

It trained under gravity conditions daily, so how couldn't it adapt?

"Triple dash dodge, create some distance."

"It's useless; under gravity, your Slime's stamina consumption doubles and can't evade for long," Xiang Chong said. "Blame it on yourself for not having a pair of eyes like mine."

Li Cunxu retorted, "Who says I don't have them."

In this moment, the Li Family elders watching the live broadcast had their hearts in their throats. They knew Li Cunxu had a Half-Saint Lotus Eye and kept chanting in their hearts.

"Please don't reveal it, please don't reveal it..."

What could bring disgrace to the Saint Lotus Li Family? It would be revealing a Half-Saint Lotus Eye in a widely-watched competition.

A half-eye has long been a symbol of shame for prestigious families, even if perspectives have changed today, the elder generation remains rooted in outdated beliefs.

Someone might say ripped jeans are fashionable.

The elder generation would never understand it as fashion, only thinking this child is pitiful, wearing torn pants.

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