Intramural Open Challenge Battle

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In his rental house, Shao Zifeng splashed cold water onto his face and looked at himself in the mirror.

Ever since he met Luo Feng the day before, he had felt a sense of urgency in his heart. He had basically tossed and turned the whole night, not getting much sleep.

Perhaps it was due to the fact that it was basically not possible for him to become a combat trainer. Plus, the memories of the original person in this timeline only contained some basic common knowledge, in addition to the knowledge of nurturing.

"It looks like I still have to rely on myself."

Shao Zifeng decided to find a way to gain an understanding of the profession in the near future. It was true that he could call Luo Feng directly and tell the latter that he was willing to join their organization. Maybe he could even get their help and support, but in the end, deep down, he just could not trust anyone.

After Shao Zifeng decided on that, he went to the fish tank to have a look. The little guy was still sleeping. A gentle smile appeared on Shao Zifeng's face as he left the rental room for university.

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Sucheng University was very lively today. Supposedly, the lecturers from the Combat Training Faculty had all been drafted by the authorities to assist in the Mutant Administration Department's search for suspects. As a result, there were many students with their pet beasts on the field, either training or playing with them.

The Combat Training Faculty in Sucheng University was a faculty that had just been opened a few years ago. Influenced by a relaxation in national policy, films, and celebrity combat trainers, an increasing number of young people had chosen to become combat trainers. Under such circumstances, many non-combat training universities had established Combat Training Faculties to develop more talents for the country.

Most of the students who graduated from the combat training course were recruited by the military. The army and the special branches would also compete for the particularly outstanding ones, while some students would choose to participate in various leagues and become star combat trainers.

"I heard that someone has applied for a match today. Let's go and see."

At that moment, the words of two students around Shao Zifeng caught his attention. He looked out into the battlefield and saw a group of people surrounding it.

"Did you hear that Wang Hao from the senior year was extremely cocky today? Didn't he say that he would beat everyone in the faculty?"

"Wang Hao? I remember that his pet beast is a pastoral dog, right?"

"Who knows? Maybe Wang Hao has chanced upon something, and his pastoral dog has undergone atavistic evolution. Hahahaha"

Hearing the words of his fellow students, Shao Zifeng likely understood what had happened. Wang Hao had probably been successful in forming a contract with the viper he had bought from him. He was taking advantage of the fact that the instructors were not around to show off his new pet beast.

A moment later, the battlefield, which was the size of a basketball court, became crowded with people who had been watching the fun from both inside and outside the court. Every so often, they would say things about Wang Hao and his opponent.

Wang Hao stood on one side of the battlefield with a smug look on his ugly pockmarked face, while a small, thin boy with black-rimmed glasses faced him. The latter did not seem to be used to the situation and looked rather nervous.

Aside from Wang Hao and the thin boy, there was a coach, as well as three medical personnel, in the court. Since pet beast battles were high-risk activities, the faculty would generally send a professional referee and several medical personnel to prevent any casualties after it received an application.

Once both parties on the field were ready, the referee picked up an application form with the faculty seal and showed it to the students present. "The Intramural Open Challenge Battle has been submitted by Wang Hao and approved by the faculty."

After the presentation, the referee put the form away and continued, "For this battle, Wang Hao has applied unilaterally. So during this period, any student from the Combat Training Faculty may submit a challenge and Wang Hao may not refuse until there are no more challengers or until Wang Hao himself surrenders."

"Woooo!"

Suddenly, the onlooking students caused a ruckus as they made strange calls and whistles.

Confronted by the roaring crowd, Wang Hao's face was full of excitement as he kept beckoning the other students while the thin boy across from him grew even more nervous.

"I now announce that the Open Challenge Battle has officially begun. Please stop the battle when one side falls. If there is any malicious intent to harm your opponent's pet beast, the faculty will file a lawsuit against the offending party.

"The two combatants, please provide your names and summon your pet beasts."

The onlookers gradually calmed down and looked expectantly at the two people on the field. The reason was that for Combat Training Faculties in most universities, especially traditional ones like Sucheng University, pet beasts battles were very rare. They paid more emphasis on theory than real combat.

It was because of the aforementioned teaching mindset that the military had put forward curriculum reforms more than once. Hence, this time, when the faculty suddenly approved student's applications for battle, it was considered an incredible thing in the eyes of most students. Shao Zifeng could vaguely guess some of the reasons, and perhaps, the faculty would gradually be laxer about battle applications in the future.

Wang Hao heard the referee's words and immediately put his hands together. As his eyes widened, a translucent rift slowly emerged. "Come out, my Dog of War!!" Immediately after, a thin, weak dog sprang out of the rift and happily ran around Wang Hao a few times.

"Senior from the Combat Training Faculty, Wang Hao. I'm in your care."

There was a burst of laughter from the crowd.

Shao Zifeng face-palmed. He's already a grown-up; why is he still acting like a chuunibyou?

"Sophomore... from the Combat Training Faculty, Li Yiming. Senior, I will be in your care." Right then, Li Yiming was close to tears. He never wanted to come at all, but he had been threatened by several seniors and forced to challenge Wang Hao. He reluctantly drew a dimensional rift, and a proud, dignified rooster flew out of it.

Shao Zifeng looked over, and the information of the two pet beasts appeared before his eyes.

Name: Pastoral dog

Growth: Growing

Status: Healthy, happy

Strength: Level 2

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Mammal

Order: Carnivora

Family: Canidae

Attribute: None

Potential: ★

Talent: None

Skills: Bite, Ram

Description: An idyllic non-purebred dog. Full of energy and is men's most loyal partner. Unfortunately, aside from its loyalty, it has no other bright spots.

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Name: Rooster

Growth: Growing

Status: Healthy, contemptuous

Strength: Level 2

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Aves

Order: Galliformes

Family: Phasianidae

Attribute: None

Potential:★☆

Talent: Pride. Its prideful nature means that it will only unleash 100 percent combat effectiveness against a foe that it recognizes.

Skills: Eagle Strike, Flurry Peck, Tackle

Description: Its eyes are always looking at the clouds above, but, even now it cannot fly a good distance.

When Wang Hao's pastoral dog saw the rooster appear, it leaned over and quickly lowered its head, staring at the latter firmly and emitting a threatening growl from its mouth.

"Dog of War, follow your master and defeat that big rooster... Yeah! Pah, pah, pah, yeah that's a rooster, all right! Pah, pah..."

Outside the field, a guy whistled with a smirk, and the girls... oh, many girls followed suit.

The pastoral dog did not understand why and wagged its tail happily, barking in response to Wang Hao.

"Rooster, I have to ask for your help again this time," Li Yiming said nervously.

The rooster squinted at him contemptuously and turned its head in disgust.

Seeing the rooster's expression, Li Yiming lowered his head in frustration as he clenched his fist and trembled.

"I hereby declare that the battle has begun!" Once the whistle sounded, the pastoral dog rushed toward the rooster like a wild horse.

The battle had commenced!