How About You Join Me?

Two days later,

The competition pressed on as various beasts emerged. Yang Zhai soon faced a rank 5 Tree Goose, an unusual creature with feathers made of leaves. The goose absorbed spiritual energy from its surroundings, using it to heal its injuries and summon vines to attack its enemies.

However, once the vines emerged, they couldn't return to the earth. Additionally, the Tree Goose would lose control over the vines a few seconds after they were grown.

As a result, Yang Zhai had his Shadow Leopard run around the stage, limiting the space the goose could use to grow its vines.

"When will he use that snake of his?"

The crowd was curious to see the Damnation Snake.

"Darn it, I can't grow any more vines or I would be in trouble. A place filled with vines would be a perfect battleground for a snake!"

His opponent muttered in annoyance.

The Shadow Leopard was fast to begin with, but after Yang Zhai used Deep Legs Ka, its speed increased. He was also using the Deep Skin Ka to strengthen the Shadow Leopard's skin, boosting its skin. So, even if any vine did manage to reach the Shadow Leopard, it didn't injure it much.

Wu Zhi, Wu Zhu, Xiu Lan, and Lei Yong looked at this from afar.

Everyone was curious as to when Yang Zhai was going to release the Damnation Snake. This also left a lot of pressure on his opponent.

"That's enough," his opponent muttered and stopped the Tree Goose from growing any more vines.

More than half of the stage had already been covered by the vines.

"Why isn't he using the snake yet?" Wu Zhu said.

"I think he is using this to pressure his opponent's mind…" Wu Zhi replied.

"But, he can just make the snake attack the Tree Goose. Even if it dies, he can revive it and attack again. On top of that, nobody, his opponent doesn't know about this, so it will benefit him greatly." Xiu Lan was curious.

"Simple, 'use whatever you can instead of blindly attacking'. He has an overwhelming advantage here over his opponent. First, his opponent is mentally pressured by the audience's expectations of Tzu Yu and also by the snake's sudden appearance. Not to mention that the snake is a nemesis for this Tree Goose." Lei Yong mutters.

Tree Goose could grow and control vines. However, if grown too many, it wouldn't benefit the goose but the snake instead. This is what Yang Zhai's opponent was scared of.

The Shadow Leopard ran towards the Tree Goose from one side of the stage.

"He is attacking directly…"

The Shadow Leopard dashed forward with incredible speed.

"No, I can't let it get close." With this, he ordered the goose to grow more vines and attack the Shadow Leopard.

The Shadow Leopard dodged the vines, but more kept on appearing before it as well as behind it. The opponent took the risk and ordered the goose to grow vines all over that side to stop the Shadow Leopard.

"There it is," Lei Yong said with a smile.

The Damnation Snake coiled tightly around the Tree Goose's neck. Its entire mouth was in the Damnation Snake's mouth

"When and from where did it appear? Quickly, attack the snake with the vines!"

However, the Tree Goose didn't respond. It was losing its vitality quicker than the Ioison Monitor.

It's because its head and neck were attacked first. Although the snake's poison spreads slowly due to the rank difference, it still spreads from a single point. This time, the Goose's head was struck first, rendering all its senses useless. The poison spread in its head the moment it was attacked, and the same happened with its neck. However, it spread slowly throughout the Goose's entire body.

It lay on the ground, shivering and withering.

His opponent fell on his knees and muttered,

"I am dead… they will kill me for losing…"

This is to be expected. Almost everyone who joined this competition will end up dying. This is the price for representing higher-ups of high-end places. To them, losing is nothing more than humiliation. On top of that, the person being competed for is truly sightly, even I acknowledge that. Who would be able to endure losing a reward like this?: Ryu Tae thought after looking at the depressed cultivator.

"The winner, Tzu Yu from the Eroh Domain!" Ryu Tae announced.

With this, a commotion broke.

"I waited for that for a while."

"This snake is truly unique. I have never heard of it before."

"I thought that Tzu Yu would lose the first round with his rank 4 beast, but to think that he was holding something like this!"

"You can say that for sure. He is using them properly. Two rank 4 beasts defeating rank 5 beasts? This combination is truly unheard of. He truly deserves to be called the 'Youngest Master',"

"I truly hope he wins this competition."

The crowd was starting to side with Yang Zhai. They were starting to hope for his win.

"These people are truly gullible. Do they think that only he is talented?" A person smiled.

"Yeah, these two rank 4 beasts won't help him against us, especially when my beasts are truly something else." Another person standing next to him muttered.

These two seemed to know each other.

"Yue Qing should be glad, her mother still cares a lot for her. Otherwise, I don't even care. Even though I haven't seen her, what could be so impressive about her that even the people from the other continents are coming to compete in this Competition of Masters?"

…..

"Tzu Yu, even though you are just a rank 4, why don't you join me… in return, I will help you advance to rank 5 in just a few days. Along with that, you will have a strong person as your support. You just have to accompany me from now on, what do you say?" Liu Yang offered.

"I am thankful for your kindness, but I would have to refuse," Yang Zhai rejected him right away.

Even though advancing to rank 5 in just a few days is something anyone would strive for, I can't bind myself to this place. Not to mention that he is the one among everyone here who seems to not belong here. I should stay away from him: Yang Zhai thought.

"Brother, come on, you are not the one to recruit someone, what are you thinking?" Lei Yong asked.

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Here's a confusion-clearing bot

1: Why didn't the Ioison Monitor kill the snake, after it swallowed its tail, with its tail, which can break metal of the same rank?

The answer is simple: one of the effects of the snake's poison is withering. The moment the Monitor's tail was bitten, its tail began to wither immediately due to the potency of the poison (after all, that part immediately gets poisoned?, just like the Goose's head and neck. As a result, the part being consumed withered away. No matter what it tried, the withered part couldn't do anything except smash against the ground.

Let me know if you'd like any further clarifications!