My beast can't be a demon.

Chapter 304: Battle of Divine Beasts
Soon, the eight contestants participating in the selection competition arrived at the scene one after another.

Except for Le Xiaoxi, all other beastmasters arrived at the scene.

Based on this point alone, Le Xiaoxi is actually not suitable to be the beastmaster of Qiudaomu.

Because of the importance of the Tao-Seeking Wood in the modern beast taming system, its beast tamers often have to serve as image ambassadors.

Just like the previous King Yuan, he needs to go to various colleges to give speeches and promote his work.

Zhou Lu was a rising star who had risen at the speed of light in recent months. He was also the youngest fifth-rank beastmaster present. Naturally, he was the most dazzling one among the group.

But even he could not completely overshadow the charm of these beast masters.

They are all geniuses who have cultivated divine beasts at a young age, and no one will be convinced unless they really fight.

In a sense, many of them don't really have a strong desire to become Wood Beast Tamers, although this may indeed be the most prestigious position in the real world, but the arrogance of being a genius makes them often prefer to contract the spirit beasts they have raised or captured themselves.

Zhou Lu never thought that there would be so many young fifth-level beastmasters in the world.

Moreover, many of them were of civilian origin. They gradually grew up by joining the official beast tamer team and eventually trained their initial spirit pets into divine beasts.

It has to be said that the efforts of the founding fathers were not in vain.

Even though more than a thousand years have passed, the Beast Taming Era has gradually seen the phenomenon of various aristocratic families controlling resources for promotion. However, because the official still has a firm grip on the Beast Taming Academy system, common people can still reach the same position as the children of aristocratic families through personal efforts and their own talents.

Even though it requires a lot more effort, at least it is not completely hopeless.

Moreover, with the great purge caused by the Fairyland incident, the beast taming families in various places underwent a major reshuffle.

Although due to human nature, new families will inevitably emerge in the future, there is no doubt that a new era has slowly begun.

According to Ye Qingyu, the authorities have also realized some of the problems that exist among humans today.

Because there is no clear external enemy, many people seem very confused, and then they will try some strange things to show their uniqueness.

The hype about immortals on the Internet is probably due to boredom.

Simply put, peace has lasted too long, and many young people who were born in a peaceful era have no idea that this peace was hard-won.

There is a saying that really makes sense.

A truly successful revolution will make their successors question the necessity of revolution.

Therefore, the authorities plan to gradually release the unopened secret realms that the pioneers have preliminarily confirmed to be safe, and then guide the beastmasters to explore the secret realms through various means.

But these have nothing to do with Zhou Lu.

He is not actually the adventurous type.

If he hadn't known that a powerful enemy was waiting for him in the future - now it seemed that this powerful enemy was most likely the Fairy Meng Yu Hua - Zhou Lu would have planned to lie down and give up.

The only thing he couldn't figure out now was how Meng Yu Hua Xian created a system and passed it on to his past self.

Thinking of this, Zhou Lu looked at the Tao-seeking Tree not far away.

If what Senior Ouyang Xiao had said to me about the conjecture about space turbulence was correct, then the disaster that destroyed that unknown civilization was most likely the bubble that was transferred away by the Qiudao Wood.

This means that the Qiudao Wood has the ability to transfer something, even a very abstract thing, to the past.

But from the current perspective, Zhou Lu couldn't understand why Qiu Daomu would do this.

Could it be that what I have done has changed the future?

Perhaps in the original timeline, Hanabi really became a great demon. In order to avoid such a future, Qiudaomu created a system that leaned over himself.

The moment he obtained the system, the future changed. Hanabi did not degenerate into a terrifying demon, so the future also changed?

You know what, this speculation does make sense.

It was precisely because of the awakening of the system that I began to work hard, which led to a rapid change in the subsequent trajectory.

In the beginning, the system could still give itself some instructions, but later on it became difficult for the system to generate event-based tasks, because its own behavioral trajectory had completely deviated from the future known to the system.

Just like Xu Wuhu and Li Yi, although Zhou Lu still has some interactions with them, it is hard to see how they can provide him with any further help.

The growth rate of himself and Hanabi was too fast, and they had left each other far behind.

While Zhou Lu was daydreaming, the selection competition had officially begun.

There was no grand opening ceremony or opening performance for this competition.

Because there is no need for it.

The showdown between the youngest fifth-level beastmasters alone is enough to attract a large number of viewers waiting in front of the screen to watch.

There is no doubt that this is the official showing off its muscles.

Among the eight beastmasters participating in the competition, including Zhou Lu, all have more or less connections with the official authorities.

Shen Hu is an officer of the pioneer army, Le Xiaoxi is the captain of the nursing team, Zhou Lu is the official disaster investigator, and the rest are from the research institute, the mining department, the transportation department, and so on.

It’s not that the Beast Taming Family is weak and has no young talents.

In fact, beast taming is a game of resources. The party with more resources will naturally have the first-mover advantage in the beast taming profession.

There are also many talented young people in the beast taming families, and many of them become fifth-level beast tamers before the age of 40.

However, as the Fairyland incident spread, many of them were no longer trusted and therefore were not included in the official selection list.

"This is the first time I know there are so many fifth-level beastmasters." Zhou Lu said sincerely as he watched the drawing ceremony on the stage.

"A lot? If other people knew your evaluation, they would go crazy." Qiu Daomu sat on Zhou Lu's shoulder and smiled.

Now it is actually doing two things at once.

The original body was standing on the platform, presiding over the drawing ceremony, but the Manman clone sitting on Zhou Lu's shoulder did not delay the conversation with Zhou Lu at all.

"You have to know that there are only 103 fifth-level beastmasters in the human race right now, and this is based on the total population of 4.6 billion." Qiu Daomu talked to Zhou Lu, "You actually still think there are too many fifth-level beastmasters... You really have a pure survivor bias."

Qiu Daomu’s complaints made Zhou Lu feel a little embarrassed.

Fortunately, the start of the game eased the awkward atmosphere.

Only then did Zhou Lu take a look at his draw results.

His first opponent was named Wang Qian, a fifth-level beastmaster from the mining department and the only fifth-level beastmaster in the department.

By the way, because many beast masters from aristocratic families were excluded, the official actually selected players from many auxiliary departments in order to complete the list of players. Wang Qian is the only fifth-level beast master in the mining department. His main job is actually to command his spirit pet to carry out mining operations in the mines in the secret realm.

Because of the nature of spiritual pets, the mines that Wang Qian is in charge of are often the most dangerous mines.

But as the saying goes, the greater the risk, the greater the reward.

He began to develop fearless courage and develop a close bond with his spirit pet, and in this environment he gradually grew into a fifth-rank beastmaster.

Of course, don't think that he would hate the authorities because he has been working in the most dangerous environment for many years.

In fact, if we were to say who is the most loyal to the authorities at the scene, it would probably be Wang Qian.

As a beastmaster from a poor family, Wang Qian relied almost entirely on official financial aid programs to complete a full set of compulsory education and his studies at the Beast Taming Academy.

The reason why they choose to work in the most dangerous mines is because the official salary for this job is enough.

High salary, high benefits, and high bonuses every year, all of which can be obtained through hard work and courage. For Wang Qian, this is a career that he cannot refuse.

Moreover, during his growth process, the help from the government has never stopped. 60% of the materials for the evolution of his pet are provided by the government.

but……

Zhou Lu glanced at the Tao-seeking wood on the stage.

If the official is really so great, then the beast-taming family and modern immortals are actually completely impossible to appear.

Wang Qian’s experience is a microcosm of many beastmasters under the official system.

The one who actually stood behind them was Qiu Dao Mu.

Anyone who is a beastmaster will trade with common fairies for various reasons.

Qiu Dao Mu will accurately judge the level of these beastmasters and what kind of help they need based on the information feedback from the general fairies.

And in this way, it can efficiently screen out the talents in the crowd who have the potential to become fifth-level beastmasters, and focus on training them.

From this perspective, the more than one hundred fifth-level beastmasters of mankind at that time and the more than one hundred newly born divine beasts were all related to Qiu Dao Mu.

This lonely pet, whose beastmaster has passed away, is silently protecting human civilization and the human era created by its beastmaster in its own way.

Because of this, even if it was Qiu Dao Mu who created the system in the end, Zhou Lu couldn't bring himself to blame the other party.

As I was thinking this, the first battle had already begun.

Shen Hu came on stage with his own Taoxi Cat.

With an excited cry from the cat, it freed itself from the restraints.

Just as Hua Huo intentionally shrunk her body to match Zhou Lu, Tao Xi Mao also intentionally shrinks his body on a daily basis.

However, it is not considered a giant among the mythical beasts. When fully expanded, it is only more than two meters tall, forming a sharp contrast with the huge Kunpeng opposite.

Taoxi Cat is a water-type spiritual pet.

With one move, it tore the earth apart, and a large amount of water rushed towards Kunpeng in the sky.

The duel between the two divine beasts, even though they were restrained in their strength, still caused sudden changes in heaven and earth in the blink of an eye.

If it weren't for Qiu Dao Mu maintaining the illusion, their fight would probably have affected the entire state's territory.

Therefore, Zhou Lu always felt that sometimes the battles between mythical beasts were not very entertaining to watch.

Because when you observe from a human individual perspective, all you can see are scenes of sudden changes in heaven and earth and various catastrophes.

Reality is not like watching a movie. You don’t have a global perspective at all. All you can see are huge waves covering the sky, lightning and thunder in the sky, and then with the sound of a bird, countless tornadoes directly roll up the huge waves.

If Zhou Lu hadn't activated his empathy and connected to Fireworks' perception, he might not even be able to see the two opposing forces.

Zhou Lu doubted whether the match between the mythical beasts would really have any effect when broadcast live.
Apart from the shaking of the camera, can the audience see any valuable images?
However, Zhou Lu underestimated the humans here.

Human technological photographic equipment is indeed unable to fully capture the battle between mythical beasts.

But spirit beasts can!
A row of lonely quacks sat silently in the stands, transmitting the images they saw to the live broadcast processing center.

The live broadcast processing center will process and splice the images seen by the lonely Gua Gua through technical means, and then broadcast the entire process of the battle with the beast in the live broadcast screen.

In a sense, this battle between mythical beasts is actually the least like a live experience.

Because only in live TV broadcast can you see the entire process of the battle.

Many beastmasters at the scene showed bitter expressions when facing this battle scene.

Except for Le Xiaoxi and Zhou Lu, the others have not learned empathy, so naturally they have no way of watching the battle process by linking the perception of their respective divine beasts.

This made it impossible for them to collect intelligence on the battle.

Fortunately, many of them know that the live broadcast footage is complete and are currently watching it on their mobile phones.

Then, a strange scene appeared.

Even though everyone is already at the scene, they still need to watch the entire process of the game through live broadcast on their mobile phones.

Zhou Lu soon noticed this phenomenon and followed suit.

You know what, the live broadcast footage is even more complete and detailed than what Huo Huo saw.

The fighting power of Taoximao is very strong.

After all, it is a kind of spiritual beast that is good at fighting.

Although the Kunpeng on the opposite side is larger in size and can create a huge storm to resist the attack of the Taoximao, as the divine beast of the transportation department, it has always been mainly responsible for various transportation tasks.

Even if they participated in the battle, they did so by sending combatants to the scene.

Although its combat power is also good, that is relative to other spirit beasts of lower rank than it.

Facing the divine beasts of the same level, Kunpeng appears to be extremely clumsy.

What's more, panting cats are agile hunters.

Although it managed to hold out for a while thanks to its thick skin and flesh, it eventually succumbed.

After the cats were selected, it was Zhou Lu's turn to compete.

(End of this chapter)