Ascent of Hero on the Dragon Throne

After a day filled with meetings that were attended by all the large clans, the Beast Master Contest of the Timber Deity Empire, which was held every three years, finally kicked off.

But even before the contest began, people had already started to guess who would win in the contest, as most of them had their favored clans and warriors. Most of them believed that, barring accidents, it would be the Cao Clan and the Qi Clan who would be competing for the championship at the end of the contest.

The Cao Clan and the Qi Clan were famous for the fact that they each had a beast master who was regarded as a great master in the Wild Spirit Land. Since the contest included three events where they were to evaluate beasts, to tame beasts, and to cure beasts, of course, the Cao Clan and the Qi Clan had their advantages.

Samson of the Qi Clan was a great beast tamer in the Timber Deity Empire, and he was next only to Sheridan in the Wild Spirit Land. Samson had a total of two disciples. The eldest disciple had worked for the royal family of the Timber Deity Empire, while the other disciple, Mabon Wu, would fight on behalf of the Qi Clan in this contest. He had taken charge of all the affairs in connection with taming beasts in the Qi Clan on behalf of Samson, and this was because Samson had gone with Alyssa to fight against the Holy Dragon Empire a few months ago.

Mabon was a disciple of Samson, so the people expected him to be skilled in battle and formidable. It was rumored that the royal family had wanted to recruit him, so, his performance in this contest might be a chance for him to make a difference, just like his senior did.

Although the Qi Clan had a great advantage in taming beasts, the Cao Clan should not be easily dismissed. They had Lucas as the backbone, and as he was the former imperial beast evaluator of the royal family, he had tremendous influence in the Timber Deity Empire and the Wild Spirit Land. Also, his ability to evaluate beasts was comparable to Priest Dean, who was the best beast evaluator of the Holy Dragon Empire.

Lucas' disciple, Queenie, was very likely to win in the beast evaluating part of the contest. Although she was capricious, she had become a seventh-grade beast evaluator under Lucas' tutelage. It was rare to have such stre

because evaluating beasts was their strong suit. According to Lucilla's arrangement, the Cao Clan would first send a sixth-grade beast evaluator who was a weak one in the Cao Clan, but with his strength, he would be able to win against his opponent.

In fact, a sixth-grade beast evaluator was very powerful even in the Wild Spirit Land. After all, for beast evaluators above fifth grade, there was a world of difference in strength between two grades.

Soon Rocky, who had been watching the competition, found that the competition of the Beast Evaluation Skill was similar to the beast evaluation competition that he had seen in the Super Beast Farm in the Imperial City. The judges would pick out a spirit-manipulated beast, and the beast evaluators of both sides would evaluate it. Afterward, the side that could quickly and correctly identify the star level, grade, nature, and talent of the spirit-manipulated beast would win. Therefore, it required both speed and accuracy from each evaluator, and if there was a mistake, it would give the opponent a chance to win.

As soon as the beast evaluators of the two clans came to the platform, the atmosphere of the competition hall changed. The lively scene became much quieter, as everyone looked forward to the match.

Soon after, a spirit-manipulated beast was taken out and placed inside a locked cage in the middle of the round platform. Then, two beast evaluators were allowed to approach the cage, and they began to display their respective Beast Evaluation Skills.