Genius Beast Taming: Starting from Awakening an S-Rank Talent

Not long after, Marquis Tianyin returned to Ruilin Island.

He approached Zhou Heng and reported, "Junior Uncle, I have conveyed your message to the principal of Tiandu Key Beast Taming High School."

Zhou Heng asked casually, "What was his reaction?"

Marquis Tianyin smiled and said, "He naturally dared not disobey Junior Uncle's authority. He readily agreed to Junior Uncle's orders, saying that he would obey Junior Uncle's commands in everything."

The Tiandu Key Beast Taming High School is backed by the Qiongqi Meng family, and the school's principal is also a member of the Qiongqi Meng family.

However, this person was only a sixth-level commander beast tamer, and the Qiongqi Meng family would not anger Zhou Heng over such a trivial matter and cause trouble for no reason.

Therefore, although the principal of Tiandu Key Beast Taming High School was not happy about Zhou Heng's order, he could only obey obediently and had no ability to resist.

As for the principals of the other three top-tier beast-taming high schools, they reacted similarly to Zhou Heng's temporary rule changes, and could only obediently follow orders.

Zhou Heng then instructed, "Go to Qianyin Blessed Land later and make some arrangements. Set up the battle arena and spectator area in advance. Although this friendly match is just child's play in my opinion, we can't afford any mistakes."

Marquis Tianyin immediately said, "Please rest assured, Junior Uncle, leave everything to me. There will be absolutely no mistakes."

Zhou Heng nodded in satisfaction: "Very good."

……

Subsequently, all the Beast Taming High Schools in the East Asia region sprang into action, launching preliminary and semi-final rounds of the League Junior Beast Taming Team Friendship Tournament to determine the top eight teams.

Even level three planets are no exception.

Because on level three planets, in order to concentrate resources, anyone with a talent of B grade or higher must be sent to a level two planet. The highest talent among high school students left on level three planets is only C grade, and they don't even have the qualifications to be runners-up.

However, to be fair, the league gave them a chance.

Within tens of thousands of level-three planets, participants can compete in advance, and the strongest five-person team will be selected to challenge the five-person teams on level-two planets.

If the challenge is successful, the team from this secondary planet will advance to the top eight; if the challenge is unsuccessful, then all is lost.

The only places that can remain peaceful are the schools on countless third-rate planets.

These insignificant planets are inhabited entirely by extraterrestrial races that have pledged allegiance to the Alliance. Although they can run schools, they are not qualified to establish Beast Taming High Schools.

Furthermore, they had no need to establish a Beast Taming High School, because only humans could awaken their beast taming talent and become beast tamers. Subordinate races could at most become beast tamers, let alone participate in such a large-scale event involving the entire East Asia.

Before they knew it, it was the eve of the semi-finals. All eight teams had been selected and entered the Thousand Sound Blessed Land ahead of time. Zhou Heng sent people to properly settle them in the eight areas.

They came from top-tier beast-taming high schools on four core ancient planets, first-class beast-taming high schools on three first-level planets, and second-class beast-taming high schools on one second-level planet.

Only the strongest team among these eight teams will be qualified to challenge Zhou Heng's team.

Following Zhou Heng's instructions, Marquis Tianyin and Marquis Qianren built an open-air battle arena capable of accommodating hundreds of millions of people within the Thousand Sound Blessed Land, using the mountains and rivers as its foundation and taking advantage of the land's terrain.

This arena uses a frozen lake as the arena, surrounded by dozens of giant mountain peaks that serve as spectator seats, exuding grandeur and magnificence, far surpassing ordinary arenas.

……

On the other side, Feng Zhong and Feng Yong arrived at Zhou Heng's resting place with a pile of documents.

Feng Zhong stepped forward and said, "Young Master, these are the information of the eight participating teams."

Zhou Heng waved his hand: "I won't watch it, just tell me about it!"

Feng Zhong announced loudly, "Yes! The eight teams that have qualified for the semi-finals come from Yuanli Ancient Star, Weilin Ancient Star, Shenyan Ancient Star, Tianqian Ancient Star, Ziyan Star, Yunyin Star, Bichao Star, and Huangsha Star..."

Besides the four core ancient stars, Ziyan, Yunyin, and Bichao are all first-level planets, while Huangsha is a second-level planet.

Zhou Heng suddenly asked, "I remember that among the students in my year, besides me, there were four others who contracted with Overlord Beast Tamers. One was Yan Haosen from the Yan family of Fire Phoenix, who represented Yuanli Ancient Star in this battle; another was Ling Yisheng from the Ling family of Black Tortoise, who represented Weilin Ancient Star in this battle; and who were the other two?"

Feng Zhong replied, "There are two other people who are both from the Divine Flame Ancient Star. They are Huo Yanwei from the Huo family of the Nether Butterfly and Zou Huizhen from the Zou family of the Gluttonous Beast. Their contracted beasts are the Asura Nether Butterfly and the Soul-Splitting Gluttonous Beast, which are of lower-level overlord quality, respectively."

Zhou Heng raised an eyebrow: "This time, the leader of the Tianqian Ancient Star team didn't contract a powerful overlord beast?"

Feng Zhong explained, "The top families on Tianqian Ancient Star, such as the Qiongqi Meng family, and the large families, such as the Tianshe Zhang family, the Qilin Yun family, and the Lingzhu Zhao family, do not have any direct descendants with S-level talent in your generation. Among the remaining smaller families, although there are direct descendants with S-level talent, these smaller families cannot produce any beast cubs of overlord quality. Therefore, the most outstanding student in this generation on Tianqian Ancient Star can only contract a beast of high-level diamond quality."

Even for aristocratic families, overlord-quality beast cubs are quite rare. Even ancient and large aristocratic families like the Zhou and Li families, which have a history of over three thousand years and raise countless beasts in their realms, can barely maintain the supply of overlord-quality beast cubs to the geniuses of their clans.

Ordinary small aristocratic families have relatively shallow foundations, making it very difficult for them to produce beast cubs of overlord quality.

Therefore, even members of many aristocratic families with S-level talents may not necessarily have a cub of overlord quality when they first start contracting a beast.

Zhou Heng immediately understood: "So, the strongest of these eight teams is the one from Shenyan Ancient Star."

Feng Zhonggong said respectfully, "That's right. Huo Yanwei from the Mingdie Huo family and Zou Huizhen from the Taotie Zou family are both in the same team. They should be the only ones qualified to challenge you this time."

Zhou Heng nodded: "I understand."

……

On the day of the competition, the mountains surrounding the open-air arena were packed with people, and Feng Zhong and Feng Yong, along with the sixth-tier Abyss Troll, maintained order.

As time went on, the staff and contestants began to enter the venue one after another.

Eight stone platforms rose up on the edge of the frozen lake. Eight five-person teams from eight planets summoned their respective beasts and each chose a platform to climb onto.

Above the sky, a large group of powerful figures, led by the Ice Halberd Marquis of Xuanxiao Town, silently descended to the top of the most majestic and towering mountain, and then took their seats.

This is the main peak, and seats have been arranged long ago, specially prepared for the highest-ranking guests.