Beast Awakening: Evolving Legendary Beasts - Chapter 22
Chapter 22: Worry, The Duel Starts
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Hearing this, the smile on Ji Ren’s face did not fade as he did not think much about Chen Nan’s words.
In his opinion, Chen Nan was just being stubborn.
“can give you a few days to prepare. It’s not too late for us to fight once you’re ready,” Ji Ren said as if he was doing charity.
Even the way he looked at Chen Nan had a hint of sympathy.
It was as if he was looking at a stray dog by the side of the road and feeling sympathy for its suffering.
“There’s no need. We’ll start in a moment,” Chen Nan ignored his gaze and tone and said indifferently.
At this moment, what he wanted the most was to get rid of the trouble with Ji Ren as soon as possible.
This way, his life in the academy would be a little more peaceful.
Just then, a figure appeared at the door.
“The class teacher is here!” It was unknown who shouted this, but it instantly brought everyone back to their senses and their gazes shifted to the door.
Yu Ruyun stood at the door and took a glance around at the door walking in. When she stood on the podium, her gaze was fixed on the students below.
“What happened?” Yu Ruyun’s gaze swept back and forth between Chen Nan and Ji Ren.
“Chen Nan and I were just discussing to begin the duel between us in a moment,” Ji Ren shifted his gaze to the podium and looked into Yu Ruyum’s eyes as he briefly recounted what had happened.
Hearing this, Yu Ruyun immediately turned her gaze to Chen Nan, a hint of inquiry in her eyes.
It seemed like she was asking why didn’t he ask for her help.
‘When she stepped into the classroom yesterday, she had already sensed that the atmosphere between the two was not right.
Therefore, before leaving the classroom, she had even especially reminded Chen Nan that if he was in trouble, he could ask her for help.
After that, she waited but Chen Nan did not show, so she thought that the conflict between the two of them had been resolved.
She didn’t expect the conflict between the two to completely erupt today.
Yu Ruyun could not help but have a hint of worry on her face.
She was extremely clear about Ji Ren’s strength. If just based on the strength of Chen Nan’s contracted beast, it was likely that he wasn’t a match for Ji Ren.
After deliberating for a moment, Yu Ruyun’s gaze fell onto Chen Nan and asked, “Are you sure you want to start later?”
She tried to make him reconsider and make a rash decision.
However, when Chen Nan heard these words, his expression didn’t change. He simply nodded and stood firm to his determination.
On the podium, Yu Ruyun immediately frowned, her heart filled with puzzlement.
“If that’s the case, then let’s head to the academy’s training ground,” Yu Ruyun thought for a moment and finally agreed to the duel request.
Since Chen Nan didn’t reject it, then there was no harm in her agreeing.
Besides, she was also very curious.
With her short contact with Chen Nan, she didn’t think that he was a rash person.
As such, he presumably had the confidence to agree to the duel.
Hearing this, Ji Ren glanced at Chen Nan and walked out of the classroom.
This action made all the students in the classroom stand up and head to the academy’s training ground as well.
The classroom door instantly became crowded.
Only when there were only two or three people left in the classroom did Chen Nan stand up and head towards the training ground.
Seeing this, Liang Feiguang immediately chased after him and followed behind Chen Nan.
In Luoyang Academy, there was a training ground for Beastmasters.
The training ground was not only a place to train contracted beasts, but also a place for some Beastmasters to have duels and exchange pointers.
For example, the conflict between Chen Nan and Ji Ren could be resolved through dueling in the training ground.
Other than that, in Luoyang Academy, one could only summon one’s contracted beast in the training ground.
If one were to summon it in another place within the academy, 20 points would be deducted for every time one did this.
With this rule in place, no one dared to summon their contracted beasts in the academy.
After all, to them, points were still very important.
Not long after, the entire class arrived at the training ground.
At this moment, many seniors were training their contracted beasts in the training ground.
Of course, there were also many who were sparring with each other.
Their arrival instantly attracted the attention of these people and they began to discuss.
“Who are these people? Why are they so imposing?”
“Look at their numbers. Is the whole class here?”
“They are all unfamiliar faces, must be freshmen.”
“Such a fierce batch of freshmen! It’s only the second day of school and they are already fighting.”
Immediately, these seniors stopped training and sparring and gathered together.
They were very curious about who would be the parties involved in the duel.
On top of that, there was a teacher leading the team.
Since there were no training courses for contracted beasts in the first semester, there was only one possibility: Some people had a conflict and needed to resolve it, so they came to the training ground.
Chen Nan looked around and found the training ground very familiar.
This place was almost the same as the Hunter Association’s training ground.
The design of the place was the same, as well as the spectator stand.
Did the two places share the same designer?
Chen Nan’s gaze fell on the spectator stand. At this moment, a group of curious seniors were sitting on the seats, looking down with excitement.
His classmates did the same.
Chen Nan retracted his gaze and walked into the training ground where the two would duel.
Ji Ren, who was behind him, glanced at the spectator stand before walking in with his head held high.
Soon, in the training ground, Chen Nan and Ji Ren stood opposite each other with Yu Ruyun in the middle.
“Now, I will introduce the rules of this duel,” Yu Ruyun glanced at the two of them and announced the rules, “In you duel, you may not hurt the other party’s contracted beast. You will only fight it out until a winner is decided.”
She first glanced at Chen Nan, then her gaze fell on Ji Ren.
It was as if she was telling him not to hurt Chen Nan’s contracted beast.
“Of course, However, Chen Nan’s contracted beast is too weak. If my contracted beast accidentally hurts his, such a thing is hard to avoid as well,” Ji Ren agreed to Yu Ruyun’s suggestion, then glanced at Chen Nan.
After all, this was something that everyone knew.
Chen Nan glanced at Ji Ren indifferently, disagreeing in his heart.
Ji Ren could only say such arrogant words now. When the real duel began, he believed that he wouldn’t be able to say anything out loud.
“Since it’s a duel, it’s inevitable for the contracted beasts to accidentally injure each other,” Chen Nan stared at him with a calm expression on his face.
Seeing this, Yu Ruyun sighed to herself.
She understood Chen Nan’s thoughts very well. No one would be able to stand the anger if they were ridiculed like this, let alone a teenager.
But if he acted like this, wouldn’t Ji Ren be even more unrestrained.
Her gaze landed on Chen Nan’s face. He looked calm and unhurried as if he was completely unaware of the danger.
Yu Ruyun sighed once again.
Forget it, it seems that she could only try her best to protect Chen Nan during the duel.
“The duel officially begins!” After Yu Ruyun announced, she walked to the side and watched the battle between the two.
‘When the audience heard Yu Ruyun’s words, they began to look forward to the battle.
Of course, only the unknowing seniors were looking forward to it.
After all, they did not know that Chen Nan’s contracted beast was a sparrow.
As for the students who knew the situation, they looked at the two below without any suspense.
