"Speaking of which, why hasn’t our team captain shown up yet? He doesn’t seem all that reliable."
A chubby boy wearing round glasses spoke up.
His na is Xia Bowen, the younger brother of Xia Yue i, and also a mber of the Bai Ze University team competing in the world championship.
"I heard that he’s actually still a high school student, recruited by our school through a special admission process."
Hao Lei sighed, turning his breath into a misty white fog in the cold and snowy surroundings.
"I don’t know why Mr. Luo invited him to be our captain. Chen Mo is famous and all, but based on what I’ve seen of the power of his Spiritual Beast in the previous dojo competition, he doesn’t seem better than us, right?"
"Man, if our original captain was here, we could’ve at least made it into the top eight in the championship, but now it’s tough to say."
The two of them went back and forth like this.
Understandably, they harbored so resentnt towards Chen Mo, who had "parachuted" in and was late to show up.
"Cut the gossip! If Mr. Luo thinks he can be the captain, she must have her reasons. Instead of gossiping, you’d be better off training more."
Perhaps having had enough of the two young n beside her, Xia Yue i chid in.
"Bro, there’s a rumor that he’s the younger brother of our legendary sister Chen ng."
Xia Bowen said with a grin.
"Is that for real or just a joke?"
Xia Yue i joined the group chat.
Chen ng was her only idol throughout her student years. Upon hearing that Chen Mo might be her idol’s brother, her interest was instantly piqued.
Everyone knows Chen ng is practically a legend at Bai Ze University, having led the team to win the university world championships three tis in a row.
The only reason she didn’t get a fourth consecutive championship was she was busy exploring an important ruin during her senior year and didn’t have ti to participate.
During those years, university students all over the world were overshadowed by her.
"Holy shit!"
Suddenly, Xia Bowen burst out with a curse.
"Don’t swear."
Xia Yue i frowned and scolded her younger brother.
"No, sis, look behind you."
Xia Bowen stuttered, gesturing behind Xia Yue i.
Xia Yue i turned around and saw a giant beast a hundred ters in length approaching them slowly, its massive body like an Air Fortress.
"What is... this!?"
"It looks like the Isolated Island Spirit!? But why is this Isolated Island Spirit so huge and it can fly!"
Hao Lei exclaid in shock.
Sure enough, not only them, but all the contestants who ca for the Spirit University Championship saw this enormous creature and couldn’t help discussing and guessing which big shot’s mount it was.
Soon, Xia Yue i and the others realized that this Isolated Island Spirit was actually hovering above their heads, then began to descend slowly, and the young man on its back looked... very familiar!
Chen Mo!?
As it descended, the star sea used a shape-changing spell to shrink to just over 7 ters in length because there simply wasn’t enough room in Kunlun City for it to land at its original size.
"Hi everyone! Sorry, I’m late."
Chen Mo greeted the three with a smile.
Mr. Luo had provided him with photos and information on the other contestants, so Chen Mo instantly recognized his teammates.
"Chen... Captain!? Is this Isolated Island Spirit your Spiritual Beast?"
Xia Bowen asked, slightly stuttering.
"Wuu—"
The star sea let out a resounding whale call, nodding in response.
"How can it be... so huge!?"
Hao Lei asked, incredulous.
With this size, it probably could contend with a Monarch Stage Spiritual Beast with sheer physical strength alone, couldn’t it?
Is this seriously a high school student’s Spiritual Beast?
It seems the rumors weren’t unfounded; chances are he really is Chen ng’s brother, and it’s highly likely that both possess a special talent for quickly enhancing their Spiritual Beasts!
"It might be due to so unique talent!"
Chen Mo casually replied.
At this ti, Mr. Luo and the other two contestants also ca over.
Seeing Chen Mo, Mr. Luo also let out a sigh of relief.
The decision to specially recruit Chen Mo and let him serve as the team captain for the world championship was a result of her standing against criticism.
If Chen Mo hadn’t shown up, she would have faced significant consequences.
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The next day, the opening ceremony took place at the Kunlun Arena, nearly ten thousand ters above sea level.
Similar to previous years, after speeches from several bigwigs, the host began to explain the rules of this championship tournant.
There were 138 countries participating in this world championship, with a total of 298 teams.
The tournant was divided into group stage and knockout stage.
The group stage was also known as the points stage, with a total of three rounds. This ans that each participating team had to compete in three matches.
And the competition format is quite simple: each team sends out 5 players for 2V2 battles.
As long as the players aren’t knocked out, they can stay on the field.
This format fully showcases individual strength, and in past competitions, there have often been spectacular battles with 1 taking on 3, 4, or even 5 opponents.
After the opening ceremony concluded, the organizing committee announced the first round of the group stage matchups.
A huge screen displayed the nas and emblems of the countries and schools that the teams belonged to.
Chen Mo and the others all stared at the matchup list on the screen, searching for the Dongxia Dragon Emblem and the Bai Ze University emblem.
Bai Ze University was nad after the divine beast Bai Ze, and its emblem was naturally an ancient divine beast design based on Bai Ze, simple yet majestic.
"Hopefully we don’t end up against our own teams!"
Hao Lei said a prayer in his heart while searching.
In addition to Bai Ze Spirit University, there were three other top Spirit Universities from Dongxia participating in this world championship: Shuidou University, Qingluan University, and Yuzhu University.
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