Beast World: A Fragile Beauty Blessed with Many Children

Chapter 589 - 588: The Late Autumn Grand Competition

The Spirit Plants stretched out their branches, domineeringly occupying a large area. Having only just developed Spiritual Sense, their previous memories were hazy and everything seemed novel to them. Seeing so many Beastmen, their branches waved with an excitement that was almost too much to watch. Zhi Qi sat cross-legged behind them, lazily holding down the fort.

Seeing this, the Beastmen could only look for other spots.

The family’s large and small Flying Beasts took turns transforming and flying Si Shuo and the others over, saving them from being packed in like sardines with the crowd.

By the time the crowd of Beastmen outside the Beast Fighting Arena had thinned, the sun was already high in the sky. All the Beastmen were buzzing with excitement, speculating about who would win first place this year.

Ning Han’s males and Zhi Qi had come together to save seats.

The few young females sat next to each other, each holding snacks their males had prepared for them.

Ever since she had transformed into a hamster, Si Shuo had also grown especially fond of dried nuts and fruits. Because of this, they had a plot of land in their planting space specifically for growing them.

"Every year, the Zongwang’s Seventeenth Level guard takes first place. It’s no surprise at all. He’s just that strong. The second-place winner can’t even last thirty moves against him..."

"The City Lord’s fifth son should be able to make the top three, right? With all the resources piled on him, plus so many martial masters from Pingjing teaching him..."

"There are also a lot of males from other Beast Cities. There are always a few dark horses every year..."

’This Zongwang is quite interesting,’ Si Shuo thought. ’He has a terrible reputation, but he doesn’t have a Princess Consort. He’s supposedly disabled, yet he has a master powerful enough to intimidate a whole region protecting him, and he never misses this event, year after year. The Zongwang’s name is well-known, with his reputation for being an ignorant hedonist coexisting with his intimidating presence. It’s all very contradictory, which means the Zongwang’s ambitions are anything but small. He’s hiding, biding his time under a thick disguise.’

Ningbei City was north of Guanping Country and was considered a Beast City of above-average size. The Late Autumn Grand Competition held here attracted attention from many places; even factions from Pingjing sent people to attend.

"Si Shuo, your males are so strong, they should aim for a good ranking!"

"Yeah, any male who makes it into the top fifty can be recruited as a guard by the great families..."

"But Si Shuo is a Divine Servant, and she’s already been claimed by the Princess, so it doesn’t really matter if her males get a good rank or not. It’s just that the hierarchy in Pingjing is very strict, and they all judge you by your Identity Card."

Si Shuo nodded in understanding. ’It’s like a diploma from my world. Anyone who doesn’t have one, or has a low-level one, gets looked down on by everyone. I know all too well how important it is to have that foot in the door.’

Soon, the City Lord of Ningbei City stood on the central platform to speak. He infused his voice with Spiritual Power, allowing every Beastman present to hear him with perfect clarity.

"Hello everyone. I am Su Mo, the City Lord of Ningbei City. I welcome you all for making the arduous journey from all corners to participate in our city’s annual Late Autumn Grand Competition...

The rules this year are the same as in previous years. Do you see the arenas in the center of our Beast Fighting Arena? For every one hundred contestants, you will go up to the stage according to your drawn number. In the first round, only thirty will remain... and so on, until the first, second, and third places are decided...

Any Beastman who places in the top one hundred will have their Identity Card updated according to their rank. This will affect your future development and the benefits you enjoy in the Guiping Beast Country.

So, to all you capable Warriors, be bold, be brave, and take this opportunity. Improve yourselves by sparring with others in this competition..."

Her family’s males prepared to take turns entering the competition.

Si Shuo grew nervous along with them, and the nuts in her mouth suddenly lost their flavor.

Zhi Le smiled and put an arm around her shoulder, whispering, "Kitty, we’ve been together for so long. You still don’t trust your brothers’ strength?

You remember how hard we train and study every day, don’t you? We’re strong, but we’re not arrogant. We wouldn’t joke around with our lives."

Never mind the rest of them; even Xu Chi, who lived alone for so long and used to be so guileless, had been toughened up by Ji Liang and the others. They definitely weren’t going to fall into any traps someone set for them.

Si Shuo nodded, her small face still tense. "I’m just worried. You’ll all be fighting alone in the arenas. What if Princess Su Yan’s males get other people to target you?"

Gong You leaned forward from behind her. "Sweetheart, in my spare time recently, I’ve been spending a lot of time at the martial arts grounds. The Beastmen of the Yongchang Continent focus on technique in their fights—this fist style, that palm technique, thirty-six forms, seventy-two moves, horse stances, standing on tree stumps, running, practicing punches on posts.

Some of them have good talent and practice hard, but in those books you gave us, isn’t there a saying that ’the formless overcomes the formed’?

No matter how well they practice, can it compare to how we fight, where every single move is a practical, lethal strike for survival?

We survived the harsh environment outside the forest, where every day was a life-or-death test.

So, don’t you worry. You have to have faith in us."

"Si Shuo is so wonderful, always working so hard. We have to keep up," Yin Jiang said with a smile.

They all had pretty good talent, worked harder than most, and genuinely wanted to raise their cultivation quickly. But compared to their hyper-competitive little female, it was like a novice meeting a grandmaster.

Now, everyone in the family, whether male or cub, was more ruthless than the next, scrambling for every second to practice their Cultivation.

Little Jing was the most thoughtful. She scrambled from her Father’s arms into her Mother’s, tugging on Si Shuo’s hand. "Mother, my Fathers are both brave and wise. They’ll definitely get good ranks and come out unscathed!"

Si Shuo hugged her dearly. "Then Mother will thank Little Jing for her Blessing in advance."

The Late Autumn Grand Competition was one of the grandest competitions in the region. Every rule and regulation was designed to let the contestants display their true abilities, without certain factors compromising the fairness of the matches.

There were fifty arenas in total on the grounds of the Beast Fighting Arena, each one three hundred square meters in size. Over fifty thousand males were participating in this competition, and each arena would host about ten rounds of matches.

Contestants had to draw lots to determine which arena and which match they would be in. This largely prevented Beastmen from the same family from being concentrated in a single arena.

As expected, the seven males from her family were all assigned to different arenas and different match times, so they could take turns staying with their little female and the cubs.

The first round was a free-for-all battle royale. The men dodged whenever they could, or simply intimidated their opponents with a move or two, advancing without any trouble.

The fighting was quite brutal and dangerous. Many were willing to form temporary alliances. Moreover, the disparity in strength during the preliminaries was huge, so a match could be over in just ten or twenty minutes.

The second round was also a one-hundred-into-thirty elimination. The overall skill level of the Beastmen had improved significantly, but the results were still decided within half an hour.

In just three Beast Hours, the fifty thousand contestants had been drastically reduced to forty-five hundred!

Knowing that his Mother loved to be in the thick of the action, Yuanyuan, after being bribed with goodies by his various Fathers, obediently used his Transformation to take on his Mother’s appearance. The Little Golden Eagle, Li Bo, stood beside him and transformed into Zhi Qi.

Freed from her responsibilities, Si Shuo sat on her eldest son Xu Ye’s back, using Invisibility to quietly watch the fights from mid-air. When she got worked up, she didn’t forget to write notes and post her commentary in her space...