Rebirth of the Prime Dragon Master
Chapter 838 The Contest Began

After a day filled with meetings that were attended by all the large clans, the Beast Master Contestof 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 thecontest, as most of them had their favored clans and warriors. Most of them believed that, barringaccidents, it would be the Cao Clan and the Qi Clan who would be competing for the championshipat 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 wasregarded as a great master in the Wild Spirit Land. Since the contest included three events wherethey were to evaluate beasts, to tame beasts, and to cure beasts, of course, the Cao Clan and the QiClan had their advantages.

Samson of the Qi Clan was a great beast tamer in the Timber Deity Empire, and he was next only toSheridan in the Wild Spirit Land. Samson had a total of two disciples. The eldest disciple had workedfor the royal family of the Timber Deity Empire, while the other disciple, Mabon Wu, would fight onbehalf of the Qi Clan in this contest. He had taken charge of all the affairs in connection with tamingbeasts in the Qi Clan on behalf of Samson, and this was because Samson had gone with Alyssa tofight 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 contestmight 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 easilydismissed. They had Lucas as the backbone, and as he was the former imperial beast evaluator ofthe 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 evaluatorof the Holy Dragon Empire.

Lucas’ disciple, Queenie, was very likely to win in the beast evaluating part of the contest. Althoughshe was capricious, she had become a seventh-grade beast evaluator under Lucas’ tutelage. It wasrare to have such strength at her age, so if the Cao Clan wanted to defeat the Qi Clan, herperformance was crucial.

Moreover, since beast evaluating had always been a strong suit of the Cao Clan, it was expectedthat she would have the advantage in the beast evaluating part of the contest.

It was quite interesting that although the Cao Clan and the Qi Clan had their advantages, both ofthem were not very good at beast curing, so they had to recruit talents as preparation for thecontest. And that was why the Cao Clan recruited the Xiao Clan. Although there was no news aboutwho the Qi Clan had recruited, they undoubtedly had good plans in mind, and they would never letthe Cao Clan have this advantage over them.

However, of the two clans that were almost at the same level, it was the Qi Clan that had greateradvantage, if they competed in the final part of the contest. This was because the Qi Clan wasbacked up by Princess Alyssa, who was influential in the Timber Deity Empire, and three of the fivejudges of the contest were from the royal family, while the other two were Lucas and Samson.These judges would be the key to the final results of the contest if the two clans ended in astalemate.

All the beast masters would participate in the contest on the behalf of their clans, and they wouldbattle using the 'best of three sets’ method. In each event, each clan would send three beastmasters to compete with the clan chosen by lot, and the one who would win two sets could thenproceed to the next round. Meanwhile, the loser would be eliminated.

There were a total of eight clans that would take part in the contest, and all the other clans wereweaker than the Cao Clan and the Qi Clan, so the results of the contest could be easily predicted.

It was still early morning, on the first day of the contest, but there was already a large crowdgathered in the magnificent competition hall that the Qi Clan had specifically set up for this event.In the crowd were also several famous figures and royal members of the Timber Deity Empire. Assuch, it was a lively, crowded, and grand contest.

The competition site was in the center of the competition hall, and it looked like a round platformabout one meter high.

During the contest, two clans would compete with each other in evaluating beasts, taming beasts,and curing beasts, and the clan who would win two events would be declared the winner.

For each event, three beast masters would compete against the three beast masters of their rivalclan, and if the three beast masters of any side were defeated in this event, that side wouldautomatically lose the event.

The contest was indeed fierce and cruel, and each clan only had one chance. A simple mistake or asingle loss could cost the clan their win, and they would be trampled on by the other clans

To make the contest more interesting, the Cao Clan took part in the first round, which attractednumerous attention.

Their opponent was the Huang Clan, who were well-known in the Timber Deity Empire and werealso known for their disciples’ ability to evaluate beasts. But compared with the Cao Clan, they werestill very weak.

At that moment, Rocky was already standing beside Lucilla and the beast masters of the Cao Clan,and they were watching the contest indifferently. Lucilla appeared quite calm, as she perceived theiropponents to be weak, and she didn't expect them to put up much of a fight.

However, Queenie, who came to the hall with Lucilla, had been staring at Rocky strangely, as ifRocky had done something unforgivable to her. Of course, Rocky just ignored Queenie and focusedon the competition.

After the lots were drawn, the first event started, and the two clans were tasked to evaluate beasts.The Cao Clan were confident that their disciples would win because evaluating beasts was theirstrong suit. According to Lucilla's arrangement, the Cao Clan would first send a sixth-grade beastevaluator who was a weak one in the Cao Clan, but with his strength, he would be able to winagainst his opponent.

In fact, a sixth-grade beast evaluator was very powerful even in the Wild Spirit Land. After all, forbeast 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 BeastEvaluation Skill was similar to the beast evaluation competition that he had seen in the Super BeastFarm in the Imperial City. The judges would pick out a spirit-manipulated beast, and the beastevaluators of both sides would evaluate it. Afterward, the side that could quickly and correctlyidentify 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, itwould give the opponent a chance to win.

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

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