Chapter 316 — The Ginseng Baby Flips Its Hand and Crushes the Great Dao

"Although we cannot see contestant Shi Zhuo's position right now, thanks to the Eye of the Stars markers, everyone can judge contestant Shi Zhuo's location by the 'yellow dot' on the big map."

"Huh, wait a moment — contestant Shi Zhuo's position right now... Heavens, the four pet beasts contestant Shi Jin sent out don't seem to have discovered the Steel Rock Snake deep underground. They are now already closer to contestant Shi Jin's location than the four pet beasts he dispatched!!"

"Something interesting is about to happen. Earlier, although contestant Shi Jin eliminated two contestants, neither of them ever saw Shi Jin himself. This time, could contestant Shi Zhuo become the first to truly make contact with — to encounter — contestant Shi Jin?!!"

As this scene played out, the East Sea Arena instantly erupted.

The first thought in countless minds was that Shi Jin had played too big!! He was going to crash!

Even if Shi Jin's four pet beasts had decent scouting ability, how could they possibly cover everything?

Look — hadn't Shi Zhuo and the Steel Rock Snake slipped right past the four main forces and were about to snipe the beast tamer himself?

"A golden opportunity!!!" The teachers and students of Modu University had hearts prouder than those of Lingdu and Shendu University.

After all, from the strength of the school to the strength of the contestants, they were not on the same level.

Granted, in a fair fight, Shi Jin would surely be the stronger — but this was no fair arena battle now; this was a field battle.

If it was an ambush from underground... judging by Shi Jin's current combination of himself and Ginseng Baby, perhaps Shi Zhuo really could eliminate this monster who had just caused such a sensation!!

If that happened, Modu University would be ablaze with glory. Even if in the end no one took the national championship, Modu University's prestige would have been fully displayed.

"This is bad!"

Unlike the Modu University side, the teachers and students of Gudu University were beginning to grow tense.

"Don't — don't panic. That Ginseng Baby is no simple thing either..."

Still, among Gudu University there were also teachers and students who had seen Ginseng Baby fight — yet even so, they were somewhat worried.

After all, that Ginseng Baby's fighting style seemed to be "Ginseng Piercing Light Cannon" and "Bomb Fruit"?

Judging by those two fighting styles, if this Ginseng Baby was also King level, then combined with that eerie sweet scent, in a head-on fight it might indeed be able to hold its own — but the opponent was launching a sneak attack!!!

It had slipped straight through the defensive line of Shi Jin's other pet beasts and come over without anyone knowing — this was no head-on battle!

So it was only reasonable that the teachers and students of Gudu University were a little tense.

[It's over, it's over. Boss Shi Jin is going to crash.]

[Crashing is good. Sending out all your fighting strength and keeping only one tonic by your side is absurd. I predicted this scene long ago.]

As the "yellow dot" on the map drew closer and closer to Shi Jin, many spectators held their breath.

Holy shit, what happens next?

Everyone watched Shi Jin, still seated on the boulder resting and recovering, and the ginseng baby giving off its sweet vapor, and a wave of tension gripped them, their hearts racing.

"I know this Shi Zhuo. His Steel Rock Snake really is no joke, especially when it comes to earth escape. Paired with a few other skills, it can complete all sorts of special tactics without anyone ever noticing. And even underground, they should know the surface situation like the back of their hand."

On the rostrum, even President Xia, who had just sung Shi Jin's praises twice, now turned faintly grave.

"Now we're in for a show..." Director Zhong Yan was also amused; he loved seeing this kind of non-frontal encounter. This was the true charm of wild battles.

"Why do I keep feeling... that the one in danger is going to be that Shi Zhuo..." Xiao Shuang the Legend fell silent.

Considering the ginseng baby's record of crushing two Overlords, plus that display of aroma just now, and... because of her mental link with the Eye of the Stars, she knew very well that among Shi Jin's pet beasts, this ginseng baby had the strongest energy fluctuations of them all!

What would happen next...

"Donghuang Broadcasting Corporation, Donghuang Broadcasting Corporation, contestant Shi Zhuo is now getting closer and closer to contestant Shi Jin... and next, both..."

The commentator and host Gu Yu was in the middle of speaking when suddenly his expression froze, because on the screen, the Shi Jin ginseng baby that had been motionless and holding a single pose all this time had, very abruptly, changed position!

Deep in the Yunying Mountains, Shi Zhuo stretched his shoulders a little, stood up from the rock, and gave a lazy stretch.

"Someone's coming up from underground."

"Yi-ya!! (That's right.)" the ginseng baby beside him said as it released its sweet vapor.

"Yi-ya! (They really can't be relied on!)" The ginseng baby patted its chest; at the critical moment, it still had to rely on it, Ginseng Bro!

"I did think of that possibility at the start, but I never expected these contestants to actually be this flashy." Shi Jin.

Eleven, Red Eye, Chuchu, Susu and the others might indeed not have noticed.

But that was no big problem. The ginseng baby was different; its perception of the earth was far deeper.

The reason was simple: it possessed the masterful earth-type skill Hardening, and the dao-level earth-type racial skill Earth Chain, which, combined with its superhuman vision, gave it an awareness of conditions underground that Eleven and the others could not match.

Let them come up, then... Shi Jin pondered whether he should play with the other side himself.

In truth, Shi Jin was not really worried about his own safety at all.

At this moment, he wore a water-drop pendant around his neck. This water drop was a max-level Guardian Water made by Susu; with it, he was not afraid of sneak attacks at all. Unless it was an Overlord-level strike, nothing could break through his defenses. Shi Jin had tested it all.

And this was only one of the many strange pieces of equipment Shi Jin carried. Although everything he wore conformed to the rules, because it was self-produced and self-used, it was certainly more vicious than the full gear of other contestants, and could even give Shi Jin the confidence to duel a weaker King-tier fierce beast alone.

Besides, he had no need to face it himself at all. Wasn't the ginseng baby right here? If the previous intra-team tournament had not been held on a glacier but here, where earth and plant natural energy were abundant, the ginseng baby might not necessarily have lost to Eleven or Chuchu.

Here, some of its combo skills could perform to far better effect...

"Forget it, ginseng baby, I'll leave it to you." In the end, Shi Jin chose to say.

Hearing this order, the ginseng baby nodded, then looked slightly into the distance, toward the ground below.

Shi Jin, too, looked in that direction.

And with that look, the Eye of the Stars instantly caught a close-up, and countless viewers discovered the anomaly in Shi Jin and the others!

[Holy shit, holy shit, holy shit, did Shi Jin and the others just look underground?]

[Has Shi Zhuo been discovered?]

[No idea, but even if he's been discovered, Shi Jin shouldn't be able to lock onto him or attack him right now, right?]

"Just now, just now contestant Shi Jin seemed to glance at the ground with the ginseng baby!!!"

"Could contestant Shi Zhuo have been exposed?"