A Card In Hand

Chapter 57: My Soul is Aflame!

The Pantheon of Myriad Realms was capable of hosting the Unlimited Challenge for Supernovas because they were the agents of the gods in the Lower Realms.

It wasn’t just the Tianfeng Continent.

The same applied to other human worlds like the Tianfeng Continent.

Or other worlds inhabited by different races, all had their own Pantheon of Myriad Realms.

The Pantheon of Myriad Realms was an organization dedicated to cultivating super elites and then sending them to the Celestial Realm, completely independent of any power, with a transcendent status.

The invitation from the three old men was naturally met with eager agreement from the new trainees.

Regardless of whether they qualified for the competition.

Just to take a look.

It was better to make some friends than to stay home and be insular.

After receiving the participation intentions from Li Ao, Shuanghan, and others, the three old men left satisfied.

In truth, they had come specifically for Li Ao and the others, but with the intention of sweeping up all hidden talents in one go.

They also did not want to make their intentions too obvious, so they opened the event to all new trainees…

After the old men left, Lie Feng thought for a moment, coughed to draw everyone’s attention, and said, “I know a bit about the Unlimited Challenge for Supernovas. They usually start the preliminaries close to our graduation performance. The timing doesn’t conflict with our exploration plans, so I think we should keep our schedule unchanged and proceed as planned.”

“This was agreed upon earlier, let’s think about how to prepare for the carnival night after tomorrow!”

“Yes, we must do a good job at this year’s carnival, we absolutely cannot lose!”

“I may not be good at other things, but I can definitely help with the work!”

The new trainees chattered excitedly.

There was plenty of time, no need to participate in the Unlimited Challenge.

And they were not short of money, how could they not organize a successful carnival?

After eating their fill.

Lazybones like Li Ao naturally went back to the dormitory to sleep, using tiredness as his excuse.

No one could blame him.

After all, claiming he wasn’t tired after facing all the new trainees alone was a bit of a stretch!

But was he really tired?

Not a single sign of fatigue showed on him!

Shuanghan, having no interest in preparing the carnival personally, followed suit and went to sleep.

Everyone else, seeing their disinterest, didn’t bother to say anything.

Three hundred people working on a carnival was more than enough without Li Ao and Shuanghan.

Let them sleep to their heart’s content, as long as they don’t miss the carnival itself!

Time flew by.

A day blinked away.

Tianfeng Continent calendar, year 35,891, April 14th.

The ninth day since Li Ao’s rebirth.

Morning.

Clear.

Bright sunshine.

A groggy Li Ao was dragged by Fuxi to the Newcomer’s Trial Plaza.

At that time, the Trial Plaza was decorated like a paradise, with colorful rainbows everywhere, dazzlingly beautiful.

Various delicious and fun things.

Everything one could ask for.

Several stalls were filled with special commemorative beast battle cards for admiration and collection, featuring a complete range of types and colors, allowing newcomers who enjoyed collecting such cards to freely choose their favorites.

There were also rainbow stalls displaying various beast dolls, some even made of special materials, lifelike in their appearance.

And there were plenty of cute plush toys that many girls liked.

Fuxi’s favorite was the miniaturized female beast dolls.

Regardless of Li Ao’s attitude, he buried his head in frantic shopping, buying a huge pile that he couldn’t carry himself, stuffing it all into the arms of Li Ao, his younger brother.

“Are you not buying? These prices are so fair, you wouldn’t believe that in Silverlight City, you couldn’t buy these even for ten times the price! Look at this angel dove evolved into an angel dove girl, she’s so cute with big eyes that could melt your heart! I’ve collected over a hundred, all with different expressions. I thought I had the complete set, but I didn’t know about this pose, so adorable! No way, brother Fuxi definitely needs to take you home! Angel Dove Sister, my darling, will you come home with brother Fuxi?”

Fuxi probably spent at least ten gold on female beast dolls, but luckily he had 2.5 platinum dragons previously, so his pockets were still overflowing.

“Freak!”

Ling Long walked by, spotting a jelly woman beast doll in Li Ao’s hands with rare clothing and a swollen chest that looked pitifully battered, and gave Fuxi a disdainful look with her big expressive eyes.

“I…”

Fuxi wanted to explain that he didn’t buy that, it was Li Ao who picked it up randomly, it had nothing to do with him.

But Ling Long didn’t give him a chance to explain.

She took Yue Sha’s small, timid hand.

And walked away with a snort.

Li Ao, the millennium-old demon acting as a newbie who knew nothing: “Big bro, look, doesn’t this beast seem to be without any equipment?”

Without equipment?

Do you really think so, little Li Ao?

Is this really without equipment?

If this is called equipment…

Then female beast dolls really shouldn’t wear thick gear, otherwise, people wouldn’t be so eager to buy them!

Or if the ‘equipment’ worn by the female beast dolls couldn’t be removed, then they wouldn’t hold much value for collectors.

The producers of these female beast dolls must have this sincerity that requires collectors to assemble it themselves!

“Cough!”

Fuxi intended to selflessly impart his 108 combat techniques to Li Ao, it was time to educate his little cousin.

“You guys are here?”

Tie Zheng suddenly strode over.

Fuxi quickly swallowed the words that had reached his lips.

That was close!

He absolutely couldn’t let Tie Zheng know he was privately teaching special combat skills to Li Ao, otherwise, he’d be beaten to a pulp.

Seeing Li Ao’s arms filled with various shy-posed female beast dolls, Tie Zheng took a deep breath, suppressed the anger in his heart, and calmly put them all back, then patted Li Ao on the shoulder: “This stuff is trivial, let’s go eat something!”

The relieved Fuxi silently rejoiced.

Luckily today was a great day for a group graduation, and big boss Tie Zheng didn’t lose his temper, otherwise, his handsome face would have been at risk.

After Tie Zheng and Li Ao had walked far enough away, Fuxi hurriedly reclaimed the beautiful war beast puppet from the rainbow stall where he had placed it earlier.

While collecting it, he talked to himself.

“How could these things be uninteresting? They are clearly very educational! How did we develop an interest in war beasts when we were kids? Wasn’t it through these very puppets, gradually cultivating our curiosity? If you ask me, they’ve done a great service. Their existence is very important for enlightening our younger generation. How can they be uninteresting? It’s truly beyond reason!”

“Eh? Brother, turns out you’re a kindred spirit?”

Zao Chi, dressed up as a spotted hippopotamus, overheard and immediately perked up, moving forward to grasp Fuxi’s hand tightly: “It’s hard to find someone who shares the same interests, who would have thought I’d run into you here!”

“A kindred spirit? Ha, how about we grab a drink to celebrate our meeting?”

Fuxi suggested going out for a drink.

“Not just a drink, I think we should start a club!”

“A club?”

“Yes, we need to find more like-minded friends. We need to make those who are always busy fighting and killing take us seriously. We need to raise our own voice. The more people we gather, the stronger we become!”

“Zao Chi, what you’re saying is absolutely enlightening and makes one think deeply. You are absolutely right!”

“We’ll have a drink and talk more about it, no rush.”

“Where did you buy that outfit?”

“It’s trendy, isn’t it?”

“Pretty cool!”

“I know where they sell them. How about I get you a set of mischievous rhino attire later, and we can form a fashionably explosive, cool duo?”

“You’ve read my mind… I want not only the mischievous rhino attire, but I also want the crazy crocodile outfit, the comical giant turtle, and the despicable ground dragon. Oh, and do they have the pumpkin witch costume?”

“Fuxi, you actually want to wear a woman’s costume?”

“Is that a problem?”

“You’ve misunderstood, I didn’t mean it that way at all. That’s great! I’ve always wanted to wear it but couldn’t find anyone who shared the sentiment!”

“Then shall we both change into the pumpkin witch costumes later?”

“Change, definitely change!”

Deciding to wear the coveted war beast female attire, Fuxi and Zao Chi no longer cared about having a drink.

The two rushed to the rainbow stall selling the war beast female attire, slapped down a gold shield without a second word, and began changing into the pumpkin witch costumes.

The stall owner watched, his eyes bulging in disbelief.

Suddenly.

He screamed, “I’ve always been so confused, never knowing why, but now I finally get it! Ahhh… my soul is on fire!”

The chubby man unabashedly changed into a succubus war beast bodysuit, stretching it to the limit, nearly causing a newcomer who had come to buy clothes to vomit. However, other newcomers, also feeling their souls ignite, eagerly joined in.

The assistant referee in charge of maintaining order saw this and felt like spitting blood, but his companion, patrolling with him, showed some leniency, waving his hand: “Today marks their graduation, and tonight is the carnival. Let them be wild! Thinking back, we never dared to be so crazy in our youth, always so serious, not fun at all… That’s youth for you!”

At that moment, Li Ao was sitting on a large tablecloth spread out on the plaza ground.

He was holding a super-sized chicken leg.

Chewing on it.

And nodding perfunctorily.

He had no interest in the conversation that Qian Nian, Qiqu, Lie Feng, Tie Zheng, and Man Huang were having about how to properly open the newcomer’s fate treasure box.

It wasn’t about the right technique to open it!

It was about being lucky or unlucky!

If you’re unlucky.

No matter how you open it, you fail!