In past years, there have been instances where individual beasts were very formidable, but they couldn't handle melee battles well, and as a result, they drew lots that ended up with all mixed battles.

In the last tournament, Cangling Ancient Country ranked third, partly because several students consecutively drew formats they were not good at.

Given this situation, the Spirit Academy is extremely cautious in selecting Beastmasters nowadays.

A preliminary selection starts a year in advance to establish a main list and provide resource subsidies and rewards.

A year later, formal slots are determined from the main list.

After all, a year is a long time, and no one knows what might happen; someone might go through a qualitative change during this period.

...

Three days later, the Spirit Academy officially began the selection competition, and it became lively; the usually popular Spirit Spring District was almost deserted.

Lin Chen also embarked on his first battle, though the fate of drawing lots is rather subtle.

His first-round opponent turned out to be Li Jiuxiao.

When Lin Chen informed Xiaobai of the draw result, Niu Niu recalled the prowess of the Bone Armor Bull and was exceptionally nervous and cautious.

Technically speaking, Li Jiuxiao belongs to Ning Tian's batch.

However, Li Jiuxiao voluntarily gave up his first Spirit Beast and started fresh, so the Bone Armor Bull became his first Spirit Beast.

Lin Chen also learned some details about Li Jiuxiao from Zhao Li; his Bone Armor Bull did not evolve at Level 20 and plans to wait until after Level 30, using the evolution opportunity at Level 40 to give the Bone Armor Bull two chances to ascend to Sacred Beast.

The lower the level, the harder the evolution.

If a beast can evolve successfully at Level 20, its future is generally limitless.

However, unlike Lee Zaiqing, Li Jiuxiao did not abandon his first Spirit Beast due to failed evolution.

On the contrary, Li Jiuxiao's initial Spirit Beast did evolve successfully, yet he still abandoned it.

This actually relates somewhat to Lin Chen; ever since he left Black Mountain City in defeat, it stirred up great turmoil within the clan, and because of Li Jiuxiao's dominance, many people had long been dissatisfied.

Eventually, he directly severed the contract with his first Spirit Beast and planned to contract a stronger Spirit Beast to quell the dissent in the clan.

Thus, his current first Spirit Beast, the Bone Armor Bull, is at Level 26, and the second Spirit Beast is only at Level 15.

This time, Lin Chen drew a mixed battle lot.

...

Lin Chen's battle date was scheduled five days later, as there were too many participants, so the tournament arena had to be scheduled.

On this day, Lin Chen began the team's first combined training with Xiaobai and Xiao Hong.

Overall, the roles of Xiaobai and Xiao Hong were very clear, with one engaging in close combat on the front line and the other casting skills from the rear.

"We'll use this wooden post as the attack target," Lin Chen instructed.

Xiaobai and the Little Fox both nodded. As Xiaobai suddenly started, just when the Thousand Shadows Unification appeared, Lin Chen called out again:

"Xiao Hong, now Xiaobai needs your support!"

Xiao Hong locked onto the wooden post's position and directly hurled a Super Fireball.

Boom~~

It hit the target precisely.

The explosion from the Super Fireball's impact extended into Xiaobai's range.

Although Xiaobai was not afraid of such attacks at present, upon seeing this scene, Lin Chen immediately called a halt.

The two Spirit Beasts lowered their heads, evidently aware of Lin Chen's dissatisfaction.

Unexpectedly, Lin Chen said, "This is your first time working together; if you were perfect at combining and understanding each other right away, there'd be no need to train at all."

The two Spirit Beasts lifted their heads, regaining their vigor.

Lin Chen was not saying this merely to encourage them, as there are many Spirit Beasts for a Beastmaster, but group brawls are avoided due to the risk of friendly fire.

Generally, a two-two system or a one-one system is used.

Spirit Beasts do not have the strong learning capabilities of humans. Once they engage in battle, they become fierce, and their battle skill ranges are typically extensive.

Therefore, having two Spirit Beasts as a team is already a common tactic.

History indeed has instances of Beastmasters using a three-three system, but they are very rare.

The combination of Spirit Beasts is not just about them being able to cooperate; it also depends on the power of the combination.

If 1+1+1 is less than or equal to 3, then there is no need for it.

In the "Beast Taming Treasure Manual," there are many disastrous fails; the most tragic was a Beastmaster who thought he had successfully integrated the three-three system, but in a life-and-death battle, a Spirit Beast made a mistake, and his main Spirit Beast was mistakenly injured by its own kind, leading to a lost battle when victory was assured, resulting in his death.

Of course, there are also successful examples, such as a Beastmaster who contracted a triplet of Spirit Beasts and frequently challenged levels above him by relying on the cooperation of the three Spirit Beasts.

Lin Chen had them train a few more times, and their synergy improved somewhat.

But Lin Chen could see that Xiao Hong and Xiaobai were under a lot of pressure, especially Xiaobai, who simply couldn't relax.

Lin Chen also understood that to alleviate this pressure, Xiao Hong was the key.

It's not that the Little Fox is at fault; it's just that, as of now, Xiao Hong's combat strength is too weak to significantly aid in battles at Xiaobai's level.

Rather than asking it to help, it might be simpler to just charge ahead and get it done.

Lin Chen naturally sensed its thoughts and had them sit down.

"Xiao Hei, you sit down too."

Xiao Hei sat as ordered, and all three Spirit Beasts were very attentive.

"Xiaobai, I need to correct one of your perspectives first; no matter how weak, anything that can hurt the self is ultimately deadly," Lin Chen illustrated, "like the Unicorn, isn't it harmless? You three want to beat it up, shouldn't it be straightforward?"

The Three Beasts nodded.

"But when facing the Ghost Hunting Wolf, would you be able to devastate it without the Unicorn?" Lin Chen asked.

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