Central Square of the General Assembly Hall, Ring No. 19.

"In the next game, Li Pu will fight against Ma He."

"Two classmates, please come to the stage immediately."

An ordinary-looking male referee teacher about 45 years old stood in the ring and announced loudly.

Unlike other rings, there are especially many onlookers under ring 19.

"Wow! It's finally time to begin! ”

"The showdown is really exciting."

"Indeed, the first and second places in the race must be very interesting."

"Mind you, it's tied for second."

"What about juxtaposition, that's not bad, right?"

"It's just, it's like you're racing as if you're in a good position."

The battle list was drawn yesterday, and in the first round, it was the one that attracted the most attention from the freshmen.

So before it started, people gathered here early.

Under the instructions of the referee, a boy quickly stepped into the ring.

He was one of the four people who arrived second only to Li Pu in the race, Ma He.

Ma He is not alone, he is accompanied by his own summoned beasts.

A sturdy guy with a beast head and a human body in a non-combat form.

Generally speaking, half-beast and half-human summoned beasts are more beautiful in appearance, but this summoned beast is different.

It is more than two meters tall, strong and fat, fat and fat.

What's more important is that the beast's head is...... Hippopotamus.

Such an appearance immediately caused a whisper around him.

"He's one of the runners in a tie for second?"

"Ugly Summoned Beast ......"

"Indeed, it's pretty much the ugliest guy I've ever seen."

"Don't underestimate it, Ma He has basically no opponents in the Wisdom Pavilion recently."

"......, do you mean that the summoning beast that looks stupid belongs to the wisdom department?"

"Sure enough, you can't judge beasts by their appearance, this is too deceptive."

Many of these discussions reached Ma He's ears, and he didn't care about it, because he had long been used to hearing them.

What does it matter if you are ugly, you just need to be strong enough.

Don't look at the way he seems to be able to only assist Fu Erdai, in fact, it's just that the fire gnat in the South Forest is more suitable to be the main force, if you really want to change the environment, you really can't say who is the main and who is the auxiliary.

However, Ma He stood in the ring for a while, but he never saw Li Pu's figure.

"Li Pu, please take the stage immediately, otherwise it will be directly regarded as a waiver."

At this time, the referee spoke again.

"Teacher, wait a minute, maybe something happened to him!"

Wu Guinan, who happened to be in the audience, quickly stood up.

Now his mood is an anxious one.

But I don't know where that kid Li Pu ran.

In the past two weeks, they have seen each other only a handful of times.

Except for one time when he made a special trip to repay the money, the rest of the time Wu Guinan and he just met by chance in the dormitory.

The most important thing is that the guy doesn't have a mobile phone yet, and he can't be contacted if he wants to.

"Hmph."

However, when the referee heard this, he frowned: "Rules are rules, can you tell it to wait when you encounter a monster." ”

"I'll say it one last time."

"Li Pu, please take the stage immediately, otherwise it will be directly regarded as a waiver."

So, he issued an ultimatum.

"No, Li Pu is going to abstain?"

"It's a pity, I still want to see what he really looks like, I heard that he is super handsome."

"Tsk, I'm looking forward to it."

"It can't be an accident, I've heard people say that he seems to run outside the school every day."

"Crow's mouth, you, hurry up and bump."

Everyone said a word, and some people even put forward bad ideas, which were immediately refuted by Wu Guinan.

"Here we are."

Fortunately, at this time, a slow voice came through the crowd.

"Huh?"

Relying on the topography of the ring, the referee took the lead in seeing Li Pu's figure, and couldn't help frowning slightly to express his doubts.

I saw that at this time, he was dragging the corpse of an unknown large plant demonic beast, limping towards the ring.

(I heard that this kid can go in and out of the south gate freely to hunt, but...... ）

(What the hell is this?) ）

The referee had also heard about Li Pu's situation, but he had the impression that there was no such magical beast in the South Forest.

It looks like a green radish, but if you look closely, it has hands, feet, and a head.

The point is that it's huge, almost a third of the ring.

And I don't know if it was because the body was not cleaned up or what, as Li Pu dragged it, the big green radish also left a trace of water stains on the ground.

"Wow, what kind of monster is that?"

"With such a big size, it should be amazing, right?"

"It turns out that the rumors are all true, he is really hunting demonic beasts!"

"The key is that this monster is too big, and it is estimated that it will not be cheap if it is sold to the trading station."

Everyone retreated to make way for Li Pu, and exchanged heads and ears.

"You're finally here!"

Wu Guinan walked in front of Li Pu and breathed a long sigh of relief.

“？ Why are you wearing a strange hat? ”

However, Li Pu was attracted by his bizarre shape.

"What a hat, this is a rolling turtle."

Wu Guinan turned the thing on his head, revealing the head of the rolling turtle.

It turned out that this strange hat was the non-combat form of the rolling turtle, a miniature version of the little turtle.

【Roll~】

The Rolling Turtle stretched its neck and said hello in a low and docile manner.

【Grass...】

The big green radish that Li Pu was dragging twitched slightly.

"Huh?! W-This thing is ......."

Wu Guinan suddenly wanted to see a ghost, and his words couldn't be said clearly.

"Li Pu-san?"

At this time, the referee teacher walked to the edge of the ring and asked.

"Yes, teacher."

Li Pu nodded in response.

Although he is not very interested in the ring, he certainly does not lose track of time.

The reason why I was late was because I was really delayed.

"The corpses of the demonic beasts you hunted should be stored outside, and should not be brought into the guild hall."

The referee who got the response couldn't help frowning again.

"Teacher, this is my summoned beast."

As a result, Li Pu's answer surprised the referee.

"What?"

Ma He, who was on the side, also froze when he heard this.

(Isn't his summoned beast a straw man?) ）

(Now it's like this?) ）

(I'm afraid it's not pig feed!) ）

Under his stunned gaze, the big green radish climbed into the ring with difficulty.

Whoa...

Due to the squeezing of the edge of the ring, a large pool of water flowed straight down.

"This summoned beast of yours...... Is it convenient to fight now? ”

Even the referee teacher couldn't help but question it.

"Uh..."

In fact, Li Pu is also thinking about this problem.

【Grass... Hastily...】

As a result, the straw man gave a faint answer.

"What did you say?"

When Li Pu heard this, his face suddenly changed.

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