Chapter 199 – Brutal Beastman Marshal vs. White Lotus, Black Lotus, Pitiful Plant Prince (26)
In reality, Bai Qian was completely defenseless against the representative from the Plant Empire, which furrowed Mu Jin’s brow. When it comes to mecha combat, the Beastman Empire has always had an absolute advantage. Especially Bai Qian, as the destined male lead, is one of the best among his peers.
It’s not that he couldn’t fail, but being effortlessly overwhelmed by the opponent made Mu Jin feel suspicious. After the competition ended, Bai Qian’s mecha was completely shattered.
What’s even more terrifying is that due to the intense attacks he suffered during the match, he unexpectedly fully activated his dragon bloodline. However, even so, when the resounding roar of the dragon echoed, adding a natural pressure around Bai Qian’s mecha, even the audience shivered with fear. But the opponent remained unmoved, indicating their formidable and unfathomable strength.
Thinking about this, Mu Jin couldn’t help but sink into contemplation. Throughout the entire plot, he had never heard of such a character. Even though the Plant Empire also has individuals with formidable combat strength, he didn’t recall hearing about someone like this.
A strong sense of oppression filled his heart, and he didn’t like the feeling of events slipping out of his control. Seeing Bai Qian defeated and severely injured, Mu Jin could only quickly run to his side, taking out the advanced potion he had prepared earlier and administering it to him.
After drinking the potion, Bai Qian’s condition seemed to improve significantly. Although the male lead now appeared to be on the verge of death, combined with the robust recovery ability of Beastman and the medicine Mu Jin made for him, he should be fine.
Next, Mu Jin saw the man opposite jump out of his mecha. He casually glanced at Bai Qian, who was severely injured and unconscious. The indifferent attitude towards life made Mu Jin couldn’t help but frown.
However, he didn’t expect that when he frowned, the man opposite actually turned his head, and their eyes met. For two seconds, Mu Jin didn’t know why, but he saw a strange smile in the expressionless eyes of the man.
The second match was in the field of mechanical manufacturing. The contestants were not tasked with creating a real mecha on-site but were instead asked to quickly assemble simulated mechas according to their design concepts and the parts provided.
These participants had high requirements for their control of the parts and various concepts. It could be seen that the boy sent by the Plant Empire indeed had great talent. However, due to the Plant Empire’s limited exposure to mechas, he was greatly limited. Despite his efforts, he lost to the Beastman Empire side.
The winning side would receive the Beastman Empire’s precious mecha manufacturing diagrams, which was one of the key objectives of the Second Prince this time. Seeing the Plant Empire lose, Mu Jin breathed a sigh of relief. After several rounds of competitions, both sides had their victories.
So, the overall winner of the tournament would depend on the outcome of the final potion-making competition. If one side could truly dominate in the overall score, they would be awarded the final grand prize.
The final reward presented by the Beastman Empire is a high-end mecha that can be connected with psychic power. Although this mecha’s technology is not the most advanced in the Beastman Empire, if the Plant Empire can bring it back for research, it would greatly benefit them.
As for the total reward offered by the Plant Empire, it consists of a highly advanced healing potion formula and one thousand bottles of grade A potions. The so-called grade A potions are something that Mu Jin had previously completed during laboratory practical exams. That single bottle had astonished the surrounding beastman.
Although successful production of grade A potions isn’t unheard of among people, Isaiah occasionally manages to produce one due to her luck. However, in the entire Beastman Empire, the annual production of grade A potions is less than two hundred bottles in total.
Moreover, the production of such first-grade potions mostly depends on luck. Sometimes, even if a grade A potion is produced, it may not necessarily be useful and could turn out to be mediocre. Therefore, grade A potions are extremely expensive in the Beastman Empire.
Offering one thousand bottles as a reward at once truly made Mu Jin marvel at their generosity. Therefore, the representative Isaiah sent by the Beastman Empire was particularly nervous at this moment.
Although Mu Jin’s performance in the last exam was the most outstanding, his identity as a prince of the Plant Empire made it too sensitive and awkward for him to participate. Under the dominance of Cromwell, no one dared to suggest Mu Jin participate. Moreover, pharmaceuticals have always been a weak point of the Beastman Empire, so the official consciousness did not think they would achieve anything significant in this project. However, they didn’t expect to lose in the mecha battle.
Isaiah’s psychic power is grade B, and her excellent results in pharmaceuticals undoubtedly come from her hard work. However, even so, due to the limitations of talent and the scarcity of teaching resources, her strength is still incomparable to those from the Plant Empire.
Isaiah naturally knows what losing this match would mean for her. So, at this moment, she can only try to calm her current mood and hope to win this match to fight for the interests of the Plant Empire.
Her opponent in the duel is a dark-haired Plant Empire girl, whose face bears very intricate totemic marks. With a graceful and charming figure, she exudes a fragrance that passes by, making the air fragrant. Seeing the nervous Isaiah nearby, a mocking smile appears on her face.
When the match begins, the Plant Empire girl calmly picks up the experimental equipment in front of her and leisurely starts refining the materials.
Basic refinement requires tools, but advanced refinement requires psychic power. Isaiah sees her opponent effortlessly separating impurities with psychic power during the refinement process. In no time, her opponent extracts a bottle of grade A potion and swiftly completes the competition.
Then, amidst the referee’s admiration, the girl turns to Isaiah , raises her eyebrows provocatively, and wears a smug smile on her face.
However, at this moment, Isaiah’s attention is completely focused not on the woman nearby but on a direction in the stands. She takes a deep breath, looks in the direction of the stands, then holds her breath, closes her eyes, and silently feels the fluctuation of the potion’s energy in front of her.
Isaiah’s psychic thread extended slowly. Although others couldn’t see it, Mu Jin knew that Isaiah’s psychic power was no longer in thread form at this moment. Instead, it had aggregated into tools like blades, slowly cutting away the impurities before separating them.
Perhaps due to her lack of proficiency, the whole process was exceptionally slow. Only after extracting all the impurities did Isaiah finally breathe a sigh of relief.
She looked down at the completely clear potion in front of her, her eyes filled with anxiety and joy. Raising her hand, she signaled that she had completed the task of the competition.
There wasn’t even a need for the referee to judge; everyone saw Isaiah ‘s clear potion. Even though the potion of the nearby Plant Empire contestant had colorful hues, it couldn’t compare to the purity of Isaiah’s potion.
Clearly, Isaiah’s potion must be above grade A. The referee ultimately announced that the representative of the Beastman Empire had won the final victory.
Upon hearing the final verdict, the dark-haired Plant Empire girl showed an expression of disbelief on her face. She immediately ran over to Isaiah and stared fixedly at the bottle of grade A or higher potion.
Sensing the pure energy fluctuations in the potion, she couldn’t help but admit that the potion in front of Isaiah was indeed much better than hers.
Although there are some masters in the Plant Empire who can produce S-grade potions, it’s extremely impressive for someone her age to easily produce A-grade potions. As one of the top talents in the Plant Empire, she has always been highly praised.
Usually, she relies on her abilities and her family’s power to act recklessly. This time, competing with the Beastman Empire, she didn’t even take Isaiah seriously, let alone imagine that she would lose one day, especially to an orc whom she looked down upon the most.
The girl clenched her fists. However, her attention was no longer on Isaiah or the potion in front of her. She knew what failure meant. Although the Second Prince appeared gentle and courteous, as someone close to the prince, she naturally knew his true character.
Losing this match would ruin the plans of His Royal Highness the Second Prince. She could already imagine the fate awaiting her and her family behind her, and she was led away from the arena in despair.
Although the Plant Empire also won many matches, the overall defeat in the final score made Prince Mu Jin unable to maintain a smile on his face.
Watching the people around him eagerly looking at the victor on the field, Mu Jin’s eyes were gloomy at this moment. He turned his head to look at the tall man with red hair and red eyes not far away. It was him, that man who clearly said he had a way to get everything he wanted.
If it weren’t for his words, how could he have brought himself to request the Emperor to participate in this competition, even using his private funds?
Although the previous match in mecha manufacturing didn’t result in victory, leaving him with no hope for the mecha manufacturing blueprint, bringing back a high-end mecha controlled by psychic power to the Plant Empire could still completely eliminate the hopes of other princes to inherit the throne.
But the result was completely different from what that man had said. Not only did he lose, but he also had to offer advanced potion formulas and a thousand bottles of grade A potions. How could the Second Prince not feel resentful and sore about this?
He bitterly wanted to tear apart the person who dared to manipulate him into pieces. But when he thought that even the Crown Princess, Mu Ya, was effortlessly dealt with by the other party and now was completely incapable of inheriting the throne, he didn’t dare to challenge the other party easily.
This person is too mysterious, instinctively making him feel dangerous. If it weren’t for the throne, he wouldn’t want to deal with such a formidable opponent.
However, it doesn’t matter; he still has one card left. Mu Jin’s eyes glanced subtly at Mu Jin, who was sitting quietly beside Cromwell, and a sarcastic smile appeared on his face.
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