Chapter 374: Substitute? First Experience of the Team Competition…

Wang Che: “…”

He looked at it in surprise.

Was there a need to make arrangements for its funeral now?

“By the way…”

The Super Illusion Dragon looked at the Silver True Dragon on the Soul Tempering Tree behind it, “Tell it to help me raise Little Silver.”

“This…”

Wang Che hesitated.

“I don’t have long to live. I can only live for a hundred years,” the Super Illusion Dragon said calmly. “My body has long been corroded by the energy here. I’m not the Sky God Dragon. My body is not strong. What you see is only something I constructed with mental strength.”

“As for Little Silver, it’s the bloodline of my race. Since the Sky God Dragon can recover, it should be able to walk out of the Soul Earth in the future. Even if it can’t, it will live longer than me. It will still help in this matter.”

A hundred years was actually quite long for humans.

…

To the dragon race… It was a little short.

“Why didn’t you ask for help from humans?” Wang Che frowned, “After so many years, you shouldn’t be wary of humans, right?”

“Humans are concerned about the end of their lifespan. Even Heavenly Kings have to prepare for their own deaths.” The Super Illusion Dragon chuckled, “In the past thousands of years, I’ve seen countless human experts. They were experts who dominated an era, but in the end, they were only skeletons. They couldn’t even overcome it… let alone help me.”

“As for Little Silver, she’s the only bloodline left of my Super Illusion Dragon Race. Naturally, she has to be nurtured by us dragons. At the very least, it has to be a True Dragon. If not for the fact that my lifespan is ending and it’s related to me, I wouldn’t entrust Little Silver to it.”

Wang Che thought to himself, ‘Although soul beasts and humans have joined forces,

as the former top overlord of the continent, the True Dragon Race still has its pride.’

Just like in the present world, there were many dragon soul pets.

However, Wang Che had never seen a dragon soul pet with the bloodline of a True Dragon.

This kind of True Dragon might be born with the Transcendent grade. Once it matured, its strength was difficult to estimate.

As for lifespan, there was indeed nothing to say.

Even among immortal cultivators, there were countless who had their immortal path cut off because of their lifespan.

However, according to the Sky God Dragon, this Super Illusion Dragon was the same age as it… It should still have a long lifespan.

The Sky God Dragon was an adult and was still far from old age. As for old age, there were still thousands of years.

“No problem.” Wang Che nodded, “If there’s anything else you need help with, I’ll try my best.”

Of course, it was just a polite greeting.

With the Super Illusion Dragon’s strength and realm, Wang Che could not help much at this stage.

“Now that you mention it, I do need your help with something,” the Super Illusion Dragon pondered.

Wang Che: “…”

“Tell me,” Wang Che could only reply.

“Do you know about the Dragon Ball?” The Super Illusion Dragon asked.

“The power source of your True Dragon Race?” Wang Che asked.

“That’s right.”

The Super Illusion Dragon flew into the clouds in the void, “The source of our True Dragon Race’s power, the Dragon Ball. I lost this during the Fallen Ancient Era.”

“As for my race’s Dragon Ball, the Super Illusion Dragon Ball, it’s very important to our race. However, to find this thing, it requires extremely powerful spatial power. After the war, I originally wanted it to help me find it. Unexpectedly, after repairing the Floating Forest, it fell asleep and slept for so long.”

“Later on, everything changed.”

The Super Illusion Dragon looked at the Silver True Dragon that was still staring at Wang Che behind the Soul Tempering Tree, “The Super Illusion Dragon Ball is not only the source of our power, but it’s also the symbol of a treasure passed down from generation to generation in our Super Illusion Dragon Ball. Without that, it can’t grow into a true Super Illusion Dragon.”

“I don’t know when it will wake up. However, you have a soul pet that has inherited its bloodline and power. Coupled with your human training, it will soon obtain the spatial power of the Sky God Dragon. At that time, it will also have the ability to help me find the Super Illusion Dragon Ball.”

“All these years, I’ve also asked some humans to help me search, but they haven’t found anything. They didn’t even discover any traces.”

“Only a powerful human who specializes in spatial power has helped me pay attention. He knows the location.”

“Unfortunately, the spatial power he specializes in can’t let him obtain the Super Illusion Dragon Ball. Perhaps only the Sky God Power can obtain the Super Illusion Dragon Ball.”

After hearing this, Wang Che pondered for a moment and nodded.

“No problem.”

After all, he had benefited from it.

When the little caterpillar completely inherited the power of the Sky God Dragon, it should not be a problem to obtain a Dragon Ball.

“Thank you in advance. If there’s nothing else, I’ll send you off,” the Super Illusion Dragon said.

The next moment, the surrounding scenery changed. Wang Che was slightly dazed as he returned to the island again. He followed the passageway and returned to the location of the three Heavenly Kings.

“Hmm?” Jiang Ming looked at Wang Che and was slightly stunned, “So fast? You saw the Super Illusion Dragon?”

“Yes,” Wang Che said.

“How was it?” The Cloud Sky Heavenly King asked.

“It went smoothly.” Wang Che thought about it.

Other than the small issue with the fake Super Illusion Dragon, everything was fine.

“Alright, let’s go back.” Heavenly King Zhan waved his hand, “It’s good that it went smoothly. I’m just afraid that there will be some trouble.”

They did not ask about Wang Che’s encounter.

To be able to come out so quickly, he was probably only sending some information for the Sky God Dragon.

——

After returning to school, Wang Che and the three little guys began to cultivate.

“To Bear Treasure, there’s no need to worry about the cultivation in the next period of time, as well as the advancement of its Divine Might and Overlord’s Strength. It might not need the Strength God Metal Stone and Spirit Divine Bead now. It can use them after completely mastering these two powers.”

“Regarding the Titan True Body, we can go and see the Titan Beast every week and help train it. Its cultivation speed should increase very quickly.”

“The little caterpillar can absorb the Power of Life Earth and condense the earth soul essence. It can cultivate a few spatial soul skills after that.”

“The Magnetic Sword has grasped the Heavenly Tribulation Divine Lightning and cultivated a few mechanical-type soul skills.”

“I’ll hatch this little Firefly Dream Spirit.”

Wang Che pondered. Everything seemed to be going smoothly.

He had basically paved the path before ten thousand years of cultivation.

“Next is to steadily cultivate to ten thousand years of cultivation. When the little caterpillar evolves for the first time… I’ll stockpile intermediate soul plants and cultivate to Level 30 to open the third level of the Myriad Treasures Dao Palace.”

“We can slow down a little.”

“They have to master the various soul skills and powers to the limit before reaching the next step.”

“It’s almost the end of May. The King’s Cup preliminaries have ended?”

Wang Che thought about it.

The King’s Cup involved the entire war zone’s universities.

Every school had a fixed quota.

The preliminaries were for each academy to choose the most powerful students.

After the preliminaries, it was the King’s Competition in the middle of June.

It was divided into individual and group competitions. The results were calculated independently and did not affect each other.

There were ten spots in the Forest Academy’s individual competition.

The spots for the team competition were divided into two teams, each with four fixed members.

Therefore, usually, the Forest Academy would send two teams to participate in the competition. They could include all ten spots in the individual competition.

Of course, there were also some students who were not interested in the team competition.

Top universities, such as the North River Academy, usually had three teams. There were more spots in the individual competition, 15 to 20.

The spots for these two competitions were not conflicting.

They could not only obtain a spot in the individual competition, but also in the team competition.

Or, without an individual spot, one could still obtain a spot in the team competition and participate in the King’s Cup competition.

Wang Che did not need to participate in the preliminaries.

He had a spot in the individual competition.

This was related to the Winter Agricultural Festival last year and the Earth Fire Competition two months ago.

For example, some hidden rewards of the Earth Fire Competition could save him from participating in some unnecessary competitions.

This was because for some top students in many universities, the preliminaries were basically a waste of time.

Therefore, if Wang Che wanted to participate in the King’s Cup, he could directly prepare for the official competition in the middle of June.

However, if he wanted to obtain a spot in the team competition, he had to find a team with the qualifications to participate in the team competition. It was fine as long as a team was willing to accept him.

“Do I need to find a team?”

Wang Che thought about it.

In the first place, should he participate in the team competition?

This was a problem.

It usually took at least a month to find a team.

“It’s too wasteful. It’s not impossible to only participate in the individual competition.”

“If I want to go further in the team competition, a good team is usually indispensable.”

In fact, at this stage, most of the students who wanted to participate in the King’s Cup already had teams and had obtained a spot in the team competition.

Of course, it was not that no one had invited him.

They were all rejected.

Among the first-year students, there were very few who wanted to participate in the King’s Cup.

First-year students who had some knowledge would not participate.

This was because they could not even pass the preliminaries or snatch a spot.

“Why don’t you come to our team as a substitute?”

Just as Wang Che was deep in thought, Senior Shen Mingluan sent a message.

“Substitute?”

Wang Che was stunned.

“That’s right, that’s right. There can be a substitute in the team!”

Shen Mingluan visited. She pursed her lips and smiled, “You’re too strong. If you find a normal teammate, basically no one in your first year can be your teammate.”

“Moreover, in the team competition, there are usually many factions. The requirements for the combination are very harsh. It’s fine if you’re not strong, because your individual strength will be greatly restricted. It’s hard to say who will win in the battle of factions. Therefore, many teams will hide an ace among their substitutes.”

“It will make it difficult for the other party to develop the team’s tactics.”

“As a substitute, you don’t need to compete in every match,” Shen Mingluan said. “You only need to go on stage in some key matches. You can consider it. If you participate in both the individual and team competitions, you can receive two rewards.”

“Therefore, usually, some top students will participate in both competitions.”

Hearing Shen Mingluan say that, Wang Che felt that it was not bad.

The team competition emphasized cooperation, soul pet combination, soul skill combination, martial soul combination, and so on. There were many variables.

It was common to defeat the strong as the weak.

The individual competition was purely based on individual and soul pet strength.

“Now that you mention it, I’m a little interested.”

Wang Che nodded.

The substitute was not bad. He did not need to participate in every match.

Moreover, the substitutes here were usually the trump cards hidden by every team.

He was definitely not a substitute in the conventional sense.

There was no need to participate in every match, which meant that there was no need to adapt.

The so-called trump card was the key. It could display unexpected power at the crucial moment and turn the situation around.

It did not have to be strong, but it had to be special!

“That’s great. Find a time and experience the team competition first!”

Shen Mingluan smiled and said, “You might have seen the team competition, but you shouldn’t have experienced it yet. We happen to have a team training competition with the North River Academy. Why don’t you come and experience it?”

“Of course!”