Chapter 41 - Blazingly Fiery Birdie
Was Ying Huo just a high-tier six-star lifebound beast? Of course not, since the star orb couldn't recognise the blood of a Primordial Chaos Beasts. Ever since it became a lifebound beast, the potential within its blood was hidden, and the orb could only detect what was revealed. Everyone could see the six stars in its eyes, but who would have known that each star could be a starfield on its own?
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As Li Tianming and Mu Wan talked, most people in the stadium were restless as they still did not know who this mysterious youth was and where he came from.
"What is the species of this little chick?" Mu Wan asked. She considered herself to be quite knowledgeable for a chief mentor, but the six-star little chick was beyond her ken.
"The... the Blazingly Fiery Birdie...?" Li Tianming came up with a random name on the spot. Ying Huo, the Aeternal Infernal Phoenix, was clearly unsatisfied with this lame name, but before it could complain, Li Tianming shut it up by grabbing onto its beak.
At the same time, Chief Mentor Mu Wan announced, "Li Tianming, your lifebound beast is the Blazingly Fiery Birdie, a high-tier six-star lifebound beast at ninth level of the beast vein stage."
In actual fact, Li Tianming was still at the eighth level of Beast Vein stage. But when Mu Wan tested the little chick's beast ki, it was clearly stronger than that of a beast at ninth level. Since she could see that they had clearly not reached Spiritsource stage, she could only classify it under ninth level Beast Vein.
The announcement came as a shock, not because of the little chick's grade, since everyone witnessed the light from the star orb for themselves. What really caught people's attention was the name Li Tianming. Gossip rippled across the stadium, as those who knew of the scandal three years ago told it to those who didn't. Soon, the whole stadium would be aware of who he was, and it wouldn't take long before the entire institute and even the capital would hear of his return!
That was also part of Li Tianming's goals today. He was never afraid of making a scene, and in fact, his plans for revenge would eventually place him in the spotlight anyway. Since it was going to happen sooner or later, he might as well make use of this opportunity to declare his return, and spare himself from the same damn response every time someone realised he was back in Ignispolis.
"Li Tianming! He was the punk who drugged Lin Xiaoting's girlfriend three years ago and had his lifebound beast executed!" It didn't take long for the whole stadium to know the story. To add fuel to the fire, the other person involved in this story, Lin Xiaoting, was the number one genius in the institute, the idol of countless disciples here.
At that moment, Li Tianming could hear the myriad of insults thrown at him, as well as countless contemptuous looks directed his way. Yet, he stood as calm as the sea, as he had seen all these coming his way. Such was life, and the only way he could prove himself was to become even stronger, strong enough to overthrow those who had defamed him.
To be honest, he even enjoyed part of the attention, as he could certainly feel that there were people panicking because of him. Take the example of Chen Ding and Chen Ying queuing behind him. They had known Li Tianming's identity for quite some time, but when his six-star lifebound beast was revealed, they couldn't hide their horror. Especially not when the 'scum' they looked down on was better than not just themselves, but also the brother Yao they so admired.
It was interesting to watch their expressions, but it was still incomparable to that of Li Yanfeng and Liu Qing's. Having thought that the little chick was just a one-star wildbeast, they had long come to the conclusion that Li Tianming was a nitwit who could never climb out of the Beast Vein stage. This was also one of the key factors why Li Yanfeng gave up on this son of his. But now, with the result from the star orb showing them how wrong they were, the pair stared at each other awkwardly.
