"Fortunately, I know a 'secret' that's not really a secret; otherwise, I wouldn't have the confidence to successfully grow the Yellow Seed Gourd."

Li Cunxu stared at the Yellow Seed Gourd in the yellow soil, murmuring to himself.

The 'secret' that's not really a secret is that the special 'soil' required for the growth of a Seed Gourd is related to the color of the gourd itself.

For example, the 'soil' required for the Yellow Seed Gourd could be yellow earth, yellow wood, yellow copper, gold, yellow jade, gold-inlaid jade dew... anything related to the color yellow.

The 'soil' required for the Blue Seed Gourd could be blue seawater, blue freshwater, blue earth, blue gold, sapphire, blue sky water... anything related to the color blue.

Why is it called a 'secret' that's not really a secret?

This secret is known by many in the upper echelons, but ordinary people are not aware of it.

Also, the required soil is related to its ability, such as the Yellow Seed Gourd that was previously grown using 'Yellow Stone' as the soil, hence it was named 'Yellow Stone Gourd'. This gourd has the ability to absorb yellow stone, enhancing the weight and hardness of the Yellow Stone Gourd.

A Yellow Stone Gourd weighing tens of thousands of tons smashed down, killing a King on the spot.

For example, the Yellow Seed Gourd grown before that had its soil from 'the Golden Light of the Sun', and this gourd was named 'Golden Light Gourd'. Its ability is the flow of golden light, which can convert sunlight into 'Golden Light Liquid', and consuming the golden light liquid allows for rapid escape, making it a Divine Artifact for fleeing.

The most interesting thing about Seed Gourds is that everyone grows different gourds with different abilities.

However, the difficulty of growing one is also high.

The next day.

The Yellow Seed Gourd planted in the yellow soil did not sprout, and Li Cunxu knew it had failed, so he switched to a different 'soil'.

This time, the yellow 'soil' was soybeans.

The final day of the Strongest Newcomer Cup finals began.

The six became three yesterday.

Today's competition format is a match among the three, and the one who wins against two is the champion.

Before the match, someone specifically informed Li Cunxu to take it slow, and if he could avoid a one-hit kill, he should, as it would otherwise make the match less enjoyable and the audience would not like it.

Li Cunxu was displeased and said, "You say don't one-hit kill and I won't? What if I mess up because of this?"

The supervisor hurriedly said, "There will be compensation. As long as you don't one-hit kill, whether you win or lose, we'll give you a share of elite-level resources."

"A share of rare-level resources, or I won't agree," Li Cunxu urged, "Hurry up, I'm about to go on stage."

"Alright."

"Don't go back on your word, it's recorded."

Li Cunxu shook his phone, and the supervisor's face turned dark, cursing inwardly how cunning the youngsters are these days.

Walking through the empty player passage, Li Cunxu sneered.

The organizer telling me to slow down so the match stays entertaining, as if that would work!

A one-hit kill, taking down the opponent in seconds, the audience wouldn't like that? When the audience doesn't really know who the players are, they love watching an utterly one-sided battle.

Besides, the organizer has signed a contract for fairness and justice, and they wouldn't do anything to affect a player's performance, which would affect the match's fairness.

"It should be the families behind those two players causing trouble."

"Maybe they don't want their kid to lose too embarrassingly, or maybe they want to use this to interfere with my performance, allowing their kid to win."

Regardless of which, Li Cunxu didn't care.

Just little tricks, useless against someone as experienced as him.

The first opponent was Zhang Shuihuo from the Yin Yang Zhang Family, his pet beast was the Ice and Fire Sword Rider.

Ice and Fire Sword Rider, an ice and fire dual-type pet beast, unique to the extreme north.

Cloaked in a mysterious blue ice armor, with blue flames at the joints, holding a snow-dropping Ice Sword in one hand, and a blazing Fire Sword in the other, it looked magnificently cool.

Li Cunxu was envious to death.

If he had enough contract slots, he would've definitely contracted one.

Zhang Shuihuo, from beginning to end, stayed silent on stage, making Li Cunxu a bit puzzled as to why he didn't speak.

The Yin Yang Zhang Family is usually talkative, skilled in sarcastic trash talk, often angering their opponents into irrationality.

Their most famous feat was Zhang Family's Yin and Yang King infuriating a King into fainting before the fight even started.

Zhang Shuihuo also loves trash talk; today, he didn't talk trash because he feared embarrassment.

Talking a bunch of trash only to be defeated by the other side's Slime, how embarrassing would that be?

The referee said, "The battle begins."

"Ice and Fire Sword Rider, sharpen the blades."

The Ice and Fire Sword Rider rubbed its two swords together, sparks flying, making the blades sharper.

Zhang Shuihuo's eyes turned one white and one black, extremely bizarre.

"Yang Spirit General, possess."

A Yang Spirit General emitting a faint golden light entered the Ice and Fire Sword Rider, boosting its momentum significantly.

"Xiaoruan, create a field advantage, spread the poisonous mist across the field."

While the Ice and Fire Sword Rider was enhancing its true form, the purple poisonous mist had already covered half the field.

"Ice and Fire Sword Rider, charge in, use the spinning sword wind."

The Ice and Fire Sword Rider spun like a top, sweeping up the poisonous mist with its sharp sword wind.

The sword wind came in full circle, attacking from all angles. Xiaoruan, hidden in the poisonous mist, was hit; the sword wind shattered its Constant Light Armor, slicing its iron-like body, leaving a faint mark.

The commentator was stunned for a second or two, then shouted excitedly.

"Oh my God! Am I seeing things? I actually saw the exclusive racial skill [Constant Light Armor] of the Holy Lotus Carp on the Slime. Although the light armor is weak and shatters on touch, it is well known that Constant Light Armor is a growth skill, and it can be strengthened by sunbathing; over time, the armor's strength is immeasurable."

"Cyan Lotus Sword Blade, Constant Light Armor, such a little Slime actually has two divine skills, could it be a holy attribute Slime?"

Watching the live stream, Elder Li Shihuo immediately stood up.

"Constant Light Armor, how did the Slime master this racial skill? Is it another holy banquet, but even family members with many fish scales used as holy meals haven't mastered this skill, and this one mastered two."

The battle continued.

Li Cunxu thought, "Xiaoruan, isn't good at fighting high-speed, high-attack pet beasts like the Ice and Fire Sword Rider, need to end it quickly."

The Ice and Fire Sword Rider is equivalent to an assassin, while Xiaoruan is like a Mage, and assassins are highly skilled at taking down remote fragile Mages.

"Cyan Lotus Sword Blade."

The commentator exclaimed, "There it is, the Cyan Lotus Sword Blade, can the Ice and Fire Sword Rider withstand this extreme attack?"

Zhang Shuihuo quickly said, "Fire-Breaking Sword."

The Fire-Breaking Sword, a fire-type Silver skill, seeks weaknesses in the enemy's skill and breaks through with one strike.

The fire on the sword surged, slashing the weak point of the Cyan Lotus Sword Blade, holding for two seconds before scattering the blue glow.

The commentator said, "The Ice and Fire Sword Rider used the Fire-Breaking Sword, a skill specialized for countering wood-type abilities, successfully nullifying the Cyan Lotus Sword Blade."

Li Cunxu squinted his eyes; the Ice and Fire Sword Rider's Fire-Breaking Sword seemed rather unfamiliar, as if it had been recently learned. This skill is quite niche and rarely seen, likely learned specifically to counter the Cyan Lotus Sword Blade.

"Continue with the Cyan Lotus Sword Blade."

Xiaoruan continued to unleash the Cyan Lotus Sword Blade, and the Ice and Fire Sword Rider used the Ice-Breaking Sword to cancel it out.

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