"Hiss..."

  Skaar sucked in a breath of cold air, daring not to think further.

  He turned and walked towards the arena. As he walked out of the preparation tunnel, commentator Jude took the initiative to introduce him.

  "Audience friends, now entering the arena is the third contestant from Ironpeak Academy, Skaar!"

  "In junior high, he was a super scholar second only to Genevieve."

  "On the eve of his junior high graduation, it was Vice-Principal King who personally visited his home with gifts and promises to persuade him to choose Ironpeak Academy."

  Leah nodded. "Perhaps everyone usually hears more about the names of Fly and 'Emperor' Valerius, but this Skaar is also a very powerful freshman."

  "You can tell just from the fact that Vice-Principal King spared no resources to recruit him into Ironpeak Academy."

  "I just don't know..."

  "Will Skaar's character be as good as his strength?"

  Even though Gareth had been eliminated, Leah still didn't miss the opportunity to mock him.

  On one hand, Gareth's methods were truly atrocious.

  They had even aroused the wrath of the audience.

  On the other hand, Leah was also intentionally or unintentionally hinting to Skaar not to use those underhanded means like Gareth.

  Leah's words naturally passed clearly into Skaar's ears.

  "Hehehe..."

  A bitter smile appeared on the corner of Skaar's mouth.

  Honestly, he also couldn't stand Gareth's style, but deep down, he could still understand Gareth.

  This Freshman Invitational was completely different from the past.

  In the past, the Freshman Invitational was almost always a solo show for Star City High, and other schools could at most compete for second place.

  But this year, Ironpeak Academy welcomed a gifted freshman, Gideon King. And Gideon King's mother, Vice-Principal King, also invested a lot of resources and poached a lot of talent.

  This move allowed everyone at Ironpeak Academy to see the hope of victory.

  Based on this relationship, and also to repay the appreciation and support of Gideon King and Vice-Principal King, Gareth wanted to ensure that Ironpeak Academy took first place.

  Even if the means were not honorable.

  "Fly..."

  Skaar muttered Fly's name, and after adjusting his mindset, he walked slowly onto the stage.

  "If you are ready, reveal your Beast Totem and prepare to start the battle," Referee Carlos said in a low voice.

  Because of Gareth, he had lost all good feelings towards Ironpeak Academy.

  "Mm." Skaar didn't say much and crisply revealed his Beast Totem.

  Fly's gaze narrowed slightly, and he was captivated by Skaar's Beast Totem at a glance.

  Behind Skaar was the phantom of a huge orange-yellow honeycomb. Above the honeycomb was a humanoid queen bee with a thin waist and broad shoulders. Two ruby-like compound eyes occupied nearly her entire head. From a distance, she looked like Etemon from Digimon who had fallen into a bundle of computer data cables, or like Vespiquen from the Pokémon games.

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  She held a wooden stick in her hand.

  But rather than a wooden stick, it was more like a magic wand.

  At least in Fly's eyes, that jet-black wooden stick carved with ancient patterns looked extremely like the magic wands in the novel Harry Potter from his past life.

  What Fly could be sure of was that Skaar's Beast Totem was definitely not some Primal Species. This strange combination was definitely not a creature that would exist in the real world; even in ancient times, there absolutely wasn't one.

  "Is this... a wizard?"

  Fly looked Skaar's Beast Totem up and down.

  No matter how he looked at it, this thing's temperament was extremely like the wizards in Harry Potter.

  "That's right." Skaar nodded.

  Gareth's previous performance was truly too despicable and had severely tarnished Ironpeak Academy's reputation, so Skaar wanted to salvage what he could. Moreover, Skaar took issue with Gareth's dirty tricks and naturally had no desire to be dragged into the filth with him. Skaar's conduct at this moment was as chivalrous as a knight; before the formal duel began, he took the initiative to introduce his Beast Totem to Fly.

  "My Beast Totem is called The Phantom Hivequeen. Like your Thunder-Roach, it is a Mythical Species."

  "As for why it's called 'Phantom,' the reason is simple. It can create a massive amount of clones, just like a queen bee commanding a bee swarm, launching an overwhelming strike against the enemy."

  "Its strength is very formidable."

  Skaar said with a serious face.

  It had to be said that after Skaar revealed his Beast Totem, the entire audience stand instantly reached a climax.

  This was the long-awaited Freshman Invitational, a battle between genius and genius.

  A contest between talent and talent!

  Even Leah, who had quite a few complaints about Ironpeak Academy, couldn't help but light up when she saw Skaar's Beast Totem.

  "Another Mythical Species! And a high-level Mythical Species at that!"

  As everyone knew, Mythical Species were creatures of imagination. The greater the deviation from reality and common sense, the stronger the power they contained.

  And Skaar's The Phantom Hivequeen was obviously not comparable to ordinary Mythical Species.

  Moreover, there were many rumors before the match that Gideon King's Beast Totem was also a Mythical Species.

  Does that mean all four contestants from Ironpeak Academy this time are Beast Warriors with Mythical Species totems? (Although Hank was artificially induced to mutate.)

  "Aren't Mythical Species Beast Totems supposed to be very rare?"

  Leah couldn't help but let out a sigh of emotion.

  "Actually, this is easy to explain," Jude said calmly. As a senior commentator, he was already accustomed to this.

  In previous years' Freshman Invitationals, Mythical Species Beast Totems had also appeared.

  "Although Mythical Species Beast Totems are particularly rare, think about it: who are the freshmen coming to participate in the Freshman Invitational?"

  "They are all the leaders of their respective schools, the chosen ones!"

  "They are the ones whom each school spent a large amount of resources to nurture carefully."

  "What's more, in order to suppress Star City High in this Freshman Invitational, Vice-Principal King of Ironpeak Academy did not hesitate to take out loans to invest a large amount of resources."

  "Four contestants, four Beast Warriors with Mythical Species totems. Even Star City High, known as the strongest locally, can't bring out such a lineup. So, the fact that Star City High has fallen into a passive situation now is, to a certain extent, excusable."

  "Mm." Leah nodded with a frown. She agreed with Jude's first few sentences, but was a bit unhappy with the last statement that "Star City High falling into a passive situation is excusable."

  "Mm." Leah nodded with a frown. She agreed with Jude's first few sentences, but was a bit unhappy with the last statement that "Star City High falling into a passive situation is excusable."

  She couldn't help but think:

  As the saying goes: Birds of a feather flock together. Leah didn't quite believe anyone could lie down with dogs and not get up with fleas.

  But in any case, Jude and Leah were still looking forward to this duel between geniuses.

  On the stage.

  Fly looked at Skaar's Beast Totem, his eyes shining.

  "Fly, you... what is that look in your eyes?" Skaar got goosebumps all over his body. He felt that Fly's eyes looking at him were full of fanaticism.

  "Perfect. Your Phantom Hivequeen... I'll take it!" Fly said, his eyes burning with desire.

  Only two Click-click sounds were heard. The Skill Husk Puppet was activated, and two Husks rushed directly towards Skaar.

  In any case, he hadn't figured out what the "Phantom" Skaar mentioned was about yet.

  Rushing up rashly with his main body wouldn't be a wise thing to do.

  "Come on." Skaar's throat bobbed as he gulped down his saliva.

  Behind him, the phantom of The Phantom Hivequeen shone brightly!