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Chapter 72 - Chapter 71: Preparations and the Vanguard

The announcement of the Federation Academy Tournament transformed the academy overnight. The peaceful, routine campus grounds were replaced by an atmosphere of intense preparation. Training grounds were continuously occupied from dawn till dusk, and the sound of spellcasting and beasts roaring echoed across the facilities.

While most students rushed to form teams or focused on brute-force physical training, Sonu approached his preparations with a clear, systematic strategy.

He entered the academy's private high-grade training chamber, locking the doors to ensure absolute privacy.

Inside the vast, gravity-adjusted arena, Sonu summoned his core setup.

A silver flash materialized, and the Void Fox landed lightly on the stone floor, its three tails swaying gently. Beside it, the soft, ambient light of the Gladehart illuminated the chamber.

Sonu checked their current progress.

The Void Fox sat at Level 40, possessing a staggering 30,000 Speed—a stat that outclassed most high-tier beasts purely on mobility—backed by its Spatial Law Bloodline. However, its base Attack remained relatively modest at 2,000.

"Your role isn't direct engagement," Sonu said, crouching down to face the small spatial beast. "In a tournament setting against multi-race opponents, crowd control and spatial manipulation are far more dangerous than simple physical power."

The Void Fox let out a soft sound, tilting its head in agreement.

Sonu tested its response times with Blink.

"Blink left. Target five meters behind."

Whoosh.

Without a moment of delay, the fox dissolved into spatial ripples, reappearing instantly behind the dummy target. The transition was smooth, costing a precise 500 Mana.

"Now, sequence into Fold Step," Sonu commanded.

The Void Fox narrowed its eyes. Its spatial aura flared as space between Sonu and the beast folded like a compressed sheet of paper. Instantly, Sonu felt the spatial pull, swapping positions with the fox in the blink of an eye.

The coordination was becoming seamless. The 20% boost to Sonu's Space-Attribute mastery granted by the fox's Law Resonance passive skill made his own spatial perception far sharper during the execution.

Next, Sonu turned his attention to the Gladehart.

At Level 50, with 100,000 HP and a constant +100/sec Mana Regeneration, the deer was the ultimate backline support.

"You don't need to fight," Sonu reminded the Gladehart as he patted its smooth, glowing flank. "Your job is absolute survival and sustain."

The Gladehart released a gentle melody-like cry, its non-aggressive nature perfectly suited for support. Sonu ran it through evasive drills, combining its Speed Boost with Wild Charge not to attack, but to instantly reposition away from high-threat zones while keeping its passive and active healing skills focused on the rest of the team.

Deep within his Tamer Seal, the rest of his roster provided an unseen, massive foundation.

The two Tyrant Trees, each at Level 150 with a massive 2,000,000 HP, sat anchored as immovable fortresses. Their vine control, poison, and Life Share abilities provided an almost unbreakable defensive net.

Meanwhile, the World Tree Sapling (Level 85) passively filled his Tamer Seal with rich, pure nature aura. With its 1,000/sec Mana Regeneration, Spatial/Mist skills, and its major stabilizing influence on the Tamer Seal itself, Sonu's internal space was fast becoming a sanctuary.

"Everything is in order," Sonu murmured, satisfied with his team's synergy.

A week later, the first official movement regarding the tournament began.

The academy administration summoned the top ten ranked students from the military training evaluation to the central assembly hall.

When Sonu entered, the hall was already populated by several familiar high-ranking students and senior academy instructors. The atmosphere was serious.

At the center of the hall stood Headmaster Vance, alongside a tall representative wearing the official silver-and-blue uniform of the Federation Central Military Council.

"Students," Headmaster Vance began, his voice carrying clearly through the hall. "As announced, the Federation Academy Tournament will commence in one month. However, this is not merely an internal academy event."

The Federation representative stepped forward, tapping a crystal projector on the central table. A holographic star map expanded above them, showing multiple planetary sectors and realm coordinates.

"This tournament is co-hosted across three major territorial zones," the representative explained. "We are expecting contingents from the Elven Sanctuaries, the Dwarven Forge-Realms, and several allied beast-skin tribes. Furthermore..."

The representative paused, adjusting his expression.

"...The tournament structure will feature both individual duels and large-scale team survival trials held within semi-open dimensional realms. Intelligence reports suggest that other races are bringing their absolute elite—prodigies who have cultivated under unique ancestral environments."

Murmurs broke out among the gathered top students.

"Elves with natural affinity for high-tier spirit beasts..." "Dwarven mechanists with rune-bound constructs..."

Sonu remained quiet, listening intently.

Headmaster Vance looked directly at Sonu, noticing his calm demeanor.

"Sonu," Vance called out. "As the top scorer of the recent military training, you will lead our academy's primary vanguard representative team."

The other top students looked toward Sonu. None of them voiced an objection. His performance during the military training—and the overwhelming power he had casually displayed—had already silenced any potential doubters.

"Understood," Sonu replied calmly.

"You will be granted full access to the Academy's High-Rank Training Grounds, resource vaults, and simulation chambers for the remainder of the month," Vance added. "Prepare yourself and your contracted beasts well. The Federation's reputation is at stake, but more importantly, the rewards for the top placement this year include access to ancient elemental secret realms."

Ancient elemental secret realms.

Sonu's eyes flickered slightly. That was something genuinely useful.

That evening, Sonu walked back toward his private residence along the academy path.

The night air was cool, and the bright moonlight cast long shadows across the stone walkways. Inside his Tamer Seal, the Void Fox woke up, sensing its master's focused thoughts.

It popped its head out through a small spatial ripple beside Sonu's shoulder, resting its chin lazily on his arm while floating along with him.

"You like being outside, don't you?" Sonu said with a light smile, stroking its soft, silver-white fur.

The Void Fox gave a comfortable purr, its three tails sweeping through the air, leaving faint silver trails of spatial energy behind them.

Sonu looked up at the night sky, thinking about the upcoming tournament, the foreign races, and the mysterious entity from the Crystal Canyon that had called him a thief.

"Let them come," Sonu said quietly into the night air. "Whether it's academy prodigies, foreign geniuses, or hidden realms... we'll take it all."

The Void Fox let out a sharp, confident yip in response as they disappeared into the quiet evening shadows.

Sonu — Comprehensive Status Panel

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║ STATUS PANEL ║

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║ Host Name : Sonu ║

║ Meaning : Handsome ║

║ Age : 18 Years ║

║ Current World : Tamer World ║

║ World Rank : 6-Star World ║

║ Game Level : Level 9 ║

║ System : Shop System ║

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║ System Functions: ║

║ • Purchase ║

║ • Sell ║

║ • Lottery ║

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Wealth & Currency

Spirit Coins : Trillions in Storage Shop Points : Multi-Millions Marvel USD Wealth : $500+ Billion Exchange Rate : 1 Spirit Coin = $500 USD Rainbow Coins : Official Currency of Genesis World⚔️

Power & Cultivation

Cultivation : Immortal Peak Level

Body Cultivation : True Immortal Level

 └─ Indestructible Body

 └─ Overload Peak

Soul Cultivation : True Immortal Level

 └─ Immortal Soul

 └─ Lord Peak

Mage Level : Class 12

Mage Rank : Tyrant Level

Talents & Special Abilities

1. ×100 — S-Rank

 Multiplies the contents of any opened treasure chest

 by 100.

2. Fusion — A-Rank

 Combines two or more items or same-attribute items

 into superior products.

3. Gamer's Body

 Allows Sonu to physically enter games while retaining

 his equipped gear.

4. Divine Scan

 Detects hidden items, treasures, treasure chests,

 threats and other objects across enormous distances.

5. Gender Blender — SSS-Rank

 Allows the definition or transformation of genders.

Shop System

System Name : Shop System

Main Functions:

• Purchase

• Sell

• Lottery

Shop Points : Multi-Millions

Spirit Coins : Trillions

Inner World

Origin : World Seed

Type : Independent Small World

Development : Independent Solar System

Features:

• Independent Solar System

• SSS-Grade Spiritual Ecology

• Undying Soil

• Ocean of Amrit

• Flying City

• Personal/Family Facilities

• Cultivation Areas

Divine Artifacts

Akshaya Patra

└─ Infinite duplication vessel

God Destroyer

└─ Divine Sword

Amrit

└─ Grants absolute immortality to body and soul

Sect Creation Token

└─ Used to establish the sect head branch on Installation 00

 from Halo

└─ 7 Halo Rings

Major Assets

The Ring

└─ 45 km radius

└─ Halo-ring space habitat

└─ Located between Earth and Moon

└─ Infinity Group Headquarters

Flying City

└─ Located inside Sonu's Inner World

Advanced Spaceship

└─ Personal advanced spacecraft

Rainbow Phoenix

└─ Divine Mount

Midgard Mansion

└─ Shi'ar Empire

└─ 20-story space headquarters

└─ Connected to Inner World

 Factions & Territories

Rainbow Empire

└─ Genesis World

└─ Capital City

└─ 8 surrounding sub-cities/towns

└─ SSS Divine Recruitment Palaces

Infinity Group

└─ Earth & Space Operations

└─ Headquarters: The Ring

Sect

└─ Head Branch established on Installation 00

 TAMER WORLD STATUS

Tamer Seal : EVOLVED

Reason : Void Fox — Spatial Law Bloodline

Current Special Feature:

• Expanded beast environments

• Increased spatial stability

• Individual living zones for contracted beasts

• Further evolution potential detected

Contracted Beasts

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1. GLADEHART

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Level : 50

Class : Mid-Level Support

HP : 100,000

Mana : 20,000

Mana Regen : +100/sec

ATK : 5,000

DEF : 4,000

SPD : 7,000

Skills:

• Passive Healing

• Active Healing

• Speed Boost

• Wild Charge

Nature:

• Peaceful

• Non-aggressive

• Fights only when necessary for survival

Status: Healthy

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2. TYRANT TREE

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Level : 150

HP : 2,000,000

Mana : 100,000

Mana Regen : +500/sec

ATK : 15,000

DEF : 10,000

SPD : 100

Skills:

• Vines

• Fruits

• Life Share

• Poison

• Minor Heal

Status: Healthy

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3. TYRANT TREE

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Level : 150

HP : 2,000,000

Mana : 100,000

Mana Regen : +500/sec

ATK : 15,000

DEF : 10,000

SPD : 100

Skills:

• Vines

• Fruits

• Life Share

• Poison

• Minor Heal

Status: Healthy

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4. WORLD TREE SAPLING

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Level : 85

HP : 1,000,000

Mana : 100,000

Mana Regen : +1,000/sec

ATK : 10,000

DEF : 10,000

SPD : 0

Skills:

• Mist

• Space

• Heal

• Birth — Locked

• Immunity

Special:

• Nature-based existence

• Major influence on Tamer Seal

• Potential to give birth to Nature Elves

 after reaching Level 500

Status: Healthy

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5. VOID FOX

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Level : 40

Bloodline : Spatial Law

Class : Spatial Beast

Tails : 3 / 9

HP : 20,000

Mana : 80,000

Mana Regen : +800/sec

ATK : 2,000

DEF : 1,500

SPD : 30,000

Skills:

• Blink

 └─ Teleports up to 500 m

 └─ Mana: 500

 └─ Cooldown: 10 sec

• Fold Step

 └─ Folds space between Sonu and the Void Fox

 └─ Allows mutual teleportation

 └─ Mana: 2,000

 └─ Cooldown: 1 min

• Void Tail

 └─ Currently Locked

 └─ Unlocks as the number of tails increases

 └─ Maximum: 9 tails

• Law Resonance

 └─ Strengthens Sonu's Space-Attribute mastery by 20%

Special:

• Spatial Law Bloodline

• Directly caused Tamer Seal evolution

Status: Healthy

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Tamer Seal — Current Inner Realm

Environment:

• Silver Valley

• Night Sky

• Stable spatial environment

• Individual beast territories

World Tree Sapling:

└─ Has extended a root toward the silver valley

Gladehart:

└─ Guards the surrounding area

Void Fox:

└─ Resides in the silver valley

Evolution Potential:

└─ Unknown

└─ Further changes may occur through rare beasts,

 higher laws, spatial powers and other unknown conditions.

 Inner Circle

Wives / Companions:

• Sol — Nature Elemental

• Ariel — Wind Elemental

• Lake — Water Elemental

• Ember — Fire Elemental

• Angel — Angel

• Luna — Royal Elf

• Rose — Earth Business Manager / CEO

• Pepper Potts — Mother of Sonia

Child:

• Sonia

Key Commanders / AIs:

• Nexus — Super-advanced AI

• Lily — Dandelion Monster / Supreme Intelligence

• Aria — Nephilim Judge / Military Chief

• Bella — Queen Bug / Hive Army Overseer

Current Progress

[✓] Immortal Peak Cultivation

[✓] True Immortal Body

[✓] True Immortal Soul

[✓] Class 12 Mage

[✓] Shop System

[✓] Inner World

[✓] Rainbow Empire

[✓] Infinity Group

[✓] Advanced Technology

[✓] Beast Taming

[✓] Evolved Tamer Seal

[✓] Spatial Law Bloodline Beast

[✓] Void Fox — 3 Tails

[✓] Academy Military Training

[✓] Survived Crystal Canyon

[✓] Defeated Rift Drake

[✓] Encountered Mysterious Entity

[✓] Returned Safely

[→] Federation Academy Tournament

[→] Training Contracted Beasts

Current Story Position: Sonu has returned from the dangerous Crystal Canyon portal and is preparing his contracted beasts for the upcoming Federation Academy Tournament, where students from allied races will also participate.

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