Evolve just like that? Everyone was momentarily stunned, then started discussing with rather unpleasant expressions:

"I was wondering why this person agreed to Franklin’s battle so readily; turns out they have a Pet Beast that evolves just like that!"

"Perhaps they’ve been waiting for someone to challenge them for a long time, and Franklin just happened to be the one who stepped up."

"Damn it, they’re using Franklin as a stepping stone to fame!"

Flame Sky Star once had a world-renowned battle, where a relatively unknown Beast Tamer challenged a highly popular A-level Beast Tamer.

Though it was just a challenge, the popularity of the A-level Beast Tamer was so high that their whereabouts could be posted online within moments of them stepping out.

Their battle attracted major media outlets, with people even traveling from other cities or countries just to watch.

During the battle, the popular A-level Beast Tamer sent out their signature Pet Beast.

Just when everyone thought the match was a foregone conclusion, the Pet Beast of the relatively unknown Beast Tamer shone with white light in front of the crowd, evolved, and became a Venerable Pet Beast just below a Divine Beast, winning the match.

Evolution during Pet Beast battles is common, but an Emperor Level Pet Beast evolving to Venerable Level is unprecedented. With major media present at the match and the victory against a super-popular A-level Beast Tamer, it became one of the classic matches in history, still talked about to this day.

Later, it was discovered that the Pet Beast which evolved to Venerable Level was a Pet Beast from Tianyuan Star named Reverse Battle Aogu. Its evolution pathway involves battling in adversity, rising from desperation amidst the sighs of the crowd to complete its transformation.

It could be said the person deliberately challenged the super-popular A-level Beast Tamer, specially feeding the match information, date, and location to the media. The aim was to use the popular A-level Beast Tamer as a stepping stone and create perfect evolution conditions for their Pet Beast for a famous one-time performance.

The scene now was reminiscent of that famous match from the past!

In that moment, the people from Flame Heaven University were furious.

Just then, a voice rang out:

"This Pet Beast is named Steel Chief Kane, and all of its evolution pathways are Bond Evolution."

In other words, it wasn’t intentionally starting a tussle with Franklin to let the Pet Beast complete its evolution but relied instead on Bond Evolution.

Following this statement, the crowd’s anger slightly paused.

A Pet Beast relying on Bond Evolution for temporary evolution is vastly different from orchestrating battles and environments to trample others and let the Pet Beast evolve.

Many people and Pet Beasts pulled out Pet Beast Identifiers and began aiming at the white light shining in the field’s center.

"No wonder they dared battle Franklin, turns out they have a Pet Beast capable of temporary Bond Evolution."

"I’ve studied the topic of Bond Evolution; temporary evolution of Pet Beasts has a time limit. Once the evolution time passes, they basically become exhausted. This Pet Beast seemed King-level in momentum initially; even if it’s Late King-Level, trying to temporarily evolve to Emperor Level shouldn’t last long. As long as Franklin withstands until the evolution time passes, there’s an opportunity for victory."

"Others might not manage it, but Franklin perhaps really can."

The crowd’s anger dissipated significantly, and rationality returned slightly, although their expressions remained sour.

Everyone knows that the power disparity between Emperor Level and King-level Pet Beasts is immense, even temporarily evolved Emperor Level Pet Beasts can’t be matched by King-level ones.

The high probability is that Franklin will lose this match.

At the juncture with all interstellar top schools gathered for the competition, if a Flame Class prospective student is defeated by a Beast Tamer of the same stage, it’s impossible for everyone’s mood not to be affected.

Even knowing Franklin’s slim chance of victory, on the surface the Flame Heaven University group still put faith in Franklin.

The crowd from other interstellar academies mingled, watching on with a touch of schadenfreude.

"Steel Chief Kane... the person battling Franklin is Qiao Sang from the Imperial Beastmaster Academy?" someone suddenly exclaimed in shock. 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮

The speaker was a participant from a school ranked 14th among interstellar top schools.

As a student from a school ranked 14th interstellar, there’s not much presence in the eyes of the top four academies, but when the Imperial Beastmaster Academy summoned everyone to taunt Flame Heaven University, he was there. Hearing names like "Steel Chief Kane" and "Bond Evolution," naturally recalled the words spoken during Qiao Sang’s introduction from the Imperial Beastmaster Academy.