Federation Tactical Arena Protocol – Sky-Class Tier
The hover-stage panels that ringed the arena shimmered once—then began disassembling midair, each vanishing into an invisible grid array overhead.
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🎙️ "Notice: All static platforms will now retract. All combatants must engage fully aerial.
Altitude: 100 feet above Federation Academy Central Airspace.
Gravity tethers offline."
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📍 SKY STADIUM – COMPETITOR GATE SEVEN
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Elevation: 100 ft above Federation Academy Central Campus
Mystic surged upward like a mythic anomaly, clouds tearing in her wake as Fan Yumei stood balanced near her charged dorsal fin spine.
The upper airspace shimmered with qi-hardened atmospheric glyphs, layered behind stormfield regulators and active scanning drones. As they approached the launch deck, the arena's tracking grid lit up with rotating synchronization rings.
🎙️ "Aerial Division Competitor Identified: Fan Yumei."
Mystic touched down with a sonic pressure burst, the brief boom echoing beneath her bulk. Fan Yumei stepped forward, her boots clicking on the still-active surface of the hover plate.
A tall obsidian-glass data pillar rose from the center, her name rotating across a ring of Federation glyphlight.
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🔹 [Myth-Class Entry: Mystic – Skyborne Leviathan]
🔹 [Beastmaster: Fan Yumei – Division 6, Soul Function Specialist]
🔹 [Sky-Class Arena Access Confirmed]
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The interface pulsed with a soft, synchronized chime.
Above her, a rotary glyph-drone dropped into hover mode, spiraling with scanning light and pulsing a crisp notification tone across the tier.
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🎙️ "Combat Protocol Update: Federation Division Beast Battles — Mandatory Briefing Initiated."
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A wide ring of code-light expanded outward, solidifying into a command-tier interface grid in front of her and the other competitors still prepping their sync-gear. Even Mystic stilled, her fins narrowing in focused sensor alignment.
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🧾 Official Beast Battle Format – Federation Combat Division Protocol v.4.7
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🔹 Eligible Participants:
• All registered Beastmasters, Tamers, and Soul Healers
• Any student with a registered soul beast, magical-class beast, or mythic-grade bonded entity
• Class tier or division does not affect eligibility
• Mandatory for all qualified students in Ascension cycle
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🔹 Match Format: Two Rounds
• Round 1: Beast and master fight in coordinated tandem
• Round 2: Beast fights under command-only operation
– Physical engagement by master is prohibited
– Command via neural link, rune gestures, or spoken order allowed
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🔹 Victory Conditions:
• Judged on reflex sync, tactical instinct, and command latency
• Qi bond strength and recovery use factored into scoring
• Raw output does not determine outcome
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🔹 Supplemental Rules:
• Energy capsules and qi recovery agents allowed between rounds
• Multiple match use of a beast is permitted
• Federation observers will evaluate qi bond fidelity and response latency in real time
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Mystic hovered closer. Her aura pulsed once—recognition. She was already syncing to the stakes.
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🔹 Match Draw & Frequency System:
• Opponent selection via randomized assignment
• No division or rank filter applied
• Repeated beast deployments permitted — stamina strategy vital
• Resilience is core to total scoring
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Fan Yumei glanced at her match grid projection, noting her opponent for Match One: Tian Rou.
"No filters," she muttered, jaw tight. That explained the spike. No warm-ups. Straight into elite-tier airspace.
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🔹 Victory Scoring Breakdown:
• Reflex synchronization
• Beast-master combat intuition
• Command latency and bond depth
• Bonus for:
– Mid-match tactical reversals
– Improvised command execution
– Qi resonance stability under pressure
Mystic drifted higher, a faint current of charged wind surrounding her. She was responding to the tension—like thunder waiting.
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🔹 Authorized Between Matches:
• Qi-tonics, stamina snacks, mental clarity enhancers
• Minor-class healing ampoules
• Artificial power injections strictly prohibited
• Stamina planning mandatory
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Fan Yumei stayed perched on the tactical overlook ledge, visor tuned to the live telemetry feed as Round One synced.
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🎙️ "All static hover plates now retracting. Full aerial combat protocol active.
Aether Ring status: STABILIZED. Altitude lock maintained at 100 ft. Gravity tethers OFFLINE."
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🎙️ [AETHER RING ACTIVE] – ROUND ONE ENGAGED
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MATCH 1
Xu Meilan vs. Rong Tu
• Beast: Diamond-Talon Razorkite (Rare-Class, Blade-Type)
• Opponent: Vortex Oxenwing (Uncommon-Class, Heavy-Type)
• Engagement Type: High-speed CQB skirmish
Round 1:
Razorkite slashed through the dense air, talons carving pressure lines against Oxenwing's armored body. Xu moved as one with her beast, each dive and spin mirrored with tight precision. Rong Tu triggered a rune burst—Oxenwing responded with a wing-shield bash, staggering the smaller flyer. But Razorkite twisted midair, slashing through a joint ring and disengaging.
Round 2:
Xu stepped back—Razorkite flew on instinct and command. Oxenwing attempted a crushing barrel roll, but the injured wing exposed a blind spot. Xu's telepathic command sync adjusted seamlessly, countering with lateral slashes.
Fan Yumei's analysis: Too reckless. Xu's all dive speed. She'll fold against a calculated speed-delay flyer.
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MATCH 2
Ji Fen vs. Taro Wen
• Beast: Cloudveil Shrieker (Mythic-Class Candidate)
• Opponent: Glideback Fang Raptor (Rare-Class)
• Engagement Type: Disruption and counter-stealth
Round 1:
Shrieker's burstwave screech fractured the surrounding airflow, throwing off Fang Raptor's pattern. Ji Fen coordinated multi-layer rune gestures with her beast's pulses. Taro Wen stayed tight, flickering commands with minimal signal—his beast adapting to qi pressure differentials. But a second shriek ruptured its glide field.
Round 2:
Ji Fen pulled fully into telepathic link mode. Shrieker baited with pressure traps, then struck with spiraling pulses. The Fang Raptor's evasions were solid—but the resonance pulse timing overwhelmed its counter-tracking.
Mystic pulsed—amused.
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MATCH 3
Qu Yanan vs. Serik Hao
• Beast: Solarback Scythe Falcon (Rare-Class, Fire-Light)
• Opponent: Wraith Coil Serpent (Uncommon-Class, Wind-Poison Hybrid)
• Engagement Type: Elemental pressure clash and venom kiting
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📜 MATCH ASSIGNMENTS – ROUND 1
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📜 MATCH ONE – Fan Yumei vs. Tian Rou
🔥 Beast: Blaze-Titan Roc (Mythic-Class Candidate)
🔥 Specialty: Jetburst Dive Collapse, Spiral Burn Compression
🔥 Rank: #3 Non-Human Bracket, Unfiltered
📜 MATCH TWO – Fan Yumei vs. Kelan Shu
🜁 Beast: Whisperwing Skystreaker (Uncommon-Class, Velocity Type)
🜁 Specialty: Phantom Pulse Flight, Multi-Vector Blind Displacement
🜁 Tactical Note: Speed-focused. Weak to sustained engagements.
📜 MATCH THREE – Fan Yumei vs. Dai Lihua
🜂 Beast: Jade-Talon Flame Hawk (Rare-Class)
🜂 Specialty: Fire Mesh Control, Wing-Lash Burning Barrage
🜂 Combat Note: Precision CQ tactics. Close-range control expert.
Fan Yumei's brow barely twitched. Of course Tian Rou was first. No buildup. No feel-out round.
The Federation didn't just want survivors. They wanted proof.
She placed her hand against the crystal gate—her qi signature syncing to the match telemetry logs.
🎙️ "Competitor Fan Yumei – Match Queue Confirmed. Assigned Arena: Aether 04.
Match Commencing in: 16 minutes."
She turned toward the atmospheric launch corridor—a glowing tunnel cutting upward into the training tier.
Below, the Sky Stadium airgrid vibrated with hundreds of accelerating matches.
Tian Rou's name glowed red in her first bracket.
Mystic hovered close—half-cloud, half-lightning, a leviathan barely holding back.
She didn't blink.
Fan Yumei exhaled once, sharp and clean.
"Then we begin with fire."
The updraft kicked as Mystic spread her fins, lightning veins crackling, storm pressure building beneath her.
The battlefield was no longer waiting.
"No excuses."