Chapter 430: Thousand-Path Water Bear
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“Yak…”
Yaksohlor’s eyes closed involuntarily.
The vine whips scattered across the ground.
What entered the audience's view was Yaksohlor snoring soundly on the floor and the Treasure-Seeking Demon just a centiter away from it.
The crowd instantly erupted.
“What just happened? I don’t get it! What’s going on?!”
“Did Yaksohlor get hypnotized?”
“No, isn’t the real question how the Treasure-Seeking Demon suddenly appeared there? Yaksohlor had surrounded itself with vine whips from every angle. How did the Treasure-Seeking Demon get inside?”
“This is crazy! Judging by the range of that Ghost-type pet’s Shadow Ball earlier, there’s no way it could’ve gotten there!”
“You probably didn’t watch the matches featuring this Treasure-Seeking Demon from before, did you?”
“No, this is my first ti getting a ticket today.”
“That explains it. This Treasure-Seeking Demon also has Psychic-type attributes, it can teleport.”
“Hiss… But wait! Even with teleportation, it shouldn’t be able to get inside the vine whips!”
“That’s because this isn’t teleportation.”
“Then what is it?”
“If I’m not mistaken, it’s spatial shift.”
“!!!”
Among the spectators were professional Beast Tars, and they quickly pieced together what had happened.
“Vine whips can block teleportation but not spatial shift. Qiao Sang likely realized this the first ti Yaksohlor used its surrounding vine whip strategy. That’s why they deliberately had the Treasure-Seeking Demon use Shadow Ball later, baiting Yaksohlor to repeat the tactic. This way, with the vine whips as a barrier, neither Ma Zongji nor Yaksohlor could react in ti to the Demon’s spatial shift.”
“Damn! How are you calmly analyzing this?! Spatial Shift! This is a mid-level Ghost-type pet with spatial shift!”
“Why are you so worked up? Qiao Sang’s Blazing Star Canine can already pull off the ultimate-level teor Rain. With a genius like that, is anything impossible?”
“…”
The heated discussion in the audience didn’t affect the match.
A referee-certified chanical Beast blew the whistle signaling the end of the match.
Ma Zongji’s expression was blank.
His first thought was: I lost just like that?
His second thought: Does this an Qiao Sang will use the Treasure-Seeking Demon again? Will I miss my chance to battle against Ice Xilu?
“Xun…”
Little Treasure carefully felt the energy within himself, then displayed a disappointed expression.
M Zzongji interpreted this expression differently: Is it disappointed because the match was too easy? Does it think Yaksohlor was too weak? Is that why it looks so let down?
At this thought, Ma Zongji felt a pang in his chest.
He took a deep breath, trying to adjust his mindset. A single loss ans nothing. If I can defeat the Treasure-Seeking Demon in the next round and face Ice Xilu, I’ll still be the victor!
At that mont, Qiao Sang waved their hand and recalled Little Treasure into the Beast Tar’s Codex.
Ma Zongji, filled with fighting spirit monts ago, froze in surprise at the sight.
Before he could process it, the prompt to summon their second pet rang out.
Ma Zongji instinctively ford hand seals.
The star array lit up, and what appeared in Qiao Sang’s green star array was a beast with sapphire-like scales covering its near-perfect form.
Ma Zongji froze for a mont before his expression turned excited.
It was like expecting to overco a dark force and countless obstacles to et the goddess, only for the goddess to appear before him the next second.
Pure delight!
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“Whoa!”
The audience erupted even before the match began.
“Ice Xilu! Ahhh! It’s Ice Xilu!”
“Hahaha! Quitting my job to rush here was worth it! I finally get to see Ice Xilu!”
“I thought Qiao Sang wouldn’t summon Ice Xilu when I expected it. Now, when I’ve given up hope, she summons it out of nowhere. Are genius minds this unpredictable?”
“I don’t get it! Doesn’t Ma Zongji’s Thousand-Path Water Bear have the Water Absorption trait? Why would Qiao Sang send out Ice Xilu?”
“Ice Xilu’s strength lies in its Ice-type moves. Even if it doesn’t have Water Absorption like Thousand-Path Water Bear, it still has water attributes, which give it so resistance to Water-type moves. Unless the Water Bear can get close and use Fighting-type moves, it’ll be hard to harm Ice Xilu with just Water-type attacks.”
Everyone assud Qiao Sang wouldn’t choose Ice Xilu against the Thousand-Path Water Bear because they considered the threat to Ice Xilu.
But flipping the perspective, looking at it from the Water Bear’s side, they’d realize that Ice Xilu posed just as much danger to it.
Ice Xilu had the lting Water trait, making large-scale Water-type attacks from the Thousand-Path Water Bear ineffective.
Coupled with its near-reviving Healing Light and mastery of Ice Flower Seal, the Water Bear might be the one at a disadvantage.
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As the signal for the match’s start rang out, Lubao slightly raised her head and opened her mouth.
“Interrupt it!” Ma Zongji shouted urgently.
That stance, it was clearly preparing to use Ice Flower Seal!
Though he wasn’t afraid of losing, Ma Zongji didn’t want to lose too quickly. Finally getting the chance to fight Ice Xilu, he wanted to stay on the sa battlefield for a while longer.
“Thousand!”
The Thousand-Path Water Bear opened its mouth, shooting a thick water stream jet from its throat.
Although Lubao began channeling her energy first, releasing a high-level move like the seal wasn’t instantaneous.
Lubao kept her head raised, mouth open, glancing down at the incoming water stream jet but made no move.
Boom!
The thick water jet struck Lubao squarely.
Simultaneously, the surrounding temperature dropped as snowflakes began to fall.
On the other side, Lubao steadied herself after being knocked back several ters. Blue light enveloped her body.
“Lu…”
When the blue light faded, there was no sign of injury on Lubao.
Damn, it really used Ice Flower Seal. Starting with a big move just because it has Healing Light to recover from damage, how reckless and cool is that… Ma Zongji suppressed his excitent and issued a command:
“Use Whirlpool Barrier!”
“Thousand!”
Following its Beast Tar’s order, the Thousand-Path Water Bear clenched its fists and roared. A three-ter-wide, spiraling vortex of water appeared above its head.
As snowflakes fell into the vortex, intricate ice flowers ford within the spiraling water.
In an instant, the vortex solidified with ice blossoms.
The Thousand-Path Water Bear flexed its muscles and lifted the now-solid vortex with both arms.
While the falling snow continued, the frozen vortex provided perfect protection for the Thousand-Path Water Bear.
Whirlpool Barrier, a high-level Water-type skill. Who knew this guy had such a hidden ace… Qiao Sang raised an eyebrow, intrigued.
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