Beast taming, starting from zero point
Chapter 459 - 431: Thousand Water Bears

Chapter 459: Chapter 431: Thousand Water Bears

"Yeke..."

Yeke Suolu involuntarily closed his eyes.

Vine Whip lay scattered on the ground.

The sight that met the audience’s eyes was Yeke Suolu snoring and sleeping on the ground, with the Treasure-seeking Demon less than a centimeter away from it.

The scene suddenly became noisy.

"What’s going on? I don’t understand! What happened?!"

"Was Yeke Suolu hypnotized?"

"No, the question isn’t that. Why would the Treasure-seeking Demon suddenly appear there? Yeke Suolu had Vine Whip protecting itself at 360 degrees with no blind spots; how could the Treasure-seeking Demon appear inside the vines?"

"What the hell? Considering the distance that spectral-type beast casted Shadow Ball earlier, it shouldn’t have been able to appear there at all!"

"You haven’t seen the matches of this Treasure-seeking Demon before."

"No, this is the first time I’ve managed to get a ticket."

"No wonder, this Treasure-seeking Demon also has psychic series attributes—it can teleport."

"Hiss... But that’s not right! Even if it can teleport, it shouldn’t be able to go right into the midst of Vine Whip!"

"So this isn’t teleportation."

"Then what is it?"

"If I’m not mistaken, it is Spatial Movement."

"!!!"

Among those who came to watch the match were professional beast tamers, who quickly analyzed exactly what had happened.

"Vine Whip can block teleportation approaches but not Spatial Movement. Qiao Sang probably thought of this tactic the first time he saw Yeke Suolu use the surrounding Vine Whip. That’s why he later intentionally had the Treasure-seeking Demon use Shadow Ball, aiming to make Yeke Suolu cast the surrounding Vine Whip again, so that the Treasure-seeking Demon could directly move through space to get there. With the Vine Whip as a barrier, neither Ma Zongji nor Yeke Suolu could have reacted in time."

"Damn! How can you still analyze all this so calmly? Spatial Movement, bro! A mid-level spectral-type beast knowing Spatial Movement?!"

"Why are you so worked up? Qiao Sang’s Liaoxing Dog already knows the Mystique-level Mars Rain. For a genius like him, what’s impossible?"

"..."

The heated discussion in the audience did not affect the field.

A mechanical beast wearing a referee’s badge blew the whistle that signalled the end of the match.

Ma Zongji looked bewildered.

The first thought that arose was: I lost just like that?

The second thought was: Next up, Qiao Sang will still send out the Treasure-seeking Demon, won’t he? Does that mean I won’t be able to fight against Bingke Xilu?

"Xun..."

Xiao Xunbao earnestly sensed the energy within its body, then showed a disappointed expression.

Why hasn’t it evolved yet...

This expression, when caught by Ma Zongji, was interpreted differently: Did it think that the match just now was too easy to win? Did it feel that Yeke Suolu was too weak, hence the disappointment?

Building up this narrative in his mind, Ma Zongji felt choked up.

He took a deep breath, striving to adjust his mindset.

A one-time win or loss meant nothing; as long as he won the next match against the Treasure-seeking Demon and got to see Bingke Xilu enter the field, he would be the victor!

At this moment, Qiao Sang waved his hand and recalled Xiao Xunbao back into the Beast Taming Codex.

Ma Zongji, who was just brimming with fighting spirit, was taken aback at this sight.

Before he had time to think further, the prompt sound for summoning the second pet beast echoed in the arena.

Ma Zongji subconsciously formed hand seals.

The Star Array lit up, and then he saw in Qiao Sang’s Green Star Formation, a pet beast with scales gleaming like sapphire gemstones covering its near-perfect form.

Ma Zongji was first startled, then his face suddenly became excited.

It was as if he thought he would have to defeat dark forces and break through numerous obstacles to see the goddess, but then, in the next second, the goddess appeared right before him.

It was too damn surprising!

...

"Whoosh!"

At this moment, without the match having started, the entire arena was already boiling with excitement.

"Bingke Xilu! Ahhh! It’s Bingke Xilu!"

"Hahaha! It was worth quitting my job to rush over here! I’ve finally got to see Bingke Xilu!"

"Gosh, I thought Qiao Sang would summon Bingke Xilu when she didn’t, and when I gave up hope, she summoned her again. Are the thought processes of geniuses really so hard to guess?"

"I don’t get it! I remember that Ma Zongji’s Thousand-Trail Water Bear has water storage characteristics, so why would Qiao Sang send out Bingke Xilu?"

"Bingke Xilu is strongest with her Ice Skills, and even though she doesn’t have water storage properties like the Thousand-Trail Water Bear, she also has a water attribute, which gives her some resistance to Water-type Skills, unless the Thousand-Trail Water Bear can get close to use combat skills. Otherwise, relying solely on Water-type Skills to damage Bingke Xilu is still somewhat difficult."

Everyone thought Qiao Sang would not summon Bingke Xilu to battle the Thousand-Trail Water Bear, because they looked at the issue from Bingke Xilu’s perspective, considering the threat of the Thousand-Trail Water Bear to Bingke Xilu.

But if you look at it the other way around, from the perspective of the Thousand-Trail Water Bear, they would find that Bingke Xilu also posed a great threat to it.

Bingke Xilu has the ability to melt water, which is quite unfavorable for the Thousand-Trail Water Bear, especially skilled at casting large-area Water-type Skills.

Add to that her Healing Light, almost on par with Resurrection Armor, and her highly proficient Ice Flower Seal, it might be the Thousand-Trail Water Bear who needs to worry.

...

On the field, as the buzzer signaling the start of the match sounded, Lubao slightly lifted its head, opening its mouth.

"Interrupt it!" Ma Zongji yelled urgently.

This posture, the likelihood of casting Ice Flower Seal couldn’t be higher!

Though he was not afraid of losing, he didn’t want to lose too quickly. Having the rare opportunity to battle against Bingke Xilu, he naturally wanted to stay in the same arena with her for a while longer.

"Qian Dao."

The Thousand-Trail Water Bear opened its mouth, and in an instant, an extremely thick water jet shot out from its throat.

Despite Lubao starting to channel energy first, it couldn’t instantly release high-level skills like snowing.

Lubao maintained its head-tilted, mouth-open posture, looking downward towards the direction of the water jet, without taking any action.

"Bang!"

The thick water jet hit Lubao squarely.

At the same time, the temperature around them inexplicably dropped, and a large number of snowflakes began to flutter down.

On the other side, after being hit by the water jet and pushed back several meters, Lubao steadied itself, and a blue light immediately appeared on its body.

"Bingke."

Once the blue light dissipated, there was no sign of injury on Lubao.

Damn it, it really did cast Ice Flower Seal. Is it really okay to use such a strong move first... Relying on Healing Light to withstand attacks just to unleash a powerful move... That capricious feeling is also darn cool... Ma Zongji suppressed his excited emotions and gave a command:

"Use Tide Whirl for defense!"

"Qian Dao!"

Hearing his Beast Tamer’s order, the Thousand-Trail Water Bear clenched both paws, clashing them together as it roared, and a spiral of water whorl three meters wide appeared over its head in an instant.

Snowflakes fell, landing in the whirl, and delicate ice flowers began to condense within it.

The spiral-shaped water whorl quickly grew full of ice flowers, solidifying it.

The Thousand-Trail Water Bear tensed its muscles and, with the strength of its limbs, lifted the now solidified water whorl.

As the snow continued to fall, the Thousand-Trail Water Bear, protected by the solidified water whorl, was unaffected.

Tide Whirl, an advanced Water-type Skill, I didn’t expect this guy to have kept an advanced level skill hidden... Qiao Sang raised an eyebrow, intrigued.