Chapter 47: Chapter 46 Death Roll

“Attack! Use Skill 1,” Zheng Weixin ordered decisively.

The Iron Feather Fighting Hawk let out a sharp cry.

Spreading its wings, three metallic sheen feathers materialized in front of its body. Judging from the speed at which the feathers were forming, it had trained hard on this. Chen Xing looked up at the Iron Feather Fighting Hawk from a distance, pondering whether it had mastered the “Sky-piercing Feather” Skill.

In Chen Xing’s eyes, the capabilities of the Iron Feather Fighting Hawk were laid bare—its Energy Level was at 11.5. Besides the Sky-piercing Feather, it had also mastered the Hard Armor Skill, with both Primary Skills reaching a Proficiency Level of mastery.

With an Energy Level of 11.5, how many times could it release the Sky-piercing Feather?

Chen Xing’s eyes were profound.

The solidified feathers, like arrows, shot towards Taotie, leaving long trails behind. The Taotie’s body shuddered; the palm-sized feathers did not penetrate its body but embedded about a third of the way in.

Taotie continued to move forward, its massive body sinking into the water.

As it dove, the crocodile’s jaws opened to gulp down water, a fleeting blue light shimmering subtly across its body.

The next moment, its carapace vibrated slightly and the three feathers were squeezed out. The flat, neat wounds healed rapidly. In fact, the feathers hadn’t even penetrated the carapace…

The creature’s body merged with the murky yellow water as its tail swished, quickly disappearing from sight.

Had it not been for the moving water on the surface, no one would have been able to see any trace of the giant crocodile.

Assessing the situation, Zheng Weixin deduced that given the Salty Bay Crocodile’s large size, it must have awakened a second Skill. However, the first Skill this Beast Taming had awakened was a Passive Skill.

He had gone back to look up information about the Salty Bay Crocodile’s Passive Skills. It was a Passive specialized in stealth attacks, useful only for gaining the upper hand. Now that the upper hand had been lost, and even if it hid underwater, it couldn’t escape his Beast Taming’s penetrating vision.

After all… an eagle is still an eagle!

How could the eyes of an eagle let it escape?

Although the Water Concealment Passive could help the Salty Bay Crocodile hide better, it didn’t make it completely invisible, nor did it leave no trace while moving in water.

Such a large creature moving through the water would obviously leave traces. Staying still would naturally not leave any traces, but by doing so, its location would still be exposed!

The Iron Feather Fighting Hawk, soaring in the sky, wouldn’t give it a chance to hide, effectively negating one of its Skills!

What then was the remaining Skill?

Putting himself in the other’s shoes, it must be an Attack Skill, the only means of offense.

Zheng Weixin thought of “Water Cannon,” “Scalding Water Fang,” and other long-range attack methods. To deal with a flying enemy, long-range attacks were definitely essential.

Therefore, he instructed the Iron Feather Fighting Hawk to keep moving and continuously unleash Sky-piercing Feathers!

After releasing four in a row, Zheng Weixin looked at the crocodile still roaming underwater and felt a sinking sensation in his heart.

The crocodile on the other side was too tough; an Attack Skill like Sky-piercing Feather, with its small area of effect, wouldn’t do much damage unless it hit a vital spot.

Besides Sky-piercing Feather, he still had another Attack Skill, but this one was a “melee Skill” requiring close-range combat.

This Skill also had a larger area of impact.

After deploying the Hard Armor, the Iron Feather Fighting Hawk’s wings were like sabers. He had once used this move to cut through four 2-centimeter-thick wooden targets in a row on the training grounds.

“Skill 5!” Zheng Weixin suddenly shouted.

The Iron Feather Fighting Hawk circling in the sky moved and dove down from the heavens.

Zheng Weixin stared intently at the water’s surface.

Skill 5 was a feint; it pretended to dive towards the water for an attack, its real purpose being to force the opponent to reveal its remaining Skill.

Only by seeing the final Skill could he deploy his subsequent tactics more effectively.

Although he was almost certain Chen Xing’s Salty Bay Crocodile’s next Skill would be a long-range attack, he also had to guard against the possibility of a close-combat burst Skill.

Like a dragonfly skimming the water, the Iron Feather Fighting Hawk dove towards the water and then suddenly soared upward at the last moment.

A dark shadow flashed over the surface and disappeared.

The Iron Feather Fighting Hawk rose sharply less than a meter from the water.

The water remained calm…

Zheng Weixin felt slightly relieved in his heart; it wasn’t a close-combat burst Skill, or perhaps it hadn’t reacted in time… what exactly was it waiting for?

He looked at Chen Xing’s face, hoping to discern something from his expression.

Seemingly aware of his gaze, Chen Xing turned his head, his face bearing a faint smile.

This guy…

Zheng Weixin clenched his fists.

“4!”

Zheng Weixin shouted loudly, this time changing his command.

In the sky, the Iron Feather Fighting Hawk circled once more before diving down again!

Zheng Weixin’s gaze was fixed on Chen Xing’s face, but no one knew that “4” was actually a feint!

He was determined to force out Chen Xing’s Beast Taming skills, of course, if Chen Xing thought this would exhaust his Beast Taming stamina…

Bang!!!

Suddenly, a splash erupted from the water.

The gasps from the audience seats quickly drew Zheng Weixin’s attention back to the surface of the water.

A dark shadow exploded from the calm surface.

The Taotie leapt out of the water, its huge jaws opening and snapping at nothing.

The prepared Iron Feather Fighting Hawk quickly turned in mid-air to avoid the leap.

It had to be said that Zheng Weixin’s Iron Feather Fighting Hawk was indeed well trained and very agile.

As the big crocodile plunged back into the water, creating a large splash, Zheng Weixin quickly issued a decisive command, “Attack!”

In mid-air, the Iron Feather Fighting Hawk circled back slightly, its body quickly covered in a faint silver glow.

Once it had adjusted its position during the circling, it streaked down towards the water with a long afterimage, slashing heavily!

From a distance, it looked like a heavy saber plunging into the water!

Boom!

The water splashed high.

The crocodile’s tail shot out of the water, and Zheng Weixin’s eyes brightened, hit!

From this angle, the strike was definitely a hit on the crocodile!

But before he could rejoice, the Iron Feather Fighting Hawk, which had just slashed with its attack, was preparing to gain the leverage to fly out of the water when the calm surface suddenly began to twist, creating a huge vortex as the turbulent waters violently rose!

Taken by surprise, the Iron Feather Fighting Hawk was swept away by the current, the raging waves preventing it from exerting any force.

“Great Vortex…?” Zheng Weixin’s eyes nearly burst with rage, not expecting it to be this skill.

How could it be this skill?!

Why would a Beast Tamer just past energy level ten choose to master an Intermediate Skill?

What did you use to practice this skill, did you smash out its proficiency by consuming magic power recovery capsules every day?

In the water, the Taotie’s huge body seemed completely unaffected by the vortex. In fact, as the caster of the skill, it naturally had a certain immunity to its own skills, coupled with the amplification of Passive Skills, the Taotie moved like a specter toward the submerged Iron Feather Fighting Hawk.

The vast crocodile jaws clamped onto the Iron Feather Fighting Hawk’s wing in one bite, a ferocious light flashing in its eyes. This scrappy bird had caused it real pain just now, now it was its turn!

Death…

“Wait, we concede!” Mu Xikai hurriedly called out.

…Roll!

Without a command from Chen Xing, Taotie wouldn’t listen to anyone else. If someone other than its master insisted on giving it orders, it would bestow upon them a Death Roll.

The water stirred up violent splashes as the Taotie spun rapidly three or four times before Chen Xing’s voice finally drifted over, “Stop.”

The water’s surface calmed down again.

Mu Xikai took a deep breath and quickly shouted loudly, “Medic!”

“You are ignoring the rules. We’ve already conceded, yet you didn’t stop.”

Chen Xing immediately expressed his regret, “This teacher, I haven’t broken any rules. Zheng Weixin didn’t say he conceded, and his Beast didn’t lose its combat ability. It just fell into the water, that’s all. I also have to be responsible for my Beast. Teacher, don’t you think I’m right?”

Mu Xikai took a glance at Zheng Weixin, who was pale and seemed unable to accept his defeat, took a deep breath, yet he couldn’t find fault with Chen Xing’s words.

Because the rules were such that the person himself had to verbally concede or unless the Beast completely lost its fighting ability, and indeed, the Iron Feather Fighting Hawk wasn’t completely devoid of fighting capacity just yet.

Leaving only the comment, “You were too harsh. I don’t know if the Iron Feather Fighting Hawk’s wings will stay intact,” he hurriedly pulled Zheng Weixin away.