Chapter 342: Chapter 338: Schizonepeta Body

Bang!

A gust of wind emanated from the center of the fighting ring, striking the space barrier, causing a series of fluctuations.

“That hit was strong.”

Bai Qiucha’s eyes narrowed at the sight, this seemingly casual strike had been charged up for a long time, waiting for the Dark Night Poison Lizard to approach. Unexpectedly, it may have been imbued with the Power of Moonlight.

“Lin Mu should lose.”

Bai Qi sighed as he glanced at the ring still shrouded in smoke.

The law of smoke without harm wasn’t always applicable. Judging by the force of the Wood Spirit’s previous hit, the Dark Night Poison Lizard should be finished.

As expected, as the smoke in the ring gradually dissipated, the outcome of the battle between the two king-level creatures became clear to the audience.

The Dark Night Poison Lizard, a king-level creature, had indeed been rendered combat ineffective by the Wood Spirit in a single blow.

“Hey, hey, hey, even if Guan Qing is very strong, isn’t this too exaggerated? The opponent is a king-level creature after all.”

“It’s expected, didn’t you see the Dark Night Poison Lizard’s feet were entangled by vines? The Wood Spirit had already set a trap, just waiting to win in a single blow.”

“But, winning in a single blow, it’s okay for lower classes, but is it possible for higher classes?”

“I’m not sure about others, but Guan Qing can definitely do it. His talent ‘Fury’ can make a pet unleash five times its normal destructive power in an instant.”

The crowd was buzzing with chatter, and Wen Ruoshui announced the result of the match.

“First round, Guan Qing wins.”

The Wuhou Dojo’s loss in the first round caused the surrounding spectators to become even more animated, even the students below started to stir.

A loss in the first battle did indeed affect morale.

Bai Qi looked a little helpless as he noticed the simultaneous stares of Duanmeng and Zhuge Xu.

“Bai Qi, prepare to enter the field,” Duanmeng walked up to Bai Qi, patting him on the shoulder. “Guan Qing has been a Fifth Stage Beastmaster for much longer than you, so as long as you can force out the field technique of Guan Qing’s pet, consider your mission complete.”

“Ah, I understand.”

Bai Qi nodded slightly, glancing at Zhuge Xu, who had a smile on his face but a hint of helplessness in his eyes. He understood.

This was clearly prepared for suppression, wasn’t it?

Amidst the curious and expectant gazes of the crowd, Bai Qi slowly entered the ring, facing Guan Qing, who looked calm, he asked, “Er, Senior Guan Qing, do you need a rest or want someone else to come?”

“No need.”

Guan Qing glanced at Bai Qi, “Quick battle, quick decision. I don’t like wasting time.”

Still quite impatient, huh.

“Well, alright.”

Bai Qi shrugged, and with a flash of the array, Gamma appeared on the fighting platform.

“Bai Qi, Fifth Stage Beastmaster, Lord-level creature Gemini Devourer.”

“A Lord-level creature?”

Duanmeng frowned slightly at this. He’d set Bai Qi on this path because he valued Bai Qi’s King-level Death Sword Monarch, which, thanks to the uniqueness of the Power of Death, could definitely shrink the gap in growth levels with Guan Qing.

But Bai Qi had actually voluntarily given up these advantages and instead chosen to confront a Lord-level creature, which was rather irrational.

And what’s more, the general approach of the Wuhou Dojo was to use undead creatures, so why bring out an alien creature?

“Um, can’t I do this?”

Bai Qi looked a bit confused. Was there still someone nowadays who couldn’t use Lord-level creatures to kill King-level creatures? Or was it just that the King-level ferocious beasts that Bai Heguang had picked for him were too weak?

Seeing Bai Qi’s puzzled look, Wen Ruoshui shook his head helplessly, “Of course you can, are you sure about this?”

“I’m sure.”

“Then, let the match begin!”

The second round of the fight began, but the surrounding spectators didn’t seem particularly interested.

Kings against Lords, the outcome was predictable.

Kabu-kabu?

(Master, it smells similar to Epsilon. Is it a friend?)

“It smells similar? Is it because of the moonlight? But this one isn’t a friend, it’s your opponent. This is how you…”

Kabu-kabu.

(Gamma understands.)

Gamma nodded, then bounding towards the Wood Spirit. With each leap a radiant red aura spread from its body.

“An aura-based skill?”

Guan Qing’s face changed at the sight, as a precursor to field techniques, aura skills could be said to have already unlocked half the shackles preventing this pet from becoming an Emperor-level creature.

That was why the effect of aura skills was much stronger than that of the equivalent level.

“Wood Spirit, attack quickly.”

Once the Wood Spirit received the order, it rushed toward Gamma with a speed far beyond that of ordinary plant-based creatures. Its wooden sword descended like a crescent moon, slashing straight at Gamma.

In the face of this sudden enemy attack, Gamma did not panic at all. The white light dissipated the original green, and its jelly-like form gradually turned into a diamond shape.

Ting!

The glimmering blade light spattered, Gamma was hit down hard into the ground by the wooden sword producing a crisp sound, yet it was unhurt. Instead, the Moon Worshiping Wood Spirit that launched the attack showed some signs of damage starting from the wooden sword.

“This is a spatter skill?”

Guan Qing slightly furrowed his brows, immediately making the Moon Worshiping Wood Spirit keep its distance. The moonlight reappeared above the wood spirit’s head, casting down on the wooden sword. As the wood spirit slashed down with force, a glow of the sword beam aimed once more at Gamma.

Ding!

The sword beam hit Gamma at once, which was just getting up on its feet, then much like sunlight meeting the surface of a mirror, it was directly reflected back.

“So, it can reflect energy attacks as well?”

Looking at the sword’s beam – though smaller, was indeed the same moon slash that the Moon Worshiping Wood Spirit had just emitted – Guan Qing was increasingly astonished.

Kapup Kapup!

(Master, this skill is really strong!)

Seeing its effortless defense and of bouncing back the attack of the Moon Worshiping Wood Spirit, Gamma was somewhat excited.

“Indeed impressive, I just didn’t expect it could even rebound energy attacks.”

Bai Qi smiled slightly.

After acquiring the Goldvine Thorns, Bai Qi originally planned to hold another intra-team battle. However, the other four pets collectively stated their surrender for this fight, directly suggesting to leave it to Gamma. Left with no choice, Bai Qi directly let Gamma take it.

Although he was somewhat dissatisfied with this kind of dark operation on the pets, after seeing the effects of the skill, Bai Qi stopped complaining.

[Skill Name]: Schizonepeta body

[Skill Level]: Super Level

[Skill Description]: Under the enhancement of the diamond body, it has stronger reflective abilities, whether energy attacks or physical attacks can be effectively reflected.

Note: It only works in Holy Light Form

…

The expected thorny aura unexpectedly mixed with the diamond body and formed a new skill. It not only had the ultra-strong defense of the diamond body but also the ability to reflect the splash damage.

This combination made Bai Qi extremely satisfied.

“Similar to the Thorny aura, but it can reflect both energy and physical attacks.”

Guan Qing glanced deeply at the unharmed Gamma, his forehead’s rune mark lit up again, and the whole body of the Moon Worshiping Wood Spirit suddenly expanded. It launched an attack on Gamma at a speed far exceeding before.

Gamma still did not dodge at the sight, it, as ever, put Schizonepeta body and the effect of Bloodsucking Aura at their maximum, and brazenly decided to drag out the battle with the opponent.

In an instant, the sword light scattered, and most of the attacks from the Moon Worshiping Wood Spirit were reflected back by Gamma. However, they were skillfully avoided by the wood spirit, and all the sword light completely embedded on the surrounding space barrier.

The two sides were thus stuck in a stalemate.

“I heard long ago that the legendary Bai collected a genius disciple, turns out it’s true. He can even nurture a lord-level creature like this. If it breaks through to the king-level, I’m afraid Guan Qing won’t be able to hold on.”

“What a pity, if it could be nurtured to the king-level earlier, this battle might still have some hope. It’s quite a disadvantage to drag out the fight with the Moon Worshiping Wood Spirit.”

Sun Tian sighed, clearly having a high regard for the Moon Worshiping Wood Spirit.

“I don’t think so, though.”

Cao Bin shook his head and said, “As far as I know, when Bai received Bai Qi as his disciple, Bai Qi was already a third-stage Beast Master, this monster must have been obtained by Bai Qi himself, as for resources… if Bai had really helped, he should have been at least king-level by now, right?”

The two fell silent upon hearing his words, indeed, if Bai Heguang would assist, making a King-level creature would be relatively easy.

Moreover, to their knowledge, Bai Heguang was not that kind of person.

“Moreover, didn’t you notice that the energy value of the lord creature is a bit abnormal?”

Hearing Cao Bin’s words, the two finally came to their senses.

Even though Gamma had the Bloodsucking Aura to absorb the energy, a lord-level creature couldn’t sap much energy from the king-level creature. It was already considered a rare talent to last a couple of minutes.

But this creature in front of them that had been beaten by the Moon Worshiping Wood Spirit for so long, had not shown any signs of fatigue, but seemed to get more and more energized.

“This Battle Dojo was interesting.”

With a slight smile on the corner of his mouth, Cao Bin’s curiosity towards Bai Qi grew.

…

“Can a plant-based creature run so fast?”

Bai Qi smacked his lips, watching how the Moon Worshiping Wood Spirit, which clearly had no running movement, yet moved easily along the ground. Suddenly, an idea occurred to him.

“Gamma, change form.”

Kapup Kapup!

(Gamma understands!)

Receiving the instruction from Bai Qi, Gamma for the first time, actively avoided the attack of the Moon Worshiping Wood Spirit. Its pure white body suddenly transformed into sinister green, and a burning sensation spread from around it, gradually overlaying the entire arena.

Simultaneously, The Moon Worshiping Wood Spirit distanced itself from Gamma out of fear, but their movements were noticeably slower than before, even making their first running movement for the very first time.

“As expected, it relies on the underground plants to assist in movement.”

Under the range of Scorched Earth, the roots of the plants definitely couldn’t survive. This previous way of moving of the Moon Worshiping Wood Spirit was deemed as useless.

“After being beaten for so long, it’s time for us to take the offensive.”

Looking at Gamma, which was gradually turning into evil form, Bai Qi grinned slightly. Gamma, immediately understanding the instruction, took heavy steps towards the Moon Worshiping Wood Spirit. The wood spirit seemed to have an extraordinary fear of evil energy and subconsciously took a step back.

“Damn, a lord-level creature is forcing a king-level creature to retreat? Have I gone mad, or has the world changed?”

“You must not all blind, otherwise, I must be too.”

“Somebody, bring me the best eye drops fast!”