Beast Taming: Starting From Zero - Chapter 1353

Chapter 1353. Chapter 1348 The Earthly Stone Master

The number “10” appeared on the field, changing continuously with a mechanical voice:

“9, 8, 7… 3, 2, 1.”

The light and shadow disappeared.

Qiao Sang and Li Muxin simultaneously formed hand seals.

Two mysterious and profound purple star arrays lit up on the field.

Before long, two pet beasts of vastly different sizes and shapes appeared within the star arrays.

“Tu Tu.”

“Xun Xun~”

“Both players’ pet beasts have been revealed. Player Li Muxin has summoned the Earth Solitary Stone Lord, and player Qiao Sang has summoned the Netherworld Ring Lord.” On the commentary stage, Nefertis said. “

Qiao Sang’s Netherworld Ring Lord has the two major characteristics of Life Borrowing and Mutual Destruction. This match is very disadvantageous for player Li Muxin.” Aurore said.

“That’s right,” Nefertis agreed. “Even if it’s stronger than the Dark Ring Lord, with the Life-Borrowing and Mutual Destruction abilities, this match will still end in a draw. If the match ends in a draw, none of Li Muxin’s remaining pets will be a match for Steel Power Emperor and Ice Saint Asia.”

“If Li Muxin wants to have any chance of winning, it depends on whether the Dark Ring Lord can activate its Life-Borrowing and Mutual Destruction abilities in this round,” Auror said.

“Grind.”

“Grind.”

Dragon King called out twice, indicating that Earth Solo Stone Lord wasn’t Li Muxin’s signature pet, and the Dark Ring Lord might be able to win without activating those two abilities.

Nefertis listened to the translation in her earpiece and said with a smile,

“Dragon King still has high hopes for Josang as always.”

As they talked, Little Treasure Hunt disappeared from the field.

The Earth-Solid Stone Master, a Royal-level pet with both Ground and Rock types, possesses a resolute personality and prefers solitude. It usually remains motionless with its eyes closed, resembling a giant rock, leading many pets to mistake it for a rock and move around on it. It is born with the Sand Power ability, and its Ground and Rock-type moves are amplified during sandstorms… Qiao Sang looked at the pet in the distance, approximately thirty meters tall, with black eyes and a predominantly gray body, resembling a giant rock, and related information flashed through his mind. The

Dark Ring Monarch… On the other side, Li Muxin’s mood quietly grew heavy.

This was a heaviness he hadn’t felt even when he lost his first match to Nuan Shiya.

If there was one pet he least wanted to face before the match, it was undoubtedly the Dark Ring Monarch. With its Mutual Destruction and Life-Borrowing abilities, the Dark Ring Monarch was, in a sense, invincible…

If this match ended in a draw, he would have no hope of winning…

As these thoughts flashed, the Earth-Solid Stone Master’s entire body flashed with yellow light.

The next second, a sudden burst of yellow sand appeared, its powerful force sweeping up dust and gravel, like a raging yellow beast, recklessly devouring everything on the field.

The entire arena was plunged into darkness.

This sandstorm wasn’t just used to increase the power of its own skills; it also concealed its shadow, preventing it from being controlled by Little Treasure’s Dark Shadow Control… Qiao Sang glanced at the darkened arena and instantly understood its opponent’s intentions.

On the field, Little Treasure, shrouded in a semi-transparent barrier, isolated itself from the raging sandstorm and appeared a few dozen meters in front of Earth Dushi Master.

“Xunxun~”

It made a face at Earth Dushi Master from within the barrier and wagged its tail.

Little Treasure was so small that it was inconspicuous in the sandstorm, but its aura and the sound it made allowed Earth Dushi Master to pinpoint its location immediately.

Faced with Little Treasure’s provocation, Earth Dushi Master’s expression remained unchanged, and a faint yellow light flickered around its body.

Immediately afterward, the sandstorm rapidly coalesced into a ferocious behemoth, frantically devouring the direction where Little Treasure was located.

Just as the sandstorm behemoth was about to strike Little Treasure, a deep black hole, tens of meters in diameter, suddenly appeared above it. The

entire sandstorm behemoth surged into it.

Li Muxin realized what was happening and shouted, “Defend!”

A yellow armor formed from sand instantly enveloped the Earthly Stone Lord.

At the same time, a deep black hole of the same size appeared a meter above its head.

“Boom!!!” The entire

sandstorm behemoth surged out and slammed into the Earthly Stone Lord.

“Using provocation to enrage the Earthly Stone Lord, and then using shadow penetration to divert its attack! The Netherworld Lord has a truly brilliant strategy!” said Auror on the commentary platform.

“I don’t think the Earth Spirit is enraged,” Nefertis said. “Besides, the Earth Spirit has some resistance to Ground-type moves, so even without defense, it shouldn’t suffer much damage.”

She paused, then added,

“And I don’t know if it’s just my imagination, but I feel that this time it’s noticeably weaker than the sand monsters that the Earth Spirit conjures in previous matches.”

“The Nether Ring Lord has the Mutual Destruction ability,” Auror analyzed. “This ability is easiest to activate at first, but it becomes harder to activate after a certain period of time, as the number of times it takes damage increases. I think Li Muxin probably realized this, so he wanted to use wide-range but non-lethal moves to attack the Nether Ring Lord as soon as the match started.”

“Grind,” the Dragon King called out, indicating that since the Earth Spirit’s subsequent attacks wouldn’t pose a threat to the Nether Ring Lord, the Nether Ring Lord would attack it.

The “Mutual Destruction” trait is easiest to activate at the beginning but harder to activate later, while the “Life-Borrowing” trait has a limited duration; once the time is up, it will revert to its original state. Therefore, these two traits are not entirely unsolvable… Li Muxin stood on the high platform, his mind racing.

The initial attack on the Netherworld Ring Monarch absolutely cannot be fatal, and it cannot use a skill with lethal attack power, because the Netherworld Ring Monarch might intentionally collide with it, causing damage to itself. The best method is to engage in a war of attrition with the Netherworld Ring Monarch, and attack it several times during the attrition process…

Thinking of this, Li Muxin said,

“Six.”

As soon as he finished speaking, the Earth Solitary Stone Lord flashed with yellow light.

The ground exploded, and countless fragments of stone rose into the air, converging towards the direction where Little Treasure Hunter was.

These were all skills with a large scale but weak attack power; the attack power couldn’t even break through Little Treasure Hunter’s barrier. It seems the opponent doesn’t want to use a powerful attack… Qiao Sang thought to herself.

Little Treasure Hunter flashed with black light for a moment, and then instantly disappeared. The

Earth Solitary Stone Lord once again condensed yellow armor formed from sand and gravel around its body.

However, the expected attack did not come. The Earth-Stone Lord was suddenly controlled by a force, its massive body falling backward uncontrollably.

On the ground, Little Treasure Hunter raised its two claws, its shadow connecting with the Earth-Stone Lord’s shadow.

“Xunxun~”

It flicked its claws, forcefully throwing the Earth-Stone Lord away.

“Xunxun~”

At the same time, a gigantic Netherworld Ring Monarch, approximately sixty meters in size, suddenly appeared high in the sky.

Its head glowed white, and against the backdrop of the gigantic Netherworld Ring Monarch’s dark body, it resembled a ray of dawn in the darkness, plummeting straight down. (End of Chapter)