Beast Taming: Starting From Zero - Chapter 1378

Chapter 1378. Chapter 1373 The Incarnation of Water (Two Chapters Combined)

Little Treasure looked at it, its eyes glowing purple.

But before they could even meet its gaze for a second, Shui Xixing vanished from its spot.

Immediately afterward, the sky suddenly became overcast, and a torrential downpour began without warning.

The rain was fierce, pelting down like scattered beans.

The speed at which it unleashed the rain was truly astounding… Qiao Sang looked at the blue figure a few hundred meters above Little Treasure.

Based on the information currently available, Shui Xixing was considered Xia Huo’s second ace. Its reaction speed and combat ability were top-tier among pets of the same level, only its attack power was slightly inferior to Huo Xixing, so everyone believed that Xia Huo’s ace was Huo Xixing.

As a dual-attribute pet of water and psychic types, its water control ability was unparalleled; as long as there was water on the field, it could use it for attacks.

In a flash of thought, the raindrops falling from the sky were suddenly controlled by a powerful force, rapidly converging into a giant Shui Xixing figure, about thirty meters in size, formed from rainwater.

It was enormous, with a cold expression, and exuded the powerful aura of a royal-level pet, like an avatar of Shui Xixing.

“Shui Xixing has unleashed Water Avatar!” On the commentary stage, Nefertis’s eyes lit up, and she exclaimed, “It really unleashed its ultimate move right from the start! Is it preparing to suppress the Underworld Lord with absolute power?!”

“First, it used Rainfall, then Water Avatar. These two skills combined allow Water Avatar to continuously replenish its water-type energy. It seems Xia Huo had planned for Shui Xixing to use this move right from the start,” Auror analyzed.

“Yin Zhong.”

“Yin Zhong.”

Yin Zhong Si looked at the scene on the field and called out twice.

No matter what kind of attack Water Avatar suffered, it would recover completely with the replenishment of Rainfall, and the damage wouldn’t affect Shui Xixing. If Shui Xixing’s Water Avatar could attack the Underworld Lord, it was unknown whether the mutual destruction trait would affect it.

“While attacks on the Water Avatar won’t affect the main body of Watery Star, attacks on the Underworld Lord will still affect Watery Star due to its mutual destruction ability,” Auror said.

“That’s right. The Water Avatar is connected to Watery Star’s energy and consciousness. As long as there is a connection between the avatar and the main body, it will be affected by certain abilities,” Nefertis added.

When it comes to professional knowledge of skills and abilities, the two human commentators are clearly more professional than Yin Zhongsi.

“Yin Zhong.”

Yin Zhongsi showed an “I see” expression and exclaimed, indicating that it was no wonder that Xia Huo didn’t send out Watery Star in the second round.

On the field, the giant Watery Star, formed from rainwater, looked at the location of Little Treasure Hunter and swung its fist.

Although the giant Watery Star was about thirty meters in size, there was still a certain distance between it and Little Treasure Hunter. But the moment it swung its fist, the giant fist and its entire arm, formed from water, suddenly increased to a hundred meters!

“Xun Xun~”

Just as the fist was about to hit Little Treasure Hunter, it teleported and appeared on the arm of the giant Watery Star.

Where it landed, an arm formed of water rapidly surged and expanded like a torrent, engulfing the little treasure within.

“Xun…”

The little treasure cried out in terror, barely managing a single scream before being swallowed by the surging water and reappearing inside the giant Water Xi Star.

High in the sky, Water Xi Star’s eyes glowed blue as it looked down.

Suddenly, it sensed danger through the falling rain.

Without hesitation, Water Xi Star activated its energy, creating a semi-transparent barrier around itself.

However, before the barrier could fully solidify, a black energy ball struck its back, accompanied by a deafening “bang,” the shockwave spreading in all directions.

“Water Xi!”

Water Xi Star screamed, plummeting downwards.

“Xun Xun~”

The little treasure appeared behind Water Xi Star, watching its falling form and grinning.

At the same time, the Netherworld Lord, who had been struggling within the giant Water Xi Star, vanished.

Holy crap, how could it be a substitute…? Everyone’s eyes widened.

Avatar of Water, a super-tier water-type skill, allows the user to condense an avatar resembling themselves using water. The more energy the user generates, the larger the avatar becomes, and it can even expand locally for attacks. Unless a devastating attack can destroy the avatar, it can continue to move even if it loses limbs, and it can slowly regenerate. In rainy weather or water-based environments, the avatar’s regeneration speed increases several times over… On the high platform, Qiao Sang watched the falling Shui Xixing with an unchanged expression.

The combination of the Rainfall and Avatar of Water skills was indeed a headache.

Therefore, before the competition began, she had envisioned a scenario where Little Treasure Hunt encountered Shui Xixing, hoping it could prevent Shui Xixing from using Rainfall from the start.

Unfortunately, it failed, but it wasn’t a big problem. The actions of the Avatar of Water were all controlled by Shui Xixing’s consciousness, just like Little Treasure Hunt controlled the Dark Shadow. No matter how you attacked the Avatar of Water, it was futile, purely consuming stamina and energy. However, attacking Shui Xixing was a completely different story.

As Xia Huo’s second trump card, attacking Shui Xi Xing, who possesses a psychic-type ability, is not easy. However, as long as Shui Xi Xing uses her consciousness to control the Water Avatar, and her Stand distracts it, there is hope of attacking it.

Sure enough, Shui Xi Xing’s attention was diverted, and the attack succeeded.

It’s just a pity that Xiao Xun Bao doesn’t have a super-level attack skill that can be used instantly, otherwise, Shui Xi Xing, who is also fragile, might have fallen directly…

“The one absorbed into the Water Avatar’s body is actually the Stand of the Dark Ring Lord!” On the commentary stage, Nefertis exclaimed excitedly, “The Dark Ring Lord successfully hit Shui Xi Xing with Shadow Ball!”

“If the one absorbed into the Water Avatar’s body is the Stand of the Dark Ring Lord, then after the Dark Ring Lord disappeared, what appeared above Shui Xi Xing was its Stand?” Auror asked in surprise.

“Yin Zhong.”

Yin Zhong Si thought for a moment and called out, indicating that the Dark Ring Lord must have used its Stand after the Water Avatar appeared.

On the high platform, Xia Huo suddenly remembered that after the Water Avatar’s arm grew to a gigantic size, the Dark Ring Lord first vanished into thin air and then reappeared on the Water Avatar’s arm.

It must have been at that moment that the original and the Stand successfully swapped positions.

The Stand deliberately appeared on the Water Avatar’s arm to distract her and Shui Xixing… Veins bulged on Xia Huo’s forehead.

Knowing full well that the Dark Ring Lord’s Stand was just as clever as the original, how could she still have been fooled!

Xia Huo took a deep breath, then another, the bulging veins on her forehead subsiding as she regained her composure.

Calm down, Shui Xixing only took one hit from a Shadow Ball; the match has only just begun…

On the field, just as the Water-Heart Star was about to crash to the ground, a giant Water-Heart Star formed from water swiftly appeared and caught it steadily.

At the same time, a giant Netherworld Ring Monarch, about sixty meters in size, appeared out of thin air, raised a super-giant black energy ball that had instantly condensed, and slammed it down on the giant Water-Heart Star.

“Bang!!!”

With a loud bang, most of the giant Water-Heart Star’s body exploded, surging and splashing like waves.

“Splash~” A torrential rain fell.

The giant Water-Heart Star, which had lost most of its body, visibly regenerated and reformed.

At this moment, Qiao Sang spoke:

“Seal off.”

“Xun Xun~” Little Xun Bao stood on the head of the giant Netherworld Ring Monarch, its eyes glowing blue.

In an instant, an invisible barrier unfolded, covering most of the field.

Inside the barrier, the sound of raindrops suddenly ceased.

The giant Water Star, which had been rapidly recovering, stopped, its recovery speed abruptly slowing.

Drops of rain fell on the invisible barrier, splashing and being blocked out.

The scene was briefly quiet, then a clamor arose like dust.

“Spatial Lockdown? The Netherworld Lord can actually use Spatial Lockdown!”

“My god! That’s amazing! The Netherworld Lord seems to know so many skills!”

“They’re both Royal-level pets, isn’t it normal for them to have many skills?”

“How can they be the same? The Netherworld Lord’s super-level skills seem to have been honed to a divine level. That Shadow Penetration skill alone appears one after another, as if it doesn’t require energy. And many other skills have very high proficiency. The skills it’s currently using aren’t even its main attribute. Considering Qiao Sang’s age, isn’t it terrifying?”

“Holy crap, now that you mention it, it’s kind of true.”

“It feels like the Netherworld Lord is hiding a lot of tricks!”

“The Netherworld Lord has used Spatial Lockdown, isolating the torrential rain!” Nefertis exclaimed from the commentary platform.

Auror followed up, “Without the rain, the Water Avatar’s recovery speed has slowed down considerably. I wonder how Xia Huo will handle this.”

“Yin Zhong,”

Yin Zhongsi called out, indicating that this wasn’t a major problem; they could simply attack the barrier.

On the field, Shui Xixing, who had appeared in mid-air at some point, looked at the barrier, opened her mouth, and a white beam of light shot out instantly.

Just as the white beam was about to hit the barrier, a deep black hole appeared out of nowhere.

The white beam disappeared into it.

At the same time, a black hole also appeared above Shui Xixing.

Shui Xixing teleported away.

“Bang!”

The white beam missed its target, striking the ground and creating a huge crater.

“Xun Xun~”

Little Xunbao and the giant Netherworld Lord simultaneously raised their claws, and two black shadows, one thin and one thick, appeared, rapidly expanding and splitting into hundreds of black shadows, spreading wildly from all directions towards Shui Xixing’s location.

“Shui Xi.”

Shui Xixing’s expression turned serious; she vanished and reappeared outside the barrier.

The hundreds of black shadows instantly changed direction, attacking the giant Shui Xixing, tightly binding her entire body and tightening abruptly.

With a loud “bang,” the giant Shui Xixing’s body exploded and disintegrated, leaving only a single drop of water suspended in mid-air.

Countless splashes of water, halfway down, suddenly seemed drawn together by something, converging on the suspended droplet.

However, their speed was far slower than before.

Sure enough, as long as the pet wielding the Water Avatar didn’t actively dissipate, even if reduced to a single drop of water, it would slowly recover over time… Qiao Sang glanced at the constantly gathering water, then looked at Shui Xixing outside the barrier, thinking that indeed, no matter the pet’s attribute, combining it with a psychic ability doubled its difficulty.

Without a psychic ability, Shui Xixing would definitely have had to rely on powerful attacks to break through the spatial blockade, instead of simply using a spirit body exchange to leave…

In a flash of thought, Little Treasure Hunter also appeared outside the barrier. It raised its paw, and a black shadow extending from it instantly swept towards Shui Xixing’s location.

Shui Xixing teleported away, reappearing a hundred meters away.

The instant it appeared, a Netherworld Lord that looked exactly like Little Treasure Hunter appeared behind it, its eyes glowing blue.

Shui Xixing was immediately controlled by an invisible force, unable to move immediately.

The shadow abruptly changed direction, spreading wildly towards it.

“Condense!” Xia Huo commanded.

“Shui Xixing.”

Hearing its Beastmaster’s voice, Shui Xixing channeled its energy.

The shadow seized the opportunity to tightly bind it.

At the same time, countless water droplets within the barrier stopped condensing, falling like ordinary water.

Shui Xixing abandoned the condensation of this water avatar.

Meanwhile, behind Little Treasure Hunter, who was casting the shadow spell, a giant Shui Xixing, formed from rainwater, suddenly appeared. It opened its mouth, and a powerful water cannon instantly shot out.

“Bang!”

A loud bang, and in the terrifying shockwave, Little Treasure Hunter, who was casting the shadow spell, disintegrated and disappeared.

“Shui Xi!”

At the same time, Shui Xixing let out a miserable cry.

Behind it, the head of the Netherworld Lord, which looked exactly like Little Treasure Hunter and glowed white, slammed into its body.

The entire arena erupted in uproar; many people and their pets were in a state of confusion.

Judging from the attack just now, they had always thought that the one using Dark Shadow Control was the Netherworld Lord’s true form, but it turned out that the one

using telekinesis to control Shui Xixing was the Netherworld Lord’s true form! “The Avatar of Water appeared behind the Netherworld Lord!” On the commentary platform, Nefertis exclaimed passionately, “It unleashed a water cannon! At the same time, the Netherworld Lord behind Shui Xixing unleashed a Mind Hammer!”

“Oh! The Netherworld Lord attacked by the Avatar of Water disappeared! It attacked a substitute again!” Auror exclaimed excitedly,

“And on the other side, the real Netherworld Lord successfully struck Shui Xixing with a Mind Hammer!”

“Yin Zhong,”

Yin Zhongsi exclaimed in amazement, indicating that the Netherworld Lord’s use of the substitute was too amazing; even it couldn’t distinguish which was the substitute and which was the true form.

A substitute! A substitute! Another substitute! How could it be a substitute! This Netherworld Ring Lord clearly appeared from the head of the Dark Shadow! Xia Huo was both frustrated and furious.

She felt like she’d been played, manipulated, yet utterly helpless.

No, it wasn’t entirely hopeless…

Xia Huo calmed down for the nth time.

Originally, she planned to have her Water Avatar attack the Netherworld Ring Lord, ensuring the initial damage wouldn’t be fatal. This way, even if a mutual destruction occurred, the probability of it affecting Shui Xixing would be much lower.

She intended for Shui Xixing to advance to the next round, but now it seemed the Netherworld Ring Lord was an obstacle that absolutely had to be eliminated…

Xia Huo took a deep breath and said, “Barrier.”

Shui Xixing, falling headfirst, suddenly opened her eyes, which glowed blue. (End of Chapter)