Beast Taming: Starting From Zero - Chapter 1382

Chapter 1382. Chapter 1377 Little Treasure Hunter VS Fire Xixing (Two-in-One)

“Huo Xixing used Martian Meteor right from the start!” Nefertis exclaimed excitedly from the commentary booth.

Martian Meteor, a fire-type super-tier skill, can create fiery meteors that fall from the sky like a super-enhanced version of a meteor shower… Qiao Sang looked at the streaks of fire in the sky that seemed to burn the entire night, feeling shocked but also a heavy weight in her heart.

Undoubtedly, if Xiao Xunbao were hit by the Martian Meteor, it would fall instantly.

Xia Huo now only had two royal-level pets left. Nu Shizhe had only recently evolved and was the weakest of all her royal-level pets. If she wanted any chance of turning the tide, she could only rely on Huo Xixing.

But she sent out her trump card before Xiao Xunbao’s mutual destruction and life-borrowing traits were fully activated, and she went all out right from the start, seemingly unafraid that Xiao Xunbao would activate its traits and bring down Huo Xixing. This was too strange.

Could it be that the opponent was betting that Xiao Xunbao’s traits might not be activated?

No, generally speaking, opponents of this caliber wouldn’t risk such a large-scale competition.

Does Fire Star possess some characteristic that perfectly counters Little Treasure Hunter’s ability to trigger Mutual Destruction and Life Borrowing?

But that doesn’t make sense either. If it truly possessed such a characteristic, the opponent would have summoned Fire Star immediately after the Six-Winged Firebird’s defeat, instead of saving it for the fourth round.

Or has Xia Huo, after losing three rounds in a row, completely lost her temper? Is she only thinking about defeating Little Treasure Hunter? No longer considering the final victory?

That can’t be right. The opponent is, after all, an A-level professional Beastmaster, and a student in the Flame Class of Flame University. Even if her personality is influenced by fire-type pets, she wouldn’t be this impulsive…

If she had to say that Fire Star might be able to recover under Little Treasure Hunter’s Mutual Destruction characteristic, she remembered… In that instant, various thoughts flashed through Qiao Sang’s mind.

But there was no time to think further; countless sparks were already falling from the sky.

Qiao Sang, watching Xiao Xunbao’s still motionless figure, shouted,

“Dodge!”

Although it was a good thing that Xiao Xunbao’s attack directly triggered its special ability and took away Huo Xixing, she didn’t want to follow its rhythm before figuring out what the opponent was trying to do. Most importantly, the more brilliantly Xiao Xunbao performed in the competition, the more white energy would be generated from the audience.

If it was hit right at the beginning of the competition and its special ability triggered, ending the battle, the white energy generated would definitely not be as much as after a wonderful exchange.

“Xunxun?”

Xiao Xunbao was stunned. Its first reaction was, wasn’t Huo Xixing the ace? Did it need to dodge its attack? This move felt like it could knock it unconscious. Wouldn’t it be better to just trigger Mutual Destruction and Life Borrowing directly?

Despite its confusion, it subconsciously obeyed the command, teleporting and changing its position among the dazzling fire meteors.

“Bang bang bang!!!”

Fire meteors fell to the ground, and the massive fire energy exploded, directly turning the surrounding ground into dust.

Huge craters were shocking, and flames devoured everything.

Almost instantly, the entire arena transformed into a scene of purgatory.

“Xunxun!”

Feeling the destructive heat surrounding it, Little Xunbao moved even faster, completely forgetting its earlier thought that it would be alright even if it was attacked, now terrified of being hit by a stray object.

Amidst the falling fiery meteors, Little Xunbao’s figure appeared incredibly fragile and inconspicuous, causing many spectators to watch with bated breath, their hearts pounding in their chests.

“Fire Star truly lives up to its reputation as Xia Huo’s ace. Its attack power is unmatched by any other royal-level pet.”

“What do you mean ‘casually’? That’s a Martian Meteorite, a super-tier skill!”

“Why is Dark Ring Monarch still dodging? I’d just charge in! With the Mutual Destruction and Life-Borrowing traits, what’s there to be afraid of?”

“It wasn’t Dark Ring Monarch that made it dodge; it

was Qiao Sang who told it to.” “I feel like Dark Ring Monarch didn’t even want to move before; it only started moving after Qiao Sang told it to.”

“Yes, I think it’s better to dodge. The probability of Mutual Destruction and Life-Borrowing being activated isn’t 100%. Besides, it’s just Fire Star; Little Treasure Hunter might be able to beat it without even using its traits. If Little Treasure Hunter wins in the end because of its traits, it’s definitely because it consumed too much energy in the first three rounds.”

“…You’re a fan of Dark Ring Monarch, aren’t you?”

“How did you know?”

“…” “

Even after three consecutive battles, Dark Ring Monarch’s reaction speed and movement ability are still so fast,” Auror remarked from the commentary booth.

“Yin Zhong.”

“Yin Zhong.”

Yin Zhong Si pondered for a moment, then called out twice, indicating that it felt the main reason was that the Nether Ring Monarch was too small. If a pet were slightly larger, even with faster reaction speed and movement, it would definitely be attacked.

Nephthys nodded in agreement, saying, “The Nether Ring Monarch’s size does indeed give it an advantage over opponents of the same level.”

During the discussion, Qiao Sang spoke up:

“Pierce!”

Instantly, giant abyssal black holes appeared in the air, one of which appeared several meters above Huo Xixing.

Brilliant fire meteors pierced through it.

The next second, fire meteors fell from the black hole above Huo Xixing.

However, just as the fire meteors were about to hit Huo Xixing, they suddenly stopped.

“The Nether Ring Monarch has used Shadow Penetration! However, under Huo Xixing’s control, the transferred fire meteors did not continue to attack downwards!” On the commentary platform, Auror said at an extremely fast pace.

“Merge.” Xia Huo issued the command expressionlessly.

“Fire Xi!”

Fire Xi called out, clasping her hands together, her body radiating a dense blue light.

In mid-air, countless dazzling yet terrifyingly powerful fiery meteors were instantly controlled by an invisible force, halting in mid-air.

Then, as if drawn by something, the countless fiery meteors rapidly converged above Fire Xi, forming a gigantic Fire Xi star over thirty meters in size!

“Fire Xi has unleashed the Avatar of Fire!” exclaimed Nefertis on the commentary stage.

The entire audience gasped in astonishment.

Although Water Xi had used the Avatar of Water in the previous match, the visual effect of the Water Avatar formed by rainfall was far less impressive than the Avatar of Fire composed of Martian meteorites.

“Avatar of Fire,” a super-tier fire-type skill, allows the user to condense an avatar resembling themselves through flames. Aside from the different attributes, its abilities are essentially the same as “Avatar of Water”… Qiao Sang looked at the giant Fire Star on the field, recalling related information before pondering her earlier interrupted thoughts.

If she had to say whether Fire Star could possibly revive under the Little Treasure Hunter’s mutual destruction ability, she remembered that according to the information, there was only one possibility: activating a raging inferno after mutual destruction.

The information stated that Fire Star’s raging inferno ability was A-rank, indeed with a considerable probability of activation.

If Fire Star successfully activated raging inferno, even if Little Treasure Hunter revived through “Life-Borrowing,” it wouldn’t be a match for Fire Star.

However, like “Life-Borrowing,” raging inferno has a time limit; once it expires, it will be ineffective, and the pet will fall…

Qiao Sang looked at the expressionless Xia Huo in the distance, suddenly realizing something, and a thought struck her.

She remembered that Fire Star also possessed the “Starfire” ability, albeit at a low level. Pets with this ability could continuously recover energy by consuming flames.

If Huo Xixing can unleash her Blazing Flame and then utilize her Starfire ability, even after the Flame’s effects wear off, she might not collapse and might even have the strength to continue moving.

If Huo Xixing unleashes her Blazing Flame and wins against Little Treasure Hunter, she can be retrieved from the Beast Taming Manual after the match to recover.

The opponent can easily send out Nushizhe for the next round, and once Huo Xixing has recovered somewhat, she can continue to fight.

From this perspective, sending out Huo Xixing first does indeed offer a greater chance of victory.

However, all of this depends on ensuring Huo Xixing can unleash her Blazing Flame…

Is Xia Huo gambling…? Well, she only has two Royal-level pets left, and no matter how she arranges things, there’s no better way than this…

Realizing the other party’s purpose, Qiao Sang breathed a sigh of relief, then her eyes sharpened, and she said,

“Curse!”

“Xunxun!”

As soon as she finished speaking, Xiao Xunbao activated its energy.

A giant Netherworld Ring Monarch, about sixty meters in size, instantly materialized.

However, the moment the giant Netherworld Ring Monarch appeared, Huo Xixing’s fire avatar swung its giant fist, and with a “bang,” the giant Netherworld Ring Monarch vanished in the shockwave carrying flames.

“Xunxun~”

At the same time, Xiao Xunbao appeared in front of Huo Xixing, its eyes glowing purple.

Huo Xixing looked at it, its eyes not flinching, but glowing blue.

A tremendous gravity suddenly dropped.

Xiao Xunbao couldn’t avoid it and was directly “slapped” down.

The giant Huo Xixing, formed from flames, raised its foot and stomped hard on the falling Xiao Xunbao.

“Xunxun!”

Xiao Xunbao gritted its teeth and activated its energy, about to teleport.

But at this moment, it suddenly found itself bound by an invisible force, unable to move at all.

Xiao Xunbao’s eyes turned to the left.

In the distance to the left, Huo Xixing’s eyes were glowing blue as she stared at him. Not

hearing his Beastmaster’s commands or calls, Xiao Xunbao realized something, closed his eyes, spread his arms, and adopted a heroic, almost sacrificial expression.

“Bang!!!”

With a deafening crash, Xiao Xunbao was stomped to the ground by a giant foot formed of flames.

The ground shattered, and flames scattered.

Xiao Xunbao’s figure was trampled under the fire avatar’s foot and vanished without a trace.

“The fire avatar attacked the Nether Ring Monarch!” Nefertis exclaimed from the commentary booth. Auror pondered

, “After three consecutive matches, the Nether Ring Monarch shouldn’t have much energy left. Facing Huo Xixing, being directly attacked and activating Mutual Destruction and Life Borrowing is indeed a good choice.”

“Yin Zhong,”

Yin Zhong Si called out, indicating that Qiao Sang had previously instructed the Nether Ring Monarch to dodge, but now, without issuing commands, he probably felt that activating its special ability was the best option at this moment.

At this point, it suddenly remembered something, a thoughtful expression on its face, and called out:

“Yin Bell?”

But Qiao Sang mentioned “curse” earlier, was it planning to cast a curse?

Although Little Treasure Hunt’s energy had recovered somewhat after absorbing the white energy, it was definitely not at its peak. Fire Star possessed the two major characteristics of Ignite and Starfire, so even if its attack was redirected to attack itself, it wouldn’t cause much damage. Fire Star’s previous moves should have raised the audience’s emotions quite a bit, and now was the perfect time to activate Mutual Destruction and Life Borrowing, after all, the previous highlights were all on Fire Star… Now, she could only hope that under the power of the curse, Fire Star’s misfortune would increase, and it wouldn’t activate the Fierce Fire characteristic… Qiao Sang stared at the red figure high in the distance. On

another high platform, Xia Huo wasn’t smug, but rather her expression was somewhat solemn.

She knew that the most crucial moment of this match was about to begin.

The eyes of the entire audience, as well as the host and guests, were almost all fixed on the red figure on the field.

Under the gaze of everyone and all the pets, the fire incarnation formed from flames collapsed with a crash.

At the same time, Huo Xixing closed its eyes and fell downwards.

The flames from the dissipation of the Fire Avatar poured onto its body.

Then, a burst of scorching fire suddenly exploded.

“Huo Xi!”

Huo Xixing opened its eyes, roared, and amidst the dazzling flames, its entire body burst into extremely high-temperature flames, and it floated back into the air.

The entire arena fell silent, then erupted into a tidal wave of clamor:

“Holy crap! It’s Blazing Fire! Fire Star has unleashed Blazing Fire!”

“I knew Blazing Fire could counter Mutual Destruction!”

“Amazing! I thought Fire Star would lose this match directly to Dark Ring Monarch’s Mutual Destruction and Life Borrowing.”

“Even if it unleashes Blazing Fire, it won’t last until the next match; it’s practically useless.”

“Who said that? Fire Star can recover some of its strength in the Beast Taming Manual, and I remember it also has the Starfire trait.”

“It’s still no match for Burning Emperor.”

“Hey, why didn’t Dark Ring Monarch float up again?”

“No way! Life Borrowing didn’t activate?!”

“No, Little Treasure Hunter!”

“Life Borrowing isn’t guaranteed to activate, but Dark Ring Monarch’s Life Borrowing even affected the host last time, so its level must be high. It’s just bad luck that it didn’t activate; Fire Star’s Blazing Fire already came out.”

“That’s such a pity…”

“I thought Dark Ring Monarch could win 4-0, but now it looks like it can only win 3-1.”

“That’s pretty impressive, at least winning three games in a row and even getting Firestar to unleash its Fierce Flame.”

Although most of the audience was still praising Little Treasure Hunter, their tone was inevitably tinged with disappointment.

The Mutual Destruction and Life-Borrowing traits were practically Little Treasure Hunter’s signature traits, and everyone, including the pets, was hoping for them to be activated. The result was only Mutual Destruction, not Life-Borrowing; it was impossible not to be disappointed.

“Firestar has unleashed its Fierce Flame and stood up again!” On the commentary stage, Nefertis exclaimed, “But the Underworld Lord didn’t float up again; it seems Life-Borrowing wasn’t successfully activated!”

“Is this match over?” Auror followed up.

“Yin Zhong.” Yin Zhongsi called out, indicating that even if the Underworld Lord had awakened through Life-Borrowing, it probably wouldn’t be able to defeat Firestar who had unleashed its Fierce Flame.

“Hahahahahaha!!!” Xia Huo finally felt a huge weight lifted from her shoulders and let out a hearty laugh: “Haha…”

However, halfway through her laughter, she suddenly saw something, her pupils constricted, her expression froze, and her laughter stopped abruptly, unable to continue.

On the field, the flames engulfing Huo Xixing, who was burning with intense heat, suddenly vanished. She closed her eyes and collapsed back down.

“Xunxun!”

“Xunxun!”

At the same time, Little Xunbao cried out, “It’s so hot! It’s so hot!” and quickly floated up from the fiery pit, clutching its bottom. (End of Chapter)