Beast Taming: Starting From Zero - Chapter 1383

1383. Chapter 1378 The Stone Bearer (Two Chapters Combined)

For a moment, the entire stadium fell into an eerie silence.

Then, the stands erupted in a tsunami-like uproar.

“Holy crap! Did the Netherworld Lord borrow life from Huo Xixing?”

“No way, is this some kind of absurd? With so many people and pets here, how could it borrow life from Huo Xixing so precisely?”

“Ah! Little Treasure Hunter! Little Treasure Hunter!”

“Hahahaha! This is too dramatic. I originally thought the Netherworld Lord hadn’t activated its life-borrowing ability this time, but it turns out it was waiting for Huo Xixing to activate its Fierce Fire before borrowing life from it.”

“Huo Xixing is so pitiful, hahahahaha…” “

Oh my god, it finally activated its Fierce Fire, and then its life was borrowed. Huo Xixing’s luck is just too bad.”

“Ahhh! Netherworld Lord! Netherworld Lord!”

“Oh my god, I thought the Netherworld Lord would win with its mutual destruction and life-borrowing abilities, but I never thought that both abilities would affect Huo Xixing…”

“Hahaha, Huo Xixing is so unlucky! I really don’t want to laugh, but I really can’t help it, hahahaha…”

“Didn’t Qiao Sang issue the ‘curse’ command earlier? Did the Netherworld Lord curse Huo Xixing?”

“Yes, I remember, Yin Zhongsi also said this.”

In order to make the explanations of the pet guests understandable to the humans in the audience, a virtual screen will appear above the commentary stage. The mechanical pets in the background will convert the guests’ words into subtitles in real time. Some audience members will pay attention to watch in order to know what the pet guests are saying.

“My god, Qiao Sang’s foresight is incredible! Knowing that Huo Xixing would rise again through the raging flames, he had the Underworld Ring Monarch curse it! It’s terrifying to have someone like that as an opponent!”

“What kind of curse is so powerful? How could it hit so accurately with the life-borrowing technique?”

“It feels like it’s cursing the target to bad luck, like a curse of misfortune. Anyway, when I saw Huo Xixing fall down after activating the raging flames, my first thought was that it was really unlucky.” “

Oh my god, I also feel sorry for it. It activated the raging flames and then had its life-borrowing technique used. If it was cursed with misfortune, that makes sense.”

“I declare that the Underworld Ring Monarch is definitely the strongest pet in this year’s Master Challenge!”

“I agree. Even if it activates the raging flames, it will still have its life-borrowing technique used. There’s no way it can fight.”

“Yeah, even if some pets have the same effect as the raging flames, they will still have their life-borrowing technique used. It’s better not to activate it at all. When Huo Xixing stood up again, I was really excited. I was going to take a picture, but before I could even get my phone out, it fell down again.”

“Life-borrowing depends on probability. It’s not guaranteed that you’ll have your life-borrowing technique used just because you stand up again.”

“It’s all about probability, but the Dark Ring Monarch can maximize that probability! Casting a curse before attacking, borrowing life is like locking onto the target, who can withstand that?”

“It might not lock on, it just increases the probability of being borrowed. If it could lock on, the Dark Ring Monarch would truly be invincible among its peers…”

“I also think that even the strongest pet will find a nemesis among its peers, but it seems that no matter what type or attribute of the pet comes, it’s useless against the Dark Ring Monarch.” “

Originally, I thought that the best way for other contestants to beat Qiao Sang was to avoid letting their ace face the Dark Ring Monarch, but now it seems that if the ace can fight alongside the Dark Ring Monarch, it’s actually the luckiest, because the Dark Ring Monarch is definitely the most difficult pet for Qiao Sang to deal with, it’s not a loss.”

“It’s not a loss, they’re both aces.”

“Originally, I was a staunch supporter of Tooth Treasure, but after watching today’s match, I’ve decided to switch from being a Tooth Treasure fan to a Qiao Sang fan, because both Tooth Treasure and Little Treasure Hunter are so strong!”

“Do you think Xia Huo will be shut out in this match…”

“You know what, it’s actually possible! I feel like Qiao Sang’s remaining royal-level pets could handle Nu Shi Zhe!”

“If Xia Huo gets shut out by Qiao Sang, Yan Tian University’s reputation might be in trouble. I remember another Yan Tian University student, Jerome, also got shut out by Qiao Sang.”

“Some pets are quite strong even after just evolving, especially those genius pets, which are basically perfectly evolved. Once they evolve, they become much stronger than other pets of the same level.”

“That’s compared to ordinary pets. Qiao Sang’s pets are definitely all perfectly evolved as well.”

“I can already imagine Xia Huo getting shut out.”

“A beast tamer with five royal-level pets being shut out by a beast tamer with four royal-level pets is unprecedented in the history of the Master Challenge…”

“It’s all because the Netherworld Lord is too strong. It took down four royal-level pets by itself.”

“I think it’s too early to say. Xia Huo still has two pets left.”

“Hahaha, a newly evolved Nushikage and a King-level pet beast?”

Jerome’s face was unusually ugly in the crowd. He looked at the figure on the high platform in the distance with a “disappointed” expression.

He even mocked him for being shut out. Why don’t you win a game!

…

VIP Room.

“Beautiful!” Michaela couldn’t help but exclaim in admiration. She quickly picked up her phone and opened the group chat.

Sure enough, the discussion was all about Little Treasure Hunter borrowing his life from Fire Star.

Michaela’s lips curled up, and she typed:

【I didn’t expect Josang to be able to win four games in a row against the Flame Class students with the Nether Ring Monarch.】

The old guys in the group replied one after another, without any sarcasm, only praise. Only a few people were a little jealous of Michaela, saying that anyone who taught Josang would have the same result.

Jealous… Michaela chuckled, about to reply.

Suddenly, an ID that had never posted in the group before popped up:

【Dean: Well done @Michaela】

The group went silent, as if everyone was muted.

Michaela was flattered.

Before she could reply, the old guys had already chimed in, enthusiastically discussing Jossan’s excellence and praising Michaela in the process.

Only the old guy who had previously sent “Anyone who teaches Jossan will get the same result” remained silent.

Michaela felt refreshed, all the turbidity in her body dissipated, and she began chatting happily in the group.

…

“Fire Star has unleashed a fierce fire! It has stood up!” On the commentary stage, Nefertis exclaimed excitedly, “But the next second it fell again! The Nether Ring Monarch has floated up again; it has successfully borrowed life!”

“The Nether Ring Monarch has borrowed life from Fire Star!” Auror exclaimed excitedly in disbelief, “Unprecedented! Absolutely unprecedented! This life-borrowing by the Nether Ring Monarch directly determines the outcome of this round of the competition!”

“Yin Zhong.”

Yin Zhongsi exclaimed with a sigh, indicating that Huo Xixing’s raging fire had been activated in vain. It seemed that the curse cast by the Underworld Lord earlier had played a crucial role.

Nephthys also sighed, “Xia Huo actually foresaw from the beginning of the match that Huo Xixing would activate raging fire due to the Underworld Lord’s mutual destruction property. However, Qiao Sang also foresaw this, even more so than she had predicted, which led to the Underworld Lord casting the curse.”

“It’s obvious that Josang’s judgment was accurate. The curse power caused Huo Xixing, who had unleashed a fierce fire, to fall again.”

Aurore thought of something and said,

“Some experienced professional beast tamers can predict two or three steps ahead at the very beginning of the competition, when their pets are first summoned. No matter how you make your pets act, the opponent can predict it.”

“I feel that Josang’s level of prediction is even higher than theirs. She saw the result directly and changed it.”

“Yin Zhong.”

Yin Zhongsi nodded in agreement.

During the conversation, the pet wearing the referee’s badge came to Huo Xixing’s side to observe for a moment, and then waved a green flag in the direction of Josang.

A giant virtual screen appeared out of thin air, and below Xia Huo’s photo, Huo Xixing’s portrait changed from color to black and white.

The entire arena instantly erupted in cheers and screams that shook the heavens. Everyone and pets were calling out the names of Josang and Xiao Xunbao.

Countless white energies poured into Xiao Xunbao’s body, as if to completely engulf it.

“Xunxun~”

“Xunxun~”

Hearing the cheers and screams from all directions, Little Xunbao quickly lowered its paw from its bottom, pretending it had never been covering it, and proudly greeted the audience.

Xia Huo stared at the figure in the distance, which resembled a black dot, her face ashen, her eyes filled with confusion.

Even with Huo Xixing, four royal-level pet beasts couldn’t defeat the Netherworld Ring Monarch?

Huo Xixing had unleashed her raging flames and was even robbed of her life; was she just unlucky, or was her strength simply mediocre?

For the first time since birth, Xia Huo doubted herself.

She looked at the Netherworld Ring Monarch in the distance, feeling its size grow larger and larger before her eyes, emitting an evil “hehehe” laugh. It

wasn’t until the mechanical-type pet beast wearing the referee’s badge came to her side and reminded her that the image of the Netherworld Ring Monarch in Xia Huo’s eyes returned. With a wave of her hand, she recalled the unconscious Huo Xixing into the Beast Taming Manual.

Originally, she thought that Xiao Xunbao’s curse of bad luck would prevent Huo Xixing’s fierce fire from being activated, but she didn’t expect it to directly borrow life from Huo Xixing. It really scared her to death; she almost thought that Xiao Xunbao’s life-borrowing hadn’t been activated… But thinking about it, why didn’t she think before that the curse of bad luck would increase the probability of the cursed person having their life borrowed… If Xiao Xunbao cast a curse on a target before training with Ya Bao in the future, wouldn’t the probability of her own life being borrowed be greatly reduced…? A variety of thoughts flashed through Qiao Sang’s mind in an instant, but on the surface,

she maintained a calm appearance of “I knew it would happen.” However, she quickly lost her composure and revealed a shocked and astonished expression.

Holy crap! So much white energy!

Qiao Sang looked at the white energy that almost covered the entire audience, and after the initial shock, her heart was beating uncontrollably fast.

If Xiao Xunbao absorbed all this white energy, who knows how much more energy it would gain!

Thinking this, she was reluctant to summon Xiao Xunbao back.

“Is Josang preparing to let the Netherworld Ring Monarch play another round?!” Aurore exclaimed in shock on the commentary stage.

The entire arena erupted in excitement, though many voices questioned whether the Netherworld Ring Monarch could indeed play another round. After

all, the life-borrowing ability had a time limit.

Amidst the heated discussions, the venue was changed.

“Xunxun~”

Little Xunbao, seeing that its Beastmaster hadn’t yet retrieved it from the Beastmaster’s Codex, grew anxious. While enthusiastically waving to the audience, it secretly gave its Beastmaster a meaningful look: “Retrieve me! Retrieve me! “

Having fought with Tooth Treasure recently, Little Xunbao knew all too well what would happen after the life-borrowing effect wore off. It remembered that its life-borrowing time was short; it would probably collapse the moment the referee blew the whistle.

Josang gave it a look: “Don’t worry.”

Little Xunbao continued to give a look: “I’m in a hurry! I’m in a hurry!”

“What’s the hurry? Do you know how much white energy we have right now?!” Josang pretended not to see Little Xunbao’s look.

“Xunxun~”

Seeing that its Beastmaster was ignoring it, Little Xunbao couldn’t help but wave its paws and float closer to its Beastmaster, desperately trying to catch its eye. When

Qiao Sang turned her head to the left, it floated to the left as well.

When her head turned to the right, it floated to the right as well, afraid its Beastmaster wouldn’t see it.

At this moment, the mechanical-type pet wearing the referee’s badge picked up its whistle.

Only then did Qiao Sang wave her hand, recalling it to the Beastmaster’s Codex.

Little Xunbao’s life-borrowing ability had a time limit. Having finally displayed its might and won four consecutive matches, she naturally couldn’t let Little Xunbao suddenly collapse; she just wanted it to absorb more white energy on the field.

“Contestant Qiao Sang has recalled the Nether Ring Monarch to the Beastmaster’s Codex,” Nefertis said on the commentary stage. “As expected, the Nether Ring Monarch, who has stood up again through life-borrowing, can no longer participate in the next match.”

The entire audience discussed amongst themselves, many of the initially excited viewers turning to disappointment.

“What? I thought the Underworld Lord was going to fight another match.”

“Anyone with a brain knows that’s impossible, he’s already used the Life-Borrowing ability.”

“After watching the Underworld Lord’s match, I feel like watching any other match is a bit boring.”

“Think about Qiao Sang’s other pets, the Golden Flame Emperor, the Winged Steel Power Emperor, the stunningly beautiful Ice Saint, and the legendary pet Qingfeng Yunren.”

“I’m getting a feeling again!”

Amidst the discussions, the mechanical pet wearing the referee’s badge blew its whistle.

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

“9, 8, 7… 3, 2, 1.”

The light disappeared.

Qiao Sang and Xia Huo simultaneously formed hand seals.

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

Before long, two figures with vastly different sizes appeared in the star arrays.

“Nu Nu.”

“Steel Power.”

Nu Shi Zhe and Steel Treasure exchanged glances, then one forcefully threw the brick in its claws, and the other flapped its wings, flying into the sky.

Nushi, a Rock-type Royal-level pet, possesses astonishing defensive capabilities. Its entire body is composed of hard rock, maximizing its defensive strength, but it is relatively slow. It carries two bricks as companion items, which it can use to attack flying-type pets that are otherwise out of its reach… Qiao Sang looked at the pet in the distance, which was only about three meters tall, with a body outline close to humanoid, and whose torso and limbs were composed of gray rock. Information about it surfaced in his mind. (End of Chapter)