Beast Taming: Starting From Zero - Chapter 1384

Chapter 1384. Chapter 1379 Steel Treasure VS Stone Slayer (Two-in-One)

“The Stonebreaker has unleashed its brick!” Nefertis shouted from the commentary booth.

On the field, the brick hurtled through the air like a blur, its speed even surpassing that of Steel Treasure’s upward trajectory.

Instead of striking Steel Treasure, the brick arrived above it first.

Then, it spun rapidly, growing larger at a visible speed.

In an instant, the brick covered most of the sky above the arena, shrouding the area in shadow as if a giant rock had fallen from the sky.

The Stonebreaker’s companion item didn’t attack by simply throwing or smashing; it could attack by enlarging and even splitting. The stronger the connection between the pet and the brick, the greater its power. It was said to have other variations, depending mainly on the pet’s energy and its use of the brick… Josan looked up at the almost completely covered sky without surprise.

Although the Stonebreaker hadn’t enlarged its brick to this extent in previous matches, based on past battle videos, it had enlarged its brick to a size of about 100 square meters when it was at the King level.

Now that it has evolved into a Royal-level being, its internal energy has increased many times over, so its size is still within expectations.

Compared to Qiao Sang, the audience was clearly shocked, exclaiming in amazement at the brick that had suddenly grown to almost cover the entire arena.

In the air, Steel Treasure’s speed did not falter at all.

Just as its brick grew larger, it placed its left wing on top of its right wing and pulled hard. In the instant the huge wing was pulled out, it suddenly grew larger, transforming into a huge curved blade surrounded by purple feathers and radiating a holy white light.

“Bang!”

With a loud bang, the huge curved blade radiating holy white light cleaved upwards with force, instantly splitting the “huge rock” that almost covered the entire arena in two like fragile paper, the cut straight and smooth without the slightest wrinkle.

Steel Treasure broke through the “huge rock” and soared into the sky.

“Steel Emperor’s Heavenly Wing Blade easily cut through the Nu Stone’s companion item!” Auror exclaimed excitedly from the commentary platform.

Nefertis analyzed, “Skywing Blade is a super-tier skill, and the Stone Eater has only recently evolved. Steel Emperor’s energy should be above the Stone Eater’s, so splitting its companion item shouldn’t be difficult.”

“Yin Bell.”

“Yin Bell…”

Yin Bell Si uttered two thoughtful calls, indicating that the Stone Eater’s companion item changes its strength based on its energy. Even if Steel Emperor used the super-tier skill Skywing Blade to cut the brick, it shouldn’t be this easy, unless…

It stopped there.

“Unless what?” Auror asked in agreement.

“Yin Bell,”

Yin Bell Si uttered.

Unless Steel Emperor’s level is above the Stone Eater’s, at least a small level higher.

This means Steel Emperor is at least a mid-stage Emperor-level.

During the conversation, Steel Treasure had risen to the point where it was no longer visible.

After the “giant rock” was split in two, it didn’t fall but remained suspended in the air, suddenly splitting into countless bricks.

At the same time, a flash of purple light appeared high in the sky, followed by a “purple meteorite” suddenly plummeting from the clouds, a powerful gust of wind sweeping around it at terrifying speed.

“Combine!” Xia Huo said.

“Stone-Shore!”

the Stone-Shore Beast shouted, and countless bricks in the sky instantly gathered together, transforming back into a “giant rock” to block the path.

“Bang!!!”

The “purple meteorite” slammed heavily onto the “giant rock,” piercing a hole through it, and continued its descent towards the Stone-Shore Beast.

Although the “giant rock” didn’t stop the “purple meteorite’s” fall, its speed was significantly reduced by this obstruction.

The Stone-Shore Beast sprinted forward, throwing another brick upwards with force.

The brick spun rapidly and grew larger as it reached the direction of the falling “purple meteorite.”

Before it could fully expand, the “purple meteorite” struck it.

“Bang!!!”

This time, the “giant rock” wasn’t immediately pierced through; instead, it held firm for two seconds before exploding.

The “purple meteorite” continued its descent.

The Stonebreaker had moved to a point outside the impact zone. It stopped, raised its claws, and the previously blasted-open “giant rock” instantly converged towards it, reforming into bricks in its hand.

“Boom!!!”

The “purple meteorite” crashed heavily to the ground, a deafening roar shaking the entire arena. The ground cracked, revealing massive fissures.

The entire arena suddenly sank due to the falling steel, and from the back rows of the audience, a terrifying crater could be clearly seen.

Countless rock fragments flew everywhere.

The Stonebreaker swayed with the collapse of the arena, briefly lifting off the ground.

However, it quickly moved among the flying debris, regaining its footing.

“Steel Emperor’s Mount Tai Press didn’t hit the Stonebreaker,” commented Nefertis from the commentary booth.

“Both of the Stone-Slaying Bricks slowed down Steel Emperor’s descent somewhat,” Auror analyzed. “While the Stone-Slaying Beast isn’t particularly fast among its tier, its small size makes it difficult to hit with a single ‘Mount Tai Press’ attack without a barrier-type skill to hinder its movement.”

“Yin Zhong,” Yin Zhongsi called out, indicating that the Stone-Slaying Beast looked much larger than the Underworld Ring Monarch.

“Pillar,” Xia Huo commanded from the field. The Stone-

Slaying Beast jumped off the rocks and landed on the still-shaking ground, its claws digging into the earth, brown energy surging from them.

The next second, the ground shook violently again.

Steel Treasure quickly flapped its wings and left the crater.

Immediately afterward, the bottom of the crater exploded, and a giant rock pillar with a sharp top shot up rapidly, rising to a height of about a thousand meters, soaring into the clouds!

Steel Treasure narrowly missed the rising rock pillar.

The Stone-Slaying Beast’s claws didn’t leave the ground; it continued to circulate its energy.

The arena shook, the ground suddenly exploded, and towering rock pillars shot up one after another in the direction Steel Power was moving, attempting to pierce straight through.

In no time, the protruding rocks occupied most of the arena.

“If this attack continues, Steel Power Emperor will have no more room to move,” Nefertis commented from the commentary booth.

“Almost there.” Just as Nephthys spoke, Jossan said in his mind.

“Steel Power.” Steel Treasure responded in his mind, then transformed into a white light and flew into the sky, quickly disappearing from sight.

Not long after, the “purple meteorite” fell again.

“Steel Power Imperial Extreme has once again unleashed Mount Tai Press!” Auror shouted.

“Yin Zhong.”

Yin Zhong Si called out thoughtfully, indicating that now was indeed a good time for Steel Power Emperor to attack, as the rock pillars cast by the Stone Bearer were also hindering its own movement.

“However, the Stone Bearer is currently positioned among the rock pillars, which, while hindering its movement, also provides protection,” Nefertis said. “To attack it, we must break through these rock pillars.”

“Mount Tai Pressing Down is only a high-level skill,” Auror analyzed. “Even if Steel Power Emperor’s energy exceeds that of the Stone Bearer, it’s impossible to completely break through such long rock pillars. I think it might stop in the middle.”

“Bang!!!”

As they discussed, the “purple meteorite” crashed down heavily.

Where it landed, the incredibly hard, towering rock pillars collapsed with a roar, scattering debris everywhere. Almost instantly, nearly a third of the length of each rock pillar was shattered.

However, after that, the “purple meteorite” fell at a slower and slower speed. When the rock pillar was half shattered, its speed slowed down even more noticeably. Even beast tamers without visual feedback could clearly see the trajectory of the “purple meteorite.”

“Slap,” Xia Huo commanded.

Because of the previous mental trauma, even though the opponent had now revealed an obvious weakness, she couldn’t get excited at all.

“Stone-Striking.”

Hearing her beast tamer’s command, the Stone-Striking Beast’s claws, still stuck in the ground, glowed with brown energy.

The next moment, an incredibly hard rock pillar suddenly rose from its location.

Unlike the previous rock pillars, its head was not sharp, but flat, allowing the Stone-Striking Beast to stand steadily on it.

“Stone-Striking.” The Stone-Striking Beast raised its claws, and the other brick flew rapidly towards its hand.

At the same time, it forcefully threw the brick in its other claw upwards at an angle.

The brick drew a delicate arc in the air, arriving above the “purple meteorite,” and then rapidly spun and grew larger.

The instant the brick was thrown, the Stonebreaker grasped another brick, its brown energy coating it, rapidly expanding it to about a meter in size.

Holding the brick, its knees slightly bent, it leaped forward, slamming it down on the “purple meteorite” above.

Simultaneously, the other brick transformed into a massive rock, covering most of the sky above, and plummeted downwards.

The onlookers gasped in astonishment; the Stonebreaker’s strength was beyond their expectations. Its ability to control the situation was something they hadn’t anticipated.

“The Stonebreaker is attacking upwards with its accompanying artifact! And its other accompanying artifact is attacking downwards!” Nefertis shouted. “Steel Emperor is now under attack from both sides!”

Auror, seemingly lost in thought, remarked, “I wonder if Steel Emperor will use the defensive skill it used to withstand the lightning attack last time.”

As the two commentators discussed this, Josang thought to himself, “Now!”

On the rock pillar, Steel Treasure stopped its descent, its wings flapping powerfully.

In an instant, an exceptionally terrifying lightsaber, over ten meters long, materialized beneath it, stabbing fiercely towards the attacking Nushi!

This is! Everyone stared at the lightsaber that appeared out of thin air, their eyes lighting up.

“Flash.” Xia Huo instinctively recognized it as the super-tier skill, Holy Sword, unstoppable.

Her tone and expression remained unchanged, as if the changes on the field hadn’t caused any surge of adrenaline.

“Holy Sword! Steel Power Emperor has unleashed the Holy Sword!” On the commentary stage, Nefertis was first stunned, then exclaimed excitedly.

Although super-tier skills are rare, those competing in the Master Challenge are all exceptionally talented A-rank professional beast tamers, and almost every pet possesses one or two super-tier skills as their ultimate moves.

Logically, she shouldn’t be so excited; even if her tone was excited, it would only be to create a more immersive atmosphere for the audience.

However, she was genuinely excited just now.

It’s important to know that the Holy Sword is a high-level Fighting-type move, yet it’s now appearing on a Steel/Flying-type Pokémon!

To successfully defeat the Rockbreaker, which possesses numerous defensive moves and abilities, the Holy Sword, ignoring ability changes, is the best choice. However, hitting the Rockbreaker with the Holy Sword won’t be easy. After all, the Rockbreaker isn’t large, and in such a large arena, even at a low speed, it can easily dodge attacks. But that’s not a big problem. As a Rock-type Pokémon, it only has a few moves to attack SteelBug, using moves like Brick or Rock Pillar to restrict its movement. But this restricts both SteelBug’s and the Holy Sword’s movement. If SteelBug creates even the slightest opening, the Holy Sword will definitely try to restrict its movement to attack. Sure enough, everything is as she expected… Qiao Sang calmly watched the figure moving between the rock pillars.

Between the rock pillars, the Rockbreaker used its body strength to move to the side.

However, surrounded by rock pillars, although smaller than a Royal-level Pokémon, it was still about three meters tall, making large-scale movement impossible.

The Stone Eater had only moved a short distance when it suddenly couldn’t breathe, its face contorted in extreme pain, and its movements involuntarily stopped.

The Holy Sword crashed down.

It was air absorption… The Stone Eater had previously heard its Beastmaster explain the Steel Power Imperial Technique, and instinctively, armor of solidified rock instantly appeared around its body. It no longer sought any support, letting itself plummet downwards, attempting to escape the area where the air was being absorbed.

However, the Holy Sword was faster.

“Bang!!!”

The lightsaber pierced the Stone Eater’s body, shattering the rock armor.

“Stone Eater!”

the Stone Eater cried out in agony.

“Boom!!!” Almost simultaneously, a violent commotion erupted above.

A massive boulder, seemingly covering half the arena, slammed heavily onto Steel Treasure.

“Hiss…”

Many spectators who witnessed this scene gasped.

The expected screams didn’t materialize; the “massive boulder” split in two, transforming into two enormous rocks and countless fragments that fell downwards.

High in the sky, Steel Treasure stood like an unyielding steel behemoth, silently watching the Stonebreakers plummet below amidst countless boulders.

Simultaneously, towering rock pillars collapsed with a deafening roar.

“Finish them off,” Qiao Sang thought to himself.

Although the Holy Sword could ignore changes in an opponent’s abilities and inflict damage directly, the Stonebreakers didn’t need skills or special abilities; their defense was terrifyingly strong. It was best to finish them off.

Steel Treasure didn’t respond, only forcefully flapping its wings downwards.

Instantly, the sky was filled with purple light, and feathers as sharp as blades rained down on the Stonebreaker like a storm.

“Bang! Bang! Bang!”

Countless purple blades struck the Stonebreaker.

Then, the purple blades spun upwards, transforming into wings and returning to Steel Treasure’s body.

“Bang!”

The Stonebreaker crashed to the ground amidst countless rubble, its eyes closed, never to open again.

High in the sky, the massive falling rock vanished, turning into bricks that crashed to the ground with a “bang.”

A moment of silence followed, then a tidal wave of clamor erupted. (End of Chapter)