Beast Taming: Starting From Zero - Chapter 1428

Chapter 1428. Chapter 1423: Lu Bao VS King of the Fruit Tree (Two-in-One)

A chilling aura surged, and crystal-clear ice armor instantly condensed around Lu Bao.

“Bang!”

A deafening roar followed as a green beam slammed into Lu Bao.

The shockwave, accompanied by green light and shattered ice, exploded instantly.

“Focused Beam hit Ice Saint!” Nefertis exclaimed from the commentary booth.

Auror added, “However, at the last moment, Ice Saint unleashed Ice Armor. I wonder if it defended against the Focused Beam used by the Fruit Tree King.”

Focused Beam, a high-level Grass-type move, combines Grass-type energy with light energy to create a powerful beam of light. However, Lu Bao’s Ice Armor had reached the ultimate level, so defending against a move of the same level shouldn’t be a problem… Josan, seeing this, remained calm.

Lu Bao possessed healing light; as long as the opponent didn’t defeat it outright, even if its defenses were breached, Lu Bao could recover from any injury.

Lu Bao plummeted from the shockwave, several cracks appearing in its ice armor, but it didn’t shatter.

“Ice Saint A has withstood the focused beam!” Nephthys exclaimed.

“Heart!”

Heartfelt affectionately called out, indicating that although Ice Saint A had withstood the attack, the current battle rhythm still seemed to favor the King of the Fruit Tree.

“That’s right,” Auror said, “In previous matches, Ice Saint A could seal her opponent for most of the time with her Ice Heaven Domain, but against the King of the Fruit Tree, the sealing time was significantly shorter. In terms of energy, the King of the Fruit Tree is stronger, and under the suppression of power, the battle rhythm is naturally more advantageous.”

On the field, Lu Bao fell from the sky.

“Fruit Tree.”

The King of the Fruit Tree flashed with green light.

The next second, countless green vines suddenly burst out from the ground, twisting and frantically rising upwards, wrapping around Lu Bao from all directions.

“Ice.” Josang spoke.

Lu Bao circulated its energy as it fell.

Visible cold air spread from its body.

The ice armor with several cracks on its body instantly repaired and condensed.

At the same time, the chill spread, covering everything in the arena—vines, roots, the ground, the King of the Perennial Fruit Tree—with a layer of ice once more.

Lu Bao used its tail to propel itself back onto the frozen vines, leaping back to the ground.

Just as it landed, a series of cracking sounds rang out, and all the vines and massive roots shattered into ice crystals.

“Thrust!” Qiao Sang commanded.

Lu Bao looked at the King of the Perennial Fruit Tree.

Instantly, thousands of diamond-hard, translucent cone-shaped ice crystals appeared around the King of the Perennial Fruit Tree, attacking downwards simultaneously.

With a crack, the vines on the King of the Perennial Fruit Tree’s neck, wrists, and heels pierced through the ice shell.

But at that moment, thousands of diamond-hard, translucent cone-shaped ice crystals fell straight down.

Some of the cone-shaped ice crystals were blocked by the outward-extending vines, while others struck the King of the Perennial Fruit Tree.

“Perennial Fruit!”

the King of the Perennial Fruit Tree cried out in agony.

“Ice Saint Asia’s Ice Crystal Pierce successfully struck the Fruit Tree King!” Aurore shouted, reporting the situation on the field.

“It seems Ice Saint Asia just enhanced the freezing effect of the Ice Heaven Domain,” Nefertis analyzed. “Although the Fruit Tree King has the upper hand in terms of energy, as long as Ice Saint Asia slightly strengthens the Ice Heaven Domain and freezes the Fruit Tree King for a little longer, even just a second or two, it still has a good chance to attack.”

“Heart Heart.” Heart Heart nodded, then, as if remembering something, called out again, “Heart Heart.”

But this consumes a lot of energy, and Ice Saint Asia’s energy is already less than the Fruit Tree King’s. It remembered that the Fruit Tree King could recover its energy and status.

As they were talking, the ice shell on the field cracked.

Countless green vines and roots emerged from the ground.

The chill around Lu Bao spread, and the vines and roots that had only emerged less than a meter long were instantly covered with a layer of crystal ice, frozen in place, and stopped growing.

The prerequisite for the King of the Fruit Tree to use its Green Absorption ability is that there must be plants around it. Therefore, it shouldn’t use its ability to absorb plants… Josang thought to himself.

In that instant, Serana spoke, “Eat.”

The King of the Fruit Tree reached out and plucked a fruit from the tree on its head.

Josang suddenly realized something and quickly said,

“Freeze!”

A chill spread.

An ice shell condensed around the King of the Fruit Tree.

Suddenly, countless green vines and roots burst forth from the ground around it, wildly intertwining to form a barrier that completely enveloped it, leaving no gaps.

The King of the Fruit Tree was completely hidden inside.

The barrier formed by the countless vines and roots crackled and condensed into a layer of crystalline ice shell, then with a “crack,” it turned into ice crystals, shattering completely and revealing the King of the Fruit Tree inside.

At this moment, the ice shell around the King of the Fruit Tree had completely shattered. It swallowed the red fruit it had just put in its mouth.

Seeing this, Josang’s heart sank slightly.

Generally, in professional beast-taming battles, the use of any items, potions, or fruits that restore energy or status is prohibited, except for the pet’s companion items and the fruits that grow on its own.

Some pets naturally possess items that restore energy and status, such as the fruits growing on the King of Fruit Trees.

These fruits are called Power Fruits, and consuming them quickly restores the user’s status.

As he was thinking this, the King of Fruit Trees emitted a faint green glow, and the injuries caused by the ice crystals were visibly healing.

Discussions rose and fell in the audience.

“This match is a bit risky for Josang.”

“I knew it when Serana sent out the King of the Fruit Tree. Although everyone says that Serana’s royal-level pets don’t have any obvious ace, I’ve always felt that the King of the Fruit Tree is the most difficult to deal with.”

“I think so too. It can recover both its energy and status, like a perpetual motion machine.”

“Ice Saint Asia’s recovery skill is even more powerful, it’s just a pity that Healing Light can only restore status, not energy.”

“It’s not that it’s completely hopeless. The recovery ability of the Fruit Tree is nowhere near as strong as Green Absorption. As long as we prevent the King of the Fruit Tree from using skills like Lush Fortress, and then use Green Absorption on it, I feel that we still have a chance to win.”

“Lush Fortress plus Green Absorption is the King of the Fruit Tree’s signature combination. It can both defend and recover quickly, how could it not use it?”

“That’s right, the King of the Fruit Trees has more energy than Ice Saint Asia. To completely destroy the Lush Fortress with the Ice Heaven Domain would definitely require a lot of energy. Ice Saint Asia will fail sooner or later, while the King of the Fruit Trees, even if it continuously casts Lush Fortress, will quickly recover its energy consumption once it succeeds.”

“Sera should win too, she’s lost two rounds in a row.”

Amid the conversation, Josang spoke up: “Ice Fruit.”

A chill emanated from Lu Bao.

Serana realized something and issued the command, “Barrier.”

“Sugarfruit!”

the Sugarfruit Tree King cried, its body flashing with a rich green light.

The ground cracked, and thousands upon thousands of roots and vines sprouted from the earth, rapidly intertwining and forming a colossal forest tower.

As the forest tower formed, an ice shell continuously froze it.

However, the green light emanating from the Sugarfruit Tree King grew increasingly intense, and the forest tower formed even faster than the ice shell! It completed its spread first!

This time, the barrier formed by roots and vines did not cover the Sugarfruit Tree King itself, but rather enveloped Lu Bao.

The forest tower froze into ice from the inside out at a visible speed.

“Heave-ho!” Serana commanded.

The forest tower, not yet completely frozen, began to glow green.

When mastered to a certain level, the Lush Fortress can even wrap its branches and vines around an opponent, absorbing energy and supplying it to the pet using the skill… Josang instantly understood what Sera was preparing to do and said,

“Transform.”

The Fruit Tree King is a mid-stage Royal-level pet, and according to the data, it’s even close to entering the late stage. If it were to exert its energy to its fullest extent, the Lush Fortress would not shatter quickly under the Ice Domain. The vines inside would even break through the ice shell, spreading out and wrapping around Lu Bao’s body.

“The Fruit Tree King has used the Lush Fortress again!” On the commentary platform, Nefertis exclaimed, “Is it preparing to absorb the energy of Ice Saint Asia?”

Auror echoed, “It seems so. Even if Ice Saint Asia has ice armor, it probably can’t withstand the absorption of the Lush Fortress.”

One second, two seconds… After about five seconds, the freezing power finally completely suppressed the greenery on the Lush Fortress, freezing it completely into ice.

“Crack.”

Cracks appeared one after another.

At the same time, a chill spread, and a layer of ice rapidly solidified around the King of Fruit Trees.

The lush fortress turned into ice crystals, falling in all directions.

Starlight-like ice crystals scattered, but there was no figure inside. “

It’s the Melt Water ability…” Serana quickly judged, saying, “Grow.”

Green hues appeared on the King of Fruit Trees within the ice shell, and vines on its neck, wrists, and heels grew wildly, directly piercing several holes in the surrounding ice shell.

The ice shell shattered, but only the ice shells on the two trees above its head remained unbreakable.

“Crush,” Jossan said. As

soon as he finished speaking, a cracking sound rang out, and all the fruits growing on the tree above the King of Fruit Trees’ head turned into ice crystals, dissipating in all directions.

“Ice Saint A has disappeared! At the same time, all the fruits on the King of Fruit Trees’ body have frozen and shattered!” On the commentary platform, Auror quickly reported the situation on the field.

“It seems Ice Saint A used the Melt Water ability to leave the lush fortress,” Nefertis analyzed.

“Not necessarily,” Aurol said. “Before, Ice Saint Asia might still be inside the Flourishing Fortress, just in a molten state. That’s why the Flourishing Fortress couldn’t lock onto its target for absorption. And as long as a crack appeared in the Flourishing Fortress, Ice Saint Asia’s icy aura could freeze the King of the Fruit Tree.”

“Heart Heart,”

Heart Heart nodded, indicating that it agreed with this statement.

“That’s also possible,” Nephthys continued to analyze. “Josang had Ice Saint Asia destroy the King of the Fruit Tree’s Power Fruit, it seems he didn’t want it to recover its state.”

“Power Fruit has limited effect on Royal-level pets,” Aurol said. “The most terrifying way to restore energy is through the King of the Fruit Tree’s Green Absorption.”

On the field.

The King of the Fruit Tree realized something, touched the tree on its head, and frowned when it found that all the fruit was gone.

Even so, it didn’t forget its Beastmaster’s instructions and circulated its energy.

The field cracked, and countless huge vines emerged from the ground, towering high, comparable to the Azure Serpent.

A sudden chill descended.

With astonishing eyesight, Serana swiftly locked onto a water droplet on the ground radiating a chilling aura and a faint blue light, exclaiming, “Left half.”

Discovered… Josang cried out rapidly, “Increase the chill!”

Lu Bao’s location was in the left half. Even if she stopped using her skill now, making herself appear like an ordinary water droplet, the attack would still come. Moving to dodge was too late; the only option was to intensify the chill to freeze the incoming attack.

“Su Guo,”

the Su Guo Tree King called out.

Immediately, all the vines, resembling celestial pythons, surged with ferocious power, sweeping across the left half!

In the instant of their sweep, all the vines, like celestial pythons, suddenly condensed into a layer of crystalline ice, freezing them in place.

The Su Guo Tree King had sensed something from the initial direction of the chilling aura’s spread, and then its gaze, like its Beastmaster’s, locked onto the water droplet emitting a faint blue light.   With a deafening boom, a massive, green-glowing vine suddenly burst forth from the faintly blue water droplets.   ”Ice Saint

!”   Lu Bao cried out in anguish, appearing atop the soaring vine.   ”Swish!” Serana seized the opportunity and issued a command.   Countless smaller, yet incredibly strong vines suddenly split off from both sides of the vine that had reached the sky, quickly binding Lu Bao at the top.   Simultaneously, countless more vines and roots sprouted from the ground, frantically coiling and intertwining around the massive vine, quickly forming a colossal forest tower! A gasp rippled through the crowd, and   a clamor erupted.   ”The King of the Fruit Trees’ lush fortress has trapped Ice Saint A!” Nefertis exclaimed from the commentary platform.   ”It seems Serana intends to use the Lush Fortress to absorb Ice Saint’s energy,” Auror analyzed. “With the Lush Fortress’s absorption capacity, it should be able to absorb all of Ice Saint’s energy quickly. Now it depends on whether Ice Saint’s Ice Domain’s freezing ability is faster, or the Lush Fortress’s absorption ability is faster.”   ”Heart.”   ”Heart.”   The beloved Heart looked thoughtful and called out twice, indicating that to completely destroy the Lush Fortress, the power of the Ice Domain needed to be greatly enhanced, which required a large amount of energy. The Lush Fortress’s current function was precisely to absorb energy, and Ice Saint had already consumed a considerable amount of energy. If the Lush Fortress couldn’t be completely destroyed this time, the outcome of the match seemed imminent.

In the stands, Serana’s fans were ecstatic, while Josang’s fans were wailing. However, some fans remained calm, believing that Josang had already won two rounds in a row, so one more loss wouldn’t matter.

Almost everyone, including the pets, felt that being trapped in the lush fortress and absorbing energy, without the ability to replenish their energy, was practically a lost cause.

Amidst the various voices, on the high platform, Josang decisively declared:

“Zero Degrees.” (End of Chapter)