Beast Taming: Starting From Zero - Chapter 1433

Chapter 1433. Chapter 1428 Echo Spirit Master (Two Chapters Combined)

On the commentary stand, Nefertis exclaimed, “The Lord of the Dark Rings has won this match with just one overwhelming force! The score is now 0-5!”

“Heart,”

a loving voice cried out, indicating that the result was truly unsurprising.

Auror analyzed, “We can see that the Lord of the Dark Rings has been paralyzed. It seems that Serana’s decision to send out the Thunder Beast in this match was deliberate. She used the Thunder Beast’s lightning field ability to paralyze the Lord of the Dark Rings, making it less likely to activate its mutual destruction ability in the following matches.”

“A truly well-thought-out battle plan,” Nefertis remarked.

“Heart.”

“Heart.”

Heart called out twice in agreement, indicating that the Co-Return ability became increasingly difficult to activate with each attack. At a level difference, the paralyzing effect of Thunder Terrain on Lord of the Rings was practically nonexistent. However, as long as it had an effect, even a small one, the Co-Return ability would be activated. Moreover, the paralyzing effect of Thunder Terrain was continuous. Serana really had a good battle strategy; she essentially used Thunderbolt to disable Lord of the Rings’ Co-Return ability.

“That’s right,” Nephthys said expectantly, “I wonder what kind of battle Lord of the Rings will bring us without the Co-Return ability.”

Auror laughed, “Perhaps Josan will recall Lord of the Rings, after all, one match is already over.”

With the commentary from the host and guests, a Mechanical-type Pokémon wearing a referee’s badge entered the arena and blew the whistle to signal readiness.

The arena didn’t need to be changed, and the break time was significantly shorter.

The number “10” appeared on the field, accompanied by constantly changing mechanical sounds.

“9, 8, 7…”

“Xunxun…”

Little Xunbao felt the yellow lightning flashing on its body from time to time, realized something, and its heart skipped a beat. Its two rows of white teeth disappeared, and it couldn’t quite manage a smile.

Would its symbiotic relationship fail to activate later?

If it couldn’t, wouldn’t it be unable to defeat its opponent even if it was attacked?

Wouldn’t that be like taking a beating for nothing?

Thinking of this, Little Xunbao’s expression became serious.

In a flash, the countdown ended, and the light and shadow disappeared.

Sera formed hand seals.

A mysterious and deep purple star array lit up.

Soon after, a humanoid pet, about ten meters tall, mostly white, with a trumpet-like decoration on each side of its head and a lower body also resembling a trumpet, appeared in the star array.

Echo Lord, a royal-level pet beast, is skilled in various sound-based skills. It can unleash extremely destructive sound attacks and amplify its voice using megaphone-like appendages on either side of its head. Its hearing is exceptionally acute, and it particularly dislikes noise. At night, even the slightest disturbance within a kilometer radius will wake it, so it prefers to sleep in completely soundproof places… Qiao Sang gazed at the distant pet beast, recalling its information.

This was Serana’s last pet beast…

Qiao Sang dared not be careless. Although she had won five consecutive matches, and Lu Bao and Gang Bao were still able to fight, Little Treasure needed white energy. If possible, she hoped Little Treasure could win this match beautifully, accumulating popularity so it could absorb more white energy later.

“Serana has summoned Echo Lord,” Nefertis announced from the commentary booth. “This is also her last pet beast.”

“Heart,”

Zhi Ai exclaimed with emotion, wondering if this would be Serana’s last match.

“Serana still has a high chance of winning this match,” Auror analyzed. “The most troublesome characteristic of the Dark Ring Lord, its mutual destruction ability, has been solved, and its incredibly realistic clones can be broken by many sound-based skills.”

“That’s right,” Nephthys added. “Most importantly, sound-based attacks cannot be transferred through Shadow Penetration. The Dark Ring Lord is countered in many ways. Without the mutual destruction ability, the Echo Spirit Lord can fight without worry.”

“Heart,”

Zhi Ai exclaimed, indicating that Josang was hiding something deep, and the Dark Ring Lord might still have some trump cards up its sleeve.

Just as the host and guest commentators were talking, Little Treasure Hunter disappeared from the field.

“Echo!!!”

The Echo Spirit Lord opened its mouth, and a terrifying sound wave immediately emanated from its mouth and the trumpet-like decorations on both sides of its head.

The power of the sound wave transformed into a chilling tangible force, instantly spreading throughout the entire arena.

The ground shattered, and terrifying cracks rapidly spread across the field.

The sound waves didn’t disappear immediately after spreading throughout the area; instead, they lingered for a few more moments.

“Xunxun!”

Little Xunbao appeared high in the sky, clutching its ears and displaying a pained expression.

The Echo Spirit Lord remained with its mouth open, a dense white energy instantly condensing deep within its throat.

However, at that moment, Serana issued a command:

“Shout!”

“Echo!!!”

The white energy deep in its throat vanished, replaced by an even more piercing and terrifying sound wave emanating from the Echo Spirit Lord and the trumpet-like decorations on either side of its head.

Cracks multiplied, and the ground shattered again.

“Xunxun!”

With a “bang,” Little Xunbao, who had been clutching its ears high in the sky, disappeared. Simultaneously, less than two meters above the Echo Spirit Lord, another Little Xunbao appeared, clutching its ears and looking pained.

This… Everyone and their pets were stunned and bewildered, filled with doubt and uncertainty.

They had initially thought the first to appear was the true form of the Netherworld Ring Lord, but it turned out to be a substitute! They

already knew that the Netherworld Ring Lord’s substitute was difficult to distinguish from the real one, but seeing it in person was still incredibly shocking.

“Echo Lord has used Resonance Shatter again! The previously appearing Nether Ring Lord has vanished! The Nether Ring Lord’s true form has appeared above Echo Lord!” Nefertis announced from the commentary platform.

“I didn’t expect the Nether Ring Lord to be able to conceal its true form during Echo Lord’s first use of Resonance Shatter, instead sending out a clone to mislead,” Auror remarked. “

Heart.”

“Heart!”

Heart’s beloved Heart looked astonished and called out twice, indicating that if Echo Lord hadn’t used Resonance Shatter a second time, it truly wouldn’t have been able to tell that the Nether Ring Lord’s initial appearance was a clone; it was truly the most realistic clone it had ever seen.

“Although Lord of the Rings’ Stand is very realistic, Serana’s eyesight is clearly superior,” Auror said. “She identified that what appeared earlier was Lord of the Rings’ Stand.”

He then added admiringly, “And it seems Serana’s strategy of sending out the Thunder Beast was quite successful. Lord of the Rings suffered damage from the Resonance Shatter, but Echo Spirit was completely unharmed. This indicates that Lord of the Rings’ Resonance Shatter ability has failed.” On the platform, Serana showed

an expression of “I knew it.”

Lord of the Rings’ original body and Stand were indistinguishable. Based on past battles, the Stand had definitely reached the Ultimate level. An Ultimate-level Stand can withstand damage based on the energy exerted by its original body.

If Lord of the Rings had channeled a large amount of energy into its Stand, it might have been able to withstand a single Resonance Shatter.

Most importantly, when Lord of the Rings appeared due to the Resonance Shatter, Josan showed no sign of panic, nor did he issue any commands immediately. This was unlike someone whose original body had been attacked.

Sure enough, everything went as she expected.

She’d been discovered… Josan recalled Serana’s earlier gaze and immediately realized what was happening. She thought to herself that fighting an opponent of this caliber required utmost carelessness.

She didn’t issue any commands.

While studying Serana, she had devised battle plans where Toothpick and the others would each face a different of Serana’s pets, including Little Treasure Hunt against Echo Lord. She

had even had Steel Treasure practice Metallic Sound with its clones to quickly increase its proficiency, and then had Steel Treasure train Little Treasure and the others using Metallic Sound to enhance their resistance to noise-based skills.

Sound-based skills were unavoidable unless the air was completely blocked or hearing was impaired. Little Treasure Hunt would definitely be injured by Resonance Shatter, but after training, it would definitely still be able to move after being attacked by a sound-based skill.

After all, Resonance Shatter was only a high-level Normal-type skill.

On the field, Echo Lord opened its mouth with its head up, and a dense white light once again condensed deep in its throat.

At the same time, Little Treasure Hunter, enduring the pain, looked at the Echo Lord, its eyes glowing purple.

The Echo Lord immediately realized something and closed its eyes.

A magnificent white beam shot upwards.

There was no sound of it hitting anything; the white beam missed its target.

The Echo Lord opened one eye and saw that its opponent was no longer in the air.

“The Nether Ring Monarch has teleported away!” On the commentary stage, Nefertis exclaimed in surprise and delight, “I didn’t expect the Nether Ring Monarch to react so quickly under the attack of Resonance Shattering.”

“Heart Heart.” Heart Heart exclaimed with admiration, indicating that it had seen the Nether Ring Monarch’s eyes glow purple, and it was even thinking of using a skill to counterattack.

Auror glanced at Heart Heart and exclaimed, “Your eyesight is really good.”

The Nether Ring Monarch was so dark and small that it was difficult to see whether its eyes had changed color without a zoomed-in camera.

Amidst the conversation of the host and guests, the Echo Lord began to speak.

Suddenly, two solid black shadows appeared, swiftly binding the Echo Lord’s head and sealing its mouth.

“Xunxun…”

Little Xunbao appeared not far from the Echo Lord, one claw controlling the shadows, the other raising to quickly condense a black energy ball about five meters in diameter.

“Bang!”

Just as the energy ball condensed, a deafening roar erupted, a magnificent white beam piercing the bound shadows, revealing the Echo Lord’s head again.

The black shadow ball, about five meters in diameter, hurtled towards it.

The Echo Lord instinctively tried to dodge, but found itself unable to move.

Serana stood on the high platform, looking at the Nether Ring Monarch, whose current position was precisely where the Echo Lord’s shadow was. After its three-dimensional shadow control was broken, it had rapidly transformed into a two-dimensional shadow control.

“Echo!!!”

Not a scream, but a roar that seemed to shatter the heavens and earth.

Terrifying sound waves swept across the entire area.

“Bang!” The giant black energy ball, in its path, exploded!

“Xunxun! Xunxun!” Little Xunbao cried out in extreme pain, cursing at the Echo Spirit Lord.

The Echo Spirit Lord had incredible hearing; even though its voice completely drowned out everything else around it, it still heard Little Xunbao’s curses, prompting it to look at the little creature.

Just then, Little Xunbao seized the opportunity, its eyes flashing with purple light.

Their eyes met.

The Echo Spirit Lord sensed something was wrong and quickly looked away.

Nothing happened.

“Sound Stomp,” Serana commanded.

“Echo!!!”

The Echo Spirit Lord stomped its right foot down, unleashing a piercing roar.

The entire arena shook.

As the terrifying sound wave spread, those looking down from the stands could see even more astonishing cracks appearing in the already shattered arena!

The cracks rapidly spread to the edges of the arena, where semi-transparent barriers suddenly appeared, preventing the cracks from spreading beyond the arena.

“Xunxun!”

The arena shook, and an extremely blinding sound pierced the ears. Little Xunbao unconsciously released its grip on the shadow, teleported into the air, and covered its ears with a pained expression. A semi-transparent barrier appeared around its body.

With a “crack,” the newly formed barrier shattered in the terrifying sound waves.

“It seems that the Nether Ring Lord is completely at a disadvantage in this match,” said Nefertis on the commentary stage.

“That’s right,” Auror agreed, “Sound-based skills are really too effective against the Nether Ring Lord. Even if the Nether Ring Lord uses a substitute or a control-based skill, it can still be countered by the Echo Lord’s sound-based skills, making it difficult for it to use many of its abilities.”

“Heart?”

Heart called out curiously, indicating that it didn’t know what skill the Nether Ring Lord had used when its eyes glowed purple, and why the Echo Lord hadn’t reacted at all.

Nephthys recalled Little Treasure’s previous matches and guessed, “Perhaps the Netherworld Lord used a curse-type skill.”

On the field, Serana spoke up, “Scream!”

No, it had been attacked so many times by sound-based skills, yet the Echo Lord hadn’t been cursed. It seemed it needed to use another attack skill… Thinking this, Josang said,

“Armor.”

“Echo!!!”

The Echo Lord let out an extremely piercing roar.

“Seeking!”

Little Treasure showed an expression of extreme pain, but even so, it didn’t forget to circulate its energy.

Instantly, armor condensed from black energy appeared around its body.

Amidst the earth-shattering sound waves, the black armor did not shatter.

A super-tier skill, Demon Armor, but it offered little defense against sound-based skills… Serana quickly made a judgment and issued the command, “Scream.” (End of Chapter)