Beast Taming: Starting From Zero - Chapter 1434

1434. Chapter 1429 Little Treasure Hunter VS Echo Spirit Master (Recommended to read together with tomorrow’s episode)

“Echo…”

The Echo Spirit Master opened its mouth, about to roar.

But an invisible force suddenly controlled its mouth, rendering it unable to open or close, unable to utter a sound.

In the distance, the little treasure hunter, clad in black armor, had blue eyes.

“The Nether Ring Lord has controlled the Echo Spirit Master with its telekinesis!” Nefertis announced loudly from the commentary platform.

Just as she was speaking, a Nether Ring Lord that looked exactly like the little treasure hunter appeared beside it, its eyes also glowing blue, looking at the Echo Spirit Master.

The difference was that it was not wearing black armor.

Suddenly, the armored little treasure hunter vanished.

“Bang!” Serana quickly issued a command.

The Echo Spirit Master’s mouth was temporarily immobilized, but the rest of its body was fine. It raised its hand and removed the trumpet-like decorations on either side of its head.

The Echo Horn, the companion tool of the Echo Spirit Master, usually sits on either side of its head like an ornament, but it can be removed. It can be used to blow deafening noise, play music, or collide the two horns together to produce equally piercing noise. This noise is unbearable for opponents and has a chance to cause confusion… Information about the horn flashed through Qiao Sang’s mind, but she didn’t issue any commands.

To perform a magic trick to exchange items, the user must be the one performing the trick. Although the Stand’s appearance and behavior are similar to Little Treasure Hunter, the ring is ethereal; it cannot hold items or exchange items with opponents through magic.

Little Treasure Hunter, on the other hand, has its own independent actions.

In a flash of thought, the blue light in the Stand’s eyes intensified, spreading from controlling only the mouth to the entire upper body of the Echo Spirit Master.

The Echo Spirit Master’s hand movements paused for a moment.

In that instant of pause, a gigantic Netherworld Ring Lord, approximately sixty meters in size, appeared in the sky, its head radiating a dense white light, and plummeted downwards with overwhelming force.

“Clang!!!”

The two loudspeakers collided, emitting a sharp, piercing sound, and countless noise waves rapidly spread throughout the entire arena. With

a “bang,” the Stand with its blue-glowing eyes disappeared in the distance.

“Xunxun!”

At the same time, Little Xunbao remembered its mission, gritted its teeth, endured the pain in its head, and continued to fall.

However, the next second, its skill suddenly failed, and the dense white light on its head abruptly disappeared.

Little Xunbao was startled and quickly tried to teleport.

However, the teleportation failed.

“Light Cannon!” Serana seized the opportunity and quickly issued the command.

The Echo Spirit Master raised its head and opened its mouth, aiming at the somewhat bewildered Little Xunbao.

However, one second, two seconds… the Echo Spirit Master remained with its mouth open, but nothing happened.

Their eyes met, and both Little Xunbao and the Echo Spirit Master saw bewilderment and confusion in each other’s eyes.

Serana: “???”

What happened…? The audience was equally bewildered.

“My God, what’s going on! The Nether Ring Lord and the Echo Spirit Lord are just staring at each other! Neither of them has launched an attack!” Auror exclaimed in astonishment from the commentary booth.

“It seems like the Nether Ring Lord’s attack suddenly failed,” Nephthys analyzed. “The Echo Spirit Lord rang the Echo Horn earlier, which should have successfully put the Nether Ring Lord into a state of confusion, rendering its attack ineffective.”

Pets in a state of confusion will either be unable to use skills temporarily due to mental and energy disorder, or their skills will have a low hit rate, or they might even use skills that hit themselves.

“Heart Heart?”

Heart Heart looked puzzled and called out, indicating that it could understand the Nether Ring Lord’s skill suddenly failing, but the Echo Spirit Lord also seemed unable to use its skills.

“That’s what I want to know too.” After saying that, Auror thought of something and guessed, “Could it be that the Nether Ring Lord’s curse just now succeeded?”

“Heart Heart?”

“Heart Heart?”

Heart Heart looked shocked and called out twice, indicating that what kind of curse did the Nether Ring Lord use? It could even prevent the opponent from using its skills? If its curse had this effect, wouldn’t it be invincible in battle?

At this moment, Nefertis also thought of something and said with certainty and a slightly excited tone:

“It’s not a curse! It’s resentment possession! The Nether Ring Lord also has the characteristic of resentment possession!”

As soon as these words came out, the whole place stirred.

Aurol suddenly realized: “When a pet with resentment possession falls into an abnormal state, creatures within a certain range will also fall into the same abnormal state! The Nether Ring Lord has fallen into a state of confusion! So the Echo Spirit Lord has also fallen into a state of confusion!”

“Heart!”

Heart’s eyes lit up, and she also suddenly realized.

It makes sense! No wonder the Nether Ring Lord’s skills failed, and the Echo Spirit Lord’s skills also failed! Because its state is the same as the Nether Ring Lord’s! So the effects are the same!

Aurol sighed: “I didn’t expect the Nether Ring Lord to have such a characteristic as resentment possession.”

“It feels like the Nether Ring Lord is like a bomb, whoever touches it in battle is doomed,” Nefertis said.

The Bomb, a common type of pet, basically has no skills except for exploding. If an opponent attacks it, it will explode along with the opponent, making it one of the pets most dreaded by many Beastmasters.

“It’s still different,” Auror said. “The most troublesome characteristic of the Dark Ring Lord, the mutual destruction ability, has been neutralized by Serana. Even with the lingering resentment, in a state of confusion for both sides, the Dark Ring Lord’s size and strength shouldn’t offer any advantage.”

It’s the lingering resentment… Sure enough, the Dark Ring Lord still has some hidden methods… On the high platform, Serana, relying on her rich combat experience, quickly made a judgment and issued the command: “Bang!”

In a state of confusion, skills might not be usable, but attacks using accompanying items wouldn’t be affected.

At the same time, Josang said, “Lick!”

“Echo.”

Hearing its Beastmaster’s voice, the Echo Lord raised its hand, about to collide the two horns again.

But just then, Little Treasure Hunter stuck out its tongue and approached the Echo Lord’s face.

“Echo!”

The Echo Lord was startled and reflexively slammed the horn hard against Little Treasure Hunter’s head.

“Xunxun!”

Little Xunbao flew backward.

Serana frowned.

According to the information, the Lord of the Underworld also possesses the characteristics of a cursed body and a cursed body. It’s unknown whether the Echo Lord’s attack was affected by these two characteristics…

Even if it was affected, it shouldn’t be a big deal. After all, the Ring Lord is currently in a state of chaos, so even if the Echo Lord is affected, it can’t launch any effective attacks…

Just as she was thinking this, she saw the Echo Lord maintaining its downward slamming of the trumpet, without making any further moves.

Sera instantly realized that it was affected by the Ring Lord’s cursed body, and her heart sank subconsciously. Then, recalling her earlier thought, she breathed a sigh of relief.

Although she could accept any result in the match, after losing so many rounds in a row, she still hoped to win.

“The Echo Lord hasn’t moved. It seems it has activated the Ring Lord’s cursed body!” Nefertis analyzed on the commentary stage.

“Heart.”

Heartfelt sighed again, indicating that the Ring Lord’s characteristics really made everyone afraid to touch it. Fortunately, it was still in a state of chaos, otherwise the Echo Lord would probably have lost this match.

Auror said, “The immobilization state is only temporary. Even if the Nether Ring Lord hadn’t fallen into a state of confusion, I don’t recall it having any decisive attack skills.”

Just as the host and guests were explaining, on the platform, Josang’s eyes lit up, and he quickly said, “Stop!”

Being immobilized was great; he couldn’t move at all. It didn’t matter if Little Treasure was in a state of confusion either. Since the Echo Lord could use its companion item even in a state of confusion, Little Treasure could naturally do the same.

“Xunxun~”

Little Treasure understood its Beastmaster’s meaning, revealing an excited expression. It instantly forgot its sore cheek, went to the Echo Lord’s side, removed the ring from its ear, enlarged it, and then snatched the two horns from the Echo Lord’s hand, throwing them into the ring.

Echo Lord: “!!!”

Serana: “!!!”

After doing all this, the ring shrank, and Little Treasure happily put the ring back on its ear, making a face at the Echo Lord with a “Go ahead and hit me!” look.

“Echo…”

The Echo Lord stared in disbelief at the incredibly dark little creature before him, unable to believe his opponent was this.

The commotion that had barely subsided in the stands erupted again.

“What’s going on? The ring on the Dark Ring Lord’s ear is also a companion item?”

“Of course! You don’t know Little Treasure Hunter at all. Not just the ring on its ear, all the rings on its body are companion items. In one match, Little Treasure Hunter even traded its ring for a Bladescaled Dragon’s companion item.”

“Holy crap, that’s amazing! What’s the effect of these companion items? Do you put things inside them?”

“Yes.” “

Wow, I originally thought the Dark Ring Lord’s companion items were useless on the battlefield, at most just for tricking and swapping with the opponent’s companion items. I didn’t expect it could directly put the opponent’s companion item inside.”

“That only works if the opponent is like the Echo Lord, unable to move.” “

Since the Echo Lord doesn’t have its own companion items, will its sound-based attacks be less effective?”

“More than that, many skills require accompanying items to be used. Now that the Nether Ring Lord has collected them, Echo Spirit Lord can’t use many of its skills. Like now, even when it’s in a confused state, it can still attack using its accompanying items. But now, it can’t use any skills at all.”

“Ah! Little Treasure Hunter’s funny face is so cute!”

“The Nether Ring Lord has collected Echo Spirit Lord’s accompanying items into its ring!” On the commentary stage, Nefertis exclaimed in surprise, “I’ve thought about many of the Nether Ring Lord’s actions after Echo Spirit Lord is immobilized, but I really didn’t expect it to take this opportunity to collect Echo Spirit Lord’s accompanying items into its own ring.”

“That’s indeed a great idea.” Auror exclaimed, “I originally thought that the Nether Ring Lord wouldn’t make any effective attacks in a confused state, but I didn’t expect its actions to be much more effective than some attacks.”

“Heart.”

Zhi Ai showed an admiring expression and called out, indicating that Qiao Sang’s mind was too clever to come up with this idea in such a short time.

On the field, after making a face, Little Xunbao raised its paw, black energy condensing within it, only to quickly dissipate.

“Xunxun…”

Little Xunbao looked disappointed.

“Shadow,” Qiao Sang said.

Little Xunbao swiftly floated to the shadow of the Echo Spirit Lord, its paw touching it, ready to strike.

After about a second, the Echo Spirit Lord realized something, quickly retreating and opening its mouth to roar:

“Echo!”

It only made the sound a little louder, having no effect whatsoever.

The Echo Spirit Lord awkwardly closed its mouth and continued moving backward.

Little Xunbao followed closely behind its shadow.

With neither able to use their skills, their movement speeds weren’t significantly different.

Suddenly, Little Xunbao sensed something, its eyes lighting up. Moving, it channeled its energy, flexing its paw.

Instantly, the Echo Spirit Lord was controlled and flung high into the air.

“Echo!!!”

Just as the Echo Spirit Lord was flung into the air, it also acted, opening its mouth and emitting an extremely piercing cry.

The already shattered arena shattered even more under the terrifying sound waves.

Little Treasure Hunter, enduring a mental headache, continued spinning the Echo Spirit.

“Echo!!!”

With each high-speed spin, the Echo Spirit continued to unleash a deafening roar.

The ground crumbled and crumbled.

Even with the arena’s sound barrier blocking the waves, many spectators covered their ears.

Without the aid of its accompanying props, it could still unleash such a powerful sound-based skill… and the Echo Spirit didn’t seem dizzy at all; it seemed to have undergone special training in resisting dizziness… Qiao Sang’s brain raced.

Serana had clearly done thorough research on Little Treasure Hunter. First, she used Thunder Beast to negate its mutual destruction ability. During the battle against Echo Lord, Little Treasure Hunter barely used any transferable skills, rendering its Shadow Penetration ability useless… If Echo Lord continued to use its sound-based skills like this, even with its prior training, Little Treasure Hunter would eventually succumb…

Any energy-based attack would be directly dissipated by Echo Lord’s sound-based abilities…

Besides being actively attacked and having its abilities affected, what other skills could be effective…?

Qiao Sang frowned and pondered for a moment, then suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck him, and he shouted, “Eat!”

“Seek!”

Little Treasure’s head was throbbing, but upon hearing its Beastmaster’s voice, it immediately controlled its shadow to pull.

In an instant, the Echo Spirit Master flew towards Little Treasure’s location, rapidly approaching. (End of Chapter)