Beast Taming: Starting From Zero - Chapter 1454

Chapter 1454. Chapter 1449 Malicious Penetration (Two Chapters Combined)

On the commentary stage, Nefertis’s eyes lit up as she watched the scene unfold, and she exclaimed,

“Nightmare has transformed into Battle Form!”

Auror remarked, “It seems that Leifeld deliberately let Nightmare take the hit of Steel Emperor’s skill to trigger its curse-type traits, allowing Nightmare to smoothly transform into Battle Form.”

In a match, a pet’s Battle Form, unlike evolution, cannot be interrupted. Therefore, to avoid being attacked during the transformation, an opportunity without interruption must be created.

Of course, even if interrupted, the pet can still complete the transformation, but it may come at the cost of injury.

“Heri?”

Heri Roca elegantly took a sip of water and called out, indicating that Nightmare had many curse-type traits.

As a sudden guest, it didn’t know much about the players or their pets.

Nefertis replied, “The curse-type ability of Nightshade has already been demonstrated four times in this Master Challenge.”

“Heri.”

Heriroka put down his water glass and called out, indicating that with so many curse-type abilities, Steel Emperor was only affected by the Cursed Body, which felt quite lucky.

The staff next to him noticed that the water in the glass was almost empty and very attentively helped to refill it.

Auror said, “The Cursed Body can immobilize Steel Emperor. If Nightshade takes the opportunity to unleash an offensive attack, it will probably be seriously injured.”

“Although Steel Emperor cannot move, its energy can still be generated.” Nefertis analyzed, “Even if Nightshade unleashes an attack, it may be blocked by Steel Emperor’s Absolute Defense. Absolute Defense does not require movement to activate, so taking the opportunity to transform into battle form is definitely a better choice.”

In the audience, everyone and their pets took out their phones and pointed them at Nightshade, who had already transformed on the field, even those who were not fans of Leifeld did so.

Pets with battle forms are extremely rare. In this Master Challenge, all the contestants only have one pet, the Nightshade, and everyone wanted to record this moment.

Nightshade’s battle form… Qiao Sang watched the pet’s drastically changed size in the distance, his expression turning serious.

Nightshade’s primary attribute is Dark, but once it transforms into battle form, its Ghost-type energy surges, balancing with its Dark-type energy. It can even unleash certain skills that are impossible in its normal form.

In a flash, the drastically changed Nightshade revealed a wicked smile, its red compound eyes suddenly turning into black without pupils.

The next second, the entire arena was instantly shrouded in black, and even the surrounding lights couldn’t illuminate the ground.

“Nightmare has unleashed Evil Spirit Field!” On the commentary stage, Nefertis exclaimed rapidly, “It seems Lefebvre wants to win this match as quickly as possible!”

Evil Spirit Field is a dual-attribute (Dark and Ghost) super-tier skill. Whether a pet is Ghost or Dark, its power is amplified within this field. Furthermore, clones of the pet casting the skill will occasionally appear, and these clones are stronger than those cast normally.

It’s said that when Evil Spirit Field’s proficiency reaches a certain level, if evil spirits are present in the area, they might even appear to help attack, though they have no offensive capabilities, but they are undeniably frightening.

Logically, Evil Spirit Field’s abilities don’t actually meet the standards of a super-tier skill, but its extreme difficulty to learn, coupled with the ability to summon evil spirits, allowed it to narrowly win by a minority of votes in the Beast Taming Alliance, becoming a super-tier skill.

Furthermore, opinions on the Evil Spirit Field are quite polarized, mainly depending on the pet using the skill. Some pets with average aptitude don’t feel the power of a super-tier skill when using it, while others make everyone truly feel that it’s a super-tier skill.

Leifeld’s Nightmare Spirit is the latter.

“Heri.”

Heri Roca called out, seemingly remembering something, indicating that it was fortunate it wasn’t the Nether Ring Lord fighting Nightmare Spirit, otherwise, with the Nether Ring Lord being so dark, plus this field, it would be even harder to see it. Auror

chimed in, “If it were fighting the Nether Ring Lord, I don’t think Nightmare Spirit would use this skill.” “

It’s Evil Spirit Field!” Josang quickly said in his mind while the host and guests were talking.

“Steel Power.” Steel Treasure called out in his mind, indicating that it could move, and whether it should pretend to be unable to move so it could attack Nightmare Spirit later. “

The duration of any level of Cursed Body is recorded. Once the immobilization effect wears off, the opponent will definitely know,” Josang said.

Steel Treasure didn’t respond. It transformed into a streak of white light and soared rapidly into the sky.

At the same time, from the black ground, countless figures identical to the Nightshade Spirits floated out, heading towards Steel Treasure in the air.

Steel Treasure’s figure was faster, disappearing into the horizon.

Immediately afterward, countless identical Steel Royal Prisms charged straight down.

The Nightshade Spirits’ clones were not afraid and continued to float upward.

Suddenly, as all the Steel Royal Prisms charged downward, they flapped their wings, and countless purple feathers shot out, transforming into purple blades that slashed at the Nightshade Spirits like a rain of knives.

Some of the Nightshade Spirits vanished with a “bang,” but others did not disappear; instead, they passed through the bodies of the Steel Royal Prisms.

In the instant they were passed through, the Steel Royal Prisms disappeared one after another.

This was a malicious penetration technique. Qiao Sang immediately understood what the Nightshade Spirits’ clones were doing.

“Malice Penetration,” a high-level skill of both Dark and Ghost types, can ignore some defensive skills and pass directly through the target’s body. When a pet with this skill passes through a target’s body, it not only deals damage but also significantly reduces the target’s random abilities such as attack, defense, or movement.

“The effect of the clone’s Malice Penetration on you is limited. After the opponent confirms your true form, they will definitely use their true form mixed in with the clone to perform Malice Penetration on you. That will be the best time to attack,” Qiao Sang thought to himself.

“Steel Authority,” Steel Treasure responded.

Suddenly, among the remaining Steel Authority Emperors, one of them suddenly glowed with an iron-gray light.

After all the Steel Authority Emperors used their Wing Blades, the one glowing with iron-gray light became exceptionally conspicuous.

A Nightmare Spirit happened to be heading upwards and passed straight through.

Iron Wall couldn’t stop Malice Penetration.

This Nightmare Spirit passed through successfully.

The Steel Authority Emperor that used Iron Wall did not disappear.

Lefeb narrowed his eyes and winked at a Nightshade Spirit in the air that was about to take action.

The Nightshade Spirit didn’t receive the wink, but it shared Lefeb’s intention.

The opponent must have recognized Steel Treasure’s true form. Qiao Sang thought to himself, “Inhale!” As

soon as he finished speaking, Steel Emperor, its entire body gleaming with an iron-gray sheen, opened its mouth. The surrounding air instantly rushed into its mouth, and at the same time, the purple blade that had been shot out earlier changed direction and plunged back into its body.

Centered on Steel Treasure, all the Nightshade Spirits within a hundred meters of it vanished, not a single one remaining.

Oh no, the Nightshade Spirit’s true form didn’t get close to Steel Treasure! Qiao Sang realized the danger and shouted in his mind, “Go!”

However, it was too late. A dense black beam of light attacked diagonally downwards with extraordinary speed.

“Upper right!” Qiao Sang realized this and immediately shouted in his mind.

The attack came unexpectedly. Steel Treasure was inherently slow, but fortunately, its reaction speed was fast. It twisted its body, raised its wings high, and transformed into a silver steel blade, slashing fiercely at the black beam of light.

The expected violent explosion did not occur. The black beam of light was easily cleaved, producing only a very small explosion before dissipating.

It had been tricked! The one who used this skill was not the Nightmare Spirit’s main body, but a clone! Josang’s pupils contracted slightly.

Although countless blades and air absorption had previously destroyed the Nightmare Spirit’s clones, clones continued to be generated in the Evil Spirit Field. Unless the Evil Spirit Field disappeared, they could not be eliminated.

Just as Josang’s pupils contracted sharply, a Nightmare Spirit suddenly appeared out of thin air in front of Steel Treasure, passing straight through Steel Treasure’s body!

Steel Treasure looked at the Nightmare Spirit that had passed in front of it, enduring the chill that permeated its body, and immediately opened its mouth again, with the surrounding air continuously rushing into its mouth.

Instead of showing any pain, the Nightshade Spirit turned and grinned wickedly at Steel’s back before disappearing into the shadows. “

How could this be?” Josang’s mind raced, quickly arriving at a conclusion.

The opponent had thoroughly figured out Steel’s skills, so when using close-range attacks, it held its breath!

This Nightshade Spirit is probably even harder to deal with than Mirror Spirit

. “The Nightshade Spirit’s true form successfully unleashed a malicious penetration attack on Steel Emperor!” Nefertis exclaimed from the commentary booth.

Unlike a substitute, a clone can’t display a lifelike expression; the Nightshade Spirit’s wicked grin confirmed it was the true form.

Auror said, “I wonder which aspect of Steel Emperor’s abilities will be weakened next.”

On the field, Nightshade Spirits continued to emerge from the black ground.

“I have to destroy this evil spirit arena first,” Josang thought to himself.

As a Ghost-type pet, the Nightshade Spirit was already elusive, and with the constant appearance of clones, attacking the true form became even more difficult.

“Steel Power.”

Steel Treasure called out in his mind, then opened his mouth, and a pale energy rapidly condensed deep in his throat!

Just as the pale energy condensed, several Nightmare Spirits rushed towards Steel Treasure.

Steel Treasure shook his head, and at the same time, a pale beam of light shot out, sweeping away all the Nightmare Spirits in front of him with the arc of his head.

The pale beam of light did not stop after dealing with the Nightmare Spirits, but continued to sweep and bombard the black ground.

“Boom!!!”

The black field completely exploded!

The pale light was dazzling, illuminating the field for a moment.

Energy swept wildly, overturning the entire field.

In the pale light, the shattered black stones transformed into the color of ordinary stones.

“Steel Power Emperor used the Steel Guided Beam to break through the Nightmare Field!” Auror shouted from the commentary platform.

“Destroying the Evil Spirit Field has a drawback,” Nephthys said. “That is, the pet that destroys the Evil Spirit Field will randomly activate one of the traits of the pet that used the Evil Spirit Field.”

“Heri,”

Heriroka called out, indicating that he didn’t know what trait the Evil Spirit would activate this time.

High in the sky, the Evil Spirits disappeared one after another, and Steelboom kept its mouth open, maintaining the sweeping of the pale beam.

Suddenly, an Evil Spirit appeared more than a hundred meters behind it.

Through the bond with its Beastmaster, Steelboom sensed the danger behind it, circulated its energy, and a black light, as if materialized, appeared on its body.

The Evil Spirit opened its mouth, and a thick black beam containing terrifying energy slammed down.

“Bang!!!”

The shockwave, wrapped in black energy, exploded on Steelboom, raging wildly in all directions.

In the raging shockwave, the pale beam continued to bombard downwards, but it no longer swept across.

Steelboom’s head was no longer able to move; it was once again frozen in place.

The Nightmare Spirit above didn’t stop attacking, its mouth agape, unleashing beams of black light that relentlessly blasted into Steel Treasure.

“Bang bang bang!!!”

Shockwaves, carrying black energy, exploded repeatedly on Steel Treasure’s body.

“It’s preparing to keep attacking, to see if your defense lasts longer or its attacks. It’s still over a hundred meters above you, perfectly avoiding the air absorption range. Even though Leifeld didn’t issue any commands, this Nightmare Spirit can do this. It’s not simple,” Jo Sang thought to herself.

Her tone was both serious and admiring.

Steel Treasure’s absolute defense couldn’t last long. If the Nightmare Spirit continued its attacks, the absolute defense would definitely be the first to disappear.

Jo Sang looked at the scene high in the sky, calculating the duration of the absolute defense, then sensed something and asked, “Can you move now?”

“Steel Treasure,” Steel Treasure responded.

Yes.

“Turn,” Jo Sang said without hesitation.

Steel Treasure’s movement speed is slow, so even if it tries to dodge, the opponent can still keep attacking, and the chance of hitting Steel Treasure is high. The best approach is to counterattack directly.

In the shockwave carrying black energy, Steel Treasure’s figure was completely obscured, with only a pale beam of light shooting downwards visible.

Suddenly, the pale beam of light drew a delicate arc in the air, spinning upwards!

In the stands, many spectators’ eyes lit up.

“Steel Treasure!”

However, just as the pale beam of light was about to hit Nightshade, Steel Treasure suddenly let out a miserable cry and plummeted downwards, the pale beam of light disappearing.

The spectators whose eyes had lit up earlier were completely dumbfounded.

“Nightshade…”

Nightshade looked at the falling massive figure, a hint of fear and relief flashing in her eyes.

How could this be! It shouldn’t be like this; Absolute Defense should still be intact! E’XiLing is a pet of the same level as Steel Treasure, so why is its Absolute Defense maintained for such a short time? And even if it was hit, Steel Treasure shouldn’t be in this much pain. Qiao Sang felt the sudden, intense pain, her face turning pale, but she quickly began to think.

Soon, she realized something, and despite the pain, she uncontrollably grimaced.

The previous malicious penetration had weakened Steel Treasure’s defensive capabilities! (End of Chapter)