Chapter 1670

Chapter 655 – The Water Abyss Steed (Part 2)

“Contestant Qiao Sang didn’t choose to recall Bing Luo Di Miao to the Beast Taming Manual!” Tao Jia announced from the host’s platform.

“No, she made the gesture to recall, but it seems she couldn’t,” Chen Zhuo said.

“Li Li,”

Li Meng Gui Gui immediately noticed the problem and called out, indicating that it was the Spirit Imprisonment trait. Bing Luo Di Miao was likely affected by the Spirit Imprisonment trait.

The Spirit Imprisonment trait is generally a hidden trait of Ghost-type pets. If a pet with this trait is attacked, there is a certain chance that the attacker will be unable to be recalled by the Beast Tamer for a certain period of time. If it is a Psychic-type pet, it will also be unable to use teleportation or other movement skills to move over a large area.

“It seems Li Meng Gui Gui’s guess is correct. However, regarding this trait, Evil Flower Child’s level isn’t high. In Thorfinn’s past matches, it seems few competitors have been affected by the Spirit Binding trait.” Tao Jia said, then sighed, “It seems Qiao Sang’s luck isn’t good.”

“Thorfinn must have prepared beforehand,” Chen Zhuo said.

“The Spirit Binding trait, as a hidden trait of Ghost-type pets, has a fixed probability of activation depending on the level.”

“I think Thorfinn must have had Evil Flower Child attacked by different pets before the match to ensure that the Spirit Binding trait would be activated 100% during the match.”

“Li Li.”

“Li Li.”

Li Meng Gui Gui nodded in agreement, calling out twice, indicating that based on Evil Flower Child’s performance, this was indeed the case. It had long been prepared to sacrifice itself; otherwise, Ghost-type pets wouldn’t be so foolish as to be frozen in place without doing anything and lose the match directly.

What can Evil Flower Child do against an Emperor-level pet? ” If anything were to happen, it would only be a matter of losing a few seconds earlier or a few seconds later…” Tao Jia listened to the translation in his earpiece, inwardly complaining, but outwardly looking at the field, he seriously analyzed:

“Simply activating the Spirit Binding characteristic to keep Ice Lodi Mu on the field, unable to be retrieved, is meaningless. Player Thorfinn losing a Royal-level pet and letting Player Josang gain a point for free must have a deeper purpose.” “

It’s the Decay Mark,” Chen Zhuo said, “Player Thorfinn’s Evil Flower Child has the Decay Mark characteristic.”

The excited screams in the audience subsided, and many people realized what was happening and began to discuss.

“Does the Attenuation Mark weaken the attribute energy of a pet?”

“Yes, if the level is high enough, it might even prevent the pet from circulating its energy, making it unable to use its attributes or skills.”

“Wow! That’s powerful! What about Ice Luo Di Miao?”

“What can it do? It can only lose. Qiao Sang is still too weak, only having one Emperor-level pet. Others just need to devise tactics against Ice Luo Di Miao.”

“Ice Luo Di Miao is already quite good; it even won against Moonlight Spirit in the night battle.”

“No, does weakening attribute energy necessarily mean defeat? Even if it’s weakened, Ice Luo Di Miao has the Water Storage attribute; it’s not afraid of water-types, is it?”

“Don’t you know how powerful the Attenuation Mark is? This attribute might prevent a pet’s attribute from being activated at all, or it might lower the attribute’s level. It’s not impossible for an S-level attribute to be weakened to a D-level. If it really becomes D-level, what’s the use of the Water Storage attribute?”

“Isn’t Ice Luo Di Miao a dual-attribute pet of water and ice? Does it reduce the power of both attribute energies?”

“It seems random. If a multi-attribute pet is affected by the attenuation mark, either all its attribute energy will be weakened, or one of its attribute energies, or even all of its attribute energies, will be unable to be used. It mainly depends on the level of the attenuation mark.”

“Thorfin is no good either. Against someone as young as Josang, who just became an S-rank professional beast tamer, he actually used this tactic. I initially thought it would be a one-sided victory.”

“He probably didn’t expect it himself. If he had known that Josang’s Ice Lord Muse had the strength to defeat Moonbeam, he would definitely have sent out the Evil Flower Child in the first round.”

“That’s true. Otherwise, who would summon a Royal-rank pet to fight when they still have an Emperor-rank pet? That would be giving away points for nothing.”

“Thorfin truly lives up to his reputation as a renowned S-rank Beastmaster; his mind works incredibly fast.”

Aside from the children accompanying their parents, almost everyone in the audience at the Interstellar Beastmaster Tournament was sharp-witted, with many being Thorfin’s fans. A casual chat quickly revealed Thorfin’s intention in sending the Evil Flower Child to his doom.

Amidst the discussions, Lu Bao glanced at its Beastmaster. “

Continue the competition…” Josang nodded slightly to it.

Lu Bao understood and sensed the changes in its own body. It looked at the human in the distance, its gaze becoming unusually serious.

It remembered its Beastmaster saying this human had two Emperor-level pets; if one was dealt with, there was still one left. It couldn’t lose… A

mechanical pet wearing a referee’s badge appeared on the field, blowing its whistle.

In mid-air, the number “10” appeared out of thin air, accompanied by a constantly changing mechanical sound:

“9, 8, 7… 3, 2, 1.”

The light vanished.

Thorfin quickly formed hand seals.

A dazzling, magnificent golden star array lit up the ground.

This time it must be the Water Abyss Steed… Qiao Sang glanced at the snow that was almost gone from the sky and the ground where the chill had noticeably lessened, and slowly exhaled a breath of stale air.

Based on Lu Bao’s previous experiences coming out of the Beast Taming Manual, snowfall couldn’t possibly last that long. Now that the snow was almost gone and the ice-type energy of the Ice Age had clearly weakened, the ice-type energy must have been affected.

She didn’t know if Lu Bao had only weakened the ice-type energy, or if both the water and ice-type energies had weakened. She had to test it quickly, and during the test, she had to avoid serious injury… On the bright side, the ice-type energy had only weakened, not completely disappeared…

Qiao Sang thought to herself as she kept her eyes fixed on the golden star array that appeared in the distance.

Soon, within the star array, a pet beast nearly eighty meters tall, mostly blue, with long, powerful limbs, a mane on its back like flowing water, deep blue glowing patterns at the corners of its eyes, and a short, sharp crystal horn on its forehead appeared in everyone’s sight.

A cheer erupted from the stands:

“Water Abyss Steed! Water Abyss Steed!”

“Water Abyss Steed! Water Abyss Steed!”

Although this was the Zhitia region of the Blue Star Dragon Kingdom, many fans had traveled from other planets specifically to watch this renowned S-rank professional beast tamer.

After two consecutive losses, the appearance of their ace beast, Water Abyss Steed, invigorated them, as if they could already see Water Abyss Steed achieving consecutive victories and securing the final triumph.

Water Abyss Steed, a water-type Emperor-level pet, possesses an S-level rain-inducing ability. Whenever it appears, a torrential downpour occurs… Qiao Sang, watching the sudden downpour, said,

“Merge!”

If Lu Bao can successfully merge into the rain and continue moving within it as before, it means the Melting Water ability is at least A-level, and even if the water energy decreases, it won’t decrease too much.

Hearing its Beastmaster’s words, Lu Bao exerted force with its limbs and leaped into the air.

“Abyss!”

Water Abyss Steed raised its head and cried out towards the sky.

The downpour stopped abruptly.

As a water-type Emperor-level pet, it can completely control the effects of its appearance on its surroundings using its own energy.

If Lu Bao wanted, it could also completely control whether snowfall or an ice age would occur when it emerged from the Beastmaster’s Codex.

Lu Bao jumped into the nearest rainwater, merged into it, and landed on the ground.

The Melting Water ability was still active, which at least meant the water energy hadn’t completely disappeared… Qiao Sang inexplicably breathed a sigh of relief.

“It can still melt water, so the water-based energy hasn’t disappeared…?” Thorfinn thought with some regret.

If Ice Lodimu’s water-based energy could completely disappear, then Healing Light, a skill that was clearly cheating, wouldn’t be able to be used.

To be honest, now that he recalled the scene where Water Lodimu couldn’t even fully open its eyes one second, and the next second it was completely unharmed under the effect of Healing Light, even its scales regaining their luster, he couldn’t help but want to report it for cheating.

In a flash of thought, Water Abyss Steed stomped down with its left forepaw.

All the rainwater on the ground was instantly stirred up by a powerful force, all of it being shaken into the air.

Among the dense raindrops, one stream of rain suddenly expanded, showing obvious distortion and deformation.

“Abyss!”

Water Abyss Steed raised its head and shouted again.

The next moment, countless raindrops in the air suddenly exploded all at once!

Fine water droplets splashed wildly in all directions.

Lu Bao’s head emerged from one of the bursting raindrops!

But just then, a terrifying chill descended, instantly sealing all the bursting raindrops into translucent ice crystals, frozen in mid-air.

A thick layer of ice also condensed on the Water Abyss Steed’s body.

However, the ice shell only covered most of its front half before a burst of blue energy erupted from the Water Abyss Steed.

“Crack!” A crisp cracking sound rang out, and countless cracks instantly covered the surface of the ice shell.

It seemed that Lu Bao’s ice-type energy had decreased considerably; the Ice Heaven Domain hadn’t even managed to freeze the Water Abyss Steed before breaking through… Qiao Sang’s heart sank, and he quickly shouted,

“Soul!” In mid-air, Lu Bao’s figure was fully revealed. Before it could fall to the ground, a massive, seventy-meter-long, ice-blue energy body, identical in appearance to the Water Abyss Steed, suddenly condensed in front of it, charging fiercely towards the Water Abyss Steed, whose body was covered in cracked ice!

The chill raged, and the air frost appeared noticeably as the ice-blue energy body moved. “Thrust!” Thorfinn suddenly spoke. The short, sharp crystal horn on the forehead of the Water Abyss Steed suddenly pierced through the already shattered ice shell, extending rapidly at a visible speed, multiplying in size many times over. “Bang!!!” With a loud bang, the ice-blue energy body collided with the menacing, sharp crystal horn. The ice-blue shockwave raged in all directions, destroying everything in its path. Most of the area was instantly enveloped by the terrifying shockwave and the dust it kicked up. The dust turned into specks of ice in the air, which were then swept around by the shockwave. The power was much weaker… Qiao Sang looked at the scene before her, her brain quickly analyzing. Previously, the Ice Soul Rift that Lu Bao condensed was about a hundred meters in size, but now, it only looked about seventy meters, which meant that the ice energy had decreased by about 30%… Just as she was thinking, she suddenly sensed something and looked at the center of the ice-blue shockwave. Although Lu Bao’s ice-type energy was weakened, Ice Soul Rift was still successfully executed. As a high-damage attack skill that almost became a god-tier skill, Water Abyss Steed was hit, yet it didn’t scream or fly backward… What it just used was only its racial skill, Giant Horn Breakthrough, whose power was nowhere near that of Ice Soul Rift. Lu Bao’s ice-type energy was weakened by 30%, so it shouldn’t be able to match it either. How come there was no reaction at all? Lu Bao didn’t fly backward either, could it still be colliding? That means Lu Bao and Water Abyss Steed should be very close now… Thinking of this, Qiao Sang said: “Thrust!” “Ice Luo!” Lu Bao’s roar came from the ice-blue shockwave, the roar was somewhat muffled, as if something was blocking it. There was still no scream from Water Abyss Steed. Qiao Sang narrowed his eyes, and with his powerful eyesight, he finally saw the scene inside through the slightly dissipated shockwave. The Water Abyss Steed was now clad in armor formed from water-based energy, covering not only its body but also its limbs and head. The armor was badly damaged, with visibly missing parts. No part of the Water Abyss Steed’s exposed body was intact, but everything was visibly healing, and the armor was also repairing itself, albeit much more slowly than its injuries. Furthermore, dozens of gelatinous tentacles, each a hundred meters long, sprouted from the armor, binding and imprisoning the Water Abyss Steed completely, leaving no gaps. From within these gelatinous tentacles, countless cone-shaped spikes pierced through, attempting to break through, but the tentacles were flexible and elastic, and no matter how hard the spikes tried, they could not pierce it. The super-tier skills Water Abyss Armor and Water Abyss Binding—a combination of super-tier skills used without any command from the Beastmaster… No wonder it could defend against the weakened version of Ice Soul Sky Split. Thankfully, Lu Bao just used Ice Crystal Pierce; although it didn’t successfully attack the Water Abyss Steed, it at least temporarily stopped the binding of Water Abyss Binding… Qiao Sang looked at the scene inside, his pupils shrinking, various thoughts flashing through his mind in an instant. He decisively said, “Zero!” There are two ways to break free from the super-tier skill Water Abyss Binding. One is to drip water droplets onto its tail to melt it. When Lu Bao’s size shrinks instantly, Water Abyss Binding will lose its target and loosen, creating an opening for escape. The second is to directly use a freezing skill to freeze it.

Ordinary freezing skills wouldn’t work; Water Abyss Binding could split into countless tentacles, possessing immense power. Lu Bao’s ice-type energy was currently weakened, so to freeze them all, a powerful ice-type skill would be needed.

Water Abyss Binding was cast on Water Abyss Steed and was still connected to its body. If Absolute Zero were used, it might even freeze Water Abyss Steed instantly!

Almost without hesitation, Qiao Sang chose to attack instead of escape.

Dozens of gelatinous tentacles slightly contracted.

Countless cone-shaped spikes inside were instantly crushed into powder and disappeared.

It was at this moment that extreme cold suddenly appeared within.