Chapter 1675

Chapter 660 – Selling a Scheming Sable (Part Two)

“You, a renowned host beast of the Zhitia region, and also a Ghost-type pet, how come you can’t see the Nether Ring Monarch?” Chen Zhuo couldn’t help but mutter to himself, wanting to speak out. However, when he looked back at the arena and didn’t immediately spot the Nether Ring Monarch, he paused for a second and said,

“The Nether Ring Monarch will probably have a significant advantage in tonight’s battles.”

“Lili.”

“Lili.”

At this moment, Li Meng Guigui had already spotted Little Treasure Hunter and nodded in agreement, barking twice to indicate that Ghost-type pets already have an advantage in nighttime battles, especially since this Nether Ring Monarch is darker and smaller than most Ghost-type pets, giving it an even greater advantage.

As they talked, the light from the star array on the arena disappeared.

Little Treasure Hunter immediately vanished.

Discussions arose from the audience.

“Where is the Nether Ring Lord? I can’t see it anymore!”

“Usually, Royal-level pets are quite large. It’s strange to suddenly have such a small Nether Ring Lord. Are all Nether Ring Lords this small?”

“No, Qiao Sang’s Nether Ring Lord is a different color pet, so it’s just a little smaller.”

“Where exactly is the Nether Ring Lord?! I just saw it! There are lights on the field, there should be some light, right?”

“Is it possible that the Nether Ring Lord is a Ghost-type pet, and it can become invisible?”

Amidst the discussion, a dark shadow loomed above the Selling Sable.

A black energy ball, tens of meters in size, appeared out of thin air, as if controlled by something, and slammed down.

The Selling Sable sensed the danger without even looking up, and instantly transformed into a black shadow, disappearing in a straight line.

Some black mist appeared around the shadow, but because the shadow moved so fast, like a black current, this black mist was inconspicuous in the night arena.

Everyone’s gaze was almost entirely focused on the ground. Wherever the dark shadow passed, the ground tore open, creating one black hole after another, seemingly ready to devour everything.

However, the black light transformed from the Selling Sable was faster. Each time a black hole was about to form, it narrowly avoided it, preventing itself from falling in.

“Big!” Qiao Sang suddenly exclaimed.

As soon as he finished speaking, the black holes in the ground abruptly grew larger, reaching a hundred meters in size.

The black shadow transformed from the Selling Sable couldn’t dodge in time and fell into it.

The next moment, a black hole appeared out of thin air beneath a black energy sphere tens of meters in size, and the Selling Sable fell into it.

The black hole disappeared.

“Boom!”

The giant black energy sphere slammed heavily onto the Selling Sable, slamming it into the ground.

The ground shook, creating a giant crater.

“The Shadow Ball of the Underworld Lord successfully attacked the Sly Sable!” On the platform, Tao Jia exclaimed, “What a smooth combo! First, he used Shadow Ball, then Shadow Penetration. Seeing that the Sly Sable hadn’t fallen into the black hole, he decisively increased the size of the black hole, allowing the Sly Sable to fall into it and move to the bottom of the Shadow Ball, before striking it with a single blow!”

“Lili,”

Li Meng Guigui exclaimed in admiration, indicating that it truly lived up to its reputation as a Ghost-type pet.

“It shouldn’t be that simple,” Chen Zhuo said. “Thorfin, as a veteran S-rank professional beast tamer with rich combat experience, and the Sly Sable, as a representative of cunning and treacherous evil-type pets, shouldn’t be attacked so easily.”

He paused, then added, “If they are attacked so quickly, it might also be part of a strategy.”

The Sly Sable, a royal-rank evil-type pet, doesn’t like to launch direct attacks. Instead, it prefers to observe from the shadows or deliberately expose weaknesses, waiting for the best opportunity to attack. It usually enjoys giving advice to people and pets. On Tianyuan Star, it basically relies on giving advice to people and pets to exchange for the items it needs. It dislikes foolish humans and pets because it feels there is no sense of accomplishment in giving advice to these unintelligent people and pets. The more people and pets can outsmart it, the more the Sly Sable likes them.

This affection wasn’t in the traditional sense. Humans and pets favored by the Sly Selling Weasel would be subjected to its multifaceted manipulations until the other party broke down in tears, satisfying the Sly Selling Weasel, or until it lost interest… Qiao Sang’s mind flashed with information about the Sly Selling Weasel, her expression shifting from relaxed to wary.

Such a cunning pet shouldn’t be so easily attacked.

Moreover, Thorfinn hadn’t issued any commands just now…

Quickly, she realized something, her heart tightening, and she said,

“Flash!”

“Xun Xun!”

As soon as she finished speaking, Little Xun Bao let out a scream and appeared in the air, but almost instinctively obeying its master’s command, it teleported away from its original spot.

“Sell!”

At the same time, the Sly Selling Weasel appeared behind Little Xun Bao’s former location, letting out the same scream.

Everyone stared in astonishment at the scene.

What was going on?

Wasn’t the Sly Selling Weasel attacked by the Shadow Ball?

How did it appear behind Little Xun Bao?

And Little Xun Bao clearly hadn’t been attacked, so why was it screaming?

Thorfinn’s fans were the first to react, saying,

“It’s the Co-Erosion ability! Thorfinn’s Sly Sable has a B-rank Co-Erosion ability!”

The Co-Erosion ability means that if a Pokémon with this ability is attacked, the attacker will also experience the same pain, somewhat similar to the Extinction ability. However, unlike Extinction, the damage suffered is not equal; it varies depending on the Co-Erosion rank. Only at S-rank Co-Erosion will the target suffer the same level of damage.

Furthermore, even if a Pokémon with the Co-Erosion ability is stunned, the attacker will not be stunned.

On the surface, Extinction seems much stronger.

But the Co-Erosion ability has an ability that Extinction lacks: even if a Pokémon with the Co-Erosion ability’s Substitute is attacked, the attacker will still be affected by the Co-Erosion.

Sly Sable deliberately allowed Little Treasure Hunter to attack it! The purpose was to use the Coexistence ability to influence Little Treasure Hunter. After all, the damage received from being affected by the ability is considered an attack. While finding Little Treasure Hunter’s location, it could also deplete the probability of the Coexistence ability activating later, and even launch an attack while waiting—a win-win situation.

The more Qiao Sang thought about it, the more alarmed she became.

She remembered that when the Sly Sable first started moving, it was surrounded by black mist. That wasn’t because it was moving too fast, but because it had used Illusionary Mist Fractal!

Illusionary Mist Fractal, a high-level Dark-type skill, can create multiple identical clones by releasing black mist. If the skill level is high enough, the original body can also be condensed as the black mist disappears.

The one that fell into the black hole earlier was actually a clone of the Sly Schemer!

Its true form had seized the opportunity to locate Little Treasure Hunter and was about to attack!

Qiao Sang quickly analyzed the Sly Schemer’s strategy, and three words flashed through her mind:

How insidious!

Luckily, Little Treasure Hunter dodged quickly enough; otherwise, with the mutual destruction already exhausted, it would have been a wasted attack!

Then she thought again, but this also meant that the opponent had completely studied her; otherwise, they wouldn’t have used such a move at the start.

Qiao Sang’s gaze fell on Little Treasure Hunter, who appeared as a black dot from a distance.

The opponent had studied her, and she had studied the opponent. She had already predicted the possibility of Little Treasure Hunter facing the Sly Schemer; with Little Treasure Hunter’s intelligence and memory, it should remember what to do.

On the field.

“Xunxun…”

Little Treasure Hunter appeared high in the sky, showing a look of lingering fear.

The Sly Schemer had already fallen to the ground, but it stood firmly, quickly transforming into a black shadow and rushing diagonally upwards towards Little Treasure Hunter’s location.

Black mist emanated from the shadowy figure, inconspicuously spreading across the night arena.

“Xunxun!”

Little Xunbao, unusually, didn’t dodge, but instead its eyes glowed purple.

Instantly, a gigantic Netherworld Lord, a full sixty meters tall, appeared out of thin air.

“Bang!”

The shadowy figure crashed straight into it.

The giant Netherworld Lord took a step back, but didn’t dissipate.

At the same time, black mist condensed, and the Selling Sable appeared behind Little Xunbao, opening its mouth, a terrifying black energy instantly gathering deep within its throat.

“Hou!” Qiao Sang called out.

As soon as the words left his mouth, the shadowy figure that had collided with the giant Netherworld Lord vanished.

The terrifying black energy instantly transformed into a black beam of light from the Selling Sable’s mouth and shot out.

At the instant it shot out, two black holes of the same size appeared simultaneously behind Little Xunbao and above the Selling Sable.

Thorfinn decisively said,

“Disperse!”

Upon hearing this, Josang instantly understood his intention and quickly shouted,

“Seal!”

A black beam of light shot into the black hole. Before it could erupt from another black hole, the weasel quickly transformed into black mist.

However, the black mist seemed to have collided with something and could no longer disperse.

At the same time, from the black hole above, a terrifying black beam of light, carrying destructive and malevolent energy, shot straight down!

“Bang!”

With a loud bang, the beam struck the barrier, shattering it instantly. The black beam continued to bombard downwards.

“Weasel!”

The weasel’s figure appeared under the black beam, letting out a scream.

“Boom!!!”

The ground exploded under the bombardment of the black beam, and black shockwaves raged outwards.

“Is he really only a teenager? His reaction time is incredible! It’s obvious that the one who attacked wasn’t the real ‘Selling-the-Trick Sable,’ which is why he reacted so quickly. Is it because the Lord of the Underworld is skilled at using decoys to fool people, making him so difficult to fool…?” Thorfinn slowly exhaled a breath of stale air.

A cheer erupted from the audience, chanting the names of Qiao Sang and Little Treasure Hunter.

“It seems that this time, the Lord of the Underworld has attacked the real ‘Selling-the-Trick Sable’!” Tao Jia shouted into the microphone from the commentary booth.

“However, besides the Eclipse ability, the Selling Sable also has the Stagnation ability,” Chen Zhuo said. “The Dark Ring Monarch attacked its main body, so it should be affected.”

Stagnation, a Dark-type ability, causes black mist to appear around a beast that uses the Stagnation ability, slowing its speed and preventing it from being recalled to the Beast Taming Manual for a certain period of time… This time, Little Treasure Hunt wasn’t injured, so it seems it didn’t trigger the opponent’s Eclipse… Qiao Sang looked at the obvious black mist around Little Treasure Hunt in the air, quickly determined what it was, and said:

“Mash!”

“Xun Xun~”

Little Treasure Hunt looked at the location of the black shockwave explosion below, its entire head glowing with silver-white light, and slammed down into the air.

The giant Dark Ring Monarch synchronized its movements, its head also glowing with silver-white light, and slammed down.

Thorfinn frowned upon seeing this.

In the information he had found, he remembered that the Dark Ring Monarch’s Dark Shadow had reached the Profound level. At this level, the Dark Shadow didn’t need its main body to make the same movements; it could unleash the skill with just a thought.

If that was the case, why did the Dark Ring Monarch need to use its own Thought Hammer? “Isn’t this a complete waste of energy?”

Thorfinn pondered, issuing no command. Knowing the Sly Sable as he did, he knew it could neutralize this attack on its own.

In the giant crater, the Sly Sable stared at the scene above, its pupils contracting. Ignoring the pain, black energy rapidly rose around it, attempting to scatter and escape.

However, before the black energy could completely dissipate, a giant black hole appeared below.

The Sly Sable fell into it.

“No way…” Thorfinn’s expression instantly turned grim.

At the same time, a giant black hole of the same size appeared beneath the silvery-white head of the Giant Netherworld Lord.

The Sly Sable fell from it.

The black hole vanished.

“Bang!!!”

The Giant Netherworld Lord’s silvery-white head slammed down, and the Sly Sable plummeted to the ground again.

The Sly Sable… wait? Something’s not right! Thorfinn sensed something, first stunned, then his eyes suddenly lit up.

“The Netherworld Lord has struck the Sly Sable again!” Tao Jia announced loudly from the platform.

“Lili.”

Li Menggui’s expression was full of approval, as if she highly approved of Little Treasure Hunter.

At this moment, Chen Zhuo exclaimed urgently,

“The Underworld Lord didn’t attack the Sly Sable’s true form!”

On the field, the Sly Sable crashed to the ground under the bombardment.

“Xunxun!”

High in the sky, Little Treasure Hunter showed an “I’m here” expression, shouted loudly, and, maintaining its full head of silver-white light, rushed downwards.

However, it stopped halfway in the air, showing a “what the hell” expression.

The Sly Sable that had crashed to the ground showed a painful expression and then simply vanished.

It turned out to be a double-hit mental hammer attack… Thorfinn breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that thankfully the Sly Shrimp was clever enough not to have succeeded.

In the audience, gasps of surprise rippled through the crowd.

How could the Sly Shrimp that was attacked not be its true form?!

How could it not be its true form? When Little Treasure Hunt attacked the Sly Shrimp earlier, black mist appeared around it, clearly because it had attacked its true form and was affected by the Dreadlocks ability. If it had attacked a clone or a Stand, there wouldn’t have been such an effect… Josan looked stunned, his brain rapidly recalling the scene that had just unfolded, working at high speed.

Earlier, when he used the transfer skill to attack the Sly Shrimp itself with its own attack, he had definitely attacked its true form.

Was it the Sly Shrimp’s true form that dissipated in the black shockwave?

Impossible. Even if it could dissipate its true form in a powerful attack, it couldn’t possibly leave a clone inside. Because even the aftershocks of the shockwave, let alone a clone formed by the illusionary mist, even a Stand would absolutely not be able to withstand it and would simply disappear…

That’s it! A black hole! It’s a black hole!

The Selling Sable is a phantom mist fractal cast from within the black hole!

Its true form dispersed into black mist and drifted out!

Just as I was thinking this, the black mist in the air suddenly surged, and boundless black mist appeared from nowhere, instantly covering the entire area.