Chapter 131 — Shi Jin's Strongest Tactic
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Then Eleven drew back its arm and delivered a third Thunderclap palm.
Seeing this, every Master-level beast master could not help but speak: "That's just brutal."
Damn it—who exactly was the king-tier creature here?
BOOM!!
The third Thunderclap palm came down, and this time the Maned Rock Beast truly had no strength left to resist. However powerful Lava Burst might be, it was only an entry-level super-tier skill; against a combination of masterwork-grade Hardening plus perfect-grade Thunderclap plus proficient-grade Amplification, it had no choice but to be crushed!
"ROAR!!!"
After the blow, the Maned Rock Beast was knocked flat outright, its body cracking even more severely—clearly badly wounded. True, at the instant it was flipped, it still fired one Rock Roar Cannon at Eleven, but it did no good at all.
Hardening plus high-speed regeneration—all it cost was Eleven's stamina!
"Damn—this is an Iron-Eating Beast?"
At that very moment, everyone who saw it was stunned.
They suspected this Iron-Eating Beast was the true king-tier species.
By comparison, the giant Iron-Eating Beast clearly had more of a king's majesty about it.
Three strikes, and it had hammered the Maned Rock Beast flat!
And yet.
Soon the audience noticed that even after being smashed, the Maned Rock Beast showed no sign of losing its combat ability outright—thanks to the formidable constitution of a king-tier species.
Its base stamina, vitality, defense, and recovery were several times greater than Eleven's—an unerasable racial advantage.
Though the Maned Rock Beast had been flipped over, judging by its panting, it was clearly working hard to adjust and recover!
It even seemed to want to stand and keep fighting.
Meanwhile the giant Iron-Eating Beast, which showed not a single wound despite three full-power bursts, instead looked utterly exhausted, deflating like a leaking balloon as it shrank rapidly to a dozen or so centimeters and "fainted dead away."
"Holy shit?"
The massive reversal left everyone frozen.
So the Iron-Eating Beast that looked fiercer had drained its strength and lost its combat ability first?
"No!!" At that moment, Yin Huan's expression turned gravely serious.
During the clash between the two beasts just now, the Void Crystal Butterfly and the Green Fluffworm theoretically couldn't have interfered.
The Void Crystal Butterfly had been in its void-stealth state all along—so what about the Green Fluffworm?
And besides, in its shrunken state, a beast's stamina recovered faster—
This was far from over; only a fatal blow to that Iron-Eating Beast could settle the outcome for good!
"Void Crystal Butterfly, wind blades!!!"
"Attack the Iron-Eating Beast!"
While the Maned Rock Beast panted and recovered, Yin Huan swiftly ordered the Void Crystal Butterfly.
"Mii!!!"
"Mii!!!"
The Void Crystal Butterfly, heart quivering, looked at the fallen Maned Rock Beast and Iron-Eating Beast—so it was finally its turn to take the stage?
But it shared its beast master's confusion.
Everyone shared the same confusion at that moment.
Where was the Green Fluffworm?
In the end, it would come down to the Void Crystal Butterfly and the Green Fluffworm to decide the victor—many had guessed as much, so where was the Green Fluffworm?
"Jiji-hihihi!!"
As if answering people's guesses, the Green Fluffworm cast off its cloak of invisible silk and appeared right beside the little Iron-Eating Beast.
The stealth skill was a huge success!
It was finally its turn to shine!!!
"It's the Bug God—it's the invisible silk!"
At the sight of the bug, everyone's faces lit up with delight.
Still, they were a little torn, unsure how the bug planned to deal with the Void Crystal Butterfly.
A Green Fluffworm of a low-tier extraordinary species, no matter how heaven-defying its bloodline, was still greatly outmatched by a Void Crystal Butterfly of a high-tier commander species with rare spatial attributes—an unevolved form against a perfect evolved form; the outcome was easy to imagine.
No one had any idea how the bug could protect Eleven.
Everyone thought so.
But the next instant, a scene unfolded that left the audience stunned.
The little Iron-Eating Beast, which should have "fainted dead away," struggled to open its eyes, shakily lifted its head, and with its last strength condensed a chunk of hardening matter and handed it to the bug.
The bug accepted it with a face full of grief. "Ji!"
Leave the rest to me—go in peace.
Everyone: ???
Then the bug's expression turned solemn, and it closed its eyes.
Using the hardening matter as a medium, it began to summon the projection of the giant Iron-Eating Beast!!!
BOOM!!!
The battlefield shifted in an instant.
The giant Iron-Eating Beast that the Maned Rock Beast had exhausted every ounce of its strength to take down had now reappeared on the field—and along with it, a phantom Green Fluffworm now stood perched on the giant Iron-Eating Beast's shoulder!
Master-level illusory phantom, full-power burst!
"ROAR!!!" The giant Iron-Eating Beast phantom let out a thunderous roar, Intimidation blooming outward as hardened matter coalesced across its entire body!!!
Everyone was dumbstruck, staring blankly at the Green Fluffworm with its eyes shut, standing guard beside the little Iron-Eating Beast—and at the giant Iron-Eating Beast phantom.
"Holy shit."
An illusory phantom?
Holy shit, you can use it like that?
4 VS 2?
It wasn't just the spectators who were stunned. Yin Huan, staring at the giant Iron-Eating Beast that had reappeared—identical to the one from moments ago—was just as dumbstruck.
Only Shi Jin remained calm, pushing up a pair of nonexistent glasses.
If the goal was to promote the Iron-Eating Beast, this kind of in-your-face display was obviously the most effective approach!
Illusory phantoms could be used for promotion too!
Using a picture of the Ice Dragon, Buggy had been able to transform into an Ice Dragon. It lived with Eleven every day, fought and trained alongside the living, breathing Eleven every day—there was no reason it should know Eleven any less well than it knew an Ice Dragon!
Projecting Eleven was far more natural for Buggy than projecting an Ice Dragon!
And with the hardened matter supplied by Eleven as a foundation, the projected phantom was unbelievably powerful as well!
Its size could be altered directly through Buggy's imagination, simulating a multiplier growth; by devoting its full imagination it could amplify strength; the Hardening skill was perfectly inherited through the medium of hardened matter; and Intimidation, Super Vision, Absolute Sleep, and the other skills were all shared by Eleven and Buggy alike. Buggy projecting Eleven had far greater compatibility than an Ice Dragon ever could.
It was just that Buggy believed a knockoff couldn't defeat the genuine article, which was why it had never used this before!
But now...
To promote the Iron-Eating Beast, Shi Jin intended to let his opponent experience the joy of being crushed by two Iron-Eating Beasts.
"Buggy, take out the Void Crystal Butterfly!!!"
"Awoo!!!"
The giant Iron-Eating Beast phantom's hardened matter flowed and extruded outward, forming a massive badminton racket in its hands. Then the Green Fluffworm phantom swiftly spat silk at the racket, weaving a net of strings—leaving everyone staring in bewilderment.
Holy shit, what the hell is this?
A badminton racket?
A Void Crystal Butterfly with Void Concealment is theoretically invincible—you're going to hit it with that? Are you sure?
"Mii!!!" The Void Crystal Butterfly's eyes went wide, looking somewhat bewildered.
Only Yin Huan suddenly went pale.
"Teleport, dodge!!"
BOOM!!
The giant Iron-Eating Beast phantom gripped the badminton racket in both hands and swung it at the Void Crystal Butterfly, whipping up a gale. The Void Crystal Butterfly's first instinct was Void Concealment, but upon hearing its beast master's command, it chose to Teleport instead!