58: Attack Specialization - Phoenix Feather Fire Fan

After learning about the Armored Rock Rhino's special skills and weaknesses from Guo Linshan, Su Ze stepped forward alone, letting the rest of the Great Xia Spirit Guards retreat.

Most of them were already covered in wounds, with many suffering from broken bones and tendons due to the impact of the rocks.

Watching this scene made Guo Linshan feel even more self-reproach; if not for him, there wouldn't have been such heavy casualties.

"Once this is over, I will personally turn myself in to the Military Court... and spend the rest of my life making up for my mistakes."

Beside him, Sun Hao tried to persuade him: "Commander, this isn't your fault. It's all the work of those bastards from the Jiang Family! If you're gone, who will be our commander?"

Guo Linshan smiled bitterly: "Don't worry about that. Legion Headquarters will naturally send someone to take my place. Besides, I no longer have the qualifications to serve as a Detachment Commander..."

After losing the Armored Rock Rhino, even though he had Spiritual Power as high as Level 60, he was still just a Level 30 Beast Tamer, not qualified at all to be a Detachment Commander of the Daxia Spirit Guard.

As everyone retreated and the Armored Rock Rhino, no longer obstructed, prepared to advance and continue its destruction, a heatwave hit, followed by a massive shadow that completely enveloped it.

Su Ze had Feng Qingyi release her Beast Spirit Weaponization state, and the gilded wings on his back instantly transformed into a Phoenix Bird that blotted out the sky.

It looked much larger than when it had first hatched at Tianyun Volcano, already possessing the form of a phoenix in its growth phase.

Feng Qingyi chose to fight the Armored Rock Rhino in her original form because her transformed human appearance would affect her strength.

Although the Armored Rock Rhino had gone berserk after absorbing the monster beast crystal core, its level had genuinely risen to Level 70, a full seven levels higher than Feng Qingyi's Level 63!

Even with her absolute bloodline advantage, she didn't dare to be careless.

What made Feng Qingyi feel even more uneasy was the reason why high-tier bloodline monster beasts could defeat higher-level low-tier bloodline ones.

A large part of the reason was that monster beasts were a race with a strict bloodline hierarchy.

High-tier bloodlines exerted absolute suppression over low-tier ones, making it difficult for them to display their strength.

But now, the crazed Armored Rock Rhino was fearless and completely unaffected by bloodline suppression, meaning it could fully exert the power of a Level 70 monster beast.

Fortunately, this wasn't entirely bad for Feng Qingyi, as the opponent wouldn't dodge her attacks at all, and its attack patterns were singular and easy to read.

A scorching Death Fire Line was spat out from the Golden Feather Phoenix Bird's sharp beak, landing precisely on the Armored Rock Rhino's massive body.

It didn't dodge, instead lowering its head to take the damage of the move head-on.

If it were any other person or monster beast, Su Ze would have smelled the aroma of roasted meat by now.

But this time, nothing happened—there wasn't even a scream of agony from the Armored Rock Rhino being burned.

When the Death Fire Line ended, everyone saw that the Armored Rock Rhino was no longer visible on the ground; there was only a massive rock burned to the point of melting.

But then, this piece of magmatized rock moved!

It slowly raised its head, revealing its single horn; it was indeed the Armored Rock Rhino, and what had melted was that thick layer of rock armor on its body.

The Armored Rock Rhino suddenly shook violently, like a pet cat or dog shaking off water after a bath, flinging all the molten lava off its body.

Su Ze promptly had his other beast, the Void Spirit Turtle, weaponize into a shield to block in front of him, while also creating wall after wall of water before him.

After penetrating the layers of water walls, the lava turned into chunks of black basalt that smashed against the void spirit shield, still forcing Su Ze back repeatedly.

The other Great Xia Spirit Guards also retreated one after another, dodging this area-of-effect attack.

Having lost the protection of its rock armor, the Armored Rock Rhino revealed its relatively more fragile body; just as more and more rocks were about to form a new armor on its body under the earthy-yellow light emitted by its horn...

A thick, scorching pillar of fire erupted from beneath the Armored Rock Rhino's belly, and even its massive body left the ground under the powerful impact.

This was exactly the ability and counter-method of the Armored Rock Rhino that Su Ze had learned from Guo Linshan.

The Armored Rock Rhino's rock armor had astonishing defensive power; it was difficult for both fire and ice to penetrate the armor and deal direct damage.

Furthermore, after the armor was destroyed, as long as it touched the ground, it could use the power of the earth to re-condense a new rock armor, making it extremely troublesome.

But the Armored Rock Rhino wasn't without weaknesses; on the contrary, besides its amazing defense, it was full of flaws everywhere.

Its attack power and speed were far lower than other monster beasts; in battle, it was just a slow-moving target.

Weaponizing in the hands of a Beast Tamer solved the problem of slow movement and provided the Beast Tamer with considerable defensive capabilities.

However, Su Ze didn't have time to slowly wear down the Armored Rock Rhino; he had to deal with it as quickly as possible before more damage was done.

So Guo Linshan had provided a solution: first destroy the rock armor, then make it leave the ground to interrupt the regeneration of the armor, and finally take the opportunity to finish it off in one go!

The plan seemed simple, but execution wasn't easy; every step needed to be timed perfectly and completed promptly.

Now Feng Qingyi had completed the first two steps, leaving only the last one: taking advantage of the Armored Rock Rhino being airborne and losing the support of the earth's power to finish it off in one go!

This required Feng Qingyi to burst forth with her strongest power.

As a beast, her strongest power was not used through her original body, but by the Beast Tamer after Beast Spirit Weaponization!

"Golden Feather Phoenix Bird, Beast Spirit Weaponization — Attack Specialization!"

This time, Feng Qingyi didn't turn into the gilded wings as before; after the Attack Specialization, she weaponized into a fiery-red feather fan, the phoenix feather departing fire fan!

Holding the phoenix feather departing fire fan, Su Ze aimed at the Armored Rock Rhino that was about to land, poured all his Spiritual Power into the fan, and fanned it fiercely.

"Phoenix Fire!"

A mass of crimson-gold flame flew out from the departing fire fan, seemingly slow but actually fast, accompanied by a scorching wind that blew the Armored Rock Rhino, which was about to touch the ground, back up again; the high temperature ignited everything in its path.

The crimson-gold Phoenix Fire met no resistance when it touched the Armored Rock Rhino's tough skin, igniting instantly as if it had encountered dry straw.

The Armored Rock Rhino finally let out a heart-wrenching wail, which pained Guo Linshan's heart as he listened from afar, but there was no other way.

A beast that caused a Monster Calamity had to be killed, with no exceptions!

A moment later, Guo Linshan's face flushed red, and he spat out a mouthful of blood.

He sensed it; his beast was dead, and he had suffered a backlash because of it.

"It's over, it's all over..."

Su Ze, who had forcibly used the weaponized phoenix feather departing fire fan across levels, also felt his Spiritual Power drained at this moment and sat on the ground in a daze of dizziness.

Suddenly, a thick fog rolled in, enveloping the entire ruins of the Great Xia Spirit Guard camp.