101: Advance to the next round

Luo Yang looked at the two three-star Beast Masters and their Spirit Beasts on the opposite side, his gaze becoming focused.

The difference of one star between Spirit Beasts is not very significant; it's merely a bit more internal energy and slightly better physical attributes.

However, these advantages can easily be overcome by Skill, or rather, by thetacit agreement (tacit) cooperation between Beast Masters.

So, even when the woman saw the unfamiliar race of Red Flame opposite her, and its clearly higher cultivation level compared to her two Spirit Beasts, she showed no panic.

If she hadn't seen it before, a long-range probe would suffice. Moreover, it seemed the opponent had only summoned one Spirit Beast, so she was still quite confident.

Without further ado, the young woman shouted, "Ada, after approaching within three hundred meters, use Golden Claw Blade for a probing attack."

The Bone-Spike Spirit Tiger, called Ada, nodded and then charged towards Luo Yang's direction.

Luo Yang narrowed his eyes, with no intention of summoning his second Spirit Beast.

Instead, he had Red Flame charge towards the Bone-Spike Spirit Tiger as well, and the distance closed quickly.

Golden Claw Blade and Flowing Flame Bullet met first in the air, causing a small explosion.

The Bone-Spike Spirit Tiger stood about two meters tall, while Red Flame was even larger, approaching two and a half meters.

Upon contact between the two giant beasts, Red Flame's body surged with an eerie Ice Flame, and the surrounding temperature dropped.

The Bone-Spike Spirit Tiger slightly sidestepped, clearly not wanting to engage Red Flame in close combat.

The bone spikes extending from its back glowed with a cold light under its control, aiming for Red Flame's neck.

The expected scene of blood splattering did not occur; Red Flame dodged the sudden attack with a roll on the ground.

However, the bone spikes were clearly controlled by spiritual power, persistently striking at Red Flame's vulnerable points.

While dodging, Red Flame's illusory Flame became solid, spreading from its body to the ground.

With it at the center, ice-blue Flame rapidly spread outwards, and the thick ice shards on the ground declared its terrifying low temperature.

Seeing the unfavorable situation, the Bone-Spike Spirit Tiger wanted to move away from Red Flame, but Red Flame's counterattack had already sounded, and it would not give up so easily.

With a super long-distance leap, it arrived in front of the Bone-Spike Spirit Tiger, and Ice Flame spread from beneath the Bone-Spike Spirit Tiger's feet.

Although it did not spread onto the Bone-Spike Spirit Tiger's body, the extreme low temperature from the ground was transmitted through its paws to its entire body.

It couldn't stay long, the Bone-Spike Spirit Tiger immediately made its judgment. The low temperature from the ground seemed to be affecting its reaction and movement speed, and even the circulation of its energy felt sluggish.

It wanted to move away from the ice-covered area on the ground, but how could Red Flame let it have its way?

The ice layer on the ground not only had no effect on it, but its speed actually increased. Before the Bone-Spike Spirit Tiger could react, it came to its side, and a fierce pounce sent the Bone-Spike Spirit Tiger lying on its side, while deep, bone-visible wounds appeared on its back.

The young woman watched as the Bone-Spike Spirit Tiger fell into a disadvantage, but she did not bring the Golden Blade Butterfly to assist.

Instead, from the very beginning, she and the Golden Blade Butterfly had been moving towards Luo Yang's direction.

Now, with no second Spirit Beast guarding Luo Yang, it was the perfect time to strike.

So, the Golden Blade Butterfly spread its wings, transforming into a spinning Golden Spinning Wheel, and with a whooshing sound, it charged towards Luo Yang.

The distance between them was less than a hundred meters. For the Golden Blade Butterfly transformed into a flying wheel, it was but an instant's reach.

Ten meters, five meters, two meters.

When only one meter remained, Luo Yang finally moved. He quickly bent down, causing the flying wheel, which was aimed at his neck, to completely miss.

Then, Luo Yang rolled over, supporting himself with one hand on the ground, and looked up at the young woman charging towards him, murmuring, "Ganging up on me? You still don't know my talent, do you?"

The next moment, centered on the hand he used to support himself, ice-blue Flame spread across the ground; the scene beneath Red Flame's feet also appeared around Luo Yang.

This sudden change forced the young woman to stop her charge. Although she didn't understand what was happening with Luo Yang at the moment, she would not let go of this excellent opportunity to catch Luo Yang alone.

She retreated quickly, and without any special movements from her, the Golden Spinning Wheel that had returned behind Luo Yang suddenly doubled in size.

The wheel, which was originally only half of Luo Yang's size, was now almost the size of Luo Yang's entire body.

Luo Yang felt the whooshing sound approaching from behind, and could only give up on chasing the young woman for now, rolling to the side to dodge another cut from the Golden Spinning Wheel.

"Crack!"

However, the ground where he had been standing suffered, leaving a deep gash, which was enough to show the terrifying attack capability of the Golden Spinning Wheel.

Luo Yang glanced at the Golden Spinning Wheel, which was struggling to rise from the ground, then clasped his hands together. A humanoid Flame Avatar, completely composed of Ice Flame and twice Luo Yang's size, appeared.

This Flame Avatar fearlessly grabbed the Golden Spinning Wheel, formed by the Golden Blade Butterfly, with both hands.

Although it had doubled in size due to the young woman's Beast Master talent, in front of the Ice Flame True Body, it was still hammered a few times and reverted to the original form of the Golden Blade Butterfly.

Seeing the Golden Blade Butterfly suppressed by the Ice Flame True Body, Luo Yang looked at the young woman who was constantly increasing her distance from him.

"My apologies."

Then, four or five Flowing Flame Bullets formed behind him, chasing the young woman as if they had eyes.

The young woman dodged one, then two, but the remaining three were unavoidable. The Flowing Flame Bullets struck her body, bringing not only a huge impact but also a bone-chilling cold.

The young woman felt her entire body freeze, collapsing to the ground, unable to move.

The Golden Blade Butterfly was struck by an elbow from the Ice Flame True Body, plummeting from the sky, its fate unknown.

On the other side, the Bone-Spike Spirit Tiger also had multiple wounds and was now weakly pinned under Red Flame's foot.

At this point, all of the young woman's Spirit Beasts, including herself, were no longer capable of fighting.

"Contestant #3325 is no longer able to fight. Congratulations to Contestant #7756 for advancing.

Please rest for a while; the next match will be held in half an hour."

As the system's announcement sounded, the figures of the young woman and her two Spirit Beasts disappeared from the arena.

Luo Chen looked around the audience, feeling as if the number of people watching the match had increased.

It seemed that Luo Yang's consecutive victories in two matches had finally led to his battles receiving more recommendations, and some of the audience were those who had stayed on Luo Yang's side after the young woman's defeat.

Luo Chen could vaguely hear the discussions of the people nearby.

"Why did that girl's Golden Blade Butterfly suddenly grow larger? I remember the Golden Blade Butterfly and Bone-Spike Spirit Tiger don't have any related Skills?"

"Hehe, it's simple. That should be her Beast Master talent, 'Body Growth'. It allows her Spirit Beast to enlarge its body for a certain period of time."

"If you ask me, her talent is suitable for contracting Spirit Beasts that are already large in size, but unfortunately, such Spirit Beasts are quite rare in our Qingyang City."

"This young man called Luo Yang, don't you think he's even more outrageous? Why was he able to use Skills just now? And I've never even seen his Spirit Beast before."

"You're just inexperienced. There are so many Spirit Beasts; can you guarantee you've seen them all?"

"That Skill might have been cast by a second Spirit Beast hidden on him, it just hasn't shown itself to us yet."

"Indeed, that's highly possible. I've truly never seen a talent that allows one to use Spirit Beast Skills."

...

After resting for half an hour, Luo Yang welcomed his third opponent.

This opponent was even weaker than the one in the second match, and Red Flame alone easily resolved the battle after a couple of exchanges.

All three rounds of matches for today had concluded, and Luo Yang successfully advanced to the next round with a perfect winning record.

Luo Chen was not surprised by this result, as the opponents encountered in the early stages were not very strong.

Moreover, Luo Chen didn't believe the system wouldn't consciously separate some of the higher-combat-power contestants in advance.

Perhaps the matches three days later would require Luo Yang to show some true strength, but within these three days, Luo Yang himself would also grow rapidly under his cultivation.

In the absence of a King-Rank Beast Master, Luo Yang possessed the strength to win the championship.