107: Show your cards?

The Beast Master of the Starlight Stone Spirit was a youth who looked about the same age as Luo Yang.

When he saw Luo Yang and the Ice Flame Lion King beside him, his face was filled with surprise; it was unclear whether he was astonished by Luo Yang's youthful appearance or by the Ice Flame Lion King, a beast he had never seen before.

Luo Yang sensed the aura of the Starlight Stone Spirit across from him; it was at approximately the level of a six-star Spirit Beast.

In this match, Luo Yang still had a certain advantage in terms of information; he was very familiar with what Skills the Starlight Stone Spirit opposite him possessed.

Unless the youth had allowed the Starlight Stone Spirit to learn new Skills after buying it from the shop, this probability was not high, as learning new Skills was an extremely slow process given the Starlight Stone Spirit's rather sluggish nature.

However, the combat capability of the Starlight Stone Spirit could not be underestimated, so Luo Yang and Chi Yan directly utilized the Skill: Ice Fire Prairie.

They prepared to directly seal off their own half of the field.

Watching the strange flames under the Ice Flame Lion King and Luo Yang spread across the ground, Fang He, the Beast Master of the Starlight Stone Spirit, did not understand what this Skill was intended for.

However, it was obvious that this Skill was meant to claim territory, so he naturally had to intervene.

He touched the ankle of the thirty-meter-tall Starlight Stone Spirit, and a faint sky-blue thread connected him to it.

Then, it was unknown how the human and beast communicated.

The upright Starlight Stone Spirit slowly transformed into a massive boulder, and then its appearance changed once more.

Its entire body became square and rectangular, but on the lower left and right sides, there were six wheels made of stone.

From the outside, it looked somewhat like a chariot, and at the front of its 'hood,' there were over a dozen stone spikes; a collision from this would definitely be unbearable.

The Starlight Stone Spirit transformed into the 'chariot' form and then charged toward Luo Yang and Chi Yan with great speed.

The two-thousand-meter distance vanished in an instant, and the speed of the Starlight Stone Spirit continued to soar, like a prehistoric beast, as it rammed over using its hard body.

Even the ice layer formed by Ice Fire Prairie underfoot was crushed by its weight, without affecting its movements in the slightest.

Luo Yang jumped onto Chi Yan's back, and Chi Yan accelerated and leaped to the side, dodging the terrifying collision of the stone chariot.

However, the next moment, the chariot formed by the Starlight Stone Spirit unexpectedly managed to quickly control its speed and inertia.

It turned around and continued to chase and crush toward Chi Yan.

The speed of the chariot was simply too fast; Chi Yan could only continuously change its direction to evade the pursuit of the Starlight Stone Spirit.

Amidst their chase, the ice layer on the ground shattered into tiny fragments, and the temperature seemed to drop even lower.

Luo Yang sat steadily on Chi Yan's back, looking back at the relentlessly pursuing Starlight Stone Spirit.

He continuously conjured Flowing Flame Bullets in his hands and hurled them at the Starlight Stone Spirit.

They hit their mark, but the effect was minimal; it only added some white crystals to the surface of the 'chariot,' and the damage to the Starlight Stone Spirit was nearly non-existent.

Chi Yan, however, did not want to be hit by the Starlight Stone Spirit even once, because it had witnessed the physical hardness of this clan in the Stone Spirit Secret Realm.

If it went head-to-head with it, it would definitely be the first to collapse.

Close combat? From the beginning, Luo Yang had ruled out this option. Fighting this guy in close quarters was risky; one never knew when its arm might turn into a large blade or a mace.

Chi Yan's flesh-and-blood body could not withstand such devastation.

The Ice Flame True Body could make contact with it for a moment; it would have to use this Skill to slightly delay this big rock for a while.

A humanoid Ice Flame True Body, over three meters tall, leaped down from Chi Yan's back and charged toward the speeding chariot.

The two collided fiercely. "Crack," a crisp sound of something shattering rang out.

Looking closely, the humanoid Ice Flame True Body had only delayed the Starlight Stone Spirit chariot for a split second before being shattered into fragments by the impact.

The Starlight Stone Spirit passed through the body of the Ice Flame True Body, and a thin layer of frost adhered to the surface of the 'chariot,' as if plating the 'chariot' with a silver cover.

Luo Yang watched this scene, a mysterious smile hanging on his face.

The ice flames on the ground and the ice flames on the surface of the 'chariot' seemed to resonate, and more ice flames appeared on the wheels of the chariot.

Subjected to the interference of these ice layers, the speed of the 'chariot' inevitably slowed down.

"Chi Yan, head toward the Beast Master."

Luo Yang's goal was simple: temporarily shake off this big brute and aim directly for the Beast Master himself.

Fang He saw Chi Yan change direction and face him directly; his expression turned slightly stern, and a hint of nervousness appeared involuntarily.

Even the blue thread connecting him and the Starlight Stone Spirit became clearer.

"Boom." Chi Yan had just run out of the icy area when it seemed something was about to burst out from beneath the ground.

Before Luo Yang could think it through, a vine several meters thick burst out from under the ground in front of Chi Yan.

Immediately following, it lashed down toward Chi Yan's back, carrying incomparable power.

[race: Thousand Endurance Vine, Rank: Spirit Beast Four-Star, Type: Wood, State: Focused, Excited, Aptitude: Good, Skills: 1. Entangle (Yellow-Tier): The body of the Thousand Endurance Vine extends and grows, wrapping its body around the target. 2. Lash (Yellow-Tier): The Thousand Endurance Vine extends its body to Lash at the target. 3. Ambush (Mysterious-Tier): The Thousand Endurance Vine hides its body beneath the ground, launching a sudden attack when the target approaches. 4. Savage Growth (Mysterious-Tier): The Thousand Endurance Vine consumes a large amount of energy to rapidly grow to several times its original size in a short time, while its body strength increases accordingly. 5. Sky Net (Mysterious-Tier): The Thousand Endurance Vine proliferates vine branches on its body, weaving them into an energy-infused net to trap the target. Evolution Path: Not yet unlocked.]

Almost subconsciously, Chi Yan unleashed the Ice Flame True Body; the ice flames on its body surged instantly, and a lion-shaped Ice Flame True Body over five meters tall appeared above its body.

The thick vine lashed against the Ice Flame True Body, merely extinguishing some of the flames.

However, the vine itself was also covered by the ice flames, turning into fuel and burning.

The vine was quite decisive, directly detaching that section of the vine from the main trunk to prevent the flames from spreading.

Having been delayed by this Thousand Endurance Vine, the Starlight Stone Spirit behind them broke free from the restrictions of the ice layer.

At the same time, Luo Yang saw a giant rock rapidly forming overhead, while more vines emerged from the ground nearby. Blocking the only path backward left by these vines and the giant rock, the chariot formed by the Starlight Stone Spirit was also charging over.

Luo Yang sighed softly; this was almost the most critical situation he had faced since entering the competition.

It seems I have to reveal a portion of my trump cards, then?

He closed his eyes gently, and an invisible ripple echoed throughout the entire arena.

Suddenly, all the light seemed to be absorbed by something invisible, and it went dark.

The people outside the arena could only not see the situation inside, but Fang He, who was battling Luo Yang inside, and his two beasts could feel as if an unknown entity had covered their eyes with a black cloth.

They were all blinded. This was not a simple loss of eyesight, because even the eyeless Thousand Endurance Vine had temporarily lost its perception of the outside world.

[1. Nightshade (Earth-Tier): Where the Nightshade Dark Spirit Bird stands is the Nightshade; it can control the environment within a certain range around it, prohibiting the appearance of Light-element and Sunlight-element. 2. Darkest Hour (Mysterious-Tier): The Nightshade Dark Spirit Bird causes all targets to fall into a blinded State for a certain period, and this State can affect the spirit.]

"Swish." Then, a sound of piercing through the air appeared in the arena, and Fang He felt something sharp pass through his chest.

Immediately afterward, it became bright again.

Fang He regained his vision and looked blankly at Luo Yang, who was surrounded in the middle.

Then he looked down and saw a large hole in his chest pierced by an unknown attack.

He let out a sound of confused bewilderment in the arena, "What was that?"

Then his figure, along with the Thousand Endurance Vine and the Starlight Stone Spirit, as well as the [Giant Rock] that was about to fall, all vanished into bubbles in an instant.

"Congratulations to contestant 7756 for winning the match. Please take a short rest; your last match of the day will be held in one hour."

It was not until the system's announcement sounded that a roar of noise erupted from the quiet spectator stands.

"What happened? Why did it go dark just now?"

"Hey, why did the match end?"

"What's going on? What's going on? What's going on?"

"Did the Illusion World have a bug?"

"I want to report this; there's a shady deal in this match."

Because fewer and fewer contestants remained after several rounds of matches, the number of viewers in Luo Yang's livestream, or rather, the number of spectators watching at the competition venue, was increasing.

There had to be over ten thousand people watching, and the scene just now had truly triggered their deep confusion.

"Folks, what do you think? Could that have been the Skill of some beast just now?"

Some observant viewers did not rashly question the result of the match.

"But did any beast appear just now?"

It suddenly went dark just now, so even if a beast had appeared, it wouldn't have been observable.

However, experienced editors had already edited the video of Luo Yang's match and uploaded it to the video module, wanting to ask what was going on.

There were also many others who just wanted to earn traffic, with titles that were extremely exaggerated.

'Trapped in a desperate situation? Watch me turn off the lights and counter-kill.'

'Mysterious beast appears, allowing me a desperate comeback.'

'Watch my Nighttime Surprise Attack Technique.'

...

Through Luo Chen's reminder, Luo Yang learned that the scene of his match just now had become a small hit on the video website.

He had been wondering why more viewers had flooded into his competition venue; he had originally thought it was because half of the contestants had been eliminated after a round.

The remaining spectators had entered voluntarily, although there were many more than he had imagined.

Now that he knew the real reason, Luo Yang was a little speechless.

The trump card he had been keeping hidden—now his opponents would likely know a part of it.

So, fortunately, he hadn't summoned the Nightshade Dark Spirit Bird; it was just a Skill he had cast himself.

Even if these spectators had guesses about the Skill he had just cast, no Breeder had observed his Nightshade Dark Spirit Bird.

Not all the information had been leaked, and half of his trump card was still reserved; this should still count as good news.