119: Two snakes
After only a short rest, Luo Yang's second opponent appeared.
This was a young woman with a fiery figure; her vibrant red hair announced her owner's personality.
Leather pants and a leather jacket perfectly accentuated her beautiful figure, and this form-fitting attire also allowed her to move more conveniently.
However, what attracted the attention of the audience and Luo Yang more was a slender snake with fiery red patterns coiled around her body. Its head was triangular, as if two sharp horns were about to grow from the top of its skull.
race: Fire-Patterned Spirit Snake
Rank: Spirit Beast Eight-Star
Type: Fire, Poison
State: Focused
Aptitude: Excellent
Skill 1. Fire Breath (Profound-grade): The Fire-Patterned Spirit Snake exhales highly compressed fire-Type energy from its mouth, capable of causing significant damage.
2. Explosive Fireball (Profound-grade): Small fireballs formed from condensed fire-Type energy that explode upon reaching the target's vicinity.
3. Fire Poison (Profound-grade): The Fire-Patterned Spirit Snake inflicts Fire Poison with its other Skills. Even if no substantial damage is dealt, the Fire Poison will slowly invade the target's skin.
4. Poisonous Miasma (Profound-grade): Poisonous miasma emanates from beneath the Fire-Patterned Spirit Snake's scales. This miasma has a weak toxicity that gradually increases over time.
When Chen Na entered the arena and saw that her second opponent was Luo Yang, her expression involuntarily soured.
She truly didn't want to face Luo Yang so early. She wanted others to fight him a few rounds first, forcing out his second Beast Master, so she could strategize.
Facing him now, she wasn't very confident of victory.
Night fell again, and Luo Yang's Shadow Ring Blade attacked her from all directions.
In fact, Luo Yang's approach was the most effective and useful, because it could directly defeat an opponent before they even reacted. If they lacked effective defensive Skills, even if their Rank was slightly higher than Luo Yang's, they would still suffer a bitter defeat.
However, no Beast Master who had reached this stage was simple.
A round shield, seemingly composed of snake scales, appeared around Chen Na, blocking Luo Yang's first wave of attacks.
Subsequently, Luo Yang and Scarlet Flame simultaneously unleashed their Flame Avatar, covering a certain distance, accompanied by numerous Flowing Flame Bullets, launching a fierce and intense assault.
Luo Yang's intention was to use this combination of fierce attacks to directly eliminate his opponent.
Chen Na was currently unable to see. Her second Beast Master appeared beside her, also a snake-Type Beast Master.
However, this one was much larger; its sheer size alone measured over ten meters long.
It coiled its body, protecting Chen Na within.
race: Miasma Spirit Snake
Rank: Spirit Beast Nine-Star
Type: Poison
State: Alert
Aptitude: Excellent
Skills: 1. Spirit Insect Deterrence (Profound-grade): Where the Miasma Spirit Snake travels, all insects within a thousand meters are intimidated and obey its command.
2. Miasma (Profound-grade): The Miasma Spirit Snake can absorb or release poisonous miasma. Prolonged exposure to this miasma, even without breathing it in, will cause it to seep into the body through the skin, poisoning people or Beast Masters.
3. Poison Fangs (Profound-grade): The Miasma Spirit Snake coats its fangs with potent venom. This venom can easily corrode steel.
4. Hundred Snake Sacrifice (Profound-grade): The Miasma Spirit Snake uses energy to conjure a large number of servant snakes to attack the target.
5. Snake Scale Barrier (Profound-grade): The Miasma Spirit Snake forms a barrier of snake scales to block unknown attacks.
Evolution Path: Miasma Spirit Snake → Miasma Snake King
Miasma Spirit Snake → Thousand Illusion Flood Dragon
Since its appearance, the surrounding miasma had grown thicker, concealed by the darkness.
However, under Luo Yang's barrage of attacks, the Snake Scale Barrier didn't seem so sturdy and was directly destroyed.
Luo Yang's remaining attacks landed on the Miasma Spirit Snake outside Chen Na. The extremely low-temperature Spirit Flame landed on its body.
In an instant, various frostbites appeared on the Miasma Spirit Snake's massive body, along with wounds torn open by Scarlet Flame's Flame Avatar.
In this single encounter, the Miasma Spirit Snake suffered severe injuries, and its body became limp.
However, Luo Yang noticed that his own movements also seemed to be somewhat affected, becoming a bit sluggish.
The dark night receded, and although it was light, the audience's vision was still restricted; they couldn't clearly see everything happening in the arena.
Because, at some point, the arena was enveloped in a thick mist.
And the Fire-Patterned Spirit Snake, coiled around Chen Na, unable to perceive its surroundings, could only spit extremely high-temperature flames towards the coldest direction.
Coincidentally, that was precisely where Luo Yang and Scarlet Flame were located.
Scarlet Flame was less affected by the poison than Luo Yang. It leaped in front of Luo Yang and also exhaled low-temperature flames from its mouth, engaging in a head-on clash with the Fire-Patterned Spirit Snake.
Scarlet Flame's current Rank was Spirit Beast Six-Star, two Ranks lower than the opposing Fire-Patterned Spirit Snake, but its flames were of higher quality.
So, the clash between the two beasts currently seemed evenly matched, neither able to gain an advantage.
But with the Miasma Spirit Snake defeated and the Fire-Patterned Spirit Snake being held off by Scarlet Flame, Luo Yang, who still had some mobility, became the key to deciding the outcome of the match.
Feeling a bit dizzy, Luo Yang shook his head vigorously, trying to shake off the urge to sleep.
However, the weakness throughout his body made it seem like he couldn't even muster any strength.
“This is poisoning,” a thought suddenly flashed through Luo Yang's mind. “My next Beast Master must be one that can heal, detoxify, and provide shields.”
Otherwise, dealing with these poisonous Beast Masters is just too difficult to guard against.
Struggling to maintain his last shred of clarity, Luo Yang summoned the Nightshade Dark Spirit Bird, which had long been eager to join the fray.
“Caw!”
A high-pitched cry echoed in the center of the arena.
It was as if announcing the arrival of a powerful Beast Master.
The audience outside only caught a blurry glimpse of a bird-Type Beast Master, four to five meters long, soaring in the arena.
Then, bright starlight illuminated Chen Na's half of the arena. This bright light pierced through the surrounding miasma and fog, even causing temporary blindness for the front-row spectators.
Then, the system's announcement sounded:
“Congratulations to contestant Luo Yang for winning! Current points: 2.
Please rest briefly and await the start of the next match.”
Watching the match, the audience had never felt so frustrated.
They had watched several of Luo Yang's matches, and it was always either dark or foggy.
The matches ended before they even understood what was happening, making for a very poor viewing experience.
“Oh, what a bore, what a bore.”
“Strongly recommend removing Skill effects! We can't see anything, what are we even watching?”
“In this match, did Luo Yang's second Beast Master finally appear? Are there any Breeders on site who observed its information?”
“What are you watching? It's all blurry and gray; I can only vaguely make out a bird-Type Beast Master.”
“Hey, since his other Beast Master appeared in this match, we'll definitely get to see its true appearance later. Just wait.”
“Little brother is so handsome, I'm a fan.”
“Ah, my Sister Na lost. Luo Yang, how could you be so heartless, even against a young lady?”
“Simps, go die.”
When the match ended, the audience's discussions became heated. Those present might have shown some restraint, but those watching via video were much less inhibited, and their comments were much wilder.
After the match ended, the negative State on Luo Yang disappeared.
He was now somewhat dazed, sitting on the grass of the battle arena. He had already recalled the Nightshade Dark Spirit Bird.
The taste of being poisoned was indeed very unpleasant. He truly didn't want to experience that feeling of weakness a second time.
Luo Chen looked at Luo Yang, who seemed a bit out of sorts in the arena, and smiled helplessly. It seemed this experience of being poisoned had indeed affected his younger brother.
But this was also good; next time, he would be prepared in advance. After all, the Beast Masters he would face in the future would be even more bizarre and varied.
He couldn't constantly monitor every Beast Master's information, so he was bound to be caught off guard by suddenly appearing Beast Master Skills.
Logically speaking, Breeders are more suited for Beast Master battles, but China does not encourage Breeders to participate in battles themselves.
Firstly, a Breeder's own talent doesn't provide any positive boost to their Beast Master during combat, unlike Luo Yang's Ability Inheritance, which allows him to possess the abilities of his Beast Master, making him extremely strong in both survival and combat during battles.
Secondly, Breeders are precious and are key to the advancement of many Beast Masters. China would not want them to put themselves at risk.
The strict prohibition against Breeders participating in this Beast Master competition was likely due to the fear of Breeders taking the wrong path of loving combat.