296: The legendary spirit stone

The World Championships are different from the usual school competitions; Beastmasters themselves can be attacked.

Even if not every World Championships has a Beastmaster killed, every one has some severely injured.

This is also why Lv Hao and Su Anxi immediately pulled Duan Yao out of the opponent's pet's attack range.

It's just that neither of them expected that they would also be exhausted like Duan Yao.

It's a symptom of Mental Power depletion!

"This feeling—"

Just as Duan Yao fell, Gu Xiaoyue saw that Mo Zibai's Mental Power pet was wearing a necklace.

It looked like an attribute necklace, but the gem inlaid on it gave Gu Xiaoyue a feeling of familiarity and repulsion.

It was the stone from the ruins that made Beastmasters lose their Mental Power!

Before she could remind Lv Hao and Su Anxi, both of them had already lost all their Mental Power and collapsed.

She had thought they could bring Duan Yao back.

She also didn't expect that the gap in Mental Power between Lv Hao and Su Anxi and Duan Yao was such that when they got closer, the stone would completely drain their Mental Power.

Gu Xiaoyue took out a dozen hua yu fruits from her Yu Beast Space and stuffed them into Chu Li and Shui Lingyu's arms.

"Eat these first; I'll launch an attack once I bring them back!"

No sooner said than done, Gu Xiaoyue threw out several vines to entangle the three of them, instantly pulling them out of the opponent's attack range.

The next moment, several sharp ice shards pierced the spot where Duan Yao and the others had just been!

It seems Lüfei Country is really trying to kill them.

Since they've shown killing intent, she won't hold back either!

Compared to the stone from her own spatial ruins, the one Mo Zibai's pet wore was nothing.

Otherwise, it wouldn't have taken so long for Duan Yao and the others' Mental Power to be depleted.

Gu Xiaoyue popped a hua yu fruit into her mouth; she could feel the Mental Power being drawn away more slowly, but she couldn't continue to delay.

"How are you still moving?"

Mo Zibai's expression turned sinister, even a little distorted, when he saw Gu Xiaoyue rescue Duan Yao and the others.

"Duan Yao was right, deviant methods!"

Gu Xiaoyue chewed another hua yu fruit and summoned Qingqing, Xiaolü, and Xiaomo.

Chu Li summoned Fire Phoenix Lihuo Red-Eyed Beast, and Shui Lingyu summoned Jade Kirin and Nine-Tailed Fox.

Their Mental Power was being drained, and to conserve it, they couldn't summon more pets.

There was also another reason: just the few of them fighting was already more than enough!

Mo Zibai probably sensed that Dragon Country was prepared.

But he couldn't end the battle quickly; he wanted to stall for time until all of Dragon Country's contestants' Mental Power was drained.

That way, they could win steadily!

How could Gu Xiaoyue not know his thoughts? If he wanted to retreat, she would make sure they couldn't delay, couldn't retreat!

"Block their retreat, control!"

At her command, Qingqing let out a phoenix cry, and all of Lüfei Country's pets froze for an instant.

Those with lower ranks were naturally controlled for longer!

Immediately following were the fire rings from Fire Phoenix and Lihuo Red-Eyed Beast, and the Nine-Tailed Fox's illusion skill was also cast.

The contestants and pets from Lüfei Country instantly felt as if they were in a fiery purgatory.

"Am I dead? Why do I feel nothing? Am I dead?!"

One of Lüfei Country's contestants began to wail, unable to distinguish reality from illusion, his Mental Power on the verge of collapse!

Gu Xiaoyue quietly summoned Xiaohei, letting him become invisible and use Instantaneous Movement to take off the attribute necklace from Mo Zibai's pet.

Xiaohei's eyes flickered, and in a flash, he accomplished the task perfectly as she requested.

Gu Xiaoyue didn't waste time studying it; she simply recalled Xiaohei and the necklace into her Yu Beast Space and continued to cooperate with Chu Li and Shui Lingyu in attacking.

Speaking of attacking, it was actually just about approaching Mo Zibai's team and, incidentally, absorbing more experience and levels from their pets.

Didn't they want to suppress them in this competition without sacrificing their future leveling speed?

Then let them draw water with a sieve, losing both the wife and the soldiers!

"How are you still moving? What! My pet's level—"

Before long, Mo Zibai's pet's level not only returned to its previous state but even dropped a major level!

"How, how is this possible! Could that—no! What exactly is the problem!"

He even thought the Chenxing Dew was fake, wondering why it would lose effect so quickly and why the side effects were wrong, completely failing to notice that the stone absorbing Mental Power had been stolen.

The raging fire couldn't hide his decline, and seeing that most of Lüfei Country's pets had dropped two major levels, their referee finally couldn't bear it and called for surrender.

Chu Li and Shui Lingyu withdrew their attacks, and on the arena, everyone from Lüfei Country, except Mo Zibai, was almost embracing each other, weeping profusely.

They almost thought they were going to die there!

Mo Zibai's expression was dazed; he only then discovered that the attribute necklace had vanished!

"You! You all—"

He looked at Gu Xiaoyue with bloodshot eyes, then glanced at Duan Yao and the others.

He believed that Gu Xiaoyue had taken his item when she used the vines to pull Duan Yao back!

Mo Zibai was about to utter a threat, saying he wouldn't let it go.

Lüfei Country's coach had already rushed onto the stage and started scolding him.

Gu Xiaoyue also vaguely heard some of it, basically saying that Mo Zibai had warned Dragon Country as soon as he entered the arena, alerting them and causing this defeat.

So, the Chenxing Dew, this Mental Power-absorbing stone, was not Mo Zibai's tactic, but rather Lüfei Country had received secret assistance from another country, specifically targeting the Dragon Country team!

This was no small undertaking; only a few major countries could afford it.

If successful, it would not only make Lüfei Country a test subject but also make Dragon Country suffer a setback, killing two birds with one stone!

It made sense; how could a mere team leader from Lüfei Country possess Chenxing Dew, which even Damon Country's National Treasury didn't have!

It would be a joke to say that Lüfei Country's leaders didn't know!

The attribute necklace, once in the Yu Beast Space, seemed to have become still and dormant, not at all like the ruins Gu Xiaoyue had collected earlier, which could absorb her Mental Power through the Yu Beast Space.

Gu Xiaoyue thought for a while and decided to hand the necklace over to Coach Huo.

Duan Yao, Lv Hao, and Su Anxi had already been arranged for treatment; they had no external injuries, and their Mental Power was merely dry and overdrawn, requiring only good rest.

Gu Xiaoyue prepared hua yu fruit juice for the three of them, and thinking of their sour expressions when they drank it, she almost couldn't hold back a laugh.

Coach Huo was supposed to go watch other matches next, but Gu Xiaoyue pulled him to a corner and handed him the attribute necklace with both hands.

"I felt this necklace was unusually dazzling on stage just now, and I suspect Duan Yao and the others fell for this item, so I brought it back."

"Huh?"

Coach Huo was surprised for a moment; first, he hadn't noticed Gu Xiaoyue taking anything, and second, the pendant on this necklace made him uncomfortable.

He picked up the necklace, examined it carefully for a while, and then, combining it with Duan Yao and the others' performance, said, "Is this the legendary jiling stone?"