Beast Taming: Invincible Breeder-Chapter 419 - 404: Striking While He’s Down
The iconic Slime, Zhen Xia immediately recognized the attacker as Li Cunxu, who recently was a hot topic online.
However, Zhen Xia couldn’t understand why Li Cunxu would attack him?
Was he also the one who blew up the base?
If it was him, how did he do it?
Before he could figure out his doubts, Xiaoruan slashed out with a wave-like Cyan Lotus Sword Blade.
Zhen Xia was distracted and only reacted when the Cyan Lotus Sword Blade got close.
Zhen Xia wasn’t panicked; what he feared were the All Things Seal and Slime Transformation Technique that Xiaoruan showcased in the Overlord competition. He believed those were the key skills that allowed Xiaoruan to defeat the King.
As for the other skills, he didn’t dread them.
Xiaoruan was just an Overlord’s pet beast that wasn’t even a King; how high could its attack power be?
Zhen Xia casually put up a Spirit Shield, intending to block the Cyan Lotus Sword Blade, but when the Cyan Lotus Sword Blade struck the Spirit Shield, Zhen Xia was taken aback.
The Cyan Lotus Sword Blade sliced through the Spirit Shield like a knife through butter.
Zhen Xia quickly dodged, but his face, wrist, and legs were all cut.
Watching the wave-like Cyan Lotus Sword Blade about to engulf him,
Zhen Xia shouted furiously, "What is the Golden Armored Celestial General Insect doing? Save me!"
The Golden Armored Celestial General Insect transformed into a Slime, leaping in front of Zhen Xia, saving his life.
Although Xiaoruan was not yet a King, it had absorbed the domain power from the Elemental Spirits in five Elemental Mini Worlds, expanding its domain to 150,000 meters. On Fertile Island, it kills noise eels daily, absorbing domain power daily, expanding its domain again to 170,000 meters.
Under the blessing of the 170,000-meter domain, without considering the All Things Seal and Slime Transformation Technique, Xiaoruan’s combat power infinitely approached King level four.
The pain from the wounds on his body calmed Zhen Xia’s anger.
"Li Cunxu, we have no enmity, no grievance, why attack me?"
Li Cunxu was silent, only commanding Xiaoruan to keep attacking Zhen Xia.
Xiaoruan swung a Cyan Lotus Sword Blade that could curve, slashing at Zhen Xia, who dodged awkwardly while the Golden Armored Celestial General Insect chased behind, using its body to block the blades for him.
Zhen Xia was furious; he didn’t understand how Li Cunxu, who had always battled traditional Beast Masters and hail from a school, could be so experienced in real combat.
Attacks, targeting only the core weaknesses of Beast Masters, namely the Beast Master himself.
He wanted to stall for time through dialogue, but Li Cunxu didn’t give him any chance.
Zhen Xia knew that skills like All Things Seal and Slime Transformation Technique either consumed a lot of Spiritual Energy or had time limits, so he wanted to wait it out, until the effects of these skills ended, when the Golden Armored Celestial General Insect could counterattack against Li Cunxu.
But Li Cunxu wasn’t about to waste any words.
"Do you take me for a sick cat if the tiger doesn’t show its might?" Zhen Xia roared angrily.
"Spirit Beetle."
Zhen Xia burst into a vigorous spiritual power that constructed a Spirit Beetle with two wings resembling giant shields behind it.
This was Zhen Xia’s rule skill.
His strongest skill.
Rule skill.
When a King comprehends the rules, the Overlord skill evolves into a more powerful rule skill.
What if one doesn’t comprehend Overlord skills at the Overlord level?
Without Overlord skills, one can still comprehend rule skills, but these rule skills are generally weaker than those evolved from Overlord skills.
The Spirit Beetle, this rule skill’s effect: is to mimic an insect-type pet beast using spiritual power and possess some of its abilities.
The Earth Shield Beetle detached its shield-like wings, placing them in front to block the Cyan Lotus Sword Blade.
Seeing Zhen Xia using skills to defend, Li Cunxu remained unfazed.
"Keep attacking Zhen Xia, don’t stop."
Zhen Xia was internally shocked; how did Li Cunxu know his name? Is there a traitor in the base?
But why would the traitor cooperate with Li Cunxu?
Zhen Xia couldn’t understand; the more he thought, the more confused he became.
No longer needing to block attacks for its Beast Master, the Golden Armored Celestial General Insect finally had time and energy to attack Xiaoruan.
However, all its skills were sealed, turning it into a Slime once more, limiting its attack methods to collisions.
The Golden Armored Celestial General Insect charged, attempting to collide with Xiaoruan.
Xiaoruan used Swift Purple Thunder, transforming into a streak of purple lightning, evading the collision of the Golden Armored Celestial General Insect.
The Golden Armored Celestial General Insect knew that collisions were ineffective as the opponent could evade, but had no better option, so it kept on charging.
Charge again, and dodge...
Dodge again, and charge...
This scene made Zhen Xia, whose head was already splitting with pain, so angry that his blood pressure rose.
The Earth Shield Beetle died, and the contract backlash severely damaged his spirit body. At this moment, he actually shouldn’t use rule skills, but these were spiritual power-based skills, using them would consume spiritual power.
With his spirit body heavily injured, using spiritual power was like an athlete with a broken leg forcibly running, resulting only in further injuries.
But if he didn’t use rule skills, he’d quickly die under the Cyan Lotus Sword Blade.
The Golden Armored Celestial General Insect could block attacks for him, but as a transformed Slime, it was getting used to its new body, moving slowly, unable to fully block the Cyan Lotus Sword Blade.
Summon other pet beasts to block attacks for myself?
His other pet beasts were all at the Overlord level, and the combat power between Kings and Overlords was incomparably vast. Even if they were summoned, they’d be cut down like children.
Their deaths would bring him more contract backlash.
So, it’s better not to summon them.
Zhen Xia shouted urgently, "You fool! You can’t hit that Slime; don’t you know to attack its Beast Master?" 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞
The Golden Armored Celestial General Insect turned to charge at Li Cunxu.
Li Cunxu didn’t dodge nor evade, with a defense field around him, was he afraid?
Quietly waiting for the Golden Armored Celestial General Insect to charge.
The result was, the Golden Armored Celestial General Insect couldn’t budge him.
Li Cunxu chuckled; although the defense field of the Mechanical Pupil was not strong enough to withstand any King’s attack, the charge of a Slime-transformed King was certainly defendable.
Unless the Golden Armored Celestial General Insect returned to its original form, it couldn’t break through his defense.
The Spirit Beetle, Zhen Xia managed to hold on for about thirty seconds before the effects of the contract backlash made him give up.
About to lose the Spirit Power mimicking of the Earth Shield Beetle, Zhen Xia wanted to call back the Golden Armored Celestial General Insect for assistance.
At the right moment, Li Cunxu struck down with a spiritual black thunder, directly causing Zhen Xia’s vision to black out, rendering him speechless.
Originally, the spiritual black thunder would have a limited effect on a King-level strong person like Zhen Xia, but the contract backlash had severely injured his spirit body, amplifying the power of the spiritual black thunder.
Without the defense of the Spirit Power mimicking Earth Shield Beetle, and with no assistance from the Golden Armored Celestial General Insect, Zhen Xia was swiftly engulfed by the Cyan Lotus Sword Blade, reduced to a mist of blood.
The Golden Armored Celestial General Insect let out a painful wail.
With Zhen Xia’s death, the contract backlash followed in quick succession.
Strike when they’re down.
Seizing the moment when the Golden Armored Celestial General Insect was immobilized by the backlash, Xiaoruan relentlessly bombarded it without needing Spiritual Energy.
Soon, the Golden Armored Celestial General Insect was dead as well.
