Chapter 1448: Nightmare Spirit

With a "bang" sound, countless broken stones splashed.

The camera zoomed in, only to see the Mirror Spirit closing its eyes, already in a state of coma.

The pet wearing the referee badge came to the Mirror Spirit's side to check, and then waved the green flag in the direction of Qiao Sang and Steel Bao.

A giant virtual screen appeared out of thin air. Under Laifide's photo, the avatar of the Mirror Spirit turned from color to black and white.

On the commentary stage, Nephthys took a deep breath and shouted with a passionate tone: "The Steel Authority Emperor won! Qiao Sang won the match again! The score has reached 1:4!"

Commotion arose instantly, and the scene exploded.

In the audience, the crowd and the pets pulled their throats and screamed and cheered crazily.

"Qiao Sang! Qiao Sang!"

"Steel Authority Emperor! Steel Authority Emperor!"

"I really didn't expect the Steel Authority Emperor to be able to break the World in the Mirror! It won against the Mirror Spirit! I thought it would lose for sure after being dragged into the World in the Mirror!"

"Holy crap, I recalled the situation just now. Don't you think the Steel Authority Emperor is too terrifying! In the World in the Mirror, it clearly had the Mirror Armor characteristic, but it pretended to be severely weakened! When it was burned by the Mirror Fire, it even pretended to have no reaction at all!"

"It didn't have no reaction when it was burned by the Mirror Fire. I think the Steel Authority Emperor was probably awakened by the Mirror Fire, then pretended it hadn't woken up, and then counterattacked. And the Mirror Armor, it definitely hadn't been triggered before."

"My god, I thought the Steel Authority Emperor finally erupted for the attack, but it was all faked before..."

"I've heard for a long time that the Steel Authority Emperor race is a race with super-high IQ. I haven't had any obvious feeling. Now I finally feel it. With their IQ and acting skills, no wonder they look down on Beast Tamers who aren't smart enough."

"The Steel Authority Emperor is really able to endure. Even if it has the Mirror Armor characteristic and wasn't weakened, it didn't perform any defensive skills when it was attacked so many times. It really endured the damage for so long. Really awesome."

"No, I don't quite understand. Since the Steel Authority Emperor wouldn't be weakened in the World in the Mirror, why did it have to pretend to be beaten? Wouldn't it be fine to have a head-on battle with the Mirror Spirit? Anyway, the Mirror Armor characteristic can rebound and weaken the Mirror Spirit's ability."

"Are you stupid? If the Mirror Spirit had known long ago that the Steel Authority Emperor wouldn't be weakened, it definitely wouldn't have let its mental body battle the Steel Authority Emperor directly. And the Steel Authority Emperor is top-tier in all aspects, just slow in speed. If the Mirror Spirit hadn't been deceived by the Steel Authority Emperor later and relaxed its vigilance, how could the Steel Authority Emperor have attacked it."

"My god, after you analyzed it, I found that the Steel Authority Emperor is really good at acting."

"It's already 1:4. This is the first time I've seen Laifide lose so miserably."

"The champion must be Qiao Sang, right."

"I think so too."

"No, I believe Laifide will definitely turn the tide!"

"Laifide fans, stop talking. It's already 1:4, what else are you holding onto? Don't forget Qiao Sang's Underworld Ring Monarch's mutual destruction and life-borrowing characteristics haven't been used yet."

"..."

"Qiao Sang has brought us huge surprises again." On the commentary stage, Aoror sighed: "This is a match direction I didn't expect. I didn't expect the Steel Authority Emperor to be faking it before."

"Jeri."

Jeriloka put down its water cup and called out with emotion, indicating that the Steel Authority Emperor's acting was great, and it felt like it could be an actor.

Nephthys said admiringly: "Besides acting, the Steel Authority Emperor also needs extremely strong perseverance, otherwise it would be impossible to maintain such good acting while being burned by the Mirror Fire in a conscious state."

Aoror said: "The Steel Authority Emperor must have confirmed that it was in the World in the Mirror before performing the subsequent acting, as well as the behavior of launching an attack on the Mirror Spirit when the World in the Mirror shattered. We were just guessing before, but now we can confirm that even if the Steel Authority Emperor is in the World in the Mirror, Qiao Sang can communicate with it through the power of bonds."

"That's right." Nephthys agreed: "The power of bonds between Qiao Sang and the Steel Authority Emperor has indeed reached such a deep level."

"Jeri."

Jeriloka elegantly drank a sip of water and called out, indicating that the benefits of the power of bonds are obviously greater than the disadvantages.

Nephthys said:

"Laifide's situation is not good now. I don't know what kind of tactical arrangement he will make in the next match."

Amidst the noisy commotion, all the purple sharp blades turned their directions and flew to the sky in unison, inserting back into Steel Bao's body.

On the high platform, Laifide waved his hand and took the unconscious Mirror Spirit back into the Beast Taming Codex.

Qiao Sang waved her hand as well.

However, Steel Bao was flapping its wings in mid-air and didn't disappear.

Qiao Sang was stunned for a moment and waved her hand again.

Steel Bao still didn't disappear.

Qiao Sang was confused for a moment, thinking, what's the situation?

Steel Bao turned its head and met its own Beast Tamer's eyes. In the moment of looking at each other, the scene of the Mirror Spirit flashing with blue light at the last moment of the match appeared in their minds.

Qiao Sang: "!!!"

Holy crap! So Laifide's final "Seal" meant strict defense!

Strict Defense, a super-power-type high-tier skill. Although the name is Strict Defense, it is not a defensive skill. The pet possessing this skill, if attacked while performing this skill, then the pet attacking it cannot perform positioning movement like space movement for a period of time, or movement to other spaces like Shadow Penetration, and cannot even be taken back into the Beast Taming Codex by the Beast Tamer.

How could a Strict Defense be unleashed at the last moment... Qiao Sang couldn't help but reveal an expression of annoyance.

According to her original idea, the Treasure-Hunting Ghost would definitely have a battle with Laifide's last Emperor-tier pet. If the Treasure-Hunting Ghost won, it would naturally gain a lot of white energy. If the mutual destruction characteristic was triggered, and finally it was a draw, she would also be a big winner in the score. At that time, the Treasure-Hunting Ghost would definitely be able to gain a steady stream of white energy.

What a perfect plan, but she never expected that just before the battle with the last Emperor-tier pet, the opponent would come up with a Strict Defense.

This is the last Emperor-tier pet battle of the Master Challenge!

Even if Steel Bao was defeated and lost, the Treasure-Hunting Ghost would come out later and win the match. Some audience members might feel that it was because Steel Bao had consumed too much of the opponent's energy. In this way, the white energy collected by the Treasure-Hunting Ghost would definitely not be as much as if it had been on the field from the beginning...

Steel Bao listened to the thoughts constantly popping up in its own Beast Tamer's heart, was silent for a moment, and called out in its mind:

"Steel Authority."

How about it loses the match early at the beginning of the match.

Qiao Sang was stunned: "Why?"

"Steel Authority."

Steel Bao responded in its mind, indicating that if it loses the match early at the beginning, then when the Treasure-Hunting Ghost wins, everyone won't think it was because it consumed too much of the opponent's energy.

"Don't lose." Qiao Sang looked at Steel Bao's eyes and said in her mind: "Don't lose on purpose. The Treasure-Hunting Ghost will have many opportunities to collect white energy in the future. You want to promote your race very much, right? This is a very good opportunity. If you win this match, the race will definitely be promoted."

Although she wanted the Treasure-Hunting Ghost to have the final battle with the Emperor-tier pet, the situation had changed. This is a full-galaxy live broadcast match. She couldn't let Steel Bao lose the match on purpose.

During this period of time, Steel Bao had been training whenever it had time for this match, and she had always remembered Steel Bao's dream of promoting its race.

Steel Bao was stunned. The power of bonds made it feel that what its own Beast Tamer said was all sincere words. Strong emotion surged into its heart. It turned its head, looked at Laifide in the distance, revealed a firm gaze, and called out:

"Steel Authority."

It knew.

It didn't say this sentence in its mind, but called it out directly.

"Qiao Sang has not taken the Steel Authority Emperor into the Beast Taming Codex!" On the commentary stage, Aoror shouted.

Nephthys analyzed: "Qiao Sang waved her hand twice. It looks like she doesn't want to take the Steel Authority Emperor back into the Beast Taming Codex, but can't take it back. It seems that in the previous match, the Mirror Spirit finally unleashed Strict Defense."

"Jeri."

"Jeri."

Jeriloka called out twice elegantly, indicating that the Underworld Ring Monarch had already rested for a period of time, its energy had recovered, and Ice Saint Asia hadn't been injured, and its energy consumption was even less. Compared with them, the Steel Authority Emperor was injured and its energy had been consumed quite a bit. It was indeed the easiest to deal with.

On the field, discussions were one after another.

Qiao Sang's fans felt it didn't matter, and even mocked that even if the Steel Authority Emperor lost this match, the final victory would still be Qiao Sang's. After all, besides the Steel Authority Emperor being able to fight, Qiao Sang also had the trump card Underworld Ring Monarch and Ice Saint Asia, while Laifide's Emperor-tier pets only had the Nightmare Spirit.

Some of Laifide's fans were already full of disappointment and didn't hold hope for the upcoming situation, while some fans were a bit gratified, happy that their idol could make a response in the first time even in such a desperate situation, making the upcoming battle slightly favorable to himself.

The arena was replaced.

The pet wearing the referee badge came to the field and blew the whistle representing preparation.

The light and shadow of "10" appeared in the air, constantly changing along with the mechanical sound.

"9, 8, 7..."

"3, 2, 1."

The light and shadow disappeared.

Laifide formed hand seals with both hands.

A mysterious and profound purple star array lit up on the field.

Before long, a pet about three meters tall, with a body mostly black, a strip-like object around its neck that looked like a necklace embedded with white gems, a pair of bow-like horns on its head, a pair of translucent black gauze wings on its back, and red compound eyes full of evil appeared in the star array.

Nightmare Spirit, an Evil-type and Ghost-type dual-attribute Emperor-tier pet. It likes to scare others very much. If the target is more afraid of it, it feels happier. It is said that it dislikes people who can still laugh while sleeping very much. If it happens to meet one, it floats into other people's dreams and turns their beautiful dreams into nightmares. If it is in a good mood when it hears humans cursing others on the road, it might help realize this curse. It possesses a super-rare battle form. After transforming into a battle form, it can release power and significantly increase its strength... Qiao Sang looked at the pet in the distance and the relevant information surfaced in her mind.

As thoughts flickered, Steel Bao flapped its wings hard, and countless feathers turned into purple sharp blades, rushing towards the direction of the Nightmare Spirit in unison.

The Nightmare Spirit disappeared by hiding.

Countless purple sharp blades missed, turned their directions, and inserted back into Steel Bao's body.

Steel Bao vigilantly observed the movement around it.

Suddenly, it sensed something, flapped its wings, and flew straight up to the high sky.

Just as it moved, a rotating black light beam suddenly appeared from the upper right, attacking the place where it was originally.

Steel Bao looked at the source of the black light beam, and at the same time flapped its wings, two giant white sharp blades were suddenly condensed, and slashed down.

Laifide saw this scene and issued a command: "Catch!"

The next second, the Nightmare Spirit appeared. It was not at the position where the white sharp blades slashed, but about two meters above it.

However, a scene that was unexpected happened.

The Nightmare Spirit actually floated down quickly and took the attack of the two white sharp blades actively!

"Bang!"

Amidst a burst of explosions, the Nightmare Spirit flew backward, but soon stabilized its figure.

The whole arena was in an uproar.

"The Nightmare Spirit actually took the attack of the Air Sharp Blade actively!" On the commentary stage, Nephthys said in astonishment.

Not good, the opponent saw that the Air Sharp Blade was only a mid-tier skill. Even if it reached the Profound Truth level, it wouldn't cause any serious damage to the Nightmare Spirit, so it took the attack actively to trigger the Nightmare Spirit's characteristic. I remember the characteristics that would be triggered when attacking the Nightmare Spirit are...

Before Qiao Sang could continue thinking, Steel Bao's voice sounded in her mind:

"Steel Authority."

It couldn't move anymore.

It seems that it triggered Cursed Body... Qiao Sang felt a sense of relief for no reason.

The Nightmare Spirit has many characteristics that will be triggered when attacking it. Cursed Body is already considered a relatively good result. After all, Steel Bao's defense is powerful. Even if the Nightmare Spirit takes the opportunity to perform a super-tier skill to attack, Steel Bao can use absolute defense to resist it.

While thinking, Laifide opened his mouth:

"Transform."

"Nightmare."

The Nightmare Spirit called out, floated quickly to Steel Bao's blind spot, and dense black light appeared around its body, wrapping it inside.

The range of the black light became larger and larger.

Terrifying airflow swept around the black light.

Before long, the black light disappeared, and a pet about twenty meters tall, with a body mostly black, a strip-like object around its neck that looked like a necklace embedded with purple gems, a pair of bow-like horns on its head, purple patterns on the horns, the same patterns on its face, a pair of huge black wings on its back, and red compound eyes full of overlord spirit appeared in everyone's field of vision.