Chapter 1450

"The Nightmare Spirit's Pure Evil Beam finally broke through the Steel Authority Emperor's defense! The effect is significant!" On the commentary stage, Oruo'er said loudly.

"With the power of the Pure Evil Beam, it definitely shouldn't have been able to break through Absolute Defense," Nefutis analyzed: "It looks like the Steel Authority Emperor's Absolute Defense must have disappeared first."

"Re-li."

Re-li Luoka let out a cry of emotion, indicating that the Steel Authority Emperor's luck wasn't very good; Absolute Defense failed at a critical moment, otherwise it felt it could have attacked the Nightmare Spirit just now.

"Any moment during a match is unpredictable, but that is precisely the charm of beast taming battle matches," Oruo'er said.

Nefutis suddenly thought of something and said while pondering: "Any professional beast tamer should have a precise grasp of the time their pet beast can maintain a skill. Qiao Sang couldn't have let the Steel Authority Emperor attack the Nightmare Spirit under the bombardment of the Pure Evil Beam when Absolute Defense was about to disappear."

"Are you saying that Absolute Defense disappeared suddenly under the influence of some ability?" Oruo'er asked in cooperation.

"That's right," Nefutis said: "I remember the Steel Authority Emperor was hit by Malicious Penetration before; perhaps its ability in this area of defense has dropped significantly."

Malicious Penetration, while causing damage to the target, can also cause one of its random abilities to drop significantly; the higher the proficiency, the stronger it is at lowering abilities.

If it reaches the profound truth level, when hitting the target, if the lowered ability is attack, then the target's own strength, the attack skills used, and even traits that strengthen attack ability will all be significantly reduced.

"Re-li?"

Re-li Luoka elegantly took a sip of water and let out a cry, indicating it remembered that the Steel Authority Emperor had the Mirror Armor trait, didn't it? The Mirror Armor form it triggered before should have been S-rank; why didn't it trigger this time?

Oruo'er said: "Skills and traits both have a priority level. Mirror Armor is also a defensive trait; perhaps the Malicious Penetration ability had priority, lowering the Mirror Armor's ability, which is why the Steel Authority Emperor's Mirror Armor didn't trigger successfully."

Following the conversation between the two hosts and the guest, a shocking "boom" erupted on the arena, and Gangbao slammed heavily onto the ground; black energy exploded, and terrifying shockwaves accompanied by black light spread rapidly in all directions.

Upon seeing the black energy, Nefutis suddenly thought of something and continued:

"Perhaps it wasn't that the Nightmare Spirit's Malicious Penetration had priority, but that when the Steel Authority Emperor attacked the Evil Spirit Arena before, while triggering the Nightmare Spirit's Cursed Body, it also triggered another one of its traits."

"When the proficiency of the Evil Spirit Arena is high enough, the pet beast that destroys the Evil Spirit Arena will randomly trigger two or more traits of the pet beast that deployed the Evil Spirit Arena."

Oruo'er said in shock: "I remember that to randomly trigger two traits of the pet beast that deployed the Evil Spirit Arena, the Evil Spirit Arena must be at the perfect level! Has the Nightmare Spirit's Evil Spirit Arena actually reached the perfect level!"

"This is all just speculation," Nefutis said: "But if that's really the case, the other trait the Nightmare Spirit triggered should be Malicious Interruption."

Malicious Interruption, a trait only possessed by dark-element pet beasts; when this trait is triggered, for a certain period of time, the pet beast possessing this trait can interrupt all traits unfavorable to itself.

Regarding the situation just now, it was clearly more likely that Malicious Interruption was triggered than Malicious Penetration having priority.

"Re-li."

Re-li Luoka let out a cry of emotion, indicating that the Steel Authority Emperor's luck was really quite bad.

Following the commentary from the hosts and the guest, clamor arose in the audience.

"No way, has the Nightmare Spirit's Evil Spirit Arena actually reached the perfect level! I remember Contestant Laifeide said in an interview last time that the Nightmare Spirit's Evil Spirit Arena had only just reached the major achievement level."

"You believe a contestant leaking their own information? You're hopeless."

"Did the Nightmare Spirit trigger Cursed Body just now? How come I didn't see it? Could it just have triggered a Malicious Interruption?"

"The Steel Authority Emperor clearly couldn't move when it used the Steel-Guided Ray; otherwise, could it have kept using Absolute Defense without moving? Look at what kind of attacks the Steel Authority Emperor used Absolute Defense against before. It just couldn't move, and not knowing what skill the Nightmare Spirit would use to attack, it used its strongest defense directly."

"What a pity, if Absolute Defense hadn't disappeared, the Steel-Guided Ray would definitely have hit the Nightmare Spirit."

"How long does the ability-lowering effect of Malicious Penetration last?"

"That's unclear; it mainly depends on the Nightmare Spirit's proficiency with Malicious Penetration, but before, when the Nightmare Spirit's Malicious Penetration hit an opponent, it basically lasted until the end of the match."

"That ability-lowering effect lasts too long!"

"That's not necessarily true; it's mainly that as long as the opponent's ability is lowered in some aspect, the Nightmare Spirit can basically end the match very quickly."

"It's over; it feels like the Steel Authority Emperor had its strongest ability lowered. Qiao Sang also has the bond of power and can share the pain; look at how much pain Qiao Sang is in now, her expression management has failed. Can she still command the battle?"

"Actually, it doesn't matter if she loses; doesn't Qiao Sang still have the Underworld Ring Monarch and the Ice Saint Asia?"

Amidst the clamor, the Nightmare Spirit turned into a black light and descended vertically at extreme speed.

"Attack upward!" Qiao Sang endured the pain and said rapidly in her mind.

Gangbao's defense was lowered and might not be able to block the Nightmare Spirit's attack; moving was simply too late, and only attacking could block the incoming assault!

"Steel Authority..."

At this moment, Gangbao had just fallen to the ground, and shockwaves wrapped in black energy were still exploding on its body; despite this, its beast tamer's voice still appeared in its mind immediately.

Gangbao endured the pain and channeled its energy.

Amidst the terrifying shockwaves, a magnificent pale beam of light pierced through the black light and bombarded straight upward!

However, the skill collision he imagined did not happen; just as the pale beam shot out, the "black light" changed direction abruptly, avoiding the pale beam's attack and continuing to descend at extreme speed.

"Bang!!!"

The pale beam missed, exploding high in the air; the dazzling light tore through the sky, and with a deafening explosion, the entire arena's sky was swallowed by terrifying shockwaves.

The night sky surged.

At the same time, the "black light" landed on the ground where shockwaves wrapped in black energy were still spreading.

No explosion occurred; the moment the "black light" made contact with the ground, only dust rose up, and with it as the center, rich black energy spread rapidly, crazily covering the entire arena.

"The Nightmare Spirit has deployed the Evil Spirit Arena again!" On the commentary stage, Nefutis said loudly.

Evil Spirit Arena again... Qiao Sang's heart sank.

Before, when watching the Nightmare Spirit battle other pet beasts, she only felt it was somewhat troublesome, but now that she was battling it herself, she felt the extent of how tricky it was.

The Nightmare Spirit's battle awareness was clearly stronger than Contestant Laifeide's other pet beasts; even if Contestant Laifeide didn't issue any commands, it often made the most correct choices and responses immediately.

Besides battle awareness, the Evil Spirit Arena skill was also terribly headache-inducing; while it existed, it could bring significant buffs to the Nightmare Spirit, and even if it were destroyed, it would bring unknown effects to itself.

Gangbao couldn't move, its defense was lowered, and the latter was clearly because it triggered the opponent's Malicious Interruption trait...

The proficiency of the Evil Spirit Arena was at least at the perfect level...

If it were destroyed again, Gangbao would very likely end up like just now...

According to the Nightmare Spirit's past battle habits, after an opponent's ability was lowered, it would launch continuous attacks, use Malicious Penetration multiple times, and after lowering the opponent's abilities in all aspects, use a final move to end the match.

I don't know how long the effect of Malicious Interruption lasts...

Various thoughts flashed through Qiao Sang's mind, and finally, she focused and asked in her mind:

"Are you okay?"

"Steel Authority..."

Gangbao responded that "it was okay" while flying up from the black crater, flapping its wings with a body full of injuries.

The moment it flew up, countless Nightmare Spirits drifted out from the ground, surging crazily toward the direction where Gangbao was located!

If one clone of the Nightmare Spirit wanted to use Malicious Penetration, it wouldn't have much impact on Gangbao, but if so many clones passed through Gangbao's body, not to mention the damage, the impact of ability reduction would definitely be triggered! Gangbao's speed was already slow, and now it was injured; it definitely couldn't dodge... Qiao Sang said rapidly in her mind:

"Iron Wind!"

Almost as Qiao Sang's thoughts flashed, countless Nightmare Spirits surrounded Gangbao tightly.

Suddenly, a violent wind rose, blowing away the Nightmare Spirits huddled together.

Amidst the violent wind, the Nightmare Spirits dissipated and vanished.

But from the black ground, there were still a continuous stream of Nightmare Spirits drifting out.

Gangbao's whole body shimmered with a bright iron-gray color, and it flapped its wings, flying to high altitude.

It was at this moment that Contestant Laifeide issued a command:

"Palm."

"Nightmare."

The Nightmare Spirit's silhouette appeared at the edge of the arena; it raised its claws, shimmering with rich black light, and pressed down fiercely.

At the same time, the starlight in the night sky vanished, and the entire sky seemed to be blocked by something.

Everyone seemed to realize something and looked up.

They saw a shocking giant black claw, almost covering the entire arena and identical to the Nightmare Spirit's claw, appear out of thin air! Synchronizing with the Nightmare Spirit's movements, it carried terrifyingly powerful air currents and slapped downward!

At the same time, the black arena surged with black energy, supplying it upward.

Whether it was because the shocking giant black claw was getting closer to the ground or because it was being supplied by the black energy, in everyone's eyes, it seemed to be expanding at a speed visible to the naked eye.

This is! Everyone and every pet beast widened their eyes, revealing expressions of astonishment.

"The Nightmare Spirit has used Fallen Sky Claw!" On the commentary stage, Nefutis looked at the scene on the arena, stood up subconsciously, and said in shock: "Star-Moon Obscuration! This is definitely a Fallen Sky Claw at the profound truth level! Otherwise, even with the buff from the Evil Spirit Arena, it couldn't possibly have this much power!"

Fallen Sky Claw, a dark-element super-tier skill, can condense a giant claw of dark-element energy from the sky, causing devastating damage to the opponent.

Oruo'er said in astonishment and delight: "Contestant Contestant Laifeide really hid a huge trump card! I remember the Fallen Sky Claw the Nightmare Spirit used before was at most a hundred meters in size, but this one, a thousand meters! It's definitely a thousand meters!"

"Re-li."

Re-li Luoka let out a cry of emotion, indicating that after this move, even if the Steel Authority Emperor's defense hadn't been lowered, it felt it couldn't have resisted it.

How could this Fallen Sky Claw be so big! Has Gangbao's defense recovered? No, it hasn't recovered; it can't resist it, it simply can't resist it! Qiao Sang's heart surged with stormy waves, but she quickly forced herself to stabilize her mind, her eyes turning sharp, and issued the first command she had spoken since Gangbao entered the arena:

"Fight for it!"

"Steel Authority!"

Gangbao's eyes also turned sharp, and it let out a high roar, then rotated upward at high speed, flying upward as if dancing; while dancing upward, the iron-gray luster on its body transformed into black that seemed to materialize.

Then, it opened its wings and swung them with force; the two giant wings instantly detached from its arms, transforming into two giant curved blades shimmering with holy white light, and slashed fiercely at the giant black claw descending from the sky above!

However, just as they were about to make contact, the countless black energy surging from the ground suddenly transformed into Nightmare Spirits, surging toward Gangbao's body all at once!

"Bang!!!"

The loud noise shook the heavens and the earth, almost shattering everyone's eardrums.

The barrier around the arena instantly enveloped them.

Inside the barrier, the entire space was shaking violently, terrifying shockwaves spread crazily, and light exploded; everyone and every pet beast clearly saw that while the shocking giant claw and the giant curved blades collided, the entire ground was affected, exploding suddenly! Countless stones turned into powder!

The materialized black energy on the Steel Authority Emperor vanished.

Purple armor condensed around the Nightmare Spirit.

Just as everyone wanted to see more clearly, the shockwaves wrapped in shocking energy had already ravaged the entire arena, completely obscuring the silhouettes of the Nightmare Spirit and the Steel Authority Emperor.

Intense pain struck, and Qiao Sang held her head.

Gangbao...

Qiao Sang realized something, her face turned pale, and she slowly lowered her hands, staring with worry at the arena occupied by shockwaves and energy.

Not long after, the violent shockwaves dissipated, and on the arena that looked like the end of the world, Gangbao lay on the ground, covered in injuries.

At the edge of the arena, the shattered purple armor around the Nightmare Spirit vanished, revealing a body that had sustained some injuries.

The shockwaves from the skill collision just now clearly affected it as well, but this impact was completely incomparable to Gangbao at the center of the explosion.

"The Steel Authority Emperor has fallen!" On the commentary stage, Nefutis took a deep breath and said loudly: "What terrifying power!"

Oruo'er was extremely emotional: "The Nightmare Spirit really hid too deeply; I even feel it's the most powerful one among all of Contestant Contestant Laifeide's pet beasts."

"Re-li."

Re-li Luoka nodded in agreement.

"The Steel Authority Emperor also did its best," Nefutis said: "But there's really no way; its defense was weakened too severely."

The entire arena was silent, followed by an explosion of deafening screams and cheers.

Contestant Laifeide's fans were excited and thrilled, while Qiao Sang's fans had ugly expressions, already worried about the upcoming matches; the Nightmare Spirit's abilities had truly exceeded their previous imagination.

In the next round, the possibility of Qiao Sang sending out the Underworld Ring Monarch is quite high... On the high platform, Contestant Laifeide did not reveal joy, his mind already considering the layout for the next match.

At this moment, on the arena, Gangbao's wings moved.

Contestant Laifeide was multitasking; he saw this scene, instantly focused his thoughts, and said: "Evil."

The Nightmare Spirit opened its mouth, and rich black energy condensed deep in its throat.

Gangbao still has consciousness, it can still move; if it uses Absolute Defense now, maybe it can still block the Nightmare Spirit's attack... Gangbao is already injured like this; even if it blocks the attack, what can it do next... No, this is a live interstellar broadcast match; everyone who follows the Small Steel Falcon species should be watching. As long as it can still move, it shouldn't give up, and Gangbao won't give up... Amidst the tearing pain, Qiao Sang shouted at the top of her lungs:

"Gangbao!!!"

A thick black beam sprayed out.

Listening to its beast tamer's words in its mind and the sound of her calling its name, Gangbao struggled to open one eye.

"Steel Authority..."

Dazzling white light suddenly lit up on its body.

The light was so dazzling, it seemed to pierce directly through the heavy night sky.

The arena lit up brightly.